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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 26 November 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 26 November 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 26 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 26 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 26 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small to medium-sized enterprises were registered in (a) Southampton, (b) the Test Valley borough and (c) Eastleigh borough and (d) Romsey constituency in each of the last five years. | | (239843) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
| Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the International Monetary Fund and associated international loans to the government of Iceland recently negotiated include any conditions relating to the Icelandic government's guarantees to depositors in Icelandic banks in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. | | (239936) | 3
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims to reclaim overpaid to value added tax HM Revenue and Customs has received from bingo operators in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make statement. | | (239785) | 4
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the European Union's principle of fiscal neutrality applies to main stage bingo operators. | | (239788) | 5
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether value added tax (VAT) will have to be repaid to bingo operators following the recent VAT and duties tribunal concerning Rank Group. | | (239789) | 6
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average interest rate payable on mortgages was in each of the last 10 years. | | (239892) | 7
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) persons and (b) households with assets over (i) £1 million, (ii) £5 million, (iii) £10 million and (iv) £20 million; and if he will estimate the revenue which would accrue to the Exchequer of an annual levy of (A) 1 per cent. of the wealth of those with assets over £1 million, (B) 1.5 per cent. of the wealth of those with assets over £5 million, (C) two per cent. of the wealth of those with assets over £10 million and (D) three per cent. of the wealth of those with assets over £20 million. | | (239818) | 8
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of families claiming working tax credit in Luton South constituency have been asked to repay all or part of the credit received. | | (240040) | 9
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of persons entitled to (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit in Luton South constituency claimed each credit in each year since the inception of such tax credits. | | (240050) | 10
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of persons entitled to (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit in Luton South constituency who have not claimed each credit in each year since the inception of such tax credits. | | (240051) | 11
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Workforce Change programme on the effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs' management of tax debt. | | (239803) | 12
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance he plans to offer to British citizens with deposits in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement. | | (239736) | 13
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who are depositors in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man; what estimate he has made of the average size of deposits in such cases; and if he will make a statement. | | (239737) | 14
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the possible liquidation of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement. | | (239738) | 15
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of British depositors in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man. | | (239739) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 16
| Ms Celia Barlow (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils of each age have been given a fixed-period exclusion in the last 12 months, broken down by reason for exclusion. | | (240013) | 17
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many first time entrants aged between 10 and 17 years to the criminal justice system there were in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) Essex County Council area in each of the last five years. | | (238563) | 18
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools (a) closed, (b) merged with another school and (c) closed and reopened as an independent school on the same site in each of the last 10 years. | | (236525) | 19
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his estimate is of the number of unregulated and unregistered educational institutions in England used by local education authorities. | | (240011) | 20
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding will be provided to (a) Romsey constituency, (b) the City of Southampton and (c) Test Valley borough under the free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (239845) | 21
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department on pensions of its previous employees in 2007-08. | | (239851) | 22
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on (a) salaries and (b) bonuses by the General Teaching Council for its staff in each of the last 10 years. | | (239852) | 23
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on salaries of staff of Ofsted in each of the last 10 years. | | (239853) | 24
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on (a) salaries and (b) bonuses for staff of the Training and Development Agency in each year since its establishment. | | (239854) | 25
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on (a) salaries and (b) bonuses for staff in his Department in 2007-08. | | (239855) | 26
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by the National College of School Leadership on (a) entertainment, (b) hospitality, (c) advertising and (d) outside consultancy in 2007-08. | | (239856) | 27
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by the General Teaching Council on (a) entertainment, (b) hospitality, (c) advertising and (d) outside consultancy in 2007-08. | | (239857) | 28
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by the Training and Development Agency on (a) entertainment, (b) hospitality, (c) advertising and (d) outside consultancy in 2007-08. | | (239858) | 29
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by Ofsted on bonuses to staff in each of the last 10 years. | | (239859) | 30
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by Ofsted on (a) hospitality, (b) entertainment, (c) advertising and (d) outside consultancy in 2007-08. | | (239860) | 31
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many gifted and talented pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals who obtained level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 tests in 2003 did not obtain five GCSEs at A* to C in 2007. | | (239861) | 32
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals who (i) obtained and (ii) did not obtain level 4 in Key Stage 2 tests in 2003 did not obtain five GCSEs at A* to C in 2007. | | (239862) | 33
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on (a) hospitality, (b) advertising, (c) marketing and (d) outside consultancy by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in 2007-08. | | (239863) | 34
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities do not have any schools offering International Baccalaureate courses. | | (239864) | 35
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils are studying for the International Baccalaureate in maintained mainstream schools. | | (239865) | 36
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the estimated cost is of providing diploma courses for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12. | | (239866) | 37
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils were given a fixed period exclusion in schools with (a) fewer than 10 per cent., (b) more than 20 per cent., and (c) more than 50 per cent. of pupils in receipt of free school meals in 2007-08. | | (239867) | 38
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified (a) teachers and (b) male teachers under the age of 60 years are not currently teaching. | | (239868) | 39
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified teachers have left the maintained sector since 1997. | | (239869) | 40
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) male and (b) female pupils receiving free school meals received one or more fixed period exclusions in each of the last 10 years. | | (239870) | 41
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) male and (b) female pupils of each ethnicity (i) receiving and (ii) not receiving free school meals are studying one or more diploma courses. | | (239871) | 42
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) male and (b) female teachers there are in pupil referral units. | | (239872) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) male and (b) female nursery school teachers there are. | | (239873) | 44
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils classed as persistent truants were absent from school for more than (a) 100 sessions, (b) 150 sessions, (c) 200 sessions, (d) 250 sessions and (e) 300 sessions of school in the 2007-08 academic year. | | (239874) | 45
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils have had (a) one, (b) two and (c) more than five unauthorised absences in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (239875) | 46
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of when all National Curriculum test papers from 2008 will have been re-marked and returned to schools. | | (239876) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many National Curriculum test papers from 2008 schools have asked to be re-marked. | | (239877) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children obtained five GCSEs at A* to C grade including English and mathematics in schools (a) with fewer than 10 per cent., (b) with more than 20 per cent. and (c) with more than 50 per cent. free school meals pupils. | | (239878) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) pupil referral units, (b) alternative provision and (c) special schools obtained at least one C grade or above at GCSE in 2008. | | (239879) | 50
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of gifted and talented pupils did not obtain five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (239880) | 51
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils registered as gifted and talented did not sit at least one A level examination in 2008. | | (239881) | 52
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils did not obtain at least one C grade or above in GCSE examinations in 2008. | | (239882) | 53
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on entertainment and hospitality in each year since 1997. | | (239986) | 54
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils obtained five GCSEs at grade A* to C including English and mathematics (a) excluding and (b) including equivalents in each year since 1997. | | (240009) | 55
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were male in each year since 1997. | | (240018) | 56
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the number of users who will have access to the Contact Point database. | | (240014) | 57
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children with diabetes who were unable to participate in school trips because of a lack of provision for their health care during such trips in the last 12 months. | | (239965) | 58
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children of school age whose diabetic conditions (a) prevent and (b) reduce their attendance at school. | | (239966) | 59
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on steps to ensure that children with diabetes receive necessary health care when they are in school. | | (239967) | 60
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to schools on provision of healthcare to children with diabetes when they are in school. | | (239968) | 61
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of provision of care for children with diabetes (a) in schools and (b) on school trips. | | (239969) | 62
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to implement the changes to the presumption in favour of school sixth forms set out in paragraph 4.21 of the Raising Expectations White Paper; and if he will make a statement. | | (239964) | 63
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Part 8 reviews into child deaths there have been in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (239806) | 64
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils have been entered for diploma qualifications in Suffolk. | | (240004) | 65
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school pupils in Suffolk of each age have been given a fixed-period exclusion in the last 12 months, broken down by reason for exclusion. | | (240006) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 66
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 18th November 2008, Official Report, column 408W, on immigration, what the level is of net immigration at which the population of the UK would remain below 70 million on unchanged assumptions about birth rates, mortality and emigration levels on the basis of the most recent population projections. | | (239721) | 67
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many children in local authority care died in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) cause of death. | | (239807) | 68
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his most recent estimate is of the number of lone parents who have a child or children under 16 years old in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire. | | (239944) | 69
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each year since 1997. | | (239998) | 70
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many 16 to 18 year olds there were in Suffolk in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what proportion were (a) in full-time work and (b) not in education, employment or training. | | (240005) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 71
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she issues to local authorities on the appointment by them of non-executive directors; and what requirements there are on local authorities to appoint non-executive directors on the basis of open competion. | | (240041) | 72
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of homes are registered as second homes in the (a) Test Valley borough and (b) Hampshire County Council area. | | (239844) | 73
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which keywords or terms her Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. | | (239733) | 74
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire are privately rented. | | (239945) | 75
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been registered as private tenants in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | (239946) | 76
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made in implementing its statutory duty to co-operate in local area agreements (LAAs) in respect of those LAAs which cover principal seaside towns. | | (239977) | 77
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much social housing stock each local authority in the ceremonial county of Devon holds; how many people were waiting for housing in each authority on the latest date for which figures are available; and what percentage of each authority's housing stock this figure represents, ranked from highest to lowest. | | (239961) | 78
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty homes there are in (a) Suffolk and (b) the East of England. | | (240000) | 79
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average period of time was for a household to be provided with suitable housing after joining a socially provided housing waiting list in Suffolk in each of the last five years; and how many households were on each socially provided housing waiting list in Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | (240001) | 80
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were recorded as homeless in Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | (240002) | 81
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the number of empty non-residential properties in each local authority area. | | (240017) | 82
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the FiRe Control project to be implemented in full (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region. | | (238683) | 83
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's original estimated date for the full implementation of the FiRe Control project was (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region. | | (238684) | 84
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on the FiRe Control project (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region to date. | | (238685) | 85
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's original budget was for the implementation of the FiRe Control project (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region. | | (238686) | 86
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent to date on external consultants working on the FiRe Control project. | | (238687) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 87
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will request the British Library to use closed circuit television and to take other security measures in its reading rooms where rare books are consulted; and if he will make a statement. | | (239938) | 88
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration he has given to consulting the Swimming Teachers' Association on future work and policy initiatives concerning swimming on the same basis as he consults the Amateur Swimming Association. | | (239935) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 89
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net present value was of a pension for a sergeant retiring after (a) 18 years' service on 30th April 1997 as a (i) Gurkha and (ii) regular army non-commissioned officer and (b) 22 years' service on 30th April 2008 under (A) AFPS 75 and (B) AFPS 05. | | (238627) | 90
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the statement by the then Foreign Secretary on 14th March 2007, Official Report, column 309, on Trident, what reports his Department has made on the Trident programme in the last six months; and when he plans to make the next regular report to Parliament. | | (239956) | 91
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the evidence given by the Permanent Under-Secretary of State in his Department to the Public Accounts Committee on 19th November 2008 on the UK's Future Nuclear Deterrent Capability, what the approved procedure is for the initial gateway report on the Trident replacement programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (239958) | 92
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the evidence given by the Permanent Under-Secretary of State in his Department to the Public Accounts Committee on 19th November 2008 on the UK's Future Nuclear Deterrent Capability, what recent estimate he has made of the procurement cost of four submarines and their associated equipment and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement. | | (239959) | 93
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the evidence given by the Permanent Under-Secretary of State in his Department to the Public Accounts Committee on 19th November 2008 on the UK's Future Nuclear Deterrent Capability, what the reasons are for the delay on the (a) Trident replacement programmes and (b) Astute-class submarine programme at Barrow; what estimate he has made of the additional costs arising from these delays; and if he will make a statement. | | (239960) | 94
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Harrier squadrons have served as part of Operation Telic; and on what dates. | | (239716) | 95
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior Royal Air Force officers of 2 star rank and above are former Tornado pilots, broken down by (a) rank and (b) post. | | (239717) | 96
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of using the Tornado GR4 to carry (a) 540lb freefall airburst/impact bombs, (b) Maverick Missiles and (c) Paveway 4 (500lb class GPS/LGB). | | (239740) | 97
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) aircrew and (b) ground crew members of the Royal Air Force serving with a Tornado GR4 front line squadron have broken harmony guidelines in the last three years. | | (239741) | 98
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces serving with Joint Force Harrier have broken harmony guidelines in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) air crew and (b) ground crew and (i) Royal Air Force and (ii) Royal Navy personnel. | | (239742) | 99
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239723) | 100
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the L14A1 side attack mine came into army service; when it was removed from the inventory; and how and when the ordnance's disposal took place. | | (239848) | 101
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what trigger mechanisms were employed for the L14A1 side attack mine while it was in Army service; and whether it was ever fitted with infrared sensors. | | (239849) | 102
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured or protected land rovers of each type were deployed to Iraq prior to October 2003; and when they were deployed. | | (239850) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 103
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the environmental effects of travel by MEPs and officials from Brussels to Strasbourg for plenary sessions of the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (239820) | 104
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average contribution requested from householders assisted under the Warm Front scheme was in (a) Suffolk and (b) England since the inception of contributions. | | (240003) | 105
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239727) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 106
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many legal proceedings naming his Department as a defending party are ongoing or unresolved; and if he will make a statement. | | (239728) | 107
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many legal proceedings naming his Department as a defending party are under appeal. | | (239729) | 108
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision his Department has made in its budget for 2008-09 for potential civil liabilities stemming from legal proceedings. | | (239730) | 109
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure from the public purse was paid to legal professionals outside his Department for the purpose of acting on its behalf in legal proceedings in which his Department was named as a defending party in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2008 to date. | | (239731) | 110
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests have been made to the Environment Agency for temporary increases in storage capacity for recyclable waste in each of the last 12 months. | | (239732) | 111
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Environment Agency, (b) Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee and (c) Local Government Association on the state of the recycling sector. | | (240015) | 112
| 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 effect of current market conditions in the recycling industry on waste (a) treatment rates and (b) storage capacity. | | (240016) | 113
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 24th November 2008, Official Report, columns 489-521, on the Pre-Budget Report, how much of the capital spending amount will be spent on flood defences; when the funding will be available; what type of projects it will be spent on; whether any of the funding in question has already been announced; and if he will make a statement. | | (239983) | 114
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons his Department has delayed publication of water companies' formal responses to consultation on the new draft Water Resource Management Plans. | | (239735) | 115
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has paid in fines to the European Union as a result of late payments made under the Single Farm Payment scheme; and how much it has allocated to meet the costs of such penalties arising in the next 12 months. | | (239974) | 116
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which years his Department (a) has and (b) has not met the EU target for making single farm payments on time since the scheme was established; and how many single farm payments have been made late to date. | | (239987) | 117
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) remuneration and (b) pension entitlement provided for each board member of the Waste and Resources Action Programme is. | | (239930) | 118
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure the Waste and Resources Action Programme has incurred on overseas travel in the last 24 months. | | (239931) | 119
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the Waste and Resources Action Programme's staff work on issues relating to alternate weekly collections. | | (239940) | 120
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided to local authorities on alternate weekly collections since its establishment. | | (239941) | 121
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has commissioned in relation to household waste prevention in the last 12 months. | | (239942) | 122
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the speeches and presentations made by the representatives of the Waste and Resources Action Programme at the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee's conference held in November 2008. | | (239943) | 123
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th November 2008, Official Report, column 401W, on the Waste and Resources Action Programme, whether the liaison activity funded by the Waste and Resources Action Programme included liaison with (a) official representatives of, (b) hon. Members and (c) noble Lords from the (i) Conservative, (ii) Labour and (iii) Liberal Democrat political parties. | | (239997) | 124
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November 2008, Official Report, column 1006W, on domestic wastes, what advice the Waste and Resources Action Programme has given to local authorities on any proposed charges for the collection of household waste. | | (239999) | 125
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for the Waste and Resources Action Programme in each year since its establishment; and what funding has been allocated for each of the next three years. | | (240012) | 126
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239726) | 127
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the populations of pollinating insects in the last five years. | | (239808) | 128
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on water quality at English beaches and the Blue Flag scheme. | | (239809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 129
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conditions under which the two British members of the crew of the MV Sirius Star are being held; and what assessment he has made of their safety and well-being. | | (239832) | 130
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what arrangements the eight Somalis recently apprehended by the Royal Navy in the Gulf of Aden on grounds of piracy were transferred to Kenyan custody; whether further such transfers are planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (239833) | 131
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239725) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 132
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the weight of an average monthly supply of intermittent catheters for a patient; and if he will make a statement. | | (239883) | 133
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many needlestick injuries to healthcare staff have been recorded in each trust in each of the last five years. | | (239846) | 134
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much time off work healthcare staff in each trust have taken due to needlestick injuries in the last 12 months. | | (239847) | 135
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children of school age have been diagnosed with diabetes. | | (239810) | 136
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital cost and (b) annual running cost of providing an additional place in the (a) secure and (b) semi-secure mental health estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (239821) | 137
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his plans are for the future number of places to be provided in the (a) secure and (b) semi-secure mental health estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (239822) | 138
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of keeping a person in a (a) secure and (b) semi-secure place in mental health accommodation for (i) a week and (ii) a year was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (239823) | 139
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) secure and (b) semi-secure places in mental health accommodation there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (239824) | 140
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which keywords or terms his Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. | | (239722) | 141
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the national dementia strategy will be published. | | (239984) | 142
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of admiral nurses in the management of dementia. | | (239985) | 143
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to NHS hospital trusts by (a) his Department, (b) deaneries and (c) the NHS on the protocols to be followed when clinicians under training examine patients. | | (239937) | 144
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the health effects of incinerators on people in the locality. | | (238581) | 145
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on research into the health effects on workers who were employed in the manufacture of mustard gas during the Second World War. | | (238626) | 146
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239724) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 147
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of passport fraud in each of the last five years. | | (237216) | 148
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unrecovered fraudulent passports in circulation. | | (237217) | 149
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged in relation to passport fraud in each of the last five years. | | (237218) | 150
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many certificates were issued under section 28 of the Data Protection Act 1998 in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) the first 10 months of 2008; if she will place a copy of each in the Library; and if she will make a statement. | | (239838) | 151
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in (i) Southampton, (ii) Test Valley borough and (iii) the ceremonial county of Hampshire in (A) 2006, (B) 2007 and (C) 2008. | | (239839) | 152
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) vehicle thefts and (b) domestic burglaries there were in (i) Southampton, (ii) Test Valley borough and (iii) the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (239840) | 153
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in (a) Southampton, (b) Test Valley borough and (c) the ceremonial county of Hampshire were breathalysed and recorded as below the drink-driving limit in each of the last five years. | | (239842) | 154
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many electronic and computer files her Department and its agencies lost in transit in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (239336) | 155
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department and its agencies are authorised to access electronic files and databases relating to an individual's (a) immigration status, (b) asylum application and (c) passport application; and if she will make a statement. | | (239337) | 156
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) her Department and (b) the Border and Immigration Agency lost or misplaced databases containing data on (i) British citizens and (ii) foreign nationals in each of the last five years; what information relating to how many people was held on each lost or misplaced database; and if she will make a statement. | | (239338) | 157
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks her Department and its agencies make on the immigration status of couriers working within her Department and its agencies; whether her Department requires courier companies to notify the Department if they discover among their employees an illegal worker who has worked handling documents on behalf of the Home Office and its agencies; and how many illegal workers have been discovered working for such couriers in each of the last three years. | | (239339) | 158
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to use the receipts from foreign nationals from charges in respect of (a) identity cards and (b) registering biometric information to meet the cost to the public purse of the identity card scheme; and what estimate she has made of the amount of such receipts from foreign nationals in each of the next 10 years. | | (239804) | 159
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department plans to charge foreign nationals who (a) require and (b) do not require a visa for an identity card in each of the next five years. | | (239805) | 160
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the European Criminal Record Information system will allow the vetting of prospective employees by (a) airport authorities and (b) other sensitive employers; and what estimate she has made of the speed with which a request for information on a prospective employee's record could be answered. | | (240036) | 161
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which keywords or terms her Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. | | (239734) | 162
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she gave to conducting a public consultation as part of her review of the demand for prostitution; and whether she plans to conduct a public consultation on the recommendations of the review. | | (239976) | 163
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been trafficked who are (a) in the UK and (b) working as prostitutes; on what research her estimate is based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the reseach. | | (240042) | 164
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to deal with people who are identified as having been trafficked. | | (240043) | 165
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the application of the definition of a prostitute as controlled for another person's gain to male and female prostitutes in circumstances where the other person is (a) a receptionist, (b) also working as a prostitute, (c) working as a prostitute on the same premises, (d) a partner or a flatmate who shares premises with the prostitute, (e) a landlord letting the premises where the prostitute is working and (f) a dependant. | | (240044) | 166
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the application of the definition of a prostitute as controlled for another person's gain to male and female prostitutes in circumstances where the prostitute has voluntarily entered into a working relationship with another person. | | (240045) | 167
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average age of a person working as a prostitute in the UK; on what research her estimate is based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. | | (240046) | 168
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of prostitutes working in the UK who are (a) women, (b) men, (c) under the age of 16 years, (d) addicted to drugs, (e) homeless, (f) supporting dependants and (g) working for another person's gain; on what research her estimate is based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. | | (240047) | 169
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the responses received to the consultation letter of 26th September 2008 on proposals for legislation on prostitution. | | (240048) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 170
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much quality-related research funding was allocated to each university in the most recent research assessment exercise, broken down by region. | | (236593) | 171
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of quality-related research funding for universities in the most recent research assessment exercise was allocated to university departments in each star rating category. | | (236594) | 172
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of (a) state and (b) private school students in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire were admitted to higher education in each year since 1997. | | (239947) | 173
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average cost of an adult education course was in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (239948) | 174
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in Suffolk were on (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships in each of the last five years. | | (240007) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 175
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 13th June 2007, Official Report, column 1082W, on Lebanon, on how many occasions in the last five years his Department has funded National Audit Office missions to countries which receive UK financial assistance. | | (239963) | 176
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many departmental posts are (a) established and (b) filled in military stabilisation support teams in Helmand province. | | (239897) | 177
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2008, Official Report, column 755W, on the Chain Reaction conference, (a) from which budget line his Department's funding for the conference was taken, (b) what the development impact and outcomes of the conference were and (c) how many people attended. | | (239811) | 178
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the comparative study of the effectiveness of different multilateral institutions referred to on page 11 of his Department's Efficiency Technical Notes. | | (239812) | 179
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library an electronic copy of his Department's Performance Reporting Information System for Management database. | | (239813) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 180
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on furniture and fittings for his Department's new headquarters at 102 Petty France. | | (239471) | 181
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wantage of 22nd May 2008, Official Report, column 413W, on personal injury: compensation, when he plans to publish his Department's response; and if he will make a statement. | | (239786) | 182
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which completed consultations his Department has yet to respond. | | (239790) | 183
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of training in intellectual property law for judges and magistrates and their advisers; and what guidance has been issued to the Judicial Studies Board pursuant to recommendation 44 of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property. | | (239791) | 184
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for intellectual property crime under (a) the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and (b) the Trademarks Act 1994 there were in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007; how many of these convictions resulted in (A) a custodial sentence and (B) a fine; what (1) total and (2) average amount paid in such fines was; and what the average custodial sentence in each year was. | | (239792) | 185
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on penalties for (a) physical and (b) online copyright infringement; and if he will make a statement. | | (239793) | 186
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the level of funding for the Leicestershire probation area in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 compared with the most recently announced projections. | | (239814) | 187
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce legislation to prevent criminals profiting from their memoirs or other publications about their crimes. | | (239815) | 188
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18th November 2008, Official Report, columns 331-2W, on Departmental written answers, where the information on (a) questions answered in 2002-03 and 2003-04, (b) the number of questions answered substantially and (c) the number of questions not answered due to disproportionate cost is held. | | (239933) | 189
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people resident in (a) Southampton, (b) Test Valley borough and (c) the ceremonial county of Hampshire were (i) arrested under suspicion and (ii) convicted of driving when drunk in (A) each of the last five years and (B) each month since October 2007. | | (239841) | 190
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of administering offending behaviour programmes was (a) in prison and (b) on probation in each of the last five years, broken down by type of programme. | | (239816) | 191
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate is of the number of people who (a) started and (b) completed offending behaviour programmes (i) in prison and (ii) on probation in each of the last five years; and what the rate of re-offending was for each, broken down by type of programme. | | (239817) | 192
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many committal hearings were held in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of committal hearings in each of those years. | | (239825) | 193
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of keeping a person in residential drug rehabilitation for (a) a week and (b) a year in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (239826) | 194
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) breach rate of community sentences and (b) imprisonment rate for those who breached community sentences was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (239827) | 195
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and (d) annual cost of supervising an offender on a community sentence was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (239828) | 196
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of keeping a prisoner for a day in each (a) prison establishment and (b) young offender institution in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (239829) | 197
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of keeping a person in prison for a (a) week and (b) year in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (239830) | 198
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners on average were serving sentences of (a) less than three months, (b) between three and six months and (c) between six and 12 months in each of the last five years. | | (239831) | 199
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount of time each week a prisoner spent on (a) education and (b) working was in each of the last five years. | | (239896) | 200
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were serving prison sentences for offences in connection with prostitution at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (240010) | 201
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total employee headcount is in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies; what he expects the headcount to be in each case in 12 months time; and what the reasons for the differences in each case are. | | (239957) | 202
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the flat cash grant allocation for the Humberside probation area is for (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (239993) | 203
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of probation service staff expected to leave Humberside probation area as a result of (a) natural wastage, (b) retirement, (c) redundancy in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (239994) | 204
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated share of national savings from the Probation Service's budget is which falls to the Humberside probation area in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (239995) | 205
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the reduction in future planned spending for the Humberside probation area in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (239996) | 206
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been imprisoned since 1987 for the theft of books, manuscripts, maps and other materials held in the national collections; and if he will make a statement. | | (239939) | 207
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent offenders there were in Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | (240008) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 208
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received on the implications of (a) the agreement between the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein on devolution of policing and justice and (b) the other main political parties in Northern Ireland not being party to this agreement. | | (239837) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 209
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the target build cost per square foot for the Olympic village is; and what comparison she has made of the target build cost with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' index of house prices. | | (239970) | 210
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much of the £600 million of security budget for the London 2012 Olympics has been provisionally allocated for the headquarters building. | | (239971) | 211
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what exclusivity agreements are in force over the Olympic village; and for how long each is to be in force. | | (239972) | 212
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what effect the reduction in the number of proposed (a) apartments and (b) bed spaces has had on the construction costs of the Olympic village. | | (239973) | 213
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many buildings are under consideration for the headquarters of the security function for the London 2012 Olympics; and by what criteria the buildings under consideration will be judged. | | (239975) | 214
N | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Woking of 10th November 2008, Official Report, columns 781-2W, whether KPMG have been asked to examine the respective value for money of holding the 2012 Olympic shooting events at (a) Woolwich and (b) Bisley. | | (239470) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 215
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests booked at Basildon test centre which will be taken by learner drivers who had booked a driving test at the Southend centre. | | (237733) | 216
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of learner drivers from Southend who travelled to (a) Chelmsford and (b) Gillingham to take their driving tests in 2008. | | (237734) | 217
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests per month which the Southend test centre was able to accommodate in 2008. | | (237735) | 218
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests per month which the new Basildon test centre is able to accommodate. | | (237736) | 219
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests per month which the Basildon test centre was able to accommodate before the establishment of the new test centre. | | (237737) | 220
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of multi-purpose practical driving test centres on levels of (a) car and motorcycle mileage and (b) carbon dioxide emissions. | | (239472) | 221
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th November 2008, Official Report, column 271W, on the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, if he will list the legislation for the purposes of which (a) the Department and (b) a departmental agency may be the employer in accordance with its delegated powers. | | (239718) | 222
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed in the Senior Civil Service within his Department on (a) 1st April 2007, (b) 1st April 2008 and (c) 20th November 2008; and what the total basic wage bill was for such staff, excluding bonuses in the last 12 months. | | (239719) | 223
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of bonuses paid to members of the Senior Civil Service in his Department was in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 to date. | | (239720) | 224
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of dangerous driving were recorded on (a) motorways, (b) the M1 and (c) A roads in each year since 1990. | | (239834) | 225
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are in place to reduce levels of dangerous driving on motorways. | | (239835) | 226
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal incidents involving dangerous driving were recorded on each motorway in each year since 1990. | | (239836) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 227
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving income support for mortgage interest payments; and how many received such payments in each of the last 10 years. | | (239884) | 228
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to (a) the conditions for claiming income support for mortgage interest payments and (b) the levels of income support mortgage interest payments since 1997. | | (239885) | 229
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rules are for eligibility for income support mortgage interest payments; and what changes to those rules the Government plans to introduce. | | (239886) | 230
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for two years or more. | | (239887) | 231
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years and (d) two or more years. | | (239888) | 232
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the two year time limit on claims for income support for mortgage interest for jobseeker's allowance claimants will apply to new claimants. | | (239889) | 233
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving income support mortgage interest payments in each month in each of the last five years. | | (239890) | 234
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average payment was to people receiving income support mortgage interest payments in the last 12 months. | | (239891) | 235
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Pensions Regulator on the ability of companies with final salary pension schemes to make up the shortfalls in assets following the credit crunch. | | (239893) | 236
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of eligible residents of (a) the Luton Borough Council area and (b) local authority areas of similar size and population who are in receipt of (i) housing benefit, (ii) council tax benefit and (iii) pension credit. | | (240039) | 237
| Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission are employed in its face-to-face service; and what training they have received. | | (240037) | 238
| Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents the Child Maintenance Option Service contact centre has assisted with (i) benefit cases and (ii) other cases since July 2008. | | (240038) | 239
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of the Health and Safety Executive toolkit to help employers reduce the risk of violence against shopworkers. | | (238770) | 240
| Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been made for disability living allowance following a diagnosis of phenylketonuria in the last 12 months; and how many were granted. | | (239962) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 241
| Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the reconvened hearing by the Family Health Services Appeal Authority into the application for a pharmacy at Widdrington Station, Northumberland, has been moved from Northumberland to Harrogate, North Yorkshire. | | [Transferred] (239934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 242
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent per prisoner on providing education in prisons in each of the last five years; and what the total cost was. | | [Transferred] (239894) | 243
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average cost was of providing an hour's education to a prisoner in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (239895) | 244
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether interest rates on student loans will be reduced in line with the recent reduction in base rates by the Bank of England. | | [Transferred] (239787) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 245
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of (a) conducting the review into the operation of and (b) placing the contract for the Post Office card account. | | [Transferred] (239819) |
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