Written answers

Gwener, 15 Mai 2009

  • Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

    • Advantage West Midlands: Expenditure

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much Advantage West Midlands has disbursed in (a) revenue and (b) capital allocations in each...

    • Community Investment Fund

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what Community Investment Fund projects each regional development agency carried out in each year since 2000.

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant...

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many questions tabled to his Department for ordinary written answer in Session 2007-08 were (a)...

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many questions tabled to his Department for named day written answer in Session 2007-08 (a) received a...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his policy is on its payment of wage contributions to workers in the automotive industry on short-time...

      Tourism: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department takes to monitor the effectiveness of spending by regional development agencies...

  • Children, Schools and Families

    • Class Sizes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary class sizes in the 20 local authority areas...

    • Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department plans to allocate to each local authority for discharging responsibilities which were formerly...

      Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to his Department of examination fees for each type of examination in maintained schools was in each of the last 10...

      Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on the merits of...

      Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many foster parents have fostered (a) trafficked children, (b) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and (c) children from...

      GCE A-Level

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils eligible for free school meals sat (a) mathematics and (b) further mathematics A-level in each of the last five...

      GCE A-Level

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of pupils in maintained schools who gained five or more GCSEs at grade A or A* in 2006 who...

      GCSE: Young Offender Institutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1387W, on the General Certificate of Secondary Education: young...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 27 March 2009, transferred from the Home...

      National Curriculum Tests: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils in receipt of free school meals achieved level (a) 7 and (b) 8 in Key Stage 3 examinations in (i) English,...

      Physical Education: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on capital expenditure on physical educational facilities in schools in (a) 2007-08 and (b)...

      Pupil Referral Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 22 April 2009, Official Report, columns 577-79W, on pupil referral units, in which local authority area...

      Pupils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the likely effects on school roll projections of changes in levels...

      Schools: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools he expects to close in each local authority area in each of the next three years;...

      Schools: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what individual programmes and corresponding allocations are aggregated as other miscellaneous programmes for the year 2010-11 in...

      Schools: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what grants and corresponding allocations are aggregated as other standards funds for the years 2007-08 and 2010-11 in the Schools...

      Schools: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what grants and corresponding allocations are aggregated within area based grants for the year 2010-11 in the Schools section of...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his Department's definition of community use in the Building Schools for the Future programme is in relation to sports facilities.

      Schools: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of schools received a rating of inadequate in their Ofsted report for behaviour in each of the last...

      Schools: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of children who (a) cycle and (b) walk to school.

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Teach Next programme; and if he will make a statement.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of Graduate Teacher Programme places made available by the Training and Development Agency for...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many trainees have failed initial teacher training in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

  • Communities and Local Government

    • British Humanist Association

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with the British Humanist Association in the last 36 months.

    • Commission for Local Administration in England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department of the Office of the local government ombudsman has been in each of the last five years.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what was the (a) percentage and (b) cash rise in (i) average B and D council tax in England and (ii) average council tax per...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) likely effect on the economy of replacing council tax with a...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2009, Official Report, column 765W, on council tax: valuation, when she plans to place in...

      Departmental ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on the maintenance of its IT equipment in the last 12 months.

      Departmental ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in her...

      Departmental Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii)...

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable her Department has set for the publication of its evidence and innovation strategy.

      Departmental Stationery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate she has made of the administrative cost to the public purse of the operation of the right to buy scheme in...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role her Department will have in oversight of the Local Authority Leaders' Forums.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 29 October 2007, Official Report, columns 667-68W, on local authorities: grants, what the grant...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which shire counties do not levy a separate fire precept.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much debt each local authority had in the most recent year for which figures are available.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for how long local authorities retain revenue raised through reductions in council tax discounts on (a) empty and (b) second...

      Local Government: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the outcomes of the Place Survey.

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the effect on her Department's expenditure in 2009-10 of local government restructuring.

      Local Government: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps her Department has taken to monitor the performance of local authorities.

      Local Government: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to publish a summary of the responses to the consultation on Changing Council Governance Arrangements.

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the average (a) business rate bill and (b) aggregate business rate revenue at (i) the...

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hereditaments in each Government office region have a rateable value of less than £10,000.

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the gross cost before the application of downward phasing was of providing transitional relief in respect of business rate...

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to (a) undertake and (b) publish a (i) small firms and (ii) privacy impact assessment in...

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by what date businesses must apply in order to be eligible for the deferral of 2009-10 business rate increases.

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 5 June 2008, Official Report,...

      Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will end the target rent scheme in 2009-10.

      Shops: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent edition of the Valuation Office Agency's zoning of shops valuation...

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Government Art Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many items from the Government Art Collection are in (a) departmental offices, (b) ministerial residences, (c) offices of...

    • Performing Arts: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the performing arts on age discrimination in respect of performers in...

  • Duchy of Lancaster

    • 10 Downing Street: E-mail

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his policy is on the use of web-based e-mail accounts on computers in 10 Downing Street.

    • Census: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what budget has been allocated to the generation of outputs from the 2011 Census.

      Civil Servants: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what proportion of former civil servants have had their pension payments (a) reduced and (b) increased in the last 12 months; and...

      Civil Servants: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the administration costs of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme were in each of the last 10 years.

      Civil Servants: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many early retirements among members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme there were in the last five years for which figures are...

      Civil Servants: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidance the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme has issued to employing departments on enhancements of civil service pension entitlements...

      Civil Servants: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cost of pension payments made to civil servants who have taken early retirement between the date of their retirement and the date they...

      Civil Servants: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many retired civil servants receive a civil service pension of between (a) £2,000 and £3,000, (b) £3,000 and £4,000 and...

      Civil Servants: Redundancy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his policy is on the size of redundancy payments for civil servants; and if he will make a statement.

      Civil Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the mechanisms are for reviewing the content of the Civil Service Code; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Contracts for Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his...

      Departmental ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the average server capacity utilisation by each division of his Department was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) printers and (b) multi-function devices with printing functions were in use in each division of his Department in each of the last...

      Departmental Mobile Phones

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) BlackBerrys and (b) other mobile telephones have been provided to (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in...

      Departmental Official Hospitality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Safety

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he...

      Government Departments: Data Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform the implications for handling sensitive data of the...

      Government Departments: Press Releases

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the (a) issue and (b) content of departmental press releases is subject to a code of conduct.

      Local Government: Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who monitors the performance of local authorities under the (a) Customer Service Excellence and (b) Charter Mark schemes.

      Ministers: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will estimate the average annual cost to each Department of (a) a Secretary of State, (b) a Minister of State and (c) a Parliamentary...

      Ministers: Data Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many security breaches involving confidential documents left (a) on public transport and (b) elsewhere involved (i) Cabinet Ministers and...

      Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much revenue he expects to accrue to the Exchequer from the application of the correct pension increases for pensioners in the five schemes...

      Strategy Committee

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the reasons were for the formation of the Cabinet Office's Strategy Committee; when it was established; on whose authority the committee was...

  • Electoral Commission Committee

    • Electoral Register

      To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the proportion of unregistered voters who...

    • Electoral Register

      To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to assist functionally illiterate people to...

      Local Government: Suffolk

      To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission for what reasons the Boundary Committee for England did not select the East Suffolk/West...

      Local Government: Suffolk

      To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission for what reasons the Boundary Committee for England's March 2009 consultation on preferred...

      Local Government: Suffolk

      To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission whether the Boundary Committee for England has determined Lowestoft to be (a) an urban area...

  • Energy and Climate Change

    • British Nuclear Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the (a) final severance package and (b) pension arrangements were for the previous chief executive of British Nuclear Fuels plc.

    • Government Departments: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what mechanism exists for the co-ordination of measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from Government Departments' data centres.

      Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending eligibility for the £200 annual winter fuel payment to all people...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many times the National Resilience Forum on Flooding has met since it was established; and if he will make a...

    • Floods: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1302W, on floods: property development, how many local...

      Hydroelectric Power: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many water abstraction licences for hydro-electric schemes the Environment Agency has (a) received an application for,...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • 1 Carlton Gardens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1196W, on...

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Pakistani Government on minimisation of civilian casualties during military operations in...

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the deployment of armed US Predator unmanned aerial vehicles from airbases within Pakistan.

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had recent discussions with the Government of Pakistan on the deployment of armed US Predator unmanned aerial...

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Sussex of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1030W, on Afghanistan:...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the possibility of formulating a long-term conservation framework...

      Colombia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the state of relations between the UK and Colombia; and if he will make a statement.

      Conflict Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the performance of the right hon. Dr Jack McConnell MSP in his capacity as the Prime Minister's...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in South Kivu; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii)...

      Departmental Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1032W, on departmental public expenditure, what resource...

      Departmental Stationery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are...

      Diplomatic Service: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1196W, on departmental pay, what the source of the...

      Diplomatic Service: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which posts qualify civilian employees of his Department for the hardship element of the Diplomatic Service Compensation...

      EU-Pakistan Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) priorities and (b) objectives have been set for the EU-Pakistan summit.

      European Court of Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in which...

      European Court of Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what occasions the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has been asked to review a case before the European Court...

      European Union

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what dates he had (a) discussions and (b) meetings with the European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes...

      Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the Israeli Government and (b) the Palestinian authorities on the...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with (a) UN representatives, (b) members of the Quartet and (c) his EU counterparts on the recent...

      Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the oral answer from Lord Malloch-Brown to Lord Hannay of Chiswick of 20 April 2009, Official Report, House of...

      Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether (a) he and (b) his officials have met representatives of the Governments of (i) India, (ii) Iran, (iii) China, (iv)...

      Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Sri Lanka on the avoidance of civilian deaths among the Tamil...

      Sudan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the International Criminal Court on the status of Sudanese President al-Bashir.

      Torture: British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK nationals have claimed to his Department's staff in the last three years that they had been tortured overseas; and...

      United Arab Emirates: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received reports of alleged video evidence of acts of torture by uniformed police and others in the United Arab...

      Yemen: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made on the Government's programme of counter-terrorism capacity-building in Yemen.

      Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the number of white Zimbabwean farmers who have been deprived of their land in each of...

  • Health

    • Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 1088W, on abortion, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document on the file...

    • Breast Cancer: Ethnic Minorities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on rates of breast cancer among each ethnic minority group.

      Cardiovascular System: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms are in place to reduce health inequalities in (a) prevalence and (b) access to care for (i) cardiac and (ii) vascular disease.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS has spent on research into the (a) causes and (b) treatment of dementia in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

      Diabetes: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related conditions in the last 12 months.

      Dietary Supplements: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the (a) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and (b) Food Standards Agency have reviewed the effects on trade in food supplements...

      Dietary Supplements: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he last met representatives of the (a) Proprietary Association of Great Britain and (b) Health Food Manufacturers Association to discuss the...

      Dietary Supplements: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when Ministers in his Department next plan to raise with the European Health Commissioner (a) the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins...

      Drugs: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many babies were born with a diagnosed addiction to drugs (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) in each primary care trust area in the last year...

      Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken in response to the finding of its Workforce Issues discussion paper of 2006 on the adequacy of numbers of medical care...

      Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department makes available for people diagnosed with epilepsy on the (a) risk factors for and (b) prevention of sudden unexpected...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made a recent estimate of the cost to the food industry of implementation of the EU Nutrition Labelling Directive.

      Health Education: Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he has allocated for expenditure on material to inform citizens about swine influenza.

      Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what data his Department collects on products purchased by NHS trusts to tackle the spread of infectious diseases in order to monitor control of diseases...

      Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of influenza in the UK in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of abolishing prescription charges.

      Radiography: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to combat the shortage of qualified sonographers.

      Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under 16 years old were diagnosed with (a) gonorrhoea, (b) chlamydia, (c) syphilis, (d) herpes and (e) genital warts in each of the...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will fast-track approval by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs of pathogen inactivation for blood products to ensure...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what quantities of pathogen inactivated (A)H1N1-free blood products are available in the UK; what plans he has to adopt pathogen inactivation for all...

      Torbay Hospital: Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to Torbay hospital to tackle (a) MRSA and (b) other similar infections in the latest period for which figures are...

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to the merits of establishing a national indicator for tuberculosis infection.

  • Home Department

    • Anabolic Steroids

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on the classification of anabolic steroids.

    • Crime Prevention: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 5.2 of the Home Office Annual Report 2007-08, what the crime reduction resource budget has been spent on in each of...

      Demonstrations: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were injured in the course of policing public protests in the last 12 months.

      Google: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will assess the effects on privacy of Google's Latitude tracking system; and if she will make a statement.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much and what proportion of its section 17 budget Gloucestershire county council has spent in relation to the case with Home Office...

      Independent Police Complaints Commission: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission was appointed, and by whom; what process was followed in the...

      Internet: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the cost of implementing the Mastering the Internet Project; and if she will make a statement.

      Olympic Games 2012: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what budget has been allocated for security technology for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and whether this allocation is...

      Police Stations: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will commission an opinion poll in each major conurbation on the attitudes to the provision of public access to police stations.

      Police: Bureaucracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the proportion of the working time of (a) all police forces in England and (b) Avon and Somerset...

      Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Independent Police Complaints Commission on the disclosure of information between a police force and a...

      Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many serving police officers at each rank in each police force have received words of advice by a senior officer following an...

      Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what research her Department (a) has undertaken, (b) plans to undertake and (c) has evaluated on the number of complaints that have...

      Police: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the police grant funding for Essex Police Authority was in 2008-09; how much is proposed for 2009-10; and if she will make a...

      Police: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy to limit the use by police forces of 0845 non-emergency telephone numbers.

      Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the cost of the revised Contest strategy; and if she will make a statement.

      Transport: Personal records

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when she expects to announce proposals on the collection of advance passenger data on domestic air and sea journeys; (2) when she...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Members: Allowances

      To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the main categories are of personal data selected for redaction from hon. Members' claim forms and...

  • Innovation, Universities and Skills

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the number of graduates with outstanding tuition fee loans who are resident overseas; and...

  • International Development

    • Afghanistan: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has contributed to the United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan.

    • Africa: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what progress his Department is making towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Africa; (2) what progress the...

      Departmental Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost was of producing the short film shown at his Department's White Paper consultation event in London on 5 May 2009; on how...

      Departmental Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost was to his Department of (a) venue hire, (b) refreshments and (c) other expenditure in relation to the White Paper...

      Departmental Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of the public consultation process for his Department's forthcoming White...

      Departmental Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what mechanisms have been in place for the payment of expenses to Ministers and officials in his Department at regional meetings...

      Developing Countries: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures his Department is taking to ensure efficient and timely procurement of antiretroviral drugs through the Global Fund and...

      Developing Countries: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to assist developing countries to mitigate the effects on them of the economic downturn.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he made of the implications for his Department's overseas development projects of the outcome of the spring meetings of...

      Palestinians: Bomb Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department is giving to the disposal of unexploded munitions in Gaza.

      Palestinians: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support the Government are providing to charities and other non-governmental organisations working with the population of Gaza.

      Palestinians: Trauma

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to support children in Gaza affected by trauma following shelling.

  • Justice

    • Bribery: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of offences relating to bribery in each of the last 10 calendar years.

    • Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many domestic property transactions in each local authority area in the South West were recorded by the Land Registry in the first quarter of 2009.

      Land Registry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many titles in England and Wales were stored on HM Land Registry records on the latest date for which figures are available.

      Land Registry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the number of land registration records which contain inaccuracies.

      Land Registry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the procedure is for the alteration of a record held by the Land Registry.

      Land Registry: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what electronic security risk assessment was carried out prior to the establishment of the Land Register Online website.

      Land Registry: Electronic Funds Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what risk assessment has been undertaken in respect of the Land Registry's proposed electronic funds transfer service; and what anti-fraud measures...

      Land Registry: Electronic Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for the future provision of electronic services by HM Land Registry.

      Land Registry: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms to prevent fraud are used by HM Land Registry.

      Land Registry: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what training on detecting fraudulent activity is provided to Land Registry employees.

      Land Registry: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms are in place to inform (a) an individual owning an interest in property and (b) legal representatives of an individual owning an...

      Prosecutions: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many successful prosecutions there have been in England and Wales for non-payment of council tax in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

  • Prime Minister

    • Forfeiture Committee

      To ask the Prime Minister when the Forfeiture Committee next plans to meet.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Prime Minister when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 27 February 2009, on tax evasion.

  • Scotland

    • Departmental Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

    • Departmental Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years.

  • Transport

    • Aviation: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) scheduled and (b) charter flights there were from British airports to (i) Belgium, (ii) Finland and (iii) Greece in each of the last...

    • Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with representatives of West Lancashire district council on (a) funding for, (b) pool arrangements for and (c)...

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department has provided for West Lancashire district council in respect of the national concessionary bus fares scheme in each year...

      Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of traffic congestion on the environment.

  • Treasury

    • Annuities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent assessment he has made of the merits of removing the requirement for pensioners to buy annuities at the age of 75 years; (2) with...

    • Autism

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guests were invited to the autism reception held at 11 Downing Street on 5 May 2009.

      Bank of England Act 1998

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Bank of England Act 1998; what recent representations he has received about...

      Bank of England Act 1998

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in his Department at each pay band have responsibility for the (a) formulation and (b) implementation of policy on the Bank of England...

      Child Tax Credit: Underpayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of child tax allowance which was underpaid to married men in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.

      Child Tax Credit: Underpayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer up to what date reviews of an individual's child tax allowance could be requested; and if he will make a statement.

      Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the level of personal debt; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Absenteeism

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on (a) 2 February 2009 and (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs are suspended; how many are suspended on full pay; for how long each has been...

      Imports: Drugs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken in respect of the import of pharmaceutical products ordered over the internet which are deemed dangerous...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 17 March 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on leading bankers, PO reference: 1/69395/2009.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter of 17 March 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the reduction of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 19 February 2009, on national saving accounts, PO reference: 1/67675/2009.

      Revenue and Customs: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons HM Customs and Excise's offices in (a) Bangor, (b) Bedford and (c) Doncaster were withdrawn from the Workforce Change programme.

      Revenue and Customs: Crewe

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how long HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will remain contracted to Mapeley in respect of the HMRC office at Crewe House, Crewe.

      Revenue and Customs: Crewe

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 541W, on HM Revenue and Customs in Crewe, how much he estimates will accrue in each category...

      Stamp Duty Land Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the stamp duty land tax holiday is estimated to have cost the Exchequer at the latest date for which information is available.

      Stamp Duty Land Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised in cash terms from stamp duty land tax on residential property in each year since 1996-97.

      Taxation: Bingo

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what methodology was used to calculate the figure of £50 million estimated revenue lost to the Exchequer by the removal of value added tax on bingo...

      Taxation: Gambling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the bingo industry on levels of taxation in the industry in the last three months; (2)...

      Taxation: Gambling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the changes to the tax rates for (a) bingo, (b) casinos, (c) betting, (d) gaming machines and (e) online gaming following the 2009 Budget are.

      Taxation: National Lottery

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate his Department has made of the effect on (a) prize levels, (b) good causes' revenue and (c) taxation revenue of a change to the...

      VAT: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to change the date on which value added tax will revert to 17.5 per cent. to take account of trends in the turnover of retail...

  • Wales

    • Departmental Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which...

    • Departmental Stationery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available.

  • Work and Pensions

    • Departmental Work Experience

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years.

    • Incapacity Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to assist long-term incapacity benefit claimants back into work.

      Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases his Department has referred to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in each year since 2007.

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