Order Book Part 2

House of Commons

Session 2008 - 09
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral or Written Questions for Answer beginning on Wednesday 14 October 2009

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 14 October 2009

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

WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

*1	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): When he next plans to visit the torpedo testing range at the Inner Sound of Raasay.
	(292278)

*2	Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the effects of investment in offshore oil and gas fields on levels of employment in Scotland.
	[R] (292279)

*3	Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the relationship between the Scottish Executive and the UK Government under the devolution settlement.
	(292280)

*4	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for the electricity transmission network in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(292281)

*5	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): What information he holds on the number of Roma children from other EU member states who attend school in Scotland.
	(292282)

*6	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the Barnett formula in allocating funding to Scotland.
	(292283)

*7	Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): What recent discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the provision of next-generation broadband in the Highlands.
	(292284)

*8	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the representation of Scottish interests at the forthcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change.
	(292285)

*9	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What discussions he has had with the House of Commons authorities on the production of the Outreach Service's publication entitled People and Parliament: connecting with communities.
	(292286)

*10	Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What recent discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the siting of new coal-fired power stations in Scotland.
	(292287)

*11	Bob Spink (Castle Point): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the (a) cost to the public purse of and (b) implementation of the national identity card scheme in Scotland.
	(292288)

*12	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): What recent representations he has received on the effects of UK Government policies on tourism in Scotland.
	(292289)

*13	Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): What recent representations he has received on UK Government support for the Scottish manufacturing sector.
	(292290)

*14	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the future of defence establishments in Scotland.
	(292291)

*15	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What recent discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the decision not to proceed with the Glasgow Airport Rail Link.
	(292292)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1	Ann Winterton (Congleton): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 14 October.
	(292263)

*2	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):
	(292264)

*3	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):
	(292265)

*4	Steve Webb (Northavon):
	(292266)

*5	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):
	(292267)

*6	Mark Williams (Ceredigion):
	(292268)

*7	Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):
	(292269)

*8	Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):
	(292270)

*9	Mark Hunter (Cheadle):
	(292271)

*10	Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):
	(292272)

*11	Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):
	(292273)

*12	Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):
	(292274)

*13	Mr Mike Weir (Angus):
	(292275)

*14	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):
	(292276)

*15	Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):
	(292277)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Thursday 17 September and Friday 9 October

1
N

Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2093W, on the UK Innovation Fund, which budgets within his Department other than the Strategic Investment Fund he will draw on to accumulate the remaining £25 million for the UK Innovation Fund; and how much he will draw from each budget.

(292175)

2
N

Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2092W, on the UK High Technology Fund (UKHTF), what the cost of management fees related to the UKHTF has been in each year since its formation; for what reasons the number of companies receiving funding through the UKHTF was lower in 2007 and 2008 than in 2006; which underlying funds have received funding from the UKHTF; what the monetary value of funding from the UKHTF to underlying funds was in each year since 2001; and how much funding remains available for (a) future funding of underlying funds and (b) in underlying funds which have received funding from UKHTF for future investments in business.

(292909)

3 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the Secretary of State has not registered with the appropriate authorities his visit to the Bilderberg Conference in Greece in May 2009.
	(292958)

4 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Secretary of State will estimate the cost of the hospitality he received pursuant to his attendance at the Bilderberg Conference in Greece in May 2009 classified by (a) hotel accommodation, (b) food and drink, (c) travel and (d) other hospitality.
	(292959)

5 N	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on (a) standard, (b) business and (c) first class air travel by Business Link in each of the last four years.
	(292919)

6 N	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many working days were lost through staff sickness within Business Link in each of the last four years.
	(292925)

7 N	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of outstanding trading debts had been paid by Business Link within 10 days in each month since November 2008.
	(292926)

8 N	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many draft reports from the investigators of the collapse of MG Rover were provided to the Government for comment before publication of the final report on 11 September 2009.
	(292929)

9 N	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on (a) car hire, (b) train travel, (c) air travel, (d) hotels and (e) restaurants by Business Link staff in each of the last four years.
	(292930)

10 N	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what costs were incurred by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in attending the (a) Liberal Democrat, (b) Labour, (c) Conservative and (d) Scottish National Party conference in 2009.
	(292947)

11 N	Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 7.16 of the Ministerial Code, whether Lord Sugar has consulted the Law Officers in relation to his proposed legal action against a Daily Mail journalist.
	(293014)

12 N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies which have received support from UK Trade and Investment in the last 12 months have also received support from a regional development agency in that period.
	(292917)

13 N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Statements of Insolvency Practice (SIP) 16 reports have not provided sufficient information to creditors on valuation and marketing; and how many insolvency practitioners have been recorded as failing to comply with SIP 16 reporting requirements.
	(292927)

14
N

Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times officials of (a) his Department and (b) the Insolvency Service have met representatives of recognised professional bodies to discuss Statements of Insolvency Practice (SIP) 16 in the last 12 months; and what representations (i) his Department and (ii) the Insolvency Service has received from the insolvency industry on the implementation and review of SIP 16.

(292928)

15 N	Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects on the UK skills base of the outsourcing of information technology jobs overseas.
	(292956)

16 N	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts sought approval from her Department to attend the party political conferences in 2009.
	(292946)

17 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when it was decided that UK Financial Investments Limited should relocate to premises outside HM Treasury; and what the reasons were for that decision.
	(292920)

18 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects UK Financial Investments Limited to appoint a new Chief Executive to replace John Kingman.
	(292921)

19 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to place UK Financial Investments Limited on a statutory basis.
	(292922)

20 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when UK Financial Investments Limited will publish a set of (a) indicators and (b) benchmarks against which its performance can be measured.
	(292924)

21 N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase the proportion of loan guaranteed by the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme from 75 per cent.
	(292931)

22
N

Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 September 2009 on Cooperation on debt recovery, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who owe money to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and who are in receipt of benefit payments from the Department for Work and Pensions by benefit type; what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the total debt which is owed to HMRC by these individuals; and how many full-time equivalent officials from his Department will be involved in operating this trial.

(292910)

23 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Government's financial holdings in (a) Northern Rock, (b) Bradford and Bingley, (c) RBS, (d) Lloyds Banking Group, (e) HBOS, (f) Barclays and (g) HSBC to date; and what estimate he has made of such costs in the next 12 months.
	(292945)

24 N	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Newcastle Gateshead Housing Marketing Pathfinder spent on plan and strategy preparation in the North Central area of Newcastle; and how much of that sum was recharged to the Pathfinder in respect of Newcastle City Council staff engaged in plan and strategy preparation.
	(292953)

25 N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much housing revenue has been transferred from each local housing authority to central government in each of the last three years; and what methodology his Department uses to redistribute such funds to local authorities.
	(292918)

26 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that grant-making bodies for which his Department has responsibility give preference to those places of worship which donated their bells as a contribution to munitions in the Second World War in awarding grants for the replacement of church bells.
	(292923)

27 N	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of collecting the television licence fee was in each of the last five years.
	(292908)

28 N	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's sponsored bodies attended party political conferences in 2009; and how much they spent at the (a) Liberal Democrat, (b) Labour and (c) Conservative party conferences.
	(292948)

29 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households have been affected by the loss of ITV3 and ITV4 following the digital television re-tune of 30 September 2009; and who took the decision to remove ITV3 and ITV4 from the areas so affected.
	(292937)

30 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of licence fee receipts has been used to facilitate digital switchover; what proportion of the digital switchover help scheme budget remains unspent; and if his Department will make an assessment of the merits of using money from that scheme to upgrade relay transmitters.
	(292938)

31 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what statutory obligations apply to Freeview to ensure that all national free-to-air broadcasts from free-to-air broadcasters are equally available to all licence fee payers.
	(292939)

32 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the digital television re-tune of 30 September 2009 resulted in the loss of channels ITV3 and ITV4 by many viewers in the UK.
	(292940)

33 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department was informed of the loss of ITV3 and ITV4 to many television viewers by (a) Freeview and (b) ITV prior to the digital television re-tune of 30 September 2009.
	(292941)

35 N	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce regulations to permit or require delivery of publications to legal deposit libraries by electronic means under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003.
	(292904)

36 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation was paid to (a) soldiers wounded in Afghanistan and (b) dependent relatives of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in Afghanistan under the War Pension Scheme in financial year 2008-09.
	(292942)

37 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation was paid under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme to dependent relatives of personnel killed in Afghanistan as (a) guaranteed income payments and (b) other payments in financial year 2008-09.
	(292943)

38 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation was paid to soldiers wounded in Afghanistan under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme as (a) lump sum payments and (b) guaranteed income payments in financial year 2008-09.
	(292944)

39 N	Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2000W, on helicopters: Nepal, whether the investigation found evidence of wrongdoing short of criminality in the procurement of the helicopters.
	(292911)

40 N	Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2000W, on helicopters: Nepal, what assistance was provided by the (a) government and (b) army of Nepal to the investigation.
	(292912)

41 N	Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 July 2009 on surface water drainage charges, Defra Minister pledges action on rain tax, what the timetable is for the introduction of new guidance to water companies.
	(292227)

42 N	Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcesteshire, dated 23 June 2009, on carbon emissions and climate change.
	(292906)

43 N	Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason he has not yet replied to the letter dated 20 July 2009 from the Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee in respect of legal matters pertaining to the Lisbon Treaty.
	(292954)

44 N	Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Israel on its policy priorities for (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
	(292961)

45 N	Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Israel on the findings of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict; and if he will make a statement.
	(292962)

46 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's plans are for the future provision of UK military aid to Colombia; and if he will make a statement.
	(293008)

47 N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to ensure that all staff at NHS hospitals in England do not have to pay car parking charges; and if he will make a statement.
	(292936)

48 N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish on its website a timetable for its review of Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators.
	(292934)

49 N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the remit of the Quality and Outcomes indicator pilots for the Quality and Outcomes Framework will be.
	(292935)

50 N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which diseases pilot indicator studies will be conducted for inclusion in the 2011-12 Quality and Outcomes Framework .
	(292949)

51 N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism exists for stakeholders to (a) contribute ideas for the expansion of or an amendment to Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators and (b) suggest new areas for pilot indicator development.
	(292960)

53 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the number of regionally-based recruitment agencies used to supply staff to the NHS.
	(293007)

54 N	John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the use of Mosquito ultrasonic deterrent devices; and if he will make a statement.
	(292957)

55 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in England in the last three years.
	(292226)

56 N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers his Department employs overseas to screen passengers of inbound flights to the United Kingdom at airports (a) in and (b) outside the EU.
	(292932)

57 N	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many actual or suspected fractures were incurred during use of force incidents at each young offender institution in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.
	(292950)

58 N	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many control and restraint incidents were recorded at each young offenders institution in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.
	(292951)

60 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment in May 2009 in the case of Michael Napier and Irwin Mitchell v Pressdram Limited in respect of press freedom to report proceedings in court.
	(292409)

61
N

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers and (b) press freedom following the injunctions obtained in the High Court by (i) Barclays and Freshfields solicitors on 19 March 2009 on the publication of internal Barclays reports documenting alleged tax avoidance schemes and (ii) Trafigura and Carter Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura.

(293006)

62 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) collect and (b) publish statistics on the number of non-reportable injunctions issued by the High Court in each of the last five years.
	(293012)

63 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms HM Courts Service uses to draw up rosters of duty judges for the purpose of considering time of the essence applications for the issuing of injunctions by the High Court.
	(293013)

64 N	Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of maintaining the road network arising from its use by lorries weighing more than 44 tonnes; and if he will make a statement.
	(292963)

65 N	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress his Department has made in supporting the development of oxyhydrogen as an alternative fuel for public transport vehicles.
	(292905)

66
N

Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2009, Official Report, column 2137W, on employment schemes: disabled, under what circumstances disabled people not in work and not in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance receive assistance from employment programmes; what her most recent estimate is of the number of disabled people who meet such criteria; and if she will make a statement.

(292913)

67
N

Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sub-contractors have withdrawn from contractual commitments in the delivery of the (a) New Deal for Disabled People and (b) Pathways to Work programme; how many contracts have been handed back to prime providers in each district; and what the monetary value of contracts returned to prime providers is to date.

(292914)

68 N	Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 110WS, on the Discretionary Social Fund, for what reasons the changes to the Discretionary Social Fund were extended to Glasgow; and when she expects such an extension to end.
	(292915)

69 N	Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants between the ages of 18 and 25 she expects to take part in three additional mandatory work-focused interviews as proposed in the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-Focused Interviews) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 in the next 12 months.
	(292916)

70 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account her Department takes of the participation of miners in industrial action in 1984 and 1985 when reckoning service in order to determine the compensation payable for (a) miners' beat knee and (b) osteoarthritis of the knee.
	(292955)

71 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of pensioners living in poverty in East Dunbartonshire constituency.
	(292933)

Notices given on Monday 12 October

1 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) income and (b) expenditure of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts was in each of the last three financial years.
	[Transferred] (293009)

2 N	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he has taken to increase awareness in schools of mental health problems amongst children.
	[Transferred] (292907)

3 N	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people at each young offenders institution who were detained beyond their sentence expiry date as a consequence of unresolved immigration issues there were in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.
	[Transferred] (292952)

4	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to give further education colleges greater financial freedom to enable them to make flexible use of funding streams; and if he will make a statement.
	(293104)

5	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293325)

6	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) UK and (b) overseas students there were at each university in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09.
	(293184)

7	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the rate of participation by 18-year-olds resident in each region of England in higher education has been in each year since 2003-04.
	(293185)

8	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, from whom a (a) university and (b) further education college is required to seek permission to sell any of its buildings to a private company for (i) educational use and (ii) non-educational use; and if he will make a statement.
	(293132)

9	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) rural and (b) non-rural households that do not have access to broadband.
	(293203)

10	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices have closed in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997.
	(293204)

11	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293484)

12	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department provided to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion this constituted of the total budget of the Service.
	(293413)

13	Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria he plans to use in reaching a decision on whether or not to establish a grocery market ombudsman; and when he plans to make his decision on the recommendations of the Chairman of the Competition Commission for such an ombudsman.
	(293280)

14	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received regarding a proposed agreement between the Israel Electric Corporation and British Gas to purchase gas from the Gaza Marine Field; and if he will make a statement.
	(293093)

15	John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he will reply to the letters of 1 June and 3 September 2009 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare on behalf of his constituent Mrs Jane Johnstone.
	(293200)

16	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on its plans for the Joint Strike Fighter and its jet propulsion system.
	(293177)

17	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293247)

18	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of trade was between the UK and the United States in each of the last five years.
	(293316)

19	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has to increase the role played by the Post Office in delivering banking services.
	(293433)

20	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on busines of an increase in the price of first and second class stamps.
	(293434)

21	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department had with Royal Mail on plans to increase the price of first and second class stamps.
	(293435)

22	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Treasury colleagues on the effect of the abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings relief on the tourism industry.
	(293436)

23	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women aged (a) 12 to 16, (b) 17 to 21, (c) 22 to 24, (d) 25 to 30, (e) 31 to 35, (f) 36 to 40 and (g) 41 years and older have died from pregnancy-related diseases in each year since 1979, broken down by cause of death.
	(293416)

24	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(293326)

25	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the level of remuneration made to former Ministers given permission to take private sector jobs within two years of leaving office.
	(293486)

26	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates her Department passed material to the Information Commissioner in connection with the Freedom of Information request lodged by the hon. Member for Pendle pertaining to Lord Ashcroft.
	(293198)

27	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for civil servants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293094)

28	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to businesses of submitting tax returns online using (a) ASCII and (b) XBRL.
	(293158)

29	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of babies born in each primary care trust area of England were of low birth weight in the period since 1997.
	(293188)

30	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working tax credit recipients were receiving the 50-plus element on 1 January (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
	(293189)

31	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) requirements and (b) guidance apply to the promotion of tax avoidance schemes by banks in receipt of assistance under the (i) Asset Protection Scheme and (ii) Credit Guarantee Scheme.
	(293192)

32	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what terms and conditions apply to the agreements made by the Government for amnesties for British taxpayers with accounts in (a) Liechtenstein and (b) British overseas territories; what the reasons are for the terms and conditons in each case; and if he will make a statement.
	(293193)

33	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of independent financial advisors who will be required to requalify as a result of implementation of the proposals in the Financial Services Authority's Retail Distribution Review.
	(293113)

34	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley had received Child Trust Fund payments on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(293131)

35	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial assistance was provided by the Government to the banking sector in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date.
	(293485)

36	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293243)

37	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 October 2009, on the sale of Government assets, what consideration he gave to including all or part of Royal Mail in the portfolio of assets which are proposed to be sold.
	(293442)

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 October 2009, on the sale of Government assets, what valuation his Department placed in October 2007 on (a) the Tote, (b) the Dartford Crossing, (c) the student loan book, (d) the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, (e) the central Government property proposal for sale and (f) the local authority assets proposed for sale.

(293443)

39	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling the Treasury has undertaken on the likely effects the abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings relief will have on (a) tourism, (b) rural areas and (c) regional economies.
	(293437)

40	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal advice the Treasury took in advance of the decision to abolish Furnished Holiday Lettings relief.
	(293438)

41	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation the Treasury undertook with stakeholders in advance of the decision to abolish Furnished Holiday Lettings relief.
	(293439)

42	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses which will be affected by the abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings relief.
	(293440)

43	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities have applied for safety valve funding to meet increased demand for primary school places; how much has been allocated in each case; what steps he is taking to review the criteria used to make such allocations; and if he will make a statement.
	(293098)

44	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293327)

45	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in rural areas living in poverty in each year since 1997.
	(293210)

46	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293483)

47	Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school pupils of each age were given a fixed-period exclusion in 2007-08, broken down by reason for exclusion.
	(293359)

48	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nursery nurses per head of population there were in Northamptonshire in each of the last 10 years.
	(293488)

49	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nursery places per head of population there were in Northamptonshire in each of the last 10 years.
	(293489)

50	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's budget for publicity and advertising was in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(293394)

51	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on freelance press officers in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(293395)

52	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of expenditure by his Department and its predecessor on all forms of consultancy for each (a) year and (b) quarter from 31 March 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(293396)

53	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding he expects to allocate to the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(293397)

54	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on the gifted and talented programme in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(293398)

55	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of his Department's budget was allocated directly by his Department and not devolved to schools or local authorities in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(293399)

56	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the annual cost of the School Improvement and Targets Unit was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(293400)

57	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many calls there have been to the Parent Know How helpline in each month since it was established; what the cost of the helpline has been; and if he will make a statement.
	(293401)

58	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor paid towards the production of Teachers TV in the last three years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(293402)

59	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on walking to school initiatives in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(293403)

60	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on the 14-19 engagement programme in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(293404)

61	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what resources from standards funds have been allocated by his Department in the last 12 months, broken down by source fund.
	(293405)

62	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on EMA bonuses in 2008-09; and how much he expects his Department to spend in each of the next three years.
	(293406)

63	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Key Stage 1 classes there were in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(293407)

64	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department provided to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion this constituted of the total budget of the Service.
	(293408)

65	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department plans to provide to BECTA in each year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(293409)

Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the income of the Specialist School and Academies trust (a) was in each year from 1999 to 2000 to 2007-08 and (b) is planned to be in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11, from (i) central Government grants, (ii) subscriptions from schools, (iii) private sector donations and (iv) other income; and if he will make a statement.

(293410)

67	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the average annual cost to schools of delivering (a) Key Stage 1 and 2 national tests, (b) GCSEs and (c) A-Levels and AS-Levels; and if he will make a statement.
	(293411)

68	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects his Department to spend on supporting its national strategies in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293412)

69	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children used each means of transport in (a) 2007 and (b) 2009 according to school census returns, broken down by local authority.
	(293373)

70	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children used each means of transport in 2009 according to school census returns.
	(293374)

71	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who were eligible for free school meals had statements of special educational needs in each local authority area in 1997.
	(293375)

72	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which officials in his Department write the departmental tweets on the Twitter website.
	(293376)

73	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the projected cost is of the annual review of ContactPoint.
	(293377)

74	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of new (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were fitted with sprinklers in each year since 2005.
	(293379)

75	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of procurement contracts his Department and its predecessors awarded to small businesses in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293238)

76	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's scheme to provide funding to schools at key stage 4 for Enterprise Education.
	(293153)

77	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criteria are used for allocating funding to schools at key stage 4 for Enterprise Education; and how much was allocated on average per (a) school and (b) pupil in the lastest period for which figures are available.
	(293154)

78	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 426W, on Church of England: finance, what exact percentage of the Church of England's running costs was met by the Church Commissioners in each of the last five years.
	(293182)

79	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much in capital receipts was generated by the Church Commissioners rural strategic property portfolio in each of the last five years.
	(293209)

Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 40W, on Departmental land, what his estimate is of the cost of establishing how many acres of agricultural land were sold by the Church Commissioners in each year from 2000 to 2008, broken down by cost heading.

(293213)

81	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of anti-Semitic attacks during Jewish high holy days in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (293290)

82	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect the Jewish community from anti-Semitic attacks; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (293291)

83	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on the decision to reduce Decent Homes funding; and if he will make a statement.
	(293101)

84	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to respond to the points raised by the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam during the summer recess adjournment debate on 21 July 2009, Official Report, columns 837-8, on Decent Homes Programme: funding; and if he will make a statement.
	(293267)

85	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293328)

86	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on each Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder; what the total expenditure has been; how many properties have been demolished in each; and how many new (a) affordable and (b) market price properties have been built in each.
	(293169)

87	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) Government funding and (b) total expenditure there has been on disabled facilities grants in England in each year since 2004-05; and how many such grants were awarded in each of those years.
	(293186)

88	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty properties in rural areas in each year since 1997.
	(293211)

89	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social rented homes in rural areas have been sold in each year since 1997.
	(293212)

90	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293482)

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties within the Wiltshire County Council area are recorded with each individual (a) dwelling house code and (b) value significant code, including each individual (i) type, (ii) room number, (iii) bedroom, (iv) bathroom, (v) floors, (vi) floor level, (vii) parking, (viii) garaging, (ix) conservatory type, (x) age, (xi) outbuilding and (xii) modernisation code of Wiltshire Council according to electronic records held by the Valuation Office Agency.

(293105)

92	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of grant aid was provided to each local authority for improving Gypsy and Traveller sites in each of the last five years; and what the relevant outturn expenditure was by each authority in each year.
	(293490)

93	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the spending of grants provided to local authorities to improve Gypsy and Traveller sites in the last three years.
	(293491)

94	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of budget allocation for tenant participation in local housing authorities in each of the last three years.
	(293493)

95	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to tenant participation in local housing authorities in each of the last three years.
	(293494)

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of domestic fires caused as a result of (a) electric ovens, (b) gas ovens, (c) microwave ovens and (d) central and water heating systems in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available; and how many of these fires resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) non-fatal injuries.

(293194)

97	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293233)

98	Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish updated data on the number of households on local authorities' housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.
	(293415)

99	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances a proposal submitted to the Valuation Office Agency to reduce the banding of a dwelling is (a) considered by the agency alone and (b) referred to the Valuation Tribunal Service.
	(293106)

100	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects in the UK have received funding under the Interreg (a) IVA and (b) IVB programme.
	(293107)

101	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which data collections from local authorities that were part of best value performance indicator set and are not part of the national indicator set his Department is continuing to obtain.
	(293108)

102	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the home condition reports on the Home Condition Register received subsidy in whole or in part from public initiatives to encourage the take-up of home condition reports.
	(293109)

103	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households have received financial support from the Repossessions Prevention Fund.
	(293110)

104	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities are not eligible to apply for funding from the Local Authority Challenge Fund.
	(293111)

105	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the home information pack for 62 South Eaton Place was updated to reflect the fact that the freehold was being sold with the leasehold.
	(293112)

106

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether letters have been sent to local authorities in (a) the East of England and (b) the South East by the relevant Government Office on the weight to be given to draft regional spatial strategies; and what guidance is being given to local authorities on the weight to be given to elements of regional spatial strategies which are subject to legal action pending the outcome of that action.

(293156)

107	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average liability of businesses in London for business rates before the application of transitional relief in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(293159)

108	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average business rate bill has been in each Government office region in each year since 1997-98.
	(293160)

109	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities which publish a weekly municipal newspaper.
	(293161)

110	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations responded to his Department's consultation on the Code of Conduct on Local Authority Publicity.
	(293162)

111	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the terms of reference are for the Audit Commission's review of council newspaper advertising; what methodology the Commission is using to conduct the review; and under what timetable he expects the review to take place.
	(293166)

112	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the review of the allocations to Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders; and what funding has been allocated to date in each year in each Pathfinder during the current Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(293183)

113	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 189W, on council tax, how many homes in each local authority area have a (a) GG value significant code and (b) OS code.
	(293206)

114	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many months empty property council tax has been paid on 62 South Eaton Place; and how much has been paid in total since the property became vacant.
	(293207)

115	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Cabinet Office guidance on the conduct of the Civil Service during general elections, whether the Infrastructure Planning Commission may submit recommendations to the Secretary of State after the dissolution of Parliament.
	(293222)

116

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 194W, on housing: construction, which local authorities in the East Midlands provided details of (a) building control commencement lists and (b) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency in the last 12 months; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface was used in each case.

(293223)

117

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 17 October 2007, Official Report, column 1339W, on planning: agriculture, what changes there have been to planning policy on the protection of the best and most versatile agricultural land since October 2007; and whether the new PPS4 will include further changes to the regime.

(293224)

118

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 17 October 2007, Official Report, column 1338W, on planning: agriculture, in respect of which local plans, broken down by Government Office of the Region, the Secertary of State has made a direction, under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, to not save a local plan policy of protecting the best and most versatile agricultural land since October 2007.

(293225)

119	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10 January 2008, Official Report, columns 767-68W, on Crossrail Line: finance, what information his Department holds on the likely (a) start date and (b) end date of the supplementary business rate in London.
	(293226)

120	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1662W, on LLM Communications, which Minister in his Department approved the payments to the Campaign for More and Better Homes.
	(293229)

121	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Greengross of 21 July 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 305-6WA, on building regulations, what the minimum levels of provision of (a) male and (b) female toilets required in (i) new licensed premises and (ii) other new non-domestic premises are.
	(293230)

122	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Mr Tony Clements played a role in drafting the letter sent by the Minister for Housing and Planning to the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition dated 28 July 2009.
	(293248)

123	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1662W, on LLM Communications, for what reasons the Department paid LLM Communications directly.
	(293250)

124

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) central Government departments, (b) public corporations, (c) local authorities, (d) executive agencies, (e) non-departmental public bodies, (f) partnership bodies, (g) regional quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations and (h) other public sector bodies are involved in the Thames Gateway development.

(293251)

125	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on the eco-town programme since its inception.
	(293252)

126	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role Ordnance Survey has in the geo-referencing of the property database held by the Valuation Office Agency.
	(293253)

127	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals relating to the establishment of Starbucks coffee shops have been considered by Planning Inspectorate in the last 24 months.
	(293254)

128	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations operating at local level which receive funding from the public purse.
	(293255)

129	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Valuation Office Agency's domestic property attribute data has been digitised; what the targets for full digitisation are; and what the total cost of the digitisation project is.
	(293256)

130

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's reply to request 11437929.1/CEO/TE made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, if he will place in the Library a copy of the chart showing the number of dwellings assigned with each individual dwellinghouse code and each individual value significant code across England in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(293257)

131	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Travellers will be able to apply for grants from the Tackling Race Inequalities Fund.
	(293258)

132	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive funding scheme funding has been reduced to £50 million for 2010-11; and whether the funds previously committed to the programme are to be transferred to any other programme.
	(293259)

133	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets his Department has been set for achieving value for money in its operations; and what progress has been made in meeting those targets.
	(293260)

134	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use has been made of the dataset of revaluations produced for the Lyons Review by the Valuation Office Agency since the conclusion of the review; and which public bodies have access to the dataset.
	(293261)

135	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of social housing was allocated between 2002 and 2007 to tenants who were not born in the United Kingdom.
	(293262)

136	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for the publication of the results of the second stage of his Department's review on the extent and impact of housing development on garden land.
	(293263)

137	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local planning authorities responded to the Government's review on the extent and impact of housing development on garden land; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such response.
	(293264)

138	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is the policy of the Valuation Office Agency to value a self-contained annex as a separate dwelling for council tax purposes in cases where planning permission for the property was granted on the condition that the annex cannot be sold or sub-let separately.
	(293265)

139	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the revised Planning Policy Statement 15 on the historic environment makes specific reference to the protection of war memorials.
	(293266)

140	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost of delivery of the FiReControl project; and what estimates were made in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006, (d) 2007 and (e) 2008.
	(293319)

141	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what obligations there are on property owners to respond to requests from the Valuation Office Agency to complete questionnaires gathering information for the purposes of property valuation.
	(293320)

142	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the minimum size is of an outbuilding for an external building next to a domestic dwelling which can been classified as an outbuilding by the Valuation Office Agency for the purposes of its dwellinghouse coding for council tax valuations.
	(293321)

143	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standard to local government on (a) staff leave costs in local government and (b) other local government costs.
	(293322)

144	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what entitlement to social housing each category of non-UK born migrant to the UK has.
	(293323)

145	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been received gross in council tax receipts in (a) cash and (b) real terms by each local authority in England in each year since 1997-98.
	(293324)

146	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 1422W, if he will now place in the Library a copy of the Stage 3 Gateway Review on the FireBuy integrated clothing project.
	(293339)

147

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 189, on Council Tax: Valuation, how many proposals were submitted to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) in each of those four years requesting a band change; and how many and what proportion were (a) accepted, (b) rejected by the VOA and not appealed, (c) rejected by the VOA, considered by the Valuation Tribunal Service and not successfully appealed and (d) rejected by the VOA, considered by the Valuation Tribunal Service and successfully appealed.

(293343)

148	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning guidance has been produced by his Department on using (a) Green Belt, (b) countryside and (c) open space for use as playing fields in the last three years.
	(293344)

149	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date will the regional development agencies commence their roles as regional planning bodies.
	(293345)

150	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to the (a) eligibility and (b) accessibility of households to appeal against their council tax banding since May 1997.
	(293346)

151	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which areas are receiving reductions in their Growth Point funding compared to original anticipated allocations in the latest period for which allocations have been determined.
	(293347)

152	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances the Valuation Office Agency will review the council tax banding of a dwelling upon the request of an occupier; and what the Agency's policy is on whether it will review a banding if the current occupier has resided in the dwelling for more than six months.
	(293348)

153	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, during what period of time a homeowner is able to appeal the council tax band of their property.
	(293349)

154	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings in each local billing authority, or closest administrative unit used by the Valuation Office Agency, have been recorded with a (a) VC and (b) VE Value Significant Code to date.
	(293350)

155	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's pandemic influenza contingency plan.
	(293351)

156	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimates were made by his predecessor Department of the (a) cost and (b) staffing complement of the Greater London Authority prior to its creation.
	(293352)

157	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimates were made of the (a) cost and (b) staffing complement of the proposed elected regional assemblies prior to the 2004 regional assembly referendum.
	(293353)

158	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of unpaid business rates (a) uncollected and (b) written off in each of the last five years in England.
	(293354)

159	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the extension of the Joint Statement on Access to Skills, Trade Unions and Advice in Government Contracting to local government.
	(293355)

160	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a council is compensated via the local government finance settlement for a smaller taxbase as a consequence of households successfully appealing against their council tax banding and moving to a lower band.
	(293356)

161	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of the respondents to the consultation on draft PPS4.
	(293357)

162	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of progress in the operation of two-tier pathfinders; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report by the Office for Public Management consultancy, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cardiff Business School on the two-tier pathfinders.
	(293358)

163	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a full impact assessment has been produced relating to the costs of the provisions in the Lifetime Homes Standard on building a house.
	(293360)

164	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will receive additional funding to pay for the new responsibilities introduced in the draft Floods and Water Bill.
	(293361)

165	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central funding will be allocated to support specific developments in the eco-town programme; and over what periods.
	(293362)

166	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of the drafts of each of the National Policy Statements on planning.
	(293363)

167	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance produced by the Audit Commission for local authorities on the frequency of household waste collections.
	(293364)

168	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many grants to voluntary groups Communitybuilders has given to voluntary groups since its establishment in January 2008.
	(293365)

169	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public houses have Post Offices facilities within them, according to Rating list records held by the Valuation Office Agency.
	(293366)

170	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Minister took the decision to dispose of the green goddess fire engines used to provide emergency fire cover.
	(293367)

171	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessments have been made of the effects of the introduction of the new regime of empty property buisness rates to date.
	(293368)

172	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firms eligible for small business rate relief did not claim small business rate relief on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(293369)

173	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings have had their property attributes updated by the Valuation Office Agency as a result of data obtained from the Rightmove portal in the last year for which figures are available.
	(293370)

174	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the E-BAR/Valuebill interface for council tax reports established by the Valuation Office Agency includes the transfer of personal data.
	(293371)

175	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the base year is for carbon dioxide emissions for local authorities under the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme.
	(293372)

176	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether hereditaments which are levied on a workplace parking levy will receive any reduction in the rateable value calculated for their business parking spaces for business rates purposes.
	(293418)

177	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the addition of a conservatory to a dwelling is considered by the Valuation Office Agency to be a value significant for the purposes of council tax valuations and revaluations.
	(293419)

178	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293329)

179	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the British Library and other institutions are able to build a digital archive which captures material published on the internet; and if he will make a statement.
	(293178)

180	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agency awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293242)

181	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of households in the United Kingdom have access to high speed broadband internet.
	(293417)

182	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what effect his Department estimates the reduction in VisitBritain's budget will have on international visitor numbers to the UK in 2010.
	(293122)

183	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Treasury colleagues on the effect of the abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings relief on the tourism industry.
	(293431)

184	Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2008, Official Report, column 296W, on wind power, to which wind farm proposals his Department has objected since January 2008; and for what reasons in each case.
	(293342)

185

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2008, Official Report, column 797W, on radar: wind power, how many pre-planning applications his Department had objected to on the grounds of interference with defence equipment on the latest date for which figures are available; how many such applications related to sites in Scotland; and how many such applications in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland were subsequently withdrawn.

(293446)

186	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293330)

187	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293473)

188	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the number of jobs which will be (a) maintained and (b) created as a consequence of Tranche 3 Typhoon project.
	(293220)

189

Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the number of (a) direct and (b) indirect jobs in the supply chain which would be created as a result of the construction of the two proposed new aircraft carriers; what information his Department holds on the number of such jobs which would be created in each constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(293221)

190	Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision to reduce Territorial Army (TA) training on (a) the morale of members of the TA, (b) the ability of the TA to support the regular Army on operations and (c) retention rates in the TA.
	(293127)

191	Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reduce the requirement for members of the Territorial Army to have qualified for bounty from nine out of 10 years to eight out of 10 years for applications for the Volunteer Reserve Service Medal.
	(293128)

192	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293231)

193	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent (a) in England, (b) in Wales, (c) in Northern Ireland and (d) overseas on (i) equipment, (ii) non-equipment expenditure, (iii) service personnel costs and (iv) civil personnel costs in each year since 1997.
	(293427)

194	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) trained, (b) actual strength and (c) numbers fit for duty requirement is for each (i) regular and (ii) territorial infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
	(293428)

195	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what green technologies have been installed in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
	(293299)

196	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many citizens from (a) British Overseas Territories and (b) Crown Dependencies are serving in the British armed forces.
	(293308)

197	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fixed wing aircraft, are stationed at the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, broken down by type of aircraft.
	(293452)

198	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British servicemen are stationed at the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
	(293453)

199	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fixed wing aircraft are stationed in the Falkland Islands, broken down by type of aircraft.
	(293455)

200	Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British military assistance has been provided for operations in Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
	(293164)

201	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the operation of the University Officer Training Corps in the next six months.
	(293150)

202	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much will be spent on pay for adult instructors in the Cadet Force in the next six months.
	(293151)

203	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the training budget for the (a) Territorial Army, (b) University Officer Training Corps and (c) Cadet Force is in 2009-10.
	(293152)

204	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to ensure the eligibility of Territorial Army personnel for (a) annual bounty and (b) the Volunteer Reserve Service Medal following the reduction in Territorial Army training days.
	(293155)

205	Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department is monitoring the adherence of local authorities to their obligation to promote and encourage the development of renewable energy resources in their local development policy.
	(293426)

206	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on first class rail travel for officials since its inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(293331)

207	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to provide a substantive reply to Question 290928 tabled on 9 September 2009 by the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford on the power cut at Dartford Creek on 20 July 2009.
	(293214)

208	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to provide a substantive reply to Question 290929 tabled on 9 September 2009 by the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford on compensation payments under the Guaranteed Standards Scheme.
	(293215)

209	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293480)

210	Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of the referrals generated by the Warm Front marketing team which are second surveys.
	(293441)

211	Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria were used to assess the (a) cost-effectiveness and (b) reliability of Ideal ISAR (i) 24HE and (ii) 30He condensing boilers for use by Eaga plc under the Warm Front scheme.
	(293444)

212	Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on Eaga plc's commercial interest in Warm Sure Ltd.
	(293445)

213	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) UK Ministers and (b) Ministers from devolved administrations, will be included in the UK delegation to the UN framework convention on climate change conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen.
	(293422)

214	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials will accompany the Ministerial delegation to the UN framework convention on climate change conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen; and from which departments officials will be drawn.
	(293423)

215	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions Ministers from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland's devolved administrations have been included in the UK delegation to the UN framework convention on climate change conferences since 1999.
	(293424)

216	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government has taken to identify designated low carbon zones.
	(293429)

217	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293332)

218	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of rural parishes without a general store in each year since 1997.
	(293201)

219	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) newsagents, (b) fishmongers, (c) bakers and (d) butchers that have closed in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in each year since 1997.
	(293227)

220	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of food shops that have closed in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997.
	(293228)

221	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293481)

222	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of implementation of the Nitrates Directive on tenant farmers whose landlords may have applied nitrates to the tenanted land.
	(293167)

223	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely prospects for financial viability in the hill farming sector in the next 10 years.
	(293180)

224	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293239)

225	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Treasury colleagues on the effect of the abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings relief on the rural economy.
	(293430)

226	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had since July with Arab governments on (a) the imprisonment of Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas and (b) the refusal of Hamas to allow Gilad Shalit Red Cross (ICRH) visitation; and if he will make a statement.
	(293287)

227	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of stones being thrown at a group of Christian tourists entering the site of the Temple Mount on 27 September; what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(293288)

228	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received since July on the number of tunnels between Egypt and Gaza; what further steps he is taking to assist the government of Egypt to prevent the flow of weapons through the Rafah border crossing into Gaza; and if he will make a statement.
	(293289)

229	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the International Red Cross on (a) the imprisonment of Gilad Shalit by Hamas and (b) the refusal of Hamas to allow Gilad Shalit Red Cross visits since July; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (293292)

230	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation of the Jewish community in Iran since July; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (293293)

231	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the Government to ratify the UN Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; and what the reasons are for the time taken.
	(293129)

232	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to other EU member states on the renewal of GSP+ (Generalised System of Preferences +) in respect of Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
	(293099)

233	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel by its officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293208)

234	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293475)

235	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the proposed agreement between British Gas and the Israel Electric Corporation to purchase gas from the Gaza Marine Field; and if he will make a statement.
	(293092)

236	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293245)

237	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Iranian government on the development of a nuclear programme in that country in the last month; and what the outcomes were of such discussions.
	(293281)

238	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there are plans to change the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' responsibilities regarding conservation issues in British Overseas Territories.
	(293294)

239	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in developing a coherent strategy to manage biodiversity and promote conservation in the British Overseas Territories; and if he will make a statement.
	(293295)

240	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what outcomes were reached at the conservation conference hosted by the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Conservation Forum held in June.
	(293296)

241	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there are plans to extend the South Atlantic Invasive Species project beyond December 2009.
	(293297)

242	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legally binding targets have been set regarding renewable energy generation in British Overseas Territories.
	(293298)

243	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of households in (a) Montserrat, (b) the British Virgin Islands, (c) the Turks and Caicos Islands, (d) the Cayman Islands, (e) Bermuda and (f) Anguilla have access to high speed broadband internet.
	(293300)

244	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are in place to improve the telecommunications infrastructure in the Caribbean British Overseas Territories.
	(293301)

245	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are in place to improve the telecommunications infrastructure in the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories.
	(293302)

246	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are in place to ensure that the interests of the British Overseas Territories are recognised at the forthcoming UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.
	(293303)

247	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of constitutional developments in the Turks and Caicos Island; and if he will make a statement.
	(293305)

248	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the age is of the youngest person whose personal records are held on the Overseas Territories Regional Crime Intelligence System.
	(293306)

249	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether solar photovoltaic systems have been installed on government buildings in the Caribbean British Overseas Territories; and whether any other green technologies have been trialled.
	(293307)

250	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the gross domestic product per capita was for the Caribbean British Overseas Territories in each of the last five years.
	(293309)

251	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether records are kept of the levels of carbon dioxide emissions produced by the Caribbean British Overseas Territories.
	(293310)

252	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken in co-operation with the United States administration to improve the security of civilians in Iraq.
	(293311)

253	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between the United States of America and the Middle East.
	(293312)

254	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits he has made to the United States on official business in the last 12 months.
	(293313)

255	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on methods by which the international stockpile of nuclear weapons may be reduced.
	(293314)

256	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Iraq.
	(293317)

257	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the international threat of nuclear proliferation.
	(293318)

258	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 522W, on St Helena: wind power, what targets have been set to meet St Helena's electricity needs through wind power.
	(293420)

259	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are oil producers; and what their barrel production levels were in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(293447)

260	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories have received from the Overseas Territories Environment Program for environmental management since 2005.
	(293448)

261	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) prison capacity and (b) current jail population is in each of the Caribbean British Overseas Territories.
	(293449)

262	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the prison capacity is in each of the British Crown Dependencies; and what the jail population is in each Dependency.
	(293450)

263	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many police officers have been arrested for criminal activity in each of the Caribbean British Overseas Territories in the last five years.
	(293451)

264	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has held to discuss combating arms trafficking in British Overseas Territories in the last 12 months.
	(293454)

265	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding will be made available for the Overseas Territories Challenge Fund as part of the United Kingdom Government's Darwin Initiative in the next 12 months.
	(293456)

266	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the Caribbean British Overseas Territories have received under the Darwin Initiative scheme in each year since 2005.
	(293457)

267	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories have received under the Darwin Initiative scheme in each year since 2005.
	(293458)

268	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are being taken to ensure that the commitments outlined in the 2001 Environmental Charters signed between the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories are being met.
	(293459)

269	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the participation of the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre's Enhancing Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change project.
	(293460)

270	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress made by Anguilla towards energy independence; and if he will make a statement.
	(293462)

271	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of Anguilla's energy production has been drawn from renewable sources in each year since 2004.
	(293463)

272	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the Government has contributed to the establishment of the Anguilla Renewable Energy Office.
	(293464)

273	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the United Kingdom has given to assessment exercises of the effect of climate change on future levels of emperor penguin populations in the British Antarctic Territory.
	(293465)

274	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects are being undertaken by the British Antarctic Survey and the FCO Polar Regions Unit.
	(293466)

275	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conservation schemes operate in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Islands) to protect low lying vulnerable atolls from the effects of climate change.
	(293467)

276	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to meet representatives of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Conservation Forum in the next six months; and whether he has met them in the last six months.
	(293468)

277	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent measures have been taken to achieve a co-ordinated approach to environmental protection across Government departments in relation to the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
	(293469)

278	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) South Africa and (b) the South African Development Community to seek to ensure President Mugabe complies with the terms of the power-sharing agreement with Morgan Tsvangirai.
	(293121)

279	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementation of the UN Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on British counter-terrorism policy.
	(293124)

280

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in assessing the potential impact of ratification of the UN Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on UK law; when he expects the assessment to be completed; and if he will introduce primary legislation to permit the UK to ratify the Convention.

(293125)

281	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document in his Department's file EAX/036 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
	(293282)

282	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document in his Department's file EAX/034 Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill; and if he will make a statement.
	(293283)

283	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the files held by his Department that have been transferred to the National Archives during each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(293285)

284	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the files held by his Department that will be transferred to the National Archives during each of the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(293286)

285	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the publication of the report by Professor Sube Banerjee on the use of anti-psychotic drugs; and if he will make a statement.
	(293100)

286	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government's response to its consultation, No secrets: guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse; and if he will make a statement.
	(293102)

287	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for publication of his Department's report on nutrition in care setttings; and if he will make a statement.
	(293103)

288	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293333)

289	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery training places were commissioned by his Department for the 2008-09 academic year.
	(293216)

290	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a public health warning of the risk of transmission of swine flu arising from kissing, including a two-cheek greeting; and if he will make a statement.
	(293219)

291	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of babies born alive had a birth weight of less than 2.5 kg in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust area in each of the last three years.
	(293187)

292	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new cases of (a) stroke and (b) transient ischaemic attack occurred in each primary care trust area in each of the last three years.
	(293190)

293	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received warfarin prescribed by a GP in each primary care trust area in each of the last three years.
	(293191)

294	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Oral Surgery Review Committee first met; what the Committee's terms of reference are; how much notice of the meeting was given to members of the Committee; who the members of the Committee are; what relevant qualifications each has; and which members (a) attended and (b) did not attend the meeting.
	(293157)

295	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of rural parishes without a GP in each year since 1997.
	(293202)

296	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293476)

297	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) medical trainees expected to achieve Certificate of Completion of Training status in each of the next five years and (b) consultant posts likely to be available in each such year.
	(293340)

298	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on the practical experience gained by medical trainees specialising in surgery of trends in the use of (a) out-of-hours lists and (b) independent treatment centres for routine operations.
	(293341)

299	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients who were too obese to fit into a magnetic resonance imaging scanner in the last 12 months; and what alternative provision is available for such patients.
	(293181)

300	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency and effectiveness of those accident and emergency departments in England whose annual volume of attendances is below 55,000; and if he will make a statement.
	(293195)

301	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospital trusts in England have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more accident and emergency departments.
	(293196)

302	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services must be provided in a designated (a) accident and emergency department and (b) Urgent Care Centre.
	(293197)

303	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) number and (b) percentage of ambulances attending 999 calls in East Lancashire in each year since 2004 had a trained paramedic on board.
	(293199)

304	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293241)

305	Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the report commissioned by his Department from McKinsey and Company on reducing cost.
	(293249)

306	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of counterfeit medicines entering the UK via a parallel trader were recorded in each month of the last two years.
	(293117)

307	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on reimbursements of No Cheaper Stock Obtainable concessions in each month between June 2008 and September 2009.
	(293118)

308	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many No Cheaper Stock Obtainable applications from the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee were (a) received and (b) granted in each month between June 2008 and September 2009.
	(293119)

309	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a study into the impact of the parallel trade of medicines within the European Union on the supply of medicines in England.
	(293120)

310	Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what waiting time target his Department has set for admission to a dental practice which holds a contract to deliver NHS services.
	(293393)

311	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much cocaine was seized at (a) Gatwick and (b) Heathrow airports in each month since April 2009.
	(293126)

312	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293334)

313	Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been (a) dealt with and (b) concluded under the legacy casework programme.
	(293168)

314	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293474)

315	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the time taken by the UK Border Agency to process applications by European nationals for permanent residence.
	(293114)

316	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by the UK Border Agency was from the receipt of an application from a European national for permanent residence to the determination of a case in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(293115)

317	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target his Department has set for the average length of time for the UK Border Agency to determine applications for leave to remain under the seven years child concession.
	(293116)

318	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders have received an anti-social behaviour order plus sentence upon conviction in England in the last three years.
	(293130)

319	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293234)

320	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what procedures were used to recruit Mr Speaker's special adviser; who (a) carried out those procedures and (b) set the salary for that post; and what the (i) salary and (ii) job specification is for that post.
	(293163)

321	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293335)

322	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department's efforts to promote economic development in Afghanistan have included steps to support exploitation for trade of its lapis lazuli resources.
	(293218)

323	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293479)

324	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of procurement contracts his Department awarded to small businesses in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293236)

325	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has spent on post hurricane reconstruction efforts in the Cayman Islands since September 2008.
	(293304)

326	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the Government has contributed to the Global Environment Facility in each of the last 10 years.
	(293461)

327	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to assist those displaced as a result of the conflict in Georgia in August 2008.
	(293123)

328	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293336)

329	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates' courts have been closed in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997.
	(293205)

330	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293472)

331	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293235)

332	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 359W, on British Overseas Territories: renewable energy, what progress has been made by the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey in establishing tidal energy commissions.
	(293421)

333	Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to (a) market test and (b) contract out HM Young Offenders Institution Lancaster Farms in the next 12 months.
	(293165)

334	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what files his Department holds on the review on abortion in Northern Ireland held in 1985; and if he will make a statement.
	(293284)

335	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293337)

336	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293244)

337	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what provision has been made to respond to the increased demand to access facilities to practice faith and prayer arising from the number of people visiting London for the 2012 Olympics.
	(293217)

338	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the Ministers who have visited the United States on official business in the last 12 months.
	(293315)

339	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for civil servants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293096)

340	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of procurement contracts his Department awarded to small businesses in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293240)

341	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Treasury colleagues on the effect of the abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings relief on tourism, rural areas and regional economies in Scotland.
	(293432)

342	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Solicitor General, how many successful prosecutions there have been for credit card fraud in each of the last three years.
	(293487)

343	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293338)

344	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293478)

345	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293237)

346	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for civil servants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(293097)

347	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of procurement contracts his Department awarded to small businesses in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(293232)

348

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process (a) an Employment Support Allowance (ESA) claim where a medical certificate was required and (b) an ESA claim where a repeat or duplicate request for a medical certificate was made in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by benefit delivery centre.

(293414)

349

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests have been made for medical certificates for the purpose of processing Employment Support Allowance claims in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many duplicate or repeat requests have been made for medical certificates for the purpose of processing ESA claims, broken down by benefit delivery centre in each case.

(293425)

350	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on first class rail travel for civil servants in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(293095)

351	Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any of her Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.
	(293477)

352	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England were in receipt of jobseekers allowance on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(293179)

353	Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) her Department and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if she will make a statement.
	(293246)

354	Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to frontline staff in Jobcentre Plus on awareness of autism; and if she will make a statement.
	(293378)



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