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Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Income Support: Grandparents (11 Nov 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate her Department has made of the number of grandparents who receive income support allowance in respect of their grandchildren.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Research: Energy (9 Nov 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to research into fusion energy in each of the last five years; and how much funding he plans to allocate for such purposes in each of the next five years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum: Young People (3 Nov 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress his Department has made on its programme to reform support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum: Young People (3 Nov 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of its grant to local authorities to meet the costs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people over the age of 16.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Pupils: Immigrants (3 Nov 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research his Department has (a) undertaken, (b) commissioned and (c) evaluated on the educational achievement of children of (i) Bangladeshi and (ii) Pakistani origin in the last five years.

Written Answers — International Development: Pakistan: Internally Displaced Persons (2 Nov 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1379W, on Pakistan: internally displaced persons, to which humanitarian agencies and for which projects his Department has allocated funds.

Written Answers — Health: Hospitals: Food (28 Oct 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what surveys of patient satisfaction with hospital food the NHS has undertaken in the last 12 months; (2) what recent progress his Department has made in improving the quality of food served in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change: Farming (27 Oct 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of farming methods on climate change.

Written Answers — Health: Premature Births: Death (27 Oct 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the NHS is making in reducing the number of babies who die following premature birth.

Written Answers — Health: Psychiatry: Regulation (26 Oct 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has received representations on the rejection by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy of the proposed statutory regulation of psychotherapy and counselling by the Health Professions Council.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: France: Industrial Disputes (22 Oct 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the government of France on the cost to British businesses and tourists of blockades of Channel ports.

Written Answers — International Development: Pakistan: Internally Displaced Persons (20 Oct 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department has provided to those who were displaced from and are returning to the Swat district of Pakistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Warships: Wrecks (21 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, column 1141W, on HMS Victory, whether his Department plans to enter into a salvage agreement with Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Finance (20 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the timetable for the next phase of decisions on colleges' capital programmes is; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Israel: Egypt (15 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of (a) Israel and (b) Egypt on the transport of goods into Gaza through crossing points.

Written Answers — International Development: Palestinians: Overseas Aid (15 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much aid his Department has (a) committed to and (b) spent in Gaza in 2009-10.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Incinerators (8 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which individuals and organisations were invited to make submissions to the Environment Agency's H14 ecotoxicity consultation in 2007.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Water Meters (8 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will discuss with Ofwat the introduction of a social tariff by water companies for low-income households which face higher costs from water metering.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Water Meters (8 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on low-income households of water metering.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Water Meters (8 Jul 2009)

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received on the effect on low-income households of water metering.