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Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Overseas Visitors (11 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 1985W, on health services (overseas residence), what estimate he has made of the (a) non-reciprocal income received and (b) bad debts and claims abandoned in respect of overseas patients in relation to Newark in each of the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Overseas Visitors (11 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with which countries the UK has bilateral health agreements under paragraphs 4(m) and 4(o) of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989.

Written Answers — Defence: Disposal Services Agency (10 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what contractors have been approved by the Disposal Services Authority to sell surplus British defence equipment; (2) what items were sold by the Disposal Services Authority in 2008-09; how much each item was sold for; to whom each item was sold; and who approved each sale.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning Applications Review (10 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to Recommendation 1 of the Killian Pretty Review of the planning application process of November 2008, how many and what proportion of (a) minor non-residential and (b) householder developments have been removed from the need to apply for full planning permission.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning Applications Review (10 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to Recommendation 15 of the Killian Pretty Review of the planning application process of November 2008, when his Department plans to replace the time-target based National Indicator with a Satisfaction with the planning application service indicator.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning Applications Review (10 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to Recommendation 5 of the Killian Pretty Review of the planning application process of November 2008, how many councils in England and Wales have participated in the National Process Improvement project.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning Applications Review (10 Nov 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to Recommendation 2 of the Killian Pretty Review of the planning application process of November 2008, what measures have been put in place to ensure that local planning authorities adopt a more proportionate approach to information requirements for design and access statements.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: Will the Secretary of State give way?

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: I am most grateful to the Secretary of State. He is making some extremely good points, but he keeps using one word that is wrong. He keeps referring to "operations", but surely we have gone beyond that. What is happening in Afghanistan now is war, and the mistake is that, by trying to divide the Territorial Army from the regular Army, the Government will not be on the war footing needed to...

Written Answers — Home Department: National Prison Intelligence Unit (26 Oct 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of police forces to the work of the National Prison Intelligence Unit; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Defence Acquisition (Independent Review) (19 Oct 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: The Secretary of State has seen this outstanding report, but it addresses merely equipment. Given the number of wounded coming back from Afghanistan, and the appalling nonsense in the training mechanisms to get the troops through the system, when is he going to produce a similar report on the awful state of recruiting, particularly to the combat arms?

Written Answers — Justice: National Archives (14 Sep 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much the annual budget for the National Archives (a) has been in each year since 1997 and (b) is for 2009-10; (2) which organisations were consulted before the decision was taken to reduce the budget of the National Archives by £4.2 million.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (1 Sep 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has assessed the potential effectiveness of infrared surveillance capabilities used by the police for deployment for military purposes in Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Home Department: British Nationality (21 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have had their British citizenship revoked by his Department since 19 February 2001; and how many such individuals have been (a) removed, (b) deported and (c) excluded from the UK.

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration Controls (21 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to paragraph 8.19 of the United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what recent progress his Department has made on the formation of powers to exclude European Economic Area nationals from entering the UK on grounds of national security, unacceptable behaviour, public order or...

Written Answers — Home Department: Offenders: Deportation (21 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals who (a) were suspected of being involved in terrorist-related activity and (b) have completed terrorist-related prison sentences have been deported to their country of origin by the UK Border Agency since the Agency commenced operations.

Written Answers — Home Department: Demonstrations: Parliament Square (20 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether notice of the Tamil demonstration in Parliament Square and adjacent areas has been given to the Commissioner of Police for the Metroplis under section 133 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005; and whether the Commissioner has given authorisation under section 134 of that Act.

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration Controls (16 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been prevented from entering the UK on grounds of (a) national security, (b) unacceptable behaviour, (c) public order and (d) serious criminality since July 2005.