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Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Parking (12 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many appeals against a Valuation Office Agency decision to place rateable values on parking spaces in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) Devon and (c) England have been successful in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation (12 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine whether facilities which are appurtenant exclusively to individual dwellings but which are separate hereditaments should be liable for non-domestic rates.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Parking: Valuation (12 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine the rateable value of reserved parking spaces.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Parking (10 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many car parking spaces listed as domestic properties were exempt from the non-domestic rate under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) Devon and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Holiday Accommodation (4 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to delaying the proposed revision of the Furnished Holiday Lettings rules until after April 2010 in order to consult with the tourism industry.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Food: Origin Marking (21 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in his Department's discussions with supermarkets on a voluntary scheme for country of origin food labelling.

Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid (20 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for legal aid from residents of (a) Devon, (b) East Devon constituency and (c) England there have been in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid: Eligibility (20 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what criteria are used to determine eligibility for legal aid.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Farmers: Nitrates (19 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the farming industry on the identification of areas where the requirements placed on farmers to comply with nitrates legislation exceed the minimum requirements of the Nitrates Directive.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Schools: Broadband (15 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what support is available to introduce broadband services into primary and secondary schools.

Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid (14 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many legal aid lawyers dealing with immigration and asylum cases there were in (a) England, (b) Devon and (c) East Devon constituency in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many legal aid lawyers dealing with (a) housing cases, (b) employment cases and (c) family cases there were in (i) England, (ii) Devon and (iii) East Devon in each...

Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid: Rural Areas (14 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what schemes his Department has in place to ensure that those living in rural or isolated areas have access to legal aid lawyers.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 (14 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the average cost to each farm of implementation of the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (14 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grants his Department makes available for the construction of slurry storage in nitrate vulnerable zones.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Horse Riding: Education (14 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what representations he has received from riding schools on the operation of (a) the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and (b) the Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 1988.

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation: Fees and Charges (13 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what discussions he has had with (a) BAA plc and (b) the Manchester Airport Group on the change to its methodology for aeronautical charges levied on airlines; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband (13 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what monitoring his Department is undertaking of the pace of delivery of the broadband Universal Service Commitment.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband: Rural Areas (13 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what monitoring his Department carries out of bandwidth speeds available in rural areas.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband: Rural Areas (13 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what barriers he has identified in the delivery of the broadband Universal Service Commitment to rural areas.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Swimming: Finance (12 Oct 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department plans to allocate to local authorities for the free swimming programme in each of the next five years.