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Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (12 Nov 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time for processing (a) asylum applications and (b) applications for leave to remain was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Social Services: Haringey (12 Nov 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he has taken in response to the Ofsted July Joint Area Review of Haringey Council's Children's Services; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Social Services: Haringey (12 Nov 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what conditions have been imposed by his Department on spending of the funding provided in 2009-10 to the London Borough of Haringey for its children's services; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (4 Nov 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the charging regimes in place for mobile location information disclosed under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; what changes are made to (a) police forces and (b) private companies for disclosure of such information; and if he will make a statement.

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

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of (a) asylum applications and (b) applications for leave to remain were successful in each of the last five years; what percentage of applications of each type which were refused were then granted following an appeal in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (29 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of university students had not received payments due to them from Student Finance England before the start of the academic year 2009-10; what average length of time is which elapsed from the start of the academic year until receipt of payments for such students; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Schools: Hearing Impaired (29 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the level of compliance of schools with the acoustic requirements of deaf and hard of hearing pupils in classrooms; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Publications: Sight Impaired (27 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding the Government has provided for the translation and production of Braille editions of books in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Publications: Sight Impaired (27 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of books published in the UK which were (a) available in Braille and (b) produced as audio books in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Justice: Advocacy: Qualifications (27 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulation of companies offering representatives without appropriate legal qualifications to represent parties in employment tribunals; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Training: Sight Impaired (26 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much the Government have spent to support Braille literacy courses in each of the last four years; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Mortgages: Government Assistance (26 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people in each London borough have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance under the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme in each quarter since the scheme's inception; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Racial Discrimination (26 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2009, Official Report, columns 118-9WS, on the Tackling Race Inequalities Fund, when he expects funding to be allocated to each organisation listed.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Mortgages: Income Support (26 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each London borough have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance under the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme in each quarter since the scheme's inception; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Greater London (20 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of school leavers from each London borough went on to begin a university course in each of the last five academic years; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment: Sight Impaired (19 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department has made of the effects of Braille literacy on the employment prospects of people who are visually impaired; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Transport: Railway Stations: Ticket Offices (16 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many non-Transport for London railway station ticket offices in each London borough have (a) been closed and (b) had opening hours reduced in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Transport: Railway Stations: Ticket Offices (16 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effects on passenger safety of the closure of railway station ticket offices on the First Connect line through Hornsey and Wood Green; and if he will make a statement.

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

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the pupil to teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is in each London borough in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Transport: Railway Stations: Crimes of Violence (14 Oct 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many crimes of each type were recorded as having taken place (a) on trains and (b) at railway stations in each London borough in each of the last four years.