Written answers

Written answers and statements

Some recent written answers

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Internet (25 June 2009)

David Lidington:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations at EU level for a prohibition on the supply to Iran of technology to inspect, monitor and filter internet content; and if he will make a statement.

House of Lords: Regional Spatial Strategies (30 June 2009)

Lord Burnett:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for publishing the Regional Spatial Strategies for all regions of England.

House of Lords: Elections: European Parliament (29 June 2009; 1 annotation)

Lord Stoddart of Swindon:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the results of the recent European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom, they will ask Parliament to repeal the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and introduce a bill to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

Treasury: Departmental Pay (29 June 2009)

Elfyn Llwyd:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of his Department's (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies have submitted bids for efficiency savings to be used for pay improvements in 2009 pay offers.

Olympics: Olympic Games 2012: Construction (29 June 2009)

Charlotte Atkins:

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what plans she has to encourage construction companies on the Olympic site to use waterborne freight.

Health: Skin Cancer: Health Education (29 June 2009)

Cheryl Gillan:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health

(1) what funding his Department allocated to the SunSmart campaign in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09;

(2) what funding his Department has allocated to the SunSmart campaign for 2009-10;

(3) what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the SunSmart campaign; and if he will publish that assessment.

Culture Media and Sport: Television: Concessions (26 June 2009)

Lindsay Hoyle:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pensioners in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire had a free television licence at the latest date for which figures are available.

International Development: Uganda: Maternity Services (25 June 2009)

Diane Abbott:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to improve the survival rate of mothers during childbirth in northern Uganda; and if he will make a statement.

Health: NHS Innovation Expo (30 June 2009)

Andrew Lansley:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he expects the NHS Innovation Expo event to cost; and from the budgets of which NHS organisations funds will be drawn for that event.

International Development: Sub-Saharan Africa: Malaria (30 June 2009)

Andrew Rosindell:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations he has received on the provision of mosquito nets in sub-Saharan Africa.

Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Billing (25 June 2009)

Adrian Sanders:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the effect on progress towards energy consumption reduction targets of the structure of energy (i) bills and (ii) tariffs.

Communities and Local Government: Departmental Billing (25 June 2009)

Mark Oaten:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008.

Health: Hospital Beds (25 June 2009)

Norman Lamb:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds in NHS organisations (a) there were and (b) were occupied in each ward type in each of the last five years.

International Development: Maternal Health Strategy (1 July 2009)

Chris McCafferty:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how he plans to consult stakeholders in the fields of (a) sexual and reproductive rights and (b) HIV/AIDS in preparing his Department's annual update on the implementation of its maternal health strategy.

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: North America: Embassies (29 June 2009)

Keith Simpson:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations his Department held prior to its decision to transfer the passport issue service from the British High Commission in Ottawa to the North American Passport Production Centre; and if he will make a statement.

Justice: Offences against Children: Prosecutions (30 June 2009)

Paul Holmes:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions for offences relating to child abuse there have been in each local authority area since 1997.

Defence: QinetiQ: Location (26 June 2009)

Angus MacNeil:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department consulted (a) community representatives, (b) representatives of QinetiQ employees, (c) local enterprise agencies and (d) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar before QinetiQ's decision to relocate operations from the Hebrides Range to Aberporth Range.

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Afghanistan: Detainees (2 July 2009)

William Hague:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 964W, on Afghanistan: detainees, whether the British Embassy in Washington notified officials in his Department of the transfer of detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Bermuda before those detainees arrived in Bermuda.

Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Energy (1 July 2009)

Gregory Barker:

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which official is responsible for the energy efficiency of his Department's estate.

Home Department: Police: Lancashire (30 June 2009)

Lindsay Hoyle:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers (PCSO's) were assigned to duties in each parliamentary constituency in the Lancashire County Council area in the latest period for which figures are available; how many police officers were assigned to duties in each such constituency in 1997; and how many PCSOs were assigned to duties in each such constituency in 2003.