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Written / Oral Questions -- 2008
Written Answers — Justice: Prisons: Complaints (24 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints by prison officers have been made against fellow officers on the grounds of (a) sexual discrimination, (b) sexual harassment, (c) homophobic behaviour and (d) racial discrimination in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of these complaints were upheld; what proportion of those making such complaints received compensation...
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison (24 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officer staff have contested dismissal through tribunal from HMP Whitemoor in each of the last 10 years; and what the outcome was in each case.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison (24 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officer staff have been dismissed from the service from HMP Whitemoor in each of the last 10 years, broken down by grounds for dismissal.
 
Written Answers — Health: General Practitioners: Cambridgeshire (20 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what savings were made by GP practices in the NHS Cambridgeshire area through the practice-based commission scheme in 2007-08; (2) what the savings were of each GP practice under the practice-based commissioning scheme in the NHS Cambridgeshire (formerly Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust) area, ranked in order from the highest to the lowest...
 
Written Answers — Leader of the House: Members: Allowances (20 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Leader of the House how many hon. Members have been required to make repayments of their communications allowance following investigations by the Standards and Privileges Committee since the allowance was introduced; and how much was repaid in each case.
 
Written Answers — Health: General Practitioners: Finance (17 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of savings under the practice-based commission scheme a GP practice is allowed to spend in (a) the next financial year following the making of the savings and (b) subsequent years; (2) what the recommended list of service initiatives is on which a GP practice could spend savings made under the practice-based commission scheme.
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison (12 Nov 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what representations the Governor of HMP Whitemoor has received on staff morale in the last three months.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison: Islam (12 Nov 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements there are for (a) searching and (b) questioning those visiting Muslim prisoners at HMP Whitemoor.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison: Islam (12 Nov 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements are in place for the accommodation of Muslim prisoners at HMP Whitemoor; and what the policy of HM Prison Service is on accommodating Muslim prisoners in specific wings of the prison.
 
Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Packaging (11 Nov 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which groups have been consulted as part of the Strategic Review of Packaging Policy; (2) what the status is of the Strategic Review of Packaging Policy; and whether there is a date set for the implementation of the policy review.
 
Written Answers — Justice: HMP Whitemoor: Islam (6 Nov 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners there are at HMP Whitemoor; and how many list their religion as Muslim; (2) what facilities are provided to facilitate Muslim prisoners at HMP Whitemoor in practising their religion; (3) what the arrangements for meeting the (a) cultural and (b) dietary requirements of Muslim prisoners at HMP Whitemoor are; (4) what...
Written Answers — Justice: HMP Whitemoor: Homicide (30 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many attempted murders there were at HMP Whitemoor which did not result in a prisoner being charged by the police in each of the last three years.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Driving Offences: Insurance (27 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average sentence imposed by magistrates' courts for those found guilty of driving without car insurance was in the latest period for which information is available.
 
Written Answers — Justice: HMP Whitemoor (22 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether there has been a Prison Officers' Association staff vote of no confidence in the Governor of HMP Whitemoor in the last three months.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison: Homicide (21 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many attempted murders have taken place at HMP Whitemoor in each of the last three years.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison: Prisoners Release (21 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have been released early under the Government's early release scheme from HMP Whitemoor in the last 12 months.
 
Written Answers — Justice: Whitemoor Prison: Working Hours (21 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of staff working shifts was in each of the last three years at HMP Whitemoor.
Written Answers — Health: Angina (21 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are enough specialists to treat refractory angina.
 
Written Answers — Health: Angina: Medical Treatments (21 Oct 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department takes to inform patients of the National Refractory Angina Centre treatment option.
Written Answers — Home Department: Crimes of Violence: Cambridgeshire (15 Jul 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in (a) Cambridgeshire Constabulary area and (b) Cambridge Constabulary Central Division in each of the last five years.
 
Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Tote (23 Jun 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: After seven years of dithering, incompetence and indecision, what confidence can the horse racing industry have in this Government to deliver any benefit to it from the sale of the Tote when Goldman Sachs is now reporting a £90 million black hole in the accounts and the price tag for the Tote has reduced by £100 million since last year alone?
Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Translation Services (29 Apr 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the costs of providing translation services in each police authority area of England and Wales were in each of the last two years.
 
Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Roads (Permitted Vehicles) (22 Apr 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: May I make a plea to the Secretary of State not to allow any longer heavier vehicles on the A14 through Cambridgeshire, which has one of the worst accident records in the country, with 52 fatalities in the past 10 years alone? The latest, only three weeks ago, in which a heavy lorry killed a young single mother, was highlighted in a campaign by Cambridge News. Will the Minister undertake to...
Written Answers — Health: General Practitioners: Finance (1 Apr 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding each GP practice in Cambridgeshire received in the latest period for which figures are available; how many full-time equivalent doctors were employed by each practice; and how many patients were registered at each practice.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Gaza (25 Mar 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: Since Israeli disengagement in Gaza back in 2005, there have been something like 4,000 rocket attacks emanating from there into Israeli territory. Those rocket attacks are not just perpetrated by Hamas; the al-Aqsa brigade is involved. What specific pressure are the Government bringing to bear on the Palestinian Authority to stop those attacks on Israel?
Written Answers — Home Department: Sexual Offences: Multiple Occupation (4 Mar 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to counter violence and sexual assault in mixed houses when in the context of multi-occupancy housing in areas with large migrant worker populations.
 
Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Multiple Occupation: Foreign Workers (4 Mar 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to improve fire safety in multi-occupancy housing areas with large migrant worker populations.
 
Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Multiple Occupation: Foreign Workers (4 Mar 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to improve waste disposal services in multi-occupancy housing areas with large migrant worker populations.
Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Gambling Policy (26 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: It's called gambling.
 
Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Gambling Policy (26 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: Setting aside the illogicality of dishing up what I calculate to be more than half a billion pounds as a sop to Manchester and Blackpool, is it the case that, when the Secretary of State looks at the figures promised for Blackpool, he will see that two thirds of that £300 million has been committed already by other Departments?
 
Written Answers — Home Department: Crime: Cars (26 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many car-related crimes there were in (a) Cambridgeshire police authority area and (b) each division within the authority in each of the last three years, broken down by category.
 
Written Answers — Home Department: Deportation: Police Custody (25 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours detainees awaiting deportation spent in police custody in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) England and Wales in 2006; and at what cost to the public purse.
 
Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Multiple Occupation: Foreign Workers (22 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken on (a) eviction practices and (b) temporary homelessness in multi-occupancy housing areas with large migrant worker populations.
 
Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Multiple Occupation: Foreign Workers (22 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government have taken in relation to car usage and parking provision in multi-occupancy housing areas with large migrant worker populations.
 
Written Answers — Home Department: Migrant Workers: Cambridgeshire (22 Feb 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the number of migrant workers there were in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Peterborough and (c) North East Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last three years.
Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Post Offices: Closures (20 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which post offices are proposed for closure under the consultation process due to begin in July 2008 in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) North East Cambridgeshire constituency.

Written Answers — Transport: A47 (18 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Trans-European Network classification of the A47 road between Great Yarmouth and Peterborough has been amended by the European Commission.

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Overseas Visitors (5 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS charged non-EU patients who were not permitted free health care in each year since the inception of charging; and what sums are outstanding.

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Overseas Visitors (5 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health at what stage in a patient's treatment in an NHS hospital identification is requested; and in the case of non-EU residents, at what point (a) it is established that they are required to pay for their treatment and (b) they are informed of the total amount payable.

Written Answers — Health: Mercury: Health Hazards (5 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission research on the link between (a) the mercury content of amalgams and (b) the thiomersal content of some inoculations and progressive neurodegenerative diseases.

Written Answers — Health: Vaccination (5 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which approved (a) vaccines and (b) immunisations contain thiomersal; which are recommended for administration to children under the age of 18 years; and which are recommended to be taken before travelling abroad.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Food: Secondary Education (5 Feb 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will take steps to ensure that (a) food labelling, (b) farming, (c) the origins of food and (d) obesity become part of the compulsory cooking lessons syllabus for children aged 11 to 14 years.

Written Answers — Health: Obesity: Eastern Region (29 Jan 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn NHS Trust, (b) Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust, (c) Hitchingbrooke Health Care Trust and (d) Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust has spent in the last year on specialist lifting equipment and beds for obese people.

Written Answers — Health: Obesity: Surgery (29 Jan 2008)

Malcolm Moss
: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts (a) offer and (b) do not offer bariatric surgery.
Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Bingo (24 Jan 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: What recent discussions he has had on the taxation regime for bingo clubs.
 
Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Bingo (24 Jan 2008)
 
Malcolm Moss: Bingo is the only mainstream gambling product that is doubly taxed, by VAT as well as gross profits tax. That level of taxation has been a primary cause in the closure of 81 clubs and the identification of a further 108 clubs as at risk. Since each club closure costs the Treasury some £700,000 in lost tax revenues, does not the Minister see the sense in removing this unfair imposition of...

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