Oral Answers
Monday 23 May 2011

Education 611
      Academies 620
      Adoption Rates 618
      Arts and Culture 626
      Bursary Fund 625
      Careers Guidance 622
      Citizenship Teaching 619
      Connexions 623
      Directors of Children’s Services 624
      Discretionary Learner Support Fund 620
      English Baccalaureate 614
      Free Schools 615
      Maintained School Buildings 621
      School Administration 613
      School Staff Redundancies 615
      Special Educational Needs 618
      Topical Questions 627
      Underperforming Schools 611

Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 23 May 2011

Cabinet Office 41WS
      “Giving” White Paper 41WS
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 42WS
      Pitt Review 42WS
Home Department 43WS
      Identity and Passport Service: Restructuring 43WS
      Management of Police Pursuits: Code of Practice 44WS
Transport 45WS
      Strategic National Transport Corridors 45WS
Work and Pensions 46WS
      Universal Credit (Review of Passported Benefits) 46WS

Written Answers
Monday 23 May 2011

Attorney-General 376W
      Trade Unions 376W
Business, Innovation and Skills 466W
      Advantage West Midlands: Assets 466W
      Arms Trade: Exports 466W
      Business 466W
      Computer Software: Exports 467W
      Credit 467W
      Domestic Service: Conditions of Employment 468W
      Environment Protection 468W
      EU External Trade: India 468W
      Government Departments: Bureaucracy 469W
      Green Economy Council 469W
      Green Investment Bank 470W
      Harwell Science and Innovation Campus 470W
      Higher Education: Anti-Semitism 470W
      Higher Education: Employment 471W
      Higher Education: Vocational Guidance 471W
      Higher Education: Work Experience 472W
      Local Enterprise Partnerships 472W
      Manufacturing Industries 473W
      Nuclear Engineering: Training 473W
      Overseas Students 473W
      Post Offices: Closures 474W
      Post Offices: Wales 474W
      Press: Competition 475W
      Research: Finance 475W
      Research: Procurement 475W
      Rolls-Royce 475W
      Stress 476W
      Students: Finance 476W
      Students: Loans 479W
      Third Sector 480W
      Video Recordings Act 1984 480W
Cabinet Office 381W
      Departmental Travel 381W
      Government Departments: Correspondence 381W
      Mortality Rates 382W
Communities and Local Government 394W
      Affordable Housing 394W
      Allotments 394W
      Common Land 395W
      Energy Performance Certificates 397W
      Fire Services: Manpower 397W
      Homelessness 397W
      Housing: Environment Protection 397W
      Local Government: Pensions 398W
      Mayors 398W
      Planning 399W
      Sky Lanterns: Safety 399W
Culture, Media and Sport 345W
      Arts 345W
      Bingo 346W
      Bingo: Taxation 346W
      Bowling 346W
      Broadband 346W
      Broadband: Scotland 347W
      BSkyB: News Corporation 348W
      Departmental Travel 348W
      Film 349W
      Gambling 349W
      Intellectual Property 350W
      Members: Correspondence 351W
      Ofcom: Wi-Fi 351W
      Radio Frequencies 351W
      Sports: Reading 352W
      Tote: North-west England 350W
      Tote: Wigan 350W
      Video Games 352W
Defence 387W
      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations 387W
      Air Force: Redundancy 389W
      Aircraft Carriers 389W
      Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment 390W
      Armed Forces Day 389W
      EU Law 390W
      Falkland Islands: Military Aircraft 390W
      Improvised Explosive Devices 391W
      Joint Strike Fighter Programme 391W
      Libya: Armed Conflict 392W
      Nuclear Weapons 392W
      Special Air Service 394W
      Trident Submarines: Safety 394W
Deputy Prime Minister 379W
      House of Lords: Reform 379W
      Members: Conduct 380W
      Voting Rights: Prisoners 380W
Education 448W
      Academies 452W
      Capital Funding: Liverpool 449W
      Child Protection Services 451W
      Children: Abuse 453W
      City Challenge 451W
      Departmental Billing 453W
      Departmental CCTV 453W
      Departmental Research 454W
      Disadvantaged Children 449W
      Education: Finance 454W
      Education Maintenance Allowance 454W
      Foster Care 456W
      Free Schools 450W
      Health Education: Nutrition 462W
      Human Trafficking: Child Victims 450W
      Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator: Consultants 463W
      Primary Education: Capital Investment 463W
      Primary Schools: Foreign Languages 452W
      Pupils: Disadvantaged 463W
      School Meals: Peterborough 464W
      Schools: Admissions 464W
      Special Educational Needs 448W
      Teachers: Training 465W
      Teaching Methods 465W
      Trade Unions 465W
Energy and Climate Change 383W
      Departmental Research 383W
      Energy: Housing 385W
      Energy: Prices 385W
      Energy: Sales 385W
      Energy: Telecommunications 385W
      Fuels: Prices 385W
      Oil: Prices 386W
      Radioactive Waste 386W
      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans 387W
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 367W
      Agriculture 367W
      Air Pollution 368W
      Animal Welfare: Circuses 368W
      Animal Welfare: Seized Articles 368W
      Bees 369W
      Bovine Tuberculosis: Berkshire 369W
      Departmental Responsibilities 370W
      Energy: National Policy Statements 370W
      Farmers: Subsidies 370W
      Farming 371W
      Farms: Inspections 371W
      Fishery Agreements: Morocco 371W
      Food: Commodity Markets 372W
      Heathrow Airport: Air Pollution 372W
      Lighting: Carbon Emissions 373W
      Livestock 374W
      Pigs 375W
      Sustainable Development 375W
      Veterinary Services 375W
      Water 376W
      Written Questions: Government Responses 376W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 443W
      Bahamas: High Commissions 443W
      British Nationals Abroad: Criminal Investigation 443W
      Burma: Prisoners 444W
      Departmental Data Protection 444W
      Departmental Mobile Phones 445W
      European Union: Publicity 445W
      International Criminal Court 445W
      Libya: Cluster Munitions 446W
      Middle East 446W
      Middle East: Politics and Government 446W
      North Korea: Foreign Policy 446W
      Queen Elizabeth II: Anniversaries 447W
      UN Security Council 447W
      Yemen: Politics and Government 447W
      Zimbabwe: British Nationals 448W
Health 420W
      Ambulance Services: Expenditure 420W
      Bladder Cancer 421W
      Bladder Cancer: Research 421W
      Blood: CJD 421W
      Breast Cancer: Screening 422W
      Cancer: Drugs 423W
      Cancer: Medical Treatments 423W
      Cancer: Research 424W
      Drugs: Hospitals 424W
      Food Poisoning 425W
      General Practitioners 426W
      Health and Social Care Bill 426W
      Health Professions: Patients 426W
      Health Services: Merseyside 427W
      Health Services: Older People 428W
      Heart Diseases: Children 429W
      Hospitals: Admissions 430W
      Hospitals: Repairs and Maintenance 430W
      Influenza: Vaccination 431W
      Macular Degeneration: Drugs 431W
      NHS Blood and Transplant 431W
      NHS: Equality 432W
      NHS: Manpower 434W
      NHS: Reorganisation 434W
      NHS: Standards 435W
      NHS: Trade Unions 435W
      NHS: Training 435W
      Occupational Therapy: Manpower 436W
      Prion Working Group 436W
      Public Expenditure 437W
      Radiotherapy: Finance 438W
      Speech Therapy: Manpower 438W
      St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 439W
      Trade Unions 439W
      Whiston Hospital: Finance 440W
Home Department 408W
      Crown Relocations 408W
      Death Certificates 409W
      Departmental Travel 409W
      Deportation: Children 411W
      Domestic Violence 411W
      Drugs: Crime Prevention 412W
      Electoral Register 412W
      Firearms: Young Offenders 413W
      Fraud 414W
      Independent Police Complaints Commission: Finance 414W
      National Public Order Intelligence Unit 414W
      Northumbria Police 415W
      Nottinghamshire Police 415W
      Police 416W
      Police: Ammunition 416W
      Police: Complaints 417W
      Police: Jamaica 417W
      Police: Manpower 418W
      Police: Mass Media 418W
      Police: Termination of Employment 418W
      Police: Trade Unions 418W
      Security Services: Data Protection 419W
      Serious Organised Crime Agency 419W
House of Commons Commission 345W
      Internet 345W
      Portcullis House: Clocks 345W
International Development 440W
      Developing Countries: Education 440W
      Developing Countries: Fisheries 441W
      Developing Countries: Sustainable Development 441W
      Overseas Aid 442W
      Palestinians: International Assistance 442W
      Trade Unions 442W
Justice 399W
      Aarhus Convention 399W
      Corruption 400W
      County Courts: Judgments 400W
      Departmental CCTV 401W
      Departmental Research 402W
      Offenders 403W
      Offenders: Bank Services 403W
      Prisoners on Remand 404W
      Prisons: Crimes of Violence 404W
      Prisons: Manpower 405W
      Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance 405W
      Prisons: Sexuality 405W
      Prisons: Training 405W
      Rape: Research 406W
      Risley Prison: Suicide 406W
      Trade Unions 407W
      Tribunals: Special Educational Needs 407W
Prime Minister 378W
      Scottish Grand Committee 378W
      Special Advisers: Disciplinary Proceedings 379W
Scotland 360W
      Charitable Donations 360W
      Conditions of Employment 361W
      Departmental Research 361W
      Members 361W
      Ministers 362W
      Rescue Services 362W
      Scotland Bill 362W
      Scottish Parliament 362W
      Taxation: Aviation 362W
Transport 363W
      Crossrail Line: Consultants 363W
      Departmental Pensions 363W
      Departmental Responsibilities 363W
      Driving Offences: Speed Limits 364W
      Employment Agencies 364W
      High Speed Two Railway Line: North-west England 365W
      Level Crossings: Accidents 365W
      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions 365W
      Public Transport: Carbon Emissions 366W
      Public Transport: Vandalism 366W
      Railways: Overcrowding 366W
      Railways: Tickets 367W
      Roads: Snow and Ice 367W
      Vehicle Number Plates 367W
Treasury 352W
      Bank Cards: Young People 352W
      Bank Services 352W
      Bank Services: Interest Rates 353W
      Banks: Pay 353W
      Business: Finance 353W
      Business: Regulation 353W
      Carbon Emissions 354W
      Departmental CCTV 354W
      Departmental Refreshments 355W
      Devolution 355W
      Economic Policy 355W
      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation 356W
      European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism 356W
      Financial Services: Taxation 357W
      Fiscal Policy: Environment Protection 357W
      Food: Prices 358W
      Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs 358W
      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 359W
      Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection 359W
      Taxation: Aviation 359W
      Taxation: Combined Heat and Power 360W
      Taxation: Offshore Industry 360W
      Terrorism: Finance 360W
Wales 379W
      Trade Unions 379W
Women and Equalities 377W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 377W
      Gender Recognition 378W
      Trade Unions 378W

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Written Answers
Monday 23 May 2011

Work and Pensions 483W
      Access to Work Programme 483W
      Bakeries: Safety 484W
      Cold Weather Payments 484W
      Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers 485W
      Disability Living Allowance 486W
      Disability Living Allowance: Care Homes 486W
      Employment and Support Allowance: Disability 487W
      Funeral Payments 487W
      Future Jobs Fund: Kirklees 488W
      Housing Benefit: North West England 489W
      Jobcentre Plus: Manpower 491W
      Jobcentre Plus: Preston 491W
      Jobcentre Plus: Telephone Services 491W
      Jobseeker’s Allowance 492W
      Older People: Weather 492W
      Pensioners: Poverty 493W
      Personal Income 494W
      Poverty: Children 496W
      Social Security Benefits 496W
      Trade Unions 497W
      Travel to Interview 497W
      Welfare Reform Bill 498W

Ministerial Correction
Monday 23 May 2011

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5MC
      Departmental Waste Review 5MC