Oral Answers
Tuesday 7 June 2011

Health 1
      Breast Screening Programme 13
      Cancer Drugs Fund 10
      Foundation Trusts 11
      Foundation Trusts 13
      GP Pathfinder Consortia 12
      Integrated Cancer Services 4
      Mental Health Services 14
      Mental Health Services 16
      NHS Blood and Transplant 9
      NHS (Competition and Co-operation) 15
      NHS Financial Performance 1
      Patient Outcomes 8
      Southern Cross Healthcare 5
      Speech Therapy Services 9
      Topical Questions 16

Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday 7 June 2011

Business, Innovation and Skills 1WS
      EU Formal Competitiveness Council (30-31 May 2011) 1WS
Communities and Local Government 5WS
      Department's Work (Whitsun Recess 2011) 5WS
Culture, Media and Sport 6WS
      Horserace Totalisator Board (The Tote) 6WS
Education 7WS
      Arm's Length Body Reform 7WS
      Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood (Independent Review) 8WS
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10WS
      Agriculture and Fisheries Council 10WS
      Natural Environment White Paper (“The Natural Choice”) 12WS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 12WS
      Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) 12WS
Health 13WS
      E. coli Outbreak (Germany) 17WS
      National Health Service Modernisation Listening Exercise 15WS
      Southern Cross Healthcare 16WS
      Winterbourne View Private Hospital 13WS
Home Department 18WS
      Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 18WS
International Development 18WS
      CDC Group plc 18WS
Transport 21WS
      Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (Public Bodies Bill) 21WS
Treasury 2WS
      Money Laundering Regulations 2WS
      Schedule 7 to Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Annual Report to Parliament) 3WS

Written Answers
Tuesday 7 June 2011

Attorney-General 31W
      Prosecutions: Rape 31W
      Trade Unions 32W
Business, Innovation and Skills 215W
      Adult Education 215W
      Adult Education: Fees and Charges 216W
      Apprentices 216W
      Apprentices: Barnsley East 217W
      Banks: Regulation 217W
      Beauty Products: Channel Islands 218W
      Business: Regulation 218W
      Consumers: Protection 219W
      Copyright: Internet 219W
      Correspondence: Fraud 219W
      Creative Industries 220W
      Defence and Security Equipment International: Exhibitions 220W
      Departmental CCTV 218W
      Departmental Responsibilities 221W
      Departmental Work Experience 221W
      English Language: Education 221W
      Equality Act 2010 223W
      Fossil Fuels 223W
      Higher Education: Regulation 224W
      Industry: Food 224W
      Insurance Guarantee Scheme Directive 224W
      Intellectual Property 224W
      Jewellery 224W
      Joint International Unit 225W
      Members: Correspondence 226W
      National Apprenticeship Service 226W
      National Vocational Qualifications 226W
      Nuclear Energy: Government Assistance 228W
      Oil 229W
      Overseas Companies: Japan 230W
      Prisoners: Education 231W
      Regulation 231W
      Research 232W
      Science and Innovation Network 232W
      Space Technology 232W
      Supermarkets: Prices 233W
      Tobacco: Packaging 233W
      UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organisation 234W
      Video Games: Overseas Trade 234W
Communities and Local Government 33W
      Departmental Equality 33W
      Energy Performance Certificates 33W
      Fire Services: Trade Unions 33W
      Government Procurement Card 33W
      Homelessness 34W
      Housing: Construction 35W
      Landlords: Complaints 35W
      Landlords: Prosecutions 35W
      Local Government 35W
      Mayors: Birmingham 36W
      Sheltered Housing 36W
Culture, Media and Sport 133W
      British Sky Broadcasting: News Corporation 133W
      Broadband 133W
      Communications Bill 133W
      Construction: Standards 133W
      Creative England 134W
      Departmental Manpower 134W
      Departmental Research 134W
      Football 135W
      Intellectual Property and Growth 136W
      Music: Licensing Laws 136W
      Ofcom 136W
      Olympic Games 2012 136W
      Sports 143W
      Tourism 143W
      VAT: Sports 144W
Defence 3W
      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations 3W
      Apache AH-64 Helicopter 3W
      Armed Forces: 2012 Olympics 3W
      Armed Forces: Absent Voting 4W
      Armed Forces: Allowances 4W
      Armed Forces: Complaints 4W
      Armed Forces: Dogs 5W
      Armed Forces: Health Services 5W
      Armed Forces: Housing 5W
      Armed Forces: Ombudsman 6W
      Armed Forces: Schools 7W
      Armed Forces: Young People 7W
      Ascension Island: Airports 9W
      Ballistic Missile Defence 9W
      Defence Exports Support Group 9W
      Departmental Charitable Donations 10W
      Departmental Data Protection 10W
      Departmental Land 11W
      Departmental Manpower 11W
      Departmental Official Visits 12W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 12W
      Departmental Responsibilities 12W
      DM Beith 13W
      HMS Ark Royal 14W
      Libya: Armed Conflict 14W
      Military Aircraft 15W
      Military Alliances 16W
      Military Bases 21W
      Military Police: Deployment 21W
      Military Targets 24W
      Navy: Catering 24W
      Public Expenditure: DFID 25W
      Space Technology: Surveillance 25W
      St Helena: Airports 25W
      Third Sector 26W
      Trade Unions 27W
Deputy Prime Minister 32W
      Electoral Systems 32W
      Voting Rights: Prisoners 32W
Education 37W
      Arts: Education 37W
      Children: Communication Skills 37W
      Children: Hearing Impairment 38W
      Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Children Review 39W
      Departmental Billing 39W
      Departmental Equality 39W
      Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers 40W
      Departmental Public Appointments 40W
      Discretionary Learner Support Fund: Cornwall 41W
      Education: Children's Service 41W
      Education Maintenance Allowance 41W
      Educational Visits 45W
      First Aid: Curriculum 45W
      Free School Meals 45W
      Free Schools 46W
      GCE A-level 46W
      Grammar Schools 47W
      History and Geography: Secondary Education 47W
      Primary Education: Training 47W
      Pupils: Identification 48W
      Reading: Teaching Methods 48W
      School Meals: Standards 48W
      Schools: Identification 49W
      Schools: Information and Communications Technology 49W
      Schools: Newham 49W
      Schools: Nutrition 50W
      Schools: Repairs and Maintenance 50W
      Secondary Education: Performance Standards 51W
      Separation 51W
      Special Educational Needs 52W
      Special Educational Needs: Autism 53W
      Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings 54W
      Teachers: Schoolmasters 54W
      University Technical Colleges 55W
      Vocational Guidance: Finance 56W
Energy and Climate Change 97W
      Biofuels 97W
      Carbon Emissions 98W
      Carbon Emissions: Academies 98W
      Departmental Manpower 99W
      District Heating 99W
      Electricity: Foreign Investment in the UK 103W
      Electricity Generation 100W
      Electricity: Prices 104W
      Energy 104W
      Energy: Billing 105W
      Energy: Housing 106W
      Energy Performance Certificates: Fines 104W
      Energy: Prices 106W
      Energy: Wales 106W
      Fuel Poverty 106W
      Ministerial Duties 107W
      Nuclear Power 107W
      Nuclear Power: Emergencies 109W
      Nuclear Power: Research 110W
      Nuclear Power Stations: Safety 109W
      Nuclear Reactors 111W
      Oil: Pollution 111W
      Professional Organisations: Subscriptions 112W
      Radioactive Waste 112W
      Radioactivity 113W
      Renewable Energy 113W
      Renewable Energy: Heating 115W
      Solar Power 115W
      Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs 115W
      Technical Advisory Panel 116W
      Wind Power 117W
      Wind Power: Greater London 117W
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 60W
      Air Pollution 60W
      Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination 61W
      Chewing Gum: Waste Disposal 61W
      Circuses: Animal Welfare 62W
      Departmental Billing 62W
      Departmental Co-ordination: Communities and Local Government 62W
      Departmental Legal Opinion 63W
      Departmental Manpower 63W
      Departmental Research 64W
      Departmental Travel 64W
      Fishery Agreements: Morocco 64W
      Fishing Catches 65W
      Forests: Ecuador 65W
      Hares: Conservation 65W
      Inland Waterways 66W
      Motor Vehicles: Sales 66W
      River Rom: Pollution 66W
      River Thames: Standards 67W
      Sustainable Development 67W
      Water: EU Law 67W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 197W
      Afghanistan: Armed Forces 197W
      Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations 197W
      Ai Weiwei 197W
      Bahrain: Foreign Relations 198W
      Bahrain: Politics and Government 198W
      BBC World Service 198W
      BBC World Service: Internet 199W
      Belarus: Internet 199W
      Belarus: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe 199W
      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government 200W
      Bosnia and Herzegovnia: Politics and Government 200W
      BRIC Countries: Demography 215W
      BRIC Countries: Unemployment 215W
      BRIC Summit 202W
      British Council: Internet 202W
      British Indian Ocean Territory 202W
      British Indian Ocean Territory: Environment Protection 203W
      British Nationals Abroad: Prisoners 203W
      Burma: Armed Conflict 203W
      Burma: Drugs 204W
      Charitable Donations 204W
      China: Internet 204W
      Cyprus: Politics and Government 205W
      Departmental CCTV 205W
      Diplomatic Service 206W
      Diplomatic Service: Internet 206W
      Elections 206W
      Embassies 206W
      EU External Relations 207W
      Foreign Relations 207W
      Internet 207W
      Kazakhstan: Elections 208W
      Libya: Armed Conflict 208W
      Libya: Oil 208W
      Libya: Politics and Government 209W
      Middle East 210W
      North Korea: Burma 211W
      Palestinians: Politics and Government 211W
      Police: Deployment 211W
      Population 212W
      Sri Lanka: Politics and Government 212W
      Swaziland: Human Rights 212W
      Trade Promotion 213W
      Trade Unions 213W
      Tunisia: Politics and Government 214W
      Uganda: Homosexuality 214W
Health 68W
      Bowel Cancer: Older People 72W
      Cancer 72W
      Cancer Drugs Fund 68W
      Cancer: Medical Treatments 73W
      Cancer: Waiting Lists 73W
      Care Homes 73W
      Care Quality Commission 70W
      Colorectal Cancer: Health Services 74W
      Dental Services: Equipment 74W
      Departmental Charitable Donations 74W
      Departmental Equality 74W
      Departmental Manpower 75W
      Drugs: Misuse 75W
      Emergency Planning 69W
      Enforcement Actions 76W
      General Practitioners 76W
      GP Commissioning Consortia 69W
      Haematological Cancer 76W
      Health 77W
      Health and Social Care Bill 69W
      Health: Children 79W
      Health Services: Learning Disability 78W
      Health Services: Older People 78W
      Health Services: Transsexuality 79W
      Heart Diseases: Children 80W
      Hospitals: Television 81W
      Infectious Diseases: Herbal Medicine 81W
      Influenza Vaccine 68W
      Inspections 82W
      Leicester City Primary Care Trust: Diabetes 82W
      Leucodepletion 82W
      Local Health Watch: Finance 83W
      London Ambulance Service: AssetCo 83W
      Medical Equipment 83W
      Medical Treatments 83W
      Mental Health Services: Children 83W
      Multiple Sclerosis 84W
      National Clinical Directors 84W
      National Health Service Litigation Authority 85W
      Neuromuscular Services 85W
      NHS: Competition and Collaboration 69W
      NHS: Databases 87W
      NHS: Disadvantaged 87W
      NHS: Finance 87W
      NHS Financial Performance 68W
      NHS: Private Patients 88W
      NHS: Reforms 88W
      NHS: Research 88W
      NHS: Sick Leave 89W
      NHS Trusts 86W
      Older People: Domestic Accidents 89W
      Older People: Weather 89W
      Orphan Drugs 90W
      Paramedical Staff: Crimes of Violence 90W
      Passive Smoking: Infants 91W
      Physiotherapy 91W
      Prescriptions 92W
      Respite Care: Finance 93W
      School Milk 93W
      Smoking: Young People 94W
      Social Services 94W
      Social Services: Finance 95W
      Southern Cross Healthcare: Older People 95W
      Stress 95W
      Subarachnoid Haemorrhages 96W
      Sunderland Hospital: Manpower 96W
      Tobacco 96W
      Walking 97W
House of Commons Commission 1W
      Manpower 1W
      Pay 1W
International Development 57W
      Departmental Charitable Donations 57W
      Departmental Manpower 57W
      Developing Countries: Climate Change 57W
      Developing Countries: Roads 58W
      Ecuador: Rain Forests 58W
      Elections 58W
      Pakistan: Overseas Aid 59W
      Tanzania: BAE Systems 59W
      Yemen: International Assistance 60W
Justice 145W
      Civil Litigation: Legal Costs 145W
      Convictions 146W
      Convictions: Hunting 147W
      Departmental Manpower 147W
      Drugs: Prosecutions 148W
      Employment Tribunals Service 153W
      European Court of Human Rights 153W
      Isis Prison and Young Offender Institution 157W
      Legal Aid: Lone Parents 158W
      Legal Aid: Young People 158W
      Members: Correspondence 158W
      Military Corrective Training Centre: Young People 159W
      Portland Young Offender Institution 159W
      Prison Accommodation 159W
      Prisoner Escorts 160W
      Prisons: Security 159W
      Prisons: Television 161W
      Prosecutions: Landlords 163W
      Rape 164W
      Rape: Convictions 165W
      Rape: Sentencing 167W
      Recall to Custody 167W
      Reoffenders 169W
      Sentencing 169W
      Social Security Benefits: Appeals 171W
      Youth Custody 173W
Northern Ireland 31W
      Departmental Charitable Donations 31W
Prime Minister 2W
      Devolution: Wales 2W
      IRA 2W
Scotland 31W
      Departmental Equality 31W
Transport 174W
      Airlines 174W
      Aviation: Air Pollution 175W
      Aviation: Russia 175W
      Aviation: Security 176W
      Aviation: Snow and Ice 176W
      Biofuels 177W
      Convention on International Civil Aviation 177W
      Departmental Billing 177W
      Departmental Buildings 178W
      Departmental CCTV 178W
      Departmental Redundancy 178W
      Departmental Research 180W
      Departmental Travel 182W
      Electric Vehicles 183W
      Exports: Livestock 184W
      Great Western Railway: Franchises 184W
      Great Western Railway Line 184W
      High Speed Two Railway Line 184W
      Highways Agency: Fees and Charges 184W
      Highways Agency: Fuels 185W
      Level Crossings: Accidents 185W
      Members: Correspondence 185W
      Motor Vehicles: Testing 185W
      Network Rail: Repairs and Maintenance 186W
      Oxford-Hereford Railway Line 186W
      Piracy 186W
      Public Transport: Crimes of Violence 187W
      Public Transport: Fares 187W
      Public Transport: Fuels 187W
      Public Transport: Tickets 188W
      Railways 188W
      Railways: Cost Effectiveness 188W
      Railways: Passengers 188W
      Railways: Snow and Ice 188W
      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 189W
      Rescue Services 190W
      Rescue Services: Scotland 190W
      Roads: Accidents 190W
      Roads: Hexham 192W
      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance 192W
      Roads: Snow and Ice 193W
      Rolling Stock: Procurement 194W
      Southeastern Trains 194W
      Speed Limits 195W
      Transport: Exhaust Emissions 195W
      West Coast Railway Line 196W
Treasury 117W
      Business: Regulation 117W
      Carbon Emissions 118W
      Child Benefit 119W
      Child Benefit: Applications 119W
      Child Care Tax Credit: Barnsley 122W
      Corporation Tax 122W
      Corporation Tax: Tax Rates and Bands 123W
      Departmental Charitable Donations 123W
      Departmental Compensation 123W
      Departmental Data Protection 124W
      Departmental Mobile Phones 124W
      Departmental Research 124W
      Disadvantaged: Financial Services 125W
      Employment Agencies 125W
      Enterprise Investment Scheme 125W
      Excise Duties: Fuels 126W
      Financial Services Compensation Scheme 126W
      Gift Aid 127W
      Income Tax: Greater London 127W
      Income Tax: Warrington 127W
      Insurance: EU Law 128W
      Mortgages 128W
      Northern Rock plc 128W
      Public Expenditure 129W
      Revenue and Customs: Deloitte 129W
      Social Enterprises: Renewable Energy 129W
      Tax Allowances: Age 129W
      Tax Collection: Appeals 130W
      Tax Credit: Income 130W
      Taxation 130W
      Taxation: Construction 132W
      VAT 132W
      VAT: Financial Services 132W
Wales 30W
      Charitable Donations 30W
      Departmental Equality 30W
      Departmental Research 30W
      Wales 30W
Women and Equalities 29W
      Departmental Legal Costs 29W
      Government Equalities Office: Equality and Human Rights 29W
      Homophobia: Transphobia 29W

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Written Answers
Tuesday 7 June 2011

Cabinet Office 287W
      Bowel Cancer 287W
      Children 287W
      Civil Servants: Recruitment 288W
      Community Matters 289W
      Departmental Billing 289W
      Departmental Charitable Donations 289W
      Departmental Research 290W
      Government Departments: Procurement 290W
      Jobseeker's Allowance 291W
      Low Birthweight Babies: Peterborough 292W
      Lung Cancer 292W
      Public Sector: Co-operatives and Mutuals 301W
      Regional GDP 300W
      Taxation 303W
      Trade Unions 303W
      Voluntary Work 304W
      Well-being 304W
      Well-being: Children 305W
Home Department 235W
      Alcoholic Drinks: Prices 235W
      Animal Experiments: Dogs 235W
      Arrest Warrants 235W
      Arrest Warrants: Romania 236W
      Asylum: Africa 237W
      Asylum: Appeals 237W
      Birth Certificates: Data Protection 238W
      Crime 238W
      Crime: West Midlands 238W
      Departmental Honours 238W
      Departmental Manpower 239W
      Departmental Pensions 239W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 240W
      Departmental Research 240W
      Deportation: Asylum 242W
      Deportation: Zimbabwe 243W
      Entry Clearances: Jordan 243W
      Entry Clearances: Overseas Students 243W
      Firearms: Licensing 244W
      Firearms: Young Offenders 244W
      Forensic Science Service 245W
      Frontex 245W
      Illegal Immigrants 246W
      Immigration: UK Border Agency 247W
      Members: Correspondence 247W
      Migration 248W
      Police 248W
      Police: Complaints 255W
      Police: Elected Commissioners 255W
      Police: North Wales 256W
      Police: Surveillance 256W
      Serious Organised Crime Agency: Manpower 256W
      Trade Unions 257W
Work and Pensions 258W
      Access to Work Programme 258W
      Autism 258W
      Care Homes: Disability 259W
      Child Poverty 274W
      Child Tax Credit 260W
      Departmental Manpower 260W
      Departmental Pensions 260W
      Departmental Travel 261W
      Disability Living Allowance: Barnsley 263W
      Disability Premium: Shared Housing 263W
      Employment and Support Allowance 264W
      Employment and Support Allowance: Winchester 267W
      Employment: Young People 268W
      Incapacity Benefit 268W
      Incapacity Benefit: Medical Examinations 269W
      Incapacity Benefit: Oxford West and Abingdon 271W
      Incapacity Benefit: Peterborough 272W
      Industrial Health and Safety 272W
      Industrial Health and Safety: Scotland 273W
      Means-Tested Benefits: Peterborough 273W
      Pensioners: Bexleyheath 274W
      Remploy: Manpower 276W
      Retirement Age 276W
      Separation 278W
      Social Fund 279W
      Social Security Benefits 279W
      Social Security Benefits: Appeals 282W
      Social Security Benefits: Mental Health 283W
      State Retirement Pensions 284W
      Unemployed People: Work Experience 284W
      Unemployment: Females 285W
      Unemployment: Young People 285W
      Work Capability Assessment 286W
      Written Questions: Government Responses 286W

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Ministerial Correction
Tuesday 7 June 2011

Justice 1MC
      Prisoners: Females 1MC