Oral Answers
Monday 5 September 2011

Communities and Local Government 1
      Business Rates (Local Retention) 1
      Empty Homes 9
      Enterprise Zones 6
      High Streets (Planning) 4
      Housing (Armed Forces Personnel) 8
      Housing (Leeds) 12
      Housing Supply 16
      Licensing Areas 8
      Local Authority Service Provision 14
      Local Government Expenditure 5
      New Homes 15
      Planning Reform 11
      Planning Reform 13
      Topical Questions 16
      Transparency in Local Government 6
      Unauthorised Development 16

Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 5 September 2011

Communities 2WS
      DCLG (Summer Recess Work) 2WS
      Fire Service College 2WS
Defence 6WS
      Chinook Contract 6WS
Deputy Prime Minister 7WS
      Boundary Commission for Wales 7WS
Education 7WS
      Use of Force (Schools) 7WS
Home 8WS
      EU-Australia PNR Agreement 8WS
International Development 9WS
      Famine (Horn of Africa) 9WS
Justice 11WS
      Victims of Crime Directive 11WS
Treasury 1WS
      HM Revenue and Customs (Repeal of the Scott Undertaking) 1WS

Petitions
Monday 5 September 2011

Communities and Local Government 1P
      Development (Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire) 1P
      Development on the Riverside Gardens, Erith 2P
      Licensing of Mobile Home Parks 3P
Education 4P
      McMillan Daycare Nursery (Hull) 4P

Written Answers
Monday 5 September 2011

Attorney-General 58W
      Consultants 58W
      Departmental Correspondence 59W
      Prosecutions 59W
      Telephone Services 59W
Communities and Local Government 6W
      Affordable Housing 7W
      Carbon Emissions 8W
      Contractors 8W
      Contractors: Payments 8W
      Correspondence 9W
      Departmental Pay 10W
      Departmental Training 12W
      Enterprise Zones 12W
      Fire Services: Conditions of Employment 12W
      Fire Services: Expenditure 12W
      Fire Services: Manpower 14W
      Fire Services: Pensions 14W
      Gifts and Endowments 14W
      Government Procurement Card 15W
      Green Belt 7W
      Homelessness: Expenditure 16W
      Homelessness: Liverpool 16W
      Homelessness: Young People 17W
      Land Use 17W
      Local Government Finance 18W
      Local Government: Manpower 18W
      Non-domestic Rates 18W
      Non-domestic Rates: Empty Property 22W
      Official Cars 9W
      Official Hospitality 9W
      Overcrowding 23W
      Planning 23W
      Planning Permission: Urban Areas 23W
      Private Rented Housing 23W
      Private Rented Housing: Standards 24W
      Procurement 11W
      Publicity 11W
      Regional Planning and Development 24W
      Social Rented Housing 24W
      Social Rented Housing: Ex-servicemen 24W
      Social Rented Housing: Peterborough 25W
      Stationery 11W
      Surplus Homes 6W
      Travellers: Planning Permission 25W
Defence 75W
      3 Commando Brigade 75W
      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations 75W
      Air Force: Military Bases 76W
      Aircraft Carriers 76W
      Armed Forces: Alcoholic Drinks 76W
      Armed Forces: Deployment 77W
      Armed Forces: Food 77W
      Armed Forces: Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft 77W
      Armed Forces: Suicide 78W
      BAE Systems 78W
      Cadet Forces: Finance 79W
      Chief of the Defence Staff: Travel 79W
      Consultants 82W
      Contracts 81W
      Courts Martial 79W
      Cyprus: Military Bases 80W
      Departmental Assets 80W
      Departmental Buildings 81W
      Departmental Correspondence 82W
      Departmental Land 82W
      Diamond Jubilee 2012: Medals 84W
      European Fighter Aircraft 84W
      European Union: Medals 85W
      Expenditure: Equipment 83W
      Ex-servicemen: Prisoners 85W
      Germany: Armed Forces 85W
      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft 86W
      Libya: Armed Conflict 86W
      Libya: Military Aircrafts 86W
      Libya: UN Resolutions 87W
      Military Aircraft: Training 87W
      Military Bases: Crime 87W
      Military Bases: Edinburgh 88W
      Military Bases: Kirknewton 89W
      Military Bases: Property Transfer 92W
      National Security Council 92W
      Nuclear Submarines 92W
      Procurement 83W
      Property Transfer 92W
      Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers 93W
      RAF Buchan 93W
      RAF Leuchars 93W
      Security 83W
      Type 26 Frigates 94W
      Unmanned Air Vehicles 94W
      War Memorials 94W
      Warships 95W
      Warships: Helicopters 95W
      Warships: Weapons 95W
Deputy Prime Minister 6W
      Departmental Responsibilities 6W
      Lost Property 6W
      National Security Council 6W
Energy and Climate Change 187W
      Air Travel 191W
      Carbon Emissions 187W
      Carbon Emissions: EU Action 189W
      Carbon Sequestration: Employment 190W
      Climate Change: EU Action 190W
      Climate Change: Taiwan 190W
      Consultants 191W
      Departmental Correspondence 191W
      Electricity 191W
      Energy Bill 2010-12 193W
      Energy: Billing 193W
      Energy: British Antarctic Territory 194W
      Energy: Conservation 195W
      Energy: Greater London 196W
      Energy: Housing 197W
      Energy: Meters 197W
      Energy: National Policy Statements 200W
      Energy Performance Certificates 193W
      Environment Protection: Taxation 200W
      Gas-fired Power Stations 200W
      Green Deal Scheme 200W
      Mass Media 201W
      Motor Vehicles 201W
      Natural Gas: Business 201W
      Nuclear Power: Decommissioning 203W
      Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning 202W
      Nuclear Power Stations: Safety 202W
      Power Stations: Carbon Emissions 204W
      Sky TV 187W
      Solar Power: British Overseas Territories 205W
      Solar Power: Satellites 205W
      Thorium: Research 205W
      Tidal Power: Manpower 205W
      Utilities: Competition 206W
      Wind Power 207W
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 39W
      Air Pollution 39W
      Animal Welfare 39W
      Animals: Disease Control 39W
      Badgers 40W
      Biofuels 45W
      Boats 45W
      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control 46W
      Brown-Tailed Moth Caterpillar 47W
      Catering 49W
      Coastal Erosion 48W
      Cormorants 48W
      Departmental Correspondence 49W
      Farming Regulation Task Force 53W
      Fisheries 53W
      Fisheries: Foreign Nationals 54W
      Fisheries: Safety 54W
      Food: Procurement 55W
      LIFE 55W
      Livestock: Transport 55W
      Members: Correspondence 56W
      Milk: Prices 56W
      Nature Conservation: Voluntary Work 57W
      NDPB Manpower 50W
      Plants: Diseases 57W
      Redundancy 51W
      Third Sector 58W
      Trees: Disease Control 58W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 60W
      Bahrain: Historic Buildings 60W
      Bosnia and Herzegovina: War Crimes 60W
      British Nationals Abroad: Death 61W
      Burma: Political Prisoners 61W
      Environment Protection: International Co-operation 63W
      European External Action Service 64W
      Food: Prices 64W
      Greece: Shipping 65W
      Human Rights: Business 65W
      Intercept Communications 72W
      Iran: Higher Education 65W
      Jerusalem: Religious Freedom 66W
      Libya: British Nationals Abroad 66W
      Libya: Females 66W
      Libya: UN Resolutions 67W
      Members: Correspondence 67W
      Middle East: Armed Conflict 67W
      Overseas Travel 63W
      Palestinians: British Nationals Abroad 68W
      Palestinians: Detainees 68W
      Palestinians: United Nations 69W
      Redundancy 62W
      Religious Freedom 69W
      Saudi Arabia: Armed Forces 70W
      South Sudan 70W
      Sri Lanka 71W
      Sri Lanka: Arrests 71W
      Surveillance 71W
      Taiwan: EU External Relations 72W
      Telephone Services 62W
      Western Sahara: Politics and Government 72W
      Zimbabwe: Politics and Government 72W
Health 132W
      Access to Work Programme 132W
      Accident and Emergency Departments 133W
      Advertising 138W
      Alzheimer's Disease: Health Services 133W
      Ambulance Services: Rural Areas 133W
      Anaemia 133W
      Blood: Contamination 134W
      Cancer 134W
      Cancer Act 1939 135W
      Cancer: Drugs 135W
      Care Homes 136W
      Care Quality Commission 136W
      Communications Research 140W
      Cystic Fibrosis: Nurses 137W
      Departmental Billing 139W
      Departmental Expendditure: Rail Travel 146W
      Departmental Expenditure 145W
      Departmental Internet Services 141W
      Departmental Pay 144W
      Departmental Training 147W
      Diseases: Health Services 147W
      Doctors: Communication Skills 149W
      Drugs: Health Education 149W
      Drugs: Young People 150W
      Epilepsy: Older People 150W
      Fluoride: Drinking Water 151W
      General Practitioners 152W
      Health Professions: Manpower 152W
      Health Professions: Pay 153W
      Health Services: Foreign Nationals 155W
      Health Services: Overseas Visitors 156W
      Hospital Beds 157W
      Hospital Wards: Gender 157W
      Hospitals: Admissions 157W
      Hospitals: Information 159W
      Hospitals: Waiting Lists 160W
      Hotels 161W
      James Cook University Hospital: Ambulance Services 161W
      Learning Disability 161W
      Marketing 142W
      Mass Media 162W
      Maternity Services 162W
      Milk: Contamination 163W
      Mobile Phones 142W
      NHS: Competition 164W
      NHS: Drugs 166W
      NHS: Expenditure 168W
      NHS: Manpower 167W
      NHS: Standards 169W
      NHS Walk-in Centres 163W
      Nurses: Skin Care 182W
      Nursing Home Properties 169W
      Obesity 169W
      Official Cars 144W
      Organs: Donors 171W
      Osteoporosis: Health Services 171W
      Out-patients: Attendance 174W
      Patients: Information 179W
      Patients: Surveys 181W
      Patients: Transport 181W
      Prescriptions 182W
      Salt 182W
      Selenium 183W
      Social Services: Finance 183W
      Social Services: Recruitment 185W
      Special Advisers 142W
      Stationery 145W
      Strokes 186W
      Tobacco: Vending Machines 187W
      Tuberculosis 188W
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Committee 1W
      Members: Allowances 1W
International Development 27W
      Afghanistan: Health Services 27W
      Afghanistan: Maternity Services 28W
      Africa: Agriculture 28W
      Africa: Education 29W
      Air Travel 29W
      Carbon Emissions 29W
      Departmental Responsibilities 30W
      Developing Countries: Agriculture 30W
      Developing Countries: Education 30W
      Developing Countries: Females 31W
      Ethiopia: Health Services 32W
      Liberia: Health Services 33W
      Libya: Armed Conflict 33W
      Maldives: Overseas Aid 33W
      Maputo Declaration 34W
      National Security Council 34W
      Overseas Aid 35W
      Sierra Leone: Education 35W
      Sierra Leone: Health Services 35W
      Sky TV 29W
      South Sudan: Poverty 36W
      Staff Appraisal 30W
      Sub-Saharan Africa: Agriculture 36W
      Sub-Saharan Africa: Sanitation 37W
      Sustainable Development: International Co-operation 37W
Leader of the House 2W
      Consultants 2W
      Correspondence 2W
      Members: Pensions 3W
      Official Hospitality 2W
      Publicity 2W
      Redundancy 2W
      Third Sector 3W
      Training 3W
Northern Ireland 27W
      Consultants 27W
      Correspondence 27W
      Sky TV 27W
Prime Minister 3W
      Air Travel 3W
      Cabinet: Chequers 3W
      Correspondence 4W
      Human Rights: China 4W
      Malaysia: Elections 5W
      National Security Council 5W
      Responsibilities 4W
      Taxation: European Union 5W
      Third Sector 5W
Public Accounts Commission 27W
      National Audit Office: Government Procurement Card 27W
Scotland 26W
      Employment 26W
      Phone Hacking Inquiry 26W
Wales 38W
      Broadcasting Programmes: Welsh Language 38W
Women and Equalities 73W
      Consultants 73W
      Departmental Responsibilities 73W
      Equality and Human Rights Commission: Trade Unions 74W
      Government Equalities Office 74W
      Third Sector 74W
Work and Pensions 96W
      Air Travel 98W
      Benefits Rules 96W
      Carbon Emissions 96W
      Child: Maintenance 97W
      Child Support Agency: Correspondence 96W
      Community Care Grants 98W
      Consultants 99W
      Departmental Correspondence 100W
      Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals 106W
      Employment and Support Allowance: Bexley 107W
      Employment Schemes 107W
      Employment Services 108W
      Foreign Workers 108W
      Housing Benefit 108W
      Housing Benefit: Greater London 110W
      Industrial Health and Safety 111W
      Jobcentre Plus: Closures 112W
      Jobcentre Plus: Complaints 114W
      Jobcentre Plus: Pay 115W
      Jobcentre Plus: Standards 115W
      Members: Correspondence 115W
      Mortgages: Government Assistance 116W
      NDPB Manpower 100W
      Pensioners: Cost of Living 116W
      Pensions 117W
      Personal Independence Payment 117W
      Procurement 101W
      Procurement 117W
      Redundancy 102W
      Social Security Benefits 118W
      Social Security Benefits: Appeals 120W
      Social Security Benefits: British Nationals Abroad 121W
      Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals 121W
      Social Security Benefits: Expenditure 124W
      Social Security Benefits: Fraud 125W
      Social Security Benefits: Islington 126W
      State Retirement Pensions 127W
      Telephone Services 103W
      Unemployment: Greater London 128W
      Unemployment: Young People 129W
      Universal Credit 129W
      Welfare to Work: Bethnal Green 130W
      Work Capability Assessment 130W
      Work Capability Assessment: Appeals 130W

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5 Sep 2011 : Column 209

Written Answers
Monday 5 September 2011

Business, Innovation and Skills 318W
      Access to Education Advocate 318W
      Apprentices 319W
      Business: Research 319W
      Care Homes: Ownership 320W
      Companies House: Internet 320W
      Companies: Overseas Trade 321W
      Credit Cards: Fees and Charges 321W
      Departmental Carbon Emissions 321W
      Departmental Correspondence 322W
      East Midlands Rail Franchise 341W
      Education: English Language 323W
      European Space Agency 323W
      Flexible Working: Research 324W
      Foreign Investment in UK 324W
      Gangmasters Licensing Authority 324W
      Higher Education: Admissions 325W
      Higher Education: Disadvantaged 325W
      Higher Education: Ethnic Groups 327W
      Higher Education: Finance 329W
      Higher Education: Merseyside 329W
      Higher Education: Private Sector 330W
      Higher Education: Sunderland 330W
      Intellectual Property 331W
      Local Enterprise Partnerships: Sheffield 331W
      Manufacturing Industries: Wales 331W
      Minimum Wage 332W
      Mobile Phones 322W
      Multinational Companies 333W
      Music: Licensing 333W
      Neil Wallis 333W
      New Businesses 334W
      Overseas Students: Entry Clearances 334W
      Pearson 335W
      Post Offices 335W
      Price Fixing 335W
      Publicity 322W
      Redundancy 322W
      Regional Growth Fund 335W
      Science: Higher Education 336W
      Shops: Dogs 336W
      Skills Funding Agency 337W
      Small Businesses 337W
      Social Clubs: Smoking 337W
      Spaceflight: Government Assistance 338W
      Students: Finance 338W
      Students: Recruitment 340W
      Students: Scotland 340W
      Teachers: Training 340W
      Training 323W
      Union Modernisation Fund 341W
Cabinet Office 257W
      British Waterways: Public Bodies Bill 258W
      Business 259W
      Central Office of Information 259W
      Chief Coroner 260W
      Civil Servants 260W
      Conditions of Employment 260W
      Departmental Internet Services 261W
      Departmental Internet Services 262W
      Departmental Responsibilities 261W
      Electronic Government: Finance 262W
      Government Communications 262W
      Graduates: Unemployment 264W
      Job Vacancies 270W
      Life Expectancy 265W
      Lost Property 261W
      Members: Correspondence 267W
      Mental Health Services: Death 267W
      Mortality Rates: Strokes 257W
      National Security Adviser 268W
      Offenders: Rehabilitation 269W
      Personal Data: UK Citizens 269W
      Procurement 261W
      Procurement 263W
      Procurement 266W
      Public Sector 266W
      Public Sector Procurement 270W
      Social Enterprises 269W
      Street Collectors: Regulations 270W
      Welsh Language 264W
Culture, Media and Sport 305W
      Media Ownership 305W
Education 305W
      Cultural Education Review 305W
      Departmental Manpower 305W
      Departmental Responsibilities 306W
      Education: Assessments 306W
      Education Maintenance Allowance 306W
      Financial Services: Education 307W
      Forced Marriage 308W
      Free School Meals 308W
      GCE A-level 309W
      Higher Education 310W
      Intellectual Property: Education 310W
      Languages: Teachers 310W
      Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education 311W
      Postgraduate Education 314W
      Postgraduate Education: Fees and Charges 314W
      Pupil Exclusions 314W
      Pupil Exclusions: Special Educational Needs 315W
      Runaway Children 315W
      Rural Areas 315W
      Schools: Assessments 315W
      Schools: Standards 316W
      Schools: Transport 316W
      Sky TV 305W
      Teachers: English Baccalaureate 316W
      Teachers: Pensions 317W
      Teachers: Wirral 317W
Home Department 220W
      Accidents: Fees and Charges 220W
      Advertising 230W
      Air Travel 230W
      Alcoholic Drinks: Crime 220W
      Alcoholic Drinks: Young People 222W
      Animal Experiments: Scotland 223W
      Association of Chief Police Officers: Finance 220W
      Asylum 225W
      Cannabis 226W
      Charitable Donations 231W
      Conditions of Employment 227W
      Consultants 232W
      Crime: Children 227W
      Crime: Older People 228W
      Cybercrime 229W
      Departmental Billing 231W
      Departmental Responsibilities 234W
      Departmental Training 235W
      Deportation 235W
      Deportation: EU Nationals 236W
      Encampment: Parliament Square 229W
      Forensic Science 236W
      General Register Office: Fees and Charges 239W
      Government Procurement Card 239W
      Hillsborough Independent Panel: Expenditure 240W
      Hospitals: Disclosure of Information 240W
      Hotels 240W
      Illegal Immigrants 241W
      Immigration Controls: London Airports 241W
      Immigration: Detainees 241W
      John Hagee 242W
      Liberal Democrat Conference 242W
      Mass Media 243W
      Members: Correspondence 243W
      Metal Theft 244W
      Ministerial Meetings: News Corporation 226W
      Ministerial Policy Advisers 231W
      Mobile Phones 232W
      News International 244W
      North Yorkshire Police Authority: Finance 245W
      Offenders: Deportation 245W
      Offenders: EU Nationals 246W
      Official Cars 233W
      Official Hospitality 246W
      Official Overseas Visits 235W
      Organised Crime: Deportation 247W
      Police: Complaints 248W
      Police Custody 247W
      Police: Housing 248W
      Police: Indemnity Insurance 249W
      Police: Mobile Homes 249W
      Police: Overtime 249W
      Police: Pensions 249W
      Police: Recruitment 249W
      Police Station Closures 248W
      Police: Training 250W
      Police: Wales 251W
      Procurement 233W
      Raed Salah 251W
      Rail Travel 234W
      Rape: DNA 252W
      Rural Areas 252W
      Serious Organised Crime Agency 252W
      Sky TV 226W
      Stalking 253W
      Stationery 234W
      Surveillance 253W
      Telephone Hacking 244W
      Telephone Hacking 254W
      Terrorism 254W
      Terrorist Organisations 255W
      Theft 255W
      UK Border Agency: Data Protection 256W
      Vetting: Police 256W
      Violent and Sex Offender Register 257W
Justice 271W
      Air Travel 279W
      Bail 271W
      Claims Management Services 272W
      Collection of Fines 278W
      Community Orders 274W
      Consultants 279W
      Corruption 275W
      Cremation and Burial 276W
      Crime Victims 276W
      Crimes Against Humanity: World War II 277W
      Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority 277W
      Cycling Convictions 278W
      Data Protection 278W
      Departmental Carbon Emissions 279W
      Departmental Correspondence 281W
      Domestic Violence: Legal Aid 282W
      Domestic Violence Services 281W
      Drugs: Convictions 284W
      European Court of Human Rights 287W
      Fines 287W
      Graveyards: Injuries 272W
      Human Rights 287W
      Immigration Advisory Service 288W
      Knife Crimes 289W
      Legal Services Board 289W
      Neil Wallis 289W
      Paedophilia 289W
      Police Cautions: Kent 290W
      Prison Accommodation 291W
      Prison Standards 292W
      Prisoners: Welsh Language 293W
      Prisons: Anaerobic Digestion 295W
      Prisons: Health Professions 295W
      Prisons: Personal Income 296W
      Prisons: Smoking 296W
      Prisons: Standards 297W
      Remand in Custody: Children 297W
      Reoffenders: South-east England 298W
      Repossession Orders 299W
      Sentencing: Appeals 301W
      Sexual Offences Act 2003 303W
      Stalking: Harassment 303W
      Suicide 303W
      UK Bill of Rights 271W
      Vehicle Removal 283W
      Victim Support Schemes: Human Trafficking 303W
      Young Offenders: Basic Skills 304W
Transport 209W
      Airports: Closures 209W
      Aviation: Security 209W
      Aviation: Taiwan 209W
      Cycling: Accidents 210W
      Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Road Traffic 210W
      Driving: Eyesight 212W
      Driving Offences 210W
      Driving: Stop and Search 212W
      Driving Tests: Older People 211W
      Live Animal Export 212W
      Liverpool Port 213W
      Motor Vehicles: Testing 213W
      Northern Rail: Rolling Stock 214W
      Parliament Square: Accidents 216W
      Planning 219W
      Railways 216W
      Rescue Services: Scotland 216W
      Rolling Stock 217W
      Rolling Stock: Procurement 217W
      Shipping: EU Law 218W
      Thameslink: Rolling Stock 218W
Treasury 342W
      Bank of Ireland 342W
      Bombardier Transportation: Redundancy 342W
      Child Benefit: Peterborough 342W
      Crown Estate 343W
      Cybercrime 343W
      Departmental Accountancy 343W
      Departmental Carbon Emissions 344W
      Departmental Responsibilities 346W
      Energy: Conservation 346W
      Energy: Prices 346W
      EU Budget 346W
      EU Budget: Contributions 347W
      European Investment Bank 348W
      Financial Inclusion Fund 348W
      Financial Markets: Food 348W
      Financial Services: Fees and Charges 348W
      Fujitsu 349W
      Gift Aid: Applications 349W
      Government Procurement Card 349W
      Green Investment Bank 349W
      Inflation 350W
      International Monetary Fund 350W
      Landfill Tax 352W
      Loans: Greece 352W
      Lost Property 344W
      Members: Correspondence 352W
      Minimum Wage 352W
      National Insurance Contributions 353W
      NDPB Manpower 345W
      New Businesses 353W
      Northern Rock 353W
      Occupational Pensions 354W
      Official Cars 345W
      Patents 355W
      Presbyterian Mutual Society 355W
      Procurement 345W
      Public Sector Pensions 356W
      Revenue and Customs 357W
      Revenue and Customs: Air Travel 357W
      Revenue and Customs: Standards 358W
      Royal Reserve Fund 358W
      Rural Areas 358W
      Social Security Benefits: Fraud 358W
      Tax Avoidance and Evasion 359W
      Taxation: Business 360W
      Taxation: Business 360W
      Taxation: Environment Protection 361W
      Taxation: Foreign Workers 361W
      Taxation: Overpayments 361W
      Taxation: Self-assessment 361W
      Thameslink: Rolling Stock 362W
      Unpaid Taxes 362W
      VAT: EU Budget 362W
      VAT: Football 362W
      VAT: Housing 363W
      VAT: Sports 363W
      VAT: Tax Rates and Bands 364W
      Vulture Funds 364W
      Welfare Tax Credits 364W

Ministerial Correction
Monday 5 September 2011

Transport 1MC
      A46: Lincoln 1MC