Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 27 May 2010

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 27 May 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 27 May 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 27 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 27 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 27 May see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Attorney General, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) the Solicitor General (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(321)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

2	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(315)

3	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the planned reduction in previously planned expenditure for 2010-11 is for each university in the North East.
	(101)

4	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of students in universities in the North East between academic year (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(97)

5	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much is expected to be saved by each non-governmental organisation for which his Department is responsible in order to contribute to the £100 million reduction in expenditure set out by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May 2010.
	(99)

6	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(123)

7	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(274)

8	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(286)

9	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(380)

10	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(381)

11	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of One NorthEast; and if he will make a statement.
	(87)

12	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to increase the skills levels of the workforce in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the North East.
	(88)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

13	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each other Minister assigned to responsibilities in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(327)

14	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the nationality is of each special adviser employed by the Government.
	(102)

15	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the planned five per cent. reduction in Ministerial salaries will entail a commensurate reduction in pension contributions.
	(104)

16	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much is planned to be saved in 2010-11 as a result of the five per cent. reduction in Ministerial salaries.
	(105)

17	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(130)

18	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Ministers (a) had and (b) had not signed the Ministerial Code on 21 May 2010.
	(14)

19	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the future of the (a) Number 10 and (b) Cabinet Office website; and if he will make a statement.
	(17)

20	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the future of the (a) Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, (b) National School of Government and (c) Central Office of Information; and if he will make a statement.
	(18)

21	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to maintain the security of Government-held personal data.
	(19)

22	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister in his Department has lead responsibility for monitoring his Department's contract with Ecovert FM.
	(21)

23	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have been allocated accommodation in Admiralty Arch.
	(22)

24	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training his Department has made available to Ministers for their continuing development.
	(23)

25	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what items are included in the programme for the Ministerial induction courses provided by his Department.
	(24)

26	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers are based in (a) 10 Downing Street, (b) the Cabinet Office and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's office.
	(25)

27	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce Government expenditure on recruitment advertising.
	(26)

28	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(267)

29	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the revised travel guidance for Government departments on first class rail travel.
	(27)

30	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) name and (b) version is of each computer software package used by his Department to calculate travel costs.
	(28)

31	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(287)

32	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what budget has been set for international travel by staff of his Department in 2010-11.
	(29)

33	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Members of the House of Lords have been issued with (a) Cabinet Office passes and (b) Number 10 Downing Street security passes since 6 May 2010.
	(30)

34	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(379)

35	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(382)

36	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) current and (b) former employees of (i) the Liberal Democrat Party and (ii) the Conservative Party have been issued with a (A) Cabinet Office and (B) 10 Downing Street security pass.
	(6)

37	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the address is of the head office of each non-departmental public body.
	(84)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

38	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that any changes to capital gains tax do not discourage employee share ownership; and if he will make a statement.
	(135)

39	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(320)

40	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of children (a) in each region, (b) in each socio-economic group and (c) nationwide who will be born in the first 12 months after abolition of the child trust fund.
	(100)

41	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is expected to make (a) nationally and (b) in the North East in each of the next three years.
	(229)

42	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the implementation of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life.
	(133)

43	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is in respect of credit unions; and if he will make a statement.
	(253)

44	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) banks and (b) building societies having mutual status.
	(254)

45	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(112)

46	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(275)

47	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(295)

48	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(371)

49	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(388)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

50	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(311)

51	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contribution Durham County Council is expected to make to the target of £230 million efficiency savings to be made by local government.
	(232)

52	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what savings each non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible will be expected to make in each of the three years consequent on the announcement made by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May 2010.
	(239)

53	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authority homes which will be built in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next four financial years; and if he will make a statement.
	(334)

54	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 17 of The Coalition: Our Programme for Government, what plans he has to promote green spaces and wildlife corridors in order to halt the loss of habitat and restore biodiversity.
	(348)

55	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to allow local authorities not to implement the requirements of Local Development Frameworks and Supplementary Planning Documents covering land for which detailed planning consents have not been granted; and if he will make a statement.
	(351)

56	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on returning empty houses to residential use.
	(352)

57	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(129)

58	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(268)

59	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(288)

60	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(378)

61	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(383)

62	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of people sleeping rough; and if he will make a statement.
	(244)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

63	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) he has had with the BBC since his appointment and (b) plans to have in the next two months; what the agenda was of each such meeting; who attended each such meeting; if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each such meeting; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (191)

64	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has created files on the (a) BBC and (b) BBC Trust since 5 May 2010; and if he will make a statement; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (192)

65	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what account he plans to take of the BBC's undertakings to ensure the (a) making of efficiency savings and (b) prevention of inflation of staff and talent costs in determining the future level of the BBC licence fee; and if he will make a statement.
	(193)

66	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to allow commercial advertising on BBC channels; if he will discuss that matter with the BBC; and if he will make a statement.
	(194)

67	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from (a) members of the public, (b) hon. Members and (c) Members of the House of Lords against television advertisements for abortion services since 15 May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(234)

68	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to undertake in the next 18 months on public opinion on the BBC and the licence fee as a means of funding it; and if he will make a statement.
	(237)

69	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he next plans to meet (a) the Chairman of the BBC Trust and (b) the Director General of the BBC; and if he will make a statement.
	(238)

70	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are of each public appointment for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement.
	(73)

71	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(307)

72	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(128)

73	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(269)

74	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(289)

75	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(377)

76	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(384)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

77	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(306)

78	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the level of security for families living on Ministry of Defence housing estates at the Colchester Garrison; and if he will make a statement.
	(353)

79	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the designated strength was of the Ministry of Defence Police at the Colchester Garrison (a) in 1997, (b) in 2007 and (c) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(354)

80	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether additional security measures will be implemented at Ministry of Defence housing estates at the Colchester Garrison during the period for which 16 Air Assault Brigade is deployed to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(355)

81	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to (a) maintain and (b) increase the level of security of families living on Ministry of Defence housing estates at the Colchester Garrison since the occupation of some of the houses by civilians; and if he will make a statement.
	(356)

82	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what powers the (a) Ministry of Defence Police and (b) Royal Military Police have in respect of responding to criminal and anti-social behaviour involving civilians living in or visiting former Ministry of Defence housing at the Colchester Garrison; and if he will make a statement.
	(357)

83	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for the maintenance of roads, pavements, draining and lighting on those roads within the Ministry of Defence housing estates at the Colchester Garrison on which houses are now occupied by civilians; and if he will make a statement.
	(358)

84	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(127)

85	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(270)

86	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(290)

87	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(376)

88	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(385)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

89	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many special advisers he (a) has appointed to date and (b) plans to appoint.
	(322)

90	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated cost is of setting up his office; what the estimated cost is of running his office in its first 12 months; and how many special advisers he has.
	(106)

91	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to change the voting system for elections to the House of Commons; and if he will make a statement.
	(136)

92	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to introduce a statutory code for lobbyists.
	(137)

93	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish his Ministerial diary.
	(138)

94	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he next expects the Cabinet Committee on Nuclear Deterrence and Security to meet.
	(236)

95	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Office.
	(291)

96	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(375)

97	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser has been allocated (a) a ministerial car, (b) a ministerial salary, (c) secretarial support, (d) a private office and (e) a 10 Downing Street security pass; and if he will make a statement.
	(98)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

98	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(312)

99	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his estimate is of the cost of renaming his Department.
	(109)

100	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for the future of Durham County Council's Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(110)

101	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible he expects to be cancelled consequent on the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's announcement of 24 May 2010.
	(233)

102	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent promoting the www.scienceandmaths.net website (a) on the radio, (b) on television, (c) on billboard posters, (d) online and (e) by other means.
	(263)

103	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on singing programmes in schools in the last three years for which figures are available; which five companies or charities have received the largest sums in funding; and how much each has received.
	(264)

104	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on tai-chi programmes in schools in the last three years for which figures are available; which five companies or charities have received the largest sums in such funding; and how much each has received.
	(265)

105	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on the creation of the www.scienceandmaths.net website.
	(35)

106	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of his Department's expenditure on provision of tai-chi courses.
	(38)

107	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding his Department has allocated to the rebuilding of Selby Park primary school in the next four years.
	(2)

108	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has allocated for (a) new school building and (b) school rebuilding projects in Nottinghamshire in each of the next four years.
	(34)

109	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of free schools which will be established in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(248)

110	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(250)

111	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to include the history of the 20th century in the National Curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
	(251)

112	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that capital and revenue funding for free schools will not be taken from local education authorities' (a) current and (b) future budgets; and if he will make a statement.
	(252)

113	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the number of parent governors allocated places on the governing body of any Academy school.
	(258)

114	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the publication of financial accounts by Academy schools.
	(259)

115	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations administer two or more Academy schools; and how many Academy schools each such organisation administers.
	(262)

116	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will visit the head office of the Academies Enterprise Trust to discuss the value for money achieved from the use of funding provided by his Department to the Trust.
	(349)

117	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it a requirement for Academy schools to comply with the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
	(405)

118	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent research he has evaluated on the effects on the examination results of Academy schools of concentration of resources by those schools on vocational courses instead of academic courses; and if he will make a statement.
	(407)

119	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent Academy schools downgrading or removing from their curriculums any of the subjects of (a) geography, (b) history, (c) each of the sciences and (d) modern languages; and if he will make a statement.
	(408)

120	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(126)

121	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(271)

122	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(292)

123	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(374)

124	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(386)

125	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the (a) Building Schools for the Future and (b) Primary Capital Programme in (i) Hartlepool constituency and (ii) the North East region; and if he will make a statement.
	(90)

126	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of 16 and 17 year-olds who (a) start and (b) complete apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
	(94)

127	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the level of the compulsory participation age in relation to education and training in (a) 2013 and (b) 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	(95)

128	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the re-branding of his Department (a) on the latest date for which figures are available and (b) in total.
	(96)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

129	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(316)

130	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(125)

131	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(272)

132	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(293)

133	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(373)

134	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(387)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

135	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many special advisers (a) she and (b) each named Minister in her Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(309)

136	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will discuss with the National Farmers' Union her plans for an ombudsman to enforce the Grocery Supply Chain Code of Practice; and if she will make a statement.
	(332)

137	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) the British Beekeepers' Association and (b) the National Bee Unit on bee health; and if she will make a statement.
	(333)

138	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes into force.
	(350)

139	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which pumping stations primarily fulfil land drainage functions; and how many acres of farmland are served by such pumping stations.
	(85)

140	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department makes available for the replacement of pumping stations which primarily fulfil land drainage functions.
	(86)

141	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in her Department.
	(124)

142	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when and in what form she plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by her Department over £25,000.
	(273)

143	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in her Department.
	(294)

144	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments she has made since her appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(372)

145	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in her Department.
	(389)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

146	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to tackle the shipment of weapons and funds from Iran to (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) Lebanon and (d) Gaza in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (69)

147	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take at the United Nations to seek to prevent (a) weapons and (b) funds from the government of Iran being sent to terrorist groups in (i) Afghanistan, (ii) Iraq, (iii) Gaza and (iv) Lebanon in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (70)

148	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take at the United Nations in the next six months on allegations of (a) arming of and (b) funding of Hamas by Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (71)

149	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the state of development of Iran's nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (72)

150	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the discovery of foetuses and bodies of babies in the Guangfu river, Jining City, China; whether he plans to make representations to the government of China on that matter; and if he will make a statement.
	(74)

151	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received since his appointment on the operation of a one child policy by the government of China; and if he will make a statement.
	(75)

152	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he has had since his appointment and (b) plans to have with the government of China on its population planning policies; and if he will make a statement.
	(76)

153	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions officials in the British Embassy in China have had with officials of the government of China on (a) reports of forced abortion and sterilisation and (b) birth control quotas in China; and if he will make a statement.
	(77)

154	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of China seeking the relaxation of its population planning policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(78)

155	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department had had discussions with the government of China on the case of Chen Guangcheng; and if he will make a statement.
	(79)

156	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(318)

157	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to save £55 million from his Department's budget for 2010-11.
	(103)

158	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to bring pressure on Israel to comply with all relevant UN resolutions.
	(255)

159	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(113)

160	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(276)

161	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(296)

162	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at which events held between 11 May and 25 May 2010 wine from the Government wine cellar was served.
	(31)

163	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Yemen.
	(32)

164	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(370)

165	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(390)

166	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to visit the Middle East; and if he will make a statement.
	(92)

167	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase the level of political stability in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement.
	(93)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

168	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on (a) pregnancy counselling, (b) abortions and (c) other counselling, including post-abortion counselling provided by Marie Stopes International in each of the last five years; and how many people received each such service in each such year.
	(196)

169

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients who had (a) pregnancy counselling followed by an abortion provided by Marie Stopes International (MSI), (b) pregnancy counselling by MSI and chose an alternative to abortion and (c) had an abortion provided by MSI without having received counselling from that organisation; and what the cost was to the NHS of such services for those patients.

(197)

170	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinics and hospitals (a) owned and (b) leased by Marie Stopes International provide abortions; how many approved beds each such unit contains; and whether each such unit is approved for (i) surgical day care abortions with or without general anaesthetic and (ii) late abortions.
	(200)

171

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed in clinics and hospitals (a) owned and (b) leased by Marie Stopes International (i) for each region, (ii) in respect of length of gestation, (iii) in respect of women of each (A) age group and (B) nationality group in each of the last three years for which information is available; how many complaints his Department received about Marie Stopes International in that period; and if his will make a statement.

(201)

172	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments his Department has made to Marie Stopes International for (a) abortion, (b) family planning and (c) other reproductive health services in the last 12 months; how much he plans to allocate to Marie Stopes International for those purposes in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(235)

173	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to monitor the effects of television advertisements for abortion services on the abortion rate; and if he will make a statement.
	(80)

174	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons were for the dismissal of each consultant dismissed from each hospital trust since 2005; and from which NHS employer and on what dates employees have been dismissed for reasons related to data protection since 2005.
	(4)

175	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to consult on future hospital configurations in the London North Central area; and if he will make a statement.
	(181)

176	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future of the accident and emergency department of the Whittington Hospital.
	(182)

177	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to end uploading of medical data to the Summary Care Record; and if he will make a statement.
	(167)

178	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(313)

179

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the practice of charging women twice for hormone replacement drugs when two different coloured tablets are packaged and dispensed in a single carton; and what his estimate is of the cost of this practice to the NHS in relation to patients who receive free prescriptions.

(158)

180	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what applications have been made for funding for improvement or replacement of the GP premises of Dr Carrie and Partners at Sherburn Surgery, 50 St Hilda's Street, Sherburn, Malton, North Yorkshire in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(401)

181	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next opportunity is for (a) consideration and (b) approval of the development plans of the GP practice for Dr Carrie and Partners at Sherburn Surgery, 50 St Hilda's Street, Sherburn, Malton, North Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
	(402)

182	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated on the effects on human health of use of mobile telephones for more than 30 minutes a day.
	(36)

183	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated for the salary of the Chief Executive of Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust in each of the next four years.
	(3)

184	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist in-patient (a) drug and (b) alcohol detoxification beds were available on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(261)

185	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for access to in-patient detoxification facilities in each National Treatment Agency region on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(330)

186	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of ending prescription charges for adults with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.
	(256)

187	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve treatment of people with alcohol problems.
	(257)

188	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the provision of asistance for those with acquired brain injuries in respect of (a) early and accurate diagnosis, (b) immediate treatment and (c) on-going rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement.
	(344)

189	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received in favour of allowing those classified as men who have sex with men to donate blood to the National Blood Service; and if he will make a statement.
	(345)

190	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the provision of assistance for those with learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
	(346)

191	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the provision of assistance for those with mental illness; and if he will make a statement.
	(347)

192	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the accuracy of labelling of licensed homeopathic products.
	(10)

193	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the prescription of placebo treatments.
	(11)

194	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(114)

195	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that no further clinical trials of homeopathy are funded by the NHS.
	(12)

196	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of homeopathic treatments funded by the NHS.
	(13)

197	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts provide homeopathic services for patients.
	(220)

198	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the prescribing of homeopathic treatments on the NHS.
	(221)

199	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government plans to respond to the Science and Technology Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2009-10, Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy, HC45.
	(222)

200	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS homeopathic treatment in (a) England and (b) Sandwell in the last year for which information is available.
	(223)

201	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(277)

202	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(297)

203	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(369)

204	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(391)

205	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future of the proposed new hospital at Wynyard in Hartlepool constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	(89)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

206

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to reduce the amount of time spent by police officers on administrative tasks; what recent estimate she has made of the average time spent by police officers on administration per (a) day, (b) week and (c) month; what recent representations she has received on police morale; what response she made to such representations; and if she will make a statement.

(184)

207	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to increase the level of public accountability of police constables; and if she will make a statement.
	(185)

208	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of Essex Police Authority in the latest year for which information is available; what plans she has to increase the level of cost-effectiveness of police authorities in the 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	(186)

209	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of forms police officers are required to complete in respect of each prosecution; what recent discussions she has had with the Police Federation on that matter; and if she will make a statement.
	(187)

210

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in each civil service payband in the Independent Police Complaints Commission were eligible for (a) performance and (b) special bonuses in each of the last three years; how many people received each type of bonus; what the average payment was for each type of bonus; what the maximum payment was for each type of bonus; whether she plans to bring forward proposals to regulate such bonuses; and if she will make a statement.

(188)

211	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future of police authorities; and if she will make a statement.
	(189)

212	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rate for Essex police force was in each of the last two years for which figures are available; whether she plans to meet the Chief Constable of that police force to discuss detection rates; and if she will make a statement.
	(190)

213	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) she has taken since her appointment and (b) plans to take in the next six months to protect the Jewish community from anti-Semitic attacks; and if she will make a statement.
	[R] (195)

214	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special advisers (a) she and (b) each named Minister in her Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(319)

215	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what savings Durham Constabulary is expected to make as a contribution to the £135 million of police efficiency savings announced on 24 May 2010.
	(231)

216	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the number of illegal migrants in the UK; what recent research she has evaluated on this subject; and if she will make a statement.
	(159)

217	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated for payments to members of police committees in each of the last four years.
	(1)

218	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum (a) were received in 2009 and (b) have been received in 2010 to date; and from which countries.
	(39)

219	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on police overtime in each police force in the last 12 months.
	(260)

220	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constable applications are awaiting processing in each police authority area.
	(329)

221	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Association of Chief Police Officers on advice to hon. Members on security measures at constituency offices; and if she will make a statement.
	(340)

222	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet the founder of www.KnifeCrime.Org.uk to discuss knife crime.
	(341)

223	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on reducing knife crime; and if she will make a statement.
	(342)

224	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the It Doesn't Have to Happen.Co.UK programme on knife crime was removed from her Department's website; and if she will make a statement.
	(343)

225	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in her Department.
	(115)

226	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when and in what form she plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by her Department over £25,000.
	(278)

227	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in her Department.
	(298)

228	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments she has made since her appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(368)

229	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in her Department.
	(392)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

230	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to the (a) International Planned Parenthood Federation and (b) United Nations Population Fund in each year since 1997.
	(198)

231

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department places restrictions on the purposes for which funds allocated to the (a) International Planned Parenthood Federation and (b) United Nations Population Fund are used; what guidance his Department has issued to each such organisation on the use of such funds in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(199)

232	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the United Nations Population Fund in promoting non-coercive approaches to family planning in China since October 2009; and if he will make a statement.
	(81)

233	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to discuss with the US administration the implications for his Department's policies of its decision to (a) reinstate the US contribution to the United Nations Population Fund and (b) rescind the Mexico City policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(82)

234	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department (i) has appointed and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(308)

235	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of bi-lateral UK assistance to Zimbabwe; and what measures are being taken to ensure such aid is not affected by corruption.
	(161)

236	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to continue to support the Global School Partnerships Programme.
	(132)

237	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(116)

238	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) mode, (b) class and (c) total cost of travel was of his recent visit to Afghanistan.
	(15)

239	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(279)

240	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(299)

241	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(367)

242	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(393)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

243	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken to complete court care proceedings was in each local authority area in each year since 2003-04.
	(225)

244	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many care proceedings cases in each local authority area are currently open in the family courts; how many were open in each of the last five years; and how many have reached a conclusion (a) in 2010 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
	(226)

245	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(317)

246	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to abolish the practice whereby courts add a victim surcharge to penalties imposed for offences in cases where there is no victim.
	(266)

247	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of the prison building programme.
	(134)

248	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the Electoral Commission's ability to (a) monitor and (b) increase the electoral registration rates of individual local authorities in the last 10 years.
	(111)

249	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was provided to local authorities for the purposes of electoral registration in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that funding was spent.
	(162)

250	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken against local authority electoral registration departments that have not achieved registration targets.
	(163)

251	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 88W, on the electoral register, what progress has been made on standardising the wording and layout of rolling registration forms.
	(166)

252	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the socio-economic profile of citizens who are eligible to be on the electoral register and are not on it.
	(168)

253	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1708W, on the electoral register, what the outcomes were of the 2007 financial information survey; and what period elapsed between the survey sampling exercise and the production of the final report.
	(169)

254	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effects of functional illiteracy on the ability of people to fill in electoral registration forms; and what steps have been taken to assist functionally illiterate people to register.
	(170)

255	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, what the results were of the pilot data matching schemes under which public authorities will provide registration officers with information to assist them in maintaining an accurate and comprehensive register.
	(171)

256	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which local authority electoral registration departments (a) did and (b) did not use door-to-door canvassing in their last electoral registration; and what the (i) actual and (ii) percentage change was in the number of people registered in each category of authority as a result of that exercise.
	(173)

257	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1705-7W, on the electoral register, what progress has been made towards enabling lower tier authorities in two tier areas to access data held by the higher authority to facilitate the identification of individuals not registered to vote.
	(175)

258	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1707W, on the electoral register, what the estimated cost is of contacting by (a) email and (b) letter all electoral registration officers to find out what electoral registration qualifications they hold.
	(176)

259

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which local authority electoral registration officers (a) sent canvass returns more than once, (b) made house-to-house inquiries in connection with the canvass, (c) made contact by such other means as they thought appropriate with a person with no entry in the register and (d) inspected a record they were permitted by law to inspect as part of the last electoral registration exercise.

(177)

260	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what records electoral registration officers may inspect to assist them with registration.
	(178)

261	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of expenditure on electoral registration measures on levels of registration.
	(183)

262	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources provided by local authorities to electoral registration.
	(246)

263	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of holding the next general election at a weekend.
	(335)

264	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the likely size of the prison population in May 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(339)

265	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was in (a) May 1997, (b) in May 2001, (c) in May 2002 and (d) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(403)

266	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(117)

267	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contact orders relating to the movement of children abroad were granted in the last three years.
	(139)

268	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contact orders were breached in the last three years.
	(140)

269	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contact orders were made in (a) public and (b) private in each of the last three years.
	(141)

270	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(280)

271	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(300)

272	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(366)

273	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(394)

274	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to meet representatives of the Fathers 4 Justice campaign.
	(7)

275	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) mothers and (b) fathers breached contact orders in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those breaches resulted in (i) a fine and (ii) imprisonment in each such year.
	(8)

276	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) mothers and (b) fathers have applied for residency orders; and what proportion of these were successful in each of the last three years.
	(9)

277	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals for compensation of people with pleural plaques; and if he will make a statement.
	(247)

Questions to the Leader of the House

278	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to end the payment of allowances to hon. Members who do not take their seats.
	(242)

279	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Leader of the House, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Secretary (i) has appointed and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(326)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

280	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the report of the Saville Inquiry to be published; and if he will ensure that the cost to the public purse of all expenditure in relation to the Saville Inquiry is published at that time.
	(240)

281	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the ministerial responsibilities are of (a) him and (b) the Minister of State for Northern Ireland.
	(241)

282	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) the Minister of State (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(324)

283	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(118)

284	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(281)

285	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(301)

286	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(365)

287	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(395)

Questions to the Prime Minister

288	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, how many special advisers he (a) has appointed and (b) plans to appoint.
	(323)

289	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what the duties are of (a) Mr Andy Coulson and (b) Mr Jonny Oates.
	(227)

290	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many Government Whips (a) receive and (b) do not receive a salary.
	(230)

291	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, who attended his recent meeting with Rupert Murdoch; how many civil servants were at that meeting; for what reasons each civil servant was present; and what matters were discussed at the meeting.
	(243)

292	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to visit the Middle East.
	(91)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

293	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many special advisers (a) he, (b) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and (c) the Advocate General (i) has appointed and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(328)

294	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(119)

295	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(282)

296	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(302)

297	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(364)

298	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(396)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

299	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he plans to allocate to Nexus for the purposes of the Tyne and Wear Metro reinvigoration programme.
	(331)

300	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(310)

301	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants are entitled to use the Government Car Service; and how many will be entitled to use the service in the future.
	(107)

302	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned reduction is in the number of (a) cars and (b) employees in the Government Car Service (GCS); and what the expected reduction in expenditure on the GCS is.
	(108)

303	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which highway improvement plans in the North East he expects funding reductions to be made to contribute to his Department's £112 million cost reductions.
	(228)

304	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in traffic accidents on the A1079 in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(16)

305	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on funding for (a) safety improvements and (b) carriageway widening on the A15 in the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(160)

306	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the road works between junctions 28 and 25 of the M1 motorway to be completed.
	(37)

307	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to require British aeroplane operators (a) not to charge passengers with medical conditions who require oxygen and (b) to allow the use of portable oxygen concentrators during flights.
	(338)

308	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(120)

309	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(283)

310	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(303)

311	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(363)

312	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(397)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

313	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many special advisers (a) she and (b) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (i) has appointed and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(325)

314	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in her Department.
	(121)

315	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when and in what form she plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by her Department over £25,000.
	(284)

316	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in her Department.
	(304)

317	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments she has made since her appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(362)

318	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in her Department.
	(398)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

319	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Leeds Central constituency and (b) the city of Leeds are participating in the Future Jobs Fund.
	(131)

320	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance; and if he will take steps to ensure that claimants with debilitating conditions are not disadvantaged by changes in the welfare system.
	(83)

321	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
	(314)

322	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
	(336)

323	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to seek to eliminate child poverty in the lifetime of this Parliament.
	(337)

324	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive their state pension payments by cheque.
	(404)

325	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on provision of pensions to pensioners by cheques; and what arrangements his Department is making for pensioners who wish to continue receiving their payments by cheque.
	(406)

326	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.
	(122)

327	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
	(285)

328	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
	(305)

329	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse.
	(361)

330	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in Ministerial offices in his Department.
	(400)

331	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the North East region have been placed into employment as a result of funding from the Future Jobs Fund.
	(249)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

332	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimated percentage of electors are registered in each parliamentary constituency in the UK.
	[Transferred] (165)

333	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which five local authority wards had the lowest percentage electoral registration rate in each constituency in each region of the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (172)

334	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the electorate was in each year since 1997 in the 100 parliamentary seats which have had the largest decrease in the number of electors on the register since that date.
	[Transferred] (179)

335	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the electoral registration rate is for each region of the UK.
	[Transferred] (245)

336	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many copies of PR Week are regularly purchased for (a) Number 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office.
	[Transferred] (224)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

337	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has received about its services in each year since its inception.
	[Transferred] (142)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

338	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of persons resident in each constituency eligible to vote and not on the electoral register.
	[Transferred] (33)

339	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for policy on data sharing between Government departments; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (20)

Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

340

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, columns 222-3W, on the electoral register, which electoral registration officers identified themselves as below the standard for using information sources to verify entries on the register of electors and identify potential new electors.

[Transferred] (164)

341	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, in which local authorities electoral registration officers have declared themselves to be underperforming in one or more areas of electoral registration.
	[Transferred] (174)

342	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much each local authority spent per elector on electoral registration in the last year for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (180)


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