Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 2 June 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 Wednesday 2 June 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 2 June 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 2 June 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 Wednesday 2 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 2 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(570)

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

2	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(482)

3	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(529)

4	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on cost reduction plans.
	(598)

5	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(628)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his plans are for the AimHigher programme.
	(472)

7 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has allocated to the AimHigher programme (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands for 2010-11.
	(473)

8 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the future of the AimHigher programme.
	(474)

9	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of levels of demand for apprenticeships in the London Borough of Bexley.
	(458)

10 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many EU nationals have claimed a maintenance loan while attending university in the UK in the last 10 years; and how many such EU nationals are in arrears in respect of their loan repayments.
	(360)

11	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the size of the (a) current and (b) (i) five and (ii) 10-year projected (A) surplus and (B) deficit of the Royal Mail pension scheme.
	(678)

12	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to announce his plans for the enforcement of the Grocery Supply Code of Practice regulation introduced by the Competition Commission on 4 February 2010.
	(692)

13	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the results of the public consultation on the Government's proposal to establish a Supermarket Ombudsman.
	(693)

14 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will maintain the previous Government's commitment of a £20 million grant to Nissan to fund the development of fuel-efficient vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
	(151)

15 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of One North East; and if he will make a statement.
	(152)

16	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the merits of introducing a national holiday for England on St George's Day.
	(651)

17	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the (a) date of introduction of a supermarket ombudsman and (b) powers the ombudsman should have in respect of suppliers in (i) the UK and (ii) developing countries.
	(653)

18 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what grant he plans to allocate to the development of the Leeds Arena in 2010-11.
	(63)

19 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold an inquiry into Vergo Retail Ltd's acquisition from the East of England Co-operative Society of the society's non-food trading activities in 2009 and its subsequent operation of the business.
	(215)

20	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the role of the Post Office in delivering bank services.
	(658)

21	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of bookshops in each of the last five years.
	(587)

22	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many further education colleges he expects to be rebuilt or refurbished from the £50 million of Government funding allocated for that purpose.
	(504)

23	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he made of the average cost of re-building a further education college under his Department's Building Colleges for the Future in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(505)

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(566)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

25	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the name is of each special adviser assigned to work with each Minister.
	(420)

26	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(483)

27	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide to hon. Members a list of Ministerial responsibilities including contact details.
	(521)

28	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agency on cost reduction plans.
	(599)

29	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agency.
	(629)

30	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many organisations based in the London Borough of Bexley have been granted charitable status.
	(459)

31	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which non-departmental public bodies the Government intends to abolish in the next 12 months.
	(674)

32 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public sector workers are paid less than £7.20 an hour.
	(203)

33 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers have been appointed by each Minister in the Government.
	(479)

34	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether mobile telephones issued to staff in (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office are issued with factory setting security codes.
	(545)

35	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures are in place to ensure that voicemail accounts associated with mobile telephones issued to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 10 Downing Street and (ii) the Cabinet Office cannot be accessed without appropriate authorisation.
	(546)

36	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the menus for the canteen in 10 Downing Street for the week of 17 May 2010.
	(573)

37	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what budget has been established for the proposed Coalition Press Office.
	(595)

38	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to derive revenue for the public purse from the apartments in Admiralty Arch held by the Government.
	(622)

39	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the Government's response to the First Report of the Public Administration Select Committee, Session 2008-09, on lobbying: Access and Influence in Whitehall, HC 36, for the purposes of implementing in full the Committee's recommendations.
	(647)

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(557)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

41	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(490)

42	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(536)

43	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on cost reduction plans.
	(606)

44	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(636)

45	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his announcement of 24 May 2010, if he will list the identifiable non-devolved public expenditure savings for Wales.
	(586)

46 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department's review of recent expenditure decisions will include a review of planned funding to rebuild Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
	(144)

47 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) amount and (b) nature is of the liability of the United Kingdom for stability in the eurozone under the agreement of 9 May 2010.
	(156)

48	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to implement the proposed changes of taxation rates for furnished holiday letting properties in April 2011.
	(688)

49	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the most recent EU review of minimum rates of excise duty to be applied to alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
	(517)

50 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to relocate civil service employees or Government agencies to (a) Nottingham and (b) the East Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(59)

51	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers he has to limit the level of high-value severance packages paid to public sector employees.
	(652)

52 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a tax upon financial activities.
	(202)

53	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in public spending per capita as a result of the £6.2 billion cost reductions announced on 24 May in each region.
	(735)

54	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding he has allocated to the budget of the Office of Budget Responsibility.
	(416)

55	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any posts in his Department are to be deleted as a consequence of the establishment of the Office of Budget Responsibility.
	(417)

56	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net change in total Government expenditure consequent on the establishment of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
	(418)

57	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what salary will be paid to Sir Alan Budd in his capacity as head of the Office of Budget Responsibility; and for what bonus payments he will be eligible.
	(419)

58	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding he plans to make available to local authorities for the repair and maintenance of potholes in roads for which they are responsible.
	(510)

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(558)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

60	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(484)

61	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(530)

62	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on cost reduction plans.
	(600)

63	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(630)

64 N	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable he has set for ending the home information pack scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(41)

65 N	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend Planning Policy Statement 3; and if he will make a statement.
	(44)

66 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reduction is expected in funding of the Working Neighbourhoods Fund in 2010-11 as a result of the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May; and if he will make a statement.
	(476)

67 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reduction is planned in area-based grant in 2010-11 as a result of the announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May; and if he will make a statement.
	(477)

68 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of the specific grants to local government to combat deprivation and unemployment funding will be affected by the proposals announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May; and if he will make a statement.
	(478)

69 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the detailed breakdown is of projects affected by the £1.16 billion reduction in funding for the local government grant settlement announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May; and if he will make a statement.
	(502)

70 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of new local authority housing association dwellings to be constructed in each London borough in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(145)

71 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what revisions he proposes to make to Circular 01/2006 on Travellers; and if he will make a statement.
	(153)

72 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private houses are classified as exempt from council tax as houses of prayer.
	(157)

73	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to devolve planning powers to local authorities to ensure local need for affordable housing is met.
	(671)

74	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that locally set house building projections meet national assessments of housing need.
	(675)

75	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the Government Office in each region of England.
	(679)

76 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) Durham County Council and (b) all local authorities of publishing the details of each item of expenditure of £500 or more.
	(56)

77 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the Housing Revenue Account Review.
	(65)

78 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on local participation in planning decisions concerning wind farms; and if he will make a statement.
	(580)

79
N

Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recent reductions in grant allocated to local authorities for 2010-11, whether authorities have the power to alter their council tax levels within this financial year to compensate; what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of authorities undertaking such action; and if he will make a statement.

(499)

80	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the South West Regional Fire Control Centre; and if he will make a statement.
	(571)

81	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the inter-departmental working group on anti-semitism.
	(481)

82	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to report on the Government's implementation of the recommendations of the All-Party Inquiry into Anti-semitism in 2010.
	(520)

83	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of regional fire control rooms; and if he will make a statement.
	(737)

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many port companies which had been separately rated have (a) paid their new assessments, (b) paid a contribution under the scheme to allow retrospective demands to be paid off over eight years, (c) have not been reassessed under the fast track reassessment programme and (d) became insolvent following retrospective demands.

(734)

85	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the the cost of cancelling the demand for retrospective business rates made upon newly separately-rated port companies.
	(736)

86 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on regional spatial strategies; and if he will make a statement.
	(214)

87	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future ownership of the Ordnance Survey; and if he will make a statement.
	(511)

88	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the (a) Tenant Services Authority, (b) Homes and Communities Agency and (c) Housing Market Renewal programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(512)

89	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what individual grants to local authorities he plans to reduce under his Department's planned reduction in spending of £1.165 billion.
	(513)

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(567)

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

91	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(485)

92	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(531)

93	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agency on cost reduction plans.
	(601)

94	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agency.
	(631)

95	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what effect the proposed changes in the proportions of (a) National Lottery funding for the arts, heritage and sport and (b) the Big Lottery Fund will have on the amount of National Lottery funding that will be allocated to Wales.
	(585)

96 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will review the operation of the regulations governing the advertisement of abortion services on television; and if he will make a statement.
	(155)

97	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce the future listings and protected status of (a) buildings, (b) monuments, (c) harbours and (d) other structures.
	(690)

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(560)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

99	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(486)

100	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(532)

101	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on lost reduction plans.
	(602)

102	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(632)

103 N	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future (a) role and (b) structure of the Defence Storage Distribution Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(42)

104	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were discharged from each of the armed services for disciplinary offences in 2009.
	(411)

105	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether new recruits to each of the armed services are required to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks.
	(412)

106	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the policy of each of the armed services is on recruitment of people with a criminal record; and which criminal offences are a bar to recruitment to each force.
	(413)

107 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of (a) replacement of the Trident submarine system and (b) the programme for the replacement of the warheads.
	(147)

108 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Army soldiers and (b) families of Army soldiers are stationed at each base in (i) Germany and (ii) Cyprus; and what the cost to the public purse was in the last 12 months.
	(51)

109	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many crashes and near misses involving Chinooks owned and operated by the armed forces have been recorded in each of the last 10 years.
	(422)

110	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to assess the mental health of personnel who have served in combat zones (a) at the time of and (b) subsequent to discharge.
	(423)

111	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any defence procurement projects have been (a) cancelled or (b) postponed pending a Strategic Defence Review.
	(716)

112 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British naval assets are deployed in the South China Sea.
	(465)

113	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure his Department has incurred to date on the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme; and what his most recent estimate is of the total cost of the programme.
	(659)

114	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the RAF Typhoon to take over responsibility for Quick Reaction Alert from the RAF Tornado.
	(660)

115	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RAF received notification from any other national agency of the flight path of the Russian Blackjack bombers intercepted on 10 March 2010.
	(661)

116	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) RAF Typhoons and (b) RAF Tornados have been deployed over Scotland in a Quick Reaction Alert capacity in the last 12 months.
	(662)

117	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider the merits of alternatives to a like-for-like replacement for Trident.
	(720)

118	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Initial Gate decision for the successor submarine project is due to be made; what reasons were given by the Defence Board for a postponement of the Initial Gate decision; and whether he plans to provide for approval of the proposal by Parliament before the decision is made.
	(721)

119	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to include the renewal of Trident in the Strategic Security and Defence Review.
	(722)

120	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to examine the value for money of the proposal to renew Trident.
	(723)

121

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the total procurement costs associated with implementing the proposals in the White Paper on The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent, Cm 6994, (b) the cost of four successor submarines, (c) the cost of refurbishing or replacing the Trident warhead, (d) the infrastructure costs associated with these proposals and (e) the cost of replacing the Trident missile system.

(711)

122	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the annual in-service cost of the nuclear deterrent programe once the successor submarine is in service.
	(712)

123	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of expenditure on the UK nuclear deterrent programme, including (a) the atomic weapons establishment and the successor submarine programme, (b) the atomic weapons establishment and (c) the successor submarine programme in each year from 2008-09 to 2019-20.
	(713)

124	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the safety valve faults on HMS Tireless and HMS Turbulent have been encountered on any other vessel in the UK submarine fleet; and whether the rest of the fleet has been checked for this fault.
	(623)

125	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational safety reviews are in place for the UK's nuclear submarine fleet; and for what reason such reviews did not detect the safety valves faults on HMS Tireless and HMS Turbulent.
	(624)

126	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of a malfunctioning safety valve on board a vessel of the UK's nuclear submarine fleet on active service.
	(625)

127	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK troops and (b) UK civilian personnel are involved in the (i) MONUC, (ii) MINURCAT, (iii) UNAMID, (iv) UNMIL, (v) UNMIS and (vi) UNOCI missions.
	(626)

128	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external consultations in each of the last five years.
	(665)

129	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) the Royal Air Force, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Army spent on recruitment in each of the last five years.
	(666)

130	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on recruitment advertisements in national and local media in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales in each of the last five years.
	(667)

131	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been recruited into the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) Wales in each of the last five years.
	(668)

132	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason standard operational procedures did not detect the reported faults with the safety valves on the HMS Tireless and HMS Turbulent; and if he will make a statement.
	(707)

133	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where HMS Turbulent was deployed while its safety valves were faulty.
	(708)

134	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department was made aware that the safety valves on (a) HMS Tireless and (b) HMS Turbulent were faulty.
	(709)

135	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long he estimates safety valve faults with (a) HMS Tireless and (b) HMS Turbulent went undetected.
	(710)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

136	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his proposals are for the (a) scrutiny and (b) legislative role of a reformed second chamber.
	(672)

137	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proposals he is considering for the (a) minimum and (b) maximum membership of any reformed second chamber.
	(673)

138	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what average population for each parliamentary constituency he plans to propose; and on what basis this figure will be determined.
	(677)

139 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the creation of 100 additional peers; and what discussions he has had with the House of Lords authorities on the cost to the public purse of administration of the House of Lords consequent on the introduction of 100 additional peers.
	(54)

140	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff are assigned to his private office; and what the Civil Service pay band of each is.
	(576)

141	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many rooms at Chevening have been allocated for his use; and what allocation of staff has been made to support him when in residence.
	(597)

142	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what salary he receives as Deputy Prime Minister.
	(648)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

143	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(487)

144	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(533)

145	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to consult trade unions in his Department on cost reduction plans.
	(603)

146	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
	(633)

147 N	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to distribute funds allocated under the Building Schools for the Future programme in the last six months; what plans he has for the future of that programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(40)

148 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what change there will be to his Department's funding towards school transport as a result of the announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 24 May; and if he will make a statement.
	(475)

149	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether people may establish free schools in the form of grammar schools.
	(456)

150	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he plans to use to disburse the pupil premium to (a) local education authorities and (b) individual schools.
	(684)

151	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures are in place to prevent (a) academy, (b) state and (c) state-funded independent schools from being (i) operated and (ii) managed by a group with a narrow or factional objective.
	(687)

152	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) per capita and (b) per pupil funding level in the (i) primary and (ii) secondary sector was in each local education authority in each of the last five years.
	(719)

153 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for continuation of the Building Schools for the Future project for (a) Westhoughton High School and (b) Smithills School; and whether funding for each project will be maintained at the previously planned level.
	(480)

154 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide support to parents and groups to transfer to the status of free schools (a) existing state schools and (b) schools planned for closure; and if he will make a statement.
	(212)

155 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions have been held by his Department with Essex Education Authority on proposals for the reorganisation of secondary schools in Colchester; and if he will make a statement.
	(213)

156 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, from which of his Department's budgets funding will be allocated for the (a) capital and (b) annual revenue costs of free schools.
	(216)

157 N	Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Hurworth Comprehensive School remains a priority for funding under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(590)

158

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(569)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

159	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(488)

160	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type in his Department.
	(534)

161	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to consult trade unions in his Department on cost reduction plans.
	(604)

162	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
	(634)

163
N

John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many claims for (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been settled in (i) Bassetlaw, (ii) Leigh, (iii) Doncaster North, (iv) South Shields and (v) Morley and Outwood constituency; and how many such claims in each such constituency were settled by each firm of solicitors.

(52)

164	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average national grid transmission charge in each generation zone is; and what change to the charge in each zone has been in each of the last five years.
	(717)

165	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the distribution losses of electricity over the National Grid in each of the last five years.
	(718)

166

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(562)

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

167	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in her Department and its agencies.
	(489)

168	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) her Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(535)

169	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to consult trade unions in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies on cost reduction plans.
	(605)

170	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to her Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(635)

171 N	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the effectiveness of the Government's policies in preventing coastal erosion; if she will visit the Suffolk Coastal area to examine the likely impact of current policy proposals; and if she will make a statement.
	(58)

172 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department allocated for potential disallowances and penalties for claims made against the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last five years.
	(424)

173 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments were made by the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last five years.
	(425)

174	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has sought the views of Ofwat on the recommendations in Chapter 14 of the Walker Review of water service charges.
	(680)

175	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of applying the recommendations of chapter 14 of the Walker Review of water service charges to South West Water.
	(681)

176	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider the introduction of a nationally-funded vulnerability tariff for water customers to protect those areas with exceptionally high household charges
	(689)

177	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on increasing the number of anaerobic digestion facilities for the production of biogas.
	(547)

178	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to require incinerator operators to install continuous emission monitoring systems for the detection of dioxins and heavy metals including mercury in flue gas emissions.
	(549)

179	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of alternatives to mass burn incineration; and whether she plans to provide assistance to local authorities to implement alternative schemes.
	(550)

180	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the cost of building new mass burn incineration facilities.
	(551)

181	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she for the future number of mass-burn incineration facilities.
	(552)

182	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to increase the level of reduction, reuse and recycling of municipal solid waste for the purpose of minimising the amount of such waste which is sent for incineration or landfill.
	(553)

183	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent assessment is of the level of efficiency of energy generation from (a) mass-burn incinerators and (b) alternative forms of energy generating waste disposal facilities including anaerobic digesters.
	(554)

184	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on mass-burn incineration of municipal solid waste.
	(555)

185	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on badger culling; and if she will make a statement.
	(572)

186 N	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the reasons for changes in the rate of farmer suicide in the last 12 years; how many such suicides there were in each month in each such year; and if she will make a statement.
	(143)

187

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under her Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by her Department.

(561)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

188	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-frontline staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(491)

189	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(537)

190	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on cost reduction plans.
	(607)

191	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(637)

192 N	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the recent formal meeting between the UK and China on human rights; and if he will make a statement.
	(43)

193 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's objectives are for the outcome of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York in May 2010.
	(146)

194	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports Turkey's application to join the European Union.
	(515)

195	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on whether any new member of the United Nations Security Council should automatically have the veto.
	(516)

196 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the position of the Government is on the ownership of the Spratlys, the Macclesfield Bank and the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
	(464)

197	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the number of UK citizens resident in Pakistan; and what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in that country.
	(701)

198	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to sell property owned by his Department which is used as British embassies and residences overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(506)

199

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(563)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

200	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(492)

201	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(538)

202	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(608)

203	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(638)

204	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of average waiting times to be seen at the accident and emergency department at (a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, (c) Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington and (d) Darenth Valley Hospital, Dartford.
	(457)

205	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for strategic health authorities.
	(676)

206	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future of (a) National Health Service and (b) his Department's IT systems.
	(682)

207	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what future commissioning role primary care trusts will have following the implementation of measures in the Government's proposed Health Bill.
	(683)

208	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust to reach its target level of funding.
	(685)

209	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the dates on which (a) the first and (b) the last primary care trust to reach target funding will do so.
	(686)

210 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make arrangements to meet representatives of people with haemophilia who were infected with hepatitis C through treatment with contaminated blood products.
	(217)

211 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will appoint an independent chair to review the operation of the Skipton Fund.
	(218)

212 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish terms of reference for a review of the Skipton Fund.
	(219)

213 N	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the reconfiguration of maternity services at Maidstone Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	(57)

214 N	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to refer his Department's document on cross infection control, reference HTM 01-05, to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the purpose of checking the (a) evidence base and (b) cost-benefit analysis contained in that document.
	(577)

215 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on the Adult Autism Strategy; what guidance he plans to provide to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities on implementation of that strategy; what (i) short and (ii) long-term targets he plans to set as part of that strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(68)

216	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the (a) continued operation of and (b) service level at Bassetlaw District General Hospital accident and emergency department.
	(650)

217	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to (a) maintain and (b) extend the programme of free prescriptions for people with long-term diseases.
	(714)

218	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the provision of additional funding for new cancer drugs.
	(703)

219	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will visit East Lancashire at the earliest opportunity to examine the provision of emergency care services.
	(704)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

220	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in her Department and its agencies.
	(493)

221	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) her Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(539)

222	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to consult trade unions in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(609)

223	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to her Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(639)

224 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identity cards were issued before 11 May 2010 (a) in total and (b) to residents of Greater Manchester.
	(467)

225 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether those identity cards that have already been issued will remain valid for a full 10 years.
	(468)

226 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make arrangements to offer a refund to individuals who have paid for an identity card.
	(469)

227 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether individuals who have paid for an identity card will be offered a credit when they next renew their passport.
	(470)

228 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's staff who have been employed in administering the identity cards programme she estimates will be (a) redeployed to other work and (b) made redundant; and if she will make a statement.
	(471)

229	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with learning difficulties have applied to be exempted from the citizenship test; how many have been exempted; and how many who were not exempted subsequently (a) passed and (b) failed the test.
	(522)

230 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps have been taken to review policy and procedures at the Oakington Immigration Centre; and if she will make a statement.
	(67)

231	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unreported incidents of rape in the last 12 months; and what recent research her Department has commissioned on the issue.
	(619)

232

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent evidence her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the number of reported rapes where a false allegation of rape was or may have been made which did not result in (A) a prosecution and (B) a conviction and (ii) the comparative rate of (1) false allegations of rape and (2) reported rapes.

(620)

233 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (a) have been allocated and (b) are planned to be allocated to each (i) county and (ii) region in 2010.
	(50)

234 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Polish nationals have been deported from the UK for reasons other than criminal convictions or other criminal proceedings in each of the last three years.
	(53)

235 N	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to reduce the supply of mephedrone following the introduction of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2010.
	(148)

236	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been transferred from Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre to centres elsewhere in the UK since 6 May 2010.
	(655)

237	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to end child detentions at all immigration removal centres in the UK.
	(656)

238	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ministers in her Department have signed authorisations for the continued detention of children at immigration removal centres beyond 28 days since taking office.
	(657)

239

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under her Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by her Department.

(565)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

240	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(494)

241	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type in his Department.
	(540)

242	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to consult trade unions in his Department concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(610)

243	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
	(640)

244	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government provided to Malawi in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
	(556)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

245	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(495)

246	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(541)

247	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(611)

248	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(641)

249	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of segregation have been recorded in each young offender institution in each year since 2006.
	(461)

250	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many strip searches have been recorded in each young offender institution in each year since 2006.
	(462)

251	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many control and restraint incidents were recorded at each young offender institution in each year since 2006.
	(463)

252	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse of processing a case of a child through the criminal justice system from arrest to sentence was in (a) the youth court and (b) the Crown Court in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(415)

253 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanism was used to calculate the £325 million in-year reduction in his Department's budget; which of his Department's programmes will be affected; and by how much in each case.
	(575)

254 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the £325 million reduction in his Department's budget announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury is to be implemented; and if he will publish revised allocations for (a) the National Offender Management Service, (b) the Probation Service and (c) each probation trust.
	(583)

255 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the £325 million in-year budget reductions announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will be met by a reduction in the Probation Service budget.
	(584)

256
N

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of additional prison places required as a result of an increase in the short-sentenced prison population following a reduction of £325 million in the Probation Service budget; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such provision per place assuming (a) no recourse to Operation Safeguard and (b) the activation of Operation Safeguard.

(592)

257 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jobs will be redundant as a result of the £325 million of in-year budget reductions by (a) his Department's corporate centre, (b) the National Offender Management Service and (c) probation trusts; and what estimate he has made of the monetary cost to his Department of such redundancies.
	(593)

258 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the name was of each returning officer in the 6 May 2010 general election; what the full-time job was of each; what fee each received for acting as a returning officer; and from which budget those fees were paid.
	(409)

259 N	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account is taken of the offences for which those prisoners applying for computing training courses have been convicted in determining the outcome of their applications.
	(578)

260	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse of the Electoral Commission was in the last 12 months for which figures are available; what assessment he has made of the value for money of such expenditure; and if he will consider the merits of abolishing the Commission.
	(524)

261 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) those affected by asbestos poisoning, (b) those affected by pleural plaques and (c) the families of people affected by those conditions will receive compensation under the compensation scheme recently announced by his Department; and when he expects compensation payments under that scheme to begin.
	(64)

262 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to register unregistered voters before the implementation of any review of parliamentary constituency boundaries.
	(663)

263 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the size of the registered electorate of the introduction of individual voter registration.
	(664)

264	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent personnel were employed in electoral registration departments in each local authority on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(695)

265 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the merits of collating information on (a) the sums spent by local authorities on electoral registration, (b) the number of staff employed by local authorities on electoral registration and (c) the local authorities with the (i) best and (ii) worst performance in electoral registration.
	(696)

266	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which local authorities have achieved the highest increase in levels of voter registration in the last two years; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the practices leading to such increases are adopted in other local authorities.
	(697)

267 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission research on the effects of levels of functional illiteracy on electoral registration rates.
	(698)

268	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) central and (b) local government authorities spent on advertising to promote voter registration in each year for which figures are available.
	(699)

269	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which local authority electoral registration departments use bar coding on their electoral registration forms.
	(700)

270	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 26 February 2009, Official Report, columns 988-9W, on the electoral register, what progress the Office for National Statistics made on publishing figures for the 2008 annual canvass.
	(724)

271	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of telephones to confirm continued entitlement to electoral registration; and which local authorities use telephones for this purpose.
	(725)

272	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial recompense chief executives of local authorities receive for assuming responsibility for electoral matters in respect of (a) local and (b) general elections.
	(726)

273	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 243-4W, on the electoral register: fines, which local authorities have initiated proceedings for failure to complete and return an annual registration.
	(727)

274	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) postal ballot fraud and (b) under-registration in the last 10 years.
	(728)

275	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of total expenditure by local authority registration officers in each of the last 10 years.
	(729)

276	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid electoral registration officers in local government for work on election administration in the last 12 months.
	(730)

277	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of ring-fencing funds allocated by his Department to local government for voter registration purposes.
	(731)

278	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people resident in each parliamentary constituency were added to the electoral register in (a) February, (b) March and (c) April 2010.
	(732)

279	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reasons his Department has identified for variations in levels of voter registration in different local authority areas with similar socio-economic characteristics.
	(733)

280	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long was provided for postal ballot papers for the recent general election to be (a) issued and (b) delivered to UK citizens residing overseas.
	(705)

281	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of electoral fraud; and if he will undertake a review of current legislation with a view to restricting on-demand postal and proxy votes.
	(706)

282

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(564)

Questions to the Leader of the House

283	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will review his advice to Ministers on responses to parliamentary questions to take into account the determination of the Information Commissioner on the application of commercial confidentiality criteria to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (reference FS 50688016); and if he will make a statement.
	(649)

284 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff are employed by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; and when the organisation is expected to be fully staffed and functioning.
	(45)

285 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, what senior vacant posts are being advertised by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; and what the salary offered is in each case.
	(46)

286 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, what (a) complaints and (b) other representations have been made on the helpline of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; what categories of information (i) may and (ii) may not be provided by the helpline; and what plans there are for the helpline to provide more information to hon. Members and their staff.
	(47)

287 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) duties, (b) salary and (c) other remuneration is of (i) the Chair, (ii) the Chief Executive and (iii) each other official with a salary of over £50,000 of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	(48)

288 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) will make it its practice to provide assistance to staff of hon. Members whenever required in their dealings with IPSA; and if he will make a statement.
	(49)

289 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will discuss with the Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority the development of administrative mechanisms which will ensure appropriate levels of authentication for all claims submitted by hon. Members without undue complexity; and if he will make a statement.
	(589)

290
N

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will discuss with the Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority the reason for requiring hon. Members to produce a fresh contract of employment for a contracted employee working for one day a week in respect of additional duties undertaken in place of another employee of the same hon. Member who has taken leave; and if he will make a statement.

(591)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

291	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(612)

292	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(642)

Questions to the Prime Minister

293	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, which departmental Ministers are paid from the salary budget of the Government Whips' Office.
	(574)

294	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to use a mobile telephone for official business.
	(588)

295	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether a document security briefing has been provided to Mr Andy Coulson since 6 May 2010.
	(596)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

296	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(496)

297	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to consult trade unions in his Department concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(613)

298	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
	(643)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

299	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(497)

300	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(542)

301	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(614)

302	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(644)

303 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of each technical and financial assessment of alternative London termini for High Speed 2.
	(60)

304 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent estimated cost is of construction of the proposed tunnel for High Speed 2 from Old Oak to Euston.
	(61)

305 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce traffic congestion at the Dartford Crossing.
	(154)

306 N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what original estimate was made of the number of (a) direct and (b) indirect jobs which would be created as a result of train carriage orders which have been recently cancelled.
	(149)

307 N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when an announcement will be made on whether the planned electrification of the Blackpool to Manchester rail line will take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(150)

308 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold a public inquiry into the Cambridge Guided Bus project; and for what reasons his Department decided to allocate funding to the Luton and Dunstable Guided Bus project.
	(66)

309	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the level of use by passengers of Levenshulme Station in Manchester makes it eligible for funding for disabled access from the Government's Access for All scheme.
	(466)

310	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the merits of taking steps to reduce excessive charges for car parking at UK airports; and if he will make a statement.
	(523)

311
N

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the compensation arrangements to apply to homeowners in South Northamptonshire constituency adversely affected following the announcement of the High Speed Two route preferred by the previous administration; and when he expects such compensation to be paid to homeowners who can demonstrate genuine hardship.

(581)

312 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the breakdown is of the planned £683 million reduction in his Department's expenditure.
	[R] (359)

313 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the impact of planned reductions in his Department's funding of rail in 2010-11.
	[R] (399)

314	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which private-sector organisations have committed financing to Crossrail in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the two subsequent financial years; and how much each has committed.
	(414)

315	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has allocated to capital expenditure on rail infrastructure in the North West in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the two subsequent financial years.
	(421)

316	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capital funding his Department has allocated to the Crossrail project for (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the two subsequent financial years.
	(460)

317 N	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanism he intends to use to review regional transport board expenditure in 2010-11.
	(579)

318	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the number of people who drive without insurance; and how many vehicles were seized for being driven without insurance in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(702)

319	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information Network Rail has provided to his Department on its plans for cost reductions; and over what period of time he expects such reductions to be achieved.
	(514)

320	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which orders for train carriages have been cancelled consequent on the recently-announced planned spending reductions.
	(518)

321	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he has received from Network Rail on the likely effects on the number of jobs in the rail industry of his Department's requirement to make £100 million in savings.
	(519)

322	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of a Metro system for the Tees Valley area; and whether he plans to allocate funding to such a system.
	(507)

323	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals for the regulation of the bus network throughout England.
	(508)

324	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to make available for the repair and maintenance of potholes in roads for which it is responsible in 2010-11.
	(509)

325

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(568)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

326	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what her estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in her Department and its agencies.
	(498)

327	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans she has to consult trade unions in her Department concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(615)

328	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to her Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
	(645)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

329	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what her estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in the Government Equalities Office and its agencies.
	(500)

330	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) the Government Equalities Office and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type in that Office.
	(543)

331	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what plans the Government Equalities Office has to consult trade unions concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(616)

332	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the Government Equalities Office of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
	(646)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

333	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
	(501)

334	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies.
	(544)

335	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
	(617)

336	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.
	(627)

337 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on translation facilities for benefits claimants in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(669)

338 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce its carbon emissions by 10 per cent. in 2010-11.
	(55)

339 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency applicants in Bassetlaw were waiting for arrears payments on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(62)

340	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria must be met before an individual may be judged medically unfit for work; and under what circumstances an individual may be deemed unable to work again.
	(715)

341	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend the regimes affecting (a) benefits and (b) other assistance provided by his Department for carers.
	(503)

342

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential legal action arising from the deferral and cancellation of contracts and projects under his Department's plans to achieve cost savings; and whether those estimates are included in the total cost savings to be achieved by his Department.

(559)

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

343 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many nationals of other EU countries attending university in England were in receipt of a maintenance loan in each of the last five years; and how many are in arrears with repayment.
	[Transferred] (654)

344 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many nationals of other European countries attending university in England and in receipt of a maintenance loan have defaulted on repayments in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (670)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

345	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to regulate account charges by banks and other investment and lending bodies on (a) personal and (b) business account holders.
	[Transferred] (691)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

346	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what protections will be afforded to harbours which have grade (a) 1, (b) 2 star and (c) 2 listed status in respect of major listed building consent applications.
	[Transferred] (694)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

347	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence on the introduction of anonymity for defendants in rape cases he considered before the announcement of the policy.
	[Transferred] (594)

348	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the policy proposal in the Coalition Agreement: Our Programme for Government to give anonymity to defendants in rape trials is to apply to defendants who have been charged with rape only or charged with other sexual offences.
	[Transferred] (618)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

349	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on encouraging the use of methane from biogas as a transport fuel.
	[Transferred] (548)


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