Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 21 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 Monday 21 June 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 21 June 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 21 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 Monday 21 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 21 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many of the Law Officers' Departments' contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3632)

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to those Departments as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to those Departments from such renegotiations; how much expenditure those Departments will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3654)

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

3	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3631)

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3653)

5	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment has been made of the likely effects on the Post Office branch network of the proposed part-privatisation of Royal Mail.
	(3769)

6	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail and others on ownership of the Royal Mail Pension Fund after the proposed part-privatisation of Royal Mail.
	(3770)

7	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of the Royal Mail universal service obligation.
	(3771)

8	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that the size of the Post Office branch network is not reduced.
	(3772)

9	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with trade unions on a potential stock market flotation in respect of Royal Mail.
	(3779)

10	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the introduction of a provision to ensure that mergers and takeovers operate in the public interest.
	(3784)

11 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the North West Development Agency in relation to job creation and retention and economic development in (a) the North West region and (b) Liverpool.
	(3497)

12 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which projects in the Liverpool City region the North West Development Agency has allocated funding in each of the last five years; and what such allocations are planned for 2010-11.
	(3498)

13	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the report on Lord Browne's review of higher education finance to be published.
	(3311)

14 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Minister of State for Universities has (a) met, (b) spoken on the telephone and (c) corresponded with the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cumbria since his appointment.
	(3169)

15	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which public bodies will provide the secretariat for EU Convergence Regional Programmes when regional development agencies are wound up.
	(3524)

16	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the delivery of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Convergence Programme of the ending of regional development agencies.
	(3525)

17	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what factors he took into account in deciding to (a) end the South West Regional Development Agency and (b) change the secretariat for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly EU Convergence Programme.
	(3528)

18	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Export Credits Guarantee Department is taking to end support for fossil fuel projects.
	(3744)

19	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with (a) the European Commission, (b) members of the European Parliament and (c) his EU counterparts the environmental and social effects of the proposed EU free trade agreement with Peru; and if he will make a statement.
	(3811)

20	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the suspension of EU free trade agreement negotiations with Peru; and if he will make a statement.
	(3855)

21	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support British businesses which export goods to Saudi Arabia.
	(3463)

22	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to assist companies to offer apprenticeships.
	(3788)

23	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the community network of Post Office Ltd and the social network of Post Office Ltd are identical in their (a) membership and (b) operation; and if he will make a statement.
	(3675)

24	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Post Office Ltd has completed its review of the Code of Practice governing changes to the post office network.
	(3676)

25	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what powers Consumer Focus has to review post office closures under the Network Change programme.
	(3677)

26	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will require Post Office Ltd to publish the methodology it uses to calculate whether a post office reinstatement would have a negative effect on the remaining network in that area.
	(3678)

27	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which post offices have been re-opened under the Post Office Ltd Local Funding Guidance.
	(3679)

28	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans Post Office Ltd has to open new post offices in urban areas; and what criteria it will use in determining the viability of a business case for opening such a post office.
	(3680)

29	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he has set for the conclusion of the review of the future of regional development agencies.
	(3333)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on nuclear fusion research in (a) the UK and (b) abroad in each of the last 10 years; what resources and personnel have been provided by the UK to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) international fusion project; and what response he plans to make to the request from the ITER consortium for additional resources.

(3740)

31	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much grant debt the Government Office for the North West has written off as a result of those in receipt of grants entering company voluntary agreements since 2005.
	(3793)

32	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which not-for-profit companies have had debts written off by the Government Office for the North West as a result of entering company voluntary agreements since 2005; and what sum was written off in each case.
	(3794)

33	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Post Office branches there were in Witham constituency in each year since 1997.
	(3746)

34	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized businesses in Witham constituency were declared insolvent in each year since 1997.
	(3747)

35	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized businesses in Witham constituency have received support under each business support scheme operated by his Department since 2007.
	(3748)

36	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) households and (b) businesses in Witham constituency have access to internet broadband speeds of 2 mega megabits per second or higher.
	(3749)

37	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times Ministers in his Department had discussions with Post Office Ltd on the Horizon system in the last five years.
	(3750)

38	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will (a) review and (b) report to the House on the effectiveness of the Post Office's Horizon system.
	(3751)

39	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance in the last 12 months; if he will meet representatives of the Alliance to discuss the Post Office's Horizon system; and if he will make a statement.
	(3752)

40	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships, work pairings and training placements in (a) the UK, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Tamworth constituency.
	(3795)

41	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the economy of establishing an additional bank holiday on St George's Day.
	(3799)

42	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Welsh Assembly Government and (c) the Northern Ireland Executive on the effect of the Government's fiscal policies on the competitiveness of businesses in the aviation sector.
	(3562)

43 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of the aviation industry on the effect of the Government's fiscal policies on (a) their levels of business and (b) their competitiveness; and if he will make a statement.
	(3564)

44 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Transport on the effect of the Government's fiscal policies on the competitiveness of the aviation industry, with particular reference to freight carriers; and if he will make a statement.
	(3565)

45	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on university funding of the introduction of the points-based system of immigration.
	(3697)

46 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to support the steel manufacturing sector.
	(3161)

47 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects in the Teesside area were allocated funding from One North East in 2010-11.
	(3162)

48 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which projects in the Teesside local authority area One North East is considering allocating funding in 2010-11.
	(3163)

49	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase the provision of higher education facilities and courses in Hartlepool constituency.
	(3448)

50	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Hartlepool constituency commenced a higher education course in each year since 1990.
	(3449)

51	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 19 years and over have (i) started and (ii) completed a (A) level 2, (B) level 3 and (C) level 4 apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
	(3450)

52	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects in Hartlepool constituency received funding from One NorthEast in each of the last five years.
	(3454)

53	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department allocates for basic literacy and numeracy assessments undertaken in relation to the Basic Skills for Life programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(3461)

54	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what properties his Department and its non-departmental public bodies (a) own and (b) lease overseas; whether those properties are shared with other Government departments and non-departmental public bodies; and whether he plans to (i) sell the property or (ii) cancel the lease in each case.
	(3521)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts between his Department and with its suppliers in respect of (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the Office of the Leader of the House and (c) the Prime Minister's Office are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.

(3651)

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the Prime Minister's office, (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's office and (d) the Office of the Leader of the House as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3673)

57	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the terms of the National School of Government's private finance initiative agreements.
	(3774)

58	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of new businesses in the London Borough of Bexley in the last 12 months.
	(3312)

59	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to strengthen the role of citizens advice bureaux as part of the Government's programme for a big society.
	(3510)

60	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses employ fewer than 50 people in each local authority area in the ceremonial county of Essex.
	(3603)

61	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the final report on the Strategic Security and Defence Review to be published.
	(3614)

62	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which non-departmental public bodies his Department is assessing on their suitability of purpose and cost-effectiveness.
	(3435)

63 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the working age population in (a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom were unemployed in each year since 1980.
	(3612)

64	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized businesses were operating in Witham constituency in each year since 1997.
	(3753)

65	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people in Witham constituency were employed by small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 1997; and what the equivalent figures were nationally in each such year.
	(3754)

66 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the lowest salary is of a special adviser.
	(3190)

67 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made to the Code of Conduct for special advisers since May 7 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(3534)

68	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of a voluntary and community organisation his Department uses.
	(3516)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

69	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3639)

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3661)

71	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the eligibility for compensation of former shareholders in Northern Rock consequent upon the transfer of shares to public ownership.
	(3502)

72	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on advertising for the purposes of preventing tax evasion in each of the last three years.
	(3776)

73 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many (a) individuals, (b) retired pensioners and (c) people over the age of 16 in full-time further and higher education who did not pay national insurance contributions in 2009-10 paid value added tax on household purchases.
	(3287)

74
N

Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net effect (a) in cash terms on and (b) as a proportion of the average annual income of (i) the bottom income decile, (ii) the second bottom income decile, (iii) the top income decile, (iv) the second top income decile, (v) pensioner couples, (vi) single pensioners, (vii) couples with children and (viii) single parents with childen of an increase of one percentage point in the standard rate of value added tax.

(3288)

75	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the likely level of unptake of child benefit if eligibility for it were to be means-tested.
	(3722)

76	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of administering child benefit if eligibility for it were to be means-tested.
	(3777)

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the Barnett formula consequentials for Wales of the measures announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in his statement on public spending on 17 June 2010; and whether these consequentials were taken into account in (a) the consequential changes announced on 24 May 2010 and (b) subsequent announcements.

(3709)

78	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on continuing the provisions of Section 58 of the Finance Act 2008 in respect of UK residents and foreign partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
	(3745)

79	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce proposals to repeal legislative provisions that ensure UK residents retrospectively pay UK tax on their profits from foreign partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
	(3810)

80	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if the tax deductibility of interest payments on debt were removed from (a) financial and (b) private non-financial corporations.
	(3409)

81	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps were taken to ensure that appointments made to the Office of Budgetary Regulation were compliant with policy on the appointment of women to public bodies.
	(3708)

82 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the system of working tax credits for carers.
	(3475)

83	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken to (a) process an application for and (b) make an award of tax credits.
	(3775)

84	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake an economic impact assessment of the proposed adoption of a per-plane tax on regional airports.
	(3604)

85	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings to accrue from implementation of shared services in Government in the next two financial years.
	(3804)

86	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs plans to extend its programme of investigative work in relation to the hidden economy.
	(3812)

87	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase the rate of recovery of tax debt.
	(3813)

88 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the devolution of tax-varying powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
	(3539)

89	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases concerning working family tax credits were raised with (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs by each hon. Member between May 2005 and May 2010.
	(3856)

90	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2010, Official Report, column 188W, on the Child Trust Fund, whether parents and guardians will be able to take control of stakeholder Child Trust Fund accounts previously established by HM Revenue and Customs for a child in receipt of a voucher under the scheme after January 2011.
	(3805)

91	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a tax relief scheme for the video games industry.
	(3536)

Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners

92 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners own navigation rights over any navigable rivers; and if he will make a statement.
	(3164)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

93 N	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his proposals to abolish regional spatial strategies, whether existing planning policy statements (PPS) will be retained; whether the principles set out in PPS1 will still apply; whether local development frameworks will continue; and if he will make a statement.
	(3117)

94
N

Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 10 June 2010, Official Report, columns 455-56, on regional spatial strategies, from what date local authorities will be able to retain council tax receipts in respect of new housing for which they have granted planning permission; whether all such tax receipts will be sent to the local planning authority, with particular reference to district councils in two-tier areas; for how many years those authorities will receive such receipts; and if he will make a statement.

(3118)

95	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3633)

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3655)

97
N

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his letter to council leaders of 27 May 2010 supersedes the advice to Planning Inspectorate inspectors contained in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Regional Strategies - Forthcoming Abolition; by what process he plans to abolish regional strategies; what representations he has received from housebuilders and their representative organisation on guidance on continuing application of regional strategies; whether he plans to issue further guidance on the matter; and if he will make a statement.

(3591)

98	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to write off local authority debt in respect of council housing in Bolton; and if he will make a statement.
	(3737)

99	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects on local authorities with high levels of multiple deprivation of the reduction of funding allocated to the Working Neighbourhoods Fund announced on 10 June 2010.
	(3723)

100 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built in the South Lakeland region in each of the last five years.
	(3170)

101	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the abolition of the Standards Board for England to take place; and if he will ensure that it is replaced by an effective system for dealing with complaints against members of local authorities.
	(3511)

102 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of second homes in (a) Cornwall and (b) St Austell and Newquay constituency.
	(3115)

103 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the level of housing need in each local authority ward in (a) Cornwall and (b) St Austell and Newquay constituency.
	(3116)

104 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to ensure that local need remains a criterion in the future development of housing policy.
	(3500)

105 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on how future housing provision should be determined; and what criteria will be used for such determinations.
	(3501)

106	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has with regard to the unadopted Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West.
	(3494)

107	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the inclusion of (a) household projections and (b) binding housing targets in regional spatial strategies into existing structural plans.
	(3573)

108	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the level of funding for private finance initiative housing schemes for the purpose of identifying ways in which local authorities could built decent homes in a more cost-effective way; and if he will make a statement.
	(3408)

109	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to improve the provision of housing for homeless individuals and families.
	(3323)

110	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on proposals for local authorities to issue bonds to raise finance for infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement.
	(3334)

111	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many remunerated councillors there are in each county.
	(3337)

112	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council cabinet members receive remuneration; and how much each local authority has allocated for expenditure on such remuneration in 2010.
	(3338)

113	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on postage in 2009.
	(3339)

114 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the level of transparency of the mechanisms by which local authorities publish details of the remuneration of councillors by the Improvement and Development Agency.
	(3436)

115 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Improvement and Development Agency has paid to each councillor in each of the last three years.
	(3439)

116	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to limit the maximum permissible height for wind turbines located near residential areas.
	(3630)

117	Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers planning authorities have to penalise persons who have proceeded with unauthorised developments in circumstances where it has been established that the developer was aware of the applicable regulations.
	(3426)

118 N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to take forward the work of the Taylor Review on Affordable Housing; and if he will make a statement.
	(2783)

119	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will allocate funding to the land instability remediation works in the Ironbridge Gorge; and if he will make a statement.
	(3585)

120	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has completed its review of the Ironbridge Gorge Land Instability Report produced by Telford and Wrekin Council.
	(3586)

121	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on minimum and maximum dwelling densities in new housing developments.
	(3440)

122	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on setting minimum standards for space in the home for new residential housing developments.
	(3451)

123	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will re-introduce the Parker-Morris standards for space in the home in respect of new residential housing developments.
	(3452)

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

124	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3634)

125

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3656)

126	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the implementation of proposals to build an extension to (a) Tate Modern and (b) the British Museum is to be funded (i) at the level and (ii) to the timetable set out on 16 October 2009.
	(3550)

127	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether proposals to build a national film centre are to be funded (a) at the level and (b) to the timetable set out on 16 October 2009.
	(3551)

128	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to merge the British Film Institute and the UK Film Council.
	(3552)

129	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, by what proportion his Department's budget will be reduced in 2010-11.
	(3553)

130	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to end contract rights renewal undertakings.
	(3554)

131	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the administration costs were of each lottery funding distributor in the last three financial years.
	(3555)

132	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much funding from his Department the Arts Council holds in its reserves.
	(3556)

133	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of lottery funding he expects to be allocated to the Big Lottery in 2010-11.
	(3557)

134	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, by how much and in what proportion the budget of the Arts Council is to be reduced in 2010-11; how much funding his Department allocated to the Arts Council in the last three financial years; and how much funding it will receive in 2010-11.
	(3558)

135

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which of his Department's non-departmental public bodies will reduce their budgets by three per cent.; by how much the funding allocated to each such organisation is to be reduced in 2010-11; how much funding each such body received in the last three financial years; and how much funding each such organisation will receive in 2010-11.

(3559)

136	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has met representatives of (a) News International, (b) the BBC and (c) ITV since his appointment.
	(3560)

137	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many buildings in England listed as (a) Grade 1 and (b) Grade 2 he has purchased by means of a compulsory purchase order since 1992.
	(3783)

138

Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 20W, on Olympic Games 2012: tickets, how many tickets are being offered to government and other Games public sector delivery partners; and whether they are being offered at a lower price than those available to the public through the ballot process.

(3447)

139	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will extend free television licences to all those of pensionable age.
	(3736)

140
N

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the effects of the cancellation of the Olympic Park wind turbine on the environmental sustainability of the London 2012 Olympics; for what reasons the turbine was cancelled; where the replacement photovoltaic panels and biomass gasification unit will be located; when they will be installed; what consultation of local residents on the matter is planned; and if he will make a statement.

(3120)

141
N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to make a decision on the proposed listing by English Heritage of Coventry Market; what factors he is taking into account in his assessment of the suitability of that listing; what his most recent assessment is of the effects on the regeneration programme for Coventry of that listing; and what his most recent assessment is of the economic viability of the Coventry Market building.

(3107)

142	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will publish the responses he has received in relation to his Department's consultation on the Davies Report on free-to-air sporting events; and if he will take steps to ensure that the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final remains a free-to-air sporting event.
	(3674)

143	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the locations which have been chosen by each country participating in the London 2010 Olympics and Paralympics for their training facilities.
	(3514)

144	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects a Combined Station Guide to become standard on all digital radio receivers sold in the UK.
	(3588)

145 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that local radio stations which only transmit on FM do not lose prominence as digital radio penetration increases.
	(3589)

146 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he next intends to meet representatives of local radio stations to discuss the digital switchover.
	(3590)

147	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on the landscaping of the London 2012 Olympics sites.
	(3410)

148 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010 he expects to include in a legislative proposal for repeal; and if he will make a statement.
	(3533)

149	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the work of the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(3535)

150	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to send to the Editor of the Official Report for publication the text of each letter sent in response to questions for written answer from hon. Members on the work of the Arts Council.
	(3537)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

151 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for the selection of a prototype for the light protected patrol vehicles.
	(3119)

152 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 10 June 2010, what estimate he has made of the number of additional counter-improvised explosive devices teams the additional £67 million will fund.
	(3172)

153 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 10 June 2010, how the additional £67 million to be provided to counter-improvised explosive devices (IEDs) will be allocated between expenditure on (a) armoured vehicles and (b) counter-IED teams.
	(3173)

154	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3635)

155

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3657)

156	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on requests from the private sector for the use of military personnel for which the payment of capitation rates would be applicable.
	(3443)

157	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the setting of his Department's military manpower capitation rates takes into account (a) past trends and (b) likely future consumption rates.
	(3444)

158	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on mental health screening for serving military personnel.
	(3445)

159	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has assessed the merits of the establishment of an NHS post-traumatic stress disorder treatment programme for military personnel.
	(3446)

160	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times an International Security Assistance Force helicopter in Afghanistan has been struck by insurgent fire in 2010.
	(3768)

161	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the repatriation of bodies of soldiers killed in action after the closure of RAF Lyneham.
	(3492)

162	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals of each species were used in scientific procedures undertaken under the provisions of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 which were commissioned directly by his Department in each year since 2004.
	(3397)

163	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ethical Review Committee at Porton Down is in operation.
	(3476)

164	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2010, Official Report, column 93W, on the Atomic Weapons Establishment, whether his Department has requested a defence environmental impact assessment exemption direction for the proposed new hydrodynamics facility, Project Hydrus, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston.
	(3574)

165	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanism has been put in place for the submission of opinions as part of the Strategic Security and Defence Review.
	(3602)

166	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his re-examination of the UK declaratory nuclear policy will include consideration of compliance with the commitments in the final document of the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
	(3613)

167	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to establish whether development of the proposed new hydrodynamics facility at AWE Aldermaston is consistent with the recommendations and actions from the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
	(3615)

168 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral Statement of 14 June 2010, Official Report, columns 663-6, on Afghanistan, whether the £67 million announced is to fund counter-improvised explosive device teams in addition to those which were planned by the previous government.
	(3486)

169 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether ex-servicemen's (a) war and (b) occupational pensions are suspended during any period of imprisonment in the UK.
	(3354)

170 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations or Government departments are responsible for maintaining records of the suspension of ex-servicemen's (a) war and (b) occupational pensions.
	(3355)

171 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) war and (b) occupational pensions of ex-servicemen were suspended at the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(3356)

172	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantities of military waste materials have been removed from (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since British troops entered each country; what quantities of such waste remain in each country; at what locations such waste has been treated or buried; and what the cost of treatment or burial has been in each case.
	(3739)

173

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 511W, on Trident, what the re-examination of the UK's declaratory nuclear policy will include; and what issues related to the replacement of Trident in addition to value for money issues will be considered within the framework of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.

(3809)

174	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on postage in 2009.
	(3340)

175	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) version is of each computer software package used by his Department to calculate its expenditure on travel.
	(3706)

176	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 376, on departmental public appointments, tabled on 27 May 2010.
	(3796)

177	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of members of each of the armed services are normally resident in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
	(3707)

178	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many horses owned by the armed forces were sold upon their retirement in the last five years; and how much income was generated from such sales.
	(3584)

179	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many horses have been retired from the armed forces in each of the last five years.
	(3587)

180	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what properties his Department and its non-departmental public bodies (a) own and (b) lease overseas; whether those properties are shared with other Government departments and agencies; and whether he plans (i) to sell the building or (ii) cancel the lease in each case.
	(3523)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

181 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what definition of equal-sized constituencies he uses.
	(3237)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

182	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3636)

183

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3658)

184 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) financial provision and (b) other assistance local education authorities are required to offer to home-educated children and young people for them to take public examinations.
	(3623)

185 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support local education authorities are required to offer to home-educated children and young people with special educational needs who (a) have a statement and (b) do not have a statement.
	(3624)

186 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) secondary, (b) primary and (c) special schools have applied to become academies under his recent proposals.
	(3582)

187	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for construction under the Building Schools for the Future programme in Bolton.
	(3580)

188 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will reverse the decision not to extend the free school meals pilot scheme.
	(3421)

189 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on low income families of the decision not extend the free school meals pilot scheme.
	(3422)

190 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase support for low income families in the education system.
	(3423)

191	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to maintain and strengthen the role of special schools.
	(3513)

192 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have received funding under the Aiming High for Children scheme; and what plans he has for that scheme after March 2011.
	(3112)

193 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received assistance under the Aiming High for Children scheme.
	(3113)

194 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the outcomes of the Aiming High for Children scheme.
	(3114)

195	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency will not receive the pupil premium.
	(3617)

196	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency will receive the pupil premium; and what amount the premium will be in each case.
	(3620)

197	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take in response to Ofsted's recommendations in its recent report on local authorities and home education.
	(3807)

198 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he plans to use to decide which projects in the Building Schools for the Future programme will proceed.
	(3188)

199 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to make an announcement on whether the Building Schools for the Future programme in Warrington will proceed.
	(3189)

200	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the Building Schools for the Future programmes at (a) Babington Community Technology College, (b) English Martyrs Catholic School, (c) Fullhurst Community College, (d) New College, Leicester, (e) Ellesmere College (Special Education Needs) and (f) West Gate School (Special Education Needs).
	(3460)

201	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils from each ethnic background gained five GSCEs at grades A* to C in Leicester local authority area in each of the last five years.
	(3531)

202	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils gained five GCSEs at grades A* to C in each school in Leicester West constituency in each of the last five years.
	(3563)

203	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of lessons that were supervised by unqualified non-teaching staff in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(3427)

204	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities did not undertake school organisation plans for each year following the removal of the requirement to do so in 2004; and if he will make a statement.
	(3349)

205	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on postage in 2009.
	(3341)

206	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for the future of the vocational diploma; and if he will make a statement.
	(3433)

207	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per pupil his Department has allocated to Kirklees local education authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3327)

208	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had on education funding with the F40 group since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	(3328)

209 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he plans to allocate to the new school building at Leeds West Academy.
	(3184)

210 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he plans to allocate to the new school building at Farnley Park High School.
	(3185)

211 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the number of functionally illiterate 11 year olds; and what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of such children in each of the next five years.
	(3416)

212 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the Building Schools for the Future programme in Redcar; and if he will make a statement.
	(3160)

213 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many individuals in Redcar constituency are in receipt of education maintenance allowance.
	(3542)

214 N	Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his proposals for a pupil premium will include funding for looked-after children.
	(3478)

215 N	Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in care in the former Cheshire County Council area in each of the last five years.
	(3540)

216	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the future of the (a) Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant and (b) Traveller Education Funding Scheme.
	(3465)

217	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish a response to the recent consultation on the dedicated schools grant.
	(3466)

218	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the creation of grammar school places.
	(3441)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

219	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3637)

220

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3659)

221	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the UK resulting from the introduction of a carbon floor price.
	(3579)

222	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to assess the effects on electricity bills of the introdution of a carbon floor price.
	(3583)

223	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the energy (a) sectors and (b) companies which will benefit from the introduction of a carbon floor price.
	(3607)

224	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take to support renewable energy generation.
	(3785)

225	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on expanding feed-in tariffs to include electricity generated from biomass.
	(3786)

226	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on supporting loan funding for investment in renewable energy industries.
	(3787)

227	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will undertake a review of the eligibility of biofuels sourced from palm oil and jatropha oil for renewables obligation certificates to ensure that those biofuels do not receive subsidies under that certification scheme.
	(3711)

228	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish the report of the Redfern Inquiry on examination of tissue taken from individuals who had worked in the nuclear industry in time to ensure that hon. Members are able to debate its findings before the summer adjournment.
	(3652)

229	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of payments by his Department to solicitors and claims handlers under the coal health compensation scheme.
	(3434)

230
N

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of electricity was generated from renewable sources of energy in each of the last 20 years; and what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on comparable figures for (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) Italy, (d) Spain, (e) the Netherlands, (f) Austria, (g) Finland, (h) Denmark and (i) Sweden.

(3541)

231	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for harnessing energy from the Severn estuary.
	(3566)

232	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Severn Tidal feasibility study to report.
	(3581)

233	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the subsidy for the proposed £20 billion building programme for new nuclear plants.
	(3543)

234	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's budget is for the clean up of existing nuclear waste in 2010-11.
	(3544)

235 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on grandfathering of biomass feed-in tariffs.
	(3538)

236 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the next safety and environmental inspection of the 10 Transocean rigs operating in UK waters will be completed; and whether the inspection reports will be published.
	(3166)

237	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to reduce fuel poverty; and how much funding will be provided for WarmSure from 2011 onwards.
	(3733)

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

238 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to implement the ban on conventional battery cages for egg-laying hens.
	(3621)

239 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to implement the ban on beak-trimming of egg-laying hens.
	(3622)

240	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3638)

241

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to her Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure her Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3660)

242	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the forthcoming survey on industrial and commercial waste.
	(3592)

243	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish her response to the consultation on landfill bans.
	(3593)

244	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to secure an extension to the competence of UK fisheries management within its territorial waters during the forthcoming review of the Common Fisheries Policy.
	(3526)

245	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of extending UK competence to manage an exclusive UK inshore fishing effort within a limit of (a) 12 and (b) 24 nautical miles.
	(3527)

246	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her priorities are for the forthcoming negotiations on the review of the Common Fisheries Policy.
	(3529)

247	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will seek to extend the UK fisheries limits in future negotiations at EU level on common fisheries policy reform.
	(3530)

248	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grain reserves the UK held on 31 March 2010.
	(3789)

249	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the maintenance of strategic grain reserves.
	(3790)

250	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the funding of Pathfinder projects.
	(3335)

251	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which areas she plans further coastal defence measures; and if she will make a statement.
	(3336)

252	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence with the Permanent Secretary of her Department in respect of her private interests since her appointment.
	(3348)

253	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to her Japanese counterpart on allegations that crews of Japanese whalers undertaking secretive whaling are appropriating whale meat for commercial sale; and if she will make a statement.
	(3313)

254	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to express to her Japanese counterpart the Government's policy to the resumption of commercial whaling by Japan; and if she will make a statement.
	(3314)

255	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on postage in 2009.
	(3343)

256	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department paid to farmers in (a) England, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Bassetlaw under the Single Payment Scheme in 2009.
	(3345)

257	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department paid to the individual in (a) England, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Bassetlaw who received the highest payment under the Single Payment Scheme in 2009.
	(3346)

258	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers received payments under the Single Payment Scheme in Bassetlaw in 2009.
	(3347)

259	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of each flood remediation project for the River Rother and River Hipper (a) planned, (b) approved and (c) implemented since 2007.
	(3815)

260	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland from the European Fisheries Fund; and how much matched funding from the Government such allocations have attracted.
	(3304)

261	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the environmental effects of the recent reduction in funding for land drainage maintenance by the Environment Agency.
	(3764)

262 N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable she has set for public consultation on democratic accountability in national parks.
	(2782)

263

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure British Waterways has incurred on maintaining and developing waterway network infrastructure in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of such expenditure was on infrastructure not classified as a principal asset in each such year; what estimate she has made of such expenditure in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(3316)

264 N	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will oppose any new forms of commercial whaling at the forthcoming International Whaling Committee meeting in Agadir, Morocco; and if she will make a statement.
	(3122)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

265	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3640)

266

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3662)

267	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, column 356, on the European Parliament, what answer he received from his French counterpart.
	(3489)

268	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, columns 353-4, on departmental official cars, what cars and vehicles have been purchased by the Mission in Italy since 12 May 2010.
	(3490)

269	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the EU free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru be subject to ratification in each member state.
	(3491)

270 N	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in talks between the leaders of the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots on Cyprus; what his Department's objectives are for the outcome of those talks; and if he will make a statement.
	(3549)

271	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on ensuring the Border Commission in Sudan reports back and its recommendations are implemented before the Comprehensive Peace Agreement referendum takes place.
	(3470)

272	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from representatives of the Assyrian community in the UK on the current situation in Iraq.
	(3309)

273	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Burmese government on the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi.
	(3618)

274	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage bi-lateral relations with Algeria.
	(3462)

275 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 273W, on Ascension Island, whether the Ascension Island government and council have considered the draft report.
	(3487)

276 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the financial situation on Ascension Island on the island's services and amenities.
	(3503)

277 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the projected budget deficit is for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 for Ascension Island.
	(3504)

278 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future financial arrangements for Ascension Island.
	(3505)

279 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what each income stream of the Ascension Island government was in each of the last five financial years; what the source is of each such stream; and if he will make a statement.
	(3506)

280

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Bangladeshi government on allegations of human rights abuses relating to (a) Faisal Mostafa, (b) Gulam Mustafa and (c) other British nationals committed by Bangladeshi counter-terrorism officials; whether the Government has requested the Bangladeshi authorities to investigate any British nationals; and if he will make a statement.

(3315)

281	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on postage in 2009.
	(3342)

282	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of political prisoners being held in Colombia.
	(3407)

283	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British diplomats in Bogota have visited political prisoners in Colombian jails.
	(3432)

284 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the lawfulness under international law of the Israeli interception of the Gaza convoy in international waters.
	(3352)

285	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Iran on its record on the protection of human rights in the country.
	(3548)

286 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the co-ordination of measures by Government departments to tackle violence against women overseas.
	(3171)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

287	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3641)

288

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3663)

289	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that sufficient dentists are recruited to meet demand for NHS dental services in Bolton.
	(3738)

290	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of methadone and other treatments in tackling drug addiction; and if he will make a statement.
	(3512)

291	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who has attended each meeting at EU level to discuss European legislation on food supplements in the last 24 months; what reports he has received on each such meeting; what decisions he has taken as a result of those reports; and if he will make a statement.
	(3702)

292	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he used in deciding which officials in his Department would undertake negotiations in the EU on maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; what technical expertise is available to those officials; and if he will make a statement.
	(3703)

293

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has on the likely timetable for the publication by the European Commission of proposals for maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements under the provisions of Article 5 of the Food Supplements Directive; and what assessment he has made of the likely economic effects of implementation of those levels on businesses in (a) Harlow, (b) Essex and (c) the UK.

(3704)

294	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence on the inappropriate use of anti-psychotic medicines the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is including in its review of anti-Alzheimer's disease medication.
	(3398)

295	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance his Department has issued to (a) primary care trusts, (b) NHS trusts, (c) residential care homes and (d) other institutions on the use of anti-psychotic medicines for people with dementia.
	(3399)

296	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by his Department on reducing the use of anti-psychotic drugs by two-thirds, as recommended by Professor Sube Banerjee in his report to the Minister for Care Services of 12 November 2009.
	(3400)

297

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's response to Professor Sube Banerjee's report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia, of 12 November 2009, when the national audit to generate data on the prescribing of anti-psychotic medicines began; whether he has received any interim findings of that audit; when he expects to receive the final report of that audit; if he will publish that audit; and if he will make a statement.

(3401)

298	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the national audit of the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs referred to in his Department's response to Professor Sube Banerjee's report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia of 12 November 2009.
	(3402)

299

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has commissioned research on a potential correlation between the use of anti-psychotic medicines and use of medication to treat Alzheimer's disease within an institution; whether the national audit referred to in his Department's response to Professor Sube Banerjee's report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia of 12 November 2009 will collect data on the use of anti-Alzheimer's disease medication; and if he will make a statement.

(3403)

300	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms will be used to measure his Department's progress on the recommendations made by Professor Sube Banerjee in his report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia of 12 November 2009.
	(3404)

301

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will bring forward the timetable for the planned review of its guidance on Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care for the purposes of incorporating the recommendations made by Professor Sube Banerjee in his report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia of 12 November 2009.

(3405)

302 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations contributed to the national audit on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs referred to in his Department's response to Professor Sube Banerjee's report on the prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with dementia of 12 November 2009.
	(3420)

303	Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to research into (a) Duchenne muscular dystrophy and (b) cystic fibrosis in 2010.
	(3479)

304	Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to extend to six months per year the permitted period of absence for current UK residents who are not pensioners during which they are not liable to be be charged for hospital treatment.
	(3480)

305	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when next he expects to meet the European Health Commissioner; and if he will discuss with the Commissioner representations he has received on the proposals for maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements under the provisions of Article 5 of the EU Food Supplements Directive.
	(3424)

306	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to change the (a) structure and (b) staffing level of the offices of the Food Standards Agency responsible for (i) nutrition, (ii) food safety and public health and (iii) other matters.
	(3425)

307	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department allocated to each primary care trust for carer's breaks in each of the last four years; what records his Department maintains of the ways in which primary care trusts deploy such funding; and if he will make a statement.
	(3471)

308	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve health outcomes for those treated for alcohol or drug abuse.
	(3326)

309	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to monitor whether primary care trusts provide accessible, timely and high-quality gender identity services; and if he will make a statement.
	(3351)

310	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of management of the transition of children and young people (a) with and (b) with family members affected by HIV (i) into adolescent services and (ii) from adolescent to adult services.
	(3741)

311 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the level of transparency of the mechanisms by which NHS trusts publish details of the remuneration of non-executive directors.
	(3438)

312 N	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the principles of digital inclusion are taken into account in the delivery of mainstream health services.
	(3428)

313	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the NHS Breast Screening Programme in each year since the programme was established; and if he will provide a real-terms budget increase for the programme for 2011-12.
	(3698)

314	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve healthcare provision in the areas which would have been served by the proposed North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital.
	(3734)

315	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent under each budgetary heading on the proposed North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital.
	(3735)

316	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs his Department will incur under each budgetary heading consequent on the cancellation of the contract for the North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital.
	(3791)

317	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the decision to cancel the proposed North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital was made.
	(3792)

318	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he used in assessing whether the North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital programme represented value for money; and if he will make a statement.
	(3854)

319	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to implement its resource allocation formula in respect of unprocessed distance from target adjustments.
	(3546)

320	David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people in each region who have been prescribed anti-depressant medication in each of the last three years.
	(3318)

321	David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of free prescriptions which were issued in each region in each of the last three years.
	(3319)

322	David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of items issued on prescription in each region in each of the last three years.
	(3320)

323	David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of prescription forms which were submitted in each region in each of the last three years.
	(3321)

324	David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average number of prescription items issued per prescription form in each region in each of the last three years.
	(3322)

325	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to review the implementation of EU Regulation 669/2009 with regard to pesticide sampling requirements concerning high-risk non-animal original foodstuffs; and what discussions his Department plans to hold with the Food Standards Agency on the matter.
	(3606)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

326	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3642)

327

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to her Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure her Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3664)

328	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring Section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 into effect.
	(3782)

329	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the Supreme Court's judgement on R (on the application of F (by his litigation friend F)) and Thompson (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant); and if she will make a statement.
	(3414)

330	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Bexleyheath and Crayford have purchased an identity card.
	(3307)

331 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Stoke-on-Trent have purchased a voluntary identity card.
	(2657)

332	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many CCTV cameras have been installed in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency under Project Champion.
	(3806)

333	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for the sharing of information gathered from monitoring undertaken under Project Champion in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency.
	(3814)

334	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) automatic number plate recognition and (b) CCTV equipment installed in Sparkbrook, Moseley, King's Heath and Washwood Heath under Project Champion had the facility for (i) facial recognition and (ii) monitoring of conversations.
	(3858)

335

Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the location is of each (a) automatic number plate recognition and (b) CCTV device installed in (i) Sparkbrook, (ii) Moseley, (iii) King's Heath and (iv) Washwood Heath for the purposes of Project Champion; and whether each such device was located with the purpose of monitoring a specific individual or individuals.

(3859)

336	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2010, Official Report, column 230W, on Wickham Research Laboratories: animal experiments, when she expects to be in a position to consider the findings of the review.
	(3413)

337	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of a cap on election expenses for candidates for posts as directly-elected police commissioners.
	(3609)

338	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the effects of a council tax freeze on police precepts.
	(3610)

339	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of different methods of election of directly-elected police commissioners.
	(3611)

340 N	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 9 June 2010 from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle on crime statistics.
	(3186)

341	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take with local communities to reduce the level of drug- and alcohol-related crime.
	(3325)

342	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the subjects investigated under Operation Ore have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of offences related to the investigation; what the status of the investigation is; and if she will make a statement.
	(3798)

343 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's seminar on race hate, anti-semitism and the internet.
	(3009)

344	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of her Department's annual expenditure on administering schemes for the admission of temporary farm workers to the UK.
	(3344)

345 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the level of transparency of the mechanisms by which police authorities publish details of the remuneration of authority members.
	(3437)

346	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for student visas were (a) granted and (b) refused in 2009; and how many such applications from each country of origin have been (i) granted and (ii) refused in 2010 to date.
	(3696)

347	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process of authorisation is for (a) acquisition, (b) possession and (c) use of tasers by police.
	(3743)

348	David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people convicted of crimes in which alcohol was a contributory factor in each of the last three years.
	(3317)

349 N	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children detained for immigration purposes in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
	(3108)

350 N	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the level of problem drug use in the UK relative to that level in other EU countries.
	(3109)

351 N	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the amount of time spent by police officers on paperwork each year.
	(3110)

352	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of mothers of babies classified by the police as having been abandoned who were subsequently re-united with their babies in each of the last five years.
	(3765)

353

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for family reunion were made by dependants of refugees and people granted humanitarian protection in the UK under Part 11 of the immigration rules in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) granted on appeal in each such year.

(3517)

354	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether dependants of refugees and people granted humanitarian protection in the UK applying for family reunion under Part 11 of the immigration rules will be subject to the new English language requirement announced on 9 June 2010.
	(3518)

355	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether dependants of refugees and people granted humanitarian protection in the UK applying for family reunion under Part 11 of the immigration rules will be included in the Government's proposal to introduce an annual limit on the numbers of non-EU migrants.
	(3519)

356	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what properties the UK Border Agency leases overseas; whether those buildings are shared with other Government departments and non-departmental public bodies; and whether she plans to cancel the leases on those properties.
	(3522)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

357	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether special advisers in his Department provided advice to Ministers on the funding decisions announced on 17 May 2010.
	(3724)

358	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing his Department's proposed aid watchdog.
	(3725)

359	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects his Department's proposed aid watchdog to be fully operational.
	(3726)

360	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether funding for the Government's contribution to the Fast Start programme announced on 31 May 2010 is to be drawn from existing aid allocations.
	(3727)

361	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which external organisations (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have met since their appointment; and what the purpose of each such meeting was.
	(3728)

362	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has had discussions with the head of the (a) United Nations Development Programme, (b) UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and (c) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation since his appointment.
	(3729)

363	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from organisations whose funding from his Department was cancelled on 17 May 2010.
	(3766)

364	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from multilateral organisations since the announcement of his Department's review of multilateral aid spending on 9 June 2010.
	(3767)

365	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3643)

366

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3665)

367	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will put in place measures to ensure continuous and regular funding for recovery and stabilisation in southern Sudan.
	(3468)

368	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mechanisms to account for expenditure from the funds administered by the UN in Sudan.
	(3469)

369	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist Uzbeki people displaced by the recent violence in Kyrgyzstan; and if he will make a statement.
	(3619)

370

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 4 June 2010, Official Report, columns 603-6, on Afghanistan, over what period the £200 million for training and strengthening the police forces and Government institutions is to be spent; from what budget the funding is drawn; and how much will be spent on each priority for the expenditure.

(3705)

371	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the HIV epidemic in South Africa.
	(3545)

372 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid his Department has provided to support areas affected by tropical storm Agatha in (a) Guatemala, (b) Honduras and (c) El Salvador.
	(3418)

373	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects to make an announcement in respect of the start date for building an airport on St Helena; and if he will make a statement.
	(3801)

374	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid has been allocated to St Helena in 2010-11.
	(3802)

375	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid he plans to provide to St Helena in each of the five financial years from April 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(3803)

376	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid has been given to St Helena in each year since 2008.
	(3857)

377	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that aid which it sends to Gaza reaches those who need it; and if he will make a statement.
	(3488)

378	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what properties his Department (a) owns and (b) leases overseas; whether those properties are shared with other Government departments and non-departmental public bodies; and whether he plans to (i) sell the property or (ii) cancel the lease in each case.
	(3520)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

379	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3644)

380

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3666)

381	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to make an assessment of the effects on the legal aid budget of provision of legal aid in respect of cases of criminal offences created in legislation enacted between 1997 and 2010.
	(3515)

382 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent assessment is of the cost effectiveness of restorative justice programmes and their effect on the recidivism rate.
	(3111)

383	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those convicted of domestic violence offences between 2003 and 2010 had a history of a consensual sexual relationship with the person against whom their offences were perpetrated.
	(3601)

384	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2010 to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East, Official Report, column 727, on rape defendants (anonymity), in which completed cases a woman was murdered between 2003 and 2010 by someone well known to her and where there was a history of consensual sexual relationship.
	(3616)

385 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection; and how many of these are former servicemen.
	(3239)

386	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Prison Service Order on gender dysphoria to be publicly available.
	(3350)

387	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on the provision of services by independent third sector rape crisis organisations of (a) one, (b) three, (c) five and (d) eight year funding cycles; and if he will ensure provision of long-term sustainable funding for such organisations.
	(3576)

388	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what means funding will be provided for independent third sector rape crisis organisations from April 2011.
	(3577)

389	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons ringfencing of funding for independent third sector rape crisis organisations has been removed following the combination of separate funding streams from his Department and the Government Equalities Office for 2010-11.
	(3578)

390 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of gravestones which have temporary wooden stakes for health and safety reasons.
	(3419)

391	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mothers were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for the offence of child abandonment in each of the last five years.
	(3763)

392 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on using the provisions of the Data Protection (Processng of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2009 to provide information to hon. Members in respect of (a) the release from prison of certain high risk offenders and (b) the presence of such offenders in the constituencies of hon. Members.
	(3532)

393	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to answer Question 117, on departmental manpower, tabled on 27 May 2010.
	(3797)

394	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) trials and (c) convictions for rape there were in (i) Hartlepool constituency, (ii) the North East and (iii) England in each of the last 10 years.
	(3442)

395	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of providing accommodation to district judges in the North East region in the pursuit of their duties was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(3507)

396	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what accommodation is available to district judges in the North East region.
	(3508)

Questions to the Leader of the House

397	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals for the automatic debate in the House of Early Day Motions which have attracted support from a minimum number of hon. Members.
	(3453)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

398	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3645)

399

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3667)

400	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland are in receipt of the state pension.
	(3406)

401 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold immediate discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the findings regarding the security situation in Northern Ireland in the report of 27 May 2010 from the Independent Monitoring Commission.
	(3353)

402 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has received a security assessment of the murder of a man on the Shankill Road, Belfast on 28 May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(3561)

Questions to the Prime Minister

403	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has had discussions with the (a) directors and (b) chief executive of BP on the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
	(3773)

404 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter to his predecessor of 20 April 2010 from the hon. Member for Billericay on Visteon.
	(3187)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

405	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3646)

406

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3668)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

407	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3647)

408

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3669)

409	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent instructions he has issued in relation to the provision of additional carriages on the rail network; and if he will make a statement.
	(3485)

410 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 10 June 2010, Official Report, column 35WS, on transport (local authority major schemes), what priorities have been set for use in the reviews of transport projects which have programme entry or conditional approval to determine whether they may proceed.
	(3495)

411 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of the reductions proposed in expenditure on transport projects.
	(3496)

412 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been commissioned in relation to the electrification of the (a) Liverpool-Manchester line and (b) London-Swansea line; and if he will make a statement.
	(3499)

413	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the redevelopment of Bedford railway station as part of the Thameslink Programme has been designated non-critical.
	(3509)

414	Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the responsibilities of the South East Airports Taskforce are; and what mechanism will be established to ensure that the Taskforce takes account of representations from local residents and environmental groups.
	(3699)

415 N	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there are in Dartford constituency; where each is located; and how many drivers have been prosecuted as a result of evidence obtained from each such camera over the last five years.
	(3121)

416	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the M18 motorway was closed between junctions 3 and 4 in the early part of the evening of 10 June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(3477)

417	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to regulate further the usage of mobility scooters; and if he will make a statement.
	(3598)

418	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies his Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated on injuries caused to pedestrians by mobility scooters in the last five years.
	(3599)

419	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from what date he expects fixed-speed cameras to be in operation on the M1 in Hertfordshire.
	(3600)

420	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the likely effects of proposed reductions in the transport budget on the quality of bus services in Newcastle-upon-Tyne North.
	(3605)

421	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many carriages have been added to train services in West Yorkshire in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3329)

422	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many carriages have been added to train services in London and the South East in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3330)

423	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to add carriages to train services in West Yorkshire in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3331)

424	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of train passengers in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3332)

425	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents there were in the Kirklees local authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3411)

426	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accident fatalities there were in the Kirklees local authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3412)

427	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue a rolling stock plan giving details of his Department's plans to manage future trends in passenger numbers on the rail network.
	(3608)

428	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the villages of Hollingworth and Mottram-in-Longdendale in Stalybridge and Hyde constituency to observe traffic congestion on the A59.
	(3700)

429	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received on the use by heavy goods vehicles of the A628 Woodhead Pass in the last 10 years.
	(3701)

430 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reductions in expenditure each non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible will be expected to make in (a) 2010 and (b) each year from 2011 to 2014.
	(3415)

431 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the functions of his Department's executive agencies; and if he will make a statement.
	(3417)

432	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of the standard of passenger train services provided by First Capital Connect on the Thameslink franchise.
	(3742)

433	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a decision on proposals by Network Rail to terminate all Thameslink Wimbledon Loop services at London Blackfriars from 2015.
	(3808)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

434	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of her Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3648)

435

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in her Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to her Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure her Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3670)

436 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in her Department are engaged full-time on preparations for a referendum on further powers for the Welsh Assembly.
	(3455)

437	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times she has met Members of the European Parliament representing Wales since her appointment; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
	(3456)

438	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Deputy First Minister of Wales on the effects on the economy in Wales of the proposed St Athan Defence Training Academy.
	(3457)

439	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many special advisers are employed at each grade in the Wales Office.
	(3459)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

440	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many of the Government Equalities Office's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3649)

441

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Office as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to the Office from such renegotiations; how much expenditure the Office will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3671)

442	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the recommendations for Council of Europe member states on human rights and gender identity made by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights on 29 July 2009; and if she will make a statement.
	(3575)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

443	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's contracts with its suppliers are under review as a result of the recently announced reductions in public expenditure; and what the monetary value is of all such contracts which are under review.
	(3650)

444

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Department as a result of recently announced reductions in public spending; what savings are expected to accrue to his Department from such renegotiations; how much expenditure his Department will incur on such renegotiations; and when such renegotiations will be completed.

(3672)

445	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value is of the planned reductions in his Department's spending.
	(3780)

446	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and what progress his Department has made in removing its reservation to the Convention concerning legal capacity.
	(3570)

447 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of jobs which had been created under the Future Jobs Fund up to 14 June 2010.
	(3159)

448	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the independent report on the operation of the work capability assessment made under the Welfare Reform Act 2007 will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(3467)

449	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was obtained by (a) the Child Support Agency and (b) the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission from absent parents who were (i) previously paying nothing and (ii) already making payments for their children in the last 12 months.
	(3493)

450	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency have had their entitlement to incapacity benefit reassessed in each of the last three years.
	(3305)

451	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency have applied for employment and support allowance since its creation; and how many of those applications have been refused.
	(3306)

452	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley, (c) Greater London and (d) England who are eligible for a rebate under the Energy Rebate Scheme.
	(3308)

453	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the London Borough of Bexley in receipt of out-of-work benefits as a result of (a) alcohol and (b) drug dependency.
	(3310)

454	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on implementation of the recommendations of the March 2009 review of work capability assessment.
	(3800)

455	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide support for carers seeking to re-enter the workforce after their caring responsibilities have ended.
	(3464)

456	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of benefits available to carers; and if he will make a statement.
	(3472)

457 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide support for carers combining caring responsibilities with paid employment.
	(3473)

458 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to amend the earnings limit which applies to carer's allowance.
	(3474)

459	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to support homeless people seeking employment.
	(3324)

460 N	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the extent to which the principles of digital inclusion are taken into account by Jobcentre Plus in the delivery of its services.
	(3430)

461 N	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the contribution of directgov to increasing the level of digital inclusion.
	(3431)

462	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of pensioners living in poverty in Wales.
	(3458)

463 N	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's telephone helplines are 0800 numbers which incur call charges when called from a mobile phone.
	(3238)

464 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Redcar constituency (a) are in receipt of carer's allowance and (b) were in receipt of carer's allowance in each of the last five years.
	(3547)

465 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Transocean on the safety record of its oil rigs.
	(3165)

466 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of safety incidents there have been on oil rigs in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3167)

467 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department are responsible for monitoring the safety of oil rigs in UK waters.
	(3168)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

468	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the additional £200 million of aid for Afghanistan announced on 10 June 2010 will be distributed through the United Nations Development Programme.
	[Transferred] (3730)

469

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the additional £200 million of aid for Afghanistan announced on 10 June 2010 will be allocated to (a) policing, (b) improving training, livelihoods and education, (c) Afghan-led stabilisation, including justice and dispute resolution at a sub-national level, (d) improving governance and revenue generation and (e) supporting Civil Service reform.

[Transferred] (3731)

470	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the additional £200 million of aid for Afghanistan announced on 10 June 2010 will be distributed (a) through the government of Afghanistan, (b) through civil society organisations, (c) through multilateral organisations and (d) directly by the Government.
	[Transferred] (3732)

471	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the £200 million allocation of aid for Afghanistan he announced on 10 June 2010 meets the definition of overseas development assistance used by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee.
	[Transferred] (3778)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

472	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the global environmental impact of biofuels sourced from palm oil and jatropha oil.
	[Transferred] (3710)

473	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the provision of free bus passes for people in receipt of disability living allowance.
	[Transferred] (3781)


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