Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 5 July 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 5 July 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 5 July 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 5 July 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 5 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 5 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of the Law Officers' Departments on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6124)

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

2 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what advice his Department obtained from third parties on the £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters (a) before and (b) after 6 May 2010.
	(5877)

3 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what cost-benefit analysis and other evaluation was undertaken in respect of the £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters (a) before and (b) after 6 May 2010.
	(5878)

4 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Ministers or officials of his Department discussed with potential developers of replacement nuclear power stations the matter of the £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters between 7 May and 17 June 2010.
	(5879)

5 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2010, Official Report, column 540W, on Sheffield Forgemasters: finance, whether (a) Ministers or (b) officials of his Department had discussions with Sheffield Forgemasters on the proposed £80 million loan between 7 May and 17 June 2010.
	(6142)

6	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the computer games industry in the North East on assistance to that industry.
	(6166)

7	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency have participated in the Working Capital Scheme since its inception.
	(6167)

8	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of One NorthEast's capital programme budget has been spent in each year since its inception.
	(6168)

9	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of One NorthEast in attracting investment into the region from (a) other parts of the UK, (b) non-UK, EU-based companies and (c) companies based outside the EU.
	(6181)

10	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable has been set for (a) the submission of bids for local enterprise partnerships and (b) the coming into operation of local enterprise partnerships.
	(6038)

11	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what incentives will be offered for local enterprise partnerships to raise some of their own funding under his proposals for such partnerships.
	(6039)

12	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms will be used to determine the funding for each local enterprise partnership.
	(6040)

13	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the economic objectives will be of local enterprise partnerships.
	(6041)

14	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a local enterprise partnership could cover a single higher tier authority area under his proposals for such partnerships.
	(6042)

15	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the minimum size of population to be covered by a local enterprise partnership.
	(6043)

16	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to provide further guidance on local enterprise partnerships to local authorities and business.
	(6044)

17	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department (a) in total and (b) on staffing costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5820)

18	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his policy to remove one regulation when a new regulation is introduced applies to regulations in UK law deriving from EU obligations.
	(6280)

19	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward measures to introduce a public interest test in the consideration by regulators of take-overs and mergers.
	(6313)

20	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, column 412W, on competition, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the takeover panel's consultation on options for amending the Takeover Code in relation to a public interest test for mergers and takeovers.
	(6328)

21	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received on the prohibition of methyl bromide by the EU; and what alternative fumigants to methyl bromide are available for the treatment of timber and timber products.
	(6344)

22	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from (a) further education colleges and (b) other training providers on the implications for their operation of the regulatory framework applying to them.
	(5882)

23	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education colleges in London will be eligible to apply for funds from the £50 million of capital funding announced by his Department on 21 June 2010.
	(6465)

24	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Second Special Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2007-08, HC 637, when he plans to complete the proposed reforms to the Copyright Tribunal.
	(6404)

25	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2010, Official Report, column 316W, on Peru: EU external trade, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the implementation of the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter of the EU-Andean (Peru and Colombia) Free Trade Agreement.
	(5987)

26	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2010, Official Report, column 316W, on Peru: EU external trade, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on the level of illegal logging in the Peruvian Amazon of the EU-Andean (Peru and Colombia) Free Trade Agreement.
	(5988)

27	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2010, Official Report, column 316W, on Peru: EU external trade, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the human rights suspension clause in the Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter of the EU-Andean (Peru and Colombia) Free Trade Agreement.
	(5989)

28	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to ensure that FTSE-listed companies directors' social and environmental duties are adequately covered in company reporting.
	(6066)

29	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessors on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6122)

30	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has assessed the effect of the proposals in the 2010 Budget on levels of private sector employment in (a) Wales and (b) the Bridgend County Borough Council area in each of the next five years.
	(5945)

31	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his latest assessment is of the merits of Business Link; and whether he plans to end the scheme.
	(6461)

32	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value was of tax incentives provided for research and development in each year from 2005-06 to 2009-10; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such incentives; and if he will make a statement.
	(6462)

33	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of simplifying legislation on terminating the contracts of employees.
	(6534)

34	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) in the East of England and (c) nationally have received loans under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee since that scheme's inception.
	(6171)

35	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) in the East of England region and (c) nationally have received equity investment from the Capital for Enterprise Fund since that scheme's inception.
	(6172)

36	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many projects (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) in the East of England region and (c) nationally have been supported by the Strategic Investment Fund since that fund's inception.
	(6173)

37	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the appointment of Jenny Block as Postcomm's legal director complies with Article 22 of the Postal Services Directive on the independence of national regulatory authorities from postal operators; and if he will make a statement.
	(6314)

38 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what evidence his Department holds on the relationship between the change from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time and the number of robberies occurring on the day upon which the change took place in each of the last five years.
	(5288)

39	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations his Department has received since May 2010 on the introduction of daylight saving time throughout the year; and what consideration the Government is giving to its introduction on a permanent basis.
	(5892)

40	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to encourage an increase in the number of students studying scientific subjects at university.
	(6037)

41	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what budget his Department has allocated for consultancy in 2010-11.
	(5930)

42	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employees on temporary contracts (a) his Department, (b) its agencies, (c) its non-Ministerial department and (d) its non-departmental public bodies had on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(5932)

43	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on works of art since 2007.
	(6131)

44 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff worked in his Department's ministerial support office on (a) 1 May 2010 and (b) 1 July 2010.
	(6156)

45	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5966)

46	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6444)

47	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6445)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

48	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for departmental accountability to select committees of the House of the introduction of non-executive directors to the enhanced boards of Government departments.
	(6409)

49	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many candidates for the role of lead non-executive director his Department considered; and whether the role was (a) open to competition and (b) advertised.
	(6410)

50	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the advice he received from the Cabinet Secretary on the process of appointment of the Government's lead non-executive director.
	(6411)

51	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes the Government's lead non-executive director plans to make to the enhanced role of non-executive directors on departmental boards; and on what statutory basis.
	(6412)

52	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) statutory and (b) prerogative basis is (i) for its appointment of a lead non-executive director for Government and (ii) the provision of advice to Ministers on the appointment of such directors to enhance boards of Government departments.
	(6495)

53	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department used to determine the (a) qualities and (b) competencies required of the Government's lead non-executive director.
	(6499)

54 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the number of (a) full and (b) part-time employees working in corner shops and small convenience stores.
	(5478)

55	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5914)

56	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there are in Makerfield constituency.
	(6200)

57	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6123)

58	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there are in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6139)

59	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what percentage of deaths the deceased died intestate in each of the last three years.
	(6535)

60	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Great Yarmouth constituency are employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
	(5936)

61	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses (a) started up and (b) ceased in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last five years.
	(6083)

62	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five-year survival rate of small businesses was in (a) Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) the East of England and (c) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(6170)

63	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the claimant count in Great Yarmouth constituency was on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(6208)

64	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there are in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(5997)

65	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there are in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
	(6012)

66	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the planned implementation date is of the pilot of the National Citizen Service for 16 year-olds.
	(5883)

67 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Lord Lieutenancies in each constituent part of the UK are (a) filled and (b) vacant; what the reasons are for each vacancy; and when he expects each vacancy to be filled.
	(5370)

68 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish each (a) paper and (b) email note produced for consideration at the transparency board meeting of 24 June 2010.
	(5732)

69 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests he has received to open new Government websites since 12 May 2010.
	(5733)

70 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government websites his Department has identified for closure by September.
	(5734)

71 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of Government websites which end in the suffix gov.uk.
	(5735)

72 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the transparency board meeting of 24 June 2010.
	(5736)

73 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff worked in his Department's ministerial support office on (a) 1 May 2010 and (b) 1 July 2010.
	(6157)

74 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official report, column 450W, on government departments: manpower, which organisations at what addresses were contacted as part of the scoping exercise; and which of these returned the information requested.
	(6207)

75	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the terms of the Central Office of Information's consultation on payment-by-results; and if he will make a statement.
	(6337)

76	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what factors determine the allocation of questions for written answer to each Minister in his Department.
	(6356)

77	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5979)

78	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost has been of severance payments made to special advisers from each Department made redundant at the general election.
	(5982)

79	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost has been of resettlement payments made to Ministers from each Department who left office at the general election.
	(5983)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

80	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the recent G20 summit decisions on reform of the financial sector.
	(5893)

81	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effects of the proposals in the June 2010 Budget on the number of jobs in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
	(6205)

82	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the application of value added tax and amusement machine licence duty currently and retrospectively to automated lottery machines by HM Revenue and Customs
	(6490)

83	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses were entered into insolvency by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and in how many such cases HM Revenue and Customs was the sole creditor.
	(6491)

84	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5918)

85 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to facilitate the use of EU funds to support credit unions in England.
	(5926)

86	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the level of (a) 50th percentile rents in 2010-11 and (b) 30th percentile rents in 2011-12 for (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedroom properties in Makerfield constituency.
	(6047)

87	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many health in pregnancy grants were made in Makerfield constituency in 2009-10.
	(6194)

88	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) mothers receive child benefit and (b) children trigger payments of child benefit in Makerfield constituency.
	(6195)

89	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households receive tax credits in Makerfield constituency.
	(6196)

90	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Makerfield constituency in receipt of tax credits have an income of over £30,000.
	(6197)

91	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) the banking sector and (b) others on (i) the proposed bank levy and (ii) other measures proposed in the June 2010 Budget.
	(6321)

92	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the banking sector on the proposed bank levy.
	(6322)

93	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed increase in the standard rate of value added tax on (a) charities, (b) road fuel prices, (c) construction work for which value added tax is payable , (d) the retail industry, (e) low income pensioner households and (f) the prospects for the economic situation.
	(6323)

94	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the residential letting sector of increasing the rate of capital gains tax.
	(6324)

95	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic modelling his Department undertook to determine the proposed level at which (a) capital gains tax, (b) entrepreneurs' relief and (c) the annual exempt amount would be set.
	(6325)

96	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) economic modelling and (b) other impact assessments his Department used to decide on the proposals for the standard rate of value added tax contained in the June 2010 Budget.
	(6326)

97	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) research and (b) impact assessments he undertook in deciding on his proposal for capital gains tax in the June 2010 Budget.
	(6384)

98	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) research he commissioned and (b) impact assessment he undertook in respect of the proposed banking levy prior to his financial statement.
	(6385)

99	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) research he commissioned and (b) impact assessments he undertook other than those in Annex A of the Red Book in determining the rate of value added tax.
	(6386)

100	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling his Department undertook to determine the rate at which the banking levy would be set for (a) 2011 and (b) subsequent years.
	(6387)

101	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he used to determine the proposed level at which the banking levy would be set.
	(6388)

102	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue which would accrue to the Exchequer from capital gains tax if the income tax rate for those with an income above the higher rate threshold were (a) 18, (b) 19, (c) 20, (d) 25, (e) 30, (f) 35 and (g) 40 per cent.
	(6478)

103	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue which would accrue to the Exchequer if the bank levy were set at a rate of (a) 0.05, (b) 0.06, (c) 0.08, (d) 0.09, (e) 0.10, (f) 0.11, (g) 0.12, (h) 0.13, (i) 0.14 and (j) 0.15 per cent. in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013 and (iv) 2014.
	(6479)

104	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in Exchequer receipts from value added tax if the rate of that tax were set at (a) 18, (b) 18.5, (c) 19, (d) 19.5, (e) 21 and (f) 22 per cent. in each of the four years after January 2011.
	(6480)

105	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers receive child benefit in Stretford and Urmston constituency; and how many children trigger child benefit payments in that constituency.
	(5843)

106	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in Stretford and Urmston constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(5846)

107	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households receive tax credits in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5847)

108	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many health in pregnancy grants were made in Stretford and Urmston constituency in 2009-10.
	(5851)

109	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the level of (a) 50th percentile and (b) 30th percentile rents in 2011-12 for (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five-bedroom properties in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5855)

110	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from representatives of the financial services sector on the (a) implementation and (b) sunset clause provisions of the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010.
	(6405)

111	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on each industrial sector of the proposed reforms to the corporation tax regime in the June 2010 Budget.
	(6406)

112	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the revenue to accrue to the Exchequer attributable to green taxes in 2011-12 as a result of the proposals in the Budget of (a) March and (b) June 2010.
	(6407)

113	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people liable for income tax at the higher rate who will be net beneficiaries of his proposal to increase the personal allowance and lower the level at which the higher rate of income tax is payable.
	(6408)

114	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide figures as in Chart A1 of the Red Book for the impact of measures in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 using only measures as at the Budget of (i) March and (ii) June 2010.
	(6476)

115	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide figures as in Chart A2 of the Red Book for the impact of measures in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 using only measures as at the Budget of (i) March and (ii) June 2010.
	(6477)

116	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6118)

117	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net contribution has been of the UK to the EU for (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and what he expects that contribution to be in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011.
	(6129)

118	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Government has been fined by the European Commission since the rules pertaining to fining states for non-implementation of EU regulations were instituted; and what (a) initial financial correction was set and (b) end financial correction was paid after negotiations and appeal in each case.
	(6299)

119	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Government has been found in persistent breach of obligations under EU regulations since 2001; what fines were levied in each case; and if he will make a statement.
	(6300)

120	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast his Department has made of the effect of (a) the proposals in the 2010 Budget and (b) proposed changes to public expenditure on levels of public sector employment in (i) Wales and (ii) the Bridgend County Borough Council area in each of the next five years.
	(5941)

121	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the minutes of each meeting in his Department at which his proposed bank levy was discussed.
	(5942)

122	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors he took into account in determining the level of his proposed bank levy.
	(5943)

123	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish (a) the slides in his Department's presentation on its assumptions of the effects of the measures in the 2010 Budget and (b) the analysis supporting the presentation.
	(5944)

124	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals in Budget 2010 on economic growth in (a) Wales and (b) Bridgend County Borough Council area in each of the next five years.
	(6102)

125	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in receipt of tax credits have an annual income over £30,000.
	(6520)

126	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers in Kingston upon Hull North constituency are in receipt of child benefit; and how many children trigger such payments.
	(6522)

127	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Kingston upon Hull North constituency are in receipt of tax credits.
	(6523)

128	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) mothers receive child benefit and (b) children trigger payments in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6078)

129	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Worsley and Eccles South constituency receive tax credits.
	(6079)

130	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits have an income of over £30,000 in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6080)

131	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the level of (a) 50th percentile rents in 2010-11 and (b) 30th percentile rents in 2011-12 for (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedroom properties in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6097)

132	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many health in pregnancy grants were made in the area now covered by Worsley and Eccles South constituency in 2009-10.
	(6138)

133 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households with annual incomes of over (a) £20,000, (b) £25,000 and (c) over £35,000 are in receipt of child tax credits in (i) England, (ii) Leicester and (iii) Leicester West constituency.
	(6025)

134	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of Crown land sold by the Crown Estate in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(6464)

135	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the UK are in receipt of the childcare element of tax credits.
	(6089)

136	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects each contribution from the Exchequer to banks in which UK Financial Investments Ltd has a stake to be repaid; and if he will make a statement.
	(6140)

137	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of gross public expenditure in 2008-09 prices (a) spent in each year since 1990-91 and (b) planned in each year to 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
	(6165)

138	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much value added tax was paid by charities located in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
	(5871)

139 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department consulted small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency and (b) other parts of Birmingham on his proposal to raise value added tax to 20 per cent.
	(5475)

140 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency and (b) other parts of Birmingham will be affected by the proposed increase in the rate of value added tax.
	(5476)

141 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Stirling in the income band (a) £10,000 to £20,000, (b) £21,000 to £30,000, (c) £31,000 to £40,000, (d) £41,000 to £50,000, (e) £51,000 to £60,000 and (f) £60,000 or more are in receipt of tax credits.
	(5287)

142	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to implement in full the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman on Equitable Life, with particular reference to the recommendations on the amount of compensation.
	(6130)

143	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many health in pregnancy grants were made in (a) Glasgow North and (b) the area covered by Ealing Central and Acton constituency in 2009-10.
	(5996)

144	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the level of (a) 50th percentile rents in 2010-11 and (b) 30th percentile rents in 2011-12 for (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedroom properties in (A) Glasgow North and (B) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6145)

145	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) mothers receive child benefit and (b) children trigger child benefit payments in (i) Glasgow North and (ii) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6183)

146	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency receive tax credits.
	(6184)

147	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(6185)

148	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the likely change to the level of unemployment in South Yorkshire in the next 24 months.
	(6481)

149	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) 50th percentile rent in 2010-11 and (b) the 30th percentile rent in 2011-12 on a property of (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedrooms in (A) Slough, (B) Salisbury and (C) Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
	(5999)

150	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(6006)

151	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency are in receipt of tax credits.
	(6007)

152	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) mothers receive child benefit and (b) children trigger payments of child benefit in (i) Slough, (ii) Salisbury and (iii) Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
	(6008)

153	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many health in pregnancy grants were made to people in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency in 2009-10.
	(6014)

154	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to offer tax reductions to house builders who integrate renewable energy into new developments.
	(5874)

155	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers receive child benefit in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency; and how many children trigger child benefit payments in that constituency.
	(5894)

156	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households receive tax credits in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(5895)

157	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits have an income of over £30,000 in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(5896)

158	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the level of (a) 50th percentile rents in 2010-11 and (b) 30th percentile rents in 2011-12 for (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedroom properties in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(6061)

159 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned research on the likely effect on the public purse of (i) the banking levy and (ii) the change to the level of corporation tax announced in the 2010 Budget in the next five years.
	(5576)

160 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on retail banks based in the UK of changes to their taxation arrangements announced in the 2010 Budget in the next five years.
	(5577)

161	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of child tax credits.
	(6530)

162	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in the income band (a) £10,000 to £20,000, (b) £21,000 to £30,000, (c) £31,000 to £40,000, (d) £41,000 to £50,000, (e) £51,000 to £60,000 and (f) £60,000 or more are in receipt of tax credits.
	(6533)

163	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Ministers provided written directions to departmental accounting officers under paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code in Session 2009-10; and what matters were covered by each such instruction.
	(6327)

164	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projects of each department have been included in the review of major spending projects approved by the previous administration between 1 January 2010 and the general election; and how much was planned to be spent under each.
	(6304)

165	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost will be in each year from 2010-11 onwards for which information is available to (a) each NHS board and (b) each local authority of the decision to increase the rate of value added tax.
	(5905)

166	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5962)

167	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6452)

168	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6453)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

169	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) timetable, (b) terms of reference and (c) format of the review of the facilities of the Tenant Services Authority are.
	(6389)

170	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing the National Community Land Trust Network; how many people he expects the network to employ; and what effects he expects the establishment of the Network to have on community land trusts.
	(6017)

171	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many community land trusts are registered in England; and how many new homes he expects such trusts to provide in the next four years.
	(6018)

172	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5910)

173	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide further powers for planning enforcement action to be taken in relation to unauthorised construction on green belt land.
	(6228)

174	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on potential changes to fire service pensions.
	(6238)

175	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his decision on the Ordnance Survey's Public Task.
	(6402)

176	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account he plans to take of the recommendations of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information on the regulation of Ordnance Survey in its response to the consultation on the future of Ordnance Survey.
	(6403)

177	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the £2.6 million funding previously agreed for new council homes in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is subject to the Government's review of public spending.
	(5835)

178	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Homes and Communities Agency previously agreed funding for the Bow Cross, Leopold and Holland estates in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is subject to the Government's review of public spending.
	(5836)

179	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to bring forward a third round of proposals for funding for new council homes.
	(5837)

180	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Housing and Planning Delivery Grant the London Borough of Tower Hamlets has received from the Government in each year since its inception; and how much will be made available in 2010-11.
	(5838)

181	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward further proposals on providing financial incentives to local authorities allowing residential development in their areas.
	(5839)

182	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus one and two bedroom properties in the social sector in Makerfield constituency.
	(6204)

183	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus one and two bedroom properties in the social sector in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5845)

184	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of expenditure by his Department and its predecesors on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6116)

185	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus one and two bedroom properties in the social sector in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6081)

186	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been completed in the London Borough of (a) Richmond, (b) Barnet and (c) Hillingdon in each year since 2005.
	(6099)

187	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing construction starts there were in London in each year since 2000; and how many of these were for affordable homes in each such year.
	(6100)

188 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to initiate a review of the local government finance formula.
	(5953)

189	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs incurred as a result of the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
	(6132)

190	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission will result in redundancies.
	(6133)

191	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to abolish the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
	(6134)

192	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to establish the Major Infrastructure Planning Unit; what its (a) proposed annual budget and (b) location will be; and how many staff it will employ.
	(6135)

193	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the buy-to-let housing market of proposals to (a) reform housing benefit and (b) increase the level of capital gains tax.
	(6382)

194	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus one and two bedroom properties in the social sector in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6186)

195	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus one and two bedroom properties in the social sector in (a) Slough, (b) Salsbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
	(6193)

196 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration he gave to the provisions of Blackpool's local plan in his decision not to call in for determination the development application to Blackpool Borough Council (No. 09/0740).
	(6027)

197
N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what aspects of the development application to Blackpool Borough Council (No. 09/0740) were relevant to his assessment of policies Planning Policy Statement 1, Planning Policy Statement 3, Planning Policy Statement 9, Planning Policy Guidance 13 and Planning Policy Guidance 17 as the main matters relevant to his decision whether or not to call in the application for determination.

(6028)

198 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the abolition of regional spatial strategies on the outcomes of the development application to Blackpool Borough Council (No. 09/0740); and if he will make a statement.
	(6029)

199	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget is of the Government Office for the North West for 2010-11.
	(5872)

200	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria he used in deciding to end the housing and planning delivery grant.
	(6063)

201	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus one and two bedroom properties in the social sector in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(6082)

202	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the adequacy of the resources allocated to local authorities for the purposes of rehousing tenants who are found to be under-occupying social housing as a consequence of implementation of his proposals for changes to housing benefit.
	(5904)

203	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in (a) Penistone and Stockbridge constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber which contain asbestos.
	(6397)

204 N	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether district councils which meet the criteria for Government incentives to build houses may retain the (a) full and (b) district council element of council tax on those houses.
	(5993)

205 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the law relating to houses in multiple occupation.
	(5374)

206 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a decision on Kickstart funding for new homes on the Clapham Park Estate shortlisted for funding under round two of the scheme.
	(5651)

207 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his plans are for the Kickstart housing delivery programme.
	(5653)

208 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff worked in his Department's ministerial support office on (a) 1 May 2010 and (b) 1 July 2010.
	(6155)

209	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5971)

210	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6432)

211	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6433)

212

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29 June 2010, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on planning reform, what mechanisms he plans to put in place to ensure that no application lodged with the Infrastructure Planning Commission will take longer to consider under the (a) transition and (b) new arrangements than under the current system.

(5994)

213	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29 June 2010, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on planning reform, what timetable he has set for abolition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
	(6000)

214	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29 June 2010, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on planning reform, what legislative proposals he plans to bring forward to establish the Major Infrastructure Planning Unit.
	(6001)

215	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29 June 2010, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on planning reform, what estimate he has made of the cost of abolishing the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
	(6002)

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

216 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the average proportion of disposable income spent on National Lottery games and scratch-cards, as a percentage of disposable income by those in socio-economic groups (a) A, B and C1 and (b) C2, D and E.
	(5578)

217	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5920)

218	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department on (a) organising and (b) attending conferences in each year since 1997.
	(5940)

219	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what arrangements are being made to transport by road participants and others in the period of the London 2012 Olympics; how many volunteer drivers will be used; what training and qualifications they will be required to have; and if he will make a statement.
	(6278)

220 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will delay or abolish the proposed switch off of FM analogue broadcasting in light of its effect on poorer households.
	(5581)

221	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to renew the listed places of worship grant scheme on its expiry in 2011.
	(5880)

222 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many staff worked in his Department's ministerial support office on (a) 1 May 2010 and (b) 1 July 2010.
	(6158)

223	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport of 24 June 2010, Official Report, column 150WH, on local media, what definition of the term multi-platform, multi-media ecosystem he uses.
	(6342)

224	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5978)

225	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6426)

226	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6427)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

227	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5911)

228 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider the merits of allowing members of the armed forces to wear the NATO International Security Assistance Force Medal in public.
	(5371)

229 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the likely effect on the morale of members of the armed forces and their families of the proposed transfer of naval engineering training facilities to RAF St Athan.
	(5372)

230 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what opportunities are available for (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords to contribute to the strategic defence and security review.
	(5373)

231 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the proposed private finance initiative project for the Engineering Training School at RAF St Athan over the next 30 years.
	(5375)

232	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the military application is of the Red Arrows; and what military usage has been made of the Red Arrows in each of the last five years.
	(6475)

233	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6112)

234 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will withdraw the reservation made by his Department to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
	(5574)

235 N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of expenditure on military operations in Afghanistan in each year from 2002-03 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(6141)

236 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of each regiment of the Army were discharged in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(5728)

237
N

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments in the British Army provide (a) psychiatric advice, (b) pyschological advice, (c) advice on re-skilling and continued education, (d) advice on resettlement, (e) advice on debt management, (f) advice on alcohol misuse, (g) advice on drug misuse, (h) advice on re-employment and (i) advice on behavioural issues including anger management to soldiers who are being discharged.

(5729)

238 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resettlement advice is given before discharge to soldiers who have served fewer than four years; and if he will make a statement.
	(5730)

239	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who attended the National Defence Industries Council meeting on 21 June 2010; and in what capacity each such person attended.
	(6493)

240	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the role of military airfields in defending the UK.
	(5848)

241	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish the full terms of reference of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(6240)

242	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties the Nimrod MR.2 has flown in support of (a) counter-narcotics, (b) search and research and (c) anti-submarine warfare operations from RAF bases in the UK in each year since 2001.
	(6305)

243	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many submarines were detected during Anti-submarine Warfare Exercise Noble Manta 2010 by maritime patrol aircraft type from each participating NATO nation.
	(6306)

244	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 23 frigates are equipped with 2087-equipped Sonar; and whether these ships are providing the capability formerly undertaken by the Nimrod MR.2.
	(6307)

245	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the M855A1 enhanced performance rounds for use with the various SA-80 variants.
	(6308)

246	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties the Nimrod MR.2 has flown in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.
	(6309)

247	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties the Nimrod MR.2 has flown over Iraq in support of Operation Telic in each year since 2003.
	(6310)

248	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties the Nimrod MR.2 flew in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
	(6311)

249	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Navy's role is in tackling piracy; and if he will make a statement.
	(5824)

250	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide residential accommodation for injured armed service personnel with long-term care needs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6234)

251	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of plans for the future of Operation Telic; and if he will make a statement.
	(5937)

252	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff worked in his Department's ministerial support office on (a) 1 May 2010 and (b) 1 July 2010.
	(6153)

253	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what matters (a) within and (b) outside his listed Ministerial responsibilities the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans answers questions for written answer.
	(6357)

254 N	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for completion of the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(5310)

255	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5965)

256	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6446)

257	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6447)

258	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles are (a) deployed in theatre, (b) under repair and (c) held in reserve.
	(5863)

259	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-combat vehicles are rented by each of the armed services.
	(5864)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

260

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Government plans to announce the launch of the UK-wide competition for towns to bid for city status as part of the national celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee; what the timescale will be for applications; how many towns will be awarded city status in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland; and what criteria will be used to determine the successful towns.

(6303)

261	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to announce the proposed date for a referendum on the alternative vote; and if he will make a statement.
	(5984)

262	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the result of a referendum on the alternative vote is to be binding under his proposals for such a referendum.
	(5985)

263	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether members of the House of Lords would be eligible to vote in a proposed referendum on the alternative vote system.
	(5986)

264	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether prisoners would be eligible to vote in a proposed referendum on the alternative vote system; and if he will make a statement.
	(6086)

265	Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on his proposal to speed up implementation of individual voter registration.
	(6349)

266	Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the costs of holding a referendum on the alternative vote system.
	(6350)

267	Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the costs of implementing his policy of individual voter registration.
	(6351)

268	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what training has been provided for Ministers by his Office since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6424)

269	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Office has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6425)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

270	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on employment tribunal claims arising from schools opting out of national pay and terms and conditions arrangements in each of the next three years.
	(6071)

271	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5921)

272	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has received recent representations on granting anonymity to teachers accused of a sexual offence by pupils; and if he will make a statement.
	(5934)

273	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the expenditure by his Department and its predecessors on (a) organising and (b) attending conferences in each year since 1997.
	(5939)

274	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to improve the training of teachers in special educational needs.
	(6467)

275	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for a further phase of the Children, Young People and Families Grant programme to fund work by the third sector to improve educational outcomes.
	(6468)

276	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the fairness of the application of the school funding mechanism for rural shire counties in comparison with other authorities.
	(6463)

277	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been paid to the building contractor Skanska in each of the Local Education Partnerships (LEPs) in which Skanska is active in each year since LEPs were established.
	(5885)

278	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of Local Education Partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
	(5886)

279 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that schools in Bury will receive a real terms increase in per pupil funding in each year of the next comprehensive spending review period.
	(5949)

280	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much per pupil funding was allocated to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council for (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools in each year from 1996-97 to 2010-11.
	(5951)

281	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what grants his Department made to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council for schools outside the per pupil funding formula for each year from 1996-97 to 2010-11.
	(5952)

282	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many expressions of interest by schools in obtaining academy status have come from (a) head teachers alone, (b) head teachers and chairs of governors, (c) chairs of governors alone and (d) governing bodies of the school concerned.
	(5850)

283	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that school science departments work together with high technology employers in their areas.
	(5873)

284	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to encourage an increase in the number of students studying scientific subjects at A Level.
	(6036)

285

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his letter of 16 June 2010 to directors of children's services and local authority chief executives, what representations he has received on changes in support for school activities through the local delivery support grant following the proposed change to the funding level provided to local authorities through that grant.

(6290)

286 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the Building Schools for the Future project at (a) Bishop Thomas Grant School, (b) Dunraven School and (c) La Retraite School in Streatham constituency.
	(5727)

287	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his latest estimate is of the funding his Department will provide for Bradford's My Place project, Culture Fusion over the lifetime of the project; and if he will make a statement.
	(6106)

288	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff worked in his Department's ministerial support office on (a) 1 May 2010 and (b) 1 July 2010.
	(6154)

289	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question (a) 1938 and (b) 1939, on the ContactPoint database, tabled on 8 June 2010.
	(6279)

290

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his contribution of 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 29, on the free schools policy, whether the New Schools Network will have a role in co-ordinating expressions of interest in the free schools programme; and what services his Department has contracted the New Schools Network to provide in the last 12 months.

(6335)

291	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5970)

292	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6436)

293	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6437)

294	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Telford and the Wrekin are part of his Department's review of the Building Schools for the Future Programme.
	(5865)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

295	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of heat energy lost through windows which are not energy efficient in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(6288)

296	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the merits of including energy efficient windows in measures to be introduced under the Green Deal.
	(6289)

297	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent by his Department (a) in total and (b) on staffing costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5819)

298	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on subsidies for nuclear power in each year since 1997.
	(6212)

299	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on subsidies for clean coal production in each year since 1997.
	(6213)

300	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on subsidies for gas production in each year since 1997.
	(6214)

301	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of wind turbines on the health of nearby residents.
	(6215)

302	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of wind turbines on nearby wildlife populations.
	(6217)

303	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on subsidies for wind turbines in each year since 1997.
	(6231)

304	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on subsidies for hydro-electricity power production in each year since 1997.
	(6232)

305	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on subsidies for solar power production in each year since 1997.
	(6233)

306	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 139W, on carbon emissions: departmental coordination, who the members are of the high-level group of senior officials established to promote more effective cross-departmental working on building a low carbon economy.
	(5990)

307	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 56W, on energy: subsidies, what agreements were made on energy subsidy reform at the G20 Toronto summit.
	(5991)

308	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 56W, on energy: subsidies, which official in his Department is responsible for global energy subsidy reform policy.
	(5992)

309	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the introduction of mandatory carbon reporting under section 85 of the Climate Change Act 2008.
	(6003)

310 N	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Eaga on the management of the Warm Front scheme and the delays experienced by customers for repairs to which they are entitled.
	(5461)

311	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the introduction of legislation to enable global environmental impact to be a consideration in deciding on planning applications for energy generating plants.
	(6241)

312	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on wind farms.
	(5849)

313	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to undertake strategic environmental assessments of the onshore electricity transmission lines proposed by the Electricity Networks Strategy Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(6283)

314	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on alternatives for electricity transmission to overhead lines of 132 kilovolts and above; and if he will make a statement.
	(6284)

315	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what budget his Department has allocated for consultancy in 2010-11.
	(5927)

316	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many employees on temporary contracts worked in (a) his Department, (b) its associated non-Ministerial departments and (c) the non-department public bodies sponsored by his Department on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(5928)

317 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of payment of feed-in tariffs necessary to encourage take-up of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(5654)

318	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5968)

319	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6440)

320	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6441)

321	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the boiler scrappage scheme in increasing energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
	(5859)

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

322 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of neo-nicotinoids on bees.
	(5652)

323	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lay vaccinators the Food and Environment Research Agency has trained for the Badger Vaccine Deployment Project.
	(6398)

324	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what budget and how many staff the Food and Environment Research Agency (a) had in 2009-10 and (b) has for (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12 to train lay vaccinators for the Badger Vaccine Deployment Project.
	(6399)

325	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many homes the Environment Agency plans to improve flood protection in 2010-11.
	(6400)

326	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure her Department and its agencies have incurred on flood defences in the North East in each of the last 13 years; and what estimate she has made of the equivalent figure in each of the next five years.
	(6187)

327 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of bovine tuberculosis tests produced false positive results in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(6020)

328 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendation made in the 2006 report on the review of tuberculosis testing procedures that tuberculosis testing audit and assurance procedures should be enhanced.
	(6021)

329 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of cattle slaughtered following positive bovine tuberculosis tests are found to be free of tuberculosis when tested after slaughter.
	(6022)

330 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle herds were tested for bovine tuberculosis in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and in what percentage of those herds at least one cow tested positive.
	(6023)

331	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by her Department for this purpose.
	(5919)

332	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of incinerators on the health of nearby residents.
	(6216)

333	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of incinerators on nearby wildlife populations.
	(6218)

334	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to eradicate the oak processionary moth.
	(6004)

335	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
	(6024)

336	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the expenditure of her Department and its predecessor on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6120)

337	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions Ministers in her Department had with their international counterparts at the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission; and if she will make a statement.
	(5906)

338	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) meetings and (b) other engagements Ministers in her Department attended as part of the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission.
	(5907)

339 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will appoint a trade union representative to the new taskforce for food and farming regulation.
	(5378)

340	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5973)

341	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training has been provided for Ministers in her Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6430)

342	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6431)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

343	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to support any amendments to EU treaties which may be proposed to enable the rules governing the euro to be amended in the light of the Greek sovereign debt situation.
	(5821)

344	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Secret Intelligence Service holds information on Tracey Lee Ann Foley.
	(5822)

345	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to seek to ensure respect for the rule of law and the right to a fair trial in the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement.
	(5832)

346	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is continuing to monitor the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky; and if he will make a statement.
	(5833)

347	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) mobile telephones, (b) video cameras and (c) digital cameras confiscated by the Israeli authorities from British members of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that have yet to be returned.
	(6315)

348

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has (a) sought from and (b) obtained from the Israeli government on it returning (i) contemporary notes, (ii) photographic evidence, (iii) video footage and (iv) other possessions confiscated from members of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and accompanying journalists in their original condition.

(6316)

349

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the significance of photographic and video evidence confiscated from members of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and accompanying journalists being made available to the Commission of Inquiry established by the government of Israel to enable that inquiry to meet international standards.

(6317)

350 N	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet the President-elect of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos.
	(5817)

351 N	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the issue of an arrest warrant for murder against the President-elect of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, by the Ecuadorian authorities.
	(5818)

352	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5916)

353	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what total sum in financial corrections has been levied against the UK over the past 10 years for failing to implement European community legislation; what sum is currently outstanding; and what sum was subsequently written off.
	(6243)

354	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Kenyan government since his appointment; and what his most recent assessment is of the state of UK-Kenya relations.
	(6201)

355	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the treatment of Christian communities in Iraq.
	(6237)

356	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6111)

357	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Chinese counterpart the case of the imprisonment of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, with particular reference to the application to his case of the change in Chinese law on the admissibility of evidence obtained under torture.
	(6087)

358	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response his Department plans to make to the European Court of Justice judgement C-186/09 on the non-implementation of equality legislation in Gibraltar.
	(6294)

359	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what outstanding cases the UK is being pursued in the European Court of Justice over non-implementation of EU legislative obligations.
	(6301)

360	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which cases since 2001 the Council of Ministers meetings have decided to amend financial corrections levied by the Commission against member states.
	(6302)

361	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter dated 20 May 2010 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ghulam Sarwar.
	(6338)

362	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made any recent representations to the Russian authorities on the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi.
	(6483)

363	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the US administration has notified him of the discovery of a forged British passport in the course of a recent investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into espionage.
	(5831)

364	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what services his Department provides to small and medium-sized enterprises wishing to export their products.
	(5875)

365	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of UK relations with Pakistan.
	(6162)

366	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on works of art since 2005.
	(6163)

367	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the future of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement.
	(6164)

368	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5963)

369	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6454)

370	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6455)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

371	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department has on the number of GP appointments for patients with minor ailments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(6364)

372	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of GP practices which use 0870 and 0845 premium rate telephone numbers for booking appointments.
	(5834)

373	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 3.21 of the White Paper, Pharmacy in England: Building on Strengths - Delivering the Future, when he plans to publish the research on medicines which are not used; and if he will make a statement.
	(6474)

374	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of child and adolescent mental health services for children who require emergency mental health assessment and support.
	(6286)

375	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to ensure that tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services appropriate for children with autism are available to all children who require them.
	(6287)

376	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Swindon South of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 46W, on care homes, whether the Commission will report (a) within a year of the announcement of the Coalition programme or within a year of the Commission being established and (b) to Parliament or the Government.
	(6098)

377	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5912)

378 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on summary care records; and how much remains to be spent on the project.
	(5573)

379	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and (b) public health organisations on the NICE recommendation that smoking in (i) cars and (ii) public areas used by children and young people under the age of 18 be prohibited.
	(5924)

380	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on restrictions on the scheduling of television advertising of food and drink with high levels of fat, salt or sugar.
	(5925)

381	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on proposals to ban industrially-produced trans fatty acids.
	(5933)

382	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6115)

383	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) prevalence and (b) costs to the NHS of epilepsy misdiagnosis.
	(6469)

384	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) clinical and (b) cost effectiveness of the use of specialist nurses.
	(6470)

385	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the mid-term review of the National Service Framework for Long-term Medical Conditions to report.
	(6471)

386	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there will be separate GP commissioning boards for the provision of mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
	(6485)

387	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the research-based evidence and guidance on the costs and benefits of clinical and other support for longer-term stroke care.
	(5887)

388	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with voluntary sector providers the effect on stroke survivors and carers of ending ring-fenced funding for the National Stroke Strategy.
	(5888)

389	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical staff registered in another EU member state are practising in (a) independent sector treatment sectors and (b) NHS hospitals.
	(5884)

390	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of independent sector treatment centres' exclusion criteria on NHS teaching hospitals within the same or a neighbourhood NHS trust.
	(6030)

391	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made for benchmarking purposes of the level of training received by doctors who have trained in a non-EU member state and subsequently registered within the EU in comparison with that received by doctors who were trained in the UK.
	(6064)

392	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses the James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has employed in each of the last five years.
	(6174)

393	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cardiology operations at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust have been cancelled in the last 12 months.
	(6175)

394	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time in the accident and emergency department at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust was in each of the last five years.
	(6176)

395	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many avoidable deaths occurred at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in each of the last five years.
	(6177)

396	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths resulting from complications during surgery there have been at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in each of the last five years.
	(6178)

397	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been prosecuted for attacks on staff at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in the last 12 months.
	(6179)

398 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the maximum appropriate waiting time between the date of referral and the date of an operation for NHS patients.
	(5948)

399 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a new funding system for social care.
	(5950)

400 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members of the board of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust were on 18 March 2009; and whether he plans to replace any members of the board.
	(5474)

401 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, columns 406-7W, on hospitals: Durham, what representations he received that informed his decision not to proceed with the proposed North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	(5889)

402 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, columns 406-7W, on hospitals: Durham, on what date the decision not to proceed with the proposed North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital, announced on 17 June 2010 was taken.
	(5890)

403 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, columns 406-7W, on hospitals: Durham, what the total cost to public funds has been of proposed North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital to date; and if he will make a statement.
	(5891)

404 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider relocating civil servants in his Department who are currently working in central London to Leeds.
	(5580)

405	Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ministers from his Department last met representatives of the food supplements industry to discuss the setting of maximum permitted levels under Article 5 of the Food Supplements Directive.
	(6518)

406	Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to communicate to the European Commission the Government's policy on the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements under Article 5 of the Food Supplements Directive to the European Commission.
	(6519)

407	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the accountability of local NHS bodies to the public they serve; and whether he plans to improve such arrangements.
	(6383)

408	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce the incidence of alcohol abuse.
	(5868)

409	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to end the use of mixed-sex accommodation in NHS facilities.
	(5869)

410	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistical information his Department holds on the effect on levels of health inequality of the addition of fluoride to the water supply since the commencement of the Water Act 2003.
	(6062)

411	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5969)

412	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6438)

413	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6439)

414	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of carers under the age of 18 (a) nationally, (b) in Devon and (c) in Totnes constituency.
	(6107)

415	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the Connecting for Health programme.
	(6108)

416	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the summary care records programme.
	(6109)

417	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people under the age of 18 years who provided care for a parent with an alcohol-related condition in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(6128)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

418 N	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for future numbers of special constables; and if she will make a statement.
	(5570)

419 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to prevent Dorset Constabulary promoting police officers shortly before their due retirement date.
	(6019)

420	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of the statutory obligations on it provided for in legislation introduced as a consequence of obligations arising from EU legislation in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
	(6334)

421	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were refused indefinite leave to remain in each year since 1997.
	(6219)

422	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were refused British citizenship in each year since 1997.
	(6220)

423	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were refused asylum in each year since 1997.
	(6221)

424	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were refused further leave to remain in each year since 1997.
	(6222)

425	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were removed from the UK in each year since 1997.
	(6223)

426	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were granted further leave to remain in the UK in each year since 1997.
	(6224)

427	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were granted asylum in each year since 1997.
	(6225)

428	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK were granted British citizenship in each year since 1997.
	(6226)

429	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted indefinite leave to remain in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.
	(6227)

430	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) granted and (b) refused entry clearance into the UK in each year since 1997.
	(6460)

431	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the reform of policing in London.
	(6239)

432	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of her Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6121)

433	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of crime.
	(6085)

434 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under section (i) 5(1), (ii) 5(2), (iii) 5(3), and (iv) 20(1)(d) of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last 10 years.
	(5377)

435 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identity cards have been provided free of charge under the provisions of the Identity Cards Act 2006.
	(5575)

436	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reply to the letter to her dated 20 May 2010 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Khan.
	(6339)

437	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs the matter of assistance for the Metropolitan Police to gain access to Libya for the purposes of its investigation into the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher.
	(5955)

438 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process applications for (a) post-study work visas, (b) indefinite leave to remain based on long-term residency, (c) certificate of approval for marriage and (d) leave to remain was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(5479)

439	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a cost-benefit analysis to the UK economy of the presence of overseas students who obtain visas to study at English language schools will be included in her Department's review of the points-based immigration system.
	(6492)

440	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has issued an arrest warrant through Interpol for Andrei Lugovoi.
	(6484)

441	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British passports are not used by foreign intelligence services.
	(6026)

442	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records on the national DNA database she expects to be destroyed in the next 12 months.
	(6032)

443 N	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identity cards have been provided to employees of (a) Manchester Airport Group, (b) London City Airport Group, (c) her Department and (d) other Government departments.
	(5582)

444	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on a link between competence in the English language and the likelihood of overstaying following the issue of a student visa.
	(6235)

445	Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in levels of crime since 1981.
	(6359)

446	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) detect and (b) prevent the incidence of telephone (i) hacking and (ii) blagging.
	(6336)

447	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5960)

448	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training has been provided for Ministers in her Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6448)

449	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6449)

Questions to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, answering for the House of Commons Commission

450	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, answering for the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House authorities (a) have recently taken and (b) plan to take to improve the air conditioning within 1 Parliament Street; and if he will make a statement.
	(6230)

451	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, answering for the House of Commons Commission, when the security entrance between the Victoria Embankment and Norman Shaw Buildings will be reopened.
	(6472)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

452	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many governance advisers are employed by his Department (a) in total and (b) in developing countries; and how many of these have (i) a degree in political science, politics or public policy and (ii) experience as an elected politician in national or local government.
	(6276)

453	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many economics advisers are employed by his Department (a) in total and (b) in developing countries; and how many of them have a degree in economics.
	(6277)

454	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to provide (a) financial and (b) technical support to Liberia to support the removal of health user fees in that country.
	(6031)

455	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5909)

456	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6114)

457	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on aid to India in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
	(6180)

458	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's political priorities are for the Millennium Development Goals Review Summit; and what measurable outcomes from that meeting he expects to achieve.
	(6076)

459	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the renewal of earlier political and financial commitments at the Millennium Development Goals Review Summit.
	(6077)

460	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has made to the government of Madagascar on measures to prevent illegal logging in that country's rainforest.
	(5814)

461	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of increasing the number of young men and women in developing countries who have a thorough and accurate understanding of HIV.
	(5825)

462	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial assistance his Department has provided to each country in southwest Asia to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of increasing the number of children attending primary school in each of the last three years.
	(5826)

463 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will take steps to establish a complementary mechanism to the Three Diseases Fund to ensure aid reaches border areas in Burma which cannot be reached by that fund.
	(5477)

464
N

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in coordinating in-country and cross-border aid to Burmese internally displaced people; and how much funding the Government has provided for this work in each of the last three years.

(5572)

465	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the risk of malnutrition among children in Niger; and if he will make a statement.
	(5823)

466	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5974)

467	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6428)

468	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6429)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

469	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-UK nationals from (a) EU member states and (b) non-EU member states are detained in prison (i) on remand and (ii) serving sentences.
	(6198)

470	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-UK nationals of each country of citizenship are in prison.
	(6202)

471	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse of a place in a prison at category (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(6390)

472	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prison Service spent on prisoner healthcare in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(6391)

473	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of an offence within two years of receiving a community order in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(6392)

474	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence he (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated in formulating his policy on the effectiveness of community sentences for certain groups of offenders.
	(6394)

475	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions since his appointment he has visited persons undertaking projects under community service orders without prior notification to the Probation Service.
	(6395)

476	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners admitted in the last 12 months who derived their only legitimate income from benefit payments.
	(6496)

477	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will conduct an investigation into corruption among prison officers.
	(6312)

478	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend the virtual courts pilot to Bradford Magistrates' Court.
	(6329)

479	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposals to (a) merge and (b) close courts on the workload of each remaining magistrate's court.
	(6331)

480

Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Warrington North of 17 June 2010, Official Report, column 189W, on rape: defendants anonymity, what progress has been made by his Department's Director of Analytical Services in compiling the available research and statistics on the number of false allegations in rape cases; and how soon before the summer recess his Department expects to publish the report of that research.

(6497)

481	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of expenditure by his Department on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since its creation.
	(6117)

482	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred between prisons to undertake rehabilitation as part of their parole conditions in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(5810)

483	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to enable all prisoners to undertake rehabilitation as part of their parole conditions without having to transfer between prisons.
	(5811)

484	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection are in jail after the end of the tariff period.
	(5813)

485	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners he expects to return to (a) France, (b) Romania, (c) the Netherlands, (d) Lithuania, (e) Ireland, (f) Poland, (g) the Russian Federation and (h) Latvia to serve their sentences under the Council of Europe Prisoner Transfer Convention in 2010-11.
	(6035)

486	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given custodial sentences of up to six months in the latest year for which figures are available were convicted of each offence.
	(6084)

487 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under section (i) 25(1), (ii) 25(2), (iii) 25(3), (iv) 25(4) and (v) 25(5) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 in each year since the inception of the Act.
	(5376)

488	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to take account of (a) socio-economic factors, (b) geographic factors and (c) the adequacy of public transport links in the South Wales valleys in his implementation of proposals for the closure of Magistrates' and county courts.
	(5870)

489	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to reply to the letter dated 20 May 2010 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Scott Kelly.
	(6340)

490	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations in the North West procurement area have been successful in their bids for the contract period starting 10 October 2010 to the Legal Services Commission; and for each such organisation, how many and what proportion are (a) asylum and (b) non-asylum immigration cases.
	(6360)

491	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for offences related to (a) parricide and (b) matricide there were in the UK in each of the last five years.
	(6282)

492	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who had served a sentence of six months or less re-offended within 12 months of discharge in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
	(6105)

493	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the exercise of the UK opt-out in the policy areas of justice and home affairs which fall within his Department's responsibility under the Lisbon Treaty.
	(5881)

494	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when a decision will be taken on whether the UK will exercise its right to opt-out of each area on justice and home affairs under the Treaty of Lisbon where such a right exists.
	(6229)

495 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider relocating civil servants in his Department who are currently working in central London to Leeds.
	(5579)

496	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on works of art since 2005.
	(6068)

497	Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Commission on a British Bill of Rights will consider the merits of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998.
	(6354)

498	Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward proposals for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.
	(6355)

499	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received legal aid in respect of divorce proceedings in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(6347)

500	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Services Commission spent on legal aid in respect of divorce proceedings in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(6348)

501	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5961)

502	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6450)

503	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6451)

Questions to the Leader of the House

504	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to ensure that papers concerning legislation derived from EU obligations for presentation to the House are printed on a colour other than that generally used for copies of legislation laid before the House.
	(6330)

505	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate he has made of his Office's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6125)

506	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Office in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5964)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

507	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5913)

508	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6110)

509	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5975)

510	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6458)

511	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6459)

Questions to the Prime Minister

512 N	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Prime Minister, when he next expects to meet the President-elect of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos.
	(5816)

513	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to reply to the letter to him dated 20 May 2010 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr D. Moody.
	(6341)

514	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has discussed the extradition of Audrei Lugovoi to the UK in his bilateral discussions with President Medvedev at the recent G8/G20 Summit.
	(6482)

515	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Prime Minister, what changes there have been in respect of the (a) number and (b) cost of employing special advisers since 10 June 2010; and when he next plans to publish a list of the names and salaries of special advisers in post.
	(6182)

516	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2010, Official Report, column 484W, on Afghanistan, how many organisations accepted the invitation to accompany him on this visit.
	(6365)

517	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) refurbishment and (b) redecoration has been undertaken of residential properties in the gift of the Government since 6 May 2010; and at what cost.
	(6318)

518	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what residential properties in the gift of the Government have been allocated to Ministers; which Minister has been allocated each accommodation; and which grave and favour properties will remain empty.
	(6319)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

519	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6119)

520	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what correspondence he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) budgetary matters and (b) Government support for the computer and video games industry in advance of the Budget.
	(6333)

521	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department had with their Treasury counterparts to discuss (i) the Budget and (ii) support for the computer and video games industry before the Budget Statement of 22 June 2010.
	(6361)

522	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to the public purse was of first and business class travel paid for by his Department in 2009-10.
	(6104)

523	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5976)

524	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6456)

525	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6457)

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

526	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the likely cost to the public purse of a referendum on the alternative vote system for general elections.
	(6401)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

527	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish each representation he has received on his policy on the speed limit in urban areas.
	(5867)

528	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) a record of each meeting he has held with other Ministers in his Department and (b) each submission he has received from (i) other Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department on speed limits in urban areas.
	(6285)

529 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve transport infrastructure in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
	(5737)

530 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the transport infrastructure in the West Midlands.
	(5738)

531 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve transport capacity in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
	(5739)

532 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to promote lower railway fares.
	(5740)

533 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to assist the West Midlands to move towards low-carbon forms of transport.
	(5741)

534	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5922)

535	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his meeting with the Association of Chief Police Officers last week.
	(6242)

536	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the merits of levying tolls in one direction only in order to increase capacity at the Dartford crossing.
	(6345)

537	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects his Department has funded for improvements to the Dartford Crossing since 2000; and what the total cost was of each project on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(6346)

538	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public funding has been allocated to Southeastern Railway since it took over the Kent Integrated Franchise.
	(6352)

539	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been granted to Southeastern Railway under the National Station Improvement Programme in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(6353)

540	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the expenditure by his Department and its predecessors on (a) organising and (b) attending conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6136)

541	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to encourage more merchant naval vessels to register in the UK.
	(6033)

542	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the number of merchant naval ships registered in the UK on the requirement to pay wages to non-British sailors at the level of the national minimum wage.
	(6034)

543 N	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last travelled on public transport in an official capacity.
	(5815)

544 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cancellation fee for the Luton Dunstable busway project was agreed with his Department.
	(5876)

545	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on works of art since 2005.
	(6067)

546	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, column 366W, on the Thameslink railway line, when a decision will be made on the way in which Wimbledon loop services will operate after the completion of the Thameslink Programme.
	(6362)

547	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, column 366W, on the Thameslink railway line, whether the public will be consulted on the way in which Wimbledon loop services will operate after the completion of the Thameslink Programme.
	(6363)

548	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on plans for development at Apperley Bridge Railway Station since planning permission was granted.
	(6069)

549	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what matters (a) within and (b) outside his listed Ministerial responsibilities the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport answers questions for written answer.
	(6358)

550	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) salary and (b) bonus was paid to each (i) executive and (ii) non-executive director of Crossrail Limited in 2009-10.
	(6127)

551	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5972)

552	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conditions apply to former Ministers with official cars using them to attend party political events.
	(5980)

553	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been of providing official government cars to former Ministers since the general election.
	(5981)

554	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6434)

555	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6435)

556	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the M54 to M6 toll road link; and if he will make a statement.
	(5861)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

557	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate she has made of her Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since 1997.
	(6113)

558 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on her appointments to Cabinet committees.
	(6209)

559 N	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what quasi-judicial functions (a) the Secretary of State, (b) the Minister of State, (c) the Secretary of State and the Minister of State together will carry out in relation to a referendum on the question of whether to transfer primary law-making powers to the National Assembly for Wales.
	(5731)

560	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5977)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

561 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to extend the provisions of the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002 beyond 2015; and whether she has commissioned research into the effect of the operation of that Act on the number of women selected as candidates by political parties.
	(4388)

562	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by the Government Equalities Office for this purpose.
	(5917)

563	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward proposals for secondary legislation to implement gender pay audits.
	(5923)

564	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the expenditure of the Government Equalities Office on (a) organisation of and (b) attendance at conferences in each year since its creation.
	(6126)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

565	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres and jobcentre plus offices have telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845 and (b) 0870.
	(5908)

566 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, columns 393-4W, on state retirement pensions, for what reasons the month of September is used as the base for these calculations.
	(5569)

567 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review (a) the role of, (b) the structure of and (c) auto-enrollment into the National Employment Savings Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	(5571)

568
N

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households would experience a reduction in entitlement to housing benefit of (a) £10, (b) more than £20, (c) more than £30, (d) more than £50 and (e) more than £70 a week in each local authority area in England if local housing allowance were set at the 30th percentile of private sector rents.

(5398)

569 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of housing benefit whose rent is above the 30th percentile of private sector rents in each local authority area in England.
	(5399)

570 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many householders in the private rented sector (a) of working age, (b) above working age, (c) in each bedroom size property and (d) in total are in receipt of housing benefit in each housing authority area.
	(5409)

571	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by his Department for this purpose.
	(5915)

572	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to reduce the level of pensioner poverty in Bexleyheath and Crayford.
	(6236)

573	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the effects of the Government's plans to reduce by 10 per cent. housing benefit for those who have been on jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months on the number of tenants who fall into arrears and may be subject to eviction.
	(5840)

574	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed cap on local housing allowance in relation to the housing benefit subsidy to local authorities on homeless households placed in temporary accommodation.
	(5841)

575	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding for discretionary housing payments has been made available to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in each year since 1997.
	(5842)

576

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in Makerfield constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced from their current levels in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what his estimate is of the average weekly reduction in benefit of such people; what estimate has been made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(6045)

577	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance recipients in Makerfield constituency are receiving (a) over £400 per week for a four or five bedroom property, (b) over £340 per week for a three bedroom property, (c) over £290 per week for a two bedroom property and (d) over £200 per week for a one bedroom property.
	(6046)

578	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in (i) Makerfield constituency and (ii) the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council area.
	(6048)

579	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Makerfield constituency.
	(6049)

580	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-dependants living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in Makerfield constituency.
	(6050)

581	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit in Makerfield constituency.
	(6051)

582	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of private sector tenants in Makerfield constituency whose local housing allowance will be reduced from its current level in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what his estimate is for the average reduction in each of those years.
	(6052)

583	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in Makerfield constituency among households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(6053)

584	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in Makerfield constituency in 2013.
	(6054)

585	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance in Makerfield constituency.
	(6055)

586	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start Maternity Grants were made to mothers in Makerfield constituency in respect of a second or subsequent child in 2009-10.
	(6199)

587	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what timetable he has set for implementation of his proposal to phase out the default retirement age.
	(6065)

588	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of housing benefit were paying rent at or below the 30th percentile in their local area at the latest date for which information is available.
	(6320)

589	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5827)

590	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5844)

591	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers for their second or subsequent child in Stretford and Urmston constituency in 2009-10.
	(5852)

592	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents there are in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5853)

593	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5854)

594	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance recipients in Stretford and Urmston constituency are receiving (a) over £400 per week for a four or five-bedroom property, (b) over £340 per week for a three-bedroom property and (c) over £290 per week for a one-bedroom property.
	(5856)

595	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of non-dependants living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
	(5857)

596	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the extent of over-occupation in social sector housing in Stretford and Urmston constituency among households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(5858)

597

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in Stretford and Urmston constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced from their current levels in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what his estimate is of the average reduction in benefit for such people; what estimate has been made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(5860)

598	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of private sector tenants in Stretford and Urmston constituency whose local housing allowance will be reduced from its current level in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what his estimate is of the average reduction in each of those years.
	(5862)

599	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) people and (b) lone parents who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in Stretford and Urmston constituency in 2013.
	(5866)

600	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of expenditure by his Department and its predecessors on (a) organising and (b) attending conferences in each year since 1997.
	(5938)

601	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to change the system of payment of mortgage interest for those who claim jobseeker's allowance.
	(5812)

602	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the penalty regime laid down in the regulations accompanying the Pensions Act 2008 meets his Department's better regulation principles.
	(6070)

603	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to consult with businesses on the implementation of the Pensions Act 2008.
	(6073)

604	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of implementing the Pensions Act 2008 on the labour market.
	(6074)

605	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the suitability of August as the month during which the implementation date for the Pensions Act 2008 falls.
	(6075)

606	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects on (a) levels of homelessness and (b) demand for affordable housing of implementation of the proposed changes to the payment of housing benefit in each of the next five years.
	(6473)

607	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the (a) component to cover the cost of funeral directors' expenses and (b) level of the funeral benefit payment; and if he will make a statement.
	(6343)

608	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has forecast the effect of the proposals in the 2010 Budget on levels of (a) child and (b) pensioner poverty in (i) Wales and (ii) the Bridgend County Borough Council area in each of the next five years.
	(5946)

609	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals in Budget 2010 on levels of economic inactivity in (a) Wales and (b) Bridgend County Borough Council area in each of the next five years.
	(6103)

610	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those resident in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in receipt of housing benefit are in (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private sector housing.
	(6486)

611	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those resident in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and in receipt of housing benefit are (a) pensioners and (b) of working age and (i) in employment and (ii) not in employment.
	(6487)

612	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in the London Borough of (a) Camden and (b) Brent and in receipt of housing benefit are (i) pensioners and (i) of working age and (A) in employment and (B) not in employment.
	(6488)

613	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) invalidity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance.
	(6489)

614	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Kingston upon Hull North constituency receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(6521)

615	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers for their second or subsequent child in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in 2009-10.
	(6524)

616	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health in pregnancy grants were made in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in 2009-10.
	(6525)

617	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
	(6526)

618	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in 2013; and how many of them are lone parents.
	(6527)

619	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
	(6528)

620	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents there are in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
	(6529)

621	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Worsley and Eccles South constituency receive a (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance.
	(5947)

622	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6090)

623	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6091)

624	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	(6092)

625	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of private sector tenants in Worsley and Eccles South constituency whose local housing allowance will be reduced from its current level in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what his estimate is of the average reduction in each of those years.
	(6093)

626	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in Worsley and Eccles South constituency in 2013.
	(6094)

627

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in Worsley and Eccles South constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced from their current levels in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what his estimate is of the average reduction in benefit of such people; what estimate has been made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(6095)

628

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance recipients in Worsley and Eccles South constituency are receiving (a) over £400 per week for a four or five bedroom property, (b) over £340 per week for a three bedroom property, (c) over £290 per week for a two bedroom property and (d) over £200 per week for a one bedroom property.

(6096)

629	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers in the area now covered by Worsley and Eccles South constituency in respect of a second or subsequent child.
	(6137)

630	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many London residents claimed (a) housing benefit and (b) housing benefit in excess of £100,000 in each of the last five years.
	(6101)

631	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the UK are in receipt of (i) the mobility component, (ii) the care component and (iii) both the care and mobility components of disability living allowance.
	(6072)

632	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the UK made an appeal against a decision regarding a claim for disability living allowance in each of the last five years; and how many such appeals were upheld in each such year.
	(6088)

633	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs created (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) in the East of England and (c) nationally have been attributable to the Future Jobs Fund since its inception.
	(5935)

634	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Great Yarmouth constituency are in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) employment support allowance and (c) disability living allowance.
	(6169)

635 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Financial Statement of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 174, how many families in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales are receiving £104,0000 a year in housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	(5742)

636	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers in (a) Glasgow North and (b) the area covered by Ealing Central and Acton constituency in 2009-10.
	(5995)

637	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment support allowance in (i) Glasgow North and (ii) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(5998)

638

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced from their current levels in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what his estimate is of the average weekly reduction in benefit of such people; what estimate has been made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(6143)

639

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance recipients in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency are receiving (i) over £400 per week for a four or five bedroom property, (ii) over £340 per week for a three bedroom property, (iii) over £290 per week for a two bedroom property and (iv) over £200 per week for a one bedroom property.

(6144)

640	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in (i) Glasgow North and (ii) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6146)

641	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6147)

642	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of non-dependants living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6148)

643	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit in (i) Glasgow North and (ii) Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(6149)

644

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of private sector tenants in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency whose local housing allowance will be reduced from its current level in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what his estimate is of the average weekly reduction in each of those years.

(6150)

645	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the extent of over occupation in social sector housing in (a) Glasgow North and (b) Ealing Central and Acton constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(6151)

646	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in (i) Glasgow North and (ii) Ealing Central and Acton constituency in 2013.
	(6152)

647	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) persons of working age in work, (c) persons of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants on housing benefit in (i) Slough, (ii) Salisbury and (iii) Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
	(6005)

648	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency receive (i) the basic state pension and (ii) pension credit.
	(6009)

649	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents in (i) Slough, (ii) Salisbury and (iii) Scarborough and Whitby constituency who will have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months by January 2013.
	(6010)

650	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
	(6011)

651	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency in respect of a second or subsequent child in 2009-10.
	(6013)

652	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency were in receipt of (i) disability living allowance, (ii) incapacity benefit and (iii) employment and support allowance on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(6015)

653	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of private sector tenants in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency whose local housing allowance will be reduced from its current level in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what his estimate is of the average reduction in each of those years.
	(6188)

654	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the extent of over occupation in social sector housing in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(6189)

655	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of non-dependants living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
	(6190)

656

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced from their current levels in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what his estimate is of the average weekly reduction in benefit of such people; what estimate has been made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(6191)

657

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance recipients in (a) Slough, (b) Salisbury and (c) Scarborough and Whitby constituency are receiving (a) over £400 per week for a four or five bedroom property, (b) over £340 per week for a three bedroom property, (c) over £290 per week for a two bedroom property and (d) over £200 per week for a one bedroom property.

(6192)

658	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health in pregnancy grants were made in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in 2009-10.
	(5897)

659	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers for their second or subsequent child in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in 2009-10.
	(5898)

660	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents there are in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(5899)

661	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(5900)

662	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(5901)

663	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents who will have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for over 23 months in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency by 2013.
	(5902)

664	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(5903)

665	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) persons of working age in work, (c) persons of working age and unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(6016)

666	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of non-dependants living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(6056)

667	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the extent of over occupation in social sector housing in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in households where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(6057)

668	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of private sector tenants in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency whose local housing allowance will be reduced from its current level in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what his estimate is of the average reduction in each of those years.
	(6058)

669

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced from their current levels in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what his estimate is of the average reduction in benefit of such people; what estimate has been made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(6059)

670

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance recipients in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency are receiving (a) over £400 per week for a four or five bedroom property, (b) over £340 per week for a three bedroom property, (c) over £290 per week for a two bedroom property and (d) over £200 per week for a one bedroom property.

(6060)

671	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget his Department has allocated for consultancy in 2010-11.
	(5929)

672	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees on temporary contracts (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies had on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(5931)

673	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(6531)

674	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) unemployment allowance, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) widow's and/or bereavement benefit and (f) other income support.
	(6532)

675	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deaths from mesothelioma there were in (a) the area of Penistone and Stockbridge constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in the last 12 months.
	(6396)

676

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the level of overpayment of (a) disability living allowance, (b) attendance allowance, (c) child maintenance, (d) maternity grant, (e) pension credit, (f) cold weather payment, (g) housing benefit, (h) council tax benefit, (i) employment and support allowance, (j) carer's allowance and (k) bereavement benefits in each of the last five years.

(6332)

677	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property.
	(5967)

678	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training has been provided for Ministers in his Department since the formation of the present administration; and at what cost.
	(6442)

679	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on official photographs of Ministers since the formation of the present administration.
	(6443)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

680	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new businesses have been started in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) West Cheshire and Chester Unitary Authority, (c) Halton Borough Council, (d) the North West and (e) the UK in each year since 1997.
	[Transferred] (6281)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

681	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the measures in the June 2010 Budget on funding for transition to a low-carbon future.
	[Transferred] (6498)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

682	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners are foreign nationals with no right of abode in the UK.
	[Transferred] (6393)

Questions to the Leader of the House

683	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Leader of the House, how much (a) Short money, (b) Opposition Whips' Office funding and (c) Policy Development Grant funding the Labour Party will receive in 2010-11 and each of the subsequent two financial years.
	[Transferred] (6206)

Questions to the Prime Minister

684	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Prime Minister, when the 10 Downing Street e-petition system will be operational; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (6494)

685	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, who was invited to attend the New School Network reception held at 10 Downing Street on 30 June 2010.
	[Transferred] (6466)


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