Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 8 July 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 July 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 8 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 Thursday 8 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 8 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Attorney General, which regulations of the Law Officers' Departments are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7137)

2	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7310)

3	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7329)

4	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7348)

5	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7366)

6	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on travel for their employees in each year since 1997.
	(7417)

7	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7436)

8	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7455)

9	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7474)

10	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7498)

11	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7580)

12	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7599)

13	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7618)

14	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Attorney General, how much (a) the Law Officers' Department and (b) their agency spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7637)

15	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Attorney General, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in the Law Officers' Departments and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in those Departments.
	(7304)

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

16 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the roll-out next generation mobile broadband services.
	(4849)

17	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7147)

18	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control, under which budgetary headings he expects his Department to make savings of £265 million in fiscal year 2010-11.
	(7519)

19	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of late payments to small businesses.
	(7014)

20	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Post Office Ltd is required to publish all responses from public consultations on (a) services, (b) closures, (c) premises moves and (d) other changes; and if he will make a statement.
	(7290)

21	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy that Post Office Ltd should not start preparatory work on a premises move which is subject to an ongoing public consultation.
	(7291)

22	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire local authority area and (c) Scotland have participated in the Working Capital Scheme since its inception.
	(7165)

23	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) the engineering industry, (b) science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills and (c) the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
	(7166)

24	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will undertake a review of the performance of Post Office Ltd in delivering outreach services for the purposes of increasing its effectiveness, with particular reference to services in Wangford in Suffolk.
	(7261)

25	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the Financial Intermediary Service; and what steps he plans to take to assist small businesses to access finance.
	(6996)

26	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of (a) Business Link and (b) publicly-funded business support in the North East.
	(6997)

27	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7311)

28	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7330)

29	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7349)

30	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7367)

31	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7418)

32	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7437)

33	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7456)

34	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7475)

35	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7499)

36	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7562)

37	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7581)

38	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7600)

39	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7619)

40	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7638)

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 190W, on fossil fuels: export credit guarantees, when he plans to bring forward primary legislation to amend the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991 to end Export Credits Guarantee Department plans to support dirty fossil-fuel energy production.

(7386)

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies were struck off the Register of Companies in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in action instigated by (i) the company and (ii) the Registrar in 2009-10; how many such applications in each category did not proceed because objections were received; in respect of how many such applications in each category objections were received from HM Revenue and Customs; how many such applications in each category resulted in a striking off within six months of an objection being made regardless of that objection; how many companies struck off in each category (A) never filed accounts and (B) had accounts overdue for filing at the time the application was made; how many strikings-off initiated by the Registrar in each category were in cases where accounts were overdue for filing at the time the Registrar commenced action to strike off; and how many months each company in each category struck off by the Registrar had been in existence since their incorporation.

(7041)

43	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the East of England Development Agency has spent on the provision of (a) live and (b) recorded music at hospitality functions in each year since its inception.
	(7131)

44	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage universities to assist in the development of new, sustainable energy sources.
	(7163)

45	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the employability of graduates.
	(7218)

46	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning has had formal meetings with the (i) Secretary of State for Education and (ii) Minister for Schools to discuss further education colleges; and if he will make a statement.
	(7539)

47	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has issued guidance to regional development agencies on public expenditure since the publication of the Coalition Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	(7532)

48	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to postmasters and sub-postmasters of errors in the Horizon operating system; and if he will make a statement.
	(7533)

49	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to protect small and medium-sized enterprises against the effects of insolvencies upstream in a supply chain.
	(7195)

50	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7305)

51	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future role of the Sector Skills Councils; and if he will make a statement.
	(7278)

52	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of each Sector Skills Council since 12 May 2010.
	(7279)

53	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills since 12 May 2010.
	(7280)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

54	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7146)

55 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of the word reshaping in section 3.4(i) of his Department's Structural Reform Plan he uses in the context of changes to the ContactPoint and identity card databases.
	(6788)

56	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7314)

57	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7333)

58	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7352)

59	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7370)

60	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7421)

61	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7440)

62	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7459)

63	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7478)

64	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7502)

65	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7565)

66	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7584)

67	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7603)

68	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7622)

69	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7641)

70	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small businesses in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency generated a turnover of (a) between £70,000 and £100,000 and (b) over £100,000 in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(7191)

71	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there are in Milton Keynes North constituency.
	(7064)

72	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in establishing a national citizen service.
	(7265)

73 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there were in Newcastle Upon Tyne North constituency in 2009-10.
	(6739)

74	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has issued guidance to non-departmental public bodies planned to be abolished on expenditure by them from the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
	(7531)

75	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7303)

76
N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2010, Official Report, column 563W, on departmental official cars, in what circumstances a (a) civil servant and (b) special adviser may use a (i) taxi and (ii) car from the Government car pool; and on how many occasions (A) civil servants and (B) special advisers in his Department have made use of those services since 12 May 2010.

(6806)

77	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any special advisers have been disciplined for (a) bullying, (b) breaching the law and (c) breaching of the code of conduct for special advisers since 12 May 2010.
	(7022)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

78	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the changes to the tax credits announced in the June 2010 Budget will have on the childcare element of the working tax credit.
	(7062)

79	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7153)

80	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution to gross domestic product of the Bank of England's Asset Purchase Scheme in fiscal years (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(7387)

81	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the planned increase in the rate of value added tax from 1 January 2011 on consumer price index annual inflation in financial years (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
	(7390)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the combined effect of the proposed public spending limits and changes in taxation and benefit measures in the 2010 Budget on (a) household income levels per income decile of the population measures and (b) relative child poverty levels in (i) Glasgow North East constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland, (iv) England, (v) Wales, (vi) Northern Ireland and (vii) the United Kingdom in fiscal years (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14, (D) 2014-15 and (E) 2015-16.

(7523)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the combined effect of the public spending measures in the 2010 Budget on the level of (a) household income per income decile of the population and (b) relative child poverty levels in (i) Glasgow North East constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland, (iv) England, (v) Wales, (vi) Northern Ireland and (vii) the United Kingdom in fiscal years (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14, (D) 2014-15 and (E) 2015-16.

(7524)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the benefits and taxation measures in the 2010 Budget on the number of children living in relative poverty resident in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (e) Wales, (f) Northern Ireland and (g) the United Kingdom in fiscal years (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, (iv) 2014-15 and (v) 2015-16.

(7525)

85	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control, what assessment he has made of the implications for Wales of the savings announced.
	(7080)

86	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland in each year since 2005.
	(7170)

87	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what premises at each location in Northern Ireland are (a) owned and (b) leased by HM Revenue and Customs.
	(7171)

88	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the annual expenditure by HM Revenue and Customs on (a) rent, (b) rates and (c) maintenance in relation to premises in Northern Ireland.
	(7172)

89	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local offices run by HM Revenue and Customs have been closed in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each year since 2005.
	(7173)

90	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 May 2010, Official Report, columns 2-3WS, on savings (2010-11), whether changes have been made to the Barnett consequentials for Wales since 26 May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(7061)

91	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7309)

92	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7328)

93	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7347)

94	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7365)

95	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7416)

96	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7435)

97	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7454)

98	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7473)

99	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7497)

100	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7561)

101	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7579)

102	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7598)

103	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7617)

104	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7636)

105	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he plans to use to define the institutions and companies which are to be subject to the proposed banking levy; and whether he proposes that all lending institutions should fall within this definition.
	(7043)

106	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) commission research on and (b) make an estimate of the (i) effect on the economy and (ii) likely level of Exchequer receipts consequent on the setting of a higher rate of value added tax for luxury goods.
	(7060)

107	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the Climate Change Levy to provide a price floor for carbon.
	(7384)

108	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on relaxation rooms in their properties in each year since 1997.
	(7130)

109	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the public sector pay freeze on the progression of public sector staff against incremental pay scales; and if he will make a statement.
	(7259)

110	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to end the sale of goods worth less than £18 free of value added tax by companies based in the Channel Islands to customers in the UK.
	(7044)

111	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in Clwyd South constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(6992)

112	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Milton Keynes North constituency in receipt of tax credits have an annual income of over £30,000.
	(7065)

113	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in Bristol East constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(7234)

114	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) 50th percentile rent in 2010-11 and (b) 30th percentile rents in 2011-12 for properties of (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedrooms in Bristol East constituency.
	(7241)

115	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Bristol East constituency receive tax credits.
	(7260)

116	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Bristol East constituency with an annual income of (a) less than £20,000, (b) between £20,000 and £24,999, (c) between £25,000 and £29,999, (d) between £30,000 and £34,999, (e) between £35,000 and £39,999 and (f) £40,000 or more are in receipt of the child care element of tax credits.
	(7295)

117	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families are in receipt of the baby element of tax credits in Bristol East constituency.
	(7496)

118	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of the 50th percentile rent for properties with (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five bedrooms in East Lothian constituency in 2010-11.
	(7181)

119	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in East Lothian constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(7186)

120	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in value added tax by residents in each income group in each constituency in North Wales in 2009-10.
	(7063)

121	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7402)

122 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce legislation to end unfair bank charges.
	(6913)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

123 N	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets were in temporary accommodation in each year since 2005.
	(6515)

124 N	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much gap funding his Department and its predecessors has made available to support each stock transfer in Tower Hamlets since 1997.
	(6516)

125	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7145)

126	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control, under which budgetary headings he expects his Department to make savings of £220 million in fiscal year 2010-11.
	(7518)

127 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing starts there were in each London borough in each year since 2005.
	(6908)

128 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing starts are projected for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 in each London local authority area.
	(6909)

129 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable housing starts there were in each London local authority in each year since 2005-06; and how many are projected for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
	(6910)

130	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built in the West Midlands in each year from 1980 to 1999.
	(7040)

131	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7312)

132	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7331)

133	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7350)

134	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7368)

135	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7419)

136	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7438)

137	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7457)

138	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7476)

139	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7500)

140	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7563)

141	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7582)

142	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7601)

143	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7620)

144	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7639)

145	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the East of England Development Agency spent on the www.erebusonline.org.uk website in each year since its establishment; and what estimate he has made of the number of unique visitors received by this website in each such year.
	(7167)

146
N

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control and the £1.5 billion of cancelled government commitments this year as a result of restrictions on departmental access to end year flexibility (EYF) and the reserve, what proportion of the £220 million reduction in his Department's programmes is a result of restricted EYF.

(6949)

147 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control, what programmes will be reduced this year to make up the cancelled £220 million commitments in his Department; and by how much each of them will be reduced.
	(6950)

148	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the level of demand for housing in areas (a) with and (b) without access to fast broadband; and if he will make a statement.
	(7074)

149	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): 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 Bristol East constituency.
	(7494)

150	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of reviewing the thresholds for small business rate relief.
	(6995)

151	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7302)

152	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future (a) number and (b) powers of elected mayors.
	(7113)

153	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to allocate planning functions to the elected executive of local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
	(7114)

154	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) affordable homes were completed in each county in the East of England region in each year since 1997.
	(7049)

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

155	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7144)

156	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on extending the copyright term for music recordings; and if he will make a statement.
	(7266)

157	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7313)

158	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7332)

159	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7351)

160	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7369)

161	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7420)

162	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7439)

163	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7458)

164	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7477)

165	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7501)

166	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7564)

167	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7583)

168	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7602)

169	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7621)

170	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agency and non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7640)

171	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will visit creative and digital industries in Brighton to discuss the development of those industries; and if he will make a statement.
	(7162)

172	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of fixed odds betting terminals in operation in bookmakers.
	(7219)

173	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, column 602W, on gambling, whether he discussed fixed odds betting terminals in High Street bookmakers when he met the Chair of the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board on 3 June 2010.
	(7220)

174	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7301)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

175	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7157)

176	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original estimated cost was of the Defence Information Infrastructure project; and what his most recent estimate is of the cost of that project.
	(6998)

177	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that reserve soldiers receive the same support as regular soldiers following overseas deployment.
	(7010)

178 N	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has contributed to the international force tasked with reducing piracy around the coast of Somalia in each of the last three years.
	(6790)

179 N	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the findings of the Historical Enquiries Team report on the death of William McGreanery; and if he will make a statement.
	(6804)

180	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7323)

181	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7342)

182	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7361)

183	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7379)

184	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7430)

185	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7449)

186	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7468)

187	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7487)

188	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7511)

189	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7574)

190	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7593)

191	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7612)

192	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7631)

193	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7653)

194	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, columns 4-5W, on armed forces: private education, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average parental contribution paid in respect of each rank in receipt of continuity of education allowance was in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09.
	(7222)

195	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of employees in the UK defence and aerospace sector working on the Typhoon Fighter programme (a) in East Yorkshire and (b) in the UK.
	(7015)

196	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions since January 2008 officials of his Department have met representatives of the Norwegian company 3D Radar; and what the (a) agenda and (b) outcome was of each such meeting.
	(6993)

197	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7300)

198	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) injuries and (b) fatalties incurred by the Taliban attributable to the actions of British forces in the last 12 months.
	(7208)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

199	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his proposals for the reform of the House of Lords will be revenue-neutral.
	(7522)

200	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he has (a) sought and (b) received from the Electoral Commission on the simultaneous holding of the referendum on reform of the electoral system for the House of Commons in May 2011 with elections to the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales.
	(7548)

201	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he has (a) sought and (b) received from the Electoral Commission on the wording of the proposed question in the referendum on reform of the electoral system for the House of Commons to be held in May 2011.
	(7549)

202	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he has (a) sought and (b) received from the Electoral Commission on the simultaneous holding of the next general election with elections to the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales on 7 May 2015.
	(7550)

203	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consideration he has given to the merits of participation by Ministers in televised debates as part of the campaign for a proposed referendum on the adoption of the alternative vote system for voting at general elections.
	(7168)

204

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the costs to the public purse other than those borne by central Government arising from administration of the proposed referendum on adopting the alternative vote system for general elections in respect of (a) local authorities in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland, (b) the Scottish Executive and (c) the Welsh Assembly Government.

(7169)

205	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will consider the merits of introducing a power for electors to recall (a) a Member of the London Assembly, (b) a local councillor and (c) a Member of the European Parliament.
	(7495)

206	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will include in his legislative proposals for elections to the House of Lords provisions for electors to recall a member of that House so elected.
	(7535)

207	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Office and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Office.
	(7299)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

208	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7156)

209	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to retain teachers within the profession in light of the planned two-year public sector pay freeze.
	(7391)

210	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control, under which budgetary headings he expects his Department to make savings of £1 billion in fiscal year 2010-11.
	(7516)

211 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to ring-fence funding for continued provision of local Sure Start programmes.
	(6799)

212 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to reform AS Level qualifications; and if he will make a statement.
	(6911)

213 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to reform the format and structure of the A Level qualification; and if he will make a statement.
	(6912)

214	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age have been in short stay schools for more than six months in each local authority area.
	(7541)

215	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age with non-statemented special educational needs are placed in short stay schools in each local authority area.
	(7542)

216	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been of the local education partnership in each local education authority area since the Building Schools for the Future programme began.
	(7017)

217	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the contribution of ICT and broadband technologies to improving the quality of education and attainment standards.
	(7547)

218	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on schools in West Cumbria of his decision to discontinue the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(7174)

219	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of his decision to terminate the Building Schools for the Future programme on the number of construction jobs in Sunderland Central constituency.
	(7118)

220	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that each school in Sunderland Central constituency which has had a Building Schools for the Future project terminated before completion participates in the new school building programme.
	(7120)

221

Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the amount which will be saved by stopping the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme for all schools in Sunderland Central constituency; what estimate he has made of expenditure on payments triggered by break clauses as a consequence of his decision; and if he will take steps to compensate schools in the constituency for money and time they have spent on the BSF programme prior to its cancellation.

(7121)

222	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7320)

223	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7339)

224	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7358)

225	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7376)

226	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7427)

227	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7446)

228	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7465)

229	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7484)

230	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7508)

231	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7571)

232	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7590)

233	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7609)

234	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7628)

235	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7650)

236	Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will monitor the performance of academies in narrowing the gap between the attainments of children with special educational needs and those of their peers.
	(7005)

237	Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy that children with special educational needs are not excluded from academies on either a fixed term or a permanent basis when behavioural difficulties related to their special educational needs arise.
	(7006)

238	Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the provisions governing the ability of (a) local authorities and (b) the Special Educational Needs Tribunal to name an academy on a statement of special educational need in order to permit an academy to be named on such a statement.
	(7007)

239	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the financial effect on maintained schools of the increase in the rate of value added tax in 2011.
	(7268)

240	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the value added tax paid by maintained schools in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(7269)

241	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in (a) Bristol, (b) South Gloucestershire and (c) Bath and North East Somerset local authority areas have expressed an interest in becoming academy schools.
	(7388)

242	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many expressions of interest there have been in the free schools scheme in the (a) Bristol, (b) South Gloucestershire and (c) Bath and North East Somerset local authority areas.
	(7389)

243	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools did not enter pupils for standard assessment tests in 2009 owing to industrial action by teaching unions.
	(7223)

244	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps Ofsted plans to take to assess the performance of schools which did not take part in standard assessment tests in 2009-10.
	(7224)

245	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the national average achieved in standard assessment tests in 2009-10 of industrial action by teaching unions.
	(7225)

246	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanism was used to establish threshold levels for standard assessment tests in 2009-10; and whether the industrial action by teaching unions had an effect on the threshold.
	(7226)

247	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on procedures for (a) completion and (b) analysis of data from standard assessment tests in 2009-10 (i) through the Reporting and Analysis of Improvement through School Self-Evaluation online system and (ii) other means of the industrial action taken by teaching unions.
	(7227)

248	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7298)

249	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to (a) recruit and (b) retain and support social workers.
	(7076)

250	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the new academy schools will be encouraged to adopt banded admissions policies to ensure all-ability intakes.
	(6994)

251	James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards he plans to put in place to prevent inappropriate groups from being approved to manage the proposed free schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(7538)

252	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare places there were (a) in each county in the East of England and (b) nationwide in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009; and how many such places there have been in each area in 2010 to date.
	(7048)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

253	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7155)

254	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since its inception.
	(7319)

255	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since its inception.
	(7338)

256	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since its inception.
	(7357)

257	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since its inception.
	(7375)

258	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his (a) Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for its employees in each year since its inception.
	(7426)

259	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since its inception.
	(7445)

260	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since its inception.
	(7464)

261	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his (a) Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since its inception.
	(7483)

262	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since its inception.
	(7507)

263	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since its inception.
	(7570)

264	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since its inception.
	(7589)

265	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since its inception.
	(7608)

266	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7627)

267	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his (a) Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on training for its employees since its inception.
	(7649)

268	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the annual cost to businesses of participation in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.
	(7158)

269	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to extend the criteria for steps taken by businesses to improve their energy efficiency to be recognised under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.
	(7159)

270	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the effects on numbers of jobs of participation by businesses in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.
	(7160)

271	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the effects of the requirements of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme on small companies participating in that scheme.
	(7161)

272	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to raise the feed-in tariff threshold from 5MW to 10MW.
	(7263)

273	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to implement the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme in April 2011.
	(7264)

274	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage the take-up of renewable heating systems.
	(7119)

275	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homes which would have to be retro-fitted with energy saving materials and equipment each year in order to meet the relevant targets set for 2050.
	(7045)

276	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7297)

277	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the cost to households of installing renewable sources of energy.
	(7111)

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

278	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department's regulations are under review; and if she will make a statement.
	(7154)

279
N

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 29W, on departmental water charges, what the reason is for the variation in water charges paid in each year; for what reasons water charges have been paid on a dormant site; and whether there have been changes to water metering (a) methods and (b) equipment at the site in the last three years.

(6951)

280	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority; and if she will make a statement.
	(7013)

281	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7315)

282	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7334)

283	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7353)

284	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7371)

285	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7422)

286	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7441)

287	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7460)

288	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7479)

289	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7503)

290	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7566)

291	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7585)

292	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7604)

293	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7623)

294	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7642)

295	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received on the decision of the International Whaling Commission to hold part of the proceedings of its 62nd meeting in Morocco in private; and if she will make a statement.
	(7198)

296	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she expressed to her Japanese counterpart the Government's policy on the commercial fishing of dolphins and porpoises at the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Morocco in June 2010.
	(7199)

297	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with conservation groups on decreases in the population of butterflies.
	(7116)

298	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the levels of perfluorooctane sulphonate remaining in water supply areas of Hertfordshire as a result of the incident at Buncefield in December 2005.
	(7117)

299 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much public subsidy was paid to farmers in each constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(6901)

300	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the creation of and support for dairy farming co-operatives; and what recent steps her Department has taken in support of this policy.
	(7056)

301	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) stimulate the rural economy, (b) reduce food miles and (c) improve nutritional standards.
	(7231)

302	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what priorities she has set for research and development expenditure on encouraging the development of anaerobic digestors.
	(7257)

303	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what priorities she has set for research and development expenditure on projects to increase agricultural production and protect the environment; and if she will make a statement.
	(7258)

304	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in her Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in her Department.
	(7296)

305	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Task Force on Farming Regulations to publish its terms of reference; and if she will make a statement.
	(7292)

306

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans (a) to maintain the public availability of the datasets stored on the Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside website and (b) to continue to collect and make publicly available information on environmental schemes and designations in that format; and if she will make a statement.

(7293)

307	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of the Countryside Quality Counts project; whether she plans to maintain the public availability of the Countryside Quality Counts results currently available on the Countryside Quality Counts website; and if she will make a statement.
	(7294)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

308	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the human rights situation of Jewish people in Iran since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (7068)

309	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports on levels of anti-Semitism in (a) Ukraine, (b) Latvia and (c) Estonia since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (7069)

310	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of Qassam rockets being fired from Gaza into southern Israel; whether he has had discussions with the government of Israel on that matter since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (7070)

311	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent reports of the vandalism of a UN summer camp for children in the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (7071)

312	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the internal background note relating to each parliamentary question for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named day tabled by the hon. Member for Southend West and answered by his Department since June 2009.
	(7262)

313

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of (a) rockets and (b) mortar bombs launched into Israeli territory from (i) Lebanon and (ii) Gaza since 1 January 2010; what reports he has received of the number of persons (A) killed, (B) seriously injured and (C) slightly injured; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (7288)

314	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations in respect of the reported Qassam rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel during June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (7289)

315	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7152)

316	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the role of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in responding to the security situation in Kyrgyzistan.
	(7164)

317 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that freedom of religion is upheld in Afghanistan.
	(6914)

318	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which companies sponsored the arrangements made by the British Embassy in Baghdad to celebrate HM the Queen's Birthday in 2010.
	(7054)

319	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens were serving prison sentences in (a) each other EU member state and (b) each non-EU state in each year since 1997.
	(7526)

320	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens serving prison sentences in (a) each other EU member state and (b) non-EU states for convictions which may be unsafe; and if he will make a statement.
	(7527)

321	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel on the blockade on Gaza since the agreement to substitute the list of allowed items for the list of banned items.
	(7058)

322	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the security of British citizens detained following the raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla of the confiscation of their passports by the Israeli authorities.
	(7081)

323	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7401)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

324	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to implement his proposals for GP commissioning.
	(7066)

325	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to give GPs responsibility for commissioning (a) hepatitis B and C and (b) other specialist services; and if he will make a statement.
	(7067)

326	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7151)

327	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to retain nurses within the profession in light of the planned two-year public sector pay freeze.
	(7392)

328	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost of issuing a bowel cancer screening test.
	(7127)

329	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost of issuing and analysing a returned bowel cancer screening test in England.
	(7128)

330	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with bowel cancer as a direct result of taking part in the bowel cancer screening programme in each year since the implementation of that programme.
	(7129)

331	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that primary care trust commissioners work in partnership with schools in the process for commissioning child and adolescent mental health services at a local level.
	(7229)

332	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory duties there are on (a) adult mental health services, (b) adult social services and (c) child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to aid the transition of children who need continuing mental health support from CAMHS to adult services.
	(7230)

333 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ring-fence (a) NHS funding and (b) budgets in other areas of public expenditure to reduce health inequality; and if he will make a statement.
	(6800)

334	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of progress on the proposed Cancer Drugs Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(7175)

335	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received any representations on the availability of Sinemet in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) two months; and if he will make a statement.
	(7176)

336	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had any recent discussions with Merck on the availability of Sinemet.
	(7177)

337	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) IVF and (b) abortion services (i) nationally and (ii) by each primary care trust in the last 12 months.
	(7267)

338 N	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that any changes to the provision of front line services at (a) Chase Farm Hospital and (b) other NHS organisations for the purposes of reducing the deficit of Enfield NHS Trust do not influence the outcome of the local GP-led consultation on the future of healthcare services in Enfield.
	(6837)

339	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7321)

340	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7340)

341	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7359)

342	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7377)

343	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his (a) Department and and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7428)

344	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7447)

345	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7466)

346	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7485)

347	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7509)

348	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7572)

349	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7591)

350	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7610)

351	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7629)

352	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7651)

353	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey programme to his Department's policies; and when he plans to announce his Department's future expenditure on that programme.
	(7197)

354	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much value added tax was paid by the NHS in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(7272)

355	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the financial effect on the NHS of the proposed increase in the standard rate of value added tax in 2011.
	(7273)

356	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum size will be of GP commissioning boards.
	(7038)

357	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the numbers of staff of each grade who will service GP commissioning boards.
	(7042)

358	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future appraisal of drugs for the treatment of ultra orphan diseases.
	(7106)

359	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the remit is of the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services.
	(7107)

360	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to implement the provisions of the Council Recommendation for a European Action on rare diseases (2009/C 151/02).
	(7108)

361	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sexually transmitted infections were diagnosed in genito-urinary medicine clinics in England in each of the last five years.
	(7126)

362	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of sexually transmitted infections which were diagnosed at (a) Waverley Sexual Health Clinic, St Albans and (b) genito-urinary medicine clinics in Hertfordshire in each of the last five years.
	(7138)

363	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Prevention Scheme on the (a) prevalance and (b) date of diagnosis of osteoporosis.
	(7046)

364	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the commissioning guidance on osteoporosis and fracture services included in the Prevention Package for Older People.
	(7047)

365	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of agency nurses working in (a) Essex and (b) England.
	(7200)

366	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed by the NHS are also employed as agency staff.
	(7201)

367	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to change the current system of prescription charges.
	(7202)

368	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of making warfarin treatments available for free on the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(7203)

369	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were prescribed warfarin in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
	(7204)

370	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of providing warfarin for free on the NHS.
	(7205)

371	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS organisations on the Cardiothoracic Surgery Centre at Leeds General Infirmary; what plans his Department has for the future of that centre; and if he will make a statement.
	(7545)

372	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of diabetes there were (i) in all age groups and (ii) amongst those aged 65 years and over in (A) England and (B) each primary care trust area in each of the last 13 years.
	[R] (7254)

373	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the prevalence of diabetes (a) in the general population and (b) amongst those aged 65 years in the last 20 years; and what his most recent estimate is of the prevalence of diabetes in each of those groups.
	[R] (7255)

374	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data the Care Quality Commission (a) collects and (b) holds on the care of people with diabetes resident in adult social care homes.
	(7256)

375	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data the Care Quality Commission (a) collects and (b) holds on the screening for diabetes of people resident in adult social care homes.
	[R] (7281)

376	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the Care Quality Commission uses to assess the quality of diabetes care for people with that condition who are resident in adult social care homes in England.
	[R] (7282)

377	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions (a) the Care Quality Commission and (b) the Commission for Social Care Inspection has reported on the quality of diabetes care in adult social care homes in each of the last five years.
	(7283)

378	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance his Department has issued to providers of adult social care homes on (a) screening for diabetes and (b) managing the care of residents with diabetes.
	(7284)

379	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on the reasons for which people are admitted to hospital from residential care institutions.
	(7285)

380	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care delivered to people with diabetes in care homes.
	[R] (7286)

381	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the proportion of residents of care homes who have (a) diagnosed and (b) undiagnosed diabetes.
	[R] (7287)

382	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7493)

383 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2010, Official Report, column 698 on NHS targets, on what indicators he plans to concentrate in order to manage waiting times; and if he will make a statement.
	(6795)

384

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanisms other than the Change4Life programme his Department plans to change the (a) physical, (b) economic and (c) social environment to assist people to (i) choose a healthy diet, (ii) increase their physical activity levels and (iii) maintain a healthy weight to reduce their risk of cancer; and if he will make a statement.

(7543)

385	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on funding (a) research and (b) education programmes on the links between cancer and (i) diet, (ii) physical activity levels and (iii) weight in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7544)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

386	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of offences related to anti-Semitic violence in (A) Southend, (B) Essex, (C) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (D) England and Wales in the last 12 months.
	[R] (7072)

387	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that Parliament Square is kept free of demonstrators on parliamentary sitting days; what recent representations she has received on this issue; and if she will make a statement.
	(7276)

388	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a report from the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis on the policing of the demonstration held in Parliament Square on 2 July 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(7277)

389	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of her Department's regulations are under review; and if she will make a statement.
	(7150)

390	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 1-2WS, on public spending control, under which budgetary headings she expects her Department to make savings of £55 million in the fiscal year 2010-11.
	(7517)

391	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of DNA matches made with the national DNA database since 4 December 2008 in respect of individuals whose DNA profiles would have been removed from the database under the provisions of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of S and Marper.
	(7053)

392	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the effects on the number of (a) police officers, (b) community police officers and (c) other front line staff in the Northumbria Police Force of the reduction in the force's funding for 2010-11.
	(7123)

393	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to external organisations which undertake work for her Department in respect of immigration and asylum matters in each of the last three years.
	(7075)

394	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of persons in the United Kingdom illegally resident in (a) Weaver Vale constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) the North West and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.
	(6991)

395	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7322)

396	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7341)

397	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7360)

398	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7378)

399	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7429)

400	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7448)

401	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7467)

402	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7486)

403	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7510)

404	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7573)

405	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7592)

406	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7611)

407	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7630)

408	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7652)

409	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the financial effects on police forces of the proposed increase in the standard rate of value added tax in 2011.
	(7270)

410	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much value added tax was paid by police forces in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(7271)

411	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average salary was of a police officer in (a) the Thames Valley and (b) the Metropolitan Police area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(7073)

412	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds have been provided to Maxim Bakiyev following his application for asylum in the UK.
	(7039)

413 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued in 2009; and how much revenue her Department obtained as a result.
	(6904)

414
N

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

(6737)

415	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens have been (a) extradited and (b) transferred to face criminal proceedings in each other EU member state in each year since 1997.
	(7528)

416	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for UK citizens to be (a) extradited and (b) transferred to face criminal proceedings in each other EU member state in each year since 1997 were successful.
	(7529)

417	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for UK citizens to be extradited to face criminal proceedings were made by each non-EU state in each year since 1997; and how many such applications were successful.
	(7530)

418	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in her Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in her Department.
	(7400)

419 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she expects the first documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster to be released by relevant Government departments.
	(6796)

420	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) the government of Pakistan has spent on the protection of General Musharraf provided by her Department while in the United Kingdom in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	(7018)

421 N	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary General of the United Nations on the departure of Antonia Maria Costa from the position of Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
	(6546)

422	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines for speeding offences have been (a) issued by each police force in the East of England region in each year since 1997 and (b) how many such fines have been paid by residents of Norwich South constituency in each such year.
	(7052)

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

423	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the monetary value of the food not consumed from the House of Commons in the last 12 months.
	(7125)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

424	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7149)

425 N	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has given in development aid to Somalia in each of the last three years.
	(6789)

426 N	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Somalia.
	(6791)

427 N	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what priorities he has set for his Department's future funding to Yemen.
	(6797)

428 N	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on development aid in Somalia through (a) UN agencies and (b) (i) multi-lateral and (ii) bi-lateral funding channels in the last 12 months.
	(6798)

429 N	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of the outcome of the recent elections in Somaliland on development matters in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	(6838)

430	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the relative priority of Yemen relative to his Department's other funding priority countries.
	(7122)

431	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7316)

432	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7335)

433	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7354)

434	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7372)

435	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his (a) Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7423)

436	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7442)

437	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7461)

438	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his (a) Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7480)

439	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7504)

440	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7567)

441	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7586)

442	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7605)

443	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7624)

444	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his (a) Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7643)

445	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, column 625W, on developing countries: climate change, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the TradeCom programme.
	(7194)

446	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is giving to renewable energy projects in Pakistan.
	(7385)

447	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his review of bilateral aid programmes will consider which aid instruments are most effective at addressing climate change.
	(7492)

448	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has for the future funding of Centres for Disease Control.
	[R] (7004)

449 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent in each overseas country in 2009.
	(6903)

450	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on amending the Common Agricultural Policy to increase long-term stability in food production.
	(7055)

451	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to facilitate improvements in the levels of the sanitation and sustainability of major rivers in the developing world.
	(7057)

452	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has made to the government of Brazil on the sustainability of cattle ranching in that country.
	(7059)

453	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7399)

454	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to publish his Department's 2009 Health Portfolio Review.
	(7192)

455	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's country programmes had health advisors in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(7193)

456	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to publish his Department's Maternal Health Strategy; and how that strategy will acknowledge the relationship between maternal health and child health.
	(7536)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

457	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7142)

458	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) convicted of first offences and (b) given a custodial sentence of six months or less for a first offence in each year since 2005.
	(7537)

459	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will encourage the use of (a) restorative justice and (b) psychological support programmes as an alternative to the imprisonment of children.
	(7228)

460	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of methods of assessing the risk of re-offending of inmates prior to release from prison.
	(7546)

461	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since its inception.
	(7324)

462	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on information and communication technology in each year since its inception.
	(7343)

463	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since its inception.
	(7362)

464	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since its inception.
	(7380)

465	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7431)

466	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since its inception.
	(7450)

467	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since its inception.
	(7469)

468	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since its inception.
	(7488)

469	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since its inception.
	(7512)

470	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since its inception.
	(7575)

471	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since its inception.
	(7594)

472	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since since its inception.
	(7613)

473	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since its inception.
	(7632)

474	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training since its inception.
	(7654)

475

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who received a custodial sentence of six months or less in the last 12 months were convicted of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) burglary, (d) robbery, (e) theft and handling stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage, (h) drug offences, (i) motoring offences and (j) other offences; and how many people who received a community sentence in the last 12 months were convicted of each of those types of offence.

(7540)

476	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of penalty notices for offences related to shoplifting.
	(7012)

477	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, column 615W, on rape: Greater London, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for offences related to (i) violence against the person, (ii) common assault, (iii) domestic violence and (iv) criminal damage there were in Greater London in each year since 2005.
	(7221)

478	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders were issued to bailiffs for execution in each of the last five years; and how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts Service has received alleging misuse by bailiffs of powers granted by the courts to execute such orders in each such year.
	(7008)

479	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7398)

480	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to provide compensation for people who were exposed to asbestos and have developed asbestos-related diseases on the same basis as was planned by the previous administration.
	(7016)

481	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in ensuring that records management and data processing are undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the legislation for which the ICO is a regulator.
	(7124)

Questions to the Leader of the House

482	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Leader of the House, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Office and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Office.
	(7397)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

483	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7143)

484	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7325)

485	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7344)

486	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7381)

487	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7432)

488	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7451)

489	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7470)

490	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7489)

491	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7513)

492	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7576)

493	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7595)

494	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7614)

495	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7633)

496	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his (a) Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training since 1997.
	(7655)

497	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7396)

Questions to the Prime Minister

498	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Wales on representation of Welsh interests on the (a) Social Justice Committee, (b) Economic Affairs Committee, (c) Coalition Committee, (d) European Affairs Committee and (e) National Security Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(7209)

499	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Office and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches.
	(7395)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

500	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7326)

501	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7345)

502	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7363)

503	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7382)

504	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on travel for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7433)

505	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7452)

506	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7471)

507	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7490)

508	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7514)

509	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7577)

510	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) electricity, (b) water, (c) heating and (d) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7596)

511	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7615)

512	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7634)

513	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on employee training since 1997.
	(7656)

514	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on cross-border rail services serving Motherwell.
	(7551)

515	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7394)

Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

516	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the policy of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is on the disclosure of bank account details submitted to the Authority by hon. Members.
	(7207)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

517	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7140)

518	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 1 July 2010, Official Report, columns 50-2WS, on the EU Transport Council, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on his request for a review of EU Regulation 261/2004 on passenger rights; and if he will make a statement.
	(7520)

519

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 1 July 2010, Official Report, columns 50-2WS, on the EU Transport Council, what representations he has (a) received and (b) sought from (i) consumer groups, (ii) air passenger groups and (iii) airlines prior to or following his request to the European Commission for review of EU Regulation 261/2004 on passenger rights; and if he will make a statement.

(7521)

520	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that future rail fare increases in the South East are proportionate to average earnings growth for regular pay for passengers in the South East.
	(7011)

521	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on funding from his Department's Railways for All Fund for improvements for access to railway stations in Scotland; and how much funding for such improvements will be provided in 2010-11.
	(7037)

522	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7317)

523	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7336)

524	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7355)

525	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7373)

526	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7424)

527	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7443)

528	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7462)

529	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7481)

530	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7505)

531	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7568)

532	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7587)

533	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7606)

534	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7625)

535	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7644)

536	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on his plans to revise the New Approach to Transport Appraisal; and what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timetable are for that review.
	(6999)

537	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether transport schemes approved for progression during the Comprehensive Spending Review will be reappraised using the revised New Approach to Transport Appraisal before they receive final approval.
	(7000)

538	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the figures for (a) punctuality and reliability and (b) passengers in excess numbers were for rail services on the St Albans to London route in each month since November 2009.
	(7115)

539 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes to his Department's funding to Nottinghamshire County Council for road safety are proposed for 2010-11.
	(6900)

540 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety of level crossings in Bassetlaw constituency.
	(6902)

541	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in his Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7393)

542	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at which airports in the UK body scanners are used; what plans he has for their use in the future at those and other airports; and if he will make a statement.
	(7019)

543	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to local transport authorities on the provision of bus lanes; whether that guidance covers the minimum length of bus lanes; and if he will make a statement.
	(7021)

544	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have occurred in each police force area in the East of England since 1997.
	(7051)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

545	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of her Department's regulations are under review; and if she will make a statement.
	(7141)

546	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on holding a future Cabinet meeting in Wales.
	(7009)

547	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7327)

548	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7346)

549	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7364)

550	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7383)

551	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on travel for its employees in each year since 1997.
	(7434)

552	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7453)

553	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7472)

554	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7491)

555	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7515)

556	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7578)

557	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on (a) electricity, (b) water, (c) heating and (d) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7597)

558	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on website design in each year since since 1997.
	(7616)

559	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7635)

560	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on employee training since 1997.
	(7657)

561	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in her Department and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in her Department.
	(7308)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

562	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which of the Government Equalities Office's regulations are under review; and if she will make a statement.
	(7139)

563 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will commission and publish research on how the provisions of the budget will affect women.
	(6905)

564 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the gender pay gap; and if she will make a statement.
	(6906)

565 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will require businesses with more than 250 employees to disclose gender pay information by 2013 if they have not done so already.
	(6907)

566	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers in the Government Equalities Office and (b) other individuals are employed to write speeches for each Minister in that office.
	(7306)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

567	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7148)

568	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on pensioners of his Department's recent decision to link state pensions to earnings.
	(7232)

569	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are not able to work receive the appropriate benefit.
	(7132)

570	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what employment and support allowance is payable to a person with rheumatoid arthritis.
	(7133)

571	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist those with rheumatoid arthritis who are able to work to find employment.
	(7134)

572	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance who were receiving treatment for rheumatoid arthritis during the assessment phase of their claim were requested to attend (a) a work capability assessment and (b) a work-focused interview in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(7135)

573	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment support allowance claimants in receipt of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis during the assessment phase of their claim have been recorded as having attended (a) a work capability assessment and (b) a work-focused interview in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(7136)

574 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each English local authority, in properties of each bedroom size, will be above the cap proposed on page 48 of the Budget Red Book on the date on which the cap is expected to be implemented on local housing allowance.
	(6836)

575 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): 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 Wakefield constituency.
	(6792)

576
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of social sector tenants in Wakefield 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 he has made of the effects of such reductions on the local authority's housing revenue; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the reductions on new build in the social sector.

(6793)

577 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): 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 Wakefield constituency.
	(6794)

578	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Independent Living Fund.
	(7077)

579	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all Independent Living Fund funding approved before the change to the eligibility critera will be disbursed.
	(7078)

580	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the status is of applications made for Independent Living Fund (ILF) support prior to the new criteria coming into force; and for what reasons the City of Edinburgh Council was not informed of the recent cancellation of all scheduled ILF assessment.
	(7079)

581 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote re-skilling initiatives in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK; and how much funding his Department has allocated to such initiatives in 2010-11.
	(6801)

582 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of unemployment in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
	(6802)

583 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the merits of reducing the age of eligibility for the winter fuel allowance.
	(6803)

584	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee awaydays in each year since 1997.
	(7318)

585	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on information and communication technology in each year since 1997.
	(7337)

586	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on office refurbishment in each year since 1997.
	(7356)

587	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on security in each year since 1997.
	(7374)

588	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on travel for employees in each year since 1997.
	(7425)

589	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on hospitality in each year since 1997.
	(7444)

590	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on stationery in each year since 1997.
	(7463)

591	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on logo design in each year since 1997.
	(7482)

592	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on televisions in each year since 1997.
	(7506)

593	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on legal advice in each year since 1997.
	(7569)

594	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) water, (iii) heating and (iv) telephone services in each year since 1997.
	(7588)

595	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on website design in each year since 1997.
	(7607)

596	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on light bulbs in each year since 1997.
	(7626)

597	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his (a) Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on employee training in each year since 1997.
	(7648)

598 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the level of accuracy of ATOS in assessing the eligibility of people with mental health conditions for employment and support allowance.
	(6805)

599	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area receive housing benefit.
	(7274)

600	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in each status category receive housing benefit.
	(7275)

601	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Clwyd South constituency in receipt of weekly local housing allowance of over (a) £400 for a four or five bedroom property, (b) £340 for a three bedroom property, (c) £290 for a two bedroom property and (d) £200 for a one bedroom property.
	(7001)

602	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) lone parents and (b) others who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months by 2013 in Clwyd South constituency.
	(7002)

603	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd 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 who are (i) in work and (ii) unemployed, (c) social sector tenants and (d) private sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit in Clwyd South constituency.
	(7003)

604	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of private sector tenants whose local housing allowance payments will fall in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what estimate he has made of the average reduction in such weekly payments.
	(7233)

605	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Bristol East constituency receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(7235)

606	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) lone parents and (b) others in Bristol East constituency who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months by 2013.
	(7236)

607	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): 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 Bristol East constituency.
	(7237)

608	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of over-occupation in social sector housing where the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit in Bristol East constituency.
	(7238)

609	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-dependants in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in Bristol East constituency.
	(7239)

610

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Bristol East constituency in receipt of weekly local housing allowance payments of (a) over £400 for a four or five bedroom property, (b) over £340 for a three bedroom property, (c) over £290 for a two bedroom property and (d) over £200 for a one bedroom property in 2010-11.

(7240)

611	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age who are (i) employed and (ii) unemployed, (c) social sector tenants and (d) private sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit in Bristol East constituency.
	(7242)

612	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents there are in Bristol East constituency.
	(7243)

613 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne North constituency.
	(6738)

614 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Newcastle Upon Tyne North constituency receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(6740)

615 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 Newcastle Upon Tyne North constituency.
	(6741)

616	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance in East Lothian constituency.
	(7178)

617	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents there are in East Lothian constituency.
	(7179)

618	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age who are (i) employed and (ii) unemployed, (c) social sector tenants and (d) private sector tenants in East Lothian constituency.
	(7180)

619

Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in East Lothian constituency in receipt of local housing allowance of (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 in 2010-11.

(7182)

620	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-dependents living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in East Lothian constituency.
	(7183)

621	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of over-occupation in social sector housing where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in East Lothian constituency.
	(7184)

622

Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of social sector tenants in East Lothian constituency whose housing benefit payments will be reduced in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; what estimate he has made of the average reduction in weekly payments of that allowance; and what estimate he has made of the effect of those reductions on the level of revenue from housing accruing to East Lothian council.

(7185)

623	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) lone parents, (b) people under the age of 24 years and (c) others in East Lothian constituency who will have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months by 2013.
	(7187)

624	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(7188)

625	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of private sector tenants in East Lothian constituency whose local housing allowance payments will be reduced in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what estimate he has made of the average reduction in weekly payments of that allowance to such tenants.
	(7189)

626	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): 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 East Lothian constituency.
	(7190)

627	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who receive a state pension by virtue of marriage are not UK citizens, have not made any national insurance contributions and have never lived in the UK; and how much has been paid to such recipients in the last 12 months.
	(7206)

628	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Ethnic Minority Employment Taskforce is next due to meet; what its role is; and if he will make a statement.
	(7534)

629	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has approved the Work Choice programme for implementation.
	(7403)

630	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers and (b) other individuals are employed in his Department to write speeches for each Minister in his Department.
	(7307)

631	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what he expects the staffing level at Jobcentre Plus to be in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(7109)

632	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on using temporary and agency staff in Jobcentre Plus front offices.
	(7110)

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

633 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Insolvency Service in investigating offences relating to company insolvencies; and if he will make a statement.
	[Question Unstarred] (6690)

634 N	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to finance for small businesses.
	[Question Unstarred] (6701)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

635	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged under 25 years old and resident in Norwich South constituency claimed jobseeker's allowance in (a) 1997, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.
	[Transferred] (7050)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

636	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what grants his Department provides to assist community groups to install microrenewable energy sources on community buildings; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (7112)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

637	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission research on cautions and convictions for offences in relation (a) animal cruelty and (b) child abuse.
	[Transferred] (7196)

638	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stops and searches of individuals from each ethnic background, have been conducted in Walsall South constituency in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (7020)


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