Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 12 July 2010

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 12 July 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 12 July 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 12 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 12 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 12 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7998)

2	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Attorney General, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Law Officers' Departments have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7999)

3	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of answering Questions 7474, 7498, 7580, 7599, 7618, 7637, 7329, 7348, 7366, 7417, 7436, 7455 and 7310, tabled on 8 July 2010 by the hon. Member for Weaver Vale for written answer.
	(8177)

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

4 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward legislation to provide for (a) an orphan works exception, (b) a format shifting exception and (c) extended collective licensing.
	(5090)

5	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to increase the number of engineering apprenticeships in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency.
	(8205)

6	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to increase the number of manufacturing apprenticeships in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency.
	(8206)

7	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to expand the provision of broadband in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8209)

8	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to improve the level of skills among the (a) youth and (b) adult population in (i) the West Midlands, (ii) Dudley borough and (iii) Dudley North constituency.
	(8212)

9	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cars were purchased under the Vehicle Scrappage scheme in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency during the scheme's operation.
	(8213)

10	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the likely effects on the (i) number of jobs and (ii) economy in (A) the West Midlands and (B) Dudley borough of the abolition of regional development agencies; and if he will make a statement.
	(8214)

11	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8236)

12	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8292)

13	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8331)

14	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs which will be created under the New University Challenge programme in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(8401)

15	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of new campuses to be established under the New University Challenge programme in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(8402)

16	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value generated for the West Midlands regional economy by each £1 spent by Advantage West Midlands in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(8408)

17	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding Advantage West Midlands provided for businesses in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
	(8409)

18	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to how many businesses Advantage West Midlands provided funding to in each of the last five years.
	(8410)

19	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were placed in training by Advantage West Midlands in each of the last five years.
	(8411)

20	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the latest discussions that have taken place between Advantage West Midlands and QinetiQ on the quantum technology project in Malvern.
	(7765)

21 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 16 June 2010 on his constituent Mr Ervine Okuboh.
	(7774)

22	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7996)

23	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7997)

24 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what factors he took into account in his review of the decision to provide Sheffield Forgemasters with an £80 million loan facility; and what representations his Department received as part of that review.
	(7246)

25 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether third parties were invited to contribute to his review of the decision to provide Sheffield Forgemasters with an £80 million loan facility.
	(7247)

26 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any representations were received by his review of the decision to provide Sheffield Forgemasters with an £80 million loan facility on Sheffield Forgemasters funding the total cost of the investment commercially.
	(7407)

27	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce a one in, two out policy to reduce the number of regulations on business.
	(8360)

28	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which items of regulation have been identified for repeal under his one in, one out policy.
	(8363)

29	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any businesses in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley received support from the Capital for Enterprise fund in the last 12 months.
	(7855)

30	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any businesses in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley have received loans from the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme in the last 12 months.
	(7856)

31 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which of the services offered in a Post Office branch are not offered by a Post Office essentials service.
	(7767)

32	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to implement the proposed consumer incentive for electric vehicles.
	(7828)

33	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely effects on the manufacturing industry in the North East of the proposed £5,000 consumer incentive for the purchase of electric vehicles.
	(7829)

34 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken in respect of providing free public access to the Post Code Address File.
	(7783)

35	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Advantage West Midlands has spent on grants in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Stafford constituency in each year since 1999.
	(7755)

36	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps have been taken to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees; what progress has been made on plans for the proposed consultation with businesses on this issue; and what timetable is planned for implementation of the proposal.
	(7906)

37	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision to end the North West Development Agency on projects in Wirral South which have been allocated funding by that agency in 2010-11.
	(7673)

38	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from local authorities in Merseyside on the abolition of the North West Development Agency.
	(8044)

39	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for the future of (a) Business Link and (b) Business Link North West.
	(8256)

40	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department has made available to attract inward investment to (a) Wirral West and (b) the North West in the last three years.
	(8257)

41	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department allocated to Business Link in each of the last three years.
	(8258)

42	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance the North West Regional Development Agency has provided to businesses in Wirral West constituency in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(8259)

43	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average costs of operating an office in (a) London, (b) Bassetlaw and (c) other places outside London.
	(7891)

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research on genetically-modified plants, food and feed have been funded by (a) each research council and (b) the Science and Technology Facilities Council since 1997; what the (i) topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8037)

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research projects on (a) soil science, (b) traditional plant breeding, (c) crop agronomy, (d) plant physiology, (e) plant pathology, (f) environmental microbiology, (g) weed science, (h) entomology, (i) crop irrigation, (j) nitrogen fixation, (k) soil phosphorous, (l) soil erosion, (m) pollinating insects and (n) integrated pest management have been funded by (i) each research council and (ii) the Science and Technology Facilities Council since 1997; what the (A) research topic, (B) start date, (C) cost and (D) project code was of each such project; which the lead institution was in each case; and what such projects have been completed to date.

(8038)

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research projects designed to assist (a) the development of organic agriculture and (b) farmers (i) mitigate the effects of and (ii) adapt to climate change have been funded by (A) each research council and (B) the Science and Technology Facilities Council since 1997; what the (1) research topic, (2) start date, (3) cost and (4) project code was of each such project; what the lead institution was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8039)

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research projects on the (a) sources and quantities of greenhouse gases, (b) water pollution and (c) air pollution arising from agricultural activity have been funded by (i) each research council and (ii) the Science and Technology Facilities Council since 1997; what the (A) research topic, (B) start date, (C) cost and (D) project code was of each such project; which the lead institution was in each case; and what such projects have been completed to date.

(8040)

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research projects on public attitudes to the use of pesticides have been funded by each research council; what the (i) research topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; what the lead institution was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8041)

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research projects on marker-assisted plant breeding (a) each research council and (b) the Science and Technology Facilities council has funded sinve 1997; what the (i) research topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; what the lead institution was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8042)

50	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase trade between the UK and the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
	(7681)

51	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support rural businesses.
	(8246)

52	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): 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 (i) the North East and (ii) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(7925)

53
N

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of rules on the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment and (b) level of compliance with those rules; what steps he is taking to ensure that such equipment is not shipped abroad for disposal; and if he will make a statement.

(7559)

54	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Federation of Sub-Postmasters and Postmistresses regarding Camelot's application to the National Lottery Commission to operate additional commercial services in partnership with the Post Office; and if he will make a statement.
	(7658)

55	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport regarding the Post Office's involvement in Camelot's application to the National Lottery Commission to operate commercial bill payment and mobile telephone top-up services; and if he will make a statement.
	(7661)

56	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that those who own programme making and special events equipment due to be rendered redundant as a result of the clearance of the 600 MHz and 800 MHz spectrum are not left any worse off as a result of the changes.
	(7663)

57	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what terms the Government will provide compensation to those in the programme making and special events sector whose wireless equipment will be rendered redundant as a consequence of the clearance and sale of the digital dividend spectrum.
	(7664)

58	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were taken up by people aged between 30 and 50 years in each of the last five years.
	(7930)

59	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what target he has set for the number of apprenticeships to be taken up by people aged between 30 and 50 years in each of the next five years.
	(7931)

60 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Business Link service; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each assessment on the effectiveness of the service he has considered.
	(7025)

61	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what market testing his Department undertook in relation to Form IN01, Application to Register a Company prior to its introduction in 2009.
	(8388)

62	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of applications to register a company using Form IN01, which are rejected by Companies House owing to errors in the completion of the form.
	(8389)

63 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): 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, what the breakdown by (a) budget area and (b) local authority area is of the £265 million reduction in expenditure to be made from his Department.
	(7031)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

64	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8228)

65	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8287)

66	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8322)

67 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 50 and 59 years were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each year since 2001.
	(7103)

68	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7994)

69	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7995)

70	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to implement the proposals in his Department's paper Mutual Benefit: Giving People Power over Public Services.
	(8100)

71 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) young people and (b) people from black and minority ethnic groups to enrol on the electoral register.
	(7099)

72	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small businesses in Enfield North constituency generated a turnover of (a) between £70,000 and £100,000 and (b) over £100,000 in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(8108)

73	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five-year survival rate of small businesses was in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(8109)

74	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses (a) started up and (b) ceased in Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years.
	(8110)

75	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of public sector employees in Wales who will be directly affected by the implementation of the proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme announced on 6 July 2010.
	(7824)

76	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents there are in Edinburgh East constituency.
	(8187)

77	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what work his Department's European and Global Issues Secretariat undertakes on global energy subsidy reform.
	(8011)

78 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what costs OGC Buying Solutions incurred in (a) sponsoring the procurement covered at the local Government Chronicle Awards 2010, (b) providing publicity for such sponsorship and (c) providing travel, accommodation or subsistence payments to persons attending the awards ceremony.
	(5958)

79	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many registered charities are based in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
	(7826)

80	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of standardising the employment application forms used by the Home Civil Service and non-departmental public bodies.
	(8383)

81	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to non-departmental public bodies on the future employment of staff currently employed in policy roles; and if he will make a statement.
	(8384)

82	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of the relocation of DirectGov from the (a) Cabinet Office to the Central Office of Information, (b) Central Office of Information to the Department for Work and Pensions and (c) Department for Work and Pensions to the Cabinet Office.
	(8385)

83	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of Civil Service posts of his Department's plans to reduce the size of websites of individual Government departments; and what assessment he has made of the effect on consumers of the consolidation of information from those departments on the DirectGov website.
	(8386)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

84	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many miles each Minister in his Department travelled in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8179)

85	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much expenditure each Minister in his Department incurred in respect of entertainment in May 2010.
	(8180)

86	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much expenditure his Department incurred in respect of travel undertaken by each Minister in his Department in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8181)

87	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency were registered for value added tax in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many new businesses registered for value added tax in the same period.
	(8207)

88	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households on low incomes in (a) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency have received child benefit in each of the last five years.
	(8274)

89	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of proposals in the June 2010 Budget on those resident in (a) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency who are in receipt of (i) child benefit and (ii) tax credits; and if he will make a statement.
	(8276)

90	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8293)

91	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8330)

92	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on the number of jobs in the economy in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough of raising the rate of value added tax to 20 per cent.
	(8391)

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households which will lose income as a result of the implementation of his proposals to (a) reduce the tax credit second income threshold to £40,000, (b) increase the first and second withdrawal rate to 41 per cent., (c) taper the family element of child tax credit immediately after the child element, (d) remove the baby element of child tax credit, (e) remove the 50 plus element of working tax credit, (f) reverse the child tax credit supplement for children aged one and two years, (g) reduce the income disregard from (i) £25,000 to £10,000, (ii) £10,000 to £5,000, (h) introduce an income disregard of £2,500 for falls in income and (i) reduce the backdating of tax credits for changes of circumstances from three months to one month in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and what estimate he has made of the average change in total household income consequent on the implementation of each such proposal in each such year in (A) cash and (B) real terms in (1) the West Midlands, (2) Dudley borough and (3) Dudley North constituency.

(8392)

94	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency have received child tax credit in each of the last five years.
	(8393)

95	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency in the income band of £41,000 to £50,000 have received child tax credit in each of the last five years.
	(8394)

96	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency in the annual income band of (i) £10,000 to £20,000, (ii) £21,000 to £30,000, (iii) £31,000 to £40,000, (iv) £41,000 to £50,000, (v) £51,000 to £60,000 and (vi) £60,000 or more are in receipt of tax credits.
	(8395)

97	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough had used the HM Revenue and Customs' Time to Pay programme on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(8396)

98	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley Borough and (c) Dudley North constituency claim child tax credit.
	(8397)

99	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7955)

100	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7956)

101	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on those living in fuel poverty of the increase in the standard rate of value added tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(7746)

102 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will undertake the responsibilities for the Office of Budget Responsibility discharged by Sir Alan Budd until a successor is appointed; and if he will make a statement.
	(7864)

103 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date Sir Alan Budd informed him of his intention to step down as Head of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
	(7945)

104 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will seek to hold discussions at EU level on reducing the EU budget by the same proportion as reductions in member states' national expenditure over the next EU budgetary period.
	(7863)

105 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in each London constituency have an annual income above £30,000.
	(7742)

106 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of households in each UK region are in receipt of tax credits and have an annual income above £30,000.
	(7743)

107
N

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the (a) size of the budget of the European Parliament in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 and (b) the annual (A) nominal and (B) percentage change in the size of the budget in each of the last five years; what proportion of the budget heading 5 (administration) of the European Union budget is accounted for by the European Parliament budget; and if he will take steps in the Council of Ministers to reduce the costs of the European Parliament.

(7942)

108	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make representations to the Payments Council to reverse its decision to withdraw cheques.
	(8093)

109 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether equality impact assessments will be used in determining the areas of his Department's budget in respect of which spending will be reduced.
	(7097)

110 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has conducted any analysis of the effect of the direct personal tax and benefit measures in the June 2010 Budget on (a) men and (b) women; and whether he conducted any such analysis in the preparation of the Budget.
	(7217)

111 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Coventry South and in receipt of tax credits have an annual income of over £30,000.
	(7101)

112 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(7102)

113	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the effect on revenues accrued by the Exchequer of online betting firms relocating offshore in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(7797)

114	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to repeal the IR35 legislative provisions on intermediaries.
	(8367)

115	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 205, on the Finance Bill, what the statistical source was of the forecast in respect of further convergence.
	(7825)

116	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to footnote 1 of Table 9.2 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses, July 2010, how much the (a) end year flexibility and (b) reserve claims are for Wales.
	(7939)

117	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of bringing forward proposals to change the rules on private finance initiatives (PFI) to require all PFI contractors to pay full tax in the UK.
	(8136)

118	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of the terms (a) tax avoidance and (b) tax efficiency his Department uses.
	(7667)

119	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take (a) to reduce the levels of tax avoidance and (b) to close tax loopholes.
	(7668)

120	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent research he has commissioned on (a) current levels of tax avoidance and (b) measures to close loopholes used by those avoiding tax.
	(7669)

121	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) modelling and (b) assessments his Department has undertaken in the last six months on (i) the extent of tax avoidance and (ii) measures it has considered to close tax loopholes.
	(7670)

122	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms his Department uses (a) to estimate the extent of tax avoidance and (b) to assess the effectiveness of measures to close tax loopholes.
	(7671)

123	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of tax avoidance in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	(7672)

124	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on (a) banks and (b) the banking sector of the measures proposed in the June 2010 Budget in respect of (i) the banking levy, (ii) changes to corporation tax, (iii) the rise in the rate of value added tax and (iv) other relevant measures.
	(7682)

125	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to identify possible loopholes in the tax system which (a) companies and (b) individuals may use (i) to avoid paying and (ii) pay less tax.
	(7683)

126	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department retains information on its former employees who worked on tax policy who have (a) resigned and (b) retired and subsequently found employment in (i) tax advisory companies and (ii) tax law practices.
	(8137)

127	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the selection process was for members of the Budget Responsibility Committee who took the final decision on appointment of the members; and on what terms and conditions these members were appointed.
	(8107)

128	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in Edinburgh East constituency have an income of over £30,000.
	(8178)

129	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh 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 rent in 2011-12 for properties of (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five bedrooms in Edinburgh East constituency.
	(8188)

130	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the number of (a) working tax credit over-payments and (b) changes to levels of earnings disregard in each of the last three years.
	(8120)

131	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2010, Official Report, column 238W, on debts: interest charges, if he will estimate the revenue which would be raised in 2010-11 if the tax deductibility of interest payments on debt were removed from financial corporations.
	(8241)

132 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effects on (a) charities and (b) Exchequer revenue of allowing gift aid arrangements to apply in full to donations made by higher rate tax payers.
	(7780)

133	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that listed places of worship will be able to reclaim value added tax incurred on repairs and maintenance following the closure of the Listed Places of Worship Scheme in March 2011.
	(8244)

134	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 183W, on child benefit, when he expects to be able to provide figures for the number of (a) mothers who receive child benefit and (b) children who trigger payments in Worlsey and Eccles South constituency.
	(8095)

135	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 186W, on welfare tax credits, when he expects to be able to publish information on the number of households in Worsley and Eccles South constituency which receive tax credits.
	(8096)

136 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households with annual incomes of over (a) £15,000 and (b) £30,000 in (i) England, (ii) Leicester and (iii) Leicester West constituency are in receipt of child tax credits.
	(7096)

137	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding for the Green Investment Bank will be drawn from the (a) public purse and (b) private sector.
	(8309)

138	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many registered charities are registered for value added tax in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
	(7827)

139 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's correspondence with Sir Alan Budd on his appointment as Head of the Office of Budget Responsibility.
	(7850)

140	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers in Stirling constituency for a second or subsequent child in 2009-10.
	(8203)

141	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of tax credits in Stirling have an income of over £30,000.
	(8313)

142	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last reviewed the mechanisms for provision by the Government of matched funding for EU funding committed to programmes in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(8186)

143	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on (a) men and (b) women of implementation of the tax and benefit changes announced in the June 2010 Budget.
	(8102)

144	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on (a) men and (b) women of his proposals to freeze pay in the public sector.
	(8103)

145	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on (a) men and (b) women of the increase in the rate of value added tax.
	(8104)

146	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been written off in tax revenue by the Exchequer in cases where Football Association football clubs have gone into administration in each of the last three years.
	(7890)

147	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 183W, on child benefit, when he expects to publish figures for the number of (a) mothers who receive child benefit and (b) children who trigger child benefit payments in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(8182)

148	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 186W, on welfare tax credit, when he expects to provide figures for the number of households in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency which receive tax credits.
	(8378)

149	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2010, Official Report, columns 298-9W, on welfare tax credit, when he expects to be able to provide figures for the number of households in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency who receive tax credits and have an income of over £30,000.
	(8379)

150	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the full-year effect is of reductions in the revenue expenditure of each department announced by his Department.
	(7676)

151	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net full-year effect on the Exchequer is of changes to social security benefits announced in the June 2010 Budget.
	(7677)

152	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the full-year effect on departmental revenue budgets is of changes to departments' capital programmes proposed by his Department.
	(7678)

153 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it takes to obtain a tax return form following an initial request; what steps he is taking to reduce that time; and if he will make a statement.
	(7557)

154	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made on (a) the revenue from the 800 MHz spectrum auctions and (b) the replacement cost for programme making and special events equipment that currently operates in the 800 MHz band.
	(7665)

155	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills a working group to implement the recommendations on construction procurement in the public sector made in the National Audit Office report on Modernising Construction, HC (2000-01) 87.
	(8372)

156	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the number of jobs in the construction sector of a reduction of five per cent. in the standard rate of value added tax.
	(8373)

157	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce project bank accounts as a standard arrangement for all public sector projects.
	(8374)

158	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology was used to estimate the number of private sector jobs forecast to be created in the next five years.
	(8249)

159

Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people not liable to pay tax at the 50 pence higher rate subject to marginal deduction rates of over (a) 60, (b) 70, (c) 80 and (d) 90 per cent. in (i) (A) 2011 and (B) 2012-13 under the proposals in the June 2010 budget and (ii) (1) 2011-12 and (2) 2012-13 under the proposals in the March 2010 budget.

(7822)

160 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what statistical forecast his Department has made of the effect on revenues to the Exchequer of the bank levy announced in the June 2010 Budget.
	(7909)

161 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the amount of corporation tax revenue to the Exchequer from the financial services sector which will result from the reduction in the corporation tax rate from 2011-12 to 2014-15 announced in the June 2010 Budget.
	(7910)

162	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what date he has set for the conclusion of his Department's consultation on the tax treatment of furnished holiday lettings.
	(8380)

163

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1383W, on taxation: holiday accommodation, how many responses (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs received from operators of long-term residential lets on proposals to extend furnished holiday lettings relief to operators of self-catering holiday properties; and how many such responses sought the abolition of such relief.

(8381)

164	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 177W, on taxation: holiday accommodation, who the interested parties were with whom meetings were held.
	(8382)

165	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct HM Revenue and Customs to examine the tax treatment of rented furnished accommodation in French law for the purposes of its consultation on compliance of UK rules with EU law.
	(8435)

166	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct HM Revenue and Customs to write to each respondent to the original consultation on furnished holiday letting rules to invite a response to the fresh consultation.
	(8450)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

167	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8224)

168	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8299)

169	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8325)

170	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the decision on the bid for funding for the Wood Road Local Authority New Build Scheme to be announced; and if he will make a statement.
	(8405)

171	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the decision on the bid for funding for the Blackthorn Road Local Authority New Build Scheme to be announced; and if he will make a statement.
	(8406)

172	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the decision on the bid for funding for Tenacre Lane Local Authority New Build Scheme to be announced; and if he will make a statement.
	(8407)

173	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely in-year change to his Department's capital allocation to each local authority in the West Midlands in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(8412)

174	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7984)

175	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7985)

176 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the date on which each planned city referendum on elected mayors is to take place.
	(7245)

177	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the status is of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister draft circular 01/2006 (Gypsy and traveller sites); whether he plans to bring forward proposals to replace it.
	(8145)

178 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average annual projected change in the number of households in England between 2006 and 2031 on the basis of (a) the principal population and (b) a zero net migration projection.
	(7772)

179	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to increase the transparency of the existing formula grant allocation process.
	(8010)

180	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable he has set for the review of local government finance.
	(8012)

181
N

Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what costs his Department incurred in connection with its sponsorship of the (a) Environmental Innovation in Waste Collection Achievement of the Year award and (b) Reducing Health Inequalities Achievement of the Year award at the Municipal Journal Awards 2010 in respect of (i) sponsorship, (ii) publicity and (iii) costs incurred in (A) travel, (B) accommodation and (C) subsistence payments for Ministers, staff and guests of his Department at the awards ceremony.

(6423)

182
N

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2010, Official Report, column 312W, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) local authority and (b) housing association properties in each local authority remaining to be refurbished under the Decent Homes programme on 31 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.

(7818)

183 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) Kickstart and (b) local authority new build projects which were placed on hold by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in their statement of 25 May 2010 have now reached legal completion and will be funded following the HCA's statement of 6 July 2010.
	(7849)

184	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has put in place sanctions for councils that do not assess levels of housing need in their area; and whether his Department has established incentives for councils to undertake such an assessment.
	(7929)

185 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have received support from the Mortgage Help website and telephone advice line in the last (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.
	(7943)

186 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he plans to allocate the reduction to the 2010-11 Housing Market Renewal budget among the 11 pathfinder projects.
	(7947)

187	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much public funding was provided for urban search and rescue teams deployed overseas in each of the last three financial years.
	[R] (7912)

188	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the future of the FiReControl project.
	[R] (7914)

189	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has put in place to ensure that the FiReControl project is delivered on time and on budget.
	[R] (7915)

190	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were rescued from fires by each fire and rescue service in England between April 2009 and March 2010; and how many were (a) injured or (ii) unharmed.
	[R] (7916)

191	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Government funding has been allocated to the Chief Fire Officers' Association in each year since 2005.
	[R] (7917)

192 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated by the Homes and Communities Agency to social housing providers for each project in Peterborough in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(7249)

193	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to continue with the housing regeneration scheme in the Bransholme North area of Kingston upon Hull North constituency.
	(7981)

194	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on funding for fire and rescue services of the two-year freeze of council tax rates; and if he will make a statement.
	(8368)

195	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the income of each fire and rescue authority in England was from (a) central Government grant, (b) council tax and (c) other sources in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(8369)

196	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on national standards for fire cover in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(8370)

197	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to fire authorities on (a) firefighter training, (b) recording non-fatal injuries and (c) equipment procurement.
	(8371)

198	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): 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 North West constituency.
	(7787)

199

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that those most in need are not affected by the effects of the reduction in his Department's expenditure announced in the Written Ministerial Statement on 10 June 2010, Official Report, columns 15-18WS, on the local government savings package; and if he will make a statement.

(8185)

200

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Written Ministerial Statement of 10 June 2010, Official Report, columns 16-17WS, on the local government savings package, what assessment he has made of the effects on Sunderland local authority of the reduction in the funding allocated by his Department to the Working Neighbourhoods Fund.

(8242)

201	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 10 June 2010, Official Report, columns 16-17WS, on the local government savings package, if he will undertake an impact assessment of the in-year reduction to grant funding for local authorities.
	(8243)

202	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its National Planning Framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(8307)

203	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to help low-income households in receipt of housing benefit to find accommodation in the private rented sector.
	(7747)

204	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has for the development of (a) local lettings agencies and (b) the implementation of the recommendations of the Rugg review of private rented sector housing.
	(7748)

205	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his plans are for the future of the commission on affordable housing delivery chaired by Lord Best.
	(7749)

206	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 894W, on private rented housing, what further meetings of his Department's task and finish groups have been held since 12 May 2010.
	(7932)

207 N	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to prevent local authorities from publishing their own newspapers.
	(7690)

208 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the results of the regional review of funding for round two Kickstart projects to be published.
	(7819)

209 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors he plans to take into account in determining the outcome of the regional review of funding for round two Kickstart projects.
	(7820)

210 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made provision for public consultation under the regional review of funding for round two Kickstart projects.
	(7821)

211 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): 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 the breakdown by (a) budget area and (b) local authority area is of the £220 million reduction in expenditure to be made from his Department.
	(7033)

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

212	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely legacy for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and its residents from the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement.
	(8219)

213	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what London 2012 Olympics cultural legacy projects are planned for the (a) West Midlands and (b) Black Country.
	(8220)

214	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that cities and towns (a) outside London and (b) in the West Midlands will benefit from the London 2012 Olympics.
	(8221)

215	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8237)

216	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8294)

217	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8332)

218	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7990)

219	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7991)

220	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, columns 16-17W, on music, what the 14 community music rehearsal spaces are; how much funding his Department plans to allocate to them; and over what period that funding will be allocated.
	(7951)

221	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 15W, on the British Film Institute: UK Film Council, when he expects to announce the outcome of his reassessment of Government support for film.
	(7988)

222 N	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the (a) cash and (b) percentage change in the amount of lottery funding for the Arts Council England would be if the share of lottery funding going to the arts good cause were increased to 20 per cent.
	(8006)

223 N	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, to what good causes National Lottery funding went in the first year after the lottery was established.
	(8007)

224 N	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Big Lottery funding after 1 April 2011 will be able to go to the good cause of health, education and environment.
	(8008)

225	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the terms of reference are of the Shott review of local media ownership rules; and how much will be spent on the review.
	(8009)

226 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will undertake an assessment of potential effects on levels of gambling of Camelot offering bill payment services through National Lottery terminals.
	(7803)

227 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will require the National Lottery Commission to report to Parliament on the reasons for its decision on whether or not to allow Camelot to enter into the bill payment market when that decision is made.
	(7804)

228
N

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of Lottery transactions required to be made to meet the projections in Camelot's proposal to contribute to good causes from Lottery receipts; and if he will assess the effect of any resultant increase in transactions on the Lottery (a) playing and (b) bill payment services at peak times.

(7805)

229 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has been informed of whether Camelot and Post Office Ltd have made an agreement to provide subsidy for sub-postmasters should Camelot be successful in its application to enter into the bill payment and post office services market; and if he will make a statement.
	(7806)

230 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has commissioned or evaluated research into which socio-economic groups are more likely to make bill payments and top-up mobile telephones using electronic bill payment services in local retail outlets.
	(7807)

231 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 16W, on Coventry Market, when he plans to make a final decision.
	(7100)

232	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to limit the right of betting shops to operate slot machines on their premises.
	(8133)

233	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of licensed betting shops and (b) population per betting shop in each ward in each decile of the index of multiple deprivation in England.
	(8134)

234	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will undertake a study to assess the effects on the level of gambling addiction of permitting betting shops to operate slot machines on their premises.
	(8135)

235	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether proposals will be invited for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics to include items featuring Britain's traditional folk culture; and if he will make a statement.
	(7659)

236

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what action his Department has taken to ensure that the National Lottery Commission consults stakeholders and other interested parties regarding the implications for its core National Lottery business and brand as a consequence of Camelot's application to be able to operate other commercial services; and if he will make a statement.

(7662)

237	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the National Lottery Commission and (b) Camelot regarding Camelot's application to be able to operate certain commercial services in addition to the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement.
	(7666)

238	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many new public libraries were built in England in each of the last 10 years.
	(7927)

239	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many public libraries were closed in England in each of the last 10 years.
	(7928)

240	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much was spent on public libraries in England in each of the last five years.
	(7933)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

241	Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has defined the public task of the Met Office.
	(8092)

242	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans' lapel badges have been issued to former members of the armed forces resident in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency.
	(8222)

243	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8238)

244	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8295)

245	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8329)

246	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for the role of UK personnel in the current counter-insurgency campaign in Afghanistan of reports that the Government will seek to begin the withdrawal of such personnel from Afghanistan by 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	(8197)

247	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7979)

248	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7980)

249	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Investment Approvals Board to consider the report of the Initial Gate review for the Trident replacement programme; whether he plans to publish that report; and what opportunities hon. Members will have to scrutinise that report.
	(7751)

250	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghans from each ethnic group have been recruited to the Afghan National Army; and how many such recruits deserted or otherwise left that army in the last three years.
	(8251)

251	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size and (b) ethnic composition of the Afghan National Army in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Helmand province was (A) in 2007 and (B) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(8252)

252	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what unmanned defence equipment is (a) in use, (b) in development and (c) under consideration for future use; and what the cost to the public purse was of each type of equipment programme on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(8253)

253	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded contracts and sub-contracts for construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales; at which sites he expects work under each such contract; and what the monetary value is of each such contract.
	(7937)

254	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people directly working on the construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
	(7950)

255	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for publication of the (a) value for money review of the Trident replacement programme and (b) the report of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(8106)

256	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, if he will review the amount of parental contribution to the continuity of education allowance paid by service personnel in receipt of the allowance.
	(7801)

257	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what counselling and advice facilities are available for military personnel during and immediately after service to reduce the chances of their entering the criminal justice system.
	(7866)

258	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans travelled to the United Arab Emirates in the course of his official duties between October 2008 and May 2010; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each visit.
	(8254)

259	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since January 2005; and how much each of those individuals has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(8255)

260	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the repairs to Yatimchay Road in Helmand Province intended to make the road safer from attack by improvised explosive devices.
	(7685)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

261	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of counting votes for parliamentary constituencies under (a) the alternative vote system and (b) the first past the post system.
	(8091)

262 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, by what mechanism Sheffield constituencies will be drawn to ensure that all are within five per cent. of a target quota of registered electors without (a) crossing local authority ward boundaries and (b) first reviewing local authority ward boundaries.
	(7244)

263 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to seek to ensure 100 per cent. electoral registration; and if he will make a statement.
	(7026)

264 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he plans to issue to the Boundary Commission on whether the whole of a local authority ward should fall within a single parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	(7088)

265	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated cost to the public purse will be of the referendum on the alternative vote.
	(7846)

266	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he received advice (a) in favour of and (b) against holding the Alternative Vote referendum on the same day as elections for the devolved legislatures and local authority elections.
	(7823)

267 N	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the total registered electorate in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland on 5 May 2011; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of that electorate expected to vote in local elections held on that date.
	(7210)

268	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights' on voting rights for prisoners in the UK.
	(7800)

269	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a power of recall of hon. Members by their constituents.
	(7756)

270	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to restrict existing rights to appeal against decisions of the Boundary Commission as part of his proposed reform of constituency boundaries.
	(7757)

271	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the completeness of the electoral register of individual voter registration.
	(7758)

272 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the annual salary cost is of staff in his private office; and what the cost was of salaries in the Deputy Prime Minister's Office in each year from 2007-08 to 2009-10.
	(7889)

273	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on establishing a commission to consider the West Lothian Question.
	(7834)

274	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to increase the completeness of the electoral register in 2010.
	(7835)

275	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what data derived from the 2011 Census he plans to take into account of in his proposed review of Parliamentary constituency boundaries.
	(7836)

276	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the devolved administration, (b) local government, (c) trades unions, (d) industry, (e) voluntary organisations and (f) the public in relation to the proposed referendum on electoral reform.
	(8443)

277	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposed referendum on electoral reform when (a) held on its own and (b) combined with elections to the devolved bodies.
	(8444)

278	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he sought advice from the Electoral Commission on the proposed date of the referendum on electoral reform.
	(8445)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

279	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE in each year since 1997.
	(8143)

280	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from local authorities in the West Midlands on the decision to end the ContactPoint database.
	(8200)

281	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on the ContactPoint scheme in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.
	(8201)

282	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency have used the Connexions service in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(8208)

283	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8225)

284	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8300)

285	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8324)

286	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Dudley have submitted an application for academy status.
	(8398)

287	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to refurbish primary and secondary schools in Dudley North constituency.
	(8399)

288	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the Building Schools for the Future programme from (a) Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, (b) bodies and charities in Dudley borough and (c) residents of Dudley.
	(8400)

289	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough as a result of ending the ContactPoint database in each of the next five financial years.
	(8403)

290	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on first quarter grant payments to each local authority in the West Midlands in respect of the ContactPoint database in June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(8404)

291	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7992)

292	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7993)

293	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many expressions of interest in academy status have been received from schools in Ealing Central and Acton constituency.
	(7873)

294 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary short stay school places are available in each local authority area.
	(7552)

295 N	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 statements of special educational needs are placed in short stay schools in each local authority area.
	(7556)

296	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms exist to safeguard the interests of (a) hard to place children, (b) children with special educational needs and (c) other children with specific needs educated in academy schools; and what mechanisms there are to safeguard the interests of the parents of such children.
	(7675)

297	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the Building Schools for the Future sample schools (a) Ian Ramsey and (b) Bishopsgarth in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
	(7750)

298	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department's guidance notes for discretionary learner support funds for 16 to 18 year olds and adults will be published.
	(7883)

299	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in each school in Enfield North constituency obtained five GCSEs at grades A* to C in each of the last five years.
	(8199)

300	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in the London Borough of Enfield have submitted an application for academy status.
	(8264)

301	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 7 July 2010, Official Report, columns 484-5, on schools funding, for what reason the location of Broadoak School was given as Eltham constituency in the list provided to the House; and if he will make a statement.
	(8446)

302	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 47-50, on education funding, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the reduction in funding to the Building Schools for the Future Programme to the reduction of the Government's structural deficit; and if he will make a statement.
	(8447)

303

Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 45-50, on schools funding, what estimate he has made of the funding required for essential repairs to school buildings in locations where Building Schools for the Future programmes will not proceed; what contingency funding has been allocated for such repairs; and if he will make a statement.

(8448)

304

Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 45-50, on schools funding, what criteria he applied to determine the Building Schools for the Future projects which were not to proceed; what account he took of (a) formal commitments made and (b) time spent by school authorities and pupils in preparing bids under the programme in making his determinations; and if he will make a statement.

(8449)

305	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department expects to allocate to the Learning Outiside the Classroom programme in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(8139)

306 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to question 3825, on departmental public expenditure, tabled on 17 June 2010.
	(7941)

307	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what objectives have been set for the outcome of the private finance initiative project proposed for Swiss Cottage School.
	(7869)

308	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the costs incurred by the London Borough of (a) Brent and (b) Camden in preparing schools in their areas for the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(7870)

309	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the costs incurred by (a) Hampstead, (b) Jack Taylor, (c) Queen's Park Community and (d) Royal Free Hospital Children's school on preparations for the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(7871)

310	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with whom he is discussing a private finance initiative project for (a) UCL Camden Academy and (b) Swiss Cottage School; and what objectives he has set for the outcome of those discussions.
	(7872)

311	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much it cost to rename the Department of Children, Schools and Families as the Department for Education.
	(8051)

312	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department had discussions with Warrington Borough Council before his announcement on the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(8000)

313	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the effects his decision on the Building Schools for the Future programme will have on levels of educational inequality in Warrington.
	(8001)

314	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of construction jobs in Warrington of his announcement on the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(8002)

315	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from Warrington Borough Council on his decisions not to proceed with plans under the Building Schools for the Future programme in Warrington North constituency.
	(8003)

316	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) Warrington Borough Council on the relationship between plans to rebuild William Beaumont High School and the development of the Orford Park project in Warrington North.
	(8004)

317	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the effect of the decision on the Building Schools for the Future programme on the number of (a) jobs and (b) apprenticeships in Warrington.
	(8005)

318	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the Sixth Report of the Children, Schools and Families Committee of Session 2009-10, HC 418, on Transforming Education Outside the Classroom.
	(7868)

319	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many expressions of interest in academy status his Department has received from schools in (a) South Northamptonshire constituency and (b) England.
	(7760)

320	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects on young people of the illegal use of ketamine.
	(7745)

321	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the future of National Challenge trusts for schools.
	(7762)

322	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to award trust status to Arrow Vale High School, Worcester.
	(7763)

323	Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to schools which bid for funding under the Building Schools for the Future scheme on the ending of that scheme.
	(8142)

324

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the planned expenditure on the Building Schools for the Future programme in (a) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and (b) Sunderland would have been for (i) mainstream provision and (ii) special needs and other non-mainstream provision in each of the next three years had the programme not been discontinued.

(7922)

325	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects on schools in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency of his decision to discontinue the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(7923)

326	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the effects of ending the Building Schools for the Future programme on the number of construction jobs in (a) Sunderland and (b) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
	(7924)

327	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools whose Building Schools for the Future scheme projects were classified as unaffected are already under construction.
	(8198)

328	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to continue to fund Playing for Success education programmes.
	(7764)

329 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will undertake an investigation of the arrangements for training teachers for the purpose of raising the standard of teaching in schools.
	(7082)

330	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that new schools established by parents under the free schools programme follow his Department's guidance on the referral of suspected child abuse cases to children's social services.
	(7940)

331 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, column 49, on education funding, by what date he expects the review of his Department's capital spending to be completed.
	(7023)

332 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): 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, what the breakdown by (a) budget area and (b) local education authority area is of the £1 billion reduction in expenditure to be made from his Department.
	(7032)

333 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 47-73, whether Dyke House Sports and Technology College in Hartlepool will be permitted to continue its capital build programme according to its proposed timetable.
	(7212)

334 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts New Schools Network has been awarded in the last 12 months.
	(7689)

335 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sources of advice and information are available to parents who are considering establishing a free school.
	(7769)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

336	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8226)

337	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8290)

338	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8314)

339	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7977)

340	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7978)

341	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate has been made of the number of households which will enter fuel poverty in each London local authority area following the introduction of the higher standard rate of value added tax.
	(7741)

342	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to make an announcement on a feed-in tariff rate for biomethane injection into the grid.
	(8013)

343	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of his policy of providing no subsidy for nuclear power with the existing limitation on liabilities on private nuclear power plant operators under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965.
	(7735)

344	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will review whether the provisions of the Nuclear Installations (Excepted Matter) Regulations 1978 remain relevant; and what his policy is on undertaking such reviews of regulations covering civil nuclear installations.
	(7736)

345	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of a beyond- design-basis accident at a civil nuclear installation in the United Kingdom that creates liabilities above the existing limitation of liabilities placed on nuclear installation operators.
	(7737)

346

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions Ministers and officials in his Department have had with companies that have indicated an interest in building new nuclear power plants in the UK on the implications for their investment in new plants of the removal of limitation on liabilities under insurance arrangements covering nuclear installation operators.

(7738)

347	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the Office for Nuclear Development was established as a non-departmental public body; what assessment was made of the merits of establishing it as a unit within his Department; and whether it receives any funding support from the commercial nuclear industry.
	(8427)

348	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of establishing the Office for Renewable Energy Development as a non-departmental public body.
	(8428)

349	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the replacement of overhead power lines and pylons with underground cables.
	(8245)

350	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind farms have been built in each constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7857)

351	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will hold discussions with BP to encourage the provision of training to volunteers to tackle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
	(7810)

352 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish a table showing the cost per tonne of carbon emissions reduced by (a) cavity wall insulation, (b) technologies benefiting from feed-in tariffs and (c) technologies under consideration for the renewable heat incentive.
	(6807)

353 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons the emissions factor applied to electricity under the Standard Assessment Procedure rating system for dwellings assumes a projected level of decarbonisation of five years hence.
	(6809)

354	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what date he has set for the eradication of fuel poverty in England and Wales.
	(7728)

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

355	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by (a) her and (b) each other Minister in her Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8230)

356	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in her Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8320)

357	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7975)

358	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7976)

359 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of (a) apples and (b) apple concentrates was imported to the UK in each of the last 10 years; and what quantity was consumed in each such year.
	(6210)

360 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of apples was produced in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and what quantity was consumed in each such year.
	(6211)

361

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the percentage of accessible National Equine Database records of pedigrees which are accurate; and what assessment he has made of the effect on that level of accuracy of the (a) absence and (b) lack of public availability of data on semen imports and artificial insemination.

(7880)

362	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to organise a floods summit in 2010.
	(7918)

363	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risk to be implemented in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(7919)

364

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects involving genetically-modified (a) crops, (b) food and (c) feed her Department has funded since 1997; what the (i) topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8027)

365	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure her Department has incurred on the GM Inspectorate for England and Wales in each year since 1997.
	(8028)

366	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure her Department has incurred in relation to each genetically-modified crop test site it has funded in each year since 1997.
	(8029)

367

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projects on public attitudes to genetically-modified crops, food and feed her Department has funded since 1997; what the (a) topic, (b) start date, (c) cost and (d) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8030)

368

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects on (a) soil science, (b) traditional plant breeding, (c) marker-assisted plant breeding, (d) crop agronomy, (e) plant physiology, (f) plant pathology, (g) agricultural botany, (h) environmental microbiology, (i) weed science, (j) entomology, (k) crop irrigation, (l) nitrogen fixation, (m) soil phosphorous, (n) soil erosion, (o) pollinating insects and (p) integrated pest management her Department has funded since 1997; what the (i) research topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8032)

369

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects designed to assist the development of organic agriculture her Department has funded since 1997; what the (a) research topic, (b) start date, (c) cost and (d) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8033)

370

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects designed to assist farmers to (a) mitigate the effects of and (b) adapt to climate change her Department has funded since 1997; what the (i) research topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8034)

371

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects on (a) the sources and quantity of greenhouse gases, (b) water pollution and (c) air pollution arising from agricultural activity her Department has funded since 1997; what the (i) research topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8035)

372

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects on public attitudes to the use of pesticides her Department has funded since 1997; what the (a) research topic, (b) start date, (c) cost and (d) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8036)

373 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish (a) a telephone line and (b) an email system for reporting of suspicious trade in animals and animal products by internet users.
	(7410)

374 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will initiate a campaign to raise the level of awareness of internet users of the regulation of trade in animals and animal products; and what steps she is taking to assist internet users to report suspicious trade.
	(7411)

375 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to increase the level of regulation of the internet wildlife trade.
	(7412)

376	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to set up an advisory group to promote sustainable local procurement.
	(7811)

377 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a full emissions profile for the use of B30K fuel in domestic boilers, including all air quality pollutants contained in the air quality strategy.
	(6808)

378	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the rate at which phytophthora ramorum is spreading (a) nationally and (b) in the South West.
	(8125)

379	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the geographical extent of phytophthora ramorum.
	(8126)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

380	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8229)

381	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8288)

382	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8321)

383	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7973)

384	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7974)

385	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Zimbabwean counterpart on the export of diamonds and compliance with the Kimberley Process requirements.
	(8014)

386	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on countering terrorism in Yemen under each category of expenditure in each of the last three years.
	(7729)

387	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart to support the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan on humanitarian grounds.
	(8141)

388	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made towards setting a date for the trilateral meeting between the governments of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(7686)

389 N	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he met opposition leader Abdullah on his recent visit to Afghanistan.
	(7874)

390	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of reintegration shura which have taken place in (a) Marjah and (b) Helmand Province.
	(7875)

391	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many micro-grants the International Security Assistance Force has made to Afghan citizens who own businesses in the last two months.
	(7876)

392	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of active fighters in the Haqqani network.
	(7877)

393	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the absence of provincial governors from the Kabul Peace Jirga; and if he will make a statement.
	(7878)

394	David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in respect of which of the 22 priority countries under the Low Carbon High Growth Programme Fund his Department's programme spending will be reduced.
	(7879)

395	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to visit Gaza.
	(8240)

396	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for the British Embassy Office in the Kurdistan region of Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
	(7680)

397 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will extend an invitation to the president of Ghana to visit the United Kingdom.
	(7408)

398 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the government of Nepal on religious freedoms in that country under its new constitution; and if he will make a statement.
	(7558)

399	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iranian authorities to free the seven Baha'i leaders now in their third year in prison awaiting trial; and if he will make a statement.
	(7660)

400	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure fulfilment of the provisions of the UN resolution A/HRC/14/L.19 on enforced or involuntary disappearances, with particular reference to Guatemala.
	(7808)

401 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in his Department's work with its international counterparts to secure progress towards peace, security and a higher quality of life for both Palestinians and Israelis.
	(6952)

402 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage Israel to allow Palestinians to travel to hospitals outside Palestinian-controlled territory.
	(6953)

403 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in efforts to lift the Gaza blockade to allow the import of construction materials.
	(6954)

404
N

Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will support the request to the UN by the Republic of Vanuatu for the International Court of Justice to provide an advisory opinion on the legality of the agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands affecting the civil rights of the people of West Papua.

(7920)

405 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel about the misuse of British passports.
	(7406)

406 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the President of Nigeria since the President's swearing-in.
	(7024)

407	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist trade unions in Colombia.
	(8263)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

408	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8231)

409	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8319)

410	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the maximum time an NHS patient with cancer should have to wait from reporting the onset of symptoms to (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment; and if he will make a statement.
	(8390)

411	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of hospital (a) accident and emergency, (b) surgical units and (c) children's departments in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 of the planned savings of £20 billion in the NHS between 2011 and 2014.
	(8115)

412	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) other non-nursing posts in the NHS in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 of the planned savings of £20 billion in the NHS between 2011 and 2014.
	(8116)

413 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of the bowel cancer screening programme in each year since 2006.
	(7104)

414 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bowel cancer screening invitations were issued in each year since 2006.
	(7105)

415 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used to determine the age of 60 as the threshold for the bowel cancer screening programme in England.
	(7645)

416	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to primary care trusts on consultation with patients and the public on reviewing or changing the (a) provision of, (b) funding of and (c) access to a service it commissions individually or jointly with other primary care trusts.
	(7887)

417	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7971)

418	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7972)

419 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next expects his Department's Prion Working Group to meet to discuss the (a) progress of the Platelet Receptor Inhibition for Ischemic Syndrome Management trials and (b) implementation of the P-Capt filter.
	(7404)

420 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of progress of the Platelet Receptor Inhibition for Ischemic Syndrome Management trials and the P-Capt filter; and when he expects those trials to be completed.
	(7405)

421 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to implement the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs for the introduction of prion filtration via the P-Capt Filter for blood destined for children born since 1 January 1996.
	(7792)

422 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and (b) sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were diagnosed in humans in each of the last five years; and how many such cases were as a result of blood transfusions.
	(7793)

423 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on the incidence of (i) sporadic and (ii) variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the possibility of a link in cases of individuals with different genotypes.
	(7794)

424
N

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the consequences of Amorfix's decision to suspend development of its proposed blood test for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) after the latest versions of the test did not yield positive results; and if his Department will recognise that prion filtration is the only safe and effective method for protecting red blood cells from vCJD contamination.

(7946)

425 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to participate in the European Project for Assessing Patients Rights.
	(7553)

426

Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 527W, on blood: cancer, what progress has been made by those cancer networks which had not implemented all the key recommendations made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in its guidance on improving outcomes in haematological cancers guidance; whether the Government is on track to meet the target of full implementation of the guidance by December 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(7752)

427 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether equality impact assessments will be used in determining the areas of his Department's budget in respect of which spending will be reduced.
	(7817)

428	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the results of the review of the Greater Manchester Making It Better Programme.
	(7844)

429	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when estimate has been made of the effect of implementation of recruitment freezes on the number of frontline nursing posts in the NHS.
	(7845)

430	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the community list of permitted health claims, under article 13.3 of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, to be established.
	(7884)

431	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the first batch of article 13.1 health claims under the provisions of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, to be adopted.
	(7885)

432	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the establishment of the community list of permitted article 13.1 health claims in batches.
	(7886)

433 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions in which patients saw a GP other than their registered GP in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(7775)

434 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of occasions on which information relating to a patient has been requested by a doctor other than the doctor with whom the patient is registered in the last 12 months.
	(7776)

435 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many summary health care records have been added to his Department's database in each week of 2010.
	(7777)

436 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP and (b) out-of-hours surgeries have registered for the summary health care record scheme.
	(7778)

437	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) Enfield Primary Care Trust and (b) Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust spent on (i) marketing and (ii) internal and external communications in each of the last five years.
	(7727)

438	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include day care services provided by hospices in the proposed per-patient funding system.
	(8131)

439	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding under the proposed per-patient funding system will be determined on a local or on a national basis.
	(8132)

440 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the report by the East of England Strategic Health Authority on the deficit accumulated by NHS Peterborough in the financial year 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(7944)

441	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the National Service Framework for long term conditions.
	(8250)

442	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on encouraging general practitioners (a) to ask whether a patient has served in the armed forces and (b) to provide information on support services to ex-service personnel.
	(8129)

443	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of awareness of general practitioners and other health service providers of the medical assistance programme for ex-service personnel.
	(8130)

444	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to inform the proposed National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on managing autism in children, with particular reference to effective interventions for children with autism and co-occurring mental health problems.
	(8376)

445	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that child and adolescent mental health services are able adequately to meet the needs of children with autism through (a) availability of specialist autism support and (b) autism training for all staff working in such services.
	(8377)

446

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects involving genetically-modified (a) food and (b) feed have been funded by the Food Standards Agency since 1997; what the (i) topic, (ii) cost, (iii) start date and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such research projects have been completed to date.

(8026)

447

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projects on public attitudes to genetically-modified (a) crops, (b) food and (c) feed have been funded by the Food Standards Agency since 1997; what the (i) topic, (ii) start date, (iii) cost and (iv) project code was of each such project; who the main contractor was in each case; and which such projects have been completed to date.

(8031)

448	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made a recent assessment of the (a) performance of the NHS in delivering health services to people with rheumatoid arthritis and (b) cost-effectiveness of the provision of such services in relation to the levels of economic productivity of such people; and if he will make a statement.
	(8366)

449	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the practice of NHS staff working as agency staff in the same hospital in which they are employed by the NHS.
	(8045)

450 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire who were given regular prescriptions for (i) sleeping tablets and (ii) anti-depressants in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7773)

451	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage care homes to provide exercise for their residents.
	(7812)

452 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to exempt medication for cystic fibrosis from prescription charges.
	(6915)

453 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an investigation of the arrangements for training nurses for the purposes of raising the standard of nursing in NHS hospitals.
	(7083)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

454	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in her Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8239)

455	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which her Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if she will make a statement.
	(8296)

456	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in her Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8328)

457	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the outcomes to date of the pilot scheme implemented in December 2009 and extended until August 2010 to provide women not eligible for funding under the no public recourse rule with access to a safe place.
	(8425)

458	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from (a) charitable organisations and bodies and (b) local authorities on the pilot scheme implemented in December 2009 and extended until August 2010 to provide women not eligible for funding under the no public recourse rule with access to a safe place.
	(8426)

459	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7969)

460	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7970)

461	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there are in (a) Bolton and (b) Greater Manchester.
	(7843)

462	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which types of offence were taken into consideration in the decision to refuse UK citizenship to persons on the grounds of involvement in war crimes in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
	(8138)

463	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on the 2007 review of forensic practices involving low copy number DNA.
	(8087)

464	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Forensic Science Service on their past use of low copy number DNA; and if she will make a statement.
	(8088)

465	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the number of convictions that could be overturned as a consequence of being based on low copy number DNA; and if she will make a statement.
	(8089)

466	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) representations she has received and (b) research she has commissioned on the use of low copy number DNA by the Forensic Science Service; and if she will make a statement.
	(8090)

467	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22 February 2007, Official Report, column 61WS, on the Forensic Science Service, when the Forensic Science Service plans to report to her Department on the use of low copy number DNA.
	(8144)

468	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of immigration rules have been committed by people entering the UK under the Chernobyl Children's Project in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(7798)

469 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were given leave to enter the UK under the Post-Study Route of Tier One of the points-based immigration system in each month since its introduction.
	(7766)

470 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, columns 850-2W, on entry clearance, what the equivalent figures are for (a) November and (b) December 2009.
	(7768)

471	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of funding for the employment of police officers in 2010-11 is provided by (a) central Government and (b) local authorities.
	(8122)

472	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of employing, training and equipping (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in (i) England and Wales and (ii) each police force in 2010-11.
	(8123)

473	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the average cost to a police authority of employing a (a) police officer and (b) police community support officer; and what estimate she has made of that cost in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	(8124)

474 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to provide guidance on the application of immigration rules to those people granted refugee status from 2005 who must apply for further leave to remain in order to ensure that they will not lose their benefit, housing and voting entitlements.
	(7779)

475 N	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the UK Statistics Authority on the accuracy of results from the British Crime Survey; and what the outcomes of those discussions were.
	(7084)

476 N	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Education, (b) Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (c) Minister of State for Universities and Science on the planned cap on net immigration; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
	(7085)

477 N	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects her Department to publish the outcomes of its review of the British Crime Survey.
	(7086)

478 N	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the future of neighbourhood policing.
	(7087)

479	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet organisations assisting women subject to domestic abuse who have no recourse to public funds to discuss a permanent successor programme to follow her Department's pilot project on access to refuge accommodation; and if she will make a statement.
	(8310)

480	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to proceed with the Not in My Neighbourhood week scheme in (a) 2010 and (b) future years.
	(7761)

481 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided for police officers and the Crown Prosecution Service on enforcing the provisions of the Hunting Act 2004; and if she will increase the levels of provision of such training.
	(7409)

482	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2010, Official Report, column 77W, for what reasons no decision was recorded in the cases of 122 individuals who were referred to the National Referral Mechanism between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(7926)

483
N

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EEA nationals from each country were (a) removed and (b) advised to leave the country because (i) they did not possess (A) a valid identity card and (B) a passport card on (ii) they were a cause of an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system in the latest period for which figures are available.

(7036)

484	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternatives to the detention of families whose asylum applications have been rejected her Department is considering.
	(8265)

485	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish Compass programme contract notices relating to the commissioning of services for asylum seekers.
	(8266)

486	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to assess the market for new providers of asylum accommodation services for the purposes of achieving greater flexibility and value for money.
	(8267)

487	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
	(8268)

488 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): 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 spending control, under what budget headings the £55 million of savings allocated to her Department will be made; and what savings will be made in respect of each police authority area.
	(7211)

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

489 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have (a) requested and (b) declined computer equipment provided by PICT in the present Parliament.
	(7248)

490 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) capital and (b) revenue schemes in excess of £100,000 the House of Commons Commission started in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(7560)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

491	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8227)

492	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8286)

493	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8323)

494	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7967)

495	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7968)

496 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to seek to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5 prior to the MDG Summit in September.
	(7554)

497 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will extend his Department's maternal health strategy to include children for the purposes of achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5.
	(7555)

498 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will hold discussions with the new government in Guinea on provision of aid to that country.
	(7907)

499	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the problem of deforestation related to production of charcoal in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo region.
	(7908)

500	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of providing support to energy-saving stove projects in Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(7934)

501	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports his Department has received on the plans of Democratic Republic of Congo's government to increase the area of that country subject to industrial-scale logging.
	(7935)

502	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding he plans to allocate to projects in (a) India and (b) China in 2010-11.
	(8262)

503	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work his Department undertakes on the establishment of a global forest carbon market.
	(8015)

504	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(7684)

505	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will encourage British businesses to sign up to the Ethical Trading Initiative and UN Global Compact.
	(7809)

506 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce Gaza's dependence on food aid; and if he will make a statement.
	(6955)

507	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Working Together for Better Health strategy in achieving its objectives; and if he will make a statement.
	(8094)

508 N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will review the level of assistance provided by his Department to Bangladesh for education in the light of that country's levels of defence expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
	(7028)

509	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the salary costs of staff of his Department based in the UK are included in estimates of official development assistance.
	(7848)

510	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what change there has been in the number of UK-based policy staff of his Department in the last five years.
	(7852)

511	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has for future changes in staffing levels at his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(7853)

512 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will estimate the number of children who died up to the age of seven in least developed countries in the latest period for which figures are available, whose deaths would not have occurred if medical facilities available in the UK had been available; and if he will make a statement.
	(7030)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

513	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8297)

514	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8327)

515	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (a) out of London and (b) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8421)

516	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of his programme of closure of magistrates' courts on the average time taken for cases before magistrate's courts to be completed.
	(8422)

517	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the closure of magistrates' courts under his recently announced programme on the number of people employed in magistrate's courts.
	(8423)

518	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were processed in magistrates' courts in (a) England and Wales, (b) England and (c) the West Midlands in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(8424)

519	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7965)

520	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7966)

521	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, columns 614-5W, on Gary Critchley, whether Gary Critchley's detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 has increased the time he has been required to serve in prison under the life sentence he received for murder.
	(8364)

522	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, columns 614-5W, on Gary Critchley, whether Gary Critchley's detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 is related to his conviction for murder.
	(8365)

523

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2010, Official Report, columns 614-5W, on Gary Critchley, under which section of the Mental Health Act 1983 Gary Critchley is being detained; when his detention under this section of the Act commenced; and what the dates are of any previous detention of Mr Critchley under the Mental Health Act 1983 since the date of his conviction for murder.

(8431)

524	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the effects on the (a) cost and (b) duration of journeys between Keighley Police Station and court of the merging of Bradford Magistrates' Court and Bingly Magistrates' Court.
	(7796)

525	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of the prison population are (a) fathers and (b) mothers imprisoned for non-payment of child maintenance.
	(7882)

526	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet representatives of the government of each Crown Dependency to discuss his Department's role in their administration before 1 September 2010.
	(7936)

527	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on implementing decisions of the European Court of Human Rights applicable to the UK.
	(7799)

528	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court fines of what total monetary value were outstanding in Staffordshire on 31 March 2010.
	(7753)

529	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines of what total monetary value were written off by HM Courts Service in Staffordshire in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(7754)

530

Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons were sentenced for offences related to dealing in (a) ketamine and (b) other class C drugs in each of the last three years; what proportion of such persons given a custodial sentence served (i) the whole sentence, (ii) more than half the sentence and (iii) less than half the sentence; and what assessment he has made of the effect of sentencing policy on trends in dealing in such substances.

(8140)

531	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what help and advice is available for former military personnel who enter the criminal justice system, with particular reference to schemes to reduce levels of re-offending.
	(7867)

532	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what protocols have been agreed between the Prison Service and the Ministry of Defence on the identification of service personnel in prisons since 1998.
	(8127)

533	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if Ministers in his Department will meet practitioners in the criminal justice system who specialise in work with ex-service personnel to discuss the matter of ex-service personnel in prison.
	(8128)

534	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with Nottinghamshire Police on the opportunity cost in police time of closing Worksop and Retford magistrates' court.
	(7892)

535 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies was of printing annual reports in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(7646)

536	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to have Sark recognised as an independent state by the United Nations; and if he will make a statement.
	(7911)

537	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget was set for HM Prison (a) Manchester, (b) Birmingham and (c) Liverpool in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
	(8111)

538	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget was set for (a) Merseyside, (b) West Midlands and (c) South Wales probation area for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
	(8112)

Questions to the Leader of the House

539	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7961)

540	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Leader of the House, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Office have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7962)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

541	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7963)

542	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7964)

Questions to the Prime Minister

543	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Prime Minister, to how many public sector workers he and the Deputy Prime Minister sent their recent email.
	(8099)

544	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will appoint a Minister within the Cabinet Office with overall responsibility for the welfare of current and former military personnel.
	(7802)

545	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, which guests have been invited to (a) Chequers, (b) Chevening House and (c) Dorneywood in each of the last 12 months.
	(8429)

546	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, which gifts over a monetary value of £140 Ministers in the (a) present and (b) previous administration (i) gave and (ii) received in the last 12 months; and which such gifts have been retained by former Ministers on leaving office.
	(8430)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

547	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by (a) him and (b) each other Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8233)

548	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8316)

549	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7959)

550	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7960)

551	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when and by what means he informed (a) the First Minister, (b) the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, (c) the Electoral Commission in Scotland and (d) electoral returning officers in Scotland of the Government's proposals to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system on 5 May 2011.
	(7837)

552	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) the Scottish Executive on the closure of applications to the Independent Living Fund for the 2010-11 financial year.
	(7838)

553	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on the date of the proposed referendum on the alternative vote system.
	(7983)

554	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultation he plans to undertake with (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, (c) the Electoral Commission in Scotland, (d) electoral registration officers in Scotland and (e) the public in Scotland on holding of a referendum on the alternative vote system on 5 May 2011.
	(8025)

555 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings he (a) had before and (b) has had since the Budget Statement with Scottish retailers on the effect on the retail industry in Scotland of the decision to raise the standard rate of value added tax.
	(7858)

556 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the decision to raise the standard rate of value added tax (a) before and (b) since the Budget Statement; and what assessment has been made of the effect of that decision on the Scottish economy.
	(7859)

557 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment (a) he and (b) economists in his Department have made of the impact on the cost of living for the poorest people in Scotland of the decision to raise the standard rate of value added tax.
	(7860)

558 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the decision to raise the standard rate of value added tax on the cost of living for (a) Scottish families, (b) pensioners in Scotland and (c) unemployed people in Scotland.
	(7861)

559 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which organisations he has met in Scotland to discuss the effects on Scotland of the decision to increase the standard rate of value added tax.
	(7862)

560	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he next plans to visit Lanarkshire to discuss Government spending priorities in that area.
	(7744)

561	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions he has used cross-border rail services via Motherwell since 7 May 2010; and when he next plans to do so.
	(7784)

562	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many times he has visited Lanarkshire on official business since 7 May 2010; and when he next intends to do so.
	(7785)

563	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with (a) the Roman Catholic Church, (b) Ministerial colleagues and (c) the Scottish Executive on the Papal visit to Scotland in 2010.
	(7786)

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

564

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission is undertaking work together with the Office for National Statistics on increasing the accuracy of estimates of the number of (a) eligible voters in the UK and (b) the number of such people not on the electoral register.

(7759)

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

565	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has assessed the merits of introducing a paper-based system for claiming allowance payments.
	(8097)

566	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): 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 provision of additional staff resources for hon. Members to assist with the processing of claims for allowance payments.
	(8098)

567 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what advice on the security implications of IPSA's publication proposals was obtained by IPSA before the launch of the consultation on the proposals.
	(7986)

568 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether the security advice issued to hon. Members was taken into account by IPSA in drawing up its publication proposals for consultation.
	(7987)

569

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what procedures the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will adopt to reimburse hon. Members for London Area Living Allowance for the period between the date of the General Election and the date on which the initial claim for that allowance was submitted.

(7679)

570

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 reimbursement of hon. Members for first class rail travel on sleeper services in circumstances where single berths are not available on such services at fares equal to or less than the standard open ticket tariff (a) with and (b) without a supplement.

(8043)

571 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many hon. Members have (a) applied for and (b) received travel cards from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	(7213)

572 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many hon. Members have participated in training sessions offered by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	(7214)

573 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many hon. Members have had their staff trained by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in the operation of its systems.
	(7215)

574 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many hon. Members have (a) supplied and (b) not supplied the details required to use the online financial system operated by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	(7216)

575	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for what reasons officials working for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority are working in central London; what consideration was given to locating them in a less expensive part of the country; and if he will make a statement.
	(7894)

576
N

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) plans to publish a list of telephone numbers and names of relevant IPSA officials who may be contacted by hon. Members on all issues regarding their staffing, office and travel costs.

(7027)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

577	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8232)

578	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many leased cars the Government Car and Despatch Agency has returned since 6 May 2010.
	(8269)

579	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars the Government Car and Despatch Agency has sold since 6 May 2010.
	(8270)

580	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that are likely to be created by the planned expansion of Birmingham International Airport.
	(8271)

581	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from (a) local businesses and (b) local authorities on plans for the expansion of Birmingham International Airport.
	(8272)

582	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8289)

583	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8318)

584	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on the timetable for the Crossrail project of planned expenditure savings in his Department.
	(8113)

585	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects savings under each budget heading to be made in relation to the Crossrail project; and if he will make a statement.
	(8114)

586	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7957)

587	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7958)

588 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent encouraging cyclists to wear cycle helmets in each of the last five years.
	(7770)

589 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget was of Cycle England in each of the last five years; and how much of that budget was spent on encouraging cyclists to wear cycle helmets.
	(7771)

590	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Buckshaw Village railway station will be operational; and if he will make a statement.
	(7841)

591	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to Network Rail on responding to enquiries from hon. Members.
	(7842)

592 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies his Department has undertaken of Chesterton station to decide whether it should be included in the High Level Output Specification for Control Period 5.
	(7781)

593	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were injured in work-related road traffic accidents in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(8021)

594	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected completion date is for the electrification of the rail network between Liverpool and Leeds; and if he will make a statement.
	(7674)

595	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the access to roads for (a) cyclists and (b) the public during competitive cycling races.
	(7888)

596	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what road improvements will take place on the A1 in Nottinghamshire in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(7893)

597 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract for the Luton Dunstable busway project.
	(7687)

598 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 5-6W, on bus services: Luton, whether the contract for the Luton Dunstable busway project contained a cancellation clause.
	(7688)

599	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on levels of carbon dioxide emissions consequent on the transfer of a kilometre tonne of freight from road to rail transport.
	(7830)

600	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Wessex rail route to reach capacity.
	(7831)

601	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evaluation of proposed improvements to the rail strategic network he plans to undertake prior to the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(7832)

602	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the annual (a) monetary value and (b) contribution to the economy of freight to and from the Port of Southampton.
	(7833)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

603	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate her Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in her Department in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8234)

604	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what her estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in her Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8315)

605	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7953)

606	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7954)

607	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will hold discussions with the Linamar Corporation over the proposed closure of its plant at Fabian Way near Swansea; and if she will make a statement.
	(7795)

608	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate she has made of the effect on the number of jobs in Wales of public spending reductions in the next five years.
	(8247)

609	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of private sector jobs forecast to be created in the next five years she expects to be based in each employment sector in Wales.
	(8248)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

610	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of travel she has undertaken in an official capacity in (a) May 2010 and (b) June 2010.
	(8235)

611	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to relocate civil servants working for the Government Equalities Office (a) out of London and (b) to the West Midlands; and if she will make a statement.
	(8291)

612	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her estimate is of the mileage she travelled in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8317)

613 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to enforce the positive action clauses of the Equality Act 2010.
	(7098)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

614	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency claim pension credit.
	(8202)

615	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency have found (i) employment and (ii) a work placement as a result of the Young Person's Guarantee.
	(8210)

616	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Young Person's Guarantee in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency in placing young people into employment and work placements.
	(8211)

617	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who would have received the two year Jobseeker's Guarantee in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands, (c) Dudley borough and (d) Dudley North constituency this year had the scheme not been cancelled.
	(8215)

618	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value of funeral payments reclaimed in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough was in each year since 2000.
	(8216)

619	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in funeral payments in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough in each year since 2000.
	(8217)

620	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average size of funeral payments made to applicants in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough has been since 2005.
	(8218)

621	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken in an official capacity by each Minister in his Department during (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2010.
	(8223)

622	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in jobseeker's allowance and predecessor benefits in (a) England and Wales, (b) England, (c) the West Midlands, (d) Dudley borough and (e) Dudley North constituency in each year since 1980.
	(8275)

623	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to relocate (a) civil servants and (b) Government bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) out of London and (ii) to the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(8298)

624	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the mileage travelled by each Minister in his Department in a Government car in (a) May and (b) June 2010.
	(8326)

625	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) individuals on low incomes received the Sure Start Maternity Grant in (i) England and (ii) the West Midlands in each year since 2002.
	(8361)

626	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the amount which will be paid in jobseeker's allowance in the next (a) 12, (b) 24 and (c) 36 months to residents in (i) the West Midlands, (ii) Dudley borough and (iii) Dudley North constituency.
	(8413)

627	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated from the Future Jobs Fund to organisations in (a) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency.
	(8414)

628	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the effect on levels of employment in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency of abolishing the Future Jobs Fund.
	(8415)

629	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (b) Dudley North constituency who have found work through the Future Jobs Fund.
	(8416)

630	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many approvals were granted of funding from the Independent Living Fund to persons working more than 16 hours per week in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough in each of the last five years.
	(8417)

631	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the Independent Living Fund were made by persons working more than 16 hours per week in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Dudley borough in each of the last five years.
	(8418)

632	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made to the Independent Living Fund by residents in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency in each of the last five years.
	(8419)

633	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals resident in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency have received work placements under the Future Jobs Fund since the programme's inception.
	(8420)

634	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since the Government took office.
	(7952)

635	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have been driven by the Government Car Service since the Government took office; and how much each of these persons has received in expenses for use of taxis, buses and underground trains in that period.
	(7989)

636 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, columns 364-5W, what the differences are between the medical service standards referred to and the contractual standards of the agreement between his Department and the medical services contractor.
	(7815)

637 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, columns 364-5W, on incapacity benefit, whether further audit of a medical report subject to targeted or random audit ceases at the discovery of the first failure of contractual compliance; and if he will make a statement.
	(7816)

638	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of incapacity benefit and employment support allowance claimants in each English constituency have a mental health-related condition as the primary medical factor.
	(7739)

639	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people and (b) people with children currently in receipt of housing benefit have been on jobseeker's allowance for a year or more in each UK constituency.
	(7740)

640 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2010 to the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith, Official Report, column 95W, on housing benefit, how many households receive maximum housing allowance of £104,000 annually.
	(7851)

641	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department uses to estimate the cost to the economy of occupational illnesses; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest assessment produced by his Department using this methodology.
	(8018)

642	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many absent parents were sent to prison for non-payment of child maintenance in each of the last three years.
	(7881)

643	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs created in London have been attributable to the Future Jobs Fund since its inception.
	(8273)

644	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of extending eligiblity for winter fuel payments to those severely disabled people in receipt of higher rate of mobility and core elements of disability living allowance.
	(8261)

645	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the Secretary of State of 28 June 2010, Official Report, column 608, what steps he plans to take to ensure that elderly people occupy homes of the size they need.
	(8204)

646	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in housing benefit to residents in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years.
	(7854)

647	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances migrants from other EU countries may continue receiving UK benefit payments after returning to their countries of origin; and after what period such payments cease.
	(7982)

648	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Edinburgh East constituency are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance.
	(8189)

649	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is 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 Edinburgh East constituency.
	(8190)

650	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of non-dependants living in households in Edinburgh East constituency where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(8191)

651	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the level of under-occupation in social sector housing in Edinburgh East constituency in which the main tenant is in receipt of housing benefit.
	(8192)

652	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of private sector tenants in Edinburgh East constituency 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 weekly payments of that allowance in each such year.
	(8193)

653	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most estimate is of the number of lone parents in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Edinburgh East constituency.
	(8194)

654	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most estimate is of the number of (a) lone parents and (b) others in Edinburgh East constituency who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months by 2013.
	(8195)

655	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Edinburgh East constituency are in receipt of (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(8196)

656	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the level of the basic state pension under the Government's triple guarantee in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	(8121)

657	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of awards of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance were awarded on appeal in each of the last three years.
	(8117)

658	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applications for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance were rejected in West Suffolk constituency in the last 12 months.
	(8118)

659	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Suffolk constituency have made claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance in the last 12 months.
	(8119)

660	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the likely effects of reductions in levels of housing benefit on the incidence of homelessness levels in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7948)

661	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person whose condition worsens following a medical assessment for disability living allowance will be required to undergo a further such assessment.
	(8277)

662	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that a claimant's general practitioner is contacted prior to a medical assessment for disability living allowance, with particular reference to cases where the disability is not common.
	(8278)

663	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals for the exemption from the medical assessment for disability living allowance for those diagnosed with (a) mental health and (b) learning disabilities.
	(8279)

664	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternatives to medical assessments are under consideration or part of his proposals for the reform of disability living allowance.
	(8280)

665	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to consult (a) disabled people and (b) organisations representing disabled people on changes to the disability living allowance assessment form.
	(8281)

666	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors medical assessments for entitlement to disability living allowance will take into account once entitlement is not based on a particular disabling condition.
	(8282)

667	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to revise the claim form for disability living allowance to assist claimants whose disabilities mean that they may have difficulty in completing the existing form.
	(8283)

668	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of introducing alternative methods of submitting a claim for disability living allowance in cases where a person finds it difficult to complete a claim form because of their disability.
	(8284)

669	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of introducing self-assessment questionnaires prior to a medical assessment for disability living allowance to determine whether such a medical assessment is necessary.
	(8285)

670	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the medical assessment of claimants of disability living allowance in cases where the person's disability makes it difficult for them to attend such an assessment.
	(8362)

671	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will issue guidance to those assessing claims for disability living allowance to require the consideration of all relevant (a) medical and (b) non-medical information.
	(8432)

672	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those in receipt of disability living allowance will be required to undergo a further medical assessment following his proposed reforms of that allowance.
	(8433)

673	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there will be any changes to attendance allowance as a result of his proposed changes to disability living allowance.
	(8434)

674
N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to assess the effects of calculations based on broad market rental areas (BMRAs) on (a) Blackpool, (b) Cambridge and (c) other areas; what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of local housing allowance payments of the operation of BMRAs in those areas; and if he will adjust the BMRA for those areas to take account of the variation in rent levels within each BMRA.

(7782)

675	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2010, how many of his Department's customers received the maximum local housing allowance rate of £1,800 per week in March 2010.
	(7865)

676	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(7813)

677	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people unable to work due to a workplace injury were claiming disability benefit in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(7814)

678	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Health and Safety Executive's budget was in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(8016)

679	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department uses to monitor public attitudes towards health and safety legislation.
	(8019)

680	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace injuries there were in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(8020)

681	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers incurred a workplace injury in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(8022)

682	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-workers were injured by workplace activities in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(8023)

683	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent assessment is of the probability of a person being injured at work.
	(8024)

684	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the reasons for the increase in the number of applications to the Independent Living Fund in the financial year 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(7839)

685	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the level of funding allocated to the Independent Living Fund for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(7840)

686 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 (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 Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency.
	(7034)

687 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 non-dependants living in households where the main occupier is in receipt of housing benefit in Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency.
	(7035)

688	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on (a) men and (b) women of uprating benefits in line with the consumer prices index.
	(8105)

689	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bristol North West constituency are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance.
	(7788)

690	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) individuals and (b) lone parents in Bristol North West constituency who will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in 2013.
	(7789)

691	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age and unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit in Bristol North West constituency.
	(7790)

692	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Bristol North West constituency receive (a) the basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(7791)

693	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the cost to the economy of productivity losses consequent on people with rheumatoid arthritis leaving employment; and if he will assess the merits of taking steps to assist such people to remain in work.
	(8260)

694	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of proposed changes to housing benefit on homelessness in Sunderland.
	[R] (7921)

695	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the status is of his Department's Work Choice programme.
	(8375)

696	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will undertake research into the merits of replacing out of work benefits for problem drug users with exchangeable vouchers.
	(7847)

697	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service level agreement is in place in respect of the processing of payment of claims for reimbursement of interview-related travel costs by recipients of jobseeker's allowance; and what percentage of claims have been processed within the target time in each of the last three years.
	(8387)

698	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of which benefit offices in northern Scotland trial reassessments of customers receiving incapacity benefit and income support will be undertaken; and whether he plans to increase staffing levels at those centres.
	(8301)

699	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of how many people in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) income support in northern Scotland he expects claims to be reassessed under the planned trial between October 2010 and February 2011.
	(8302)

700	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what locations medical examinations and reassessments will be undertaken of people in receipt of incapacity benefit and income support during the planned trial reassessments.
	(8303)

701	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons northern Scotland was chosen for the trial reform of incapacity benefit.
	(8304)

702	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Scottish Executive, (b) local authorities, (c) local health trusts and (d) disabled rights groups in northern Scotland on the planned trial reform of incapacity benefits.
	(8337)

703	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what terms specialists undertaking medical examinations for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance (i) assessments and (ii) appeals are paid.
	(8436)

704	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what medical qualifications specialists undertaking medical examinations for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance (i) assessments and (ii) appeals are required to have.
	(8437)

705	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to complete the medical tests and appeals used to reassess benefit entitlements.
	(8438)

706	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against benefits decisions have been refused because they were not received within the one month deadline in the last 12 months.
	(8439)

707	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against benefits decisions have been (a) granted and (b) refused in the last 12 months.
	(8440)

708	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against benefits decisions were determined without a hearing in the last 12 months.
	(8441)

709	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions on benefits appeals in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales are outstanding.
	(8442)

710 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of private tenants who may not be able to afford their rents as a result of the reduction in housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	(7029)

711	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with an occupational illness in each year since 1997.
	(8183)

712	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people unable to work as the result of an injury at work in each year since 1997.
	(8184)

713	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions there were of an employer for breach of health and safety legislation in each year since 1997.
	(8305)

714	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many convictions there were of employers for breach of health and safety legislation in each year since 1997.
	(8306)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

715 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to enhance the role of grandparents and extended kin in caring for children; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (7949)

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

716	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which 20 local authorities recycled the most domestic refuse in 2009.
	[Transferred] (8308)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

717 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that offences under the Hunting Act 2004 are recorded correctly under the National Standard for Incident Reporting.
	[Transferred] (7413)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

718	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Democratic Republic of Congo's extension of its forestry concession on current and future levels of global carbon dioxide emissions; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (7938)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

719	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were killed in work-related road traffic incidents in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	[Transferred] (8017)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

720	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the terms of reference are for Lord Young's review of the operation of health and safety legislation.
	[Transferred] (8311)

721	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from what individuals and organisations Lord Young will invite contributions to his review of the operation of health and safety legislation.
	[Transferred] (8312)


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