Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 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 Tuesday 20 July 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 July 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 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 Tuesday 20 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 20 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to provide a remission of course fees for adult learners in receipt of incapacity benefit. |
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(9985)
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2
N
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Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the courts have cancelled a credit agreement under the unfair credit relationship provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 2006 in respect of those on lower incomes in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
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(9410)
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3
N
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Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each (a) region and (b) local authority in the first quarter of 2009. |
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(10129)
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4
N
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Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure there is no relaxation of restrictions on Sunday trading on Boxing Day 2010. |
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(10192)
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5
N
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Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on measures to increase levels of bank lending to small businesses. |
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(9982)
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Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
6
N
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many stillbirths were recorded in each local authority in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in the latest year for which figures are available. |
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(9885)
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Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
7
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Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role he plans to offer to the Treasury Select Committee in the appointment of the new Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility. |
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(10258)
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8
N
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to counter the rise of sterling relative to the euro and its effect on the exporting of British goods in the eurozone. |
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(9776)
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9
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2010, Official Report, column 541W, on public expenditure: Wales, if he will publish table 9.2 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses, July 2010 in a form including figures relating to end year flexibility and reserve claims for Wales and Northern Ireland. |
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(10249)
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10
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to zero-rate motorcycle crash helmet replacement visors for value added tax. |
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(10200)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
11
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Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which 12 English cities it is intended to introduce elected mayors; and what the (a) geographical area of and (b) population will be within each mayoralty. |
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(10256)
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12
N
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Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households with children were directed into private sector accommodation under schemes to prevent homelessness in each local authority area in each of the last five years. |
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(10026)
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13
N
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Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households with people of working age in social housing are deemed to be under-occupying by (a) one bedroom and (b) two or more bedrooms in each local authority area. |
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(10028)
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14
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to protect the Green Belt in (a) the UK and (b) Coventry. |
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(9572)
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15
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to encourage sustainable housing development in (a) the UK and (b) Coventry. |
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(9573)
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16
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what incentives his Department will provide to encourage local authorities to increase the stock of new build housing. |
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(9574)
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17
N
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Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid in homelessness grants (a) to local authorities and (b) to the voluntary sector in each year to date. |
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(10188)
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18
N
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Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the March 2010 Budget, whether homelessness grants are paid through area-based grants. |
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(10189)
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19
N
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Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism is used to calculate the homelessness grant for each local authority. |
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(10190)
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20
N
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Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty residential properties there were in Peterborough City Council area on 1 April in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10134)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
21
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount of public funding allocated to public libraries in (a) England and (b) Coventry in each year since 2005. |
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(9407)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
22
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to assess (a) export potential, (b) fire resistance and (c) the number of jobs likely to be created or retained in the UK as part of its evaluation of the new light protected patrol vehicle. |
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(8641)
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23
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £19 million funding for dismounted close combat equipment announced by his Department on 7 July 2010 will provide equipment additional to that announced prior to 6 May 2010. |
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(8642)
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24
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £158 million funding for base equipment announced by his Department on 7 July 2010 will provide equipment additional to that announced prior to 6 May 2010; and what proportion of the funding will be allocated to (a) Bowman tactical radios and (b) patrol satellite systems. |
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(8643)
|
25
N
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Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) veterans diagnosed with mental illness linked to their service are (i) imprisoned and (ii) on probation. |
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(9237)
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26
N
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Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the replacement of the fleet of helicopters used for search and rescue; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10128)
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27
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Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to improve the standard of service family accommodation in Kingston. |
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(10241)
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28
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Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties his Department rented from the private sector or other providers for the purposes of housing service families in each of the last five years. |
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(10195)
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29
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Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to the private sector for rental of accommodation for service families in each of the last five years. |
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(10196)
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30
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Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation units are in condition (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four. |
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(10197)
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31
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Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of service family accommodation there were for armed forces personnel and their families as at 30 June 2010. |
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(10198)
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32
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Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single living accommodation units there were for serving personnel as at 30 June 2010. |
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(10199)
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33
N
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will lay before Parliament before the summer recess the report of the value-for-money study being undertaken into the Trident nuclear weapons systems replacement options. |
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(9888)
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34
N
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish his Department's Structural Reform Plan. |
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(9889)
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35
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Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that armed services personnel seriously injured on military operations are able to continue military careers. |
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(10242)
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36
N
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Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what circumstances hon. Members who have visited (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan on official business are eligible to receive operational service medals. |
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(9984)
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Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
37
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 23-5W, on political and constitutional reform, whether the implementation of his proposals for boundary changes to Parliamentary constituencies in Wales will be dependent on the outcome of the proposed referendum on the transfer of legislative powers under Part 4 of the Government of Wales Act 2006. |
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(10210)
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38
N
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Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of the electoral register in each constituency. |
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(9433)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
39
N
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 5 July 2010, Official Report, columns 47-50, on education funding, if he will publish for each local authority, (a) the end-year flexibility local authority specific grant allocations in force prior to the Statement and (b) the changes to such allocations. |
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(10142)
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40
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of the New Schools Network have served as school governors. |
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(10240)
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41
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Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children attend schools which have been rebuilt or refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future programme in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) England. |
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(10212)
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42
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Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have (i) expressed interest in and (ii) applied for academy status. |
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(10250)
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43
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Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools have applied for academy status. |
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(10251)
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44
N
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Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to make a decision in respect of Building Schools for the Future funding for (a) Wade Deacon and (b) The Grange School. |
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(9409)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
45
N
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who attended the Nuclear Development Forum held on 15 July 2010; what estimate he has made of the cost to the Office for Nuclear Development of hosting the Forum; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each paper submitted for discussion or information at the Forum by (a) his Department and (b) others attending. |
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(10131)
|
46
N
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish his Department's Structural Reform Plan. |
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(10150)
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47
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Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken by his Department to eradicate fuel poverty by 2016. |
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(10257)
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48
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on the proposal to provide a new manufacturing line at the Sellafield MOX plant; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10260)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
49
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department working on nutrition have experience of working in the food industry on nutritional matters. |
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(10208)
|
50
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consumer groups he has met since his appointment. |
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(10209)
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51
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abattoirs and meat cutting plants are subject to inspection by staff of the Food Standards Agency; and how many such plants are not required to have meat hygiene inspectors on site when operating. |
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(10213)
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52
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the meat industry of a meat hygiene inspector was in each of the last three years. |
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(10214)
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53
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he plans to make for policy officials of the Food Standards Agency working on nutrition issues to publish advice issued to Ministers following their transfer into his Department. |
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(10215)
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54
N
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Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to assist veterans with combat stress which is diagnosed a decade or more after discharge from the armed forces. |
|
(9236)
|
55
N
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Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of family breakdown arising from veterans' undiagnosed mental health problems. |
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(9238)
|
56
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with individuals and organisations outside his Department on his plan to incorporate the Food Standards Agency nutrition functions into his Department before his announcement of 12 July 2010. |
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(10236)
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57
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings with Food Standards Agency officials he has had since his appointment. |
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(10237)
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58
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with Board members of the Food Standards Agency since his appointment. |
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(10238)
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59
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Food Standards Agency ensures continuing professional development for its nutritionist staff. |
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(10239)
|
60
N
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the number of lives saved as a result of the vaccination programme against influenza A subtype H1N1; and if he will make a statement. |
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(9138)
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61
N
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when remaining stocks of swine influenza (a) anti-virals and (b) vaccines will pass their use-by dates. |
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(9139)
|
62
N
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of swine influenza (a) anti-virals and (b) vaccines were used; and what the estimated value is of the unused medicines in each case. |
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(9140)
|
63
N
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) anti-virals and (b) vaccines for the H1N1 virus. |
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(9141)
|
64
N
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the efficacy of the influenza A subtype H1N1 vaccine (a) as a prophylactic and (b) in reducing the symptoms of swine influenza. |
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(9142)
|
65
N
|
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected deficit of NHS Sutton and Merton is for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14; when he expects to receive the full strategic business case for upgrades to Nelson Hospital; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10132)
|
66
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what standards his Department requires in respect of (a) competence in the English language and (b) professional standards from (i) doctors and (ii) nurses from other EU member states coming to work in the UK. |
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(9364)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
67
N
|
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations her Department has received on its decision to refuse entry to the UK to members of the Iroquois lacrosse team using travel documents issued by the Iroquois Confederacy; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(9887)
|
68
N
|
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to amend the law to allow religious music and readings at civil weddings and civil partnerships. |
|
(9416)
|
69
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) directions Ministers in her Department issue to the UK Border Agency International Group; if she will place in the Library a copy of each document containing such guidance and directions; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(10038)
|
70
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances her Department considers representations from hon. Members on the refusal of visitor visas; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(10039)
|
71
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that representations from hon. Members on refusals of visitor visas are referred to the relevant entry clearance manager in advance of the applicant exercising their right to appeal in cases where the applicant wishes to attend an imminent event. |
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(10040)
|
72
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the relevant entry clearance manager is directed to review a visitor visa case when representations are made by hon. Members to the UK Border Agency; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(10041)
|
73
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions each Minister in her Department has met the Chief Scientific Officer in her Department since 6 May 2010. |
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(10029)
|
74
|
Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent reports she has received on (a) investigations undertaken by members of the US Congress and (b) materials held by the US Department of Justice on the attendance of Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab at events addressed by Anwar al-Awlaki at North London Central Mosque since 2005; and what assessment her Department has made of the role of the North London Central Mosque in deradicalisation in the context of her Department's review of each strand of the Prevent stategy. |
|
[R]
(10247)
|
75
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 138W, on British nationality: overseas students, whether time spent on a student visa counts towards the qualifying period for UK citizenship. |
|
(9808)
|
Questions to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission
76
N
|
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many expressions of interest in obtaining childcare places in the House of Commons Nursery have been received; and how many have been received from (a) hon. Members, (b) hon. Members' staff and (c) others who work on the Parliamentary estate. |
|
(10191)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
77
N
|
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 8 July 2010, Official Report, column 417W, on developing countries, what objectives the Government has set for the action agenda for the September 2010 UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals. |
|
(10133)
|
78
|
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to change the number of people employed by his Department. |
|
(10253)
|
79
|
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the comprehensive approach in Afghanistan. |
|
(10254)
|
80
N
|
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his objectives are for the side event on education at the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York. |
|
(9986)
|
81
N
|
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's objectives are for the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York on water and sanitation. |
|
(9987)
|
82
|
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made an assessment of means to encourage increased levels of school attendance in developing countries. |
|
(10235)
|
83
N
|
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations his Department has received on the effects on poor people in developing countries of fluctuations in food prices arising from trading on the food derivatives market. |
|
(9873)
|
84
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to assume responsibility for funding the BBC World Service. |
|
(9976)
|
85
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to revise the partnership principles for the disbursement of UK aid. |
|
(9977)
|
86
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on (a) his Department's budget and (b) levels of official development assistance; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(9978)
|
87
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether expenditure on (a) refugees and (b) overseas students in the UK will be included in levels of official development assistance reported by his Department. |
|
(9983)
|
88
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to assume responsibility for funding the British Council. |
|
(9992)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
89
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what budget headings he calculated his estimate of £123,555 for the running costs of Wisbech magistrates' court in 2009-10. |
|
(9408)
|
90
N
|
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many asylum claimants who had been represented by Refugee and Migrant Justice as at 30 June 2010 have been allocated to alternative legal representatives since that date. |
|
(10032)
|
91
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many closed visits there were in prisons in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of those visits. |
|
(10261)
|
92
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times sniffer dogs have been used to search for drugs in prisons in each of the last three years. |
|
(10262)
|
93
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the legal aid budget was spent on cases involving prisoners in each of the last three years. |
|
(10263)
|
94
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who had previously served community sentences or other non-custodial sentences were sent to prison for (a) one year or less and (b) more than one year in each of the last three years. |
|
(10264)
|
95
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) gaming consoles and (b) digital televisions in their cells; and what channels are available to prisoners with televisions in their cells. |
|
(10265)
|
96
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to prisons about the eligibility of prisoners in each category to have access to (a) Sky, (b) digital television and (c) gaming consoles in their cells. |
|
(10266)
|
97
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many attacks on prison staff were made by prisoners in each of the last three years; and how many prisoners had their prison sentence lengthened as a result in each of those years. |
|
(10267)
|
98
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were caught in possession of drugs in each of the last three years; and how many of these had their prison sentence lengthened as a result. |
|
(10268)
|
99
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners had their sentence lengthened whilst in prison in the last five years. |
|
(10269)
|
Questions to the Prime Minister
100
|
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards introducing a limit on the number of special advisers; and what the limit is planned to be. |
|
(10259)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
101
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on the effect on those resident in Scotland and in receipt of the national minimum wage of the proposed change to the standard rate of value added tax. |
|
(9886)
|
102
N
|
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, to what newspapers and periodicals his Department subscribes; and at what cost in the last 12 months. |
|
(10137)
|
103
N
|
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been paid in reimbursable expenses to special advisers in his Department in respect of (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) telephone calls since 6 May 2010. |
|
(10138)
|
Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
104
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much funding from the public purse the Labour Party will receive under the Policy Development Grant in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13. |
|
(8719)
|
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
105
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time has been for staff of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to reply to an email from an hon. Member. |
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(10202)
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106
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many times the Board of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has met; how many times it will meet in the next 12 months; and if the Authority will publish the agendas and minutes of such meetings. |
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(10203)
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107
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff work for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; and if the Authority will publish its standard employment contract for staff. |
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(10204)
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108
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the (a) capital and (b) estimated annual running cost is of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's computerised claims system. |
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(10205)
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109
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what legal advice the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority obtained on its publication of names and salaries of hon. Members staff. |
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(10206)
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110
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much was claimed by hon. Members from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for expenditure incurred in June 2010; and how much had been paid to hon. Members in reimbursement for such claims as at 12 July 2010. |
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(10207)
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111
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment has been made of the extent of liability of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) for any financial implications for hon. Members in the event of the alleged unauthorised disclosure of personal details by the Authority. |
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(10139)
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112
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment has been made of the implications for hon. Members of the alleged unauthorised disclosure of their personal information by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10140)
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113
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what steps will be taken by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to notify hon. Members in cases where personal details have been placed on the Authority's website and were accessible to other hon. Members and their staff. |
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(10141)
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114
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Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the (a) purpose of and (b) procedure is for validation of claims undertaken by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; and what the reasons are for the time taken for validation of claims. |
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(10234)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
115
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Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the Bus Service Operators Grant; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10246)
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116
N
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Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the roadworks on the A338 between Ringwood and Bournemouth. |
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(10126)
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117
N
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Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to build a relief road from Bournemouth airport to the A338. |
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(10127)
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118
N
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Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Streatham of 7 July 2010, on the Thameslink railway line, if he will ensure that Network Rail's interactive timetable for Thameslink is made available in the autumn of 2010; and if he will require Network Rail to consult on through services from the Wimbledon loop. |
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(10124)
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119
N
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Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons two separate sections of contraflow are in operation on the M1 north and south of Toddington services; what consideration was given to carrying out each roadworks project consecutively; and if he will make a statement. |
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(9135)
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120
N
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Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to phase roadworks on motorways so that motorists do not have to face consecutive sets of roadworks over a short distance; and if he will make a statement. |
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(9136)
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121
N
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Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason cameras are situated on a bridge over the M1 motorway in the vicinity of Tibshelf services; what the purpose of the cameras is; and if he will make a statement. |
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(9137)
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122
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department plans to introduce mandatory eco-driving training as part of the driver certificate of professional competence; what definition his Department uses of the term eco-driving; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such a programme; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the programme to the public purse. |
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(9235)
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Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
123
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Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the (i) educational achievements and (ii) achievements in working life of women; and if she will make a statement. |
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(10243)
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124
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Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her policy is on adoption of measures to assist people from ethnic minorities to obtain senior positions in the public and private sector. |
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(10244)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
125
N
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Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many local housing allowance (LHA) claimants there was a shortfall between their amount of LHA and actual rent charged; and what the average shortfall was between actual rents and the rate of LHA paid (a) nationally and (b) in each English region for such people in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(10027)
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126
N
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Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are in receipt of local housing allowance in each local authority area in England. |
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(10130)
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127
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2010, Official Report, columns 434-5W, on employment schemes: West Midlands, what his definition of appropriate support is in relation to measures designed to support people to find employment. |
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(9485)
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128
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are living in properties where housing benefit payments exceed (a) £1,000 per week and (b) £2,000 per week in (i) the London Borough of Camden, (ii) the London Borough of Brent, (iii) the Greater London area and (iv) the UK. |
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(10201)
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129
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Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) public and (b) private sector organisations were consulted on proposed reductions to housing benefit before those proposals were announced. |
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(10248)
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130
N
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Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 18 to 24 years resident in Peterborough constituency were not in employment, education or training in each quarter since May 2005; and if he will make a statement. |
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(10136)
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131
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Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) fatalities, (b) major accidents and (c) major injuries were reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 in (i) Wansbeck constituency, (ii) Northumberland and (iii) the UK in the last 12 months. |
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(10211)
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132
N
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Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on disabled people of recent changes to the eligibility criteria for accessing the Independent Living Fund. |
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(10023)
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133
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government's proposals for requiring lone parents to seek work when their youngest child reaches school age will apply to parents of children with disabilities. |
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(10252)
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134
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government's proposals for changes to housing benefit will apply to households where one or more individual has a disability. |
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(10272)
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135
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of his proposals for housing benefit reform on people with disabilities. |
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(10273)
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136
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Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase his Department's assistance for British citizens whose first language is not English to find employment. |
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(10245)
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137
N
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of residents of Liverpool, Walton constituency in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) pension credits who will no longer have their full mortgage interest payment covered by support for mortgage interest payments under the proposals in the June 2010 budget. |
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(9979)
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138
N
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Liverpool, Walton constituency are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) basic state pension and (d) pension credit; and how many people in that constituency have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months. |
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(9980)
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139
N
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Liverpool, Walton constituency receive housing benefit of more than (a) £200 per week for a one, (b) £290 per week for a two, £340 per week for a three and (d) £400 per week for a four bedroom property. |
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(9981)
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140
N
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Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Glasgow Central constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK claim carer's allowance. |
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(10024)
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141
N
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Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to undertake a review of the carer's allowance system. |
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(10025)
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142
N
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Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on those carers in receipt of carer's allowance of the (a) programme of expenditure reduction and (b) proposed increase in the rate of value added tax announced in the June 2010 Budget. |
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(10125)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
143
N
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Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) England had an NVQ3 level or above on 1 April in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement. |
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[Transferred]
(10135)
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Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
144
N
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Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in market rents for (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four bedroom properties in each broad market rental area in each year since 2000. |
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[Transferred]
(10193)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
145
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for future funding of existing rape crisis centres. |
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[Transferred]
(10255)
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