Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 September 2010

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 7 September 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 September 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 7 September 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 7 September of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 7 September see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what new sources of revenue for post offices have been identified by his Department; and what progress has been made in establishing such sources.
	(13236)

2	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on changes to the Building Schools for the Future programme on small firms in the construction sector; what recent representations he has received on the topic; and if he will make a statement.
	(14141)

3	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Aim Higher Greater Merseyside partnership in enabling young people to progress to higher education.
	(13748)

4	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account he plans to take of the Aim Higher document entitled Research with Young People into Attitudes Towards the Possibility of Increases in HE Tuition Fees; and if he will make a statement.
	(13749)

5	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of young people from the most deprived communities entering higher education in (a) Liverpool Wavertree constituency and (b) England in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2010.
	(13751)

6	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people in (a) Liverpool Wavertree constituency and (b) England have graduate or higher level qualifications.
	(13752)

7	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many unpaid, expenses-only internships there have been in (a) his Department and (b) public bodies which fall within his Department's area of responsibility in the last 12 months.
	(13808)

8	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department provides to businesses on their legal obligations under national minimum wage legislation in respect of unpaid interns.
	(13809)

9	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many orders for vehicles were placed through the vehicle scrappage scheme.
	(13959)

10	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people commenced an apprenticeship in (a) 1997 and (b) May 2010.
	(13960)

11	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people were registered for study at a university (a) in 1997 and (b) in May 2010.
	(13961)

12	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount of inward investment in Yorkshire and the Humber attributable to the work of (a) UK Trade and Investment and its predecessor bodies and (b) Yorkshire Forward since 1999.
	(13767)

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which body will be responsible for administering European Regional Development Funding in circumstances where that funding is relevant to multi-agency and cross-local authority boundary work, and where the requirement for the funding lies clearly out with any potential local enterprise partnership boundary following the abolition of regional development agencies; and if he will make a statement.

(14032)

14 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely length of time between the (a) abolition of Advantage West Midlands and (b) introduction of local enterprise partnerships in the West Midlands; and what steps he plans to take to encourage business growth in the West Midlands in this period.
	(12096)

15 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage private sector investment in the West Midlands.
	(12097)

16	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands commenced study at a Russell Group University in each year since 1997.
	(14153)

17	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses since 22 June 2010.
	(14138)

18	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13933)

19	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department work (a) full-time and (b) for most of their time on the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent policies.
	(13781)

20	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Export Credits Guarantee Department will provide assistance for the recently-announced sale of Hawk jets to India.
	(13450)

21	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) the total administrative cost and (b) the (i) absolute and (ii) percentage administrative cost per apprentice of the National Apprenticeship Scheme was in 2009-10.
	(13398)

22	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the running costs of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate were in each of the last five years.
	(13703)

23	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate.
	(13704)

24	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to encourage banks to offer a wider choice of short-term loans for vulnerable customers as an alternative to high-interest payday loans.
	(13319)

25	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards he plans to introduce to reduce levels of dependency on high-cost credit.
	(13320)

26	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13321)

27	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13327)

28	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13328)

29	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of credit card companies on the introduction of an annual dormancy fee; and whether he plans to bring forward proposals to cap such charges.
	(13329)

30	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many paid officials in (a) his Department and its agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies within his Department's area of responsibility are full-time trade union officials; what the total annual remuneration is for each such official; and if he will make a statement.
	(13914)

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what sums were deducted from employee wages in (a) his Department and its predecessors, (b) its agencies and (c) other public bodies within its area of responsibility as a result of strike action in each year since 1990; and how many such employees were dismissed as a result of such action in each such year.

(13915)

32	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what categories of worker are prohibited from participating in industrial action; and if he will make a statement.
	(13916)

33	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many claims that were rejected under the re-opened Icelandic-Water Trawlermen Compensation Scheme were not successful because they did not meet revised qualification criteria.
	(14077)

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department allocated for the re-opened Icelandic-Water Trawlermen Compensation Scheme; how much of this allocation has been spent; and whether the surplus is still available pending (a) the outcome of appeals against determinations and (b) further investigation by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

(14078)

35	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the applicants for compensation under the Icelandic-Water Trawlermen Compensation Scheme listed in Annex C of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's Second Report, Session 2006-07, HC 313, have been awarded additional compensation under the revised scheme.
	(14113)

36	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he had with former trawlermen prior to introducing the revised qualification criteria for the re-opened Icelandic-Water Trawlermen Compensation Scheme.
	(14114)

37	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of rejected applications of the revisions to the qualifying criteria under the re-opened Icelandic-Water Trawlermen Compensation Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(14115)

38	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to bring forward proposals for the establishment of a grocery supply chain ombudsman.
	(13962)

39	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Post Office's branch business migration industry standard gravity model.
	(14027)

40	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to simplify the pre-qualification processes for public sector procurement and projects.
	(13991)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2010 to the hon. Member for Norwich South, Official Report, column 508, on the Post Office network, what account he is taking in his consideration of the case for a Post Office bank of the effects of such a bank on (a) sustaining the Post Office network and (b) the wider society and economy of the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(13483)

42	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures are in place to make severance provision for staff working for a Regional Development Agency.
	(13887)

43	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on the offshore wind industry of the abolition of regional development agencies.
	(13974)

44	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) administration and (b) running costs of the Higher Education Funding Council for England were in the most recent financial year for which figures are available.
	(14107)

45	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on the market price of aluminium extrusions produced in the UK of the import of aluminium extrusions from China.
	(14109)

46	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13471)

47	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) financial and (b) other support the North West Regional Development Agency has provided to businesses in Bury North constituency in the last three years.
	(13775)

48	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage the start up of new business in Bury North.
	(13787)

49	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses ceased to operate in Bury North in the last three years; and what steps he is taking to prevent failures of small businesses.
	(13788)

50	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the (a) Manufacturing Advisory Service and (b) Manufacturing Advisory Service West Midlands.
	(14146)

51	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Competition Commission on the supermarket sector.
	(13603)

52	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to encourage UK-based manufacturers to employ staff locally rather than import products, with particular reference to Rolls Royce Hucknall.
	(13076)

53	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many higher level apprenticeship courses will be available in each constituency in the 2010-11 academic year.
	(13944)

54	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of the availability of credit to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(14104)

55	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with banks on the provision of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(14105)

56	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure the continuation of business advice services provided to small and medium-sized enterprises through Business Link.
	(14168)

57	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(14169)

58	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effects of a graduate tax on the number of people seeking to enter high-earning professions.
	(13348)

59	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to set a cap on the fees charged by insolvency practitioners.
	(13597)

60	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater transparency in the insolvency sector.
	(13598)

61	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average time taken to settle an insolvency case was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13599)

62	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to review the regulation of the Insolvency Service.
	(13600)

63	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average time taken to settle a liquidation case was in the latest period for which figures are available; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for a time limit on the settlement of such cases.
	(13601)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

64	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost will be of the 2011 Census.
	(13802)

65	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the use of community benefit clauses in the public sector.
	(13791)

66	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes to encourage social enterprises to adopt a legal model which entitles them to tax relief.
	(13792)

67	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13271)

68	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13272)

69	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13273)

70	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the public sector workforce in (a) each Government department and (b) each other public body are trades union members.
	(13917)

71	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) collective and (b) individual trade disputes of each type in the (i) public and (ii) private sector were recorded in each class of economic activity under the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.
	(14106)

72	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish all Government department invoice payment performance records on a monthly basis in a single location.
	(13380)

73	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what legal advice his Department obtained before the introduction of the Superannuation Bill; and what discussions he and his officials had with civil service unions on the future of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
	(14086)

74	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average (a) male and (b) female life expectancy was in Gateshead constituency in each year since 2000.
	(13438)

75	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13472)

76	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five year survival rate of small businesses was in (a) North Swindon constituency and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13333)

77	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small businesses in North Swindon constituency had a turnover of (a) under £100,000 and (b) over £100,000 in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(13334)

78	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses (a) started up and (b) ceased to exist in North Swindon constituency in each year since 1997.
	(13335)

79	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department no longer sends letters of congratulations to organisations that have achieved Customer Service Excellence.
	(13908)

80	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that terms and conditions of employment of low-paid civil servants are not affected by changes to Civil Service employment contracts.
	(13184)

81	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on advertising jobs in central government departments in the Guardian and Observer newspapers in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(13187)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

82	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken by his Department to reduce levels of tax avoidance; and how much additional tax revenue he estimates will accrue from such steps.
	(13235)

83	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an analysis of the effects of implementation of measures announced in budget statements and pre-budget reports will be included in the annual Child Poverty Report to be made to Parliament under the Child Poverty Act 2010.
	(13245)

84	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal advice his Department obtained on the compliance of the proposals in his Budget Statement of 22 June 2010 with the statutory equality duties; and if he will make a statement.
	(14057)

85	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of the compatibility of the proposals in his Budget Statement of 22 June 2010 with the Government's statutory equality duties; and if he will make a statement.
	(14058)

86	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what written communications he received from other Ministers on the compliance of the proposals in his Budget Statement of 22 June 2010 with the Government's statutory equality duties.
	(14059)

87	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure reduction suggestions by members of the public have been considered as part of the Government's Spending Review.
	(14127)

88	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to place a limit on non-cyclical structural borrowing (a) between 2010 and 2015 and (b) after 2015.
	(14130)

89	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to increase representation by UK Financial Investments Ltd on the boards of banks in receipt of public funding.
	(13536)

90	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to adjust approved mileage allowance rates in line with changes made since 2002 to HM Revenue and Customs Advisory Fuel Rates for (a) 1400cc, (b) 1401cc-2100cc and (c) 2101cc and above vehicles.
	(14071)

91	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 19 July on a constituent, Mr N. Kelleway.
	(13853)

92	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of food price inflation (a) was on the latest date for which information is available and (b) is forecast to be over the next 12 months.
	(14093)

93	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce missing trader intra-community fraud.
	(14136)

94	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13931)

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the public sector pay freeze for those earning over £21,000 per year will include local government craft workers whose rates of pay are governed by agreements of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authority Craft and Associated Employees; and whether the £250 annual payment for public sector workers earning under £21,000 per year will be paid to such workers.

(13992)

96	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £21,000 annual salary threshold his Department has set for the public sector pay freeze will be calculated on basic pay only.
	(13993)

97	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) the Debt Management Office and (b) his Department spent on website design in each cost category between 2003-04 and 2006-07.
	(13350)

98	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the change in the amount of expenditure by his Department on security between (a) 2004-05 and 2005-06 and (b) 2005-06 and 2006-07.
	(13354)

99	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the change in the amount spent by his Department on legal advice between (a) 2007-08 to 2008-09 and (b) from 2008-09 to 2009-10.
	(13356)

100	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to promote the use of community benefit clauses in Government procurement contracts; whether there are targets for the use of such clauses; and if he will make a statement.
	(13435)

101	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions have taken place on introduction of a social enterprise legal definition and tax relief model.
	(13793)

102	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the provision of financial support for community-owned renewable energy schemes from community-based credit unions; and if he will make a statement.
	(13432)

103	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which official in his Department has lead policy responsibility for proposals relating to the establishment of a Green Investment Bank.
	(13674)

104	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department work (a) full-time and (b) for most of their time on the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent policies.
	(13783)

105	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to introduce transitional measures for those yet to secure a retirement income who will reach 75 years before his Department removes the requirement to purchase a pension annuity.
	(13900)

106	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allocate future revenues raised through the auctioning of allowances under the (a) second and (b) third phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(13901)

107	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of International Monetary Fund special drawing rights as a source of climate finance.
	(13902)

108	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to improve enforcement of legislation governing the national minimum wage by HM Revenue and Customs.
	(13701)

109	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on enforcement of legislation governing the national minimum wage in each of the last five years.
	(13702)

110

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the public sector pay freeze for those earning over £21,000 per year will include local government craft workers whose rates of pay are governed by agreements of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authority Craft and Associated Employees; and whether the £250 annual payment for public sector workers earning under £21,000 per year will be paid to such workers.

(13989)

111	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £21,000 annual threshold his Department has set for the public sector pay freeze will be calculated on basic pay only.
	(13990)

112	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13322)

113	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13323)

114	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13326)

115	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incorrect PAYE codes have been issued by HM Revenue and Customs to taxpayers in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the amount of tax (a) overcharged and (b) undercharged as a result of tax code errors in the last 12 months.
	(13336)

116	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which accountancy firms have been approved by HM Revenue and Customs to conduct independent business reviews of companies seeking to defer their tax payments; and what mechanism his Department used to select these firms.
	(13337)

117	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by HM Revenue and Customs on outsourcing to debt collection agencies to pursue tax debts in each of the last five years; and how much was recouped by such agencies in each of those years.
	(13338)

118	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanism HM Revenue and Customs has put in place to monitor the conduct of its debt collection agency contractors.
	(13339)

119	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards HM Revenue and Customs has put in place to protect the personal information of taxpayers which has been shared with debt collection agency contractors.
	(13340)

120	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions HM Revenue and Customs has had with offshore account holders on the process of depositing funds outside the UK.
	(13341)

121	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what details of offshore account holders HM Revenue and Customs has sought from UK banks in the last 12 months.
	(13342)

122	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to conclude its review of the release of statistical information on time to pay arrangements.
	(13343)

123	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs on the issuing of value added tax registration numbers to new businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	(13370)

124	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the effects on small businesses of the FSA's fee increases; and if he will make a statement.
	(13371)

125	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 2.1 of the Budget Red Book, HC 61, what methodology was used to calculate the figures for expenditure reductions by (a) limiting working age entitlements to reflect the size of family and (b) switching to Consumer Price Index indexation for local housing allowance for 2013-14 and 2014-15.
	(13453)

126	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on methods of providing compensation for Equitable Life policyholders.
	(13346)

127	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on (a) levels of employment, (b) bus services and (c) the economy of ceasing the bus services operators grant; and if he will make a statement.
	(13412)

128	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints his Department has received in relation to the content of contributions to its Spending Challenge website.
	(13984)

129	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons it was decided not to moderate the content of contributions to his Department's Spending Challenge website.
	(13985)

130	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on the production and distribution of Tax Guides CDs to UK businesses in each year since 2005.
	(14024)

131	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the effect of the organisational structure of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the (a) collection and (b) duplication of data provided to the ONS by the private sector.
	(14098)

132	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made on the effects of business taxes on larger empty commercial properties on levels of investment in new commercial facilities.
	(13224)

133	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on the average level of household debt of the Government's programme of spending reductions and the proposed change to the standard rate of value added tax.
	(14140)

134	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on breaking up banks which have received funding from the public purse.
	(13604)

135	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of work undertaken by the Financial Services Authority to encourage young people to save.
	(13331)

136	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations HM Revenue and Customs has (i) investigated and (ii) prosecuted for offences related to tax evasion in each of the last five years.
	(13418)

137	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of malicious counterclaims for child benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13452)

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

138	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer to Question 11095, what discussions the Church Commissioners have had with Ministers on the continuation of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme; and what progress has been made in those discussions.
	(14075)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

139	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department plans to provide to Lewisham Homes for the purposes of meeting the Decent Homes standard in respect of its housing stock.
	(13836)

140	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the level of outstanding capital investment requirements for arm's length management organisations.
	(13837)

141	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to consult tenants groups on the future of secure tenancies in social rented housing.
	(13838)

142	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he had with representatives of tenants' groups (a) prior to and (b) after taking the decision to abolish National Tenant Voice.
	(13839)

143	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to make more effective use of unoccupied homes in tackling unmet housing needs.
	(13231)

144	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bodies at what structural (a) level and (b) location will be responsible for economic regional development fund activity following the proposed abolition of regional government offices.
	(13768)

145	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which functions hitherto undertaken by Government Offices (a) will be undertaken by (i) Government departments and (ii) local enterprise partnerships and (b) have yet to be assigned to another body following the abolition of the Government Offices for the Regions.
	(13769)

146

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average percentage change in local authority budgets in 2012-13 consequent upon the removal of area-based grant and changes to revenue support grant; and what estimate he has made of the percentage budget change in these circumstances for each top-tier local authority.

(14031)

147	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total interest paid by local authorities in 2009-10.
	(14025)

148	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote community cohesion in Coventry.
	(14154)

149	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13934)

150	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the office space of the Gloucestershire Tri-Service Emergency Centre at Waterwells is not in use.
	(13394)

151	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the participation of local authority members in meetings of the South West Regional Assembly since 2004.
	(13404)

152	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse of the South West Regional Spatial Strategy has been.
	(13405)

153	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse attributable to activities in connection with fresh Traveller encampments on public land in the last 12 months.
	(13406)

154

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will call in for examination the recent decision of the Planning Inspectorate on the proposed development of a windfarm at Yelvertoft; if he will take into account in that examination (a) the views expressed by residents of Yelvertoft and the surrounding area and (b) the decision on the application made by Daventry Borough Council; and if he will make a statement.

(13533)

155	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13274)

156	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13275)

157	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13276)

158	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies take into account rolling resistance as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	(13551)

159	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has offered any guidance to local authorities considering the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
	(14147)

160	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of council tax discounts on second properties on the number of empty properties.
	(13365)

161	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwellings there are in each local authority area.
	(13729)

162	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities had exercised their option to rescind the 50 per cent. council tax discount on empty properties after six months on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(13738)

163	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders have been issued in each local authority area in each year since 2006.
	(13739)

164	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by each local authority on enforcement of the law relating to the private rented sector in each year since 2004.
	(13740)

165	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from Hyndburn Borough Council on reductions in levels of public expenditure.
	(14022)

166	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the council tax allowance for each unit of new build housing district councils will receive under the New Homes Bonus Scheme in the first six years of its operation; and to which bodies, and in what proportion, the remainder of the allowance will be allocated.
	(14120)

167	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes he expects to be built in each region under the New Homes Bonus Scheme in each year to 2014-15.
	(14121)

168	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to implement his policy on not telling communities how or where to build; and what effect the implementation of this policy will have on developments on green belt land.
	(14122)

169	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much money (a) in total and (b) derived from the sale of council houses each local authority invested in financial markets in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(13470)

170

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many redundancies he expects will take place (a) in the South West and (b) in England as a result of his decision to close the Government Office for the South West; and what the projected cost savings are arising from the closure of the other Government Offices for the Regions in the first year after closure.

(14087)

171	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultations are taking place on proposals for local enterprise partnerships.
	(14083)

172	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the deadline is for submissions to be made to his Department for consultations on local enterprise partnerships.
	(14084)

173	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has set a timetable for the closure of the Government Office in each region; whether he expects existing employees will be made redundant under the present compensation terms; and if he will make a statement.
	(13387)

174

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether employees of the Government Offices for the Regions fall within the definition of surplus staff contained in the Cabinet Office's April 2008 publication Efficiency and Relocation Support Programme: Protocol for Handling Surplus Staff Situations; and if he will make a statement.

(13388)

175	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what cost/benefit analysis he carried out prior to his decision on the future of the Government Offices for the Regions.
	(13389)

176	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation he undertook with trades unions on his decision on the future of the Government Offices for the Regions; and if he will make a statement.
	(13390)

177	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of the abolition of regional spatial strategies on the amount of renewable energy produced at a local level.
	(13968)

178	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had on policies to increase public awareness of different cultures, religions and communities.
	(13362)

179	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the disabled facilities grant; if he will retain current funding levels for the grant; and if he will make a statement.
	(13918)

180	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13473)

181	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future system of empty property rates.
	(13790)

182	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total number of statutory duties required of local councils in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(13566)

183	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people there were seeking properties of each size on council house waiting lists in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
	[R] (13858)

184	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to assist property owners to bring empty properties back into use.
	[R] (13859)

185	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what incentives his Department provides for public buildings to be built in an environmentally friendly way.
	(13226)

186	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his proposed new planning legislation will include provisions for restrictions on the level of parish precepts.
	(13227)

187	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications were notified to his Department under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 between 20 April 2009 and 19 April 2010.
	(14041)

188	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications which departed from the development plan were notified to his Department under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Development Plans and Consultation) (Departures) Directions 1999 between 30 August 1999 and 19 April 2009.
	(14042)

189	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of social housing in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lambeth and (c) Streatham constituency in 2010-11.
	(14166)

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

190	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of public expenditure on the arts in each year since 1997.
	(13999)

191	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the theatre sector to gross domestic product in each year since 1997.
	(14070)

192	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on proposals to reform football governance to encourage and support the co-operative ownership of football clubs by supporters.
	(13241)

193	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to prohibit the advertising of sexual services in newspapers and other mainstream media.
	(13806)

194	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many unpaid, expenses-only internships there have been in (a) his Department and (b) public bodies which fall within his Department's area of responsibility in the last 12 months.
	(13811)

195	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much expenditure will be saved in 2010-11 by ending the free swimming initiative.
	(13812)

196	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, at what level he expects mobile termination rates to be set by January 2012.
	(13813)

197	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on proposals to expedite reduction of mobile termination rates.
	(13814)

198 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for what reasons the letter outlining his Department's decision to uphold English Heritage's listing of Coventry Market was sent to the hon. Member for Workington rather than to the hon. Member for Coventry South.
	(12095)

199	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13935)

200

Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Ofcom on the Online Copyright Infringement Initial Obligations Code and (i) compliance with data protection and privacy law, (ii) the standard of evidence required to take action against alleged copyright infringers and (iii) ensuring a fair and accessible appeals process; and if he will make a statement.

(13824)

201	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Brighton Pavilion constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency from (a) May 1997 to April 2010 and (b) since May 2010.
	(13456)

202	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the average actual speed of broadband was in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13726)

203	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the (a) advertised and (b) average actual broadband speed in (i) Thornton-le-Street, (b) Filey and (c) Rosedale Abbey was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13727)

204	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on the continuation of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(14085)

205	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase women's participation in physical activity and sport (a) nationally and (b) in Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency.
	(13821)

206	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to encourage volunteering by people from local London boroughs in the London 2012 Olympics.
	(13357)

207	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had on promoting the Big Society Agenda in relation to preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.
	(13358)

208	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will review the operation of the horserace betting levy to ensure that payments are collected effectively.
	(13537)

209	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the horseracing industry on Government support for that industry.
	(13538)

210	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to apply the horserace betting levy to (a) bookmakers who move their business offshore and (b) betting exchanges.
	(13539)

211	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will meet representatives of the Big Lottery to discuss the effects of the withdrawal of funding from the Pathways programme in East Lothian constituency on its work helping people with a history of substance abuse return to further education, training or employment.
	(13543)

212	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many contracts related to the London 2012 Olympics have been awarded to businesses and organisations in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Wolverhampton and (c) Wolverhampton North East constituency; and what the monetary value is of each such contract.
	(13368)

213	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate has been made of the opportunity cost of using interleaved spectrum for the broadcast of city TV services.
	(13372)

214	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his estimate is of the number of cities that could be served by city TV stations.
	(13373)

215	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his estimate is of the minimum size of conurbation that could support a city TV station.
	(13374)

216	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his estimate is of the number of rural areas that would be able to receive a broadcast signal from city TV stations.
	(13375)

217	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries.
	(13188)

218	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the total savings which will accrue to the Exchequer as a result of the closure of the regional offices of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(13576)

219	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the total savings which will accrue to the Exchequer as a result of the abolition of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(13577)

220	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the future of the contract rights renewal merger undertakings.
	(13260)

221	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on responsibility for the contract rights renewal merger undertakings.
	(13261)

222	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what impact assessment he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the abolition of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(14102)

223	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what impact assessment he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the abolition of the UK Film Council.
	(14103)

224	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of Walsall South constituency of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(13545)

225	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of funding for the Olympic Village was provided by (a) private investors and (b) the public sector.
	(13200)

226	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the Government has underwritten loans taken out by the Olympic Delivery Authority.
	(13201)

227	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of property in the Olympic Village will be converted into social housing after the London 2010 Olympic Games.
	(13202)

228	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much has been drawn down from the Olympic Contingency Fund in the last 12 months.
	(13203)

229	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to allocate additional funding to Visit Britain for the purposes of marketing related to the (a) London 2012 Olympics and (b) Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
	(13204)

230	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on levels of inbound tourism of the cost of a visa to visit the UK compared to the cost of a visa to visit a country within the Schengen zone.
	(13205)

231	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2010, Official Report, column 472W, on Olympic Delivery Authority, if he will place in the Library an analysis of the polling undertaken by the Olympic Delivery Authority over the last three years.
	(13602)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

232	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many referrals from the Department of Work and Pensions the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency has received in each year since 2007.
	(14000)

233	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pension payments have been processed by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in each year since 2007.
	(14001)

234	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of establishing a military post of UK cyberspace commander.
	(14128)

235	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to how many contracts under the private finance initiative (a) his Department is and (b) its agencies are party; how much was spent on such contracts in each year since 2005; and what the (i) name and (ii) monetary value is of each such contract worth over £1 million a year.
	(13773)

236

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to how many contracts not under the private finance initiative (a) his Department is and (b) its agencies are party; how much was spent on such contracts in each year since 2005; what the (i) name and (ii) monetary value is of each such contract worth over £1 million a year; and whether any such contracts have been terminated before the end date originally specified in the contract during the last 12 months.

(13774)

237	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff who have worked in Iraq or Afghanistan are covered by the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
	(13803)

238	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Transport Regiment Royal Logistics Corps personnel are covered by the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
	(13805)

239	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to improve service accommodation for soldiers and their families.
	(13860)

240	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department incurred on the provision of medical services for armed forces personnel in (a) the Falklands Islands, (b) Gibraltar, (c) Cyprus and (d) Germany in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(14073)

241	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of accommodation for UK armed forces personnel there were in Germany at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(14074)

242	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13936)

243	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many minority ethnic service personnel were recruited to each service (a) nationally and (b) in Gloucester in each of the last five years.
	(13400)

244	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women were recruited to each service through the Armed Forces Careers centre in Gloucester in each of the last five years.
	(13401)

245	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to (a) local authorities in council tax and (b) Annington Homes in rent for empty properties in the defence housing estate in each of the last five years.
	(13995)

246	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has been proceeded against for non-payment of (a) council tax and (b) utility bills owed on properties in the defence housing estate in each of the last five years.
	(13996)

247	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many empty properties on the defence housing estate his Department has (a) made ready for occupation and (b) moved service families into in each of the last five years.
	(13997)

248	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service family accommodation units and (b) single living accommodation units have been classified as unfit for occupation in each of the last five years.
	(13998)

249	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13292)

250	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13293)

251	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13294)

252	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies take into account rolling resistance as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	(13550)

253	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the significance for the UK economy of (a) defence exports and (b) the UK's defence manufacturing capability.
	(14159)

254

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps were taken to protect (a) Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, (b) emergency service personnel and (c) members of the public from asbestos contamination arising from the fire at AWE Aldermaston on 3 August 2010; and what steps were taken to investigate potential asbestos contamination in the area surrounding the site of the fire.

(13459)

255	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which fire brigades attended the fire at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston on 3 August 2010; how many firefighting personnel attended; and how many fire appliances attended.
	(13465)

256	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date and at what time the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston notified the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service of the fire at AWE Aldermaston on 3 August 2010.
	(13466)

257	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the AWE Off-Site Contingency Arrangements were not activated to direct the response to the fire at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston on 3 August 2010.
	(13467)

258	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of each document provided by AWE plc of written instructions and advice to firefighting personnel attending incidents at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in the Library.
	(13468)

259	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston have resulted in attendance of the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service in each year from 2006 to 2010; and on what dates each such incident occurred.
	(13469)

260	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2010, Official Report, column 615, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what information his Department holds on the number of civilian deaths which may have been caused by the use of air-to-ground weapons by Reaper air-to-ground weapons since May 2008.
	(13484)

261	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training is provided on the provisions of the Geneva Conventions to personnel of each rank of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force deployed to an area of conflict; and if he will make a statement.
	(13254)

262	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of loss of limbs in combat on the mental health of soldiers.
	(13345)

263	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will undertake a review of the (a) quality and fit of prosthetic limbs and (b) level of counselling offered to former service personnel who lose limbs in combat.
	(13611)

264	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13474)

265	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Army technical officers have been called out to deal with (a) suspected and (b) actual explosive devices in Northern Ireland in (i) 2010, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2008, (iv) 2007 and (v) 2006.
	(13797)

266	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it cost to run the Army Technical Operation (Bomb Disposal) in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13798)

267	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether research and development into bio-technology (a) defence counter-measures and (b) offensive measures are included in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(14150)

268	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of each flight hour of the (a) Tornado GR4, (b) Typhoon F2, (c) Harrier GR7, (d) Tornado F3 and (e) Harrier GR9.
	(13568)

269	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have re-bid for the Warrior Capability Sustainment programme.
	(13569)

270	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Warrior Capability Sustainment programme.
	(13570)

271	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the electromagnetic catapult system designed for the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers will be capable of launching Dassault Rafale M.
	(13571)

272	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual percentage change in defence spending was between (a) 1980 and 1997 and (b) 1997 and 2010.
	(14123)

273	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual percentage change in spending on the Army was between (a) 1980 and 1997 and (b) 1997 and 2010.
	(14124)

274	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual percentage change in the size of the Army was between (a) 1980 and 1997 and (b) 1997 and 2010.
	(14125)

275	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum lift capacity of the A400M will be for the UK purchased fleet.
	(13182)

276	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterpart on Anglo-French defence co-operation.
	(13183)

277	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties the Royal Navy rents in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys; and if he will make a statement.
	(13766)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

278	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate has been made of the costs of the boundary review proposed in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
	(13801)

279	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what elections are planned to be held on 7 May 2015 in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
	(13382)

280	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to increase levels of voter registration.
	(13430)

281	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of each written representation he has received from the devolved administrations on the proposed alternative vote referendum.
	(13709)

282	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the lowest geographical level is at which data on the turnout and result of the proposed alternative vote referendum will be (a) recorded and (b) published.
	(13710)

283	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse was of the last review of parliamentary constituencies in (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland; and what the estimated cost of the next review of constituency boundaries is in England, Wales and Scotland.
	(13420)

284	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) transport, (b) venue and accommodation, (c) printed materials, including backdrops, (d) security, (e) staffing, (f) filming and photography and (g) other costs of each public meeting he has held since his appointment.
	(13266)

285	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what vetting his Office undertakes of people attending public meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister.
	(13267)

286	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers accompanied him on each public meeting since his appointment.
	(13268)

287	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the devolved administrations on the timing of the referendum on the alternative vote system.
	(13186)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

288	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many projects in the Building Schools for the Future programme have been affected by an English Heritage listing decision during the design period since the inception of the programme.
	(13762)

289	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the level of expenditure incurred in the Building Schools for the Future programme as a result of the listing of school buildings by English Heritage since the inception of the programme.
	(13763)

290	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of English Heritage on the Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(13764)

291	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the views of young people are taken into account on proposals for changes to youth services in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
	(13442)

292	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the provisions of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are applied to all policies which affect young people.
	(13444)

293	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to assist schools to reduce levels of bullying.
	(13232)

294	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of science and mathematic graduates entering the teaching profession.
	(13233)

295	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional powers he plans to give to teachers to ensure discipline in the classroom.
	(13234)

296	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to support partnership working to raise the attainment of young people in Liverpool Wavertree constituency.
	(13753)

297	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's target is for the future number of specialist physics teachers.
	(13804)

298	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unpaid, expenses-only internships there have been in (a) his Department and (b) public bodies which fall within his Department's area of responsibility in the last 12 months.
	(13810)

299	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to bring forward draft regulations for the registration and monitoring of free schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(13080)

300	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13937)

301	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the level of take-up of free school meals in Richmond Park constituency.
	(13899)

302	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people received education maintenance allowance in Stretford and Urmston constituency in each of the last three years; and of those how many (a) were lone parents, (b) had previously been in custody and (c) were living away from home.
	(13436)

303	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people (a) in total and (b) who (i) were lone parents, (ii) had left custody and (iii) were living away from home received education maintenance allowance in Stretford and Urmston constituency in each of the last three years.
	(14060)

304	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was received from all Government sources by (a) the Harris Academy at Peckham, (b) the Harris Girls' Academy, East Dulwich, (c) the Harris Boys' Academy, East Dulwich, (d) the Walworth Academy and (e) St Michael and All Angels Academy in each financial year since they became academies.
	(14160)

305	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13277)

306	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13278)

307	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13279)

308	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of total spending on maintained schools is allocated to (a) teaching staff and (b) all staff costs.
	(14036)

309	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost of employing each additional (a) primary school teacher, (b) secondary school teacher and (c) classroom assistant in the maintained sector.
	(14037)

310	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of funding for maintained schools which comes from (a) (i) central and (ii) local government and (b) other sources.
	(14038)

311

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, column 193W, on schools: standards, for what reasons his Department does not hold information on which local authorities do not undertake school organisation plans following the removal of the requirement to do so in 2004; if he will make it his policy to collect such information; and if he will make a statement.

(13485)

312	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Gateshead local authority area have expressed an interest in becoming academy schools.
	(13437)

313	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid by (a) the Children and Family Court and Advisory Service (CAFCASS) England and (b) CAFCASS Cymru to self employed contractors in family cases, (i) in total and (ii) for travel expenses in each year from 2002 to 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(13196)

314

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the average number of years of post-qualification childcare social work experience of (a) children's guardians employed by the Children and Family Court and Advisory Service (CAFCASS), (b) self-employed contractors employed by CAFCASS and (c) independent social workers acting as expert witnesses in family proceedings; and if he will make a statement.

(13197)

315	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had on assisting schools to provide sport in schools for children with (a) mental health disabilities and (b) physical disabilities.
	(13359)

316	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13475)

317	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question (a) (i) 5514, (ii) 5498, (iii) 5512, (iv) 5499, (v) 5510, (vi) 5513 and (vii) 5566, tabled on 29 June 2010, (b) (i) 11433, (ii) 11434, (iii) 11435 and (iv) 11432, tabled on 21 July 2010 and (c) (i) 11975 and (ii) 11976, tabled on 23 July 2010, on the New Schools Network.
	(13886)

318	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received on provision of special educational needs services by academies.
	(14004)

319	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure adequate provision of special educational needs services in the transfer of schools to academy status.
	(14005)

320	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he plans to ensure sufficient funding for academies for (a) special educational needs support services, (b) behaviour support services, (c) education welfare services, (d) school meals, (e) pupils' support and (f) staffing costs.
	(14006)

321	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Building Schools for the Future projects which had reached financial close have since had their funding reduced.
	(14007)

322	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department has used to decide which proposed projects should not received Building Schools for the Future funding.
	(14023)

323	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he used when awarding the New Schools Network a contract; and whether the Compact Commissioning Guidance was taken into account.
	(14072)

324	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 18 to 24 year olds are not in education, employment or training in Bury North constituency; and what steps his Department is taking to assist these people to enter education, employment or training.
	(13789)

325	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's guidance to schools regarding the use of unqualified teaching staff covering teacher absences; and if he will make a statement.
	(13567)

326	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools were (a) rebuilt and (b) refurbished between 1997 and May 2010.
	(14028)

327	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teachers and (b) support staff including teaching assistants were employed in maintained schools in (i) 1997 and (ii) May 2007.
	(14029)

328	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres have opened since 1997.
	(14069)

329	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on education per pupil in Wolverhampton North East constituency (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available.
	(13377)

330	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he expects the Government to meet its target of ensuring local authorities implement the sufficiency guidance relating to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 by April 2011.
	(13225)

331	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate funds to (a) Joseph Whitaker School, Rainworth and (b) Dukeries College, Ollerton for the purpose of improving school buildings.
	(13077)

332	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who received free school meals in year 11, went on to (a) study A-Levels, (b) undertake an apprenticeship and (c) participate in other forms of education or training in each of the last five years.
	(13942)

333	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who received free school meals in year 11 continued to (a) sixth form college, (b) a further education college, (c) employment-based training, (d) full-time employment, (e) part-time employment, (f) part-time education or training and (g) unemployment in each of the last five years.
	(13943)

334	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) level 2, (b) level 3 and (c) level 4 apprenticeships in each subject are available in educational institutions in each constituency for academic year 2010-11.
	(13945)

335	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what A-Level courses are offered by each (a) sixth form college and (b) further education college in each (i) constituency and (ii) local authority area for academic year 2010-11.
	(13946)

336	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what A-Level courses are available in educational institutions in each constituency in academic year 2010-11.
	(13947)

337	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign language A-levels were sat in (a) England, (b) Sussex, (c) Hove constituency and (d) Brighton and Hove in each year from 2002 to 2009.
	(13716)

338	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign language AS levels were sat in (a) England, (b) Sussex, (c) Hove constituency and (d) Brighton and Hove in each year from 2002 to 2009.
	(13717)

339	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign language GCSEs were sat in (a) England, (b) Sussex, (c) Hove constituency and (d) Brighton and Hove in each year from 2002 to 2009.
	(13718)

340	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of failed asylum seekers or illegal immigrants have been taken into care because their parents have absconded in each of the last two years; and how many of these children have subsequently been reunited with their families.
	(13220)

341	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the status of decisions relating to a teacher's professional standing made by the General Teaching Council (GTC) will be following the abolition of the GTC.
	(13831)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

342	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the policy of his Department is on provision of subsidies for the construction of new nuclear power stations.
	(14131)

343	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13938)

344	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether an assessment has been made of the merits of creating a special administration regime for a nuclear plant operator which becomes insolvent and is unable to maintain its nuclear plants; and whether his Department has discussed the matter with the Insolvency Service.
	(14080)

345	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of renewable energy generation he has informed the EU will be provided for by the generation of renewable heat from the injection of biomethane into the grid under the terms of Article 4 of the EU Renewable Energy Directive.
	(13446)

346	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for the UK of a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
	(13714)

347	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were made at the recent Joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings on energy and climate change-related matters.
	(13898)

348	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what incentives his Department provides to members of the public to generate their own electricity.
	(13399)

349

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward an energy planning strategy which provides for a determination of (a) the number of wind farms required nationally and (b) the location of such installations in a manner which (i) maximises efficient energy production and (ii) minimises disturbance to the countryside and to village communities.

(13532)

350	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals for the support of renewables from funds raised by means other than taxation.
	(13535)

351	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13316)

352	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13317)

353	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13318)

354	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2010, Official Report, columns 148-9W, on housing insulation, whether the target of insulating every home with cavity wall and loft insulation where technically possible by 2015 is one of the binding targets referred to in the Answer.
	(13482)

355	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the proportion of new electricity generating capacity which should be met by new nuclear power capacity.
	(13963)

356	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made in achieving a 10 per cent. year-on-year reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from the Government estate; and if he will make a statement.
	(13964)

357	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from businesses on the financial situation of the offshore wind industry.
	(13965)

358	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to take steps to provide support to the offshore wind industry to replace that previously provided through regional development agencies.
	(13966)

359	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to encourage foreign investment in the UK's offshore wind industry.
	(13967)

360	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to increase the amount of offshore wind energy produced nationally.
	(13969)

361	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to publish its delivery plan for renewable energy.
	(13970)

362	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to take steps to provide greater gas storage capacity for the UK.
	(13971)

363	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK businesses to invest in small-scale renewable energy projects.
	(13972)

364	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Treasury officials on the carbon capture and storage demonstration competition.
	(13973)

365	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the carbon capture and storage demonstration competition.
	(13975)

366	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the time taken to begin to construct the first UK power plants using carbon capture and storage.
	(13976)

367	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish the Carbon Capture and Storage Road Map.
	(13977)

368	Edward Miliband (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to publish the rapid review of the implications of the Deepwater Horizon incident for his Department's offshore regulatory regime; when he plans to undertake a more comprehensive review of the matter; and if he will make a statement.
	(13978)

369	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has had on the Warm Front grant scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(13361)

370	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13476)

371	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department is making in establishing a full system of feed-in tariffs for small-scale low-carbon electricity technologies.
	(13845)

372	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the running costs of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority were in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by budgetary heading.
	(14156)

373	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to increase the number of jobs associated with the offshore energy industry.
	(14044)

374	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average national grid transmission charge is in each local authority area.
	(13509)

375	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much national grid transmission charges for selling renewable electricity to the grid would be for (a) Westminster City Council, (b) Western Isles Council (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) and (c) Angus Council.
	(13510)

376	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what expressions of interest he has received from local authorities following the removal of restrictions on local authorities selling renewable electricity to the grid; and whether there will be any restriction on how such revenue can be spent.
	(13511)

377	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been raised in national grid transmission charges from generators in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each of the last five years.
	(13512)

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

378	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in establishing a national tree planting campaign; and how much will be spent on the campaign in each of the next four years.
	(13242)

379	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk of flooding in the Medway towns from a surge tide coinciding with a spring tide; and what assessment she has made of likely changes to that level of risk over the next fifty years.
	(13861)

380	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department has identified to be the greatest single threat to the country's food security.
	(13862)

381	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent flytipping in Coventry.
	(14155)

382	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) her Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13922)

383	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the responses to her Department's consultation on the use of wild animals in circuses.
	(13514)

384	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to its consultation on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
	(13515)

385	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on proposals at EU level to include the provision of information on food labelling about methods of animal slaughter.
	(13776)

386	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had on the effects on faith communities in the UK of proposals at EU level on the requirement of labelling of food from animals which have not been stunned prior to slaughter.
	(13777)

387	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to introduce responsibility deals for business waste.
	(13713)

388	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department work (a) full-time and (b) for most of their time on the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent policies.
	(13780)

389	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable she has set for the implementation in the UK of the EU Due Diligence Regulation on timber.
	(13896)

390	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of the Agricultural Wages Board.
	(13431)

391	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the running costs for the Gangmasters Licensing Authority were in each of the last five years.
	(13705)

392	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.
	(13706)

393	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13313)

394	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many external training courses were attended by staff of her Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13314)

395	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many transport-related fines her Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13315)

396	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies take into account rolling resistance as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	(13552)

397	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future funding of the (a) Darwin Initiative and (b) Overseas Territories Challenge Fund.
	(14152)

398	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2010, Official Report, column 90W, on hazardous substances: waste disposal; for what reasons she has no plans for a public inquiry; and if she will hold a public inquiry following the Dutch court judgement on 23 July 2010 on Trafigura.
	(13481)

399	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met the Secretary of State for Health to discuss food safety matters.
	(14081)

400	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for which functions of the Food Standards Agency she has responsibility.
	(14082)

401	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to monitor the entry of imported animal products and cloned animal products into the food chain.
	(14161)

402	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13477)

403	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the consideration of regionalisation in the review of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if she will make a statement.
	(13822)

404	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to support research into the management of (a) Japanese knotweed and (b) other alien plant species.
	(13198)

405	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations she (i) consulted and (ii) plans to consult before making a recommendation on the introduction of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting under section 85 of the Climate Change Act 2008.
	(13578)

406

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department plans to take of the outcome of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills consultation on the future of narrative reporting in making its recommendation on the introduction of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting under section 85 of the Climate Change Act 2008.

(13579)

407

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnor of 14 June 2010, Official Report, column 252W, on carbon emissions: business, whether preliminary information is yet available on the number and proportion of UK-listed companies which have reported on their greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to her Department's guidance in 2009-10.

(13655)

408	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism her Department has put in place to record and trace cloned cattle and their descendants.
	(13588)

409	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations her Department has put in place in respect of cattle clone embryo and sperm imports.
	(13589)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

410	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the establishment of facilities in Syria for the production of missiles to be supplied to Hezbollah; what reports he has received on the source of funding for the facility; and if he will make a statement.
	(13521)

411	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the quality of all (a) enriched uranium and (b) 20 per cent. enriched uranium held by Iran.
	(13522)

412	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports on the transfer of weapons from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon, with particular reference to Scud missile transfers.
	(13523)

413	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the range of any ballistic missiles held by Iran.
	(13524)

414

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) reports of and (b) representations on the recent blog post by HM Ambassador to Lebanon on the death of the late Sheikh Fadlallah he has received; whether he has taken any steps in consequence; whether he has discussed the matter with his counterparts in (i) Israel, (ii) Lebanon, (iii) Egypt and (iv) the United States; and if he will make a statement.

(13525)

415	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the present locations of Hezbollah military capability in Lebanon, with particular reference to infrastructure located alongside civilian installations.
	(13526)

416	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the UNIFIL mission to fulfil its mandate in respect of asserting the return of the effective authority of the government of Lebanon (a) south and (b) north of the Litani River, with particular reference to monitoring Hezbollah military activity.
	(13527)

417	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the comments of HM Ambassador to Lebanon on the death of the late Sheikh Fadlallah represent a change in British policy towards Hezbollah; and if he will make a statement.
	(13799)

418	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in negotiations on establishing an International Arms Trade Treaty to limit the sales of arms to unsuitable states.
	(13228)

419	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the policy of his Department is on the addition of (a) India, (b) Brazil, (c) Germany and (d) Japan as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
	(13244)

420	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on (a) attacks on churches in Indonesia, (b) restrictions on the construction of churches in that country and (c) the revocation of licences for some existing churches.
	(14118)

421	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on (a) the effect on the demographics of Papua of migration from other parts of Indonesia and (b) the effect of such migration on levels of religious harmony and freedom in Papua.
	(14119)

422	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Burmese military leadership on freeing (a) Aung San Suu Kyi and (b) other political prisoners.
	(13411)

423 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Iranian government on the imprisonment of Reza Shahabi.
	(12737)

424 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has responded to representation from Amnesty International on the imprisonment of Reza Shahabi.
	(12738)

425 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to secure the release of Reza Shahabi from imprisonment in Iran.
	(12739)

426	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13923)

427	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13298)

428	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13299)

429	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13300)

430	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for the future funding of the Overseas Territories Environment Programme.
	(14144)

431	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had (a) in international fora and (b) with the Burmese regime on the rights of the Rohingya people in Burma.
	(13381)

432	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for Serbia's accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	(13516)

433	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the surrender of Ratko Mladic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as a precondition for the commencement of accession negotiations between the EU and Serbia.
	(13517)

434	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to promote inter-religious dialogue and co-operation in Indonesia.
	(13393)

435	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13478)

436	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's position is on (a) Albania, (b) Kosovo, (c) Serbia and (d) Macedonia joining the European Union.
	(14094)

437	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will increase the level of assistance the Government is giving to the government of Mexico to combat (a) drug trafficking, (b) human trafficking and (c) narco-terrorism.
	(14095)

438	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in renegotiating the contract with the Marine Resources Assessment Group for management of fisheries in the Chagos Island.
	(13443)

439	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) refurbishment and (b) redecoration of the non-residential areas within 1 Carlton Gardens has been undertaken since his appointment; and what the cost to the public purse was in each case.
	(13206)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

440	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of levels of demand for outpatient services for people living with HIV and AIDS in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(13834)

441	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future commission of outpatient services for people with AIDS and HIV.
	(13835)

442	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with HIV and AIDS have been treated in NHS facilities in each of the last three years.
	(14002)

443	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from disability organisations on future levels of spending by his Department for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(13888)

444	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) trends in numbers of adults with learning disabilities and (b) the effects of such trends on future funding requirements for services for such people; and if he will make a statement.
	(13889)

445	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet representatives of the learning disability sector to discuss future funding of services for people with a learning disability; and if he will make a statement.
	(13890)

446	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take to improve care and support services for people with a learning disability in (a) Blaydon, (b) the North East of England and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.
	(13891)

447	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of the (a) adult social care and (b) NHS budget was spent on people with a learning disability in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(13948)

448	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on each category of its services for adults with learning disabilities in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(13949)

449	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to provide free prescriptions for people with lifelong illnesses.
	(14020)

450	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to provide free prescriptions for people aged below 60 years who have Parkinson's disease .
	(14021)

451	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS-related non-departmental public bodies (a) have been abolished since May 2010 and (b) will be abolished in the next five years; and what effect the abolition of each is estimated to have on his Department's public expenditure in each of the next four years.
	(13230)

452	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average likely (a) annual administrative cost and (b) headcount of each GP commissioning group to be established under his proposals.
	(13528)

453	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the NDM-1 enzyme on public health; and what steps he is taking to reduce those effects.
	(13854)

454	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the health of residents in the most deprived areas.
	(14062)

455	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of levels of payment made to those affected by contaminated blood and blood products.
	(14092)

456	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve standards of health of people with a learning disability; and if he will make a statement.
	(13846)

457	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the training of NHS healthcare professionals for interacting with patients with a learning disability; and if he will make a statement.
	(13847)

458	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with a learning disability received an annual health check in each year since 2008.
	(13848)

459	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to respond to Professor Jim Mansell's report Raising our Sights; and if he will make a statement.
	(13849)

460	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of learning disability liaison nurses; and if he will make a statement.
	(13850)

461	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new NHS Commissioning Board referred to in the Health White Paper will require GP consortiums to provide annual health checks for people with a learning disability.
	(13851)

462	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that GP consortiums are able effectively to commission services for people with a learning disability.
	(13855)

463	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the views of people with a learning disability are taken into account through HealthWatch.
	(13856)

464	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in extending the use of patients passports for people with a learning disability in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(13857)

465	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and officials in his Department and (b) representatives of the private and voluntary sectors on prescription charges.
	(13415)

466	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and officials in his Department and (b) representatives of the private and voluntary sectors on the Prescription Pricing Authority.
	(13416)

467	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and officials in his Department and (b) representatives of the private and voluntary sectors on the NHS Choices website.
	(13417)

468	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to expedite provision of thrombolysis treatment for stroke victims in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England.
	(13422)

469	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to post-acute services for thrombolysis patients.
	(13423)

470	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to long-term rehabilitation services for thrombolysis patients.
	(13424)

471	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were diagnosed with tuberculosis in each of the last five years.
	(13518)

472	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent from the public purse on the treatment of (a) multi drug-resistant and (b) extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in each of the last five years.
	(13519)

473	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of treating a patient with (a) drug responsive, (b) multi drug-resistant and (c) extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13520)

474	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on proposals to implement generic substitution in primary care further to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 2009.
	(14063)

475	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses to his Department's consultation on proposals to implement generic substitution in primary care further to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 2009 were in favour of Option 1 of the three options presented.
	(14064)

476	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13925)

477	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid out in respect of (a) settled claims and (b) settled claims arising from maternity care under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts.
	(13939)

478	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the 100 largest settled claims awarded under the Clinical Negligence Scheme to date are; how much was paid in each case; and which of these claims arose from maternity care.
	(13940)

479	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) standalone midwife-led units and (b) midwife-led units situated alongside consultant-led units there are in each region.
	(13950)

480	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS maternity services in each region in the 2008-09 financial year.
	(13951)

481	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) the NHS and (b) NHS maternity services in the 2008-09 financial year.
	(13952)

482	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places for student midwives there were in each region in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 academic year.
	(13953)

483	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each such year; and what the cost to his Department was of bursaries paid to student midwives in each such year.
	(13954)

484	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many births per full time equivalent NHS midwife there were in each region in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
	(13955)

485	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant midwives there were in each region in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
	(13956)

486	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) individuals and (b) full-time equivalents were employed in the NHS in each year since 2006.
	(13957)

487	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternity support workers there were in each NHS trust at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(13958)

488	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the Great Western Ambulance Service of the relocation of its headquarters to Chippenham has been.
	(13395)

489	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the recommendations of the Finlay Scott Review on the requirement to have insurance or indemnity as a condition of registration as a healthcare professional.
	(13711)

490	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13310)

491	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13311)

492	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13312)

493	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are adequately informed about hospital car parking charges.
	(13572)

494	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure hospitals observe its guidance on car park charges.
	(13573)

495	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to phase out prescription charges for all patients with long-term conditions.
	(13825)

496	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are for the programme of bi-annual meetings between his Department and the Haemophilia Alliance; and if he will make a statement.
	(13756)

497	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of screening processes for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in blood and blood products; and if he will make a statement.
	(13757)

498	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the implementation of the recommendations of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee and the National Blood Service on independent efficacy trials for blood filtering and prion filtration; and if he will make a statement.
	(13758)

499	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons there is a difference in the level of payments for haemophiliac patients infected with HIV by contaminated blood or blood products and those infected with hepatitis C; and if he will make a statement.
	(13759)

500	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the merits of introducing annual payments for haemophiliac patients who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood or blood products similar to those for patients who contracted HIV.
	(13760)

501	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of the provisions of the Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill [Lords].
	(13761)

502	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department has decided not to proceed with the proposed comparative study between a hospital (a) with and (b) without an epilepsy specialist nurse to be undertaken by its long-term conditions team.
	(13529)

503	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require NHS trusts to collect data on the (a) costs and benefits and (b) outcomes for patients of the use of (i) epilepsy specialist nurses and (ii) specialist consultants treating epilepsy patients.
	(13530)

504	Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2010, Official Report, column 516W, on blood: contamination, when he expects to decide on his policy on equalising the level of payments made by the Skipton Fund and the Macfarlane Trust for people infected by contaminated blood and blood products.
	(13531)

505	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on ringfencing of funding for multi-professional education and training.
	(13785)

506	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) the Higher Education Funding Council for England on proposals to transfer funding for multi-professional education and training to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
	(13786)

507	Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people registered with GPs who have a body mass index of (a) 40 or more and (b) 35 or more with a co-morbidity of each (i) sex and (ii) ethnic origin.
	(13829)

508	Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures were carried out in NHS facilities on people with a body mass index of (a) 40 or more and (b) 36 or more with a co-morbidity of each (i) sex and (ii) ethnic origin in each year since 2004.
	(13830)

509	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations he plans to consult as part of his Department's review of palliative care funding.
	(13580)

510	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's review of palliative care funding will consider access to round-the-clock community nursing for terminally ill patients.
	(13581)

511	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the use of (a) patient-reported outcome measures, (b) care plans and (c) bereaved relative surveys in developing his Department's policy on end of life care.
	(13582)

512	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to review his Department's end of life care strategy.
	(13583)

513	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Brighton Pavilion constituency the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency from (a) May 1997 to April 2010 and (b) since May 2010.
	(13457)

514	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps will be taken to ensure that any lack of financial viability of private suppliers of patient services will not adversely effect such services under the proposals in the Health White Paper.
	(13460)

515	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the accounts of GP consortia will be audited; and what mechanism will be used to assess whether they are achieving value for money when purchasing skills and services from the private sector.
	(13461)

516	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources will be provided to Monitor to enable it to carry out the functions of economic regulator of providers of NHS care; and if he will make a statement.
	(13462)

517	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms GP consortia will use to manage demand within the budget allocated to them; what assessment has been made of the risk of GP consortia incurring deficits; and what failure regime will be established.
	(13463)

518	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms will be used to prevent conflicts of interest where private providers join GP consortia in respect of commissioning decisions using NHS funds.
	(13464)

519

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the choice of treatment and provider in some mental health services referred to on page 52 of the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: liberating the NHS, will apply to gender identity services; and whether commissioning for gender identity services will fall under the responsibility of the new NHS Commissioning Board.

(13488)

520	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are plans to appoint a national clinical director for rare diseases.
	(14163)

521	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding will be provided to local authorities to fund HealthWatch groups in their areas when they are established.
	(13449)

522	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of availability of treatments for vitamin D deficiency.
	(13584)

523	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase the supply of high dose vitamin D injections.
	(13585)

524	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of establishing a national strategy for motor neurone disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(14091)

525	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from psychotherapists and counsellors on regulation by the Health Professions Council.
	(14171)

526	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist epilepsy nurses (a) left the NHS and have not been replaced, (b) were reassigned to other inpatient duties and (c) were in positions which are under review since 22 June 2010.
	(13820)

527	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of psychological therapies by each primary care trust in each year from 2000 to 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(13246)

528	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to increase provision of services for people who (a) repeatedly self-harm and (b) self-harm and are diagnosed with a personality disorder; and if he will make a statement.
	(13247)

529	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into the provision of a dedicated self-harm service as part of the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(13248)

530	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the incidence of self-harm among older people; and if he will commission research on the reasons for such self-harm.
	(13249)

531	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of older people who (a) attempt and (b) commit suicide.
	(13250)

532	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants specialising in old age psychiatry there are in each primary care trust; and if he will make a statement.
	(13251)

533	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants are working in child and adolescent mental health services in each primary care trust; and if he will make a statement.
	(13252)

534	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve NHS treatment of depression in older people; and if he will make a statement.
	(13253)

535	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to provide more information for pregnant women of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of home births.
	(13344)

536	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to improve the provision of information to new parents on illnesses including heart disease where early detection improves survival rates.
	(13513)

537	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take further steps to encourage people to have frequent eye tests.
	(14108)

538	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of how best to support the elderly and disabled to remain living in their own homes; whether his Department is working with other departments on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(14148)

539	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assist those who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis between the ages of 20 and 40 years old to remain in employment.
	(13544)

540	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available.
	(13376)

541	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve services for people with epilepsy.
	(14040)

542	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of training for doctors.
	(13199)

543	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protection he plans to put in place for the terms and conditions of employment of staff transferred from primary care trusts to GP commissioning bodies under his proposals for the reorganisation of NHS commissioning; and if he will make a statement.
	(13826)

544	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical trials are taking place at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital; how many of them are part-funded by pharmaceutical companies; and how many of them are taking place in the Rheumatology Department.
	(14076)

545	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers formulated plans to end the nursery milk scheme.
	(13507)

546	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) HM Treasury and (b) No. 10 Downing Street were informed of his Department's proposals to end the nursery milk scheme before the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health wrote to the devolved administrations on the subject.
	(13508)

547	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health to the devolved administrations on proposals to end the nursery milk scheme was copied to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) HM Treasury and (ii) 10 Downing Street (A) prior to and (B) at the time of issue.
	(13591)

548	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse of the nursery milk scheme was in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of its cost in each of the next five years.
	(13592)

549	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the nursery milk scheme on the health of children under five years.
	(13593)

550	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the future funding of the nursery milk scheme will be included in the Spending Review.
	(13594)

551	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department plans to put in place to mark World School Milk day.
	(13612)

552	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of ending the nursery milk scheme on children from low-income families.
	(13613)

553	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Healthy Start scheme.
	(13614)

554	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has received from the dairy sector on proposals to end the nursery milk scheme.
	(13615)

555	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department took into account in its assessment that the nursery milk scheme was not effective.
	(13616)

556	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each response received from devolved administrations on proposals to abolish the nursery milk scheme.
	(13617)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

557	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure the proportionate use by public authorities of powers available to them under anti-terrorism legislation.
	(13239)

558	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Coalition Agreement, what further steps she plans to take to prevent crime and apprehend criminals.
	(13240)

559	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of security provision for each former Cabinet Minister receiving protection since 2000.
	(14145)

560	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre since it was rebuilt following fire damage; and how many children were in the family unit at Yarl's Wood on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(14030)

561

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 26 July 2010, Official Report, columns 723-4, on policing in the 21st century, whether candidates standing for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner will be vetted; whether a criminal record will make an individual ineligible for that position; and if she will make a statement.

(14033)

562

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 26 July 2010, Official Report, columns 723-4, on policing in the 21st century, whether she proposes to give elected Police Commissioners a role in the work of (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) local prosecutors; and if she will make a statement.

(14034)

563	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to prohibit the sale of cannabis seeds.
	(13347)

564	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the establishment of a single economic crime agency.
	(13720)

565	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are being held at Yarl's Wood detention centre.
	(13605)

566	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been detained in immigration removal centres since 6 May 2010.
	(13606)

567	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13926)

568	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Cheshire Police Authority spent on each area-based edition of the Your Policing 2010 newspaper.
	(13349)

569	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the amount spent on travel for employees at the Identity and Passport Service in (a)1997-98 and (b) 2008-09.
	(13351)

570	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent under each budgetary heading by (a) her Department and (b) the UK Border Agency on hospitality in 2005-06.
	(13352)

571	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department work (a) full-time and (b) for most of their time on the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent policies.
	(13782)

572	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of provision of asylum seeker (a) accommodation and (b) support services in Gloucestershire was in each of the last five years.
	(13407)

573	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on her decision not to proceed with domestic violence protection order pilots.
	(13987)

574	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing domestic violence protection orders across England and Wales.
	(14066)

575	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the cost of the proposed pilots on domestic violence protection orders to (a) participating police forces and (b) her Department for the duration of the pilots.
	(14067)

576	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons she plans not to proceed with the proposed pilots on domestic violence protection orders.
	(14162)

577	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has concluded commercial negotiations with suppliers of second generation biometric passport technology; and what level of savings she expects to accrue to the Exchequer as a result of the introduction of such technology.
	(13818)

578	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13295)

579	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many external training courses were attended by staff of her Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13296)

580	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many transport-related fines her Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13297)

581	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 26 July 2010, Official Report, columns 723-4, on policing in the 21st century, what budgetary analysis her Department undertook prior to the Statement on the costs and benefits of introducing a single police non-emergency number.
	(13910)

582	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice she received from professional bodies in formulating her proposals for directly-elected police commissioners.
	(13911)

583	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake an equalities impact assessment of any proposed budgetary reductions in her Department, with particular reference to their effect on injured police officers on restricted duties.
	(13912)

584	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 Secretary of State for Justice on the initial draft of the European Investigation Order.
	(13919)

585	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department is making on determining ways to allow intercept evidence to be used in terrorism cases.
	(13920)

586	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 Office for Budget Responsibility on the effect on economic growth of a permanent cap on the number of immigrant workers.
	(13921)

587	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her speech at the Coin Street Community Centre on 28 July 2010, what the evidential basis was for her statement that young people regard an anti-social behaviour order as a badge of honour.
	(14045)

588	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on levels of domestic violence of halting the implementation of domestic violence protection orders.
	(14046)

589

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) police forces, (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers, (c) the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, (d) Women's Aid and (e) other professional bodies on the effect of halting the implementation of domestic violence protection orders.

(14047)

590	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police forces have to protect women who report domestic violence in cases where there is insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges.
	(14048)

591	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the findings of the July 2010 British Crime Survey in respect of public perceptions of levels of anti-social behaviour.
	(14049)

592	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 Border Agency on the effect on (a) the management of deportation of families seeking asylum and (b) the number of deportations of the decision no longer to detain families scheduled for deportation.
	(14050)

593	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences to sell alcohol for continuous 24 hour periods had been issued to each type of establishment in each local authority area on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(14051)

594

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department's consultation on policing in the 21st century, whether the proposed border police force is to replace the UK Border Agency; and what estimate she has made of the effect of implementation of her proposals on the staffing level of (a) the UK Border Agency, (b) the Serious Organised Crime Agency and (c) other policing bodies.

(14052)

595	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to safeguard the operational independence of Chief Constables under her proposals for elected police commissioners.
	(14053)

596	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) chief constables, (b) police authority chairs and (c) local authority leaders have indicated support for her proposals to replace police authorities by an elected police commissioner.
	(14054)

597	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) police forces and (b) professional bodies on her plans to encourage active citizens to become community crime fighters.
	(14055)

598

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to chapter 5 of her Department's consultation on policing in the 21st century, what plans she has to encourage active citizens to become community crime fighters; and what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing such proposals, with particular reference to the cost of (a) mobilising activists, (b) training, (c) information, (d) publicity and (e) support.

(14056)

599	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of persons subject to an anti-social behaviour order ceased the anti-social behaviour after the (a) first, (b) second and (c) third interventions under such an order in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(14079)

600	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps were taken to ensure that the new English language requirements for spouses joining British nationals are compatible with the relevant provisions of (a) section 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and (b) the European Convention on Human Rights.
	(14111)

601	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers and (b) the British Medical Association on mental health issues and firearms licensing; and if she will make a statement.
	(14112)

602	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the administrative requirements on (a) local authorities and (b) retailers of implementing her Department's proposals to ban the sale of alcohol below cost price.
	(14116)

603	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of implementation of proposals in her Department's consultation on Rebalancing the Licensing Act on the number of 24-hour alcohol licences in operation.
	(14117)

604	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on the e-borders programme of not proceeding with second generation biometric passports; and if she will make a statement.
	(14133)

605	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on police time and resources of the move to the Scottish model of DNA retention as referred to in the Coalition Agreement.
	(14134)

606	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make commencement orders in relation to the Crime and Security Act 2010.
	(14135)

607	Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has offered guidance to local authorities considering policies to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
	(14149)

608	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for alcohol off-sales there are per head of population in each constituency.
	(13732)

609	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police precepts will be set by elected police commissioners.
	(13737)

610	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police commissioners will be elected to serve fixed-term appointments; and when she plans Police Commissioners' (a) elections to take place and (b) terms of office to begin.
	(13741)

611	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for the passage of legislation to provide for the election of police commissioners.
	(13742)

612	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether members of political parties will be eligible to be elected as police commissioners.
	(13743)

613	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with electoral registration officers (EROs) on proposals for the election of police commissioners; and whether EROs will administer such elections.
	(13744)

614	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued to residents of Hyndburn in each year since 2002.
	(13988)

615	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the security arrangements in place intended to prevent arms smuggling in the UK.
	(14142)

616	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of funding for each police force was (a) provided from central Government (b) raised locally and (c) raised from other sources in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(14035)

617	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for future funding of community safety partnerships.
	(13827)

618	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future of community safety partnerships (CSPs); and what recent assessment she has made of the value for money of CSPs.
	(13828)

619	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents of Gateshead borough (a) are subject to antisocial behaviour orders and (b) have breached an antisocial behaviour order in the last 12 months.
	(13795)

620	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the damping element of the police grant will be paid to Northumbria constabulary for 2010-11.
	(13796)

621	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13480)

622

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children with primary carers in immigration detention were (a) in the care of (i) a parent and (ii) local authority children's services and (b) in private fostering arrangements in the last 12 months; how many such parents or primary carers have been (A) released from detention and (B) removed from the UK; how many are still detained; in how many such cases of fostering or care by a parent have children's services departments (1) reported to the UK Border Agency and (2) acted upon child protection concerns over the care arrangements for the child.

(13770)

623

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the UK Border Agency takes to gather information on child protection issues from (i) children's services departments and (ii) the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in cases where children of persons in immigration detention are in the care of another parent or are in private fostering arrangements and child protection concerns are raised; what other monitoring is undertaken of the welfare of such children; what steps are taken to gather information on child protection issues (A) before detention of that parent or primary carer and (B) at each detention review; and what mechanisms the UK Border Agency has to record and follow up on actions of relevant case owners in such cases.

(13771)

624	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of how many forced removals have children been separated from a primary carer and remained in the care of children's services departments or in private fostering arrangements in the last 10 years.
	(13772)

625	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the proportion of police officers' time spent on administrative tasks.
	(13994)

626	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake research on the level of understanding of the terrorism threat level by (a) the general public and (b) staff of central Government departments.
	(14097)

627	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for offences of human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(13433)

628	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for offences of human trafficking and forced labour under the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004 in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(13434)

629	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were based in Wolverhampton North East constituency (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available.
	(13378)

630	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to engage with specialist frontline service's and women's sector organisations to ensure women fleeing violence can access effective support.
	(13986)

631	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the financial effects on educational institutions of implementation of her Department's proposed changes to the student visa system.
	(14039)

632	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements her Department has put in place for the transfer or disposal of assets belonging to (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) illegal immigrants on deportation.
	(13207)

633	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pilot schemes the UK Border Agency has introduced as part of the review of alternatives to child detention.
	(13208)

634	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of deportations of (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) illegal immigrants by the UK Border Agency was in each of the last 12 months.
	(13209)

635	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of deportations of children of (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) illegal immigrants has been in each of the last 12 months.
	(13210)

636	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public order offences were reported in relation to the removal of (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) illegal immigrants during deportations in each of the last 12 months.
	(13211)

637	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) children taken into custody by the UK Border Agency in Scotland have been detained at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre since the ending of child detention at Dungavel was announced.
	(13212)

638	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the number of vessels used by the UK Border Agency for coastline patrols.
	(13213)

639	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of coastline patrols by the UK Border Agency was in each of the last five years.
	(13214)

640	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vessels are used by the UK Border Agency to patrol the Scottish coastline; and how many staff are employed to crew these vessels.
	(13215)

641	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made following coastline patrols by the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years.
	(13216)

642	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what illegal goods have been seized by the UK Border Agency as a result of coastline patrols in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the monetary value of such goods.
	(13217)

643	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum notice period of the date and time of deportation her Department has set for failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
	(13218)

644	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many no-notice removals of failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants have been undertaken by the UK Border Agency in each of the last 12 months.
	(13219)

645	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions removals by the UK Border Agency have been abandoned or postponed because the deportee has required medical treatment in each of the last two years.
	(13221)

646	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency has undertaken a review of its policy on dawn raids for the removal of failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants as a result of the report by the independent chief inspector of the UK Border Agency.
	(13222)

647	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is provided to UK Border Agency staff on responding to constituency cases raised by regional list members of the (a) Scottish Parliament, (b) National Assembly for Wales and (c) Northern Ireland Assembly.
	(13223)

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

648

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the increase in the House's income in 2011-12 arising from increased catering and bar prices; and whether the Commission has estimated the likely effect of those increased prices on the amount claimed by hon. Members for subsistence from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in 2011-12.

(14065)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

649	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13927)

650	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the World Bank-administered multi-donor climate investment funds.
	(13445)

651	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13307)

652	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13308)

653	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13309)

654	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has for the future funding of the Overseas Territories Environment Programme.
	(14143)

655	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal on maternal health, with specific reference to training (a) midwives, (b) obstetricians and (c) other relevant healthcare workers.
	(13458)

656	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had in the United Nations on his Department's contribution to the costs incurred by UN agencies in (a) providing food and other humanitarian assistance to the population of Gaza and (b) transporting goods to Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing since June 2007.
	(13081)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

657	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against failed incapacity benefit and employment support allowance claims were heard by the Tribunals Service in each year since 2006; and what the total cost to the public purse of such appeals was in each of those years.
	(14003)

658	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the location is of each rape crisis centre in England and Wales.
	(13229)

659	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to extend the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(13237)

660	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effect of (a) community pay-back schemes and (b) other restorative justice programming on re-offending rates.
	(13439)

661	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the use of court co-ordinators in the criminal justice system.
	(13440)

662	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the powers of review of community orders under section 178 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in increasing the accountability of offenders.
	(13441)

663	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) make greater use of existing video-conferencing facilities in courts and (b) reduce the number of times that defendants attend preliminary hearings.
	(14137)

664	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13928)

665	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department work (a) full-time and (b) for most of their time on the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent policies.
	(13779)

666	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates for (a) short-term and (b) long-term prisoners released from Gloucester Prison were in each of the last three years.
	(13408)

667	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners released from Gloucester Prison had no fixed address in each of the last five years.
	(13409)

668	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the annual costs of the Gloucestershire Probation Service was attributable to estate management services provided by the National Offender Management Service in each of the last five years.
	(13410)

669	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mediations; and if he will make a statement.
	(13448)

670	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13289)

671	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13290)

672	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13291)

673	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies take into account rolling resistance as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	(13548)

674	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions relating to motor vehicle tyre condition there have been in each of the last 10 years.
	(13560)

675	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal cases have been brought in each year since 1990, broken down by the reason for the claim; and if he will make a statement.
	(13913)

676

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were of landlords for failing to maintain their property under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System in respect of (i) excess cold and dampness, (ii) leaking roofs, (iii) dangerous or unstable structures, (iv) of dangerous electrical installations, (v) general disrepair issues, (vi) overcrowding and (vi) fire hazards in the latest period for which figures are available.

(13731)

677	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions of landlords in each local authority area for an offence of (i) tenant harassment and (ii) illegal eviction under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 there were in each year since 2004.
	(13733)

678	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions of landlords in each local authority area for failing to arrange an annual gas safety check or issuing a copy certificate under the the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 there were in each year since 2004.
	(13734)

679	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions of landlords in each local authority area for failing to keep in repair and proper working order the installations in the dwelling house for the supply of water, gas and electricity have taken place under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 in each year since 2004.
	(13735)

680	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were of landlords in each local authority area for failure to comply with an enforcement notice under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 in each year since its introduction.
	(13745)

681	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions of landlords there were in each local authority area for failing to obtain a house in multiple occupation licence under the 2004 Housing Act 2004 in each year since its introduction.
	(13746)

682	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were of landlords in each local authority area for an offence of failing to protect tenants' deposits in an approved scheme under the 2004 Housing Act in each year since its introduction.
	(13747)

683

Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who (a) were given a non-custodial sentence and (b) were given their first custodial sentence in each year from 2002 to 2010 had previously had (i) no criminal convictions, (ii) one criminal conviction, (iii) two criminal convictions, (iv) three criminal convictions, (v) four criminal convictions, (vi) five to 10 criminal convictions, (vii) 11 to 20 criminal convictions, (viii) 21 to 30 criminal convictions, (ix) 31 to 40 criminal convictions, (x) 41 to 50 criminal convictions, (xi) 51 to 75 criminal convictions, (xii) 76 to 100 criminal convictions and (xiii) more than 100 criminal convictions.

(13794)

684	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's consultation on the sentencing frameworks for adult and young offenders and the range of penalties available in the criminal justice system.
	(13486)

685	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he and his officials have had on short-term sentencing policy and the use of community penalties.
	(13487)

686	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendations of Lord Justice Jackson's review of civil litigation costs, what plans he has for the future role of the Civil Justice Council in addition to consulting on a voluntary code of conduct for third party funders.
	(13819)

687	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Children's Panel-accredited solicitors based in Bridgend in each year from 2000 to 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(13189)

688	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the number of Children's Panel-accredited solicitors there will be in Bridgend from October 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(13190)

689	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports were provided by independent social workers to (a) family courts, (b) magistrates' courts, (c) county courts and (d) the High Court in each year from 2002 to 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(13191)

690	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average payment per hour made to independent social workers as expert witnesses in family proceedings in (a) magistrates' courts, (b) county courts and (c) the High Court in each year since 2002.
	(13192)

691	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average amount of payments to (a) child psychologists, (b) child psychiatrists, (c) adult psychologists, (d) adult psychiatrists, (e) play therapists, (f) radiologists and (g) paediatricians as expert witnesses to family courts in each year from 2002; and if he will make a statement.
	(13193)

692	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will reverse the decision to exclude independent social workers from the remit of the Expert Witnesses Review Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(13194)

693	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consult independent social workers who have provided expert witness reports to courts since 2002 to assess the financial effect on them of the proposed reduction of fees from 14 October 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(13195)

694	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of children (i) subject to court-ordered secure remand and (ii) otherwise remanded in custody were freed on bail prior to trial in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(13574)

695	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of juveniles remanded in custody were subsequently (i) acquitted and (ii) given a non-custodial sentence in (A) magistrates' and (B) Crown courts in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
	(13586)

696	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each Minister in the Department in each of the last three years.
	(13479)

697	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the compatibility with the UK's international humanitarian obligations of changes in the tendering process for immigration legal aid.
	(13979)

698	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the effect on the number of appeals in (a) asylum cases and (b) immigration cases of changes to the tendering process for immigration legal aid.
	(13980)

699	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms there are to monitor the effect on service provision of the tendering process for immigration legal aid.
	(13981)

700	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which organisations matter starts previously allocated to Refugee and Migrant Justice have been allocated.
	(13982)

701	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new matter starts were allocated to the Immigration Advisory Service in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the UK in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.
	(13983)

702	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many HM Prison Service (a) officers and (b) other staff are employed at each HM Prison Service facility in the London region.
	(14164)

703	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of HM Prison Service officers and staff at each HM Prison Service facility in the London region are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
	(14165)

704	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of HM Prison Brixton; and if he will make a statement.
	(14167)

705	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners at each prison in the London region normally reside in Streatham constituency.
	(14170)

706	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes he plans to make to the provisions of conditional fee arrangements as a result of the recommendations of the review by Lord Justice Jackson; and if he will make a statement.
	(13832)

Questions to the Leader of the House

707	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Leader of the House, what formula is used for calculating Short money; when that formula was set; and what mechanism is used to monitor the usage of allocated funds.
	(14126)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

708	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public body (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13929)

709	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13286)

710	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13287)

711	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13288)

Questions to the Prime Minister

712	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Prime Minister, how many unpaid interns have been employed in No. 10 Downing Street since April 2010.
	(13807)

713	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Prime Minister, how many e-petitions there were on the Downing Street website with (a) fewer than and (b) more than 500 signatures on 6 April 2010.
	(13815)

714	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons responses will not be issued to e-petitions to No. 10 Downing Street which had fewer than 500 signatures on 6 April 2010; and if he will contact signatories of such petitions to inform them no response will be made.
	(13816)

715	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons a response will be made to e-petitions to No. 10 Downing Street which had more than 500 signatures submitted before 6 April 2010.
	(13817)

716	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) transport, (b) venue and accommodation, (c) printed materials, including backdrops, (d) security, (e) staffing, (f) filming and photography and (g) other costs of each Prime Minister Direct event.
	(13262)

717	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Prime Minister, what vetting his Office undertakes of people attending Prime Minister Direct events.
	(13263)

718	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers accompanied him on each Prime Minister Direct event.
	(13264)

719	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many transport-related fines his Office has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13265)

720	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers and officials accompanied him on his visit to India in July 2010.
	(13364)

721	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Prime Minister, whether any representatives of the nuclear industry accompanied him on his visit to India in July.
	(13506)

722	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Prime Minister, (a) on what date and (b) by what means he was first informed of Department of Health proposals to end the nursery milk scheme.
	(13595)

723	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had had with the (a) Secretary of State for Health and (b) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health about proposals to end the nursery milk scheme.
	(13596)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

724	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2010, Official Report, column 975W, on departmental travel, what the (a) location and (b) times of arrival and departure were of each of his engagements on 13 July 2010.
	(13255)

725	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings with external parties he held in the week beginning 20 July 2010.
	(13607)

726	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which meetings he was due to hold did not take place in the week beginning 20 July 2010.
	(13608)

727	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13283)

728	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13284)

729	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13285)

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

730	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the (a) proposals and (b) timescale are for ward boundary changes in Stoke-on-Trent; and if he will make a statement.
	(13833)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

731	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public consultation his Department plans to undertake on the timetable specification for the next Integrated Kent Franchise.
	(13841)

732	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal road accidents have involved quad bikes in each of the last four years.
	(14129)

733	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals for the level of speeding fines to be calculated in relation to the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded.
	(13429)

734	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent the theft of metals from the railway network.
	(14061)

735	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on rail services in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
	(13079)

736	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13930)

737	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the increase in security costs incurred by his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies between 2000-01 and 2008-09.
	(13355)

738	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 109W, on biofuels: EU action, if he will make the acceleration of the rate of annual increases of the UK renewable transport fuel obligations conditional on mandatory sustainability criteria.
	(13447)

739	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) amount of funding and (b) other support his Department has provided to Network Rail Railway Communications Systems project.
	(13895)

740	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the average number of transfer passengers on aircraft movements taking place at Heathrow Airport (a) before 0600 hours and (b) between 0600 and 0700 hours.
	(13903)

741	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Noise Action Plan for Heathrow Airport will include a 55dB(A) Lden noise level target.
	(13904)

742	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the European Commission has agreed that the Noise Action Plan for Heathrow Airport does not have to be revised until 2015.
	(13905)

743	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Noise Action Plan for Heathrow Airport.
	(13906)

744	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the South East Airports Task Force will consider the scope for reducing the number of transfer passengers using airports in the South East.
	(13907)

745	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on installing traffic lights at junction 12 of the M5 as part of the section 106 undertaking in respect of the Hunt's Grove development.
	(13396)

746	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse of emergency services attending incidents called out at and in the vicinity of the A417 between Nettleton Down and Gloucester was in the last 12 months.
	(13397)

747	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of passenger rail services (a) departing from and (b) arriving at Gloucester railway station were on time in each year since 1997.
	(13402)

748	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger rail services called at Gloucester railway station in each year since 1997.
	(13403)

749	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Highways Agency has not met timescales for cleanliness standards of roads and verges as set out in the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
	(13721)

750	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times (a) the grass has been cut and (b) litter has been collected from the (i) roundabout on Junction 24 of the M60 and (ii) area surrounding Junction 2 on the M67 in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13722)

751	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the frequency of grass cutting and litter collection is on the area surrounding Junction 2 on the M67.
	(13723)

752	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are for use of Pendolino rolling stock for service on the East Coast Main Line; and what assumptions were made about the availability of rolling stock when the East Coast Main Line 2011 timetable was being prepared.
	(13421)

753	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable local authorities to have access to overseas driver and vehicle registration data to enforce parking fines.
	(13269)

754	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of outstanding parking fines owed to local authorities by drivers of foreign-registered vehicles.
	(13270)

755	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13304)

756	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13305)

757	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13306)

758	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU countries on labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency.
	(13546)

759	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involved a motor vehicle found to have (a) illegal tread depth and (b) poor tyre condition in each of the last 10 years.
	(13553)

760	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on the frequency and nature of tyre condition checks for vehicles owned by Government departments and their agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that such guidance is observed.
	(13554)

761	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between the rolling resistance of tyres and levels of fuel consumption.
	(13555)

762	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what minimum requirements for tread depth his Department sets for vehicles owned by Government departments, their agencies and non-departmental bodies; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that these requirements are observed.
	(13558)

763	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions he has held meetings with representatives of road safety organisations since his appointment; and whether he discussed enforcement of the tyre condition law for motor vehicles on any such occasion.
	(13559)

764	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the (a) frequency and (b) quality of tyre condition checks for vehicles owned by Government departments and their agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
	(13561)

765	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department, (b) the Government Car and Dispatch Agency and (c) other agencies and non-departmental public bodies take into account rolling resistance as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	(13562)

766	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether airports required to publish master plans will be required to continue to do so following the abolition of local development frameworks.
	(13360)

767

Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department paid in fuel duty rebate to (a) bus operators, (b) train operators, (c) air operators and (d) ferry operators in each year since 2005; what proportion of the fuel duty incurred by each was accounted for by each such rebate in each such year; whether his Department plans to review such rebates as part of the Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.

(13413)

768	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use in its review of the Bus Services Operators Grant; what consultations his Department is undertaking as part of the review; and if he will make a statement.
	(13414)

769	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of traffic congestion to business.
	(13852)

770	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the A303/A30 dual carriageway improvements north of Honiton take place.
	(13844)

771	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for UK air transport safety and security of the abolition of his Department's Transport Security and Contingencies team (TRANSEC); and what estimate he has made of the effect on the public purse of the transfer of TRANSEC's responsibilities to the Home Office.
	(14096)

772	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of the statutory requirement for local authorities to advertise traffic regulation orders; and if he will make a statement.
	(13332)

773	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Transport for London on Government funding for work to upgrade the London Underground network.
	(14099)

774	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on Government funding for work to upgrade railway lines in the London region owned by Network Rail.
	(14100)

775	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future provision of funding by his Department for concessionary bus travel for (a) pensioners, (b) disabled people and (c) young people.
	(14101)

776	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are for high speed rail services to stop at Preston.
	(13185)

777 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to provide to each local authority through the road safety grant in 2010-11.
	(12201)

778	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of direct train services between London and (a) Aberdeen and (b) Inverness.
	(13587)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

779	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13280)

780	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many external training courses were attended by staff of her Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13281)

781	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many transport-related fines her Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each such year.
	(13282)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

782	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to reduce (a) the gender pay gap and (b) sex discrimination in the workplace.
	(13243)

783	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many payments to suppliers were made by the Government Equalities Office (a) within 30 days of, (b) over 30 days after, (c) over 60 days after and (d) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13924)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

784	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the time taken was from submission of an appeal against a failed employment support allowance claim to its decision in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13840)

785	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) total cost was to his Department of processing new claims for employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(13892)

786	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) total cost was to his Department of work reconsidering claims for employment and support allowance that were initially rejected by it in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(13893)

787	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) total cost to his Department of cases involving appeals against its decisions to refuse claims for employment and support allowance was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13894)

788

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) disability living allowance who were found to be capable of work appealed against that decision in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many in each case had their appeal granted.

(13712)

789	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of each benefit type received a benefit sanction in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(13256)

790	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants receiving only national insurance contribution credits received a benefit sanction in 2009-10.
	(13257)

791	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants of each benefit type successfully appealed against a benefit sanction in 2009-10.
	(13258)

792	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants of each benefit type received a benefit sanction of more than one week's benefit entitlement in 2009-10.
	(13259)

793	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he consulted (a) trade unions and (b) families of people killed or injured at work on the terms of reference of Lord Young's review of health and safety legislation.
	(13078)

794	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) housing associations in Glasgow and (b) tenants in social sector housing in Glasgow on the Government's proposals on housing benefit.
	(14139)

795	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to suppliers were made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies (i) within 30 days of, (ii) over 30 days after, (iii) over 60 days after and (iv) over 90 days after the date of invoice in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13932)

796	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the increase in expenditure on travel by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority between 2007-08 and 2008-09.
	(13353)

797	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department work (a) full-time and (b) for most of their time on the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent policies.
	(13778)

798	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the running costs of the Health and Safety Executive were in each of the last five years.
	(13707)

799	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Health and Safety Executive.
	(13708)

800	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010.
	(13301)

801	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such course.
	(13302)

802	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff in each year since 2005; and what the cost to the public purse was in each year.
	(13303)

803	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies take into account rolling resistance as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	(13549)

804	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanism he plans to put in place to measure the effects of the implementation of his proposals for welfare reform on (a) deafblind people and (b) other vulnerable groups.
	(13823)

805	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of (a) Camden and (b) Brent he estimates will move home as a result of the proposed (i) housing benefit caps and (ii) reductions in the level of local housing allowance.
	(13563)

806

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of 16 August 2010, which outer London boroughs may have an increased number of new housing benefit customers as a result of the proposed changes in housing benefit and local housing allowance; and what estimate he has made of the likely increase in numbers of claimants in those boroughs.

(13564)

807	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of 16 August 2010, paragraph 5, on proposed changes to housing benefit, when he expects to publish the economic impact assessment; and if he will make a statement.
	(13565)

808	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit claim in each local authority by occupants of (a) local authority housing, (b) former local authority housing, (c) registered social landlord housing and (d) private sector tenanted housing was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13730)

809	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Hyndburn will be affected by the changes in calculating local housing allowance using the 30th percentile rent instead of the median.
	(13736)

810

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency's (CSA) management of the child maintenance case of Mr Anthony Bates of Nuneaton; for what reasons the case remains unresolved after three years; for what reasons the CSA wrote to Mr Bates on (a) 11 May and (b) 15 May 2010; and what recent assessment he has made of the CSA's overall performance in managing child maintenance cases.

(13800)

811	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of households affected by the reductions to local housing allowance that will receive additional discretionary housing payments from 2011-12.
	(13454)

812	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households receive housing benefit of more than £400 a week at the five-bedroom rate.
	(13455)

813	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of overtime were recorded by Jobcentre Plus staff in (a) the South West and (b) nationally in each of the last 12 months.
	(14088)

814	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claims have been closed in the last three months; and of them, how many have been re-opened.
	(14089)

815	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for funeral payments was (a) in Bristol and (b) nationally in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(14090)

816	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on the future operation of the Independent Living Fund for residents of Scotland.
	(13575)

817	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff are employed on fixed-term contracts; how many of them have been granted contract extensions since 22 June 2010; and what the estimated cost is of extending these contracts.
	(13843)

818	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect his decision to grant contract extensions to some customer-facing, fixed-term employees whose positions were due to end over summer 2010 has had on his Department's expenditure for 2010-11; and what account has been taken of this effect in his Department's budget.
	(14132)

819	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on employers of the EU Agency Workers Directive coming into force.
	(14151)

820	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Health and Safety Executive monitors automatic security gates in the workplace for (a) compliance with relevant British Standards and (b) safety of operation.
	(13427)

821	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries have been caused by the operation of automatic security gates in the workplace in each of the last five years.
	(13428)

822	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department provides for terminally ill people in fuel poverty.
	(13724)

823	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with cancer in fuel poverty who (a) receive and (b) do not receive disability living allowance.
	(13725)

824	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty (a) before housing costs and (b) after housing costs in Gateshead constituency in each year since 2000.
	(13383)

825	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in workless households in Gateshead constituency in each year since 2004.
	(13384)

826	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Gateshead constituency are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance.
	(13385)

827	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Gateshead constituency.
	(13386)

828

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to help young people from households in receipt of benefits into sustained employment; what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on young people's likelihood of securing sustained employment of parental receipt of benefits; and if he will make a statement.

(14110)

829	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people Jobcentre Plus has employed (a) in total, (b) on fixed-term contracts and (c) on permanent contracts in each month since January 2010.
	(13391)

830	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff have (a) not had a fixed-term contract renewed and (b) been made redundant in each month since January 2010.
	(13392)

831	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs supported by the Future Jobs Fund in the area most closely corresponding to East Lothian constituency for which figures are available.
	(13540)

832	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to meet the targets for reducing child poverty included in the Child Poverty Act 2010.
	(13541)

833	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are employed and in receipt of housing benefit in the area most closely corresponding to East Lothian constituency for which figures are available.
	(13542)

834	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Sunderland in receipt of housing benefit have also been receiving jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(14026)

835	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wolverhampton North East constituency are over state retirement pension age; and how many receive (a) basic state pension and (b) pension credit.
	(13366)

836	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will have been on jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months by 2013 in Wolverhampton North East constituency.
	(13367)

837

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Wolverhampton North East constituency and (b) Wolverhampton who would be affected by implementation of proposed changes to housing benefit; and whether he has made an estimate of the average change in housing benefit payments to such people under his Department's proposals.

(13369)

838	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers for their second or subsequent child in Wolverhampton North East constituency in 2009-10.
	(13379)

839	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effect on the Scottish economy of planned reductions in incapacity benefit and disability living allowance payments to people in Scotland.
	(14157)

840	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effects of proposed changes to housing benefit rates on the number of claimants moving to seaside towns.
	(14043)

841	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what future rate of winter fuel payments he plans for people aged (a) 60 years or over and (b) 80 years or over.
	(14158)

842	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in receipt of the winter fuel payment on the date of each increase to the payment since its inception.
	(13534)

843	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what organisations he will consult on the development of the new medical assessment for eligibility for the disability living allowance; what the dates will be of the consultation; and when decisions will be announced.
	(13909)

844	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all pre-2003 Child Support Agency cases will be transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission by 2011.
	(13941)

845	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of (a) payments under and (b) administration of a scheme under which people are sent £1,000 on their 100th birthdays.
	(13419)

846	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance will be offered by his Department to those who are found fit for work after a medical assessment for disability living allowance.
	(13489)

847	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether disability living allowance claimants will be allowed to (a) see the results of their medical assessments and (b) dispute the results of medical assessments with evidence from a medical practitioner.
	(13490)

848	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria other than medical assessments his Department will use to determine eligibility for disability living allowance from 2013-14.
	(13491)

849	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether children under the age of 16 will have to undergo a medical assessment for disability living allowance.
	(13492)

850	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether existing disability living allowance (DLA) claimants will be required to undergo the new medical assessment for DLA.
	(13493)

851	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those whose disability prevents them from being mobile will be required to undergo the medical assessment for disability living allowance.
	(13494)

852	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those who are classified as having severe disabilities will be required to undergo the medical assessment for disability living allowance.
	(13495)

853	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will undergo the incapacity benefit migration process at Aberdeen during the incapacity benefit reassessment trial; and of these how many receive (a) short-term (lower) rate, (b) short-term (higher) rate and (c) long-term rate.
	(13496)

854	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated average time will be to process incapacity benefit reassessments being trialled at Aberdeen; and what the average processing time was in Aberdeen in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(13497)

855	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all incapacity benefit claimants will be asked to undergo a medical examination as part of the reassessment programme being trialled in Aberdeen.
	(13498)

856	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants were unable to undergo medical examinations in the Aberdeen trial area because they were unfit to travel.
	(13499)

857	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many first-tier appeals against benefit decisions were not attended by a representative of his Department between April 2009 and March 2010; and of those how many appeals were granted.
	(13500)

858	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of first-tier appeal hearings on benefit decisions between April 2009 and March 2010.
	(13501)

859	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals his Department has made against appeals upheld against its benefits decisions in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse of such appeals was.
	(13502)

860	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit appeals lodged with his Department had yet to be referred to the first-tier tribunal as at 14 June 2010.
	(13503)

861	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many counterclaims have been made for child benefit in each of the last five years; and how many such claims have led to the other parent's child benefit being stopped.
	(13451)

Questions to the Attorney General

862	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Attorney General, how many legally qualified staff have been recruited by the Treasury Solicitor's Department since May 2010; and where these posts were advertised.
	[Transferred] (13325)

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

863	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students enrolled in foreign language courses at universities in (a) England, (b) Sussex and (c) Brighton and Hove in each year from 2002 to 2009.
	[Transferred] (13719)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

864	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on strengthening the powers of select committees to scrutinise major public appointments.
	[Transferred] (13715)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

865	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to publish a summary of the suggestions it has received from members of the public on reductions in expenditure by local authorities.
	[Transferred] (13363)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

866	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Northampton North of 22 July 2010, Official Report, column 487W, on mayors, whether he plans to propose a power for electors to recall an elected mayor.
	[Transferred] (13784)

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

867	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much he estimates is available in dormant betting accounts to fund sporting facilities, as referred to in the Budget Statement.
	[Transferred] (13238)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

868	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment for bench-marking purposes he has made of the adequacy of the provision of careers advice for school leavers in England compared to that in (a) the rest of the UK and (b) other EU countries.
	[Transferred] (13609)

869	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the provision of careers advice for those leaving compulsory education.
	[Transferred] (13610)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

870	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that local councils involve local people in implementing their carbon reduction plans.
	[Transferred] (13750)

871	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will provide additional financial and technical support for local councils to meet local carbon reduction targets.
	[Transferred] (13754)

872	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will encourage each local council to set a cap on carbon dioxide emissions taking into account (a) scientific evidence on the level of reductions required to avoid dangerous climate change and (b) local circumstances.
	[Transferred] (13755)

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

873	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities had a two-weekly refuse collection service in 2009-10; and whether her Department provided financial incentives to those authorities to establish such services.
	[Transferred] (14068)

874	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase public awareness of the effects of illegal logging on the climate and rainforest.
	[Transferred] (13425)

875	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to improve cross-departmental co-operation to tackle tropical deforestation.
	[Transferred] (13897)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

876	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Prime Minister received assurances from the Indian government on the separation of India's military and civil nuclear programmes before his announcement of civil nuclear co-operation.
	[Transferred] (13504)

877	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has received representations from any other government party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on the UK's proposed civil nuclear co-operation with India.
	[Transferred] (13505)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

878 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve arrangements for chlamydia screening.
	[Question Unstarred] (13171)

879	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) evaluation and (b) authorisation is required for the marketing of (i) foodstuffs and (ii) milk produced from cloned animals.
	[Transferred] (13590)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

880	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration cases have been adjourned due to a lack of legal representation for former clients of Refugee and Migrant Justice since that organisation entered into administration.
	[Transferred] (13765)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

881	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employers have participated in the cycle to work scheme in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (13324)

882	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the merits of strengthening the inspection requirements for the tyre condition of school buses.
	[Transferred] (13547)

883	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that rolling resistance is taken into account by Government departments and their agencies and non-departmental public bodies as a performance criterion when purchasing tyres.
	[Transferred] (13556)

884	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to improve the provision of information to businesses about the relationship between the rolling resistance of tyres and levels of fuel consumption.
	[Transferred] (13557)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

885	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with cancer receive disability living allowance (DLA); and what his estimate is of the take-up rate for DLA among such people who are eligible for it.
	[Transferred] (13728)

886	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many British standards apply to the installation and maintenance of automatic security gates; and what training is required of people installing them.
	[Transferred] (13426)

887	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish an impact assessment on proposed reductions in housing benefit; and what impacts will be assessed.
	[Transferred] (13864)

888	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2010, Official Report, column 1139W, on housing benefit, what estimate has been made of the effect of the Government's proposed changes to housing benefit and local housing allowance on the number of people living in poverty.
	[Transferred] (13885)


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