Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 12 October 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 12 October 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 12 October 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 12 October 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 12 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

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

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16881)

2	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Attorney General, on what dates (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have have held meetings relating to the death of Dr David Kelly since his appointment; and who was present at each such meeting.
	(16697)

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

3	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17216)

4	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) establish overall four band rating of a company's social and environmental performance and (b) place a duty on companies to indicate such ratings on the products they produce.
	(17240)

5	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether officials of his Department provide information on co-ownership structures to businesses.
	(17242)

6	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department and its agencies have had training with an objective to develop knowledge of co-ownership structures.
	(17243)

7	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the financial performance of the co-owned sector at company level.
	(17244)

8	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many women participated in the women and work sector skills pathway initiative in the North East.
	(16737)

9	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which industrial sectors participated in the women and work sector skills pathway initiative in the North East.
	(16738)

10	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which industrial sector had the highest number of (a) women and (b) employers participating in the women and work sector skills pathway initiative in the North East.
	(16739)

11	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will undertake a public consultation before bringing forward proposals on the future of Royal Mail.
	(16905)

12	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the merits of research and development tax incentives for the car and motor manufacturing industries.
	(16909)

13	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the responsibilities of the Minister of State for Trade and Investment.
	(16912)

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1263W, on industrial development boards, what role he expects the private sector to take at sub-regional level in undertaking the functions previously carried out by the advisory panels; and if he will make a statement.

(16663)

15	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) civil servants and (b) external advisers are working on the Browne review of higher education funding.
	(16672)

16	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of his Department's automotive unit.
	(16761)

17	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's automotive unit.
	(16762)

18	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on individuals of implementation of the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
	(16576)

19	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he made of the effectiveness of the Research Assessment Exercise in evaluating the quality of research undertaken by higher education institutions.
	(16639)

20	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on developing a secure communications system based on quantum cryptography for data transmission to and from EU Member States.
	(16665)

21	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Government representatives attended the fifth annual Internet Governance Forum meeting; and what the outcome was of discussions on each item of the agenda of that meeting.
	(17068)

22	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16880)

23	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with executives of (i) News International Limited and (ii) News Corporation since their appointment.
	(16718)

24	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has provided to the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(16893)

25	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes his Department has in place for encouraging best practice in power generation in respect of operations and maintenance services.
	(17178)

26	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any officials working in his Department are on secondment from companies or organisations in the banking sector.
	(16674)

27	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he had with representative bodies on the implementation in October 2011 and effects of the European Agency Workers Directive; and if he will make a statement.
	(16775)

28	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to prevent scams perpetrated on UK residents through emails originating outside the UK.
	(17041)

29 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to create a new annual bank holiday.
	(15895)

30	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16802)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has spent on arms exports in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent in each such year on (a) research and development funding, (b) export promotion assistance through UK Trade and Investment and (c) support through the Export Credits Guarantee Department.

(17077)

32	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2010, Official Report, column 804W, on the internet: wi-fi, if he will issue guidance to proprietors of premises offering wireless internet access on the provisions on illegal file-sharing in the Digital Economy Act 2010.
	(16669)

33	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16784)

34	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on the consumer credit market of the European Consumer Credit Directive.
	(16636)

35	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many student loans made to citizens of other EU Member States are oustanding; how many of those loans are being repaid; and what the monetary value is of outstanding repayments.
	(16570)

36	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to increase the representation of women in non-traditional industries.
	(16608)

37	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative.
	(16609)

38	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many women have received assistance from the Women and Work Sector Skills Pathway Initiative since its inception.
	(16615)

39	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance other than that provided through the Women and Work Sector Skills Pathway Initiative his Department provides to help women employees progress in industries in which they are under-represented.
	(16616)

40	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he made of the proportion of women who have taken part in the Women and Work Sector Skills Pathway Initiative since its inception who subsequently gained employment.
	(16617)

41	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from EU member states other than the UK received funding from the Government to attend a university in the UK in each year from 2005 to 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of such funding in each such year.
	(16886)

42	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from non-EU countries received funding from his Department to attend a university in the UK in each year from 2005 to 2010; and at what cost to the public purse in each such year.
	(16887)

43	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department provides to promote engagement between universities and primary schools in (a) deprived communities and (b) other areas.
	(17053)

44	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses operating in Skipton and Ripon constituency have (a) contacted, (b) applied for support and (c) received support from Business Link in each of the last five years.
	(17193)

45	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses with less than 10 employees his Department consulted on its decision to retain additional paternity leave.
	(17195)

46	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what process his Department is following to consult on the right to request training for employees in small businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	(17196)

47	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people normally resident in Redcar constituency entered (a) higher education and (b) university in each of the last 13 years.
	(16542)

48	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy was on the proposed incorporation of human rights standards into the revised Organisation of Economic Corporation and Development Common Approaches at the meeting of that organisation in Paris on 23 and 24 June 2010.
	(17003)

49	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether all applicants for Export Credits Guarantee Department support are informed of his Department's policy on child and forced labour.
	(17097)

50	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with representatives of the aerospace industry since his appointment.
	(16705)

51	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on increasing the number of providers in the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(16891)

52	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed by the Skills Funding Agency to work on (a) communications and (b) public information campaigns.
	(17067)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

53	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is any cost to the public purse of holding the annual Civil Service awards.
	(16829)

54	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the one year cancer survival rate was for each type of cancer in people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) over 80 years in (i) each cancer network, (ii) each primary care trust and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(17162)

55	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate was for each type of cancer in people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) over 80 years in (i) each cancer network, (ii) each primary care trust and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(17163)

56	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the incidence was of each type of cancer in people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) over 80 years in (i) each cancer network, (ii) each primary care trust and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(17164)

57	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) over 80 years were diagnosed with each type of cancer in (i) each cancer network, (ii) each primary care trust and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(17165)

58	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support his Department provides for people to (a) establish micro social enterprises and (b) connect with existing social enterprise networks.
	(17241)

59	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place for monitoring compliance by individual local authorities with the provisions of the Compact on relations with the Voluntary and Community Sector.
	(16591)

60	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the Compact to encouraging good relations between local authorities and voluntary organisations in their areas.
	(16594)

61	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16879)

62	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether funds from the Big Society Bank will be available to social enterprises which operate community-owned renewable energy schemes.
	(16588)

63	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the 467,000 unfilled vacancies identified by the Office for National Statistics vacancy survey in the three months to August 2010 were (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) temporary.
	(16729)

64	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16803)

65	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16785)

66	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average income of (a) a household and (b) a single parent household was in (i) England, (ii) the North East and (iii) Redcar constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(16539)

67	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Hartlepool constituency, (b) the North East and (c) England had been unemployed for more than six months in each of the last five years.
	(16622)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

68	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue on average an enforcement and compliance officer in HM Revenue and Customs collected the last financial year.
	(16583)

69	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on pensioners in (a) Blaydon constituency and (b) the North East of changes to state pension payments from April 2011 consequent on the use of the consumer price index as an uprating mechanism.
	(16584)

70	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the effect on private pensions payments of uprating them in line with the consumer price index.
	(16585)

71	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of establishing and operating the Spending Challenge programme.
	(16573)

72	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the savings likely to be made consequent on reducing the number of Criminal Record Bureau checks for junior doctors, as referred to in his Department's Spending Challenge.
	(16645)

73	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings in expenditure from disposing of surplus and secondhand government equipment through a service based on the Ministry of Defence's eDisposals service in each of the next five years.
	(16693)

74	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of households with a combined income of more than £44,000 per annum in which (a) one person and (b) no-one earns £44,000 or more per annum.
	(16769)

75	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average effect on the income of (a) a single household with an income above £44,000 per annum and (b) a multiple income household with combined incomes above £45,000 per annum in which no-one earns more than £44,000 of his proposed change to child benefit arrangements.
	(16770)

76	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) single and (b) multiple income households which will be affected by his proposed change to child benefit arrangements.
	(16771)

77	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the difference between the estimates of the surplus of the national insurance fund published by HM Revenue and Customs and the Debt Management Office.
	(16903)

78	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to support the proposal of HM Revenue and Customs for centralised deductions of tax and national insurance contributions.
	(17044)

79	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed national insurance holiday for employers establishing new businesses will apply to new constituency offices opened by hon. Members first elected in 2010.
	(17228)

80	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17220)

81	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of annual tax revenue contributed by (a) public and (b) private sector employees.
	(16732)

82	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) officials and (b) external advisers are working on the Government's spending review.
	(16561)

83	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls to the Tax Credit Helpline (a) took over 30 seconds to answer and (b) were lost in the last 12 months.
	(17046)

84	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16878)

85	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of setting a zero rate of value added tax for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
	(17118)

86	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the implementation of his proposals to increase the share of revenues drawn from green taxes will be revenue-neutral.
	(17119)

87	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff work in each local tax office.
	(16631)

88	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local tax offices were in operation in each of the last five years; which such offices he plans to (a) retain and (b) close; and if he will make a statement.
	(16632)

89	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future number of staff of his Department engaged in reducing tax avoidance and evasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(16633)

90	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department were engaged in reducing tax avoidance and evasion in each of the last five years.
	(16634)

91	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of uncollected tax revenue in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(16743)

92	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many looked after and accommodated children in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in Scotland received payments from a child trust fund in each year since such funds were established.
	(17062)

93	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from children's organisations on the ending of child trust funds for looked after and accommodated children.
	(17064)

94	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16818)

95	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the eligibility criteria for Guardian's Allowance to relatives caring for a child in circumstances in which one parent is deceased and the surviving parent is unable to provide financial support.
	(17172)

96	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
	(16791)

97	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the variation between the interest rates offered by loan and credit companies, with particular reference to those offered to applicants with poor credit histories.
	(16913)

98	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the (a) regulation of and (b) variation in interest rates offered by loan and credit companies.
	(16914)

99	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.
	(16923)

100	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made under the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme (a) in each region, (b) in respect of each religious denomination and (c) for each purpose in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(16924)

101	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents of City of Chester constituency have been identified as having (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid pay-as-you-earn contributions during the recent automated reconciliation of such payments.
	(17063)

102	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2010, Official Report, column 969W, what assessment he has made of the merits of moderating submissions to his Department's Spending Challenge website before they are posted to that site.
	(16772)

103	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology was used to calculate the 55 per cent. recovery rate, as proposed in his Department's consultation on reforming the pension tax framework and ending the effective requirement to purchase an annuity at the age of 75 years.
	(16884)

104	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of UK Financial Investments Ltd is on funding the Northern Rock foundation after April 2011.
	(17084)

105	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on single parents of his Department's proposed changes to child benefit.
	(16929)

106	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing his Department's proposed changes to child benefit.
	(16930)

107	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce the level of corporate tax avoidance.
	(16750)

108	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards the target for the disposal of surplus fixed assets set in the 2007 comprehensive spending review.
	(16751)

109	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards the target of £30 billion of efficiency savings set in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(16752)

110	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence he took into account in formulating his policy on the reform of child benefit.
	(16821)

111

John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the effect of the implementation of his proposal that public service pension schemes be increased in line with the consumer price index in 2010-11 prices over the course of retirement on the pension of an active member of the Classic section of the Civil Service Pension Scheme aged 40 years who will draw his pension at 60 years after 40 years' service in the scheme with earnings of (a) £15,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000 and (d) £40,000 per annum.

(16646)

112	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each constituency in North Wales received (a) child tax credit, (b) working tax credit and (c) child benefit in each of the last five years.
	(17001)

113

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the then hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1022W, on EU external trade: Israel, how many (a) cosmetic companies and (b) importers were targeted for checks; what the nature of the checks was; what documentation was required and from whom; whether the investigations have been completed; and whether any mislabelling has been detected.

(16675)

114	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary on 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 320WH, whether he has yet received a copy of the reports of the fact-finding mission of the European Commission to Israel and Palestine in 2009.
	(16676)

115

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the then hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1022W, on EU external trade: Israel, what progress HM Revenue and Customs has made in checking exports made under the EU-Israel Agreement from settlement companies listed in the 2009 research paper prepared by the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

(16683)

116

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the then hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West of 10 March 2010, Official Report, column 676W, on Israel: EU external trade, whether the consignment with commodity code 34013000 is still under investigation; and whether HM Revenue and Customs has received confirmation of its place of production.

(16684)

117

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 321WH, how many importers have been issued a financial penalty since the entry into force of the new civil penalty provision for persistent claims of preference outside entitlements; what guidance has been issued on the frequency of false preference claims outside entitlements which constitute persistent submission; whether HM Revenue and Customs is recording the false declarations made by each importer which they have detected; and what the policy of HM Revenue and Customs is on checking the imports of importers who have previously made claims outside preference entitlements.

(16685)

118

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 320WH, which supermarkets HM Revenue and Customs has contacted to explore potential discrepencies between settlement origin identified by the supermarket's internal tracking system and the customs imports declaration.

(16686)

119	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 321WH, what changes HM Revenue and Customs plans to make to the 2005 technical arrangements to ensure compliance with the rules on claims for preference.
	(16687)

120

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 320WH, what steps the European Commission has taken in response to the HM Revenue and Customs request for correct compliance by the Israeli authorities in respect of the precise place of production on the proof of preferential origin.

(16688)

121	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Redcar constituency who will be affected by the increase in the threshold for payment of the basic rate of income tax.
	(16538)

122	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of companies that will be affected by the reduction in small profits rate of corporation tax from April 2011 in Redcar constituency.
	(16540)

123	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households which are entitled to child benefit payments for children over the age of 16 years.
	(17121)

124	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households received child benefit payments for children over the age of 16 years in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(17122)

125	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methods other than online submission are available to businesses wishing to file value added tax returns.
	(16710)

126

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (b) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (c) Secretary of State for Scotland on the likely effects on remote and island Scottish areas of the Government's proposals to amend the eligibility thresholds and reliefs available under the Furnished Holiday Lettings scheme.

(17036)

127	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on the capacity of self-catering owners who subscribe to quality assessment schemes operated by the National Tourist Boards to maintain their present ratings of his Department's proposed changes to sideways and off-set reliefs.
	(17037)

128	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what competitor analysis in respect of each country his Department undertook in formulating his Department's proposals for amendments to the Furnished Holiday Lettings Relief scheme.
	(17038)

129	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he assessed the merits of a derogation from the proposed changes to the eligibility thresholds for Furnished Holiday Lettings Relief for claims made by self-catering operators in respect of properties in island areas in UK territorial waters.
	(17039)

130	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on social enterprises in remote and island communities of the proposed changes to the eligibility thresholds and off-set reliefs under the Furnished Holiday Lettings Relief scheme.
	(17040)

131

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of a provision to enable the calculation of average attained occupancy levels over two or more tax years to comply with the proposed eligibility thresholds for Furnished Holiday Lettings Relief (a) on a permanent basis and (b) for the purpose of taking account of the effects on the ability of businesses to continue trading during prolonged periods of severe weather.

(17042)

132

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of a provision to enable a phased introduction of the proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Furnished Holiday Lettings Relief by means of an increase in the threshold by seven days in each of the next five tax years (a) in respect of all areas and (b) in respect of regions with Convergence Objective status.

(17043)

133	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing levels of taxation on biofuels.
	(17105)

134	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of households in Norwich South constituency are in receipt of child benefit.
	(16531)

135	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of households in Norwich South constituency in receipt of child benefit include (a) a higher rate taxpayer, (b) a lone parent and (c) both.
	(16532)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

136	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to take steps to inform circulator pump fitters of the inclusion of circulator pumps with an A-G energy label in Part L of the Building Regulations.
	(16766)

137	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the responses received to Question 86 of his Department's building regulations consultation referred to on page 178 of Proposals for amending Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations Summary of Responses, dated 1 April 2010.
	(16773)

138	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17211)

139	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support community ownership of assets.
	(17246)

140	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the funding criteria for Fire Brigade services with large industrial conurbations.
	(16906)

141	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to make the tendering process of local government building contracts more accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.
	(17182)

142	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of best practice in the transfer of local authority facilities to community control.
	(16593)

143	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to voluntary groups in Coventry in each year since 2005.
	(16658)

144	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he decided to bring forward the consultation period on redundancies at the Government Office network after announcing its closure.
	(16659)

145	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he had received in favour of (a) closing and (b) maintaining the Government Office Network prior to his announcement to close it.
	(16660)

146	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to reallocate responsibility for functions provided by the Government Office Network following its closure; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that reallocation.
	(16661)

147	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16877)

148	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of (a) the Code for Sustainable Homes and (b) Part L of the Building Regulations.
	(16589)

149	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of a zero-carbon home his Department uses.
	(16590)

150	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the proposal in the Coalition Agreement to allow communities that host renewable energy projects to keep the additional business rate revenue that they generate.
	(16853)

151	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the average level of business rate payable in respect of onshore wind turbines.
	(16854)

152	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the New Homes Bonus scheme will apply to empty homes brought back into use by local authorities.
	(16855)

153	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the list of named public authorities in the schedules to the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 to enable members of the public to request that publicly-owned abandoned property be brought back into use.
	(16856)

154	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire fighters in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England have been made redundant in each of the last five years.
	(17007)

155	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the monthly running costs of empty regional fire control centres.
	(17008)

156	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the FireControl Project.
	(17009)

157	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to end the FireControl Project.
	(17010)

158	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's public sector mapping agreement will cover definitive footpath maps.
	(16830)

159	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16804)

160	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
	(16786)

161

Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for his Department's estimate of the contribution from the public purse to keep people in affordable homes; what estimate he has made of the total annual cost to the public purse; which elements of public expenditure he has included in the calculation; and how this figure was arrived at.

(17190)

162	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what area of land in each local authority area had been allocated for allotment use on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(16727)

163	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on encouraging local authorities to provide space for allotments.
	(16915)

164	James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the (a) collection and (b) distribution of EU structural funds after the implementation of his proposals to replace regional development authorities with local enterprise partnerships.
	(16754)

165	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to developers on requirements to construct buildings that are appropriate to the architectural heritage of a local area; and whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to amend building regulations relating to such requirements.
	(17154)

166	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has for the regulation of the housing sector following the ending of the Homes and Communities Agency.
	(17156)

167	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of jobs in the local government sector in the North West arising from reductions in central government expenditure.
	(17086)

168	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Grade 1 agricultural land has been built on in the last 10 years.
	(16997)

169	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the financial effect on the Audit Commission pension fund of his decision to close the Audit Commission.
	(16652)

170	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he consulted trade unions (a) before and (b) after his decision to close the Audit Commission.
	(16653)

171	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the classification of areas as former coalfields for the purposes of ensuring that available resources are appropriately allocated.
	(16647)

172	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the future funding of former coalfield areas.
	(16648)

173	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his response to the Coalfields Regeneration Review.
	(16649)

174	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to implement the recommendation of the Coalfields Regeneration Review that the coalfields sites programme managed by the Homes and Communities Agency be brought forward.
	(16657)

175	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that all parts of the country are represented by local enterprise partnerships.
	(17198)

176	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the budget of the Government Office for the North East was allocated to the promotion of enterprise in (a) Redcar constituency and (b) the North East in each of the last five years.
	(16541)

177	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of second homes as a proportion of national housing stock in the next five years.
	(17004)

178	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of second homes.
	(17005)

179	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of housing stock comprised by second homes (a) nationally, (b) in each region and (c) in each local authority.
	(17006)

180	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning guidance his Department issues on the construction of places of worship in residential areas.
	(16706)

181	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent contribution his Department has made to the Government's agenda for tackling extremism.
	(16707)

182	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) interim and (b) final Empty Dwelling Management Orders have been (i) applied for and (ii) made to date.
	(17083)

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

183	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17207)

184	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) external advisers are working on his Department's review of the National Lottery.
	(17057)

185	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which of Team GB's sporting teams (a) have established and (b) plan to establish training camps for the London 2012 Olympics outside Greater London.
	(16904)

186	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16876)

187	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with executives of (i) News International Limited and (ii) News Corporation since their appointment.
	(16717)

188	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has requested legal advice on the funding of S4/C in the last two years.
	(16782)

189	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with each representative of S4C between 6 May and 8 June 2010; and if he will publish that correspondence.
	(17024)

190	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, to what local newspapers his Department has subscribed in the last five years; on what date each such subscription started; and what the cost to the public purse of such subscriptions has been since 2001
	(17085)

191	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16805)

192	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16783)

193	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had any recent discussions about the provision of interpreter services for deaf or hard of hearing television viewers.
	(16918)

194	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to increase women's participation in sport.
	(16610)

195	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of women on national governing bodies of sport.
	(16611)

196	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation on increasing the participation of women in sport.
	(16612)

197	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to regulate the governance of the ownership of football clubs; what recent representations he has received on the role of supporters in the governance of such clubs; and if he will make a statement.
	(17229)

198	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to require broadcasters to increase to 20 per cent. the proportion of their programming which has audio description; and if he will make a statement.
	(16599)

199	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has considered the merits of franchising the Tote on a basis similar to that of the National Lottery.
	(16708)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

200	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17217)

201	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of making amendments to the Far East Prisoner of War and Civilian Internees ex-gratia compensation scheme to include those civilian internees who lacked formal Japanese records of status.
	(16907)

202	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policy on recruitment to the armed forces of his Department's spending reductions.
	(16908)

203	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of claims arising from any termination of defence contracts.
	(17087)

204	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officials and (b) external advisers are working on his Department's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(16562)

205	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects the proposed US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty to enable his Department to purrchase more defence equipment off the shelf.
	(16882)

206	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the agreement of a US-UK defence trade co-operation treaty; and if he will make a statement.
	(16883)

207	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Russian government's decision to supply Syria with P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles.
	(16621)

208	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of rationalising the harmony regulations of the armed services.
	(17185)

209	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of food supplied to the armed forces was domestically produced in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(16857)

210	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what insurance arrangements are required in respect of civilian target shooters using shooting ranges for which his Department is responsible.
	(16843)

211	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve its level of compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(16934)

212	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16806)

213	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
	(16787)

214	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on facilitating the award to small and medium-sized enterprises of contracts for maintenance and support for (a) Typhoon and (b) other major equipment platforms sold overseas.
	(17108)

215	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) meetings and (b) other consultation his Department has (i) held and (ii) planned with members of academia as part of his Department's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(17179)

216	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation other than meetings has been held with representatives of the (a) aerospace industry, (b) maritime industry and (c) other defence industries as part of his Department's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(17180)

217	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has (a) had and (b) planned with representatives of the (i) aerospace, (ii) maritime, (iii) cyber technology and (iv) other defence sectors as part of his Department's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(17181)

218	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's RWMIK vehicle platform has passed the NATO STANAG 4569 Level 2A test.
	(16656)

219	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on the role of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association within the armed services as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(17202)

220	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's 2004 report on marinisation of Typhoon aircraft.
	(16709)

221	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely savings accruing to his Department's research and development budget for the new generation of Trident missiles of postponing the programme for those missiles by one year.
	(16722)

222	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of extending the service life of a Vanguard Class submarine by (a) one year and (b) each of the subsequent four years after its original decommissioning date.
	(16776)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

223	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he received reports of people registered to vote in more than one constituency who voted more than once in the last general election.
	(16668)

224	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on the practice of local authorities in seeking the prosecution of those who have not registered on the Electoral Roll.
	(17155)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

225	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17212)

226	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on the merits of subsidising transport for low income students to encourage them to take up preferential places at academy and free schools.
	(16910)

227	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) officials and (b) external advisers are working on the forthcoming green paper on special educational needs and disabilities.
	(16560)

228	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timetable he has set for approving the number of teacher training places to be provided for 2011-12; how many such places were available for 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(17187)

229	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Education and Employers Taskforce since its inception.
	(17191)

230	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department made of the number of modular buildings which were used as classrooms in (a) 1980 and (b) 1997.
	(17025)

231	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he made of the number of classrooms which were in use in (a) 1980 and (b) 1997.
	(17026)

232	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the future of the schools sports partnership.
	(16831)

233	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question (a) 14560 on the school lunch grant, (b) 14561 on the home access scheme and (c) 14564 on the School Food Trust.
	(17066)

234

Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints Ofsted received through its complaints procedure in the latest year for which figures are available; how many such complaints were (a) at Stage 1, (b) at Stage 2 and (c) referred to the Independent Complaints Adjudication Service for Ofsted; and to how many such complaints Ofsted responded within (i) 25 working days at Stage 1 and (ii) 20 working days at Stage 2.

(16662)

235	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has paid Ten Lifestyle Management for providing information and support services to school leaders in England in each year since 2005.
	(17034)

236	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds information on (a) the number of (i) schools which subscribed to the key information and support services and (ii) school leaders who used those services in each year since 2005 and (b) payments by schools for those services in each such year.
	(17035)

237	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students identified as (a) Black African, (b) Black Caribbean, (c) Black Other and (d) White British gained (i) three A* grades or more, (ii) three A grades or more and (iii) 2 A and 1 B grade or more at A-level in each year since 1999.
	(17076)

238	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16807)

239	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish his response to the consultation on family and friends care guidance.
	(17173)

240	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teachers of the deaf in the South West; and what assessment he has made of the merits of steps to improve specialist support services for deaf children.
	(17175)

241	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
	(16788)

242	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on (a) taxis to school and (b) other personalised forms of school transport in (i) St Albans and (ii) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years.
	(16779)

243	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to what projects and programmes he plans to allocate funds saved as a result of spending reductions in respect of Building Schools for the Future.
	(16760)

244	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (17020)

245	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each constituency in North Wales received free school meals in each of the last five years.
	(17002)

246	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) Skipton and Ripon constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England were entered for (i) chemistry, (ii) physics and (iii) biology as separate subjects at (A) GCSE and (B) A-level in each of the last five academic years.
	(17232)

247	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of prospects for the future of science teaching in schools at (a) Key Stage 3, (b) GCSE and (c) A-level.
	(17233)

248	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made in the process of equivalence testing of examination courses and qualifications.
	(17234)

249	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to schools of the introduction of the rarely cover guidelines for teachers in the 2009-10 academic year.
	(17235)

250	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wigan of 17 June 2010, Official Report, column 531W, on apprentices, if he will estimate the number of (a) level 2, (b) level 3 and (c) level 4 apprenticeships in each subject which are available in educational institutions in each constituency for the academic year 2010-11.
	(17075)

251	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he plans to make available for the engineering diploma qualification in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(16581)

252	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to regulate the making of exclusive agreements between schools and suppliers of school uniforms; and if he will make a statement.
	(16623)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

253	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to take steps to inform the public of the energy reductions and carbon savings consequent on the installation of energy efficiency circulators.
	(16763)

254	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to determine the payback period for installing energy efficient circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties.
	(16764)

255	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) carbon dioxide and (b) energy savings consequent on the inclusion of circulator pumps with an A-G energy label in Part L of the Buildings Regulations in each of the next five years.
	(16765)

256	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17214)

257	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on energy co-operatives.
	(17245)

258	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department's plans for electricity market reform will include proposals for further requirements on Ofgem to deliver renewable energy objectives; and when he expects to announce his plans for the future regulation of the electricity market.
	(17012)

259	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on (a) the creation of new and (b) Government assistance for existing manufacturing centres for marine renewable energy.
	(17013)

260	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to open the Offshore Wind Site Development Competition; and what arrangements have been made for the administration of that competition.
	(17014)

261	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has for the future funding of the Offshore Wind Site Development Competition.
	(17015)

262	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals for minimum standards for energy tariffs in his Department's Energy Security and Green Economy Bill; and if he will make a statement.
	(17186)

263	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2010, Official Report, column 36W, on energy: subsidies, what definition of fossil fuel subsidies was used by the G20 at the Summit; and if he will make a statement.
	(17070)

264	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the European Commission's proposal for a moratorium on offshore deepwater drilling activities.
	(17110)

265	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made in the establishment of four carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.
	(17111)

266	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Executive on the regulation of carbon dioxide emission rates from coal-fired power stations.
	(17112)

267	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of offshore deepwater drilling activities in the North Sea.
	(17113)

268	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable he has set for publication of his safety review of the UK oil and gas industry.
	(17114)

269	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts his Department has had with Capita in each year since its inception; and how much it paid to Capita under such contracts in each such year.
	(17059)

270	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) hospitality and (b) gifts officials of his Department have received from members of the British Wind Energy Association and Renewables UK in each year since its inception.
	(16698)

271	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will review the implementation of recommendations made to the Government by the Hayes MacKenzie Partnership in respect of wind turbine noise nuisance and aerodynamic modulation, with a view to reducing permitted noise limits.
	(16699)

272	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16808)

273	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the annual cost to his Department of running an 0300 telephone number.
	(16848)

274	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the merits of bringing forward proposals under section 35(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 to require private landlords to make reasonable adjustments to improve the energy efficiency of (a) premises let out and (b) the buildings in which those premises are located.
	(16731)

275	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy (a) to conduct an immediate review of agro-fuel Renewable Obligation Certificate banding for electricity generation and (b) not to guarantee the current level of Renewable Obligation Certificates for agro fuels.
	(17078)

276	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
	(16789)

277	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of micro combined heat and power to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
	(16613)

278	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to include provision for funding for micro combined heat and power units in his proposed Green Deal for Businesses scheme.
	(16614)

279	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many statutory duties have been placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(17023)

280	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether grants under the Warm Front Scheme may be made in respect of all types and methods of loft insulation.
	(16823)

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

281	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many interns her Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17208)

282	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16875)

283	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2010, Official Report, column 59W, on biodiversity: international cooperation, when she plans to appoint a UK representative to the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
	(16680)

284	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, column 338Q, on wood: EU action, whether she plans to take steps to prohibit shell companies importing illegal timber.
	(16681)

285	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2010, Official Report, column 640W, on timber: EU law, if she will make it her policy to implement the provisions of the EU Timber Due Diligence Regulation within the next 12 months.
	(16682)

286	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research into colony collapse disorder.
	(17109)

287	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether funding has been (a) applied for and (b) granted under (i) the Rural Development Programme for England and (ii) another of her Department's programmes in respect of the proposed large scale dairy farm in Nocton, Lincolnshire.
	(17115)

288	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable she has set for the implementation of the provisions of Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention.
	(17116)

289	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with veterinary surgeons on her decision to put official veterinarian services out to tender; and whether she has made an estimate of the likely financial effect of the implementation of that decision on small rural veterinary practices.
	(17177)

290	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of ozone-depleting substances in the UK attributable to (a) refrigerators, (b) building foams and (c) other sources.
	(16755)

291	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to prevent the release of ozone-depleting substances in the construction and demolition industries.
	(16756)

292	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) the Environment Agency, (b) local authorities and (c) private contractors on the safe use and disposals of materials containing ozone-depleting substances.
	(16757)

293	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for monitoring the safe and proper disposal of ozone depleting substances from demolished buildings and demolition sites.
	(16758)

294	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the (a) environment and (b) economy of establishing an isolated waste stream for building foam containing ozone-depleting substances arising from demolition.
	(16759)

295	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the quantity of ozone depleting substances material which entered landfill sites in each of the last 10 years.
	(17060)

296	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from her Department since May 2010; and what steps she plans to take to meet her Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16809)

297	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials her Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
	(16790)

298	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received recent representations on the effects on (a) poultry farms, (b) the (i) price and (ii) quality of eggs and (c) the welfare of hens of full implementation of the EU regulations on laying hens.
	(16919)

299	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement its Sustainable Clothing Action Plan.
	(17065)

300	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by her Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
	(17016)

301	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for funding of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit in the next three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(16556)

302	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations govern the proximity of industrial recycling sites to residential areas.
	(17050)

303	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff and (c) consultants are employed by the Marine Management Organisation in (i) Newcastle and (ii) elsewhere; and how many employees of each type had been transferred from London to Newcastle in the last 12 months.
	(16651)

304	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work her Department is undertaking on (a) supermarket competition and (b) the relationship of supermarkets with local communities.
	(17225)

305	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the charges for the issue of cattle passports.
	(16711)

306	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK increases its level of self-sufficiency in food production.
	(16868)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

307	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17203)

308	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to the (a) Central Tibetan Administration and (b) Chinese government on human rights in Tibet.
	(16574)

309	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to the Colombian government on its human rights record.
	(16575)

310	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the BBC World Service against his Department's objectives for the funding of that service, with particular reference to its contribution to strengthening democracy.
	(16640)

311	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on (a) the forthcoming elections in Nigeria and (b) steps being taken to ensure that those elections are free and fair.
	(16641)

312	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage fossil fuel subsidy reform in the emerging economies; and if he will make a statement.
	(16587)

313	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has given to the Heart of Borneo project since its inception.
	(16695)

314	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the activities of the Law and Justice Party in Poland; and if he will make a statement.
	(16592)

315	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which embassies have had their budgets reduced as a result of the removal of the overseas price mechanism; and by how much each such embassy's budget for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 was reduced.
	(16723)

316	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether spending reductions consequent on the removal of the overseas price mechanism have resulted in reductions in his Department's spending on counter-terrorism projects.
	(16724)

317

Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the budget reductions required as a result of the removal of the overseas price mechanism resulted in the withdrawal, reduction or deferral of any of his Department's (a) human rights, (b) democracy promotion, (c) counter-proliferation, (d) counter-projects narcotics, (e) counter-radicalisation and (f) climate change projects.

(17028)

318	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the spending reductions consequent on the removal of the overseas price mechanism resulted in the withdrawal or reduction of his Department's support to any of the Overseas Territories.
	(17029)

319	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16810)

320	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16792)

321	James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of Israel's application to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
	(16678)

322	James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the economic situation in the Gaza Strip.
	(16679)

323

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the then Member for Milton Keynes South West of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 973W, on the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation and Development: Israel, what further progress has been made in resolving the outstanding issues relating to the scope of statistical data provided by the Israeli authorities to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation and Development.

(16720)

324	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the EU3+3 strategy in respect of Iran's nuclear ambitions.
	(16712)

325	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the forced repatriation of North Korean refugees.
	(16845)

326	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Nigerian counterparts on reports of violence against Christians in Plateau State.
	(16846)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

327	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place under the Mental Health Act 2007 to enable community mental health teams to offer early preventive treatment to individuals with mental disorders who may pose a danger to the safety of themselves or others.
	(17027)

328	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a patient who has paid for drugs may be reimbursed when a subsequent individual funding request is approved.
	(16827)

329

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) over 80 years were diagnosed with each type of cancer through the two-week referral pathway in (i) each cancer network, (ii) each primary care trust and (iii) England in each year since that pathway was established.

(17166)

330

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients diagnosed with each type of cancer following an admission to hospital in (a) each cancer network, (b) each primary care trust and (c) England was aged (i) 49 years and under, (ii) 50 to 59 years, (iii) 60 to 69 years, (iv) 70 to 79 years and (v) over 80 years in each of the last five years.

(17167)

331	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who received any active treatment for each type of cancer in (a) each cancer network, (b) each primary care trust and (c) England were aged (i) 49 years and under, (ii) 50 to 59 years, (iii) 60 to 69 years, (iv) 70 to 79 years and (v) over 80 years in each of the last five years.
	(17168)

332	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who received any surgical treatment for each type of cancer in (a) each cancer network, (b) each primary care trust and (c) England were aged (i) 49 years and under, (ii) 50 to 59 years, (iii) 60 to 69 years, (iv) 70 to 79 years and (v) over 80 years in each of the last five years.
	(17169)

333	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were for patients with each type of cancer who were aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) over 80 years in (i) each cancer network, (ii) each primary care trust and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(17170)

334	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on promoting locally-owned health mutual organisations.
	(17080)

335	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to support local authorities in developing mutual organisations for social care direct payments.
	(17081)

336	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that all service users and carers have access to a local direct payments mutual organisations.
	(17082)

337	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid at the rate of the national minimum wage or above.
	(17213)

338	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy in respect of an (a) basic standard of training and (b) compulsory code of conduct.
	(16911)

339	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the (a) number and (b) location of approved nurse training places to current providers in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(17188)

340	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the report by Professor Jim Mansell on Raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.
	(16781)

341	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to extend his Department's funding for GPs' local enhancement services after March 2011.
	(16869)

342	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the Foundation Programme application process for those applying for August 2011 entry.
	(16635)

343	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16874)

344	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposed cancer drugs fund on patients with gastric cancer.
	(16704)

345	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual average cost to the public purse is of treatment of a patient with type 1 diabetes with (a) multiple daily injections and (b) insulin pump therapy.
	(16700)

346	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in each age group with each type of diabetes were admitted to hospital as an emergency for treatment for (i) diabetic ketoacidosis and (ii) hypoglycaemic emergency in the last five years.
	(16701)

347	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on administering insulin pump therapy.
	(16702)

348	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of a hospital admission for hypoglycaemic emergency for a patient with type 1 diabetes was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(16703)

349	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of food supplied to hospitals under contracts negotiated by NHS Supply Chain was domestically produced in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(16858)

350	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people under the age of (a) 18 and (b) 16 years who are in abstinence-based rehabilitative treatment; and how many people in each age group were placed in such treatment in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(17091)

351	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of (a) the number of people under the age of (i) 18 and (ii) 16 years who are being prescribed (A) methadone and (B) buphrenorphine/subutex and (b) the average dose of each medication prescribed for one such patient.
	(17092)

352	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who were prescribed methadone and benzodiazepines in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(17093)

353

Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people who were prescribed (i) methadone hydrochloride mixture and (ii) buphenorphine/subutex for opiate dependence, (b) the average dose prescribed of each type of medication and (c) the average cost to the public purse of prescribing each type of medication for one patient in the latest year for which figures are available.

(17094)

354	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he made of the number of people who had been on a continuous (a) methadone and (b) buprenorphine/subutex prescription for (i) 12 to 24, (ii) 24 to 48 and (iii) 48 months or more in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(17095)

355	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to implement the March 2010 recommendation of the South Central Commissioning Group to fund a neuromuscular care advisor for families in Hampshire; on what date he expects an appointment to be made; and what the reason is for the time taken to make the appointment.
	(16619)

356	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on management consultants in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(16624)

357	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on management on management consultants in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(16625)

358	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of training a health visitor in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(16626)

359	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have participated in the mutually agreed resignation scheme; and what the average redundancy payout has been since its introduction.
	(16627)

360	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of making redundant (a) managers, (b) senior managers and (c) non-clinical staff employed under the NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
	(16628)

361	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) clinical staff, (c) non-clinical staff and (d) managerial posts remain unfilled as a result of the NHS recruitment freeze.
	(16629)

362	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much debt incurred by each (a) hospital and (b) primary care trust has been written off by the NHS in each of the last five years.
	(16565)

363	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of debt recovered by debt collectors on behalf of the NHS in respect of each (a) hospital and (b) primary care trust in each of the last five years.
	(16566)

364	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each (a) hospital and (b) primary care trust has paid to debt collectors in each of the last five years.
	(16567)

365	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money is owed to the NHS by each (a) hospital and (b) primary care trust in unpaid invoices in each of the last five years.
	(16568)

366	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16811)

367	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions a general practitioner has been found to have charged a patient for medical services which should have been provided free of charge in the last three years.
	(16557)

368	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date his Department's decision that people with myalgic encephalomyelitis should not give blood was (a) made and (b) implemented.
	(16643)

369

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 942W, on chronic fatigue syndrome, whether (a) the UK Blood Services and Health Protection Agency study of the prevalence of a rodent virus linked to myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) his Department's risk assessment in respect of the study has been completed; and if he will make a statement.

(16644)

370

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the NHS as (a) hospital consultants, (b) general practitioners, (c) registered nurses, (d) administrative and clerical workers, (e) managers, (f) executive directors, (g) managers involved in commissioning at primary care trusts, care trusts and health authorities, (h) other staff supporting managers involved in commissioning at primary care trusts, care trusts and health authorities, (i) finance staff and (j) managers and support staff directly involved in performance management in each year since 1995.

(16666)

371	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to GPs on raising awareness of the symptoms and risks for drivers of obstructive sleep apnoea.
	(17157)

372	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future regulation of psychotherapists.
	(16670)

373	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the work of LINk groups continues after March 2011.
	(16730)

374	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the report commissioned by his Department on Raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.
	(17176)

375	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16793)

376	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements were made to consult GP practices before the decision to close minor injury services at the Lambert Hospital in Thirsk and St Monica's Hospital in Easingwold was (a) taken and (b) made public.
	(17088)

377	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on GP practices of the planned closures of minor injury services at (a) the Lambert Hospital in Thirsk and (b) St Monica's Hospital in Easingwold.
	(17103)

378	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Darlington and (c) Cambridgeshire have received facet joint injections in the last 12 months.
	(17104)

379	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to Professor Jim Mansell's report on Raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.
	(16849)

380	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations made in Professor Jim Mansell's report on Raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.
	(16850)

381	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice services are available to support people with mental health problems who are experiencing financial hardship.
	(16637)

382	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to implement his Department's clinical strategy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(16837)

383	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital bed days there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) all respiratory diseases in (i) Gateshead and (ii) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(16838)

384	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include a lung function test in the NHS health check.
	(16839)

385	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the regional variations in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
	(16840)

386

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence review of dementia drugs assesses all available data and treatment options for the management of behavioural syptoms in dementia to ensure that clinicians and carers have clear guidance on (a) how to reduce the number of prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs and (b) managing behavioural symptoms; and if he will make a statement.

(16728)

387	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make provision for those with no access to the internet at home to gain access to the interactive NHS Choices website.
	(16917)

388	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the future of stem cell research (a) nationally and (b) in the East Midlands.
	(16925)

389	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the provision of healthcare for transplant patients, with particular reference to the (a) financial and (b) health effects on such patients of prescription charges.
	(16926)

390	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had recent discussions with Ministerial colleagues on the annual number of fatal asthma attacks in schools; and whether he plans to take further steps to seek to reduce that number.
	(16927)

391	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means his Department plans to measure health outcomes for patients following the removal of NHS targets.
	(17031)

392	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report on High impact for nursing and midwifery: the essential collection by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
	(16890)

393	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the merits of automatically including a patient's advance decision to refuse treatment on a summary care record.
	(16691)

394	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(17021)

395

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita health allocation was for North of Tyne Primary Care Trust in the latest period for which figures are available; and whether he has made an estimate of the effect on the per capita allocation for North of Tyne Primary Care Trust of the application of the Combined Age Related Needs and Additional formula.

(17153)

396	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish his Department's climical strategy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(16569)

397	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a national plan for all patients assessed as requiring access to an epilepsy specialist nurse; what his policy is on the future of epilepsy specialist nurses; and if he will make a statement.
	(17221)

398	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on parking charges at hospitals in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(17231)

399	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the expected level of savings that will arise from the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White Paper in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	(16740)

400	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of redundancies arising from the implementation of the structural reorganisation proposed in the NHS White Paper.
	(16741)

401	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will replace primary care trusts as representatives on children's trusts following the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White Paper.
	(16742)

402	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory duties are placed upon (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts; and who will be responsible for discharging such duties in 2014.
	(16744)

403	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed GP commissioning consortia will be made subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(16745)

404	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for monitoring the performance of GPs and ensuring that their skills are kept up to date and adequately revalidated after the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White Paper.
	(16746)

405	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for ensuring that GPs follow best practice on (a) dementia diagnosis and treatment and (b) drug prescription after the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White Paper.
	(16747)

406	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for ensuring the provision of NHS dental services in areas of shortage after the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White Paper.
	(16748)

407	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory duties are placed upon local authority health overview and scrutiny committees; and which such duties they will retain in 2014.
	(16749)

408	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of health spending per capita per year.
	(17030)

409	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements will be made for private finance initiative contracts held by primary care trusts which are abolished.
	(17032)

410	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to procurement hubs on the weighting to be applied to price when commissioning a contract for the supply of implantable cardiac devices.
	(16654)

411	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients in each strategic health authority who received heart pacemakers in the last five years.
	(16655)

412	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of existing guidelines on granting pharmacy and dispensing contracts.
	(17223)

413	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision the NHS funding formula makes for serving sparsely-populated rural communities.
	(17224)

414	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he made an estimate of the number of (a) men and (b) women who received a free NHS eye test in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(17120)

415	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the delivery of epilepsy services following the planned ending of primary care trusts in 2013.
	(16713)

416	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the recommendations made by Lord Archer in the report of his inquiry into contaminated blood products his Department has implemented.
	(16844)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

417	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the administrative burden on the police consequent on the requirements of (a) the Office of Surveillance Commissioners and (b) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
	(16828)

418	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interns her Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17218)

419	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's review of anti-social behaviour orders.
	(16559)

420	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's consultation on the limit to be set on the number of non-EU migrants to the UK.
	(17054)

421	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's consultation into the establishment of elected police commissioners.
	(17055)

422	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's review of changes to UK licensing laws.
	(17056)

423	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's review of the US-UK Extradition Treaty.
	(17058)

424	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on police (a) staffing levels and (b) detection rates in Greater London of Metropolitan Police Service spending reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	(16603)

425	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has used its powers under section 67(9) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to enable an appeal against the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in each of the last three years.
	(16577)

426	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
	(16578)

427	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals further to limit the circumstances in which surveillance powers may be used.
	(16579)

428	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to reduce the number of public bodies entitled to exercise surveillance powers.
	(16580)

429	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that all interception of communications and intrusive surveillance are authorised by judicial warrant.
	(16620)

430

Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for nationality in categories requiring residency in the UK of five years were granted nationality following a period of permanent residency of fewer than five years in the most recent period for which figures are available; for what reasons the residency requirements were waived in such cases; and if she will make a statement.

(17017)

431	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the likely cost to the West Midlands Police of the implementation of her proposals for directly-elected police commissioners.
	(17011)

432 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had overstayed the time limit of their leave to remain on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(16059)

433	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the likely effects on levels of immigration from Bulgaria of the extension by the government of Bulgaria of passport entitlement to Ukraine and Belarus citizens; and if she will make a statement.
	(16774)

434	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals who at the time of their application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK were resident in the Peterborough City Council area were granted such leave in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	(16864)

435	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from her Department since May 2010; and what steps she plans to take to meet her Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16812)

436	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials her Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16794)

437	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the UK Border Agency has made a request to the Tribunals Service to re-send appeal determination notifications from the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and its predecessors in the last 12 months.
	(16778)

438	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the waiting times for Criminal Records Bureau checks were in each month of 2010 for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	(16725)

439	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provided to sexual abuse and rape counselling services in (a) England and (b) Wales in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each such payment was made.
	(17107)

440	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Ministerial colleagues on measures to prevent identity fraud; and if she will make a statement.
	(16922)

441	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by her Department in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
	(17018)

442	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the provision of further funding to the Migration Impact Fund.
	(17052)

443	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions errors in records of criminal convictions held on the Police National Computer have been identified in each of the last three years.
	(17171)

444	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female asylum seekers were detained in mixed sex facilities in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(16931)

445	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK Border Agency offices provide childcare when asylum seekers are being interviewed; and what plans she has for the future of that provision.
	(16932)

446

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the system for allocating appointments for initial screening at the UK Border Agency Asylum Screening Unit in Croydon for those travelling from the North East; and whether alternative appointment times are made available for such people.

(16933)

447	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with (a) chief constables and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers measures to improve efficiency in the use of police helicopters through (i) reducing the number of such helicopters and (ii) sharing the use of such helicopters over police authority borders.
	(17106)

448	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out in Wales in 2009.
	(16533)

449	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many procedures carried out on animals in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) New World primates and (b) Old World primates in 2009; and what the primary purpose of those procedures were.
	(16543)

450

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) primary purpose and (b) field of research was of each procedure carried out on animals in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involving (i) fish, (ii) pigs and (iii) genetically modified animals in 2009; and for what reason there was an increase in the number of procedures carried out on (A) fish, (B) pigs and (C) genetically-modified animals in Wales in 2009 compared to the previous year.

(16544)

451	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales were recorded in 2009; and how many resulted in a prosecution.
	(16545)

452	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences for work in Wales were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2009; and how many such licences were in force at the end of 2009.
	(16546)

453	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sites in Wales were designated as a (a) supplying, (b) breeding and (c) scientific procedure establishment under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of 2009.
	(16547)

454	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and in force in Wales at the end of 2009 were in the (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity banding.
	(16548)

455	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of procedures regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 carried out in Wales were conducted without anaesthesia in 2009.
	(16549)

456

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) New World primates and (p) Old World primates were used in procedures conducted in Wales and regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2009.

(16550)

457	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual animals were used in procedures regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales in 2009.
	(16551)

458

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 conducted in Wales involved (a) cats, (b) dogs, (c) rabbits, (d) horses and other equids, (e) New World primates and (f) Old World primates which (i) were genetically modified and (ii) had a harmful genetic defect in 2009.

(16552)

459	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 conducted in Wales were carried out for (a) fundamental and applied studies other than toxicology and (b) toxicity tests or other safety and efficacy evaluation in 2009.
	(16553)

460

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 conducted in Wales were performed in (a) public health laboratories, (b) universities and medical schools, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) Government departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit making organisations and (g) commercial organisations in 2009.

(16554)

461	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) genetically modified animals and (b) animals with a harmful genetic defect were used in regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 conducted in Wales in 2009.
	(16555)

462	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted under the provisions of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006.
	(16847)

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

463	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) laptop and (b) desktop computers have been returned to PICT during its most recent refresh programme; and by what means such computers are to be (i) disposed of and (ii) re-used.
	(16582)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

464	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17209)

465	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on (a) providing support and building capacity for co-operatives in developing countries and (b) enabling smallholders to form secondary co-operatives in such countries.
	(17247)

466	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to each country for (a) reproductive health and (b) abortion services in the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the effects on those services of his Department's expenditure.
	(16630)

467	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16873)

468	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to seek to end World Bank assistance for fossil fuel extraction and transport projects.
	(16859)

469	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal on environmental sustainability.
	(16860)

470	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16813)

471	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take to encourage global efforts to provide funding to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals on health, women and children by 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	(16896)

472	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16795)

473	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department provides for (a) research into and (b) projects countering (i) malaria, (ii) dengue fever, (iii) dysentery and (iv) yellow fever overseas.
	(16714)

474	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the effects on developing countries of food speculation.
	(16841)

475	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require the Government to spend 0.7 per cent. of gross national income on overseas aid in each year from 2013.
	(16842)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

476	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implementation of section 155 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, with particular reference to the allocation of funds recovered under that provision.
	(16571)

477	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring into force section 155 and related provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
	(16572)

478	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid at the rate of the national minimum wage or above.
	(17219)

479	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) external advisers are working on his Department's consultation on the provision of magistrates' and county court services.
	(16558)

480	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) external advisers are working on his Department's review of short sentences.
	(16671)

481	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on (a) Probation Service staff numbers and (b) prisoners in Greater London of Probation Service spending reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	(16604)

482	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on (a) caseload, (b) processing times and (c) the number of adjournments in courts in Greater London of HM Courts Service spending reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	(16605)

483	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on prisoner numbers in London of Probation Service spending reductions of (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 30 per cent.
	(16606)

484	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the (a) caseload of Greater London Probation Service and (b) provision by that Service of court reports and supervision of people on parole licences of Probation Service spending reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	(17069)

485	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes he plans to make to the eligibility criteria for legal aid in the next 12 months.
	(17237)

486	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts to practise (a) family, (b) social welfare and (c) criminal law were awarded by the Legal Services Commission in each year since 2005.
	(16888)

487	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many local providers of legal aid services received contracts from the Legal Services Commission in each year since 2005.
	(16889)

488	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many local providers of legal aid services have received contracts from the Legal Services Commission under the 2010 tendering process.
	(17238)

489	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have held meetings relating to the death of Dr David Kelly since his appointment; and who was present at each such meeting.
	(16696)

490	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of food supplied to prisons under contracts negotiated by the National Offender Management Service was domestically produced in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(16861)

491	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the recent draft findings ACCC/C/2008/33 of the UNECE Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee on compliance by the United Kingdom with its obligations under the Aarhus Convention.
	(17117)

492	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16814)

493	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what long-term funding he plans to make available to (a) existing and (b) new rape crisis centres; and if he will make a statement.
	(17174)

494	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16796)

495	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of civil legal aid which is spent on libel cases.
	(16832)

496	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department ring-fences the criminal legal aid budget.
	(16833)

497	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	(16834)

498	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were granted (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	(16835)

499	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of how many expert witnesses costs were paid from (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid budgets in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	(16836)

500	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Tribunals Service has received requests from the UK Border Agency to re-send appeal determination notifications from the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and its predecessors in the last 12 months.
	(16780)

501	James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the disposal of buildings used by magistrates' courts which are to close under his proposals on the provision of court services; and if he will make a statement.
	(16753)

502	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(17022)

503	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for future funding of the intensive alternative to custody programme for offenders in Derbyshire.
	(17183)

504	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal practices in (a) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and (b) Sunderland local authority area are to be awarded contracts to provide family legal aid services from November 2010.
	(17096)

505	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for offences under section 32(1) of the Chiropractors Act 1994 in each year since 2000.
	(17099)

506	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much on average was collected in fines by HM Courts Service Fixed Penalty Office in Denbigh (a) weekly, (b) monthly and (c) annually in each of the last five years.
	(17000)

507	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners absconded from (a) Prescoed Prison, Usk and (b) each other open prison in 2009.
	(16596)

508	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners who absconded from Prescoed Prison, Usk in the last six months had been convicted of crimes which included violent behaviour.
	(16597)

509	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from Prescoed Prison, Usk in the last six months.
	(16598)

510	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects his Department to begin making payments in respect of pleural plaques; and if he will make a statement.
	(16826)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

511	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17206)

512	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16872)

513	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to improve its level of compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(16935)

514	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16815)

515	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16797)

516	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues have had with the Northern Ireland Executive on (i) proposed changes to the benefit and welfare system and (ii) the level of employment in Northern Ireland.
	(16601)

517	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will guarantee the Government's undertaking to provide £18 billion to the Northern Ireland Executive for political institutions and infrastructure development and renewal; and if he will make a statement.
	(16689)

518	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of arrangements for (a) intelligence gathering for security purposes in Northern Ireland and (b) contacts between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Security Service.
	(16690)

519	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the security threat from paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(16822)

520	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the criteria to apply to the determination of the financial allocation for the Northern Ireland block grant in the comprehensive spending review.
	(16936)

Questions to the Prime Minister

521

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1145W, on the Appointments Commission, in which circumstances appointments may be made by departments other than in accordance with the Code of Practice issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and the procedure adopted following the Nolan Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.

(16664)

522	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has met executives of News International Limited or News Corporation since his appointment.
	(16716)

523	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of implementing the recommendation of Sir Richard Dearlove on the establishment of a National Security Staff College.
	(16895)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

524	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17205)

525	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16871)

526	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to improve its level of compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(16998)

527	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16816)

528	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16798)

529	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with CBI (a) Scotland and (b) UK on the effects on PAYE schemes administered from England and Wales of the implementation of the recommendations of the Calman Commission.
	(16824)

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

530	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what proposals the Electoral Commission has made for ward boundary changes in Daventry district; what the timescale is for their implementation; and if he will make a statement.
	(17047)

531	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what representations the Electoral Commission has received on the Daventry district boundary review.
	(17048)

532	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on the review of electoral wards in Daventry district.
	(17189)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

533	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of his Department's expenditure supported the work of charities and voluntary organisations in the latest period for which figures are available (a) directly and (b) indirectly.
	(17100)

534	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Bikeability cycle training scheme.
	(17101)

535	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on funding programmes delivered by Cycling England; and if he will make a statement.
	(17102)

536	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that the revenue of district councils is not reduced by more than the cost of their concessionary travel schemes as a result of the implementation of his proposals to change the funding route for his Department's concessionary travel scheme.
	(16607)

537	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17210)

538	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has received from driving licence holders who claim to have had categories deleted from their driving licence on renewal or replacement in each year since 2007.
	(17045)

539	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Access for All scheme at Northfield station in Birmingham to be (a) started and (b) completed.
	(16595)

540	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have completed his Department's Enhanced Rider Scheme; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that scheme.
	(16851)

541	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made towards the full operational capability of the Galileo system; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Government's contribution to the operation and maintenance of that system.
	(16642)

542	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests have been conducted by each driving test centre in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Somerset and (c) Avon in each of the last three years.
	(16638)

543	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an independent review of the effects on the economy of Wales of the Severn Bridges tolls.
	(17089)

544	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effects on the economy of Wales of the Severn Bridges tolls.
	(17090)

545	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the use of small one-person electric personal vehicles on public roads and cycle tracks.
	(17127)

546	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling studies his Department undertook when developing its proposals to suspend the M4 bus lane; and what assessment he has made of (a) the average reduction in journey time for private motor vehicles and (b) the effect on journey time for bus lane users consequent on the suspension of the lane.
	(16735)

547	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of his proposed (a) suspension of the M4 bus lane until and (b) removal of the M4 bus lane after the London 2012 Olympic Games.
	(16736)

548	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16817)

549	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the number of bicycles which may be carried on trains operated by each train operator; and whether he plans to take steps to increase that number.
	(16897)

550	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to increase the level of integration of cycling with other modes of public transport; and if he will make a statement.
	(16898)

551	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the public expenditure required for the development of the proposed London to Birmingham High Speed 2 rail line in each year from 2010 to 2015.
	(16899)

552	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) carbon dioxide emissions consequent on the construction of the London to Birmingham High Speed 2 rail line and (b) contribution of the proposed High Speed 2 rail line to the Government's carbon reduction targets.
	(16900)

553	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department has not published an environmental impact assessment for the proposed London to Birmingham High Speed 2 route through the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and if he will make a statement.
	(16901)

554	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on making commercial drivers aware of the risks of obstructive sleep apnoea.
	(17158)

555	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department (a) has allocated and (b) plans to allocate to road safety in the financial year 2010-11; and how much was allocated in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(17159)

556	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the change in funding from his Department to local authorities through the Road Safety Grant has been in the financial year 2010-11.
	(17160)

557	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16799)

558	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(17019)

559	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the further implementation of statutory quality contracts for bus services; and if he will make a statement.
	(17226)

560	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between different modes of bus services ownership and bus ridership numbers.
	(17227)

561	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he made of transport spending per head in (a) England, (b) the UK, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) London, (e) the North West, (f) the West Midlands and (g) the North East in 2008-09.
	(17033)

562	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the blue badge scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(16892)

563	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of regulating (a) the sale of and (b) training schemes for the use of mobility scooters.
	(16650)

564	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of 20 miles per hour zones in (a) towns and (b) villages.
	(17199)

565	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on ensuring continued access to bus services for rural communities.
	(17200)

566	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for future funding of concessionary bus passes for older people; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his policy in this respect on rural communities.
	(17201)

567	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at how many points above the Bank of England base rate the Humber Bridge Board is paying the interest on its outstanding debt.
	(17079)

568	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much interest has been charged on the original loan to build the Humber Bridge since it was taken out.
	(17161)

569	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authorities are entitled to reclaim from Government money spent on the planning process for road schemes cancelled by his Department.
	(16715)

570	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on projected passenger numbers on the West Coast Main Line until 2020.
	(16825)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

571	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many interns her Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid at the rate of the national minimum wage or above.
	(17204)

572	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) housing organisations on the effects on Wales of changes to the local housing allowance.
	(16586)

573	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to the public purse was of the most recent upgrade to her Department's website.
	(16618)

574	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
	(16870)

575	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from her Department since May 2010; and what steps she plans to take to meet her Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16819)

576	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials her Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16800)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

577	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual savings in expenditure achieved by distributing national insurance numbers by letter in each of the next five years, as submitted through the Spending Challenge website as part of the process for the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(16694)

578	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of households in each parliamentary constituency who receive more than £500 per week in state benefits.
	(16767)

579	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of households in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK who receive more than £500 per week in state benefits.
	(16768)

580	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid a salary.
	(17215)

581	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that pension fund trustees and their agents are required to (a) design and (b) follow a strategy to discharge the duties of ownership of their funds and promote their good governance.
	(17239)

582	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value is of his Department's contracts with KPMG; and what the monetary value is of each such contract entered into since his appointment.
	(17051)

583	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to the public purse of the participation of one claimant in the work capability assessment process.
	(16733)

584	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Independent Living Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(16928)

585	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people participated in the travel to interview scheme in each of the last five months; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that scheme.
	(16852)

586	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which representative organisations has his Department had discussions on its proposed reforms to disability living allowance.
	(16721)

587	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on mandatory increases in contributions to state pensions in other EU member states.
	(16865)

588	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have received funeral payments in each of the last five years.
	(17123)

589	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the monetary value of funeral payments made to claimants in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each of the last five years.
	(17124)

590	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the monetary value of support for mortgage interest payments made to claimants in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each of the last five years.
	(17125)

591	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency received support for mortgage interest payments in each of the last five years.
	(17126)

592	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are (a) not of working age, (b) in work and (c) not in work are in receipt of housing benefit in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
	(17128)

593	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
	(17129)

594	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who graduated from (i) university in 2010 and (ii) a teacher training institution in each of the last three years.
	(17130)

595	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations with registered business premises in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have been approved to provide employment under the Future Jobs Fund.
	(17131)

596	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged (a) 60 to 65, (b) 65 to 70, (c) 70 to 80 and (d) over 80 years were paid the winter fuel allowance in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each year since 2005.
	(17132)

597	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of pensioners in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who (a) receive the basic state pension, (b) receive pension credit and (c) are eligible for pension credit but do not claim it.
	(17133)

598	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take to meet his Department's target of reducing such emissions by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(16820)

599

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements he plans to put in place for the medical assessments to be introduced for all disability living allowance claimants from 2013-14; how such assessments will differ from those undertaken under current arrangements; and whether the new assessments will use the current A-Z of Medical Conditions as guidance.

(16902)

600

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1154W, on social security benefits: welfare examinations, whether his Department provided the figures given in the June 2010 Budget Red Book for the projected savings from the new assessment to be introduced for all disability living allowance claimants from 2013-14; and what account the present process of developing options for the new assessment is taking of such projected savings.

(17184)

601	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people caring for a person who is receiving the middle rate care component of disability living allowance who are not in receipt of carer's allowance.
	(16667)

602	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
	(16801)

603	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which contractors provide services under the welfare to work programme in the Glasgow City Council area; and what services are provided in each case.
	(16734)

604	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an equality impact assessment will be made in respect of proposed changes to the Independent Living Fund.
	(17098)

605	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of unemployed people who are awaiting Criminal Records Bureau checks to be completed before they can commence work; and if he will make a statement.
	(16726)

606	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claimants of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance there were in each relevant year since 2005.
	(16916)

607	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the number of new (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance claimants in the latest year for which figures are available who are blind or have partial sight loss as a result of illness.
	(16920)

608	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the provision of benefits for relatives who are permitted by social services to act as guardians to children in the (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long term; and if he will make a statement.
	(16921)

609	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies were advertised in jobcentres in (a) City of Chester constituency, (b) Cheshire, (c) Flintshire and (d) the North West in September 2010.
	(17061)

610	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which estimate he has made of the number of recipients of out-of-work benefits who actively choose to receive such benefits; and what mechanism his Department uses to identify such persons.
	(17222)

611	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefit schemes he plans to (a) end and (b) retain under his proposed changes to the benefits and welfare system.
	(16600)

612	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the implementation of his proposals to change the welfare and benefit system; and from what budgets that cost will be met.
	(16602)

613	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed reforms to the benefits system on the disadvantaged and vulnerable in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(17049)

614

John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the likely change in pension payments in (a) cash terms in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2016-17 and (b) 2010-11 prices over the course of retirement for a public sector pensioner aged 60 with a public sector pension of (i) £2,500, (ii) £5,000, (iii) £10,000 and (iv) £20,000 as a result of the proposed move to the consumer prices index for the indexation of public sector pensions.

(16692)

615	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each Parliamentary constituency in North Wales received (a) pension credit, (b) winter fuel allowance and (c) disability living allowance in each of the last five years.
	(16999)

616	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of outreach services offered by Jobcentre Plus.
	(17192)

617	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on EU member states which do not have a default retirement age.
	(17197)

618	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which programmes sponsored by his Department are designed to assist young people into employment in Redcar constituency.
	(16530)

619	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of (a) disability living allowance and (b) incapacity benefit in Redcar constituency on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(16534)

620	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) people, (b) children and (c) pensioners in Redcar constituency were living in poverty in each year since 1997.
	(16535)

621	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in relative poverty in Redcar constituency in each year since 1997.
	(16536)

622	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to reduce pensioner poverty in (a) Redcar constituency and (b) the North East.
	(16537)

623	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department refers to individuals claiming employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits as customers; and if he will make a statement.
	(16866)

624	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of his Department (a) at each grade and (b) in each directorate are employed at its Norcross site.
	(16719)

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

625	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students received funding from the Government to attend universities outside the UK in each year from 2005 to 2010; and what the total cost to the public purse was of such funding in each such year.
	[Transferred] (16885)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

626	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) have been held since its inception; when each such NSC meeting was held; how many further such meetings are planned to be held in 2010; and what the cost is of holding each NSC meeting.
	[Transferred] (16777)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

627

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what projects the licensee of Sizewell B undertook by agreement with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) (a) in response to recommendations of the periodic safety review 2005 and (b) since the periodic safety review 2005; what timetable was set for completion of this work; and on what dates each project was completed to a standard approved by the HSE.

[Transferred] (16894)

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

628	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the work of the Sustainable Development Commission in Wales.
	[Transferred] (16862)

629	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the functions of the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) continue to be undertaken after the closure of the SDC.
	[Transferred] (16863)

630

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in respect of each proposed (a) new and (b) extension to a (i) Special Protection Area and (ii) Special Area of Conservation, on what date (A) the departmental brief was received from Natural England, (B) public consultation was initiated for the proposal and (C) Natural England submitted a recommendation on the public consultation; what the designation status is of each such proposal; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (17236)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

631	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil servants and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's consultation on the use by local authorities of powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
	[Transferred] (16673)

632

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Eastleigh of 13 October 2009, Official Report, column 1872W, on female genital mutilation: prosecutions, what the nature of the anecdotal evidence was which suggested that the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 was helping to prevent the practice; what progress in tackling this issue has been made since the appointment of the cross-Government co-ordinator; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (16677)

633	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of claims against employers made by employees on grounds introduced by the Equalities Act 2010.
	[Transferred] (17194)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

634	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on biofuels.
	[Transferred] (16867)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

635	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the provisions of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 to distinguish the white form of asbestos and the blue and brown forms of that substance.
	[Transferred] (16563)

636	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to transpose into UK law the classification of Chrysotile under EU Directive 97/69/EC as not requiring treatment as a carcinogen.
	[Transferred] (16564)


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