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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 21 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.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 21 October 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 21 October 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 21 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 Thursday 21 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 21 October see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N 		Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many vehicles purchased under the vehicle scrappage scheme were manufactured in the UK.
(18653)
2
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the prospects for small businesses of winning contracts of such statements.
(19020)
3
N 		Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much matched (a) financial support and (b) non-financial support has been provided by employers in (i) City of Durham constituency and (ii) the North East to the Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative.
(18282)
4
N 		Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in (a) City of Durham constituency, (b) the North East and (c) England have nominated more than one woman employee to participate in the Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative.
(18283)
5
N 		Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of women participating in the Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative have achieved a qualification associated with participation (a) nationally, (b) from City of Durham constituency and (c) the North East.
(18284)
6
N 		Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in City of Durham constituency have taken part in the Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative since its inception.
(18285)
7
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to provide support for manufacturing industries in the West Midlands.
(18287)
8
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on access to finance for businesses.
(18288)
9
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships offered by businesses.
(18289)
10
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage plurality in the media market.
(19063)
11
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the savings to accrue to the public purse from the abolition of the South East England Development Agency.
(19085)
12
N 		Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the resource accounting and budgeting (RAB) charge on student loans is; and if he will estimate the likely RAB charge consequent on the implementation of the proposals of the Independent Review of Higher Education and Student Finance.
(18656)
13
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the oral Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 487, on local economic partnerships, what the scope of the sub-regional White Paper will be; and whether it will include the role of local enterprise partnerships in relation to the management of the European Regional Development Fund programme.
(18867)
14
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the oral Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 487, on local economic partnerships, what discussions (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the Department of Communities and Local Government on the content of the sub-regional White Paper.
(18868)
15
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the oral Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 487, on local economic partnerships, when he expects to publish the sub-regional White Paper.
(18869)
16
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce proposals to require small companies to submit audited accounts to Companies House for scrutiny.
(18864)
17
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in his Department's consideration of applications to establish local enterprise partnerships in the North East; and if he will make a statement.
(19081)
18
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on cooling-off periods for mobile telephone contracts; and if he will make a statement.
(19120)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
19
N 		Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) people born in the UK, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals and (e) non-EU nationals (i) aged over 16 years and (ii) of working age were in employment in the UK in the third quarter of 2010.
(18844)
20
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents were resident in Brighton, Kemptown constituency in each of the last 10 years.
(19011)
21
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Emergency College at Hawkhills in training people to deal with major flooding events.
(19142)
22
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the recommendations relating to his Department of the report by the Government Office for Science on Mental Capital and Wellbeing; if he will ensure that his Department's policy development process takes account of psychological research into subjective wellbeing; and if he will make a statement.
(18454)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
23
Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements HM Revenue and Customs have made to provide (a) advice to and (b) support for small businesses.
(19207)
24
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government's expenditure proposals do not disproportionately affect people on low incomes.
(19087)
25
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on small insurance companies of the Financial Services Authority's new fee structure; and if he will make a statement.
(19094)
26
N 		Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information HM Revenue and Customs holds on the number of small businesses which have had their C1S6 Gross Status Certificate withdrawn in each of the last three calendar years.
(18558)
27
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Sure Start maternity grants were made to mothers for a second or subsequent child by the Jobcentre Plus Social Fund Budget Area that covers Gateshead constituency in 2009-10.
(19131)
28
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of arrangements for the regulation of companies trading in foreign exchange markets; and if he will make a statement.
(19080)
29
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases HM Revenue and Customs have brought against landlords for non-payment of tax on rental income since 2007.
(19095)
30
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has travelled (a) first and (b) standard class by train on official duties since 7 May 2010.
(18605)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
31
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the prospects for small businesses of winning contracts of such statements.
(19019)
32
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the average annual cost to the public purse of payments of child benefit to children resident in (a) other EU member states and (b) countries outside the EU.
(19025)
33
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated to each fire authority for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 1996-97.
(19068)
34
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding per head of population was allocated to the Dorset Fire Authority for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 1996-97.
(19069)
35
N 		Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on his Department's Future of Building Regulation exercise; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (18581)
36
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 371W, on housing: sustainable development, what timetable he has set for the review of the future role of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
(19034)
37
N 		Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to encourage the (a) extension and (b) take-up of shared ownership schemes for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement.
(18696)
38
N 		Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that planning applications for new dwellings refused by local planning authorities are not approved on appeal on the basis of rolling five-year housing supply targets.
(18603)
39
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the savings accruing to the public purse from the abolition of the South East England Regional Assembly.
(19086)
40
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to introduce proposals to devolve powers and responsibility to town and parish councils; and if he will make a statement.
(19093)
41
N 		Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the allocation of homelessness grant for 2010-11.
(18286)
42
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances a local planning decision may be called in for determination by the Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement.
(19143)
43
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he made of his Department's capital spending per head in (a) London and (b) the North West in each of the last five years.
(19037)
44
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of his Department's capital spending was allocated to (a) London and (b) the North West in each of the last five financial years.
(19038)
45
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the recommendations relating to his Department in the Government Office for Science's report, Foresight on Mental Capital and Wellbeing; if he will ensure that his Department's policy development process takes account of psychological research into subjective wellbeing; and if he will make a statement.
(18458)
46
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what effect on levels of revenue the removal of business rate relief on (a) industrial property, (b) retail property, (c) commercial property and (d) office accommodation has had in respect of Wolverhampton.
(19001)
47
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will reinstate business rate relief for empty properties by 2015.
(19002)
48
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will examine the effectiveness of operation of the formula used to calculate the grant to local authorities under the Supporting People programme in respect of (a) Wolverhampton and (b) other cities of comparable population.
(19004)
49
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provides support for landlords dealing with tenants in receipt of rent allowance who fail to pay their rent.
(19007)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
50
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
(18999)
51
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the prospects for small businesses of winning contracts of such statements.
(19018)
52
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to enable local authorities to apply for funding from the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement.
(19013)
53
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the (a) London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and (b) Mayor of London on changes to the route of the marathon from that specified in the original bid document; and if he will make a statement.
(19012)
54
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the establishment of local television stations; and if he will make a statement.
(19090)
55
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his Department's capital expenditure per head was in (a) London and (b) the North West in each of the last five years.
(19129)
56
David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of his Department's capital expenditure was allocated to (a) London and (b) the North West in each of the last five financial years.
(19130)
57
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the recommendations relating to his Department of the report by the Government Office for Science, Foresight on Mental Capital and Wellbeing; if he will ensure that his Department's policy development process takes account of psychological research into subjective wellbeing; and if he will make a statement.
(18457)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
58
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will direct the British Embassy in Washington to amend the remit of any renewed contract for political consultancy services with O'Brien and Associates so as to exclude any requirement to influence procurement decisions.
(19187)
59
N 		John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to provide a substantive reply to (a) Question 17459, on Harrier and Tornado capability, tabled on 11 October 2010 for named day answer on 14 October and (b) 17185, on harmony regulations, tabled on 8 October 2010 for named day answer on 12 October.
(18651)
60
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date rim-sealed containers for storage of special nuclear materials at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston will be replaced by new, long-term storage containers.
(19133)
61
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to review and update the ten-year site-wide 2000 Decommissioning Plan for the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston.
(19135)
62
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish an update on the quantities of (a) plutonium, (b) enriched uranium and (c) other special nuclear materials that are outside international safeguards.
(19137)
63
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a full historical inventory of the UK's nuclear arsenal.
(19138)
64
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who owns the land on which British bases are located in Gibraltar.
(19139)
65
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who owns the land on which British bases are located in Germany.
(19140)
66
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the recommendations relating to his Department of the report by the Government Office for Science, Foresight on Mental Capital and Wellbeing; if he will ensure that his Department's policy development process takes account of psychological research into subjective wellbeing; and if he will make a statement.
(18456)
67
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency employed on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the monetary value of the salaries of (a) all staff and (b) its senior management was in the latest year for which figures are available.
(18451)
68
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the Service and Veterans Personnel Agency on the work of that agency; and if he will make a statement.
(18452)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
69
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the level of electoral fraud by personation.
(19005)
70
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many times he has travelled (a) first and (b) standard class by train on official duties since 7 May 2010.
(18606)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
71
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on home education; and if he will make a statement.
(19203)
72
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent estimate of the proportion of pensioners in receipt of a pension from the Teachers' Pension Scheme of more than £50,000 who worked in a school not funded wholly or in part from the public purse immediately before retirement.
(18556)
73
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools not in receipt of funding from his Department have members who make contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
(18559)
74
N 		Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects Rainham Mark Grammar School to be able to apply for academy status.
(18655)
75
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the changes to the Teacher's Pension Scheme proposed in the report by Lord Hutton on the future of public sector pensions are not implemented.
(19079)
76
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the effect on teacher (a) retention and (b) recruitment of proposals to (i) increase contributions to the Teacher's Pension Scheme and (ii) to freeze teacher salaries.
(19082)
77
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides guidance to schools and colleges on a minimum number of teaching hours per subject for sixth form students.
(18092)
78
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what mechanisms his Department estimates the average number of weekly teaching hours sixth form students receive per subject.
(18093)
79
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on online schooling communities; and if he will make a statement.
(18657)
80
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of online schooling communities; and if he will make a statement.
(18840)
81
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) A level and (b) GCSE grades were awarded to home schooled children in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(18841)
82
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed pupil premium will apply to funding for 16 to 19 year olds.
(19206)
83
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the recommendations relating to his Department of the report by the Government Office for Science, Foresight on Mental Capital and Wellbeing; if he will ensure that his Department's policy development process takes account of psychological research into subjective wellbeing; and if he will make a statement.
(18455)
84
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) boys and (b) girls eligible for free school meals were given (i) permanent and (ii) fixed-period exclusions in each of the last five years in (A) Norfolk, (B) Norwich South constituency and (C) England.
(19124)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
85
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the propsects for small businesses of winning contracts of such statements.
(19017)
86
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to his Department in 2011-12 of increasing feed-in tariff payments offered to individuals who installed renewable technology before 15 July 2009 to the rate available to those who did so after that date.
(19147)
87
N 		Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 October 2010, Official Report, columns 42-46WS, on energy policy, what estimate he has made of the maximum compensation payable to the Government for taking on financial risks or liabilities; and what mechanism he proposes to use to (a) define and (b) measure benefits arising from taking on such risks or liabilities.
(18654)
88
N 		Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce measures to help fuel poor and vulnerable energy consumers in meeting energy bills to come into effect when the Warm Front scheme ends.
(18562)
89
N 		Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of allocating local carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement.
(18372)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
90
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what priorities she has set for her negotiations in the Council of Ministers on the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if she will make a statement.
(19204)
91
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government on the operation of the badger cull and vaccination programme in Wales.
(19205)
92
N 		Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that religiously-prepared meat served in restaurants is identified as such.
(18557)
93
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by her Department; and what assessment she has made of the effects on the propsects for small businesses of winning contracts of such statements.
(19016)
94
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) risk of importing and (b) threat from (i) equine infectious anaemia and (ii) other exotic animal diseases into the UK.
(18805)
95
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the financial risk to the equestrian industry of the importation of horses carrying equine infectious anaemia from Romania via other EU countries.
(18806)
96
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Romanian counterpart on equine infectious anaemia.
(18807)
97
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she notified the devolved administrations of the recent outbreak of equine infectious anaemia.
(18809)
98
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she was notified of the recent outbreak of equine infectious anaemia.
(18810)
99
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the compensation scheme for animals that have been compulsorily slaughtered following a positive identification of equine infectious anaemia.
(18997)
100
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will discuss with the EU Commission the merits of an enhanced disease testing regime for inter-community horse movements following the recent outbreak of equine infectious anaemia.
(18998)
101
N 		Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on implementation of each recommendation of the Krebs report on the links between bovine tuberculosis and badgers.
(18610)
102
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the possession of timber obtained from illegal logging.
(19033)
103
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulatory obligations to nearby residents there are upon water companies during major renewal or construction works.
(19096)
104
Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abattoirs there were in Central Devon constituency in (a) 2000, (b) 2005, (c) 2007 and (d) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(19148)
105
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many convictions there have been for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year from 2005 to 2009.
(19123)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
106
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent representations from the government of Argentina on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
(19022)
107
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the government of (a) the Falkland Islands and (b) Argentina on oil exploration in the waters around the Falkland Islands.
(19023)
108
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he (a) plans to make and (b) has made representations to the Kingdom of Bahrain on the forthcoming elections to the Nuwab Council.
(19024)
109
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has for discussions on fossil fuel subsidy reform with other governments; and if he will make a statement.
(19031)
110
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of India on fossil fuel subsidy reform.
(19032)
111
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October, Official Report, columns 495-6W, on Poland: political parties, if he will publish the advice he received on the position on homophobia and racism of the Law and Justice Party in Poland.
(18609)
112
N 		David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Nigeria on the treatment of Christians in that country.
(18373)
113
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2010, Official Report, columns 493-4W, on Ilois: resettlement, on what date the US administration first communicated to his Department its present policy on resettlement of the Chagos Islands; who in the US administration made the original policy statement; at what level of the US administration was the policy most recently reconfirmed; what information he has received from the US administration on the nature of its present concerns; and on what occasion he last discussed the issue with his US counterpart.
(19185)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
114
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to establish a joint commissioning board for mental health.
(19039)
115
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means he plans to ring-fence the newly allocated budget for respite care; and what mechanisms will be in place for (a) application for and (b) allocation of funds from that budget.
(19040)
116
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to review the effectiveness of the operation of the Choose and Book system.
(18697)
117
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to review the adequacy of the complaints procedures in the NHS.
(18698)
118
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the appropriateness of the care and support provided to (a) children and (b) adults with autism who are receiving treatment in hospitals.
(19036)
119
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the initial costs likely to be incurred in respect of ending primary care trusts and replacing them with GP consortia in (a) England and (b) Wigan.
(19029)
120
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Independent Review Panel on the Advertising of Medicines.
(19149)
121
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Independent Review Panel for the Classification of Borderline Products.
(19150)
122
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV.
(19151)
123
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Human Tissue Authority.
(19152)
124
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Human Genetics Commission.
(19153)
125
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
(19154)
126
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee.
(19155)
127
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Health Protection Agency.
(19156)
128
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Genetics and Insurance Committee.
(19157)
129
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the General Social Care Council.
(19158)
130
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment.
(19159)
131
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants.
(19160)
132
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Committee on Carcogenicity of Chemicals in Food Consumer Products and the Environment.
(19161)
133
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Appointments Commission.
(19162)
134
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Alcohol Education and Research Council.
(19163)
135
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Advisory Group on Hepatitis.
(19164)
136
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs.
(19165)
137
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens.
(19166)
138
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances.
(19167)
139
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections.
(19168)
140
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products.
(19169)
141
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Committee on the Safety of Devices.
(19170)
142
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence.
(19171)
143
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS.
(19172)
144
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Gene Therapy Advisory Committee.
(19173)
145
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Enviornment.
(19174)
146
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in carrying out its functions.
(19199)
147
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Joint Registry Steering Committee in carrying out its functions.
(19200)
148
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care in carrying out its functions.
(19201)
149
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisations in carrying out its functions.
(19202)
150
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that payments to GP practices for the improvement of premises are maintained at adequate levels under his proposals to pay such practices according to a formula based on capitation and patient list size.
(19044)
151
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce a professional registration scheme for practitioners of traditional forms of medicine that do not require full medical training.
(18652)
152
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the potential closure of small injuries units at community hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
(19134)
153
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has made for the proposed phasing out of primary care trusts.
(19194)
154
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services funded by his Department are available to support adults resident in Suffolk who were subjected to sexual abuse in childhood.
(19198)
155
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to educate young people about the health problems associated with teenage pregnancy.
(19000)
156
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new cases of each type of sexually transmitted infection there were in Ealing Southall constituency in each year since 2007.
(19061)
157
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hepatitis C were diagnosed in Ealing, Southall constituency in each year since 2007.
(19075)
158
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of type (a) 1 and (b) 2 diabetes were confirmed in Ealing, Southall constituency in each year since 2007.
(19076)
159
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made a recent assessment of the regional variation in the allocation of funds from the Government's interim Cancer Drugs Fund.
(19077)
160
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in respect of which locations funding from the interim Cancer Drugs Fund has been allocated; and how much such funding has been allocated to (a) the dispensing of drugs and (b) administration of the Fund.
(19078)
161
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to work with cancer charities to promote his Department's Signs and Symptoms campaign.
(19128)
162
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the financial implications for small NHS dental practices of Health Technical Memorandum 01-05 on decontamination in primary care dental practices.
(19003)
163
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the amount of money donated to NHS institutions through charitable giving in (a) Norfolk and (b) England in each of the last five years.
(19125)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
164
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase the use of body-worn video and camera equipment by police officers.
(19035)
165
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was allocated to each police authority area for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 1996-97.
(19070)
166
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding per head of population was allocated to Dorset Police Authority for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 1996-97.
(19071)
167
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of 27 July 2010, Official Report, column 881, on the European Investigation Order, if she will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence on the European Investigation Order between her Department and (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and (b) each police force which is a member of ACPO.
(19186)
168
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she gave to the Government's policy on further transfer of sovereignty or powers to the EU when determining her policy on the European Investigation Order; and if she will make a statement.
(19193)
169
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of settlement have been made (a) on the basis of employment with a work permit and (b) to (i) spouses and (ii) dependants of those granted settlement on the basis of employment with a work permit in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available.
(19083)
170
N 		Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for indefinite leave to remain in the UK had their last known address in (a) the Borough of Kettering and (b) Northamptonshire in the latest period for which figures are available; how many such applicants were successful and of which nationalities the applicants were.
(18582)
171
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the review of the points-based immigration system as it relates to overseas students to be completed; and if she will make a statement.
(19088)
172
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation has been paid to people whose properties were wrongly forcibly entered by the police in each of the last three years (a) nationally and (b) in Milton Keynes.
(19119)
173
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the average annual monetary value of assets seized by law enforcement agencies in the UK; and what proportion of the monetary value of such assets was reallocated to law enforcement in the latest year for which figures are available.
(19059)
174
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the average annual expenditure of law enforcement agencies on investigations of financial crime; and what proportion of that expenditure is accounted for by forensic analysis of currency for controlled drugs.
(19060)
175
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspectors are in post in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate; what the average length of service of those inspectors is; and how many inspectors have left the Inspectorate in each of the last seven years.
(19072)
176
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of the implementation on the European Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Procedures for the (a) role and (b) future funding of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate.
(19073)
177
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for police forces covering rural areas of changes to her Department's policing budget; and if she will make a statement.
(19136)
178
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will re-tender the e-passport contract; and if she will consider the merits of the proposal by 3M in respect of the cost of fulfilling the contract over the next 10 years.
(18842)
179
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to implement her proposal to prohibit the sale of alcohol below cost price following the consultation on Re-balancing the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement.
(19121)
180
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with private contractors on procedures for escorting illegal immigrants during their removal from the UK.
(19064)
181
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the UK Border Agency juxtaposed border controls in France in 2010-11.
(19065)
182
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the French government on the border controls at (a) Calais, (b) Gare du Nord and (c) Charles de Gaulle airport.
(19066)
183
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the likely effect on the number of removals of illegal immigrants of the planned reduction in returns awards.
(19067)
184
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken for a Criminal Records Bureau check was in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each of the last three months in 2009.
(19115)
185
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the inclusion of harassment warnings in Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks; and if she will make a statement.
(19116)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
186
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the prospects for small businesses of winning contracts of such statements.
(19015)
187
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 19 October 2010, Official Report, columns 797-801, on the Strategic Defence and Security Review, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a state is (a) fragile and (b) conflict-affected.
(19208)
188
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Statement of 19 October 2010, Official Report, columns 797-801, on the Strategic Defence and Security Review, from which departmental budgets the increase in funding for the Conflict Pool will be drawn.
(19209)
189
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Statement of 19 October 2010, Official Report, columns 797-801, on the Strategic Defence and Security Review, from which departmental budgets funding for the increase in official development assistance to fragile and conflict-affected states will be drawn.
(19210)
190
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Statement of 19 October 2010, Official Report, columns 797-801, on the Strategic Defence and Security Review, from which of his Department's budget lines the increase in funding for fragile and conflict-affected states will be drawn.
(19211)
191
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to limit the rate of pay of consultants funded through grants made by his Department to £300 per day or the equivalent annual salary.
(19042)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
192
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those remanded in custody awaiting sentence at the last HM Courts Service monthly census date were (a) awaiting sentence at the Crown Court, (b) awaiting sentence at a magistrates' court, (c) had been arrested on a no bail warrant and (d) were in custody for other reasons.
(18560)
193
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those remanded in custody and not yet tried at the last HM Courts Service monthly census date were (a) awaiting trial at the Crown Court, (b) awaiting trial at a magistrates' court, (c) had appeared in court but not yet entered a plea, (d) had been charged but not yet appeared in court, (e) had been arrested on a no bail warrant and (f) were in custody for other reasons.
(18561)
194
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to implement the provisions of Schedule 12 of the Tribunal, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 to appoint an independent regulator of bailiff and debt collection organisations.
(18699)
195
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to undertake a public consultation on the implementation of Schedule 12 of the Tribunal, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
(18839)
196
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the utilisation rates of each magistrates' court in England in the latest period for which information is available.
(19117)
197
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the prospective sites in North Wales for a prison.
(18588)
198
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review his Department's policy on the (a) granting of parental access to children and (b) interviewing of young children in the family court process.
(19062)
199
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for offences relating to shop theft in the latest period for which figures are available.
(19141)
200
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to enable prisoners to give media interviews; and if he will make a statement.
(19041)
201
Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a review of the requirement for magistrates to retire from the bench at the age of 70 years.
(19030)
202
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) community sentences, (b) fines, (c) custodial sentences and (d) cautions were imposed for convictions involving drug dealing for each illegal drug in each of the last three years.
(19126)
Questions to the Prime Minister
203
N 		Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, how many mobile telephones the Government supplied to his predecessor during his period in office.
(18658)
204
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers holding which positions in which departments are entitled to a Ministerial car.
(18604)
205
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has travelled (a) first and (b) standard class by train on official duties since 7 May 2010.
(18607)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
206
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent issues relating to the devolution settlement the Advocate General has considered.
(19144)
207
N 		Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent (a) assessment he has made of and (b) discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the financial implications for students resident in Scotland and studying in England of the proposal of the Browne review on higher education to raise the threshold for repayments to £21,000.
(18863)
Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
208
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Electoral Commission has to consult on the wording of any new referendum question proposed by the Secretary of State for Wales under the provisions of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
(18694)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
209
N 		Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will bring forward proposals to reduce its running costs.
(18608)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
210
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the level of road tax payable on four wheel drive vehicles used by disabled drivers or their carers for the purpose of bringing forward proposals to reduce or remove road tax liability in respect of such drivers.
(19043)
211
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure effective co-ordination between the Highways Agency and local authorities on their respective programmes of road repairs and maintenance.
(19089)
212
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from motoring organisations in support of increasing the speed limit to 80 miles per hour on controlled stretches of motorway.
(19118)
213
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Association of Train Operating Companies on travel facilities provision for train drivers.
(19146)
214
N 		Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which groups based in Dunstable his Department has received representations in support of the proposed Luton to Dunstable guided busway.
(18659)
215
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the loss of potential energy production caused by disallowing the construction of wind turbines within 15km of an airport runway in the last 12 months.
(18453)
216
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to how many tier (a) one, (b) two and (c) three incidents relating to pollution from shipping and offshore installations the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has responded in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(18449)
217
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Receiver of Wreck reports the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has received in the last 12 months.
(18450)
218
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents, (b) fatalities, (c) accidents involving motorcyclists, (d) fatalities involving motorcyclists, (e) accidents involving cyclists and (f) fatalities involving cyclists there were in (i) Norfolk and (ii) Norwich South constituency in each of the last five years.
(19122)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
219
Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of quality management statements in assisting with contract decisions by his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the prospects for small businesses winning of contracts of such statements.
(19014)
220
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of payment of the winter fuel allowance to pensioners living in Spain in the latest year for which figures are available.
(19026)
221
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the average annual cost to the public purse of payment of the winter fuel allowance to pensioners who are not domiciled in the UK.
(19027)
222
N 		Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were issued to foreign nationals in each local authority area (a) in each year since 1 January 2005 and (b) in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available.
(18843)
223
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on future funding of free television licences for those over the age of 75 years; and if he will make a statement.
(18996)
224
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of how many households his Department expects income to fall below the 60 per cent. median poverty line as (a) a result of the (i) proposed cap on housing benefit, (ii) uprating of housing benefit with reference to the consumer price index and (iii) cap on total household benefits and (b) in total (A) nationally and (B) in Makerfield constituency in each of the next 10 years.
(19028)
225
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Brighton, Kemptown constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit; and what the equivalent figure was in each of the last 10 years.
(19009)
226
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of welfare dependency.
(19010)
227
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Brighton, Kemptown constituency are in receipt of housing benefit; what the equivalent figure was in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(19092)
228
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes his Department has made to the level of funding provided for counter-fraud activity by local authorities in the last five years.
(18094)
229
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on the present level of local authority activity in respect of detecting housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud of changes in the level of funding for such activity.
(18113)
230
N 		Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he had with (a) trades union representatives and (b) Remploy employees before making his announcement that Remploy's future was under consideration.
(18865)
231
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people Remploy employs in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
(18695)
232
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to assist those claiming support for mortgage interest whose mortgage interest rate is substantially higher than the standard interest rate used to calculate support payments.
(19021)
233
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of people in Bridgend constituency who (a) claim support for mortgage interest and (b) receive less in support for mortgage interest payments than the cost of their mortgage interest.
(19074)
234
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provides support for small business owners dealing with customers who fail to pay for services that have been provided.
(19006)
235
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 14 June 2010 from the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth to the Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, transferred to his Department on 23 June 2010, regarding Mr Peter Brown.
(19145)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
236
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in which 10 parliamentary constituencies the (a) lowest and (b) highest proportion of the electorate were issued with postal vote ballot papers for the 2010 general election; and what the proportion of the electorate was in each case.
[Transferred] (19127)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
237
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission an inquiry into the negotiating process leading to the agreement of the (a) contracts to construct the new aircraft carriers and (b) the penalty clauses in those contracts.
[Transferred] (19195)
238
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to review arrangements for defence procurement; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (19196)
239
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice he received on the cost-effectiveness of (a) cancelling and (b) proceeding with the aircraft carrier construction programme; and if he will publish each submission he received indicating that cancellation would be the more expensive option.
[Transferred] (19197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
240
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers local authorities have to (a) identify, (b) assess, (c) manage and (d) dispose of asbestos sheeting on land where the ownership is unknown or in dispute; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (19184)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
241
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prisoners participating in detoxification programmes are receiving gradual reduction prescriptions.
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