Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 1 November 2010

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 1 November 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 1 November 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 1 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, what information the Crown Prosecution Service holds on the date on which the German authorities (a) commenced investigations into Dr Daniel Ubani's treatment of David Gray in the UK, (b) arrested him and (c) initiated legal proceedings against him.
	(21009)

2
N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken to assess the compatibility of the actions of the German authorities in the case of Dr Daniel Ubani with the requirements of the European Arrest Warrant procedure; and if he will deliver to (a) the family of David Gray and (b) the hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire a copy of each paper the CPS examined in the course of that assessment.

(21010)

3
N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of underage sex involving boys aged 15 years and under were passed to the Crown Prosecution Service in (a) 1980 to 1989, (b) 1990 to 1999 and (c) 2000 to 2009; and in how many such cases (i) charges were made against the adults involved, (ii) charges were made against the underage boys involved and (iii) the underage boys were prosecuted.

(20282)

4
N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of underage sex involving girls aged 15 years and under were reported to the Crown Prosecution Service in (a) 1980 to 1989, (b) 1990 to 1999 and (c) 2000 to 2009; and in how many such cases (i) charges were made against the adults involved, (ii) charges were made against the underage girls involved and (iii) the underage girls were prosecuted.

(20283)

5 N	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Attorney General, for what performance-related bonuses senior officers of the Crown Prosecution Service are eligible.
	(20642)

6 N	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Attorney General, what criteria are used to determine the payment of bonuses to Crown Prosecution Service employees.
	(20643)

7	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in the settlement letter for the Law Officers' Departments in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21505)

8	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their non-departmental public bodies.
	(21506)

9	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Law Officers' Departments of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21507)

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

10 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds will be allocated to the Technology Strategy Board in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(20699)

11 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Technology Strategy Board will have a role in administering technology and innovation centres.
	(20700)

12	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future status of the Newton Scholarship Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(21212)

13	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future status of the University Enterprise Capital Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(21213)

14	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department allocated to each research council in each year since 2005.
	(21214)

15	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding each research council allocated to the Technology Strategy Board in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
	(21215)

16 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of students likely to pay off tuition fee debts (a) partially and (b) fully within 30 years of graduation following the implementation of his proposals regarding tuition fee levels; and if he will make a statement.
	(20216)

17 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his estimate is of the number of post office branches which derive more than (a) 25 per cent., (b) 35 per cent., (c) 45 per cent. and (d) 55 per cent. of their revenue from Royal Mail.
	(21135)

18 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what organisations will be eligible to receive funding to support proposed investment in post offices; on what conditions; and for what purposes.
	(21136)

19 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of public subsidy required for the Post Office network beyond the 2010 Spending Review period to meet the commitment that no post offices will close.
	(21137)

20 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the funding for post offices announced by him on 27 October 2010 is additional to his Department's settlement in the 2010 Spending Review.
	(21138)

21	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21508)

22	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21509)

23	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21510)

24 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) methodology and (b) criteria he plans to use to determine the locations of technology and innovation centres.
	(20773)

25 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate the sale and use of Chinese paper lanterns.
	(21165)

26	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with his EU counterparts the enforcement of cost orders emanating from patent judgments by the EU Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market.
	(20974)

27	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has discussed with the Communications Workers Union or other employee representatives (a) conversion of Royal Mail to a mutual society or co-operative and (b) an employee-led buy-out of the business.
	(21362)

28 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will put in place contractual arrangements to guarantee the (a) level at which students will start paying back student debts and (b) rate of interest to be charged over the 30-year life of a loan.
	(21027)

29 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the model for funding student fees used by (a) CareerConcept AG in Germany, (b) Lumni, Inc. in the USA, Mexico, Chile and Colombia and (c) Prodigy Finance Ltd in the UK.
	(21028)

30 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provision he plans to make for (a) full-time and (b) part-time students of a higher education institution in circumstances in which that institution (i) closes and (ii) is obliged to close a course after such students have begun a course of study.
	(20669)

31 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that universities admit more students from disadvantaged backgrounds whose qualifications meet university admissions requirements.
	(21042)

32	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the effects on arts, humanities and social science teaching and research in universities of the implementation of the Government's proposals for university funding; and if he will make a statement.
	(21163)

33 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in Warrington North constituency entered higher education in the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) age, (b) income decile of the student or their parents and (c) council ward.
	(21176)

34	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men are studying undergraduate courses in (i) humanities, arts and social science subjects and (ii) science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects at universities in England.
	(20964)

35	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) employers in Merseyside have taken part in the Women and Work Sector Skills Pathway Initiative.
	(20968)

36 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of expenditure channelled through regional development agencies by his Department was spent on support for science-based industry between 2007 and 2010.
	(20710)

37 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department plans to allocate for (a) knowledge transfer, (b) national academies, (c) the Government Office for Science and (d) capital expenditure from the Science Budget in 2011-12.
	(20766)

38 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what level of funding will be provided to the Charity Research Support Fund in each year of the Spending Review 2010 period; and if he will make a statement.
	(21069)

39	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to minimise the cost to the public purse of winding up regional development agencies.
	(21432)

40	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that local enterprise partnerships are operational before regional development agencies are closed.
	(21433)

41 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) debt advice organisations and (b) credit unions have been funded through the Financial Inclusion Fund in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(20340)

42 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been given advice on debt and benefits through organisations funded by the Financial Inclusion Fund in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(20341)

43 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what change he expects in the number of private providers of higher education in the next five years in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(21077)

44 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) US-based and (b) other private providers of higher education in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(21078)

45
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff were employed by UK Trade and Investment (a) in total and (b) to work on each industry sector in each of the last 10 years; how many of these were based (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in each such year; what estimate he has made of the likely equivalent figures in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(21079)

46 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding he plans to allocate to UK Trade and Investment in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(21080)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

47 N	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Central Office of Information posts he expects to be located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the end of 2011.
	(21070)

48	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the working population of Oxford West and Abingdon constituency is employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
	(21057)

49	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21511)

50	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21512)

51	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21513)

52	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics collects figures on the number of first cousin marriages.
	(21243)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

53	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what differentials or exemptions are in place in respect of the operation of air passenger duty.
	(21328)

54	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to extend access to community investment tax relief; and if he will make a statement.
	(21382)

55 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's regional impact assessment on the 2010 Spending Review.
	(20484)

56	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21553)

57	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies.
	(21554)

58	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21555)

59	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to implement his proposal to withdraw eligibility for child benefit for households which include a higher rate taxpayer.
	(21568)

60	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for the introduction of restrictions on the payment of child benefit to households with one or more higher rate taxpayers.
	(21569)

61	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what mechanism he plans to enforce the ending of child benefit payments to households with one or more higher rate taxpayers.
	(21570)

62	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to identify those households with one or more higher rate taxpayers which are in receipt of child benefit by requiring them to self-certify.
	(21571)

63	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average annual (a) number and (b) proportion of higher-rate taxpayers who are subject to an HM Revenue and Customs tax inspection.
	(20973)

64 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what gender impact assessment his Department has undertaken to determine the relative effects of the implementation of his proposals regarding child benefit and entitlement to national insurance credits on (a) men and (b) women.
	(20348)

65	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to cap payments made by the Crown Estate to the Royal Family in respect of the development of wind farms for the purposes of allocating additional revenue to the (a) Green Investment Bank and (b) New Green Deal Fund.
	(21285)

66 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of public sector jobs in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West in each of the next five years.
	(21168)

67	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has discussed in the Council of Ministers any proposed reduction in the rate of value added tax applicable to church repairs in the UK.
	(20987)

68	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on reducing the rate of value added tax on church repairs.
	(20988)

69	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether approval at EU level is required for any proposal to reduce the rate of value added tax applicable to church repairs in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(20989)

70	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with banking organisations on the application of a portion of their 2010-11 bonus pool towards socially acceptable projects.
	(21059)

71	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to banks on bonuses to be paid to bank staff in 2010-11.
	(21060)

72 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of research and development credits in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	(20765)

73	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the suggestions for savings made through his Department's Spending Challenge website he (a) has implemented and (b) plans to implement.
	(21291)

74 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the future of the Northern Ireland Aggregates Levy Credit Scheme.
	(21012)

75	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers resident in Lewisham, Deptford constituency received the health in pregnancy grant in each year since its inception; and what expenditure the Government has incurred on the provision of such grants to date.
	(21093)

76	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of Child Trust Fund payments to the residents of Lewisham, Deptford constituency in each year since the scheme's inception; and how many such funds were established for children in the constituency in each such year.
	(21094)

77	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Ealing, Southall constituency are in receipt of disabled person's tax credit.
	(21306)

78	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the bank accounts used by HM Revenue and Customs have faster payment banking facilities.
	(21374)

79 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Carlisle constituency are in receipt of child benefit.
	(19350)

80 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Carlisle constituency are in receipt of disabled persons' tax credit.
	(19351)

81 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) initiatives and (b) projects the Financial Inclusion Fund has funded in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(20338)

82 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Inclusion Fund in reducing financial exclusion since the Fund was established; and if he will make a statement.
	(20339)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

83 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his proposals to set rents for social housing at 80 per cent. of market rates will apply to tenancies created by mutual exchange.
	(20211)

84 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the National Audit Office assuming the Audit Commission functions regarding (a) value for money studies and (b) the exercise of public interest responsibilities by auditors.
	(20215)

85	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to increase participation in Supporting People programmes for young carers in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
	(21055)

86	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of housing in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency is (a) social and (b) private sector (i) owner occupied, (ii) shared ownership and (iii) rented housing.
	(21056)

87 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the merits of proposals to establish joint chief executive posts for local authorities in (a) adjacent boroughs, (b) boroughs which propose to operate joint management teams and joint services and (c) other boroughs.
	(21014)

88
N

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding each local authority received from (a) national non-domestic rates, (b) revenue support grant and (c) ring-fenced specific grants in each of the last five financial years; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for each local authority in 2011-12.

(20290)

89 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will reverse his decision to (a) remove ring-fencing from grants to local authorities and (b) reduce the level of support grant by 26 per cent. in the next four years.
	(21005)

90 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions fire and rescue services have been alerted to incidents involving sky lanterns in each of the last three years.
	(21008)

91 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he made of the number of (a) statutory homelessness acceptances and (b) households assisted with obtaining or retaining private sector accommodation under relief and prevention of homelessness powers.
	(20996)

92	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many lettings of (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four bedroom homes were built in the social rented sector in the latest year for which figures are available; and how many such homes were (i) tenant transfers and (ii) let to homeless households.
	(20997)

93	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average rent paid by tenants in the social rented sector is for (a) one-bed, (b) two-bed, (c) three-bed and (d) four-bed properties in each local authority in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(20999)

94	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children applied as homeless to each English local authority in each year since 2005; and in respect of how many such families a duty was accepted.
	(21037)

95	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the establishment of the regional control centre for the fire service for the North East.
	(21114)

96	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to make a decision on proposals to develop or redevelop 17 community fire stations and other facilities submitted by fire authorities in the North East under the private finance initiative.
	(21115)

97	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning consents have been granted for wind farms not yet developed.
	(21262)

98	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to planning authorities on taking into account prevailing wind speeds in determining planning applications for wind farms.
	(21263)

99	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21517)

100	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21518)

101	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21519)

102	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the number of redundancies likely to be made by local authorities as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21583)

103	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the likely cost to local authorities of staff redundancy arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21584)

104	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to implement obligations under Articles 9, 11 and 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to his Department's policy responsibilities.
	(21128)

105	Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets his Department has set for extraction of silica sand; and when he next plans to review the adequacy of such targets.
	(20986)

106	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has had recent discussions with Audit Commission staff on proposals for a mutual model for the Audit Commission.
	(21030)

107	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the report of his Department's strategic review of the Fire and Rescue Service.
	[R] (21284)

108 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the increase in the age threshold for housing benefit; what estimate he has made of the likely associated costs of providing bed and breakfast accommodation for such people; and if he will make a statement.
	(20762)

109	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure owners of large chain stores are compliant with their obligations under the Building Regulations with respect to accessibility for people with disabilities.
	(21186)

110	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authority areas the average social rent is more than (a) 90 per cent., (b) 80 per cent. and (c) 70 per cent. of the market rate.
	(21364)

111	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what datasets his Department uses in its (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local assessment of market rents.
	(21365)

112	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether present levels of uplifts on allowances will be retained under his proposed changes to the Housing Revenue Account.
	(21366)

113	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure transparency in the activities of parish councils.
	(21434)

114	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 his Department has received since his appointment; what proportion of those requests resulted in a further request for an internal departmental review; and if he will make a statement.
	(21322)

115	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many instances of squatting were recorded in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(20910)

116	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding he has allocated for land instability works in the Ironbridge Gorge.
	(21227)

117	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress had been made on assessing the extent of land instability in the Ironbridge Gorge.
	(21228)

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

118 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of the funding allocation to S4C under the proposed new funding arrangements he expects to be made available for the commissioning of programmes by the independent production sector in Wales.
	(19626)

119 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that S4C retains full editorial and programming independence following the implementation of new funding arrangements.
	(19627)

120 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the funds made available to S4C under his Department's proposed new arrangements will be ring-fenced in the BBC budget.
	(19628)

121 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will guarantee the funding allocation to S4C under the new arrangements in the Spending Review period after 2015.
	(20752)

122	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the revenue received from horserace betting levy of bookmakers moving all or part of their operations offshore.
	(21248)

123	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the revenue received from the horserace betting levy of the threshold rules that exempt more than 60 per cent. of betting shops from paying the full rate of levy.
	(21249)

124	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take to steps to ensure representation of the independent production sector in Wales in negotiations with the BBC Trust on S4C funding.
	(21151)

125	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to ensure S4C remains operationally independent of the BBC in (a) editorial policy and (b) remit.
	(21152)

126	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what arrangements he plans to make for the operational independence of S4C.
	(21356)

127	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated to grassroots football schemes for each year to 2013-14; and what proportion of such funds he plans to allocate for the development of girls' and women's football in each such year.
	(21087)

128	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21520)

129	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21521)

130	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21522)

131	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Horseracing Levy Board and (b) the bookmaking betting industry on the collection base in future levy schemes.
	(21120)

132	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic and cultural effects of a reduction in the fiftieth Horserace Betting Levy.
	(21121)

133	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to conclude his consideration of the responses to his consultation on the Regulatory Future of Remote Gambling in Great Britain.
	(21122)

134 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to invite bids for the purchase of the Tote; and if he will make a statement.
	(20757)

135	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the future of local commercial radio stations after digital radio switchover.
	(21435)

136	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had on equivalence in access to broadband services.
	(21436)

137	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will put in place mechanisms to ensure the delivery of high-quality on-demand content to households which do not wish or cannot afford to pay for subscription services.
	(21018)

138	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are in place to provide for UK Sport's accountability to his Department for its funding for (a) UK Athletics, (b) other sports' national governing bodies and (c) other sports organisations; and what steps UK Sport takes to monitor the value for money obtained from such expenditure.
	(20907)

139 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) income from television licences foregone by the BBC of revising the television licensing guidelines to allow women's refuges and shelters to hold one television licence per establishment.
	(21026)

140	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage the performance of live music.
	(20912)

141	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of overseas earnings attributable to the film industry in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009; and what proportion of GDP this represented in each year.
	(20913)

142	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of overseas earnings attributable to the music industry in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009; and what proportion of GDP this represented in each such year.
	(20914)

143	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the British Film Institute's programming.
	(21223)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

144 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce his decision on the future of the search and rescue private finance initiative contract suspended in June 2010.
	(21169)

145 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of procuring a Type 26 frigate in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21170)

146 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 26 frigates he plans to order in the next three years.
	(21171)

147 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average cost of training (a) a Royal Marine commando and (b) an Army infantry soldier in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21172)

148	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on his Department's decision not to purchase the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F35 aircraft.
	(21269)

149	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AW101 Merlin ASaC helicopters he plans to order.
	(21270)

150	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for the Westland Sea King HAR3 helicopters to be taken out of service.
	(21271)

151	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the deployability ratios for (a) the Royal Marine Commando and (b) the Army infantry are.
	(21272)

152	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Type 26 frigate.
	(21273)

153	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service timetable for the AW101 Merlin ASaC helicopters is.
	(21275)

154	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff of his Department were employed on the Trident value for money review (a) on a part-time basis and (b) on a full-time basis; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the review under each category of expenditure.
	(21381)

155	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected expenditure is on the Mk4A refurbishment programme at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	(21154)

156	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his proposed modifications to aircraft carrier catapult-launch and arresting-gear operations.
	(21312)

157	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fewer Tornado GR4 Force and F-35 aircraft he now plans to purchase.
	(21313)

158	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his proposed reduction in Royal Navy personnel will be to Royal Marine personnel; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such reductions in personnel on recruitment into the (a) Special Air Service and (b) Special Boat Squadron.
	(21314)

159	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of jobs in the UK defence industry consequent on implementation of the proposals in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(21315)

160	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to retrain Harrier jump jet pilots once the Harrier fleet is retired.
	(21316)

161	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) 5,000 redundancies from the Royal Navy, (b) 7,000 redundancies from the Army, (c) 5,000 redundancies from the Royal Air Force and (d) 25,000 redundancies from the civilian staff of his Department.
	(21317)

162	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes to (a) service and (b) civilian personnel allowances he plans to make in the period to 2014-15.
	(21318)

163	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21523)

164	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies.
	(21524)

165	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21525)

166 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the name is of each (a) individual, group and organisation consulted on and (b) respondent who submitted evidence or comments to the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(21002)

167	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average cost of re-integrating a former hostile soldier in Afghanistan in the latest period for which figures are available; and under what budgetary headings such expenditure is incurred.
	(21153)

168	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department owns the buildings and other infrastructure on the American base at RAF Menwith Hill.
	(21159)

169	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Feltwell (a) forms part of and (b) provides support services to the US Missile Defense system.
	(21160)

170	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military bases in the UK (a) form part of and (b) provide support services for the US Missile Defense System; what support for the system is provided in each case; and if he will make a statement.
	(21161)

171	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on operations in Afghanistan in each of the next four years.
	(21295)

172	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first contract to procure the Nimrod MRA4 was signed; and what initial estimate his Department made of the cost of the Nimrod MRA4 project.
	(21296)

173	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger 2 tanks will remain in service after 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	(21297)

174	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means he plans to reduce the strength of the Royal Navy by 5,000.
	(21298)

175	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of jobs at HMNB (a) Portsmouth and (b) Devonport of the proposed reduction in the strength of the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement.
	(21299)

176	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means he plans to reform the structure of the Army without altering the structure of infantry battalions; and if he will make a statement.
	(21300)

177	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many A400M aircraft he plans to procure.
	(21301)

178	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current tasks are of the Royal Navy.
	(21302)

179	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the Royal Marines of his proposed reduction in the strength of the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement.
	(21303)

180	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department plans to renegotiate; and with which companies he has begun contract negotiations.
	(21304)

181 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had contact with Associated British Ports on the future of the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre in the last 12 months; and if he will place in the Library a copy of any documents relating to any potential purchasers of the freehold of the site of that Centre.
	(20284)

182 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is intended to continue to use the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre for its present military purposes after any sale of the freehold by his Department.
	(20285)

183 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the practicability of transferring to other locations the present military functions of the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre.
	(20286)

184 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the 17th Port and Maritime Regiment will continue to (a) be based or (b) have the use of facilities at the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre; and if he will make a statement.
	(20287)

185 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take account of public opinion in the local community about the intended use of the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre in considering proposals from potential future purchasers.
	(20288)

186

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wyre and Preston North of 22 October 2010, Official Report, column 883W, on Trident, what the three additional Long Overhaul Periods will be for each submarine; and what proportion of the estimated £1.3 billion cost will fall (a) in the current period up to 2014-15 and (b) the period 2015-16 to 2020-21.

(21065)

187	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the radiation protection measures at the Rosyth Royal Dockyard since radioactive contamination was found in the personal lockers of workers at the dockyard; and what recent changes have been made to health protection measures for employees at that dockyard.
	(21068)

188	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future of Airborne Maritime Forces following the cancellation of the Nimrod project.
	(21118)

189	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements for aerial surveillance he plans to make consequent on the proposed cancellation of his Department's order for a fleet of Nimrod surveillance aircraft.
	(21308)

190 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's research and development budget is to be frozen in cash terms in 2011-12 at 2010-11 rates.
	(20711)

191	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel in (i) his Department and (ii) each of the armed services are employed at each rank or grade in each (A) Government Office region, (B) local authority area and (C) parliamentary constituency.
	(21241)

192	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force facilities there are in each (i) Government Office region, (ii) local authority area and (iii) parliamentary constituency.
	(21437)

193	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people resident in each (a) Government Office region, (b) local authority area and (c) parliamentary constituency were recruited to each of the armed forces in each year since 2000.
	(21438)

194	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the correspondence address is of each supplier of (a) equipment, (b) personnel, (c) parts and (d) assembly facilities for the aircraft carrier project; and how many such suppliers there are in each (i) Government Office region, (ii) local authority area and (iii) parliamentary constituency.
	(21439)

195 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department had incurred to locate the Joint Combat Aircraft at RAF Lossiemouth on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(20212)

196 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce his decision on the future of the Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre at RAF Kinloss.
	(20213)

197	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the level of long-range search and rescue provision of the cancellation of the Nimrod MR4A project.
	(21385)

198	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of each type of living accommodation are available at (a) RAF Marham and (b) RAF Lossiemouth; and what the rate of occupancy of each type is.
	(21441)

199	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's aircraft are equipped with the (a) Searchwater 2000 radar, (b) UYS503/AQS970 sonar, (c) Northrop Grumman Night Giant EO system, (d) DASS 2000 ECM and (e) EL/L8300UK ESM; and what the capabilities of each system are.
	(21442)

200	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's aircraft can deploy sonar buoys; and what the (a) ferry range and (b) combat radius of each such aircraft is.
	(21443)

201	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cancellation of the Nimrod MR4A aircraft order on the ability of the UK to honour its obligations under section 2.6 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
	(21444)

202	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets he has designated for search and rescue under section 2.5 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation; and where each is located.
	(21445)

203	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the rescue co-ordination centre required to be designated under section 2.6 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation is located.
	(21446)

204

Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions overseas in the last three years a foreign-requested aircraft has provided search and rescue assistance over UK territorial waters; what role each played; what the location of each incident was; and whether each occurrence was in response to obligations under Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

(21447)

205	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce his decision on the future of the Mountain Rescue Service at RAF Kinloss.
	(21448)

206	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assesment he has made of the effect of the closure of the Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre at RAF Lossiemouth on the UK's ability to honour its obligation in section 2.1 to 2.4 of Annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
	(21449)

207	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason injured personnel assessed by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency are required to undergo assessment by the Department for Work and Pensions in order to claim disability living allowance.
	(21360)

208	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which VIPs have visited the hospital wards managed by his Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston since the opening of that hospital.
	(21231)

209	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in his review of the rules governing the awarding of military medals; and if he will make a statement.
	(21058)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

210 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to make an announcement on the future of those projects which were approved as part of the myplace programme on which work was suspended pending the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(20645)

211	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in each local education authority area without (a) a primary and (b) a secondary school place (i) on 31 March 2010 and (ii) at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.
	(21041)

212 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what function the reformed ContactPoint database will have in respect of vulnerable children which is not undertaken by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that only details of children already identified as being at risk are stored on the database.
	(20900)

213	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21514)

214	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21515)

215	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21516)

216	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of redundancies likely to be made by schools as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21580)

217	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he ill make an estimate of likely cost to schools of staff redundancy arising from spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21581)

218	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the number of teachers likely to be made redundant as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21582)

219 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals attained (a) five GCSEs at A* to C grades and (b) five GCSEs including English and mathematics at A* to C grades in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(20639)

220	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what statutory duties educational psychologists perform for local authorities.
	(21353)

221	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on the staffing levels necessary to deliver their statutory responsibilities for (a) safeguarding, (b) wellbeing and (c) education of children and young people.
	(21354)

222	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department's review of special educational needs services will include training and funding arrangements for educational psychologists; and if he will make a statement.
	(21355)

223	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to implement obligations under Articles 7, 23 and 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to his Department's policy responsibilities.
	(21127)

224 N	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to Question 18226, on children taken into care or adopted, tabled on 14 October 2010.
	(20343)

225	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of (a) recruitment levels and (b) retention rates of male primary school teachers in each year since 2000.
	(21383)

226	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on future priorities for primary education.
	(21387)

227 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when and by what means his Department informed Leicester City Council that it was required to make savings of up to 40 per cent. in respect of its Building Schools for the Future Programme funding.
	(20444)

228	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what future plans he has for the funding of Booktrust; and if he will make a statement.
	(21187)

229	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent youth support workers there are in each local authority area.
	(21377)

230	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Joint Negotiating Committee-qualified full-time youth workers are employed in each local authority.
	(21379)

231

Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people resident in Lewisham, Deptford constituency have received the education maintenance allowance in each year since its inception; what the average value of the allowance was; and what expenditure his Department made on the provision of such allowances to residents of (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Lewisham in each such year.

(21092)

232	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding (a) Sheffield City Council and (b) Barnsley Borough Council will receive under the Building Schools for the Future programme in each of the next five years.
	(21113)

233	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the creation of new specialist schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(21371)

234 N	Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the Qualifications and Credit Framework.
	(21102)

235 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to Question 17883 on the Building Schools for the Future programme, tabled on 13 October 2010 for named day answer on 19 October 2010.
	(20441)

236	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hearing impaired units there are in mainstream schools (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands; and to how many children such units provide services.
	(21146)

237	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the number of British Sign Language-qualified teachers teaching deaf children in mainstream schools (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands; and what qualifications such teachers are required to have.
	(21147)

238	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that deaf children are able to receive high-quality teaching in British sign language in mainstream schools.
	(21148)

239	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure access to appropriate learning resources for deaf children attending mainstream schools.
	(21149)

240	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the quality and availability of educational support and resources for deaf children.
	(21150)

241	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding for the Building Schools for the Future programme project in Telford and Wrekin has been reduced since July 2010; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the funding profile for that project.
	(21229)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

242	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to implement mandatory reporting of carbon emissions for UK-listed companies.
	(21276)

243	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of noise generated by the operation of (i) wind turbines and (ii) turbine blades.
	(21261)

244	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost is of a unit of energy generated through (a) wind power and (b) nuclear power.
	(21264)

245	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's electricity production he expects to be generated from renewable energy sources following achievement of the 15 per cent. renewables target.
	(21265)

246	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the 15 per cent. of UK energy consumption to be achieved from renewable sources which will be attributable to wind power.
	(21266)

247	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost to (a) small, (b) medium and (c) large manafucturing enterprises of obtaining 15 per cent. of their energy consumption from renewable sources.
	(21267)

248	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) financial and (b) other sanctions the EU institutions are entitled to impose on member states who do not meet the 15 per cent. renewables target.
	(21268)

249	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the renewables obligation in each year (a) between 2002-03 and 2010-11 and (b) of the 2010 Spending Review period.
	(21380)

250	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21526)

251	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21527)

252	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21528)

253	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between Ministers and hon. Members on the diversity of liquid petroleum gas supplies.
	(21000)

254	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of capping renewable energy transmission charges for Shetland and Orkney; and if he will make a statement.
	(21286)

255	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what legal advice he received on compliance with state aid rules of his Department's port upgrade competition; and if he will make a statement.
	(21287)

256	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons he decided against introducing a levy to pay for the Renewable Heat Incentive.
	(21288)

257	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department made of the revenue likely to accrue from the levy proposed by the previous administration to pay for the Renewable Heat Incentive.
	(21289)

258	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the funding allocated for the Renewable Heat Incentive will be disbursed in instalments of decreasing monetary value; and if he will make a statement.
	(21290)

259	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures will contribute to the proposed 20 per cent. saving on the estimated cost of the previous administration's plans for the Renewable Heat Incentive to 2014-15.
	(21294)

260	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the merits of transferring responsibility for the Civil Nuclear Constabulary to the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
	(21245)

261	James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to establish a mechanism for Parliamentary scrunity of the administration of the renewables obligation.
	(21095)

262	James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the National Grid of paying wind farm operators to turn off their turbines during periods of excess generation.
	(21096)

263	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to complete the further assessments on the offshore oil and gas leasing of blocks in (a) Cardigan Bay and (b) the Moray Firth.
	(21035)

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

264	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable her Department has set for discussions with the food industry on labelling and point of sale information on methods of preparation of meat.
	(21281)

265 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations her Department has received on stomach complaints in animals following the ingestion of wire from used sky lanterns.
	(21007)

266 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the number of occasions on which sky lanterns have damaged (a) livestock and (b) crops in each of the last 12 months.
	(21032)

267 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her Department's rural impact assessment of the 2010 Spending Review.
	(20450)

268	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in her Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21532)

269	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) her Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies.
	(21533)

270	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21534)

271 N	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed Comprehensive Spending Review efficiency savings from her Department's capital expenditure on its programme for improving flood defences; and if she will make a statement.
	(20440)

272	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement obligations under Article 11 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding humanitarian emergencies in relation to her Department's policy responsibilities.
	(21126)

273	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on (a) horse rider access to bridleways and (b) future numbers of bridleways.
	(20990)

274	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed by the Forestry Commission at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(20908)

275	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of trees planted with Government funding since 6 May 2010.
	(20909)

276	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions there are on (a) meat hygiene inspectors and (b) abattoir workers assisting such inspectors on taking samples of meat for inspection while on medication; and if she will make a statement.
	(21388)

277	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason veterinary officers and meat hygiene inspectors are not allowed to sample meat for inspection while they are on medication.
	(21389)

278 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects on the competitive position of the mushroom composting regulations of her recent changes to the regulatory regime affecting the industry.
	(21074)

279	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the likely savings to her Department of not operating the sampling plan proposed in article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) 1224/2009.
	[R] (21587)

280

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to require all operators of vessels in the under-10 metre fleet to complete a log book; whether such plans derive from the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) 1224/2009; and what information her Department holds on the implementation of such requirements in other EU member states.

[R] (21588)

281	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase the number of inland bathing water locations under the requirements of the European Bathing Water Directives.
	(21357)

282 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Association of British Insurers on the likely effects of reductions in her Department's flood defence budget on insurance premiums (a) nationally and (b) in areas of flood risk.
	(21021)

283 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) homes and (b) businesses likely to be affected by the reduction in her flood defence budget.
	(21022)

284 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what methodology she plans to use to determine the future of her Department's flood defence schemes.
	(21023)

285 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the likely effect of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review on her Department's expenditure on flood defence in each year to 2015.
	(21024)

286 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood defence schemes in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area will be affected by her Department's proposed spending reductions; and what discussions she has had with local authorities on that matter.
	(21025)

287 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding she expects to provide to (a) Gloucestershire County Council and (b) Tewksbury Borough Council for flood defences in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(20756)

288	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Marine Management Organisation requires fishermen operating vessels of under 10 metres to maintain log books.
	(21116)

289	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements fishermen in the under 10 metre fleet had to complete log books in the last 30 years.
	(21119)

290	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure transparent arrangements for financial reporting by national parks' authorities.
	(21280)

291 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department has issued to police forces and other enforcement bodies on enforcement of legislation designed to reduce the number of dog attacks.
	(20214)

292	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Forestry Commission woodland estate is held as (a) freehold and (b) leasehold; and if she will make a statement.
	(21329)

293	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the average annual number of retail refrigerated display cabinets disposed of in landfill sites in the last five years.
	(21224)

294	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the average annual number of retail refrigerated display cabinets which were (a) re-manufactured and (b) recycled in the last five years.
	(21225)

295	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the number of retail refrigerated display cabinets disposed of in landfill sites.
	(21226)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

296	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the human rights situation of the people of West Papua.
	(21279)

297	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent representations from trade union leaders on trade boycotts against Israel; and if he will make a statement.
	(20970)

298	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart on an investigation of the killing of trade union representative Nelson Murillo.
	(21350)

299	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of alleged collaboration between members of the Colombian Army and paramilitary organisations in the area of San Jose de Apartado in north west Colombia.
	(21351)

300	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will consider the merits of revising his Department's travel advice to advise against travel to the provinces of Arauca and Narino.
	(21352)

301	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21529)

302	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies.
	(21530)

303	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21531)

304	Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will consider the merits of introducing unilateral economic sanctions against Iran.
	(20924)

305	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Iraqi government on commuting the death sentence on Tariq Aziz; and if he will make a statement.
	(21123)

306 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what position the Government plans to take in the forthcoming meeting of the United Nations First (Disarmament) Committee on the draft resolution on (a) the Nuclear Weapons Convention (draft resolution L.50) and (b) d-alerting (draft resolution L42).
	(20668)

307	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Colombia on its treatment of trade unionists and other members of civil society; and if he will make a statement.
	(20975)

308	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives his Department has set for its policy on Hamas.
	(21309)

309	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives his Department has set for its policy on the Middle East peace process.
	(21310)

310	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives his Department has set for its policy on Iran.
	(21311)

311	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on financial support by UK companies for the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estates project in West Papua.
	(21359)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

312	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the outcome of his Department's randomised injectable opiate treatment trials.
	(21274)

313 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to issue his Department's liver strategy.
	(20486)

314 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to propose the introduction of pilots for hepatitis C screening, early diagnosis and treatment in his forthcoming public health White Paper.
	(20487)

315 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to (a)(i) collect and (ii) monitor data on the prevalence of hepatitis C over the next 24 months and (b) identify those with the disease who have not yet presented any symptoms.
	(20488)

316 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include proposals on hepatitis C in his proposed public health White Paper.
	(20489)

317 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish a funded hepatitis C action plan.
	(20490)

318 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend legislation implementing the appropriate EU directives so as to allow the administration of a language test to medical professionals qualified in other EU member states who wish to practice in the UK.
	(21001)

319	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to his Department of referring an employee on sick leave to (a) ATOS healthcare and (b) other healthcare assessors in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(21117)

320	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mechanism will be for the establishment of a new NHS hospital following the ending of strategic health authorities and primary care trusts.
	(20977)

321	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into the merits of extending breast screening invitations to women aged up to 79 years.
	(21349)

322	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of people living with HIV in the UK who are undiagnosed; and what steps he plans to take to reduce that proportion.
	(21384)

323 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average interval is between (a) Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections of a care home and (b) an inspection and the publication on the CQC website of the final report of that inspection.
	(20640)

324 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes the Care Quality Commission regulates.
	(20641)

325 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the inspection reports on care homes on the Care Quality Commission website were produced prior to November 2008.
	(20770)

326 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by primary care trusts (a) on 20 September 2009 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(20901)

327	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms he plans to establish to assess the NHS Commissioning Board's performance against its objectives in commissioning services.
	(20983)

328	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to include provision for rare and complex conditions in his proposed NHS Outcomes Framework.
	(20984)

329	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of his Department's review of the Making it Better maternity services programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(20978)

330	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of each type of sexually transmitted infection were reported by (a) South East Coast Strategic Health Authority, (b) West Kent Primary Care Trust and (c) Medway Primary Care Trust, in each year since 2007.
	(21088)

331	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled in hospitals, in each primary care trust area in the South East in each year since 2005.
	(21089)

332 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's funding in real terms for primary healthcare in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	(20292)

333 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's capital funding for primary healthcare providers in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	(20293)

334 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely size of transfer of funds from the healthcare budget to fund local authority social care as a result of the 2010 Spending Review.
	(20294)

335 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that funds transferred from healthcare budgets to local authority social care are spent on social care.
	(20295)

336	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21562)

337	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies.
	(21563)

338	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21564)

339	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the likely cost to the NHS of staff redundancy as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21577)

340	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) medical support staff likely to be made redundant as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21578)

341	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the number of redundancies likely to be made by the NHS as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21579)

342	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data are collected (a) centrally and (b) by local health authorities on genetic conditions causing increased morbidity and mortality in children born to first cousin parents; and if he will make a statement.
	(21244)

343	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement obligations under Articles 10, 15, 17, 19, 20, 25 and 26 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to his Department's policy responsibilities.
	(21124)

344 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who commenced a continuous (a) methadone and (b) buprenorphone/subutex prescription of (i) 12 to 24, (ii) 24 to 48 and (iii) 48 months or more in each year since 2005.
	(21167)

345	Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to equip the NHS to manage winter pressures in 2010-11.
	(20972)

346 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that patients admitted to hospital following a stroke are placed in a specialist stroke unit.
	(20767)

347 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of continuous non-invasive physiological monitoring for patients admitted to hospital following an acute stroke.
	(20768)

348	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy or complex regional pain syndrome.
	(21061)

349	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives his Department has to increase awareness of reflex sympathetic dystrophy and complex regional pain syndrome among GPs.
	(21062)

350	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) carried out and (b) funded on the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy and complex regional pain syndrome in the last 10 years.
	(21063)

351	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mothers gave birth in the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Birthing Centre between January and June 2010.
	(21111)

352	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were transferred from the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Birthing Centre to other hospitals by emergency ambulance between January and June 2010; and to which hospitals were they transferred.
	(21112)

353	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the effects of the introduction on standards of care and safety in residential homes of the 1 October deadline for full registration of residential care homes with the Care Quality Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(21020)

354	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received on staff morale amongst staff working for the Care Quality Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(21047)

355	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission in the inspection and monitoring of standards in residential care homes; and if he will make a statement.
	(21048)

356	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which residential care homes have been subject to enforced closure by the Care Quality Commission since the Commission was established.
	(21049)

357	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using enforcement actions by the Care Quality Commission to ensure the health and wellbeing of residents in residential care homes where serious shortcomings have been identified by the Commission.
	(21050)

358	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of Care Quality Commission inspectors to monitor residential care homes and agencies.
	(21051)

359	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of reviewing the (a) responsibilities and (b) efficiency of the Meat Hygiene Service following its transfer to the Food Standards Agency.
	(21390)

360 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in England with acute services have no mortuary.
	(20663)

361 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) hospital trusts and (b) primary care trusts have indicated their intention to undertake an acute services review which will involve reconfiguring services since May 2010.
	(20664)

362 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the health outcomes in respect of each of his Department's performance indicators for emergency stroke admissions in each hospital in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(20665)

363 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-elective interventions were made by consultants in maternity departments in each hospital in 2009.
	(20666)

364 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a performance review was last undertaken of the ambulance service in Bassetlaw; what reports were made on that review; who was informed of the outcomes of that review; and when he expects the next such review to be undertaken.
	(20667)

365 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for the National Treatment Agency (a) was in 2009 and (b) will be in each of the next three years.
	(21013)

366 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what functions of his Department have been transferred to local authorities since May 2010; what functions he plans to transfer to local authorities in the next 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the likely savings to his Department as a result of such transfers in each of the next three years.
	(21015)

367 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients attending accident and emergency units in 2009-10.
	(20289)

368	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to review his Department's document Best Practice HTM 01-05 on dental surgeries; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of decontamination practices in dental surgeries.
	(21246)

369	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons records from hospital episode statistics captured at the time and by means of a census yield a shorter median wait than records captured over a period and as a result of an event such as admission.
	(20971)

370 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the standard of healthcare provided in HM Prison Wakefield to Mr David Kenyon, PC7235 BI-23, a constituent of the hon. Member for Torbay; and if he will make a statement.
	(20442)

371	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the introduction of routine screening of pregnant women for group B streptococcus.
	(21081)

372	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to inform (a) relevant health professionals and (b) pregnant women of the symptoms and prevention of group B streptococcus infections in babies.
	(21082)

373	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he uses to ensure that high-quality information on group B streptococcus is given to all pregnant women as a routine part of their antenatal care.
	(21083)

374	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of group B streptococcus infection were recorded in each of the last five years; and what other data his Department collects on the incidence of such infections.
	(21084)

375	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing a pilot screening programme for pregnant women to test for group B streptococcus and what analysis his Department has conducted to inform this estimate.
	(21085)

376 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by his Department to increase levels of compliance with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' guidelines on preventing Group B Streptococcal infection in newborn babies.
	(21097)

377 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department issues to NHS trusts on preventing Group B Streptococcal infection in newborn babies.
	(21098)

378 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to strategic health authorities on the provision of tests to pregnant women for Group B Streptococcus infection.
	(21099)

379 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to health professionals on implementation in maternity units of the guidelines issued by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for preventing Group B Streptococcus infection in newborn babies.
	(21100)

380 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that pregnant women are informed about Group B Streptococcus as part of their antenatal care.
	(21101)

381 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has received from (a) local authority leaders, (b) councillors with lead responsibility for social care and (c) local authority directors of social services on the likely effects on the provision of social care of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(20390)

382	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding he plans to allocate to the Cancer Drugs Fund in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(20915)

383	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from what sources his Department is funding the interim Cancer Drugs Fund; and what amount of funding is being drawn from each such source in 2010-11.
	(20916)

384	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of publishing the results of drug trials; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the extent to which such results are disseminated.
	(21144)

385	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on the anti-depressant reboxetine.
	(21145)

386	James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of specialist back pain diagnosis and treatment services; and what level of regional variation he has detected in that provision.
	(20965)

387	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the McKinsey report on Achieving world class productivity in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(21358)

388 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organs were donated in each of the last 10 years.
	(20637)

389 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of people registered as organ donors; and if he will make a statement.
	(20771)

390 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve care and assistance for people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; and if he will make a statement.
	(20772)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

391 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters of 4 August and 29 September 2010 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, on a constituent, Mr S Deleay.
	(20349)

392 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the (a) cost and (b) duration of travel by public transport from each of the Identity and Passport Service Interview Offices planned for closure to the nearest office proposed to remain open.
	(20344)

393 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to offer alternative employment to staff of the Identity and Passport Service Interview Office in York on the closure of that office.
	(20345)

394 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of opting in to the EU Directive on human trafficking.
	(20644)

395	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the funding formula for police authorities takes account of the number of miles of motorway in each police force area; and if she will make a statement.
	(21325)

396	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the funding formula for police authorities takes account of the number of tourists visiting each police force area; and if she will make a statement.
	(21326)

397	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the funding formula for police authorities takes account of the (a) number and (b) concentration of licensed premises in each police force area.
	(21327)

398	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK Border Agency's performance was against each of its service level standards at each major port of entry in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21586)

399 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation she undertook prior to the announcement on the continued use of the intercept modernisation programme as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(20753)

400 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements she plans to make to safeguard the privacy of individuals under the continued intercept modernisation programme.
	(20754)

401 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide that data stored by service providers under the intercept modernisation programme will be accessible only on presentation of a warrant; and if she will make a statement.
	(20755)

402	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in her Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21535)

403	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) her Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on her Department for funding.
	(21536)

404	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21537)

405	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of redundancies likely to be made by police forces as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21572)

406	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the likely cost to police forces as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21573)

407	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of police officers likely to be made redundant as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21574)

408	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of police community service officers likely to be made redundant as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21575)

409	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of police civilian support officers likely to be made redundant as a result of the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21576)

410	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed in (a) each regional and (b) other major passport office in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21109)

411	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the resource cost was of each regional passport office in each of the last five years; and how much income each office generated in each such year.
	(21110)

412 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of redundancy payments and other costs to her Department arising from the closure of Newport Regional Passport Office.
	(21129)

413 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential saving to the public purse arising from the closure of Newport Regional Passport Office.
	(21130)

414 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the saving to the Exchequer arising from her decision not to introduce compulsory identity cards in each of the next five years.
	(21131)

415	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports the UK Borders Agency declared lost through its own actions in 2009; and what the cost to the public purse was of replacing such documents.
	(21361)

416
N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral Answer from the Prime Minister of 27 October 2010, Official Report, column 310, on intercept modernisation, whether the Government plans to (a) establish a decentralised database to store communications data akin to that proposed to be collected under the intercept modernisation programme and (b) require internet service providers or other organisations to store additional communications data; and if she will make a statement.

(21029)

417	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to remove from the UK foreign prisoners held in the prison estate under immigration powers after completion of their sentences; and if she will make a statement.
	(20966)

418 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on reform of the immigration system.
	(20311)

419	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to ban sex for sale advertising.
	(21253)

420	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Pakistani citizens were refused visas (a) by her Department's Abu Dhabi office in the 12 months since the opening of that office and (b) in the 12 months four years prior to that date.
	(20963)

421	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the election of a police commissioner for the Devon and Cornwall police force area.
	(21370)

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

422 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many Questions have been (a) rejected and (b) carded by the House of Commons Table Office since September 2010, broken down by political party.
	(21164)

423

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many children have been enrolled at the House of Commons nursery to date; how many children attend; what assessment has been made of the performance of the nursery in enrolling children; if the House of Commons Commission will benchmark the nursery's performance in enrolment against industry averages for start-up nurseries; and if he will make a statement.

(21440)

424 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many notices of Questions for oral answer submitted for inclusion in the shuffle on 25 October 2010 were not included in the shuffle; and how many such Questions were submitted by members of the Official Opposition party.
	(20391)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

425	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21538)

426	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21539)

427	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21540)

428

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answers of 26 October 2010, Official Report, columns 292-93W, on developing countries: politics and government, how much and what proportion of the increase in official development assistance targeted at conflict affected and fragile states announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will be drawn from the budget for (a) his Department, (b) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (c) the Ministry of Defence and (d) the Conflict Pool settlement.

(21324)

429	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish the agreement of 31 May 2010 between the UK and other European donors and the Bangladeshi government to establish the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund.
	(21064)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

430

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2010, Official Report, columns 41-43W, on sentencing, for what categories of offence those with 15 or more convictions who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence had been convicted; and how many such offenders had received (a) between 16 and 25, (b) between 26 and 50, (c) between 51 and 75, (d) between 76 and 100 and (e) 101 or more convictions.

(21260)

431	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21541)

432	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21542)

433	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21543)

434	Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on his proposals to amend the law on prosecutions for universal jurisdiction offences.
	(20925)

435 N	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on legal aid for social welfare cases (a) in total and (b) in respect of (i) welfare benefits, (ii) housing, (iii) debt, (iv) community care and (v) employment in each year since 2006-07.
	(20638)

436	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Prison Service on educational and training opportunities within HM prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	(20919)

437	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory bodies dealing with offenders on the re-settlement of offenders; and if he will make a statement.
	(20921)

438	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the provisions of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 in each year since its entry into force; and if he will make a statement.
	(21378)

439	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of holding the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson in the City of London on the timing and cost of the inquest.
	(21066)

440	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold a public inquiry on the merits of establishing an offence of mercy killing.
	(21067)

441 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of residents of Bassetlaw constituency unable to reach Mansfield Magistrates' Court on public transport by 10.00 am on a weekday; and if he will make a statement.
	(21071)

442 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the maximum journey time by public transport from Mansfield to Bassetlaw at the end of the working day on each day of the working week.
	(21072)

443 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received from Nottinghamshire police on the closure of magistrates' courts; what response he has made to such representations; and if he will make a statement.
	(21073)

444	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2010, Official Report, columns 862-3W, on remand in custody: young people, how many and what proportion of juveniles remanded in custody were subsequently (a) acquitted and (b) given a non-custodial sentence in (i) magistrates' and (ii) Crown courts in 2009.
	(20985)

445	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences related to non-payment of council tax in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21232)

446	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences of robbery in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21233)

447	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences related to carrying out unauthorised works to a listed building in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21234)

448	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences of television licence evasion in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21235)

449	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences of criminal damage in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21236)

450	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences of arson in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21237)

451	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences of trespass in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21238)

452	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences relating to using utilities without contacting the suppliers in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(21239)

453	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for breaking and entering where their apparent purpose was to squat in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009; and how many of these had previously been subject to an anti-social behaviour order.
	(21240)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

454	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21544)

455	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies.
	(21545)

456	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21546)

Questions to the Prime Minister

457
N

Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Prime Minister, what negotiating position he intends to adopt on the conclusion of the Task Force on Strengthening Economic Governance in EU, presented to the European Council and dated 21 October 2010, that endorsement by the Council of the recommendations in the report will contribute to strengthening economic governance in the EU and the euro are and can be implemented within the existing treaties; and if he will place immediately in the Library a copy of (a) the Taskforce Report and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer's submission to the Taskforce made on 9 July 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(20485)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

458	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21547)

459	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies in his Department arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21548)

460	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21549)

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

461
N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what provision will be made for a review of the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) as part of the forthcoming review of the expenses scheme for hon. Members; and what professional advice will be provided to IPSA on those matters.

(20346)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

462 N	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the development of an international airport on the Hoo Peninsula, Medway.
	(20347)

463	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21550)

464	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21551)

465	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21552)

466 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce his decision on his plans for the electrification of the Great Western Line between Swansea and London; and by what means he plans to make that announcement.
	(20670)

467 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the Kemble to Swindon railway line.
	(20671)

468	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of dualling the railway line between Swindon and Kemble.
	(20969)

469 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Liverpool City Council on the provision of a cruise line turn-around facility in Liverpool.
	(20917)

470	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to update the 10-year Road Safety Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(21250)

471	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to lay before Parliament regulations providing for continuous insurance enforcement; and if he will make a statement.
	(21251)

472	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce an annual road safety day.
	(21252)

473	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will continue his Department's subsidy for Thameslink users who are required to use Transport for London services to reach Moorgate station.
	(21363)

474	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to implement obligations under Article 9 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding accessibility in relation to his Department's policy responsibilities.
	(21125)

475	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will direct the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency not to initiate proceedings in respect of the late licensing penalty demand issued to Ms Maxine Bennett, a constituent of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley, in respect of the vehicle with registration mark N182 JUG.
	(21183)

476	Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the Government's programmes to increase trade and tourism between the UK and China of the 100 per cent. increase in air passenger duty to come into force on 1 November 2010.
	(21188)

477	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he has had and (b) he plans to have with representatives of businesses in the West Midlands on a rail station in North Staffordshire for the High Speed Two line.
	(21277)

478	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling (a) his Department and (b) High Speed Two (i) has undertaken and (ii) plans to undertake on possible stations on the Birmingham to Manchester section of the High Speed Two line.
	(21278)

479	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to determine which rail fares are regulated; when those criteria were last reviewed; and whether he plans to review them again before the award of new rail franchises.
	(21086)

480	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the percentage of rail fares for journeys commencing or terminating at stations within (a) the East of England, (b) Norfolk and (c) Great Yarmouth constituency that are regulated.
	(21091)

481	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Minister for Regional Development in the Northern Ireland Executive on the merits of (a) devolution to the Northern Ireland Assembly of responsibility for aviation in Northern Ireland and (b) an aviation strategy for Northern Ireland.
	(21189)

482	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the £90 million allocated to improving rail platforms in the 2010 Spending Review will be spent in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Redditch.
	(20967)

483	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the provision of a high-speed rail link between London and Scotland.
	(21033)

484	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of his Department's proposed expendiure on improvement of rail platforms he plans to allocate to (a) the North West and (b) Wirral.
	(21282)

485	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable he has set for the planned rail electrification between Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool foreseen in the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21283)

486	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) UK and (b) French aircraft were involved in the rescue of crew from the Athena fish factory ship off the Isles of Scilly; what the role of each was; and if he will make a statement.
	(21386)

487	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he plans to use to assess whether his Department's contribution to the proposed private finance initiative funding of the extensions to the Nottingham Tram system is affordable.
	(21019)

488	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of heavy goods vehicles using trunk roads that were left-hand drive in 2009; and if he will make a statement.
	(21230)

489 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal road accidents there have been in West Bromwich East constituency in each month of the last three years.
	(20764)

490 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Managed and Controlled Motorway Schemes his Department plans to deliver in the next five years.
	(21003)

491 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was between applying for and taking a driving test in (a) Wednesbury, (b) Wolverhampton and (c) Kingstanding in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) the most recent period for which information is available.
	(21004)

492	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the Freight Facilities Grant.
	(21319)

493	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications the Maritime and Coastguard Agency received to its Local Authority Beach Supervisor Course in the last 12 months; and what proportion of such applicants was successful.
	(21320)

494	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents were recorded in Sandwell in each of the last five years.
	(21321)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

495	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in her Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21556)

496	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21557)

497	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21558)

498	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the future of the steel industry in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
	(20920)

499	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the future of the coal industry in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
	(20922)

500	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on renewable energy sources in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
	(20923)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

501	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in the settlement letter for the Government Equalities Office in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21565)

502	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies at the Government Equalities Office arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21566)

503	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Government Equalities Office of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21567)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

504 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on his Department's provision of support for carers of his Department's settlement in the 2010 Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(20769)

505	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the South East, (c) Oxfordshire and (d) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance since January 2010.
	(21053)

506	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each ward in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency were in receipt of housing benefit of more than £400 per week in the last period for which figures are available.
	(21054)

507 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the funding of his Department's Access to Work Scheme in the period to 2014-15; and what criteria he plans to use to determine eligibility of support from the Access to Work Scheme in the same period.
	(20443)

508 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations his Department has received on the safety instructions on sky lanterns.
	(21006)

509 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of availability of shared room accommodation in each broad market retail area; and if he will make a statement.
	(20992)

510 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of social housing tenants in each local authority who are likely to be subject to housing benefit deductions as a result of having one or more bedrooms above their household need.
	(20993)

511 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much on average was paid in council tax benefit in each local authority in each of the last three years.
	(20994)

512
N

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the average council tax benefit payment to (a) pensioner households, (b) working households, (c) households receiving jobseeker's allowances, (d) households receiving income support and (e) households receiving invalidity benefit or education support allowance in each of the last three years.

(20995)

513	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector were in receipt of housing benefit or local housing allowance in each local authority area in England and Wales in each year since 2000-01.
	(20998)

514	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effects on each local authority of the proposed 10 per cent. reduction in council tax benefit.
	(21036)

515	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) pensioner, (b) working and (c) other households are in receipt of council tax benefit in each local authority area.
	(21038)

516	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely effects of an increase in non-dependent deductions on the number of new households formed; and if he will make a statement.
	(21039)

517	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely level of availability of (a) two, (b) three and (c) four bedroom properties to local housing allowance claimants in each local authority after the implementation of the proposed benefits cap and restriction of local housing allowance to the 30th percentile.
	(21040)

518	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of household income made up of benefits in kind by net equalised income quintile.
	(21052)

519	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on Government assistance for organisations which seek to increase employment opportunities for (a) disabled people and (b) others who experience complex barriers to employment; and if he will make a statement.
	(20976)

520	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) management and (b) employees of Remploy; what plans he has for the future of Remploy; and if he will make a statement.
	(21031)

521	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to maintain the winter fuel payment at no less than its current rate in the period after 2011.
	(20979)

522	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding to meet staff redundancy costs was identified in his Department's settlement letter in respect of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21559)

523	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies arising from the spending reductions proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review in respect of (a) his Department, (b) its non-departmental public bodies and (c) other public bodies which are dependent on his Department for funding.
	(21560)

524	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of staff redundancy in each of the next four years.
	(21561)

525	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with national carers' organisations on the continued implementation of the National Carers' Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (20918)

526 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many higher rate taxpayers receive winter fuel payments; and what the cost to the public purse of such payments was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21011)

527	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Peterborough constituency received (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit in each quarter since June 2005; and if he will make a statement.
	(21034)

528	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Peterborough constituency who will be invited to participate in the Work programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(21090)

529	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of vacancies for (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in Peterborough City Council area on (i) 1 April 2008, (ii) 1 April 2009, (iii) 1 April 2010 and (iv) 1 September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(21162)

530 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the revenue available to each Scottish local authority of the implementation of his decision to devolve direct control of council tax benefit in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(21132)

531 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in council tax benefit in each Scottish local authority area in each year from 1997.
	(21133)

532 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he had with Scottish local authorities prior to his decision to devolve direct control of council tax benefit to local authorities.
	(21134)

533

Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to publish each impact assessment undertaken by his Department on the effect on (a) homelessness, (b) persons living in supported accommodation and (c) other vulnerable groups of the public expenditure announcements in the June 2010 Budget and the Spending Review 2010 prior to the introduction of any relevant legislative proposals.

(21323)

534	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) England and (b) Easington constituency with a learning disability he estimates will be affected by proposals to remove the mobility component of disability living allowance for those who live in residential care homes; and if he will make a statement.
	(20980)

535	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on those who live in residential care homes of his proposals to remove the mobility component of disability living allowance from such people; what representations he has received on his proposals; and if he will make a statement.
	(20981)

536	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation he undertook with (a) charities, (b) third sector organisations and (c) other disability organisations prior to his decision to remove the mobility component of disability living allowance for those who live in residential care homes.
	(20982)

537 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against mental health benefit assessments were upheld in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
	(20763)

538	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid in bonus or incentive payments to each company in delivering medical assessments for disability living allowance in the most recent 12 months for which records are available.
	(21367)

539	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeals against medical assessments for disability living allowance undertaken by each company contracted to perform such assessment for his Department were upheld in the most recent 12 month period for which records are available.
	(21368)

540	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for disability living allowance ATOS Healthcare carried out in the last 12 months; how many such assessments were appealed against; and how many such appeals were successful.
	(21369)

541	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Ealing, Southall constituency are in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) attendance allowance and (c) disability living allowance.
	(21307)

542	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether benefit recipients sharing accommodation with unrelated non-benefit recipients will be able to access local housing allowance under his proposed reforms.
	(21305)

543	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had on accurate reflections of claimants' conditions in the outcomes of work capability assessments.
	(21372)

544	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure prompt resolution of appeals against the outcomes of work capability assessments.
	(21373)

545	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it took for the Child Support Agency to respond to contact by (a) telephone, (b) post and (c) e-mail in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21375)

546	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Child Support Agency received in each of the last five years; and how many of these were unresolved on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(21376)

547 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Carlisle constituency are in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) attendance allowance and (c) disability living allowance.
	(19349)

548 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been given financial support through (a) credit unions and (b) other community finance organisations that have been supported by funding from the Financial Inclusion Fund in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(20342)

549	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many discretionary payments of less than £5 were made by Jobcentre Plus in each year since 2005.
	(21242)

550	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest who receive less in support than the amount of mortgage interest they pay as a result of the recent reduction in the interest rate at which payment is made; and if he will make a statement.
	(20991)

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

551	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the revenue likely to accrue to the Green Investment Bank from the sale of each additional significant asset referred to in the National Infrastructure Plan.
	[Transferred] (21292)

552	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from each source he expects to be available for the Green Investment Bank in each of the next five years.
	[Transferred] (21293)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

553	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the rights of property owners and local authorities to evict squatters from private property.
	[Transferred] (21247)

554	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend legislation on squatting; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (20911)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

555	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on small companies with fewer than 10 employees of the requirement for them to contribute to employees' National Employment Savings Trust.
	[Transferred] (21431)


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