Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 4 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 Thursday 4 November 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 4 November 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 4 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 Thursday 4 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 4 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, in how many prosecutions undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service (a) a person was charged with offences related to human trafficking and (b) such charges were reduced to lesser charges in each of the last five years.
	(21736)

2	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in bringing prosecutions for offences relating to human trafficking; and if he will make a statement.
	(22373)

3	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, what recent representations he has received on the judicial basis for parliamentary sovereignty.
	(22411)

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

4	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the signing of new contracts between UK-based companies and Iranian companies.
	(22405)

5	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on reducing the misuse of fireworks.
	(22291)

6	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department takes to enforce regulations on the sale of fireworks to minors.
	(22292)

7	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future regulation of the sale of fireworks.
	(22293)

8	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with Allpay the provision of wireless link broadband to remote rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(22301)

9 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what items of expenditure Ministers in his Department have authorised since his appointment.
	(21728)

10 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a cut-off date has been set for drawing down European Regional Development Fund funding to the UK in the event that matched funding is not made available.
	(22083)

11 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the administration of European Regional Development Funding bidding rounds following the closure of regional development agencies; and if he will make a statement.
	(22086)

12 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the liabilities of regional development agencies on his Department's budgets for local regeneration projects.
	(22087)

13	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the disposal of the business and technology-related assets of regional development agencies will create maximum long-term value for the economy and their local areas.
	(22460)

14	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the Regional Growth Fund he plans to allocate to (a) housing and (b) transport projects.
	(22461)

15	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the funding to be made available to local enterprise partnerships in each of the next three years.
	(22462)

16	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what potential sources of funding he has identified for local enterprise partnerships other than the Regional Growth Fund.
	(22463)

17	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he proposes that innovation centres attract external funding additional to the sum committed by his Department.
	(22498)

18	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will direct the Regional Growth Fund to commit an annual sum to research and development funding no less than the annual sum committed to regional development agencies for such purposes.
	(22504)

19	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people are paid at the rate of the national minimum wage in each constituency.
	(22369)

20
N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 367W, on News International, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries discussed with (i) James Murdoch and (ii) Rebekah Brooks (A) the Metropolitan Police's investigation on telephone hacking and blagging and (B) News Corporation's bid for BSkyB; and if he will make a statement.

(21844)

21 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed by the Copyright Tribunal; and how much was spent on salary costs in the last year for which figures are available.
	(21845)

22 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and the (a) Copyright Tribunal and (b) Tribunals Service since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	(21846)

23 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many redundancies he expects there to be at the Copyright Tribunal as a result of the implementation of the Government's proposals for public bodies reform; and what he expects the (a) severance and (b) pension arrangements to be for employees.
	(21847)

24	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 25 of the Browne Review of Higher Education and Student Finance, if he will classify dentistry as a clinical and priority course.
	(22275)

25	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support his Department provides for dental students.
	(22328)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

26	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Government contracts to be awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(22499)

27	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from what date Government departments will be required to publish figures on the number of procurement contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(22500)

28	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a supplier of completing a pre-qualification questionnaire for contracts with Government departments.
	(22501)

29	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take in circumstances where Government departments have not (a) initiated plans to increase the number of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) met the aspiration for 25 per cent. of contracts to be awarded to such enterprises.
	(22502)

30	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable he has set for Government departments to agree plans of action to increase the number of contracts awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(22503)

31	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of potential suppliers of Government departments who completed pre-qualification questionnaires in the last five years received no contracts from any department in (a) that financial year and (b) the three financial years following submission of the questionnaire.
	(22505)

32	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms his Department has put in place in respect of winter emergency planning.
	(22200)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

33	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Financial Services Authority has made of the foreign exchange industry; and what progress he has made on his examination of the case of Crown Currency Exchange.
	(22289)

34	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received legal advice on the use of the consumer price index for measuring movements in the general level of prices for the purposes of (a) section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and (b) section 151 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
	(22324)

35	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the proposed use of the consumer price index for the indexation of (a) benefits, (b) tax credits and (c) pensions.
	(22325)

36	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he sought advice from the UK Statistics Authority prior to his decision to propose the use of the consumer price index for the indexation of pensions.
	(22326)

37	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward proposals to make payments to Equitable Life members who purchased their policies prior to September 1992.
	(22270)

38	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the financial loss to Equitable Life policyholders who purchased their policies prior to September 1992.
	(22271)

39	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of Equitable Life policyholders who purchased their policy prior to September 1992 who were affected by the maladministration of Equitable Life.
	(22382)

40	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for future duty relief arrangements for small breweries.
	(22265)

41 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent estimate of the proportion of working single mothers receiving tax credits who work (a) 16, (b) 17 to 20, (c) 21 to 25 and (d) over 25 hours a week.
	(21741)

42	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means his Department plans to determine the categories of children to be classified as disabled when considering whether claimants of child benefit who pay income tax at the higher rate will be exempt from the proposed withdrawal of that benefit.
	(22468)

43	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the categories of children to be classified as disabled when considering whether claimants of child benefit who pay income tax at the higher rate will be exempt from the proposed withdrawal of that benefit.
	(22469)

44	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether claimants who pay income tax at the higher rate whose children become disabled will be able to reapply for child benefit.
	(22471)

45	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) public and (b) private sector jobs held by (i) women and (ii) men in (A) Warrington and (B) the North West that will be lost as a result of the implementation of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(22338)

46	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the (a) merits and (b) cost of introducing a real-time information system to the National Insurance and PAYE Service computer system.
	(22377)

47
N

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) millionaires and (b) billionaires resident in the UK in each year since 2000; how many people were taxed on the basis of incomes of over £1 million a year before allowances on the latest date for which figures are available; how many were so taxed in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the tax revenue generated from those so taxed in each year.

(21106)

48 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the scale is on the vertical axis on the graph on page 13 of the Spending Review 2010 document.
	(21842)

49 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what assumption regarding gross domestic product his forecast of deficit as a proportion of GDP contained in the Comprehensive Spending Review is based.
	(21871)

50 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology his Department uses to calculate its estimate of the annual sum lost through fraud in the welfare system.
	(22079)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

51 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues on the period within which a local authority must issue a written decision notice following a strategic planning committee decision to refuse planning approval.
	(21597)

52 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued concerning the status as unintentionally homeless of local housing allowance claimants who have (a) left their home, (b) accrued rent arrears arising from a shortfall between rents charged and allowance payable and (c) applied as homeless to local authorities.
	(22094)

53 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average income of households in social housing in each region in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22100)

54	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a recent estimate of the average time taken to complete a purchase on a residential property.
	(22404)

55	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to sell Ordnance Survey in (a) part and (b) whole.
	(22285)

56 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) officials of his Department on the future arrangements for handling of funds from the European Regional Development Fund by Government departments.
	(22084)

57	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in respect of how many incidents involving Chinese lanterns fire crews were called out in each of the last five years.
	(22294)

58 N	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 7 October 2010 from the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye on the Bellwin Fund.
	(21196)

59	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants of (a) council houses and (b) housing association properties were evicted on the grounds of rent arrears in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(22333)

60	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the legal costs incurred by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations for eviction proceedings against tenants who were in rent arrears in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(22334)

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

61
N

Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of 20 October 2010, Official Report, columns 319-22WH, if he will take steps to ensure that S4C is structured (a) to ensure a diversity of programming from independent creative production companies across Wales and (b) to stimulate the Welsh economy.

(22081)

62 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of 20 October 2010, Official Report, columns 319-22WH, if he will introduce a mechanism to secure at least the present level of funding allocated to S4C after 2016.
	(22082)

63 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of 20 October 2010, Official Report, columns 319-22WH, what steps he plans to take to ensure that dedicated funding for S4C is retained under the new funding model.
	(22085)

64	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he expects a proportion of the proceeds from the sale of the Tote to be used to support the horseracing industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(22240)

65	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations on the horserace betting levy he has received from the Racing United campaign; and if he will take steps to ensure that all areas of the betting industry contribute to that levy.
	(22492)

66	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will include in the scope of any future review of remote gambling the potential contribution of all gambling operators to the horserace betting levy.
	(22493)

67	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that schoolchildren in areas outside London have the opportunity fully to participate in preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.
	(22410)

68	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to deter counterfeit ticketing for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	(22472)

69	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to allocate tickets for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to low income families.
	(22473)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

70	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of Trident replacement following an Initial Gate Decision in the (a) present and (b) next Parliament.
	(22376)

71 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Royal Air Force fighters were scrambled from each base to intercept aircraft in the last 12 months.
	(21836)

72	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 28 October 2010, Official Report, column 14WS, on staff reductions, by how many he expects the staff complement at each location to be reduced by 2013.
	(22296)

73	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the role of Pioneer has been removed from the 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment.
	(22236)

74	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weighing is given to the time served on operational tours by territorial army soldiers when calculating the requirements for the volunteer reserves service medal.
	(22237)

75	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department has given to changing the rear wheels of the Wolfhound vehicle to a half-track for the purposes of increasing performance during the winter in Afghanistan.
	(22238)

76	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Rafale aircraft the new aircraft carriers will be able to accommodate.
	(22247)

77 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of alternative systems to Trident to provide the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement.
	(21107)

78 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when each boat in the Astute-class submarine flotilla will enter service; what stage of production has been reached in respect of each boat which has been ordered; and when he expects each of the remaining boats to be ordered.
	(21108)

79 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the design of the Future Surface Combatant; and whether the programme will incorporate modules that enable the subsequent incorporation of additional weapons systems.
	(21180)

80 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the Royal Air Force's future anti-submarine capability following the cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4.
	(21181)

81 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of alternative strategies for the campaign in Afghanistan other than (a) war among the people and (b) total military withdrawal.
	(21182)

82	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of training an officer cadet in (a) the Royal Marines, (b) the Army, (c) the RAF and (d) the Royal Navy for a commission as a junior officer.
	(22419)

83	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the likely effects of the proposed reduction of the number of hulls in the surface fleet on the Royal Navy's capacity to discharge current commitments.
	(22199)

84	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on his Department's operations in respect of the Falkland Islands of the outcomes of the Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(22221)

85 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of each type of Royal Air Force combat aircraft are deployed in Afghanistan.
	(21838)

86 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force personnel are deployed in Afghanistan in support of combat aircraft flying operations.
	(21839)

87 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Air Force command structure is on the ground in Afghanistan.
	(21840)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

88	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on levels of social mobility of the outcomes of the Spending Review.
	(22370)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

89	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on tax relief for private schools.
	(22311)

90 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what account his Department takes of the requirements of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking in determining the level of support provided to guardians of child victims of human trafficking.
	(21739)

91	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each London borough were eligible for free school meals on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(22384)

92 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish regulations and guidance under section 25 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 on care breaks.
	(21730)

93 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to incorporate the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into his Ministerial responsibilities.
	(21731)

94	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) level and (b) effectiveness of the provision of specialist support services for deaf children by local authorities.
	(22420)

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department requires local authorities to provide parents of deaf children with information on (a) specialist provision for deaf children, (b) eligibility criteria for support from the specialist support service for deaf children, (c) the (i) level and (ii) effectiveness of the specialist support service for deaf children and (d) the outcomes achieved by deaf childen in their area.

(22421)

96	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the future provision of educational psychology training.
	(22422)

97	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the examination system in measuring attainment.
	(22277)

98	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to schools on his priorities for the state sector.
	(22278)

99	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the admissions policy used by (a) academies and (b) other maintained schools.
	(22279)

100	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to give head-teachers more control over school admission policies.
	(22280)

101	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on social inclusion of school admissions policies.
	(22403)

102 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding each local authority received through the Pockets of Deprivation element of the Dedicated Schools Grant in each year since 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(21423)

103 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what mechanisms local authorities collect data on the number of children who run away from (a) home and (b) care; and how many children have run away from (a) home and (b) care in each local authority area in each of the last 30 years.
	(21424)

104 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the uptake was of early education places for three and four year olds in each local authority by children of households in each (a) family income and (b) employment category in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(21426)

105 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many section 51 (Children Act) refuge beds are available for children under the age of 16 years.
	(21427)

106 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what emergency accommodation is available in each local authority area for children who go missing from home.
	(21428)

107 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local education authorities will have discretion in passing on the pupil premium to schools.
	(20782)

108 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the monetary value of the pupil premium will be per qualifying pupil in each year to 2014-15; and what account he plans to take of geographic location in determining the level of that premium.
	(20783)

109 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much he plans to spend on the pupil premium in each year to 2014-15.
	(20784)

110 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local education authorities will continue to receive funding for education welfare services and services for pupils with special educational needs following the introduction of the pupil premium.
	(20785)

111 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the criteria to be used to determine the pupils to qualify for the pupil premium.
	(20786)

112 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to provide additional financial support to schools with a high number of deprived pupils after the introduction of the pupil premium.
	(20448)

113 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timetable is for setting the criteria for determining which pupils will qualify for the pupil premium.
	(20449)

114	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what teaching is provided to children on the (a) safe use of and (b) risks associated with fireworks.
	(22290)

115 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are eligible for free school meals in each ward in Warrington North constituency; and what proportion of those eligible are claiming free meals.
	(21981)

116	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in England are (a) community, (b) voluntary-aided, (c) voluntary-controlled, (d) foundation, (e) academy and (f) city technology colleges; and how many schools in each category offer vocational educational courses to 14 and 15 year olds.
	(22383)

117	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for future funding of specialist schools.
	(22235)

118	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in respect of how many independent schools an application to participate in the free schools programme has been approved.
	(22228)

119	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the provision of support for participation by independent schools in the free schools programme.
	(22229)

120	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate funding to the Bookstart programme for (a) 2011-12 and (b) subsequent years.
	(22220)

121	Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people in each local authority ward in Leicester South constituency receive education maintenance allowance.
	(22317)

122	Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people at (a) Regent College and (b) Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College receive education maintenance allowance.
	(22318)

123 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that teachers are provided with sufficient training and ongoing support to challenge all forms of violence against girls.
	(21744)

124	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many proposals to establish a free school his Department has received from (a) individuals, (b) groups and (c) organisations to date; and how many such applications have been granted agreement to proceed to the next stage in each such category to date.
	(22327)

125	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the likely number of free schools in September 2011.
	(22372)

126	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 350W, on the New Schools Network, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the New Schools Network since 30 June 2010.
	(22408)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

127	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will extend the price protection rules applicable to gas and electricity resellers to cover the maximum price allowed to be charged by resellers of liquid petroleum gas to (a) customers in mobile home parks and (b) other customers.
	(22430)

128	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with suppliers of fixed liquid petroleum gas supplies on communal contracts the provision of variations to such contracts in order to enable individual domestic consumers to withdraw from them.
	(22302)

129

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) homes and (b) businesses in (i) England, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) East Hampshire constituency which would be eligible for support for (A) loft insulation top-up, (B) cavity wall insulation, (C) internal solid wall insulation and (D) external solid wall insulation under the proposed Green Deal.

(22272)

130	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the cost per unit to the public purse of producing energy through (a) the Severn Barrage and (b) onshore wind farms.
	(22241)

131	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on potential risks to the national grid posed by intermittent energy production from onshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement.
	(22242)

132	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of not proceeding with plans for the construction of a Severn Barrage on the number of onshore wind farms to be constructed in the next 10 years.
	(22243)

133	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that local communities are consulted on the location of land-based wind turbines.
	(22417)

134	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the net length of time micro-combined heat and power technology fuelled by (a) gas and (b) liquefied petroleum gas can contribute to carbon dioxide emission reduction in respect of an energy generation system decarbonising over time.
	(22353)

135	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of including schemes for micro-combined heat and power technology fuelled by (a) gas and (b) liquefied petroleum gas in the proposed Green Deal; and if he will make a statement.
	(22354)

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

136	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the public is made aware of the slaughter method used for meat sold by food retailers; and if she will make a statement.
	(22380)

137 N	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in negotiations on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if she will make a statement.
	(21655)

138 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects on levels of financial support for farming from the public purse of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(21647)

139 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to simplify the processes for making single farm payments as part of Common Agricultural Policy reform by 2013.
	(21870)

140	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of land the Forestry Commission (a) owns, (b) manages and (c) otherwise has responsibility for.
	(22494)

141	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what matched funding for Rural Development Fund payments to farmers in England there has been in each of the last five years.
	(22495)

142	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on EU cotton subsidies; and if she will seek their abolition as part of post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy reform negotiations.
	(22225)

143	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce the outcomes of her Department's review of options in respect of measures to help achieve nitrogen dioxide limit values by 2015.
	(22345)

144	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward amendments to the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs to include references on dog breeding and genetic health and welfare.
	(22424)

145	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that measures suggested by the Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding are implemented by (a) the Kennel Club and (b) breed clubs.
	(22425)

146	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that pedigree dogs are free from genetic disease and exaggerated conformations before they are allowed to breed; and if she will make a statement.
	(22426)

147	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) promote a public education and awareness campaign concerning genetic health problems in pure-bred dogs and (b) publish her estimate of the cost to the public purse of dealing with consequential health problems in such dogs; and if she will make a statement.
	(22427)

148	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and (b) the British Vetinerary Association Animal Welfare Foundation on proposals for a standard puppy contract; and if she will make a statement.
	(22428)

149	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to sign the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals.
	(22429)

150	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 to enhance the legal protection of seals.
	(22423)

151 N	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist the farming industry to become more competitive.
	(21651)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

152 N	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of sustainability of Hamas control in Gaza.
	(21843)

153

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the letter from the Minister of State of 30 September 2010, ref. 88511, what response Embassy officials received from the Iraqi Chief of Prisons Monitoring Department on prison conditions for (a) Dr Mahdi Saleh, (b) Mr Haman Yousif Hamadi and (c) Dr Amwer Rashid after they had made representations in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(22342)

154 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will revoke the Order in Council of 2004, which overturned the High Court judgment of 3 November 2000, in respect of the settlement of Chagossians to the Chagos Islands.
	(21774)

155 N	Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the killing of three children near Tame in Arauca province, Colombia on 14 October 2010.
	(21742)

156	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the government of Iran complies with its international obligations in relation to nuclear non-proliferation.
	(22415)

157	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the government of North Korea complies with its international obligations in relation to nuclear non-proliferation.
	(22416)

158	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on assisting foreign nationals bereaved by murder and manslaughter whilst in the UK in 2009.
	(22474)

159	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on the provision of assistance to British nationals bereaved by murder and manslaughter overseas in 2009.
	(22475)

160	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what process the Consular Directorate follows when contacted by a UK national who has been bereaved by murder and manslaughter abroad; and what support and services are offered those so bereaved.
	(22476)

161	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training his Department provides for consular desk staff on provision of services to UK nationals bereaved by murder and manslaughter abroad.
	(22477)

162	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provision the Consular Directorate makes for UK nationals who have been bereaved by murder and manslaughter abroad.
	(22478)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

163 N	Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were placed on the Liverpool Care Pathway in each year since 2004; and what proportion of such patients died in each such year.
	(19288)

164 N	Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have introduced the Liverpool Care Pathway in each year since 2004; how many patients in each such hospital were placed on the Pathway in each such year; and how many patients in each hospital placed on the Pathway died in each such year.
	(19289)

165 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on his Department's review of the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guidance on improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(21732)

166	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organ donors were registered in Dartford constituency (a) in each of the last five years and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(22330)

167	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2010, Official Report, column 762W, on winter pressures: NHS, what resources he plans to allocate to Darent Valley Hospital for patients in the winter of 2010-11 who would otherwise have been treated at the accident and emergency department of Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.
	(22491)

168 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the role of community hospitals in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(21869)

169	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision he plans to make for funding of the functions formerly undertaken by the Meat Hygiene Service in each of the next three years.
	(22496)

170	Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) all respiratory diseases in (i) Mansfield District Primary Care Trust area and (ii) each other primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22230)

171	Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital bed days there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) all respiratory diseases in (i) Mansfield District Primary Care Trust area and (ii) each other primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22231)

172	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for an MRI scan for patients from referral to scan in each primary care trust area in each year since 1997.
	(22217)

173	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) primary care trusts permitting the use of Sativex, (b) NHS patients receiving Sativex and (c) NHS patients refused Sativex in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22218)

174	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cases relating to NHS staff were investigated by the NHS Counter Fraud Squad in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such cases resulted in prosecution.
	(22312)

175	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on continuous professional development for social workers during their working time.
	(22313)

176	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on NHS charges for treatment of patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction; and if he will make a statement.
	(22331)

177	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the present level of compensation for medical negligence in maternity cases is; and whether he plans to increase it.
	(22332)

178	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the adequacy of supply of medicinal products in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(22335)

179	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on amendment of the Medicines Act 1968 to prevent the export of medicinal products that are in short supply in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(22336)

180	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals in his forthcoming Health Bill to prevent the export of medicinal products that are in short supply in the UK.
	(22337)

181 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made for benchmarking purposes of best practice in the treatment of group B streptococcal infections in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement.
	(21841)

182	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the merits of ring-fencing the salaried primary dental care services budget.
	(22198)

183	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he gave to the training provided for newly-qualified dentists when formulating his proposals for the new contract for NHS dentistry.
	(22329)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

184 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the title is of the official in her Department who has lead responsibility for human trafficking policy.
	(21735)

185 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of sentence given to a person originally charged with offences related to human trafficking and subsequently prosecuted for a lesser charge was in each of the last five years.
	(21737)

186 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of sentence handed down to a person convicted of offences related to human trafficking was in each of the last five years.
	(21738)

187 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requests (a) the UK and (b) the US has made under the terms of the UK-US Extradition Treaty since 2003; and what the outcome of each such request has been.
	(21837)

188	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the immigration cap does not adversely affect the capacity of companies to recruit staff from outside the EU with skills not available from the UK workforce; and if she will make a statement.
	(22227)

189	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been removed in each month since May 2010.
	(22393)

190 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future consideration of immigration applications from students and others who have been affected by the recent floods in Pakistan.
	(21422)

191 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to accelerate the decision-making process for immigrants being held in detention centres.
	(21259)

192	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals for a Working Holiday Scheme with Taiwan to increase cultural understanding between the UK and Taiwan; and if she will make a statement.
	(22196)

193	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated to the police service in North Wales in 2009-10; and how much funding she plans to allocate in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(22257)

194 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) date of acquisition was of each helicopter acquired by police forces in England and Wales since 2000.
	(21729)

195	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who informed (a) her and (b) the Prime Minister of the discovery of a bomb on board a UPS courier aircraft at East Midlands Airport; and what the reasons were for the time taken to inform each Minister of that discovery.
	(22219)

196 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of staff of the Identity and Passport Service working in the Newport passport office who could be redeployed from the Newport passport office to other civil service jobs in Newport.
	(21872)

197	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the average number of people who visited the enquiry office of Rugby Police Station in each hour of the day in which that office was open to the public in the latest year in which figures are available.
	(22223)

198	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the average number of people who visited the enquiry office of Rugby Police Station on each day of the week in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(22224)

199	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for the future of the diplomatic domestic visa system.
	(22418)

200	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the number of police bomb detection dog units deployed in respect of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(22350)

201	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the adequacy of the training standards for civilian security contractors deploying dog surveillance units as part of the gate security for the London 2012 Olympics.
	(22351)

202	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with G4S and Wagtail the standards of dog training in respect of the deployment of explosives and firearms dog units at the London 2012 Olympics.
	(22352)

203	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the merits of short-time working for all staff at the Newport Passport Office as an alternative to the proposed reduction in the number of jobs at that office.
	(22287)

204	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the impact assessment for the closure of the Newport Passport Office will take into account the levels of unemployment in neighbouring areas from which the staff at the passport office are drawn; and if she will make a statement.
	(22288)

205 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the Government's contribution to negotiations on the EU human trafficking directive; and if she will make a statement.
	(21745)

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

206	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the public purse was under each budgetary heading of hosting the UK Youth Parliament debate on Friday 29 October 2010.
	(22239)

207 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2010, Official Report, columns 176-7W, on the Parliamentary Education Service, for what reasons the House of Commons Commission did not accept recommendation 4 of the report of the Speaker's Conference on parliamentary representation.
	(21743)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

208	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has undertaken of the effects of European Union cotton subsidies on farmers in sub-Saharan Africa; and if he will make a statement.
	(22226)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

209

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2010, Official Report, column 482W, on judges: appointments, whether the most recent reserve list of candidates for judicial appointments contained candidates that did not pass a judicial competition; and how many judicial appointments have been made of candidates who had not passed a judicial competition in the latest period for which figures are available.

(22379)

210	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2010, Official Report, columns 350-1W, on the Employment Tribunals Service, how much was paid out in compensation in each category in each such year.
	(22261)

211

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2010, Official Report, columns 350-1W, on the Employment Tribunals Service, whether his Department holds information on the (a) legal costs incurred by claimants whose claims were (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed and (b) the proportion of such costs which were paid by the employer in each case in each such year.

(22262)

212	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2010, Official Report, columns 350-1W, on the Employment Tribunals Service, what estimate has been made of the number of complaints in each category classified as vexatious that were dismissed.
	(22263)

213	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2010, Official Report, columns 350-1W, on the Employment Tribunals Service, what the average length of time was of a hearing in each category.
	(22264)

214	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2010, Official Report, columns 41-3W, on sentencing, what the most recent common offence was of offenders sent to jail for 15 or more previous convictions or cautions who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence in each year.
	(22319)

215

Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many arrest warrant applications were made to district judges by private individuals in the period 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2010 in respect of an offence under (a) section 1 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (endangering safety at aerodrome), (b) sections 9 to 14 of that Act (hijacking of ships etc) and (c) sections 1 to 3 of the United Nations Personnel Act 1997; and how many such applications were (i) refused and (ii) granted in respect of suspects of each nationality.

(22281)

216

Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many arrest warrant applications were made to district judges by private individuals in the period 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2010 in respect of an offence under (a) section 1, 2 or 6 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (hijacking), (b) sections 1 to 2A of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983 (offences relating to nuclear material) and (c) section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (torture); and how many such applications were (i) refused and (ii) granted in respect of suspects of each nationality.

(22282)

217

Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many arrest warrant applications were made to District Judges by private individuals in the period 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2010 in respect of (a) offences relating to piracy or an offence under section 2 of the Piracy Act 1837 (piracy where murder is attempted), (b) an offence under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (grave breaches of Geneva conventions) and (c) an offence under section 1 of Taking Hostages Act 1982 (hostage-taking); and how many such warrants were (i) refused and (ii) granted in respect of suspects of each nationality.

(22286)

218	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) foreign governments were invited to comment on his Department's note of 20 March 2010 on Arrest warrants-universal jurisdiction.
	(22391)

219	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) foreign governments responded to his Department's note of 20 March 2010, on Arrest warrants-universal jurisdiction; and whether he plans to publish those responses.
	(22406)

220	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he has had with representatives of foreign governments on universal jurisdiction and arrest warrants since 20 March 2010.
	(22407)

221	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings the Information Commissioner has had with his international counterparts in the last 24 months.
	(22244)

222	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average annual salary is of an employee in the Office of the Information Commissioner.
	(22245)

223	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed by the Office of the Information Commissioner.
	(22246)

224

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) annual salary and (b) benefits including (i) car scheme, (ii) pension contributions, (iii) bonus payments and (iv) expenses payments were of (A) each Deputy Information Commissioner, (B) the Director of Corporate Affairs, (C) the Director of Operations, (D) the Director of Organisational Development and (E) each non-executive Director in the Office of the Information Commissioner in the last 24 months.

(22250)

225	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by the management board of the Office of the Information Commissioner on (a) taxi fares and (b) other transport in the last 24 months.
	(22251)

226	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual leave entitlement is of each member of the management board of the Office of the Information Commissioner.
	(22252)

227	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual (a) revenue and (b) capital budget was for the Office of the Information Commissioner in each year since it was established.
	(22253)

228	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which buildings the Office of the Information Commissioner (a) owns and (b) rents; and how much funding the Office of the Information Commissioner allocated to property expenditure in the last 24 months.
	(22255)

229	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest salary is of an employee in the Office of the Information Commissioner.
	(22256)

230

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken in respect of those diagnosed with mental health conditions who are disqualified from jury service under the Juries Act 1974; and what impact assessment his Department has undertaken in respect of (a) the Equality Act 2010, (b) the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and (c) the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

(22459)

231 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review the provision of court services in Warrington.
	(21746)

232	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding he allocated to the Court Service in North Wales in 2009-10; and how much such funding he plans to allocate in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(22258)

233	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding he allocated to the Prison Service in North Wales in 2009-10; and how much such funding he plans to allocate in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(22259)

234	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding he allocated to the Probation Service in North Wales in 2009-10; and how much such funding he plans to allocate in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(22260)

235	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to extend the rights of grandparents to have access to their grandchildren following a divorce or separation.
	(22222)

236	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what qualifications are available for prisoners to undertake; how many prisoners took part in a course to attain each type of qualification in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of prisoners completed each course in each year for which figures are available.
	(22209)

237	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average calorific value was of food served to (a) male and (b) female prisoners each day in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22210)

238	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of meeting each type of special dietary requirement in prison establishments was in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many prisoners were recorded as having each type of special dietary requirement in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22211)

239	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his latest estimate is of spending from the public purse on education services for prisoners in each of the next five years.
	(22212)

240	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the food purchased for prisoners was wasted in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of the food wasted.
	(22213)

241	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells are available for solitary confinement on the prison estate.
	(22214)

242	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were released having served their full sentence in prison in each year since 1997.
	(22215)

243	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the prison population in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(22216)

244	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the changes his Department proposes to the way in which judicial appointments are made; and if he will make a statement.
	(22409)

245 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost to the public purse of receivers and (b) amount recovered through confiscation orders brought about by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and if he will make a statement.
	(22018)

246	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted for offences in each category were given indeterminate sentences for public protection in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(22254)

247	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the categories of people eligible for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	(22387)

248	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to change the monetary value of awards made under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	(22388)

249	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has commissioned research into options for the reform of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	(22389)

250	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of how many cases under consideration by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority the claimant had not been notified of a resolution on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of those cases had been filed more than (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 18 and (d) 24 months prior to that date.
	(22390)

251	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future funding of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in each of the next four years.
	(22398)

252	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monetary value is of outstanding compensation payments to victims of crime.
	(22399)

253	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation awards to victims of crime are outstanding; and how many such people have been waiting for such awards for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) one year.
	(22400)

254	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many award decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in the last 12 months have been referred to the Tribunals Service (Criminal Injuries Compensation); and how many such tribunals have (a) overturned and (b) amended such an award decision.
	(22401)

255	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he made of the mean average compensation payment paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since its inception.
	(22402)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

256	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the level of human trafficking into Northern Ireland.
	(22375)

Questions to the Prime Minister

257	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the European Court of Justice would adjudicate in circumstances in which the extent to which the EU was able to legislate in respect of budgets and macro-economic surveillance of member states under the proposals in the Report of the Task Force to the European Council on Strengthening Economic Governance in the EU is disputed.
	(22283)

258	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to ensure that any new EU Treaty does not include the UK in the new legal framework referred to in paragraph 34 of the Report of the Task Force to the European Council on Strengthening Economic Governance in the EU.
	(22284)

259	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions the Childhood and Family Task Force has met to date; and who attended each such meeting.
	(22371)

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

260

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what meetings members of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) staff have had with representatives of press and media organisations since IPSA's inception; on what date each such meeting was held; where each such meeting was held; and what the names were of those who attended each such meeting.

(22339)

261

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what contracts the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has with (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other transport providers; what the terms are of each such contract; what the annual cost to the public purse is of each such contract; and how many IPSA staff are entitled to use transport provided under each such contract.

(22340)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

262	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the likely effects on (i) bus fares and (ii) service levels of the reduction in Bus Service Operators Grant proposed in the Spending Review.
	(22266)

263	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Confederation of Passenger Transport on the likely effects on (a) bus fares and (b) service levels of the reduction in Bus Service Operators Grant proposed in the Spending Review.
	(22267)

264

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he made of his Department's (a) combined capital and revenue funding for local transport, (b) capital funding for local transport, (c) revenue funding for local transport, (d) Integrated Transport Block and (e) major schemes funding for (i) 2010-11 (A) prior to and (B) after his Department's in-year spending reductions, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) each of the subsequent two years.

(22268)

265	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which transport funding formerly paid by the Department for Transport to local transport authorities have been transferred to the Department for Communities and Local Government; and what budget was set for each such fund for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 prior to the Government's in-year spending reductions.
	(22269)

266	Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he undertook a cost-benefit analysis of the construction of a Mottram and Tintwistle bypass prior to determining the schemes to be approved under the Investment in Highways and Local Transport programme.
	(22273)

267	Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he received in favour of a Mottram and Tintwistle bypass prior to the agreement of the Investment in Highways and Local Transport programme.
	(22274)

268	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for (a) improvements and (b) funding for improvements to the Vale of Glamorgan railway line.
	(22297)

269	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many GRIP 4 rail studies his Department (a) started and (b) completed in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(22295)

270 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the environmental effects of proposed high speed rail links on the (a) environment and (b) properties in the vicinity of each route.
	(21685)

271	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to bring forward proposals to increase charges at the Dartford-Thurrock crossing; and if he will make a statement.
	(22276)

272	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of rail congestion in principal cities in the Northern Hub.
	(22298)

273	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make standard off-peak travel times a requirement for new rail franchisees.
	(22343)

274 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure adequate marine emergency coverage for the Highlands and Islands following the removal of the Anglian Prince tug boat in 2011.
	(21773)

275 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Southeastern Railway on interchange facilities with Crossrail services at Abbey Wood station; and what step-free interchange facilities he expects to be available in that station when it is rebuilt.
	(21772)

276	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on encouraging the use of electric vehicles.
	(22412)

277	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the permitted power limit on power-assisted bikes.
	(22341)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

278	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Government's undertakings in respect of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women are fulfilled.
	(22414)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

279	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department expects to publish a target for the collection of child maintenance arrears by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
	(22249)

280 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's impact assessment of changes to local housing allowance included in its analysis properties used by local authorities as temporary accommodation.
	(21834)

281 N	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 private rentals in each broad market rental area which are in receipt of local housing allowance.
	(22093)

282 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of claimants of local housing allowance whose monthly allowance does not cover the cost of rental payments.
	(22095)

283

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms will be in place to ensure that there are employment opportunities for people who (a) cannot stand or walk for any length of time, (b) are classified as capable of some work by the new medical assessment for incapacity benefit claimants and (c) require other adjustments to working conditions to enable them to work.

(22310)

284	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the timetable he has set for implementation of the proposed housing benefit cap and the proposed 30th percentile calculation change.
	(22320)

285	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many rooms in houses defined as shared for the purposes of the shared room rate of local housing allowance were available to rent in each broad rental market area in Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(22321)

286	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the welfare budget his Department spent on (a) housing benefit and (b) the state retirement pension in each of the last five years.
	(22322)

287	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the merits of rent controls as a method of reducing expenditure on housing benefit.
	(22323)

288 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of tenants in the privately rented sector who receive housing benefit.
	(21740)

289 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to create a new form of National Insurance credit to assist stay-at-home parents who would have otherwise qualified for national insurance credits whilst receiving child benefit.
	(21684)

290	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend entitlement to statutory sick pay to employees who are on a phased return to work.
	(22464)

291	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has assessed the merits of drafting a single form for the application of all medical condition-related benefits.
	(22465)

292	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what criteria the objective assessment of disability living allowance applications is made; and how that assessment differs from his Department's previously proposed medical assessments for that allowance.
	(22466)

293

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken of the (a) duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, (b) disability equality duty under the Equality Act 2010 and (c) implementation of Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's programmes to assist disabled people in employment are compliant with that legislation.

(22467)

294	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the findings were of the equalities impact assessment on the proposed changes to housing benefit; and how many recipients of housing benefit are (a) black or ethnic minority people, (b) single mothers with children, (c) working mothers with children and (d) two parent families with children.
	(22248)

295	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used to make the assessment of a low hazard business in respect of health and safety.
	(22346)

296	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on health and safety standards of the implementation of proposals to combine the roles of food safety and health and safety inspectors in local authorities.
	(22347)

297	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions the Health and Safety Executive brought against employers in cases of failure to manage high temperatures in the workplace in 2009.
	(22348)

298	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of trade union safety representatives to the maintenance of health and safety standards in the workplace.
	(22349)

299	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulatons govern the work of veterinary surgeons in (a) pig and poultry abattoirs and (b) meat-cutting plants.
	(22458)

300	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues on the application of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to veterinary surgeons working in (a) pig and poultry abattoirs and (b) meat cutting plants.
	(22497)

301 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment his Department prepared prior to the decision to transfer direct control of council tax benefit to local authorities.
	(21733)

302 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he had with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities prior to his decision to transfer direct control of council tax benefit to local authorities.
	(21734)

303	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were (a) made and (b) approved in respect of grants under the Access to Work scheme in 2009-10; and what the monetary value was of such grants made (i) in 2009-10 and (ii) in the period from 1 April to 31 September 2010.
	(22314)

304	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings likely to be made by restrictions on grants under the Access to Work scheme in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(22315)

305	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on disabled people seeking employment of recent changes to the operation of the Access to Work scheme.
	(22316)

306	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when changes to be proposed to the Access to Work scheme were agreed; and what consultation his Department undertook with (a) users, (b) businesses and (c) disability groups on those proposed changes.
	(22394)

307	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equipment his Department (a) classifies as standard provision and (b) expects employers to fund under the Access to Work scheme since 1st October 2010.
	(22395)

308	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what internal guidance his Department is using on the operation from 1 October 2010 of the Access to Work scheme.
	(22396)

309 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the National Benefit Fraud Hotline received in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those calls were referred to (a) the Fraud Investigation Service and (b) Customer Compliance each year.
	(22080)

310 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what rate he intends to increase the thresholds for the guaranteed credit and savings credit elements of pension credit after April 2011; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of such increases on the level of pension credit relative to the basic state pension in the next four years.
	(21835)

311	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received the winter fuel allowance at each rate in each constituency in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
	(22381)

312	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many winter fuel allowance payments were made to UK citizens resident in other European countries in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the total monetary value was of such payments.
	(22385)

313	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) adults and (b) young people in each constituency have been unemployed for over 12 months.
	(22386)

Questions to the Attorney General

314	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to increase the proportion of prosecutions of those engaged in human trafficking which result in conviction.
	[Transferred] (22378)

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

315	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the funding allocated to broadband programmes in the Comprehensive Spending Review will be spent on programmes located in Redditch constituency.
	[Transferred] (22234)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

316	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there have been in the net level of migration since May 2010.
	[Transferred] (22392)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

317	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what tax is levied on (a) BT and (b) other companies in respect of the laying of fibre optic cables.
	[Transferred] (22309)

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

318 N	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if she will make a statement.
	[Question Unstarred] (21659)

319 N	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review on her Department's budget for flood defences in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	[Question Unstarred] (21642)

320 N	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the likely effects of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the funding available to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
	[Question Unstarred] (21663)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

321	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals for the UK to opt in to the EU Directive on Human Trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (22374)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

322	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with representatives of the liquid petroleum gas industry the contribution of liquid petroluem gas as a road fuel to meeting the Government's air quality targets.
	[Transferred] (22344)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

323	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of housing benefit in each constituency in the last 12 months; and what the monetary value of the average weekly award was.
	[Transferred] (22368)

324	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons in receipt of housing benefit in each (a) region and (b) constituency are above retirement age.
	[Transferred] (22413)


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