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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 November 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 November 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 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 Wednesday 10 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General
1
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officer's Departments spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23404)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of young people resident in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency who have entered higher education since 2000.
(23236)
3
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposed changes to higher education funding on the viability of individual higher education institutions.
(23276)
4
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on skills training of his proposed changes to higher education funding; and what statistical evidence he evaluated in making that assessment.
(23375)
5
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposed changes to student funding arrangements on the ability of graduates to take on further loans incur on leaving university.
(23406)
6
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on differentials between remuneration of graduates and non-graduates.
(23410)
7
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average (a) student debt and (b) repayment period for student loans following the implementation of his proposed changes to student funding.
(23411)
8
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual average cost of tuition for an undergraduate student at a state-funded university was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of the cost of such tuition was funded by (a) his Department and (b) the student.
(23412)
9
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect on the labour market of his proposed changes to higher education funding.
(23474)
10
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the future of (a) reserves and (b) capital projects in higher education institutions funded from the public purse following his proposed changes to funding arrangements for higher education.
(23475)
11
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the space industry.
(23294)
12
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed by the Skills Funding Agency specifically to work on communications and campaigns; and what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the Agency on this level of staffing.
(22733)
13
N 		Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who the (a) Chief Executive and (b) Chairman of the National Apprenticeship Service is; how long each has been in post; how much each is paid, including any pension contributions from the employer; and in which publications and on which websites each post was advertised when it was last vacant.
(22734)
14
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23401)
15
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Office of Fair Trading plans to consult on its revised debt management guidance in the light of the outcome of its recent compliance review.
(23180)
16
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make assistance available for businesses in the same sector as each of his proposed innovation centres which are not located in the same region as the centre.
(23225)
17
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what locations (a) have been identified and (b) are being considered as locations for his proposed innovation centres.
(23226)
18
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date he expects each of his proposed innovation centres to be (a) built and (b) in operation.
(23227)
19
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has assessed the likely requirement for non-EU nationals to work in his proposed innovation centres.
(23239)
20
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for his proposed innovation centres to engage with (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges.
(23240)
21
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there will be a duty on his proposed innovation centres to undertake community outreach work.
(23241)
22
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what powers and responsibilities the Technology Strategy Board will have in relation to his proposed innovation centres.
(23242)
23
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to consult (a) universities and (b) businesses on the location of his proposed new innovation centres.
(23243)
24
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding each university received from (a) the public purse and (b) tuition fees in the latest period for which figures are available.
(23311)
25
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of funding for universities he expects to be drawn from the proceeds of tuition fees in each of the next three years.
(23312)
26
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the public purse he plans to allocate to universities in each of the next three years.
(23313)
27
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to businesses who wish to form regional advocacy bodies for the tourist industry.
(23357)
28
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason his Department did not proceed with the bid for a local enterprise partnership submitted by Torbay, Devon and Plymouth local authorities.
(23364)
29
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason bids for local enterprise partnerships require approval by the Secretary of State.
(23365)
30
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the (i) level of online copyright infringement in the UK and (ii) potential effect on such infringement of the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
(23366)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
31
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken a recent value for money assessment of its participation in the Civil Service Live event.
(23275)
32
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate has he made of the average cost to the public purse of a day worked by a civil servant.
(23278)
33
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues, (b) senior civil servants and (c) others, on the future of the Civil Service Live event.
(23281)
34
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role Civil Service Live plays in his Department's most recent business plan.
(23282)
35
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the proposed Civil Service Live event in July 2011.
(23283)
36
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits to the public of the Civil Service Live event in each year since its inception.
(23284)
37
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the future of his Department's support for the Civil Service Live event; and what budget he plans to allocate to it in each of the next three years.
(23285)
38
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the travel and accommodation expenses paid from the public purse in respect of the Civil Service Live event in each year since its inception.
(23286)
39
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what speakers there have been at each Civil Service Live event since its inception; and how much was paid in fees and expenses to such speakers in respect of each such event.
(23287)
40
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many external consultancies or contractors his Department has engaged in connection with the Civil Service Live event in each year since its inception; and what the (a) average and (b) highest daily rate of pay in this period was in each such year.
(23334)
41
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much income his Department has received from (a) private advertising and (b) other non-Government sources in respect of the Civil Service Live event in each year since its inception; and how much it expects to receive from such sources in respect of the 2011 event.
(23335)
42
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in his Department worked (a) full-time and (b) part-time in producing the Civil Service Live event in the latest period for which figures are available.
(23336)
43
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on marketing and communications in respect of the Civil Service Live event in each year since its inception.
(23337)
44
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse of the Civil Service Live event has been in each year since its inception.
(23338)
45
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has paid (a) Dods and (b) other third parties to organise and host the Civil Service Live event in each year since its inception.
(23339)
46
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have attended each Civil Service Live event since its inception.
(23340)
47
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23389)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
48
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the difference between the estimate of the surplus of the National Insurance Fund published by the Government Actuary's Department in January 2010 and the National Insurance Fund balance invested, as recorded by the Debt Management Office.
(23463)
49
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals for sector-specific regulation of retail foreign currency exchange services.
(23237)
50
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business people he has appointed to advise his Department who own or operate companies with annual turnovers of less than (a) £100 million, (b) £50 million, (c) £25 million and (d) £5 million.
(23195)
51
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the relationship between university enrolment and economic productivity.
(23291)
52
N 		Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on extending National Insurance exemptions on new jobs to areas of the South East which have low levels of employment and high levels of social deprivation.
(23108)
53
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he changed the proposed £20 billion threshold for the bank levy to a £20 billion allowance.
(23350)
54
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the Exchequer of his decision to implement the bank levy on the basis of a £20 billion (a) threshold and (b) allowance.
(23351)
55
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08.
(23499)
56
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) meetings he has had with representatives of Caribbean communities about the proposed changes to air passenger duty.
(23321)
57
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely level of revenue which will accrue from the implementation of the proposed changes to air passenger duty for flights to the Caribbean.
(23322)
58
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the implementation of the proposed changes to air passenger duty on the annual number of (a) passengers travelling and (b) trips taken to the Caribbean from the UK.
(23323)
59
N 		Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he plans to have with the European Commission on the reintroduction of the Northern Ireland Aggregates Levy Credit Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(23129)
60
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to renegotiate value added tax agreements with the Isle of Man.
(23363)
61
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households were means-tested for tax credit eligibility in 2009-10; and what the cost to HM Revenue and Customs was of such testing.
(23367)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
62
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23403)
63
Joseph Johnson (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to designate areas of special residential character designated by the London Borough of Bromley as special areas of conservation.
(23177)
64
Joseph Johnson (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent repeat applications for planning development in cases where the first attempt has been rejected by the local council.
(23178)
65
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects local authorities to be authorised to proceed with tax increment financing schemes; and what mechanisms he plans to put in place to co-ordinate such financing with capital funding for projects from the Department for Transport.
(23506)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
66
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many employees of UK Sport will be responsible for the promotion of (a) elite and (b) grassroots sport following its merger with Sport England.
(23417)
67
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what functions of UK Sport and Sport England are to be merged.
(23418)
68
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what mechanisms UK Sport will have a place to promote the interests of elite athletes in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland following its merger with Sport England.
(23419)
69
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether UK Sport will have separate budgets for the promotion of (a) elite and (b) grassroots sport following its merger with Sport England; and if he will make a statement.
(23420)
70
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the organisational structure of UK Sport will be following its merger with Sport England; and what elements of the structure will have responsibility for (a) elite and (b) grassroots sport.
(23421)
71
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the composition of the boards of (a) UK Sport and (b) Sport England following their merger.
(23422)
72
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he expects any redundancies to result from the merger between UK Sport and Sport England.
(23423)
73
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what arrangements UK Sport plans to make following its merger with Sport England to promote the interests of elite athletes in the Isle of Man who compete as UK athletes in international events.
(23445)
74
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23390)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
75
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on repairs to HMS Astute; and when it is likely to become operational.
(23290)
76
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23391)
77
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on his Department's airfields of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
(23205)
78
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the role of the Royal Air Force in Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaisance in support of operations in Afghanistan following his decision not to bring the Nimrod MRA4 into service.
(23465)
79
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the development of remotely-piloted aircraft capability in the period from 2010 to 2015.
(23466)
80
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the effects on marine patrol aircraft capability of his decision not to bring the Nimrod MRA4 into service.
(23467)
81
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure data sharing between the NATO Maritime Force and the European Naval Force.
(23450)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
82
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on 2 November 2010, Official Report, column 772 on prisoners' right to vote, when he expects to announce the steps he plans to take to implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights.
(23230)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
83
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence he evaluated in his assessment of School Sport Partnerships.
(23354)
84
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many expressions of interest in the free schools scheme he has received from groups based in (a) Birmingham local education authority area and (b) Birmingham Hall Green constituency.
(23449)
85
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time spent in care by looked-after children was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(22736)
86
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children (a) were taken into care in each of the last five years, (b) were in care on the latest period for which figures are available and (c) had been in care for more than (i) three months, (ii) six months and (iii) a year in the latest period for which figures are available.
(22737)
87
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the children taken into care (a) in the latest period for which figures are avilable and (b) in each of the last five years had previously been in care on one or more occasions.
(22912)
88
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether disabled children will be classified as disadvantaged for the purposes of allocating free childcare for two-year-olds.
(23310)
89
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23398)
90
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people in Wimbledon constituency in receipt of education maintenance allowance.
(23181)
91
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the charity Chapel Street on its plans to establish free schools.
(23182)
92
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support his Department plans to allocate to the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom in the financial year (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(23356)
93
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the availability of affordable and accessible childcare for disabled children.
(23468)
94
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to ensure that schools are able to exercise maximum choice in the way in which they support vulnerable primary school pupils to improve reading and numeracy skills.
(23200)
95
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on attainment levels in reading and mathematics among the lowest achieving six and seven year olds of the Every Child a Reader programme; and if he will make a statement.
(23201)
96
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for consultation on replacement arrangements for the national commissioning framework.
(23297)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
97
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made in replacing the generating capacity of those nuclear power stations which are approaching the end of their working life; and if he will make a statement.
(23204)
98
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has undertaken into mechanisms to measure offshore wind speed.
(23293)
99
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each year since its creation.
(23399)
100
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Green Deal will be available to households in the private rented sector.
(23315)
101
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of implementing force-to-force security protection exercises at UK nuclear installations; and what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the effectiveness of such exercises at US civil and military nuclear facilities.
(23438)
102
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of physical protection measures at UK nuclear installations against attack from laser-guided anti-tank shoulder-fired weapons.
(23439)
103
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with his Russian counterpart the force-on-force security system tests on purpose-built dummy reactor buildings which Russian security forces have conducted using AT14 Kornet/Spriggen weapons.
(23440)
104
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he expects to be made towards cutting carbon dioxide emissions at the 2010 Climate Change Conference in Cancun.
(23206)
105
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the average (a) gas and (b) electricity bill in each nation and region of the UK.
(23369)
106
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to ensure that his proposed Green Deal assists those in fuel poverty.
(23442)
107
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the remit of his Department's review of fuel poverty will be; and when he expects it to report.
(23443)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
108
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23392)
109
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the likely effects on (a) water companies, (b) pump companies and (c) sub-contractors of the proposed transfer of private drains and sewers to private sewerage companies.
(23203)
110
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential market for a facility to store animal products that do not comply with EU import requirements.
(23280)
111
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live (a) horses, (b) asses, (c) mules and (d) hinnies have been (i) exported from and (ii) imported into the UK from (A) EU member states and (B) third countries in each of the last two years; and for what purposes these animals were exported and imported in each case.
(23318)
112
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she has issued to Ofwat on the effect of Exchequer rules on levy-funded subsidies on the proposals in the Walker Review in respect of charging and metering for water and sewerage services.
(23358)
113
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of a national social tariff for water bills with Exchequer rules on levy-funded subsidies.
(23359)
114
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism her Department has to assess the impartiality of Ofwat; and what the outcome was of the most recent assessment made by Ministers.
(23360)
115
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the merits of merging Ofwat with (a) Ofgem and (b) the Consumer Council for Water.
(23361)
116
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the merits of measures to encourage water-intensive industries to locate in areas less prone to water shortages.
(23362)
117
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of Ofwat against its objectives.
(23372)
118
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue guidance on social tariffs under section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
(23478)
119
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the remit is of Ofwat's assessment of the recommendations of the Walker Review of charging and metering for water and sewerage services.
(23505)
120
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the development of in-vessel composting for the recycling of organic material; and if she will make a statement.
(23503)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
121
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the African Union on the political situation in southern Sudan.
(23247)
122
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the EU on the political situation in southern Sudan.
(23248)
123
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UN on the political situation in southern Sudan.
(23249)
124
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iraq on the recent killing of Christians in that country; and what response he has received in respect of the safety of Christians and their freedom to worship in that country.
(23441)
125
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts on the environmental effects of holding plenary sessions of the European Parliament in Strasbourg; and if he will make a statement.
(23194)
126
N 		Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on (a) the actions of the Spanish authorities at the La Linea border crossing and (b) delays to UK- and Gibraltar-registered vehicles at that crossing.
(22232)
127
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals are in prison in (a) Jamaica, (b) Nigeria, (c) the Irish Republic, (d) Poland, (e) Vietnam, (f) Pakistan, (g) Somalia, (h) Romania, (i) China, (j) Lithuania, (k) another EU Member State and (l) another foreign country.
(23314)
128
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23393)
129
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in the British High Commission in Sri Lanka have had with the government of Sri Lanka on the (i) independence and (ii) credibility of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission.
(23452)
130
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in the British High Commission in Sri Lanka have had on the internment conditions of alleged ex-combatants; and if he will make a statement.
(23456)
131
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his foreign policy objectives are for the United Arab Emirates.
(23298)
132
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Yemen; and what his foreign policy objectives are for Northern Yemen.
(23299)
133
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to combat corruption in Afghanistan at (a) local and (b) national level.
(23300)
134
Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding was provided by his Department to the British Council in each year since 2005.
(23459)
135
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Nigeria on the situation of Christians in Jos Province.
(23307)
136
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the incidence of discrimination against Christians in Jos Province, Nigeria.
(23308)
137
N 		Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the policy of the Chinese government towards practitioners of Falun Gong.
(22913)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
138
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of diagnoses of cancer in the NHS of those aged 65 years and over; and what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between age and accuracy of cancer diagnoses.
(23231)
139
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for the delivery of NHS services of the proposed ban on age discrimination in such services set out in the NHS White Paper; and if he will make a statement.
(23232)
140
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the factors underlying the outcomes of cancer treatment in those aged 65 years and over; and if he will make a statement.
(23233)
141
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of the use of khat.
(22816)
142
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to health authorities on the use of pentosan polysulfate for the treatment of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease; and if he will make a statement.
(22818)
143
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of doses prescribed and (b) cost to the public purse of provision of pentosan polysulfate in each of the last five years.
(22819)
144
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether dentists are to be represented on (a) the National Commissioning Board and (b) the Public Health Board.
(23234)
145
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each financial year from 2000-01 to 2008-09.
(23498)
146
N 		Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to (a) attract and (b) retain good quality junior doctors in the NHS during the Spending Review period.
(22732)
147
N 		Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms will be put in place to ensure effective continuing training for doctors following the termination of primary care trusts.
(22738)
148
N 		Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of NHS (a) frontline staff and (b) junior doctors working in Bolton, Bolton West and Greater Manchester areas of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
(22739)
149
Joseph Johnson (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the closure of Accident and Emergency and maternity departments at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup does not prejudge the outcome of the reconfiguration programme, A Picture of Health.
(23176)
150
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received IVF treatment on the NHS in each year since 2000.
(23341)
151
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the success rate of births using IVF has been in each year since 2005.
(23476)
152
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of opticians and optometrists on the introduction in England of a scheme equivalent to the Primary Eyecare Acute Referral Scheme in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(23186)
153
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on (a) clinical outcomes, (b) value for money and (c) levels of patient satisfaction of introducing in England a scheme equivalent to the Primary Eyecare Acute Referral Scheme in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(23187)
154
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation regime for care home fees; and whether his Department has assessed the merit of imposing an upper limit to prevent excessive fees.
(23302)
155
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the standard of nutrition provided to diabetics in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
(23370)
156
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff grades will be of nurses assigned to the proposed 111 NHS system; and what assessment he has made of the efficacy of using staff at such grades.
(23371)
157
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people with diabetes are participating in (a) dose adjustment for normal eating, (b) diabetes education and self-management for newly-diagnosed and (c) other structured educational programmes in (i) Crawley constituency and (ii) nationally.
(23384)
158
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that death certificates reflect contributing factors in the death of people with (a) diabetes and (b) other long-term conditions.
(23385)
159
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on quality of patient treatment of discontinuation of Novo Mixtard 30 insulin.
(23251)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
160
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether proposed regulation of the next generation of speed cameras will be included in her legislative proposals for regulation of the use of CCTV.
(23289)
161
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is considering the classification of khat under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and if she will make a statement.
(22817)
162
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on the implications for public order of the use of khat.
(22820)
163
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23394)
164
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) made and (b) breached in the Criminal Justice System area covering the Peterborough City Council area in each year since 2005; and if she will make a statement.
(22914)
165
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and how many have subsequently been deported.
(23342)
166
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have absconded after receiving deportation notices since May 2010.
(23343)
167
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) applied for and (b) were refused UK citizenship who were resident in (i) Reading West constituency, (ii) Reading, (iii) Berkshire and (iv) the South East in each year since 2001.
(23496)
168
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents of (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading, (c) Berkshire and (d) the South East are awaiting the completion of legacy immigration cases.
(23501)
169
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of each item of guidance issued to retailers on the operation of the section 4 payment card.
(23425)
170
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether retailers participating in the section 4 payment card scheme receive a fee.
(23426)
171
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much credit is allocated to section 4 payment cards for individuals with children.
(23427)
172
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency records instances where individuals using the section 4 payment card have been refused service by participating retailers.
(23428)
173
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports of any technical difficulties in the operation of the section 4 payment card.
(23429)
174
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK Border Agency takes to (a) measure and (b) monitor levels of hardship among asylum seekers.
(23430)
175
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long on average section 4 payment cards have been used by asylum seekers prior to (a) return to country of origin and (b) grant of UK immigration status.
(23431)
176
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Section 4 payment cards are in use by people in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
(23479)
177
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which retailers participate in the Section 4 payment card scheme, and what plans the UK Border Agency has to extend the (a) number and (b) range of participating retailers.
(23480)
178
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance for transportation costs is available for people in receipt of Section 4 support.
(23481)
179
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much in unspent credit has been recovered from section 4 payment cards in each month since the scheme was introduced.
(23482)
180
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the operating costs for the Section 4 payment card scheme were in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(23483)
181
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what rate calls to the automated balance check telephone line for users of the Section 4 payment card are charged.
(23484)
182
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a multilingual option for users of the Section 4 payment card using the automated balance check telephone line.
(23485)
183
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency operates a helpline for participating retailers on the operation of the Section 4 payment card.
(23486)
184
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what emergency facilities are available for users of the Section 4 payment card whose weekly resources have been exceeded.
(23487)
185
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the merits of increasing the weekly carry-over limit for the Section 4 payment card.
(23488)
186
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether retailers are able to credit a Section 4 payment card where a user has returned a purchased item.
(23489)
187
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the merits of extending the Section 4 payment card scheme to include charity shops.
(23490)
188
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Section 4 payment cards have been reported (a) lost or stolen or (b) used without authorisation in each month since the introduction of the scheme.
(23491)
189
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes were made to the Section 4 payment card scheme as a consequence of its trial in Scotland.
(23492)
190
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget advice is provided to individuals using Section 4 payment cards; in what language this advice is available; and if she will place in the Library a copy of such guidance.
(23493)
191
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency has received reports of restrictions which retailers have placed on the purchase of certain items by users of Section 4 payment cards.
(23494)
Questions to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission
192
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the (a) capital and (b) rental value of the accommodation owned by the House Service at (i) 2 Parliament Street, (ii) 3 Parliament Street, (iii) 2a Canon Row, (iv) 2b Canon Row, (v) 4 Canon Row, (vi) 102 Rochester Row and (vii) 22 John Islip Street.
(23409)
193
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the running costs of each of the residences provided for officials of the House of Commons Service were in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(23460)
194
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many nights the accommodation in (a) 2 Parliament Street, (b) 3 Parliament Street, (c) 2a Canon Row, (d) 2b Canon Row, (e) 4 Canon Row, (f) 102 Rochester Row and (g) 22 John Islip Street was used in each of the last five years; and by whom.
(23461)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
195
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's long-term strategy is to support Southern Sudan's progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
(23235)
196
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the African Union on the humanitarian situation in southern Sudan.
(23244)
197
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UN on the humanitarian situation in southern Sudan.
(23245)
198
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the EU on the humanitarian situation in southern Sudan.
(23246)
199
N 		Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking in conflict-affected countries to (a) reduce the drop-out rate from and (b) increase access to education for girls.
(22815)
200
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08.
(23500)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
201
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to increase the number of sentencing options available in magistrates' courts where the offender is a youth with no previous convictions and pleads guilty.
(23383)
202
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sanctions are in place for young offenders who fail to comply with the conditions of a youth offending team's rehabilitation plan following a final warning.
(23453)
203
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youths charged with each type of offence have been issued with more than one final warning in each of the last five years.
(23454)
204
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to include representatives of all relevant trade unions in his consultation on the future of the Land Registry.
(23352)
205
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he has set for his Department's consultation on the future of the Land Registry.
(23353)
206
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remand prisoners (a) were in prison on 6 May 2010 and (b) voted in elections on that day.
(22735)
207
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23402)
208
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the consultation on the provision of court services in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and Wiltshire.
(23295)
209
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce a court or tribunal for the purpose of hearing cases relating to benefit fraud.
(23179)
210
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was raised through the victims' surcharge in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(22740)
211
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had any recent discussions on transferring to the National Assembly for Wales responsibility for the Probation Service in Wales.
(23228)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
212
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23395)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
213
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23396)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
214
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have participated in the Bikeability scheme in each year since 2007.
(23376)
215
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he undertook before he decided to abolish Cycling England.
(23413)
216
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Cycling England in promoting sustainable travel initiatives; and if he will make a statement.
(23414)
217
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of cycling in each cycling city and town in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(23415)
218
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the work of Cycling England.
(23416)
219
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the public ownership of each trust port.
(23277)
220
N 		Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the operation of the Blue Badge scheme for parking concessions.
(22233)
221
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend the (a) role and (b) responsibilities of the Office of Traffic Commissioners.
(23279)
222
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of Bus Service Operators Grant in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(23373)
223
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the rate of payment of Bus Service Operators Grant in the first year of the new arrangements for the grant.
(23374)
224
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in funding for local authorities on the provision of concessionary transport fares.
(23386)
225
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from Bus Service Operators Grant was paid to operators in (a) London, (b) rural areas, (c) small towns, (d) non-metropolitan urban areas and (e) metropolitan areas with an integrated transport authority in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
(23387)
226
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to differentiate the levels of Bus Service Operator Grant according to (a) fuel consumption and (b) standard of equipment provided by bus operators.
(23424)
227
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding will be paid from Bus Service Operators Grant to operators of local bus services and coach services in 2010-11.
(23462)
228
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of progress in the development of the Northern Hub.
(23464)
229
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each year since its creation.
(23400)
230
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to make capacity on the proposed high speed rail network available to railfreight.
(23184)
231
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce revised plans for (a) Thameslink and (b) the Thameslink through platforms at London Bridge.
(23185)
232
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what future plans he has for the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation.
(23208)
233
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission research into the stability of roll-on roll-off ferries.
(23448)
234
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills the promotion of commercial on-shore and commercial seafaring careers.
(23451)
235
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals for additional measures to ensure that shipping companies enforce passenger manifest requirements.
(23455)
236
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a national action plan for responding to major pollution incidents within UK territorial waters.
(23457)
237
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he plans to allocate to Crossrail in each year of the Spending Review period.
(22821)
238
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's budget he plans to allocate to Crossrail in each year of the Spending Review period; and what proportion of that budget has been allocated to Crossrail in each year since the inception of that project.
(22822)
239
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of schemes in the supported (a) development and (b) pre-qualification pool for major schemes; and what his Department's budget is for major schemes for (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each of the three subsequent years.
(22823)
240
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department allocated in grant to Transport for London (TFL) for 2010-11 (a) prior to and (b) after his Department's in-year spending reductions; and what such funding his Department plans to allocate (i) in general grant, (ii) to Crossrail, (iii) to Metronet and (iv) under each other grant flow to TFL in each of the next three years.
(22824)
241
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the AA, (b) the RAC Foundation and (c) other motoring organisations on the appropriate weight limits for alloy wheels fitted to vehicles on UK roads; and if he will make a statement.
(23348)
242
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on defective alloy wheel imports; and if he will make a statement.
(23349)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
243
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23397)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
244
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each year since its creation.
(23405)
245
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much was spent under each budgetary heading on the eight regional road shows during the Equalities Bill consultation; and how many staff of the Government Equalities Office (a) attended and (b) were otherwise involved in work relating to the road shows.
(23229)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
246
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to Access to Work advisers in the last 12 months; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such item of guidance.
(23319)
247
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of direct payment of housing benefit to private landlords.
(23332)
248
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated to the Access to Work scheme in 2010-11; and how much he plans to allocate to the scheme in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(23333)
249
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in each (a) region and (b) local authority area have taken part in the Future Jobs Fund programme in each of the last six months.
(23202)
250
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what programmes his Department and its agencies have to reduce the number of working days lost through sickness and absence.
(23407)
251
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of (a) sickness and (b) absence was in offices in each region operated by his Department and its agencies in the latest period for which figures are available.
(23408)
252
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account his proposed restriction on the payment of jobseekers' allowance will take of the number of job vacancies at local level.
(23507)
253
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Safety Executive Hidden Killer campaign in raising awareness among construction workers about the risk of being exposed to asbestos.
(23238)
254
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated for (a) sign language interpreters, (b) palantypists, (c) office adjustments and (d) other support for people with hearing impairment through the Access to Work scheme in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
(23316)
255
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with hearing impairment participated in the Access to Work scheme in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
(23317)
256
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in (a) absolute poverty, (b) relative poverty and (c) combined material deprivation and low income in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency.
(23446)
257
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency applied for and were refused employment and support allowance in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
(23447)
258
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on families with disabled children of changes to eligibility rules for working tax credits; and if he will make a statement.
(23309)
259
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the proportion of people claiming jobseeker's allowance who do not have access to a car.
(23320)
260
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
(23388)
261
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on disabled people of the proposed rise in the state pension age; what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who will be affected; and if he will make a statement.
(23344)
262
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people will no longer receive contributory employment and support allowance (ESA) annually as a result of his decision to limit to one year the period for which contributory ESA may be paid.
(23345)
263
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of council tax benefit claimants are disabled people; what assessment his Department has made of the effect on disabled people of the proposed reduction in council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.
(23346)
264
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of disability-related benefits do not receive disability living allowance.
(23347)
265
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of state pension provision in each year from 2009-10 to 2020-21; what proportion of this cost is attributable to each category of state pension provision in each such year; and if he will make a statement.
(23303)
266
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of winter fuel payments in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of that cost attributable to those (i) under the age of 65, (ii) between 65 and 70, (iii) between 70 and 75 and (iv) over the age of 75.
(23304)
267
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the funding he plans to provide to local authorities for the distribution of council tax rebate will be ring-fenced.
(23458)
268
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in housing benefit to individuals in the St Albans District Council area in each year from 1996-97 to 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
(23301)
269
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming contributory employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group; and how many of those cited a mental health condition as their primary reason for claiming.
(23305)
270
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming contributory employment and support allowance; and how many of those cited a mental health condition as their primary reason for claiming.
(23306)
271
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he estimates will claim (a) employment and support allowance (ESA) and (b) contributory ESA in 2014 who (i) will cite mental health issues as the primary reason for claiming and (ii) will previously have claimed incapacity benefit.
(23495)
272
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on extending maternity allowance to adoptive parents; and if he will make a statement.
(23207)
273
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the contents of the proposed Welfare Reform White Paper were disclosed to press outlets prior to any announcement to hon. Members.
(23368)
274
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on households with disabled residents of changes to the rate of mortgage interest support.
(23477)
275
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in transferring clients of the Child Support Agency under the pre-2002 scheme to the current scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(23497)
276
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the qualifying criteria for payment of funeral payment grant.
(23432)
277
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many funeral payment grants have been made in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland over the last three years.
(23433)
278
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for funeral payment grants have been refused in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland over the last three years; and how many such refusals were appealed against.
(23434)
279
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount awarded to individuals receiving the funeral payment grant was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(23435)
280
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse of the funeral payment grant scheme has been in each of the last three years.
(23436)
281
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many funeral payment grants have subsequently been recovered from the estate of the deceased by his Department in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the monetary value of such sums recovered was.
(23437)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
282
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the properties owned by One NorthEast after its closure.
[Transferred] (23355)
283
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of school leavers in Wimbledon constituency in (a) 2005, (b) 2007 and (c) 2010 who did not subsequently enter higher education.
[Transferred] (23183)
284
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the funding for broadband announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review will be spent on programmes in Wirral West constituency.
[Transferred] (23469)
285
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support access for UK technology companies to new markets in (a) India and (b) China; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (23502)
286
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to roll out broadband availability to rural areas following the pilots in the three trial areas; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (23250)
287
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the funding the Green Investment Bank will attract in the next five years.
[Transferred] (23444)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
288
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to assist the government of Yemen to strengthen its capabilities against militants.
[Transferred] (23288)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
289
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Justice Minister on the resources required by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2011-12 to counter security threats.
[Question Unstarred] (22155)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
290
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on effective criteria for assessing the environmental effects of transporting goods.
[Transferred] (23292)
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