Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 2 December 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 2 December 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 2 December 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 2 December 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 2 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

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

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28348)

2	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the Law Officers' Departments' expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28389)

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

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28495)

4	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of each publication published by each higher education institution governing body bringing to the attention of students those matters listed in sections 22(4)(b) and 22(4)(c) of the Education Act 1994.
	(28338)

5	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of each code of practice published by each higher education institution governing body in accordance with sections 22(3)(b) of the Education Act 1994 since the implementation of that Act.
	(28339)

6	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to make (a) student unions and (b) external organisations affiliated to student unions subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(28618)

7	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Communication Workers Union on the future of Royal Mail.
	(28330)

8	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the establishment of a local enterprise partnership for Nottinghamshire.
	(28422)

9	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) process and (b) timetable is for bids to the Regional Growth Fund; and who is entitled to make such bids.
	(28425)

10	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will provide (a) cash and (b) other incentives to businesses to employ jobseekers who formerly claimed incapacity benefit.
	(28416)

11	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency attended university in each of the last three years.
	(28442)

12	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many higher education institutions have received financial penalties for over-recruitment in the last academic year.
	(28443)

13	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an estimate of the number of part-time degree entrants at (a) the Open University and (b) other higher education institutions in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(28444)

14	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he has set for the ratification by Parliament of the provisions of the EU-Andean (Peru and Columbia) Free Trade Agreement.
	(28459)

15	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28349)

16	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessor on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28390)

17	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will meet a delegation of students from Northern Ireland to discuss the implications for them of his proposals to increase tuition fees in England and Wales before his proposals are put to the House for agreement.
	(28664)

18	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with representatives of students since his announcement of a proposed increase in tuition fees.
	(28670)

19	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from other EU member states studied at universities in the UK in each of the last five years.
	(28669)

20	Joseph Johnson (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to privatise the Overseas Market Introduction Service within UK Trade and Investment.
	(28508)

21	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each region were in higher education in each year from January 2005 to January 2010.
	(28509)

22	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Haslingden and (b) Hyndburn were in higher education in each year from January 2005 to January 2010.
	(28662)

23	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial assistance is available to (a) individuals and (b) community groups in rural areas who wish to be connected to broadband services.
	(28315)

24	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proposals to improve access to affordable credit he has considered.
	(28316)

25	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of any redundancy following the transfer of functions of (a) the Consumer Affairs branch of the Office of Fair Trading and (b) Consumer Direct.
	(28318)

26	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget was of (a) Consumer Direct and (b) the Consumer Affairs branch of the Office of Fair Trading in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(28320)

27	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the level of access to broadband in Wales; and what steps his Department is taking to increase that level.
	(28322)

28	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Post Office on the integration of credit unions into Post Office branches.
	(28323)

29 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many pupils eligible for free school meals took up a place at each university in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.
	(28176)

30	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) the Natural Environment Research Council have incurred to date on the procurement of the Natural Environment Research Council's new research vessel.
	(28398)

31	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration the Natural Environment Research Council gave to outsourcing research functions before deciding to procure a new research vessel.
	(28399)

32	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the construction costs of Natural Environment Research Council's new research vessel will be paid to UK companies.
	(28401)

33	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated cost of the Natural Environment Research Council's new research vessel was at the time the decision to procure was made.
	(28402)

34	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the costs of procuring the new Natural Environment Research Council's research vessel have risen from £55 million in 2009 to £75 million; for what reasons this increase has been accepted by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(28403)

35	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the purchase cost was of the Natural Environment Research Council's vessel, RSS Discovery.
	(28404)

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the Natural Environment Research Council contracted Skiptesknik to design its new research vessel; what account was taken of Skiptesknik's performance in its work on the National Environment Research Council research vessel, James Cook, in making this decision; and if he will make a statement.

(28405)

37	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration the Natural Environment Research Council gave to utilising private sector capability for scientific data acquisition when taking the decision to proceed with the procurement of its new research vessel.
	(28406)

38	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many agency workers his Department and its agencies employ at each pay grade.
	(28501)

39 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the Regional Development Agency assets he expects to be managed by (a) his Department and (b) the Department of Communities and Local Government under the proposals in paragraph 2.44 of the Local Growth White Paper.
	(28172)

40
N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of (a) freehold land and property assets and (b) business and technology-related assets held by (i) Advantage West Midlands, (ii) the East of England Development Agency, (iii) the East Midlands Development Agency, (iv) the North West Development Agency, (v) One North-East, (vi) the South East England Development Agency, (vii) the South West England Development Agency and (viii) Yorkshire Forward.

(28173)

41	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28557)

42 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of expenditure from the public purse on biomedical research relating to myalgic encephalomyelitis in each of the last 10 years.
	(28078)

43 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve access to advice for new businesses.
	(27289)

44 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of his Department's provision of support for business start-ups in the Bradford area.
	(27290)

45 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a response to his faxed letter of 9 November 2010 to the Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company regarding a constituent; and for what reasons no acknowledgement was sent.
	(27944)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

46	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 24 November, Official Report, column 254, on consultancy, what safeguards are in place to avoid any conflict of interest arising in the award of contracts; and if he will make a statement.
	(28644)

47	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend the duration of his Department's transition fund for charities, groups and social enterprises.
	(28415)

48 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow East constituency in each of the last five years.
	(27771)

49	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences by (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) his Department.
	(28368)

50	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of (a) his Department and (b) the Prime Minister's Office on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28388)

51	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of likely providers of the National Citizenship Service in (a) the Black Country and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.
	(28311)

52	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has received any applications for providers of the National Citizenship Service from organisations based in (a) the Black Country and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.
	(28336)

53	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to work with charities to ensure the effective deployment of volunteers.
	(28619)

54	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working in the private office of (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the ministerial head of his Department in each of the last five years.
	(28572)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

55	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals his Department has to reduce the administrative burden in respect of the Gift Aid scheme.
	(28624)

56	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the administration costs of implementing the changes to child benefit entitlement announced in the 2010 Spending Review.
	(28451)

57 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow East constituency in each of the next five years.
	(27772)

58	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value for money assessment he has undertaken of the UK's contribution to EU spending in each of the last three years.
	(28676)

59	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2010, Official Report, column 363W, on energy: subsidies, if he will take steps through bilateral contacts to encourage his G20 counterparts to implement national commitments to reduce fossil fuel subsidies.
	(28461)

60	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28356)

61	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers presented to Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28381)

62	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in establishing the Consumer Protection and Markets Authority.
	(28317)

63	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the budget of the Consumer Protection and Markets Authority during its first full year of operation.
	(28319)

64	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision HM Revenue and Customs make for those in rural areas who are required to enter their tax returns online and who do not have broadband access.
	(28321)

65 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to encourage local private finance initiative providers to renegotiate the terms of their contracts with local public bodies for the purpose of taking into account the effects on them of changes in the economic situation since those contracts were first negotiated.
	(28246)

66	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the qualifying number of hours which a person must work in order to receive working tax credits.
	(28626)

67	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to assess an entitlement to the additional element of working tax credit on account of disability by means other than receipt of disability living allowance.
	(28628)

68	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on the effects of the financial assistance package for Ireland on (a) the Northern Ireland economy and (b) financial institutions operating in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
	(28629)

69	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to revise the level of fees paid under money laundering regulations to reflect the number of clients of those charged such fees; and if he will make a statement.
	(28630)

70	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's private office in each of the last five years.
	(28573)

71	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) revenue accruing to the Exchequer from and (b) contribution to gross domestic product made by the coppiced sweet chestnut industry in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009.
	(28429)

Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners

72	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent representations he has received on the work of the Church of England in rural parishes; and if he will make a statement.
	(28453)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

73 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Fire Futures Review to conclude; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that review.
	(27958)

74 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding from central Government grants was allocated to each Fire Service in each of the last five years; and how much such funding he plans to allocate in each year of the Spending Review period.
	(28085)

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28493)

76	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Fire Brigades Union on the likely effect on fire services of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(28329)

77	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on fire services of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(28409)

78	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that residential homes give adequate consideration to granting requests from residents to take their pets into homes.
	(28394)

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average rent for social housing in Bolton as a proportion of local market rents in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the average rent for social housing in England as a proportion of market rents in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28450)

80	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on local authorities of funding personal land charge searches through general council tax revenues rather than payments by the service user.
	(28397)

81	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28350)

82	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessors on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28387)

83	Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the High Court ruling on regional housing targets on his Department's instruction to councils that they should no longer take account of such targets when considering individual planning applications.
	(28302)

84	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who are homeless in Milton Keynes.
	(28641)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2010, Official Report, column 888W, on insulation: housing, what monitoring he plans to undertake to assess whether his expectation that home insulation measures will continue to play a central role under the Government's new Green Deal programme is met.

(28663)

86	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working in the private office of the Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
	(28571)

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

87	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of local authority funding reductions on arts organisations based in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council area.
	(28343)

88 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the British Film Institute on its responsibilities for development and promotion of UK films in respect of UK-written and produced films in (a) indigenous and (b) non-indigenous UK languages.
	(28083)

89 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the likely effects of the reduction in the budget for the Arts Council on the delivery of legacy projects associated with the 2008 European Capital of Culture in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement.
	(28245)

90	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28351)

91	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28386)

92	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the implementation of the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010 on the regulation by colleges of student access to the internet.
	(28632)

93	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to issue guidance to further education colleges on their classification as (a) an internet service provider, (b) a subscriber and (c) a communications provider under the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
	(28633)

94	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) further education colleges, (b) universities and (c) public libraries of implementing the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
	(28634)

95	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department's Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme is available to higher education graduates from further education colleges.
	(28312)

96	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many agency workers his Department and its agencies employ at each pay grade.
	(28502)

97	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within the Secretary of State's private office in each of the last five years.
	(28570)

98	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with transport operators on travel from elsewhere in the UK to London for (a) those volunteering, (b) adults with paid tickets and (c) schoolchildren with donated tickets to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
	(28605)

99	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities and others on accommodation for those from elsewhere in the UK in London who are (a) volunteering, (b) adults with paid tickets and (c) schoolchildren with donated tickets to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
	(28606)

100 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(26158)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

101

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28490)

102 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to consult the National Defence Medal Campaign as part of its forthcoming review of the rules governing the awarding of medals.
	(27946)

103	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has not compensated nuclear test veterans for the adverse effects on their health arising from their participation in nuclear tests.
	(28427)

104	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings (a) he, (b) his predecessors and (c) his officials have had with representatives of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association in the last three years.
	(28457)

105	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take in response to the order of the chairman of the War Pensions Tribunal to disclose confidential documents relating to UK atomic tests.
	(28660)

106	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28352)

107	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28385)

108	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the multi-agency response to a fictitious scenario planned for the US base at RAF Welford will take place; and what agencies will be involved.
	(28505)

109	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what powers the unarmed guards assigned to duties at the US base at RAF Welford have.
	(28506)

110	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of the security enhancement to the US base at RAF Welford; and from which budget the expenditure was drawn.
	(28507)

111	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on his Department's operations in Afghanistan of compliance with President Karzai's decree on private security companies; what discussions he has had with his Afghan counterpart on the decree; and if he will make a statement.
	(28332)

112	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulations govern his Department's relationship with the private security contractors it employs in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(28333)

113	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on provision for the defence of the Falkland Islands of the use of the C130J aircraft as a replacement for the Nimrod MRA4; and if he will make a statement.
	(28335)

114

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of airborne intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance support for counter-terrorism purposes in respect of (a) offshore oil rigs, (b) the UK fishing fleet and (c) wind farms of the use of (i) Nimrod MRA4 aircraft and (ii) alternative methods; what assessment he has made of the capacity to provide such support following the cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4; and if he will make a statement.

(28410)

115	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he has made to provide search and rescue cover for (a) Typhoons and (b) F-35 Joint Strike Fighters refuelling over the ocean from the new Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft following the cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4; and if he will make a statement.
	(28411)

116	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he has made to (a) protect the carrier fleet, (b) provide strategic deterrent against submarines following the cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4; and if he will make a statement.
	(28412)

117	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of his Department's requirement for (a) maritime radar capability and (b) carrying of sonobuoys to fulfil search and rescue tasks; and if he will make a statement.
	(28413)

118	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account he took of the increased capacity of the Nimrod MRA4 in determining the future size of the Nimrod fleet; and if he will make a statement.
	(28414)

119	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated programme cost for the Nimrod MRA4 was on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(28482)

120 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for the treatment of seriously injured personnel in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(28234)

121 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department allocated for the treatment of seriously injured personnel in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(28235)

122 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on decompression in respect of (a) officials and (b) service personnel who have served in Afghanistan.
	(28236)

123 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits there were to the Afghan National Army in each month of 2009 and 2010.
	(28237)

124 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the Afghan National Army in each month of 2009 and 2010.
	(28238)

125	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions UK and Moroccan defence agencies have participated in joint exercises (a) bilaterally and (b) as members of collective security organisations since 1997.
	[R] (28438)

126	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future of the University Air Squadron Bursary; and if he will make a statement.
	(28480)

127	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28560)

128 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what documents relating to nuclear tests in 1957 and 1958 his Department holds but has not published.
	(26900)

129 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans who were present at UK nuclear test in 1957 and 1958 have successfully applied under the War Pension Scheme for (a) a pension and (b) other funds.
	(26901)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

130	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimate has his Department made of the number of owners of second homes who are registered as voters in more than one constituency.
	(28614)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

131

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28491)

132
N

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Dundee East of 11 October 2010, Official Report, colums 12-13W, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued to staff of his Department on the performance of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families in respect of (a) preparation of briefing, (b) preparation of speeches, (c) preparation of replies to official correspondence, (d) organisation of appointments and (e) conduct of meetings; and if he will make a statement.

(28081)

133	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he plans to allocate to the Discretionary Learner Support Fund in 2011-12.
	(28448)

134	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he plans to provide to schools, colleges and training organisations on levels of financial support to students through the Discretionary Learner Support Fund following the ending of the education maintenance allowance.
	(28449)

135 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many rural schools had unfilled teaching vacancies in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(27996)

136 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unfilled teaching vacancies at (a) primary and (b) secondary school level there were in (i) Cumbria and (ii) England in each year since 1979.
	(28076)

137 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools received a classification of outstanding in Ofsted reports in (a) each constituency in Cumbria, (b) the North West and (c) England in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(28077)

138	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made in establishing and appointing members of the Child Poverty Commission under the provisions of the Child Poverty Act 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(28301)

139	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28353)

140	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessors on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28384)

141

Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of activities delivered under the Aim Higher programme for young people from low-income backgrounds wishing to go to university in each year since 2004 under the programme; and how many activities he expects to be delivered in the academic year 2011-12 following the end of the Aim Higher programme.

(28594)

142	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to provide transitional funding in academic year 2011-12 for the period between the end of the Aim Higher programme and the introduction of the new access commitments by universities and the new National Scholarship Fund.
	(28597)

143	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2010, Official Report, columns 319-20W, on children in care, how many and what proportion of children who left care through adoption in the year ending on 31 March 2010 were not children looked-after under section 20 of the Children Act 1989.
	(28417)

144	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to use the expansion of Teach First to primary school level to increase the number of male teachers.
	(28421)

145	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what programmes his Department has in place to support gifted and talented children; and what funding has been allocated to each of these programmes in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(28447)

146	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people he expects to receive grants from the Discretionary Learner Support Fund in its first full year of operation.
	(28481)

147 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what allocation each school and college in Warrington North constituency will receive from the Discretionary Support Fund in the financial year 2011-12.
	(28087)

148	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils achieved three or more A grades at A level in each local education authority in England in each year between 2003 and 2010.
	(28643)

149	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28564)

150	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation his Department is undertaking on the future level of funding for sixth forms at maintained schools.
	(28611)

151 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority in each local education authority taught lessons in (i) social and emotional aspects of learning and (ii) the UK Resilience Programme in each of the last five years.
	(28086)

152 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department plans to allocate for the Discretionary Learner Support Fund in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2014 and (e) 2015.
	(27287)

153 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department plans to issue to schools on the allocation of the enhanced Discretionary Learner Support Fund.
	(27288)

154 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students normally resident in Bradford East constituency receive education maintenance allowance.
	(27291)

155 N	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what range of savings in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms his Department has asked Telford and Wrekin Council to model for its Building Schools for the Future programme.
	(28137)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

156

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28489)

157	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government has spent on research on a direct relationship between carbon dioxide emissions attributable to human activity and the average global temperature level in the last three years.
	(28441)

158	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many meetings the Geological Disposal Implementation Board for Radioactive Waste has held; what the current membership is of the board; and if he will post on his Department's website a copy of each paper presented to the board.
	(28635)

159	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contribution his Department made to the European Commission's European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative Implementation Plan.
	(28636)

160	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the UK Renewable Energy Strategy anticipates no contribution from deep geothermal energy; for what reason his Department has reduced the level of grant funding to the deep geothermal industry; what his policy is on deep geothermal heat and power; and if he will make a statement.
	(28426)

161	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to the merits of including energy from deep geothermal heat in (a) the Renewable Heat Incentive and (b) the Feed-in Tariff.
	(28469)

162	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to introduce exploration licensing legislation to facilitate geothermal heat and power projects.
	(28470)

163	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were made on energy subsidy reform at the G20 Seoul summit.
	(28471)

164	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent consideration he has given to the merits of referring the matter of the operation of the energy retail market to the Competition Commission.
	(28472)

165	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent request his Department has received for meetings with representatives of the deep geothermal energy industry; and what response was made.
	(28473)

166	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) funding and (b) other support his Department has provided to the EU-China Near Zero Emissions Coal project.
	(28474)

167	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to include the issue of global fossil fuel subsidy reform in the EU position for the Cancun climate change conference.
	(28475)

168	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28354)

169	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each year since its inception.
	(28383)

170	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial contributions his Department plans to make to Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
	(28484)

171	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind farms are (a) in operation and (b) in construction; and how many applications for wind farms are awaiting planning permission.
	(28463)

172	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines are in operation at each location in each local authority area.
	(28464)

173	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had on the availability of feed-in tariffs to community groups which are interested in setting up renewable energy projects.
	(28608)

174	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to encourage community groups to set up renewable energy projects.
	(28609)

175	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the administrative burden on those establishing community renewable energy projects.
	(28610)

176 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he made of the level of consumption of fluorocarbons attributable to the recharging of heat pumps (a) nationally and (b) on the Government estate in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(27949)

177 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2010, Official Report, column 648W, on renewable energy, what definition of the term hermetically-sealed he uses.
	(28075)

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

178

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of questions to her Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28488)

179	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken since her appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within her responsibility.
	(28355)

180	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the expenditure of her Department and its predecessors on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28382)

181	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that land sold from the Forestry Commission portfolio will be managed to UK Forestry standards and guidelines.
	(28420)

182	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to launch the public consultation on the sale of Forestry Commission land.
	(28476)

183	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) private and (b) civil society partners she has consulted in relation to proposed new ownership options for public forests.
	(28477)

184	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which (a) private and (b) civil society partners she plans to invite interest on new ownership options for public forests.
	(28478)

185	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to enable the Environment Agency to send out reminders for the renewal of rod licences.
	(28325)

186	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of progress in the (a) protection and (b) improvement of coarse and non-migratory trout fisheries.
	(28326)

187	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet the Chairman of the Angling Trust to discuss levels of participation in angling.
	(28327)

188	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many angling rod licences were sold in each of the last five years.
	(28328)

189	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much local authorities in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes spent on the maintenance of sewers in the latest period in which figures are available.
	(28462)

190	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects Exercise Watermark to (a) commence and (b) conclude.
	(28497)

191	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the implementation of recommendation 39 of the Pitt review.
	(28498)

192	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser on (i) the implementation of recommendation 39 of the Pitt review and (ii) Exercise Watermark.
	(28499)

193	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency workers her Department and its agencies employ at each pay grade.
	(28503)

194	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has discussed with the Scottish Executive (a) the future of the Forestry Commission Regional Advisory Committee for Scotland and (b) the role of the Forestry Commissioners in Scotland.
	(28300)

195	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received any request from the Scottish Executive to devolve to it the legislative power to (a) enable abolition of the Forestry Commission in Scotland and (b) delegate the powers of the Forestry Commissioners in Scotland.
	(28324)

196	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on overtime for staff working within her private office in each of the last five years.
	(28569)

197	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made any assessment of the merits of the use of poison gas for the culling of badgers.
	(28419)

198	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work is being carried out by her Department to ensure the Rural Payments Agency can resume payments of fruit and vegetable aid in the short term.
	(28607)

199 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the annual administrative cost to local authorities of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme.
	(26159)

200 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme in reducing landfill volumes.
	(26160)

201 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme.
	(26161)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

202

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(28494)

203	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the acquisition of anti-aircraft missiles by Hamas; what discussions he has had with the government of Israel on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(28485)

204	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of incidents of cargo ships carrying arms to (a) Hamas, (b) Hezbollah and (c) Iraqi insurgents being seized by state authorities since 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(28486)

205	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals living outside the UK are registered with the LOCATE service in each (a) country and (b) territory in which the LOCATE service in offered.
	(28577)

206	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Pakistan and (b) the government of India on the future of Kashmir.
	(28423)

207	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the political situation in Kashmir and (b) prospects for the future of Kashmir; and if he will make a statement.
	(28424)

208	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28357)

209	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28380)

210	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations in public to the government of China to release Liu Xiaobo and all prisoners of conscience on the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10 December 2010.
	(28596)

211	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the International Violence Against Women Champion will exercise ministerial responsibilities in his Department.
	(28483)

212	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department has provided to the Sudanese authorities in advance of the forthcoming referendum.
	(28671)

213	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of links between al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and terrorist and paramilitary organisations in (a) North Africa, (b) the Middle East and (c) Yemen.
	[R] (28431)

214	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has set objectives for the UK's presidency of the UN Security Council in respect of (a) the question of autonomy in the Western Sahara, (b) human rights in the Western Sahara and (c) the welfare of Mustapha Salman Ould Sidi Mouland.
	[R] (28432)

215	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had (a) at the UN Security Council and (b) with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the welfare of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouland.
	[R] (28433)

216

Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legality of the detention of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouland in Algeria; on what dates he has made representations to (a) the government of Algeria and (b) Polisario on the detention of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouland; and on what dates his Department has discussed the future of (A) Western Sahara and (B) Ceuta and Melilla with the Spanish government since 2005.

[R] (28434)

217	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates each Minister in his Department has (a) visited Morocco and (b) had a meeting to discuss issues related to Morocco since 1997.
	[R] (28440)

218	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK nationals who have travelled to Morocco in each year since 2000.
	[R] (28554)

219	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on international peace and stability of the recent actions of the government of North Korea.
	(28454)

220	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for the future of the British Council assistantship programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(28479)

221	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have received a salary of more than £140,000 per annum from his Department in each of the last five years.
	(28555)

222	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the highest annual salary his Department paid in each of the last five years was.
	(28556)

223	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether each foreign national who has worked in his Department in the last five years obtained security clearance.
	(28574)

224	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what level of security clearance has been given to outside caterers working in his Department in the last three years.
	(28575)

225	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on outside catering in each of the last five years.
	(28576)

226	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had at the United Nations on the deployment of human rights monitors to Western Sahara.
	(28418)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

227

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(28496)

228	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the cost to the NHS of malnutrition in the last five years.
	(28345)

229	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of staff at South London Healthcare NHS Trust who earn over £100,000 per year.
	(28445)

230	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of staff employed by South London Healthcare NHS Trust who are (a) non-medical staff, (b) administrators, (c) managers and (d) senior managers.
	(28446)

231	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28358)

232	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28379)

233

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2010, Official Report, column 765W, on commissioning of National Specialised Services, by what process he plans to determine which specialised services he will ask the NHS Commissioning Board to commission; what criteria relating to those services he plans to use in making his decisions; and whether he plans to undertake consultation to inform his decisions.

(28613)

234 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many post mortems were carried out at Bassetlaw hospital in each of the last five years.
	(27997)

235 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many East Midlands Ambulance Service emergency journeys were made to (a) Doncaster Royal Infirmary and (b) hospitals in Sheffield in each of the last five years.
	(27998)

236 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the largest single severance package agreed by hospital trusts in Leicester was in the last five years; and on what grounds it was agreed.
	(28090)

237 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he proposes to place an obligation on the proposed GP consortia to deliver an integrated continence service.
	(28079)

238	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the total running costs for Savernake Hospital was paid to the private finance initiative provider in each year from 2005 to 2009; and what percentage of the total running costs are expected to be paid to the private finance initiative provider in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(28314)

239	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that implementation of the (a) Toolkit for High Quality Neonatal Services and (b) NICE specialist neonatal care quality standard is made a local priority in the 2011-12 NHS Operating Framework.
	(28455)

240	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Secretary of State has made of the adequacy of provision of dentistry services on the NHS.
	(28578)

241	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28563)

242 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS walk-in centres closed in (a) Manchester, (b) Salford, (c) Greater Manchester, (d) the North West and (e) England in the last six months.
	(27948)

243	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage hospital trusts with high numbers of clostridium difficile infections to conduct trials of prebiotic supplements; and if he will make a statement.
	(28395)

244	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each hospital trust in England spent on the prevention and treatment of clostridium difficile in 2009.
	(28396)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

245 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the size of the illicit drug market.
	(27959)

246 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Drug Inventions Programme in the last six months.
	(27960)

247 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of acquisitive crime which was drug-related in each of the last five years.
	(28084)

248

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of questions to her Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28492)

249

Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each police force area arrested during September 2010, but not charged when arrested, received curfews of 10 hours or more as a condition of police bail; how many such people had their police bail extended beyond four weeks without being charged, but with the curfew remaining in place; and how many such people subsequently charged or remaining on curfew had not been charged by the end of November 2010.

(28313)

250	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) lecturers and (b) other employees of universities and colleges were arrested during the November 2010 demonstrations in Westminster; and which institution employs each such individual.
	(28510)

251 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the number of staff employed by the UK Border Agency in Liverpool; and if she will make a statement.
	(28244)

252 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to involve the third sector in formulating policy to reduce the incidence of human trafficking.
	(28174)

253 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what non-governmental organisations she (a) has consulted and (b) plans to consult in formulating her Department's new priorities for reducing the incidence of human trafficking.
	(28175)

254 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) proceeded against and (c) found guilty of offences under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 in each year from 2000 to 2009.
	(27867)

255	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken since her appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within her responsibility.
	(28359)

256	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of her Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28378)

257	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external agencies and organisations the UK Border Agency engages in Northern Ireland to provide services to asylum seekers; and what the total cost of those services was in each of the last three years.
	(28674)

258	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget and (b) expenditure outturn was for the UK Border Agency's operations in Northern Ireland in each year since the Agency's formation.
	(28675)

259	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what period a conviction remains on a criminal record.
	(28467)

260	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many agency workers her Department and its agencies employ at each pay grade.
	(28504)

261	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on overtime for staff working in the Secretary of State's private office in each of the last five years.
	(28562)

262	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 7 September 2010 from the hon. Member for Torbay on his constituent, P. Griffith.
	(28391)

263	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to make a decision on the application for a residence card as a family member of a European Economic Area national of the constituent of the hon. Member for Torbay, Ms Maria Bellucci (CTS Reference: B29682/9) and what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to process such applications.
	(28392)

264	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2010, Official Report, column 508W, on police: offenders, if she will bring forward proposals to record the number of police officers convicted of a criminal offence.
	(28452)

265 N	Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish an immigration detention centre in Croydon; and if she will make a statement.
	(28136)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

266

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained unanswered after 10 working days as a result of observation of guidance on the timing of answers to similar Questions tabled to more than one Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(28487)

267	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on the risk to the UK from (a) transnational agricultural pests and (b) diseases originating from developing countries.
	(28621)

268	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports his Department has received on the threat posed by the recent outbreak of peste des petits ruminants in Tanzania to the livelihood of poorest smallholder farmers in that region.
	(28622)

269	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the threat posed to smallholder farmers' livelihoods by transnational diseases in developing countries.
	(28623)

270 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of HIV/tuberculosis co-infection on maternal and child mortality; and what plans he has to address this issue in his Department's Maternal Health Business Plan.
	(28088)

271 N	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has plans to encourage the integration of (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment services for HIV and tuberculosis in international programmes to reduce their incidence; and if he will make a statement.
	(27952)

272 N	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of international programmes to reduce the number of people living with HIV who die from tuberculosis.
	(27953)

273	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding within the definition of official development assistance has been allocated to the writing-off of the debt owed by heavily indebted poor countries to the Export Credits Guarantee Department in each year from 2011-12 to 2013-14.
	(28603)

274	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28360)

275	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28377)

276	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has provided to development projects in Sudan in each of the last five years.
	(28672)

277	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) food prices and (b) food security in developing contracts of financial speculation on agricultural commodities; and if he will make a statement.
	(28458)

278	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28565)

279	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which non-governmental organisations his Department funded through partnership programme arrangements in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much was given to each such organisation.
	(28598)

280	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the Development Awareness Fund in each of the last 10 years.
	(28599)

281	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the Civil Society Challenge Fund in each of the last 10 years.
	(28600)

282	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to Connections for Development in each year since 2003.
	(28601)

283	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its funding for the organisation Connections for Development in contributing to his Department's development objectives.
	(28602)

284	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent through strategic grant agreements in each of the last 10 years.
	(28665)

285	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much from the Development Awareness Fund has been given to trade unions in each of the last 10 years.
	(28666)

286	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on partnership programme arrangements in each of the last 10 years.
	(28667)

287	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to trade unions in each of the last 10 years.
	(28668)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

288

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with (a) the National Association of Probation Officers and (b) the Police Federation on the effects of budget restraint on the criminal justice system; what representations he has received from each such organisation on funding and criminal justice in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

(28337)

289 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2010, Official Report, column 513W, on prisoners: terrorism, for what reason each of the six offenders convicted of terrorist offences who were re-released in 2010 following an earlier recall were taken back into custody.
	(28080)

290	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential for legal challenge to the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 which do not define the Scottish Parliament as a legislature.
	(28304)

291	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28361)

292	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessor on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28376)

293	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the effect on the recording of statistics on the incidence of suicide of trends in the recording of open verdicts in coroners' inquests in each of the last 10 years.
	(28334)

294	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28561)

295	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the comments received from (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) foreign governments on his Department's note of 20 March 2010 on arrest warrants-universal jurisdiction.
	(28340)

296	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable has been set for his Department's announcement on the future of Skipton Magistrates' and Skipton County Court.
	(28612)

297	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to increase access to justice for landlords in repossession cases.
	(28430)

Questions to the Leader of the House

298	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28369)

299	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Leader of the House, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Tottenham of 5 November 2010.
	(28661)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

300	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28362)

301	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28375)

302	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28559)

Questions to the Prime Minister

303	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the work of the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment.
	(28393)

Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

304	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what National Audit Office resource was made available to support the work of the Public Accounts Committee in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(28460)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

305 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he (a) last visited and (b) next plans to visit Glasgow East constituency.
	(27768)

306 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he (a) last visited and (b) next plans to visit (i) Scottish Women's Aid and (b) Glasgow East Women's Aid.
	(27769)

307 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with (a) Scottish Women's Aid and (b) Glasgow East Women's Aid on the likely effects on victims of domestic abuse living in refuge accommodation in Scotland of proposed changes in housing benefit arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
	(27770)

308 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had in the (a) review of Remploy in Scotland and (b) likely effects of the outcomes of that review on the Remploy Frontline Textiles facility in Clydebank.
	(27954)

309 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had on the likely effect on the number of people employed at HMNB Clyde of the planned reduction in members of (a) the Civilian Ministry of Defence and (b) Royal Navy personnel.
	(27955)

310 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had on the likely effects of the planned reduction in spending on higher education on (a) higher education institutions in Scotland and (b) Clydebank College.
	(27956)

311 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions on the likely effects of the implementation of proposed changes to housing benefit arrangement on people living in (a) social and (b) private rented housing in Scotland.
	(27957)

312	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons he considers that there should be two separate electoral management boards for Scotland.
	(28306)

313	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has assessed the effects of holding a joint ballot for a referendum on the alternative vote and elections to the Scottish Parliament on those (a) with learning difficulties and (b) for whom English is not their first language.
	(28307)

314	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons the laying of the draft Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 took place after the presentation of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
	(28308)

315	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the nature of the operational relationship between the Government and Interim Electoral Management Board Scotland following its establishment as a statutory body.
	(28309)

316	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, under what circumstances he expects a combination of Scottish Parliament and local government ballots to occur.
	(28310)

317	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28363)

318	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28374)

319 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he had with Ministerial colleagues on the effect of energy price increases on the level of fuel poverty in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(28001)

320 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he most recently met representatives of (a) sub-postmasters and (b) Royal Mail employees to discuss the Government's future plans for Royal Mail.
	(28002)

321 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect on postal services in Scotland of the Government's plans for Royal Mail; and if he will make a statement.
	(28003)

322 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the tourism industry in Scotland of the proposed increase in the rate of value added tax.
	(27767)

323 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings he has had with representatives of universities in Scotland in the last four months.
	(27868)

324 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received from universities in Scotland on student funding in respect of cross-border students.
	(27869)

325 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss student finance in respect of cross-border students since his appointment.
	(27870)

326 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings he has had with the First Minister on holding the referendum on the alternative vote system on the same day as the Scottish Parliament elections.
	(27871)

327 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the leader of Glasgow City Council on the recent cancellation of a UK Border Agency contract with that Council to house and support asylum seekers in Glasgow.
	(28239)

328 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the UK Border Agency on the recent cancellation of a contract with Glasgow City Council to house and support asylum seekers in Glasgow.
	(28240)

329 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the likely effects on Scotland of the timetable for implementing the Government's decision to end employment zones.
	(28241)

330 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the likely effects on Scotland of the Government's proposed cap on the number of non-EU migrants.
	(28242)

331 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Department for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the decision not to grant STV independent producer status.
	(28243)

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

332	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the ballot papers for the (a) proposed referendum on the alternative vote and (b) elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2010 have been tested for acceptability to voters by the Electoral Commission.
	(28303)

333

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the compliance with its guidelines of the ballot papers for the (a) referendum on the alternative vote and (b) elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2010 in respect of those with visual impairments.

(28305)

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

334 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, when the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 25196 on the responsibilities and salaries of members of the IPSA's senior management team.
	(27943)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

335 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) his Department plans to begin work on the rail franchise specifications due for renegotiation in 2012 and (b) he expects officials of his Department to be available to meet hon. Members in constituencies affected by those franchises to discuss those specifications.
	(27947)

336	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2010, Official Report, column 303W, on transport: Aberdeenshire, what information his Department holds on major transport infrastructure projects which have been completed in the Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire local authority areas between 1980 and 1999.
	(28637)

337	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on rolling stock procurement; and if he will make a statement.
	(28342)

338	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce body scanners in the crew search channels at UK airports.
	(28615)

339	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the British Airline Pilots' Association on a potential opt-out for airline pilots from body scanning for the purposes of reducing cumulative exposure to radiation.
	(28616)

340	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had on the introduction of a pilot scheme to increase the speed of the security clearance process at airports for UK airline pilots.
	(28617)

341 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail carriages were ordered in each of the last three years; and with which suppliers such orders were placed.
	(27999)

342 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the first cascaded rail carriages to be operational on routes between Manchester and Liverpool.
	(28000)

343 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail carriages he expects to be delivered in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2014-15.
	(28073)

344 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 November 2010, Official Report, columns 52-56WS, on rail investment, how many of the 650 additional rail carriages will (a) be delivered and (b) be operational in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
	(28074)

345 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department gave to the provisions in the European Procurement Directive in its tendering for the Intercity Expressway programme.
	(28089)

346	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 November 2010, Official Report, columns 52-54WS, on rail investment, what rail infrastructure improvements will be made to (a) Reading station, (b) Birmingham station, (c) London King's Cross station, (d) Gatwick Airport station and (e) the East Coast main line.
	(28428)

347	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of train punctuality in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(28604)

348	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28364)

349	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessors on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28373)

350	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on revisions of EU security rules on the searching of religious headwear at airports; and if he will make a statement.
	(28640)

351	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28566)

352	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2010, Official Report, column 434W, on parking: fees and charges, whether any companies have been removed from the list of parking enforcement companies eligible to receive Driver and Licensing Agency vehicle keeper data since November 2009.
	(28642)

353	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the blue badge scheme to establish a fast-track application process for the issue of badges to those receiving urgent medical attention.
	(28500)

354	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Highways Agency has taken to reduce noise from the M54 in Staffordshire.
	(28638)

355	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Highways Agency has taken to reduce noise from the M6 between Junctions 10 and 13.
	(28639)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

356	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she has taken since her appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within her responsibility.
	(28365)

357	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate she has made of her Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28372)

358 N	Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the location of manufacturing facilities at port sites in Wales to support offshore wind power; and if she will make a statement.
	(27950)

359 N	Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on (a) facilities at port sites in Wales and (b) technological innovation to support development of offshore wind power; and if she will make a statement.
	(27951)

360	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on overtime for staff working within her private office in each of the last five years.
	(28558)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

361	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the likely effect on the implementation of the Equality Act 2010 of the Government's one-in one-out policy on regulations.
	(28400)

362 N	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consultation her Department has undertaken with (a) public and (b) private sector employers on her plans to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees.
	(27909)

363	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken since her appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within her responsibility.
	(28366)

364	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the expenditure of the Government Equalities Office on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each year since its inception.
	(28371)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

365	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects winter fuel payments to be made in respect of winter 2010-11.
	(28620)

366	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review state pension arrangements for expatriates.
	(28341)

367 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to new parents seeking to resume work by starting a business; and if he will make a statement.
	(28082)

368	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make funding available to jobcentres to take on staff to advise incapacity benefit claimants on finding work.
	(28331)

369	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it has taken for an appeal against refusal of a claim for employment and support allowance to be heard in Scotland since the inception of that allowance.
	(28344)

370	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.
	(28367)

371	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessor on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation documents and (d) other papers in each of the last 10 years.
	(28370)

372	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on disabled people of the removal of the mobility component of the disability living allowance for those living in residential care homes.
	(28673)

373	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum length of time is that a claimant of jobseeker's allowance may attend a training course while retaining their benefit; and what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of this period.
	(28456)

374	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equality impact assessment he has undertaken of the potential effects on disabled people living in residential care of the removal of the mobility component of disability living allowance.
	(28625)

375	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to review the limit on hours worked placed on recipients of disability living allowance and associated in-work tax credits.
	(28627)

376	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for uprating the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme in the period to 2014-15.
	(28631)

377	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.
	(28568)

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

378	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the new access commitments by universities are to apply no earlier than October 2012.
	[Transferred] (28595)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

379	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Moroccan nationals who were resident in the UK in each year since 2000.
	[R] [Transferred] (28439)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

380	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what formal channels for communication and co-operation exist between civilian security forces in the UK and Morocco.
	[R] [Transferred] (28567)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

381
N

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bosworth of 24 November 2010, Official Report, column 257, on what dates she discussed the matter of protesters in Parliament Square with the Mayor of London; what the venue was of each such meeting where this issue was discussed; what the outcome was of each such discussion; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (28072)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

382	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted of criminal offences in the latest period for which figures are available had no previous cautions.
	[Transferred] (28465)

383	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who received cautions were subsequently convicted of a criminal offence in the latest period in which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (28466)

384	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the minimum period is after which a caution is considered spent.
	[Transferred] (28468)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

385 N	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the number of railway carriages on the Wharfedale and Airedale lines.
	[Question Unstarred] (27885)

386 N	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of rail connections between Preston and Merseyside; and if he will make a statement.
	[Question Unstarred] (27887)


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