Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 13 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 Monday 13 December 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 13 December 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 13 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 Monday 13 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 13 December see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Attorney General, how many invoices the Law Officers' Departments processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30759)

2 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many women have been prosecuted for perverting the course of justice following a false retraction of an allegation of rape in each year since 2005.
	(30381)

3	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Attorney General, what co-operation there is between the police and police forces in (a) other European countries and (b) non-European countries in respect of human trafficking.
	(30531)

4	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of the Crown Prosecution Service's budget for 2010-11 has been accounted for by the case of Ejup Ganic.
	(30678)

5	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Attorney General, what fees have been paid to prosecution counsel instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service on the case of Ejup Ganic between 26 March 2010 and 20 August 2010.
	(30679)

6	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Attorney General, what expenses have been paid to prosecution witnesses or other employees for attending the extradiction hearing of Ejup Ganic.
	(30680)

7	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Attorney General, what translation costs have been incurred by the Crown Prosecution Service on the case of Ejup Ganic.
	(30681)

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

8 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the role of the biodiesel industry in creating skilled jobs in the environmental sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(30148)

9	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) compulsory and (b) creditor voluntary liquidations were commenced in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London Borough of Enfield in each of the last five years.
	(30478)

10 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on (a) Scotland and (b) West Dunbartonshire local authority area of the implementation of the Government's policy on access to super-fast broadband.
	(30342)

11	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) his Department and (b) the public bodies for which its is responsible contracts services from Addison Lee private hire taxi company.
	(30704)

12	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many further education colleges Ofsted rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) failing in the last 12 months.
	(30425)

13	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the debt owed to the Student Loan Company by residents of the London Borough of Bexley who are in higher education in the academic year 2010-11.
	(30426)

14	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of applications for higher education maintenance grants were successful in the last three years.
	(30427)

15	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what qualifications are required to teach in a further education college; and if he will make a statement.
	(30428)

16	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many higher apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions there were in the last 12 months.
	(30429)

17 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of the implementation of his proposals on tuition fees on colleges of music and conservatoires.
	(30066)

18 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals for enhanced consumer protection against aggressive online sales marketing; and if he will make a statement.
	(30067)

19 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that specific outcomes and milestones for the reduction of animal experiments funded by the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are included in those research councils' delivery plans.
	(30151)

20 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council take of public concern for animal welfare in their policies on animal experimentation; and by what processess.
	(30152)

21	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing an advisory panel of entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement.
	(30481)

22	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30745)

23	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has assessed for benchmarking purposes the burden of regulation on each sector of the economy; and if he will make a statement.
	(30304)

24	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to promote apprenticeship schemes; and if he will make a statement.
	(30305)

25	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on their role in promoting apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
	(30306)

26	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many export orders were won by British businesses as a result of trade missions undertaken since May 2010; what the monetary value was of each such order; and if he will make a statement.
	(30315)

27	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage trade links with developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
	(30316)

28	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future work of the Technology Strategy Board; and if he will make a statement.
	(30357)

29	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Brighton, Kemptown constituency were not in employment, education or training in each month of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(30488)

30 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish the initial obligations code for Ofcom under the Digital Economy Act 2010.
	(29970)

31 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he expects judicial review proceedings in respect of Ministerial decisions relating to the Digital Economy Act 2010 to have been concluded.
	(29971)

32 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to bring forward secondary legislation to implement the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
	(29973)

33 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had discussions with the Leader of the Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales on the selection of super-fast broadband pilot areas.
	(30340)

34	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has provided funding for the launch and operation of the European Harmonised Number for Emotional Support; and if he will make a statement.
	(30732)

35 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure gender balance in the composition of (a) the Space Leadership Council and (b) other boards and committees associated with the UK Space Agency.
	(30142)

36
N

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what methodology he is using for the equality impact assessment of decisions on his Department's expenditure over the Spending Review period; and what measures are in place to ensure that the allocations from his Department's science budget comply with the duty to promote equality provided by the Equality Act 2010.

(30143)

37 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities his Department has for the development of technical standards for industry; and in which fora of technical standards development his Department participates.
	(30337)

38	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will request Royal Mail not to close the mail sorting office in Belfast.
	(30572)

39	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to increase the level of remanufacturing as part of the UK's low carbon economy agenda.
	(30709)

40	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average time taken by the Student Loans Company to process loan applications was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(30465)

41	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loan applications the Student Loans Company has not yet processed; how many such applications were received prior to 31 July 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(30466)

42	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices he expects there to be in (a) 2010 and (b) each year to 2015.
	(30476)

43	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria were used to select members of the panel of experts for the Intellectual Property and Growth Review.
	(30650)

44	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proposals his Department has considered to ensure that advice offered by providers of debt management plans meets standards adequate to prevent vulnerable consumers from being sold inappropriate products.
	(30708)

45	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's budget is for regional development agencies in 2010-11.
	(30625)

46	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what budget has been allocated for the Regional Growth Fund in 2011-12.
	(30626)

47	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he expects all of the operations of regional development agencies have been wound up.
	(30627)

48	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether funding for the Regional Growth Fund will be drawn from the budget allocated for regional development agencies.
	(30628)

49	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what budget has been allocated to each regional development agency for each year until its operations are wound up.
	(30629)

50	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the funding from the Regional Growth Fund he expects to be available for each region in each year of the spending review period.
	(30630)

51	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects each of the proposed local enterprise partnerships to be fully operational.
	(30631)

52	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from each source he expects to be available to each proposed local enterprise partnership in each year of the spending review period.
	(30632)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

53	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to increase the level of (a) public awareness of the information collected by internet search engines and (b) the laws which apply to the use of such information.
	(30341)

54	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to provide guidance to local authorities on the potential of working with (a) charities, (b) voluntary groups and (c) social enterprises to reduce the adverse effects of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the provision of local authority services.
	(30361)

55	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) light industrial and (b) manufacturing businesses in Sussex ceased trading in each year since 2005.
	(30487)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

56	Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the average weekly change in entitlement to (a) families with one child and (b) families with two or more children as a result of the announced changes to the childcare element of working tax credits.
	(30648)

57 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to prevent UK companies taken over by US-based concerns from transferring tax liability to holding companies outside UK jurisdiction.
	(29986)

58	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies contract services from Addison Lee private hire taxi company.
	(30848)

59	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a statutory licensing scheme for debt management companies.
	(30526)

60	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of setting minimum standards for the provision of debt advisory services.
	(30527)

61	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quality standards his Department has established for the debt management industry to ensure that advice offered to prospective consumers of debt management services is in their best interests.
	(30528)

62	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on regional airports of increases in air passenger duty.
	(30879)

63	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of air passenger duty revenues was raised from flights originating in Northern Ireland in each year since the introduction of the duty.
	(30880)

64	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on air passenger duty and its effects on Northern Ireland.
	(30881)

65	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the change in the number of (a) public and (b) private sector jobs in Sunderland Central constituency and in England in the period up to 2015.
	(30367)

66	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has for its building at Queens Dock, Liverpool; and if he will make a statement.
	(30296)

67 N	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of his Department's Christmas tree for 2010.
	(29987)

68	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people banks with headquarters outside the UK have employed in the UK in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the revenue which has accrued to the Exchequer from taxation on such banks.
	(30293)

69	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30752)

70	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his estimate of savings from reforms to tax credits and housing benefit have taken into account increases in housing benefit entitlement attributable to changes in tax credit entitlement.
	(30870)

71	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) monitor and (b) record changes to expenditure on housing benefit which is attributable to changes in his Department's budget for tax credits.
	(30871)

72	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in expenditure on housing benefit attributable to his proposed reduction in the proportion of childcare costs to be covered by the childcare element of working tax credit.
	(30872)

73 N	John Howell (Henley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax return forms were issued to (a) women and (b) men in 2009-10.
	(30388)

74	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to sell the Government's bank shareholdings; and if he will make a statement.
	(30356)

75	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse of printing banknotes was in the last three years for which figures are available.
	(30873)

76	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the starting rate of income tax on savings income to 0 per cent. in the first 12 months following implementation; and if he will make a statement.
	(30674)

77	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the starting rate limit for savings income to £5,000 in the 12 months following implementation.
	(30675)

78	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the likely effects on the economy of Northern Ireland of the proposed increase in air passenger duty.
	(30325)

79	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the regulation of currency exchange services.
	(30658)

80	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what benefits he expects to accrue to (a) small payments institutions and (b) their customers as a result of registration of such institutions within the Financial Services Authority.
	(30659)

81	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households which will be affected by the removal of child benefit from higher-rate tax payers in Belfast East constituency; and how many of those households are single parent households.
	(30660)

82	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many completed court actions HM Revenue and Customs has taken against (a) micro-businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises for arrears of payments in the last year for which figures are available; and how many such actions resulted in the bankruptcy of the enterprise concerned.
	(30446)

83	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many communications received by HM Revenue and Customs from (a) micro-businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises had not been responded to on 1 December 2010 .
	(30447)

84	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many communications HM Revenue and Customs received from (a) micro-businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises on tax arrears in the last year for which figures are available; and what the average time taken was to respond to such communications.
	(30448)

85	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on the implementation of efficiency savings in the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(30562)

86	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of Gift Aid repayments made to charities in each region in each of the last five years.
	(30563)

87	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to raise the level of public awareness of the Gift Aid scheme in respect of online donations.
	(30564)

88	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net financial cost to the public purse was of the UK's membership of the EU in each of the last five years.
	(30566)

89	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to require banks to pay interest on cash ISA transfers from the date an application is received.
	(30866)

90	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to require banks to provide customers with annual statements showing the interest rates received on savings deposits.
	(30867)

91 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was collected in higher rate income tax levied at (a) 40 per cent and (b) 50 per cent. in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(29988)

92	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the voluntary sector to providing advice to the public on savings and loans.
	(30440)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

93	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) short-term and (b) long-term effects on levels of homelessness in Rochdale of his Department's spending reductions.
	(30419)

94	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects on the incidence of anti-social behaviour in Rochdale of his Department's spending plans for homelessness services.
	(30420)

95	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on their likely level of funding for (a) the voluntary sector and (b) implementation of the Big Society policy in 2011-12.
	(30421)

96	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Christmas parties and drinks receptions his Department plans to host in December 2010.
	(30663)

97	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the age profile of rough sleepers contacted by outreach services since May 2010.
	(30664)

98	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many first-time buyers purchased a home with a mortgage in each month from January to December 2010.
	(30665)

99	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have not conducted a street count of rough sleepers in 2010.
	(30666)

100	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children under the age of 16 years living in bed and breakfast accommodation between 2010 and 2015.
	(30667)

101	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on staff entertainment since 1 June 2010.
	(30668)

102	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has allocated to assist local areas to meet the cost of preparing neighbourhood plans.
	(30691)

103	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be entitled to assist with (a) consultations and (b) other preparations for the formulation of neighbourhood plans.
	(30692)

104	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of implementing local referendums to approve local neighbourhood plans for a parish of (a) 3,000, (b) 5,000 and (c) 10,000 households.
	(30693)

105	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many official visits he has made to (a) the North East, (b) the North West, (c) the East Midlands, (d) the West Midlands, (e) Yorkshire and the Humber, (f) the East of England, (g) the South East, (h) Greater London and (i) the South West since his appointment.
	(30694)

106	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of proposed (a) housing developments and (b) domestic dwellings with planning permission which have been cancelled since 6 May 2010.
	(30695)

107	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing developments were permitted on green belt land in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10; and how many hectares of green belt land were affected by such developments in each such year.
	(30696)

108	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes started by the Homes and Communities Agency in 2009-10 have been completed since 1 April 2010.
	(30697)

109	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes started by the Homes and Communities Agency in 2009-10 have not been completed.
	(30698)

110	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meals at venues outside his Department have been provided from the public purse for (a) each Minister in his Department and (b) guests of his Department since 6 May 2010.
	(30699)

111	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what organisations his Department plans to classify as competent to prepare and conduct consultations on neighbourhood plans.
	(30700)

112	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the NI160 Status Survey Grant.
	(30730)

113	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative.
	(30760)

114	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Homelessness Basic Revenue Grant.
	(30761)

115	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Generations Together Grant.
	(30762)

116	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the proposed reduction to formula grant over the Spending Review period he expects to make in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
	(30763)

117	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have unallocated financial reserves of over (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent. and (e) 50 per cent. of their budget for 2010-11.
	(30764)

118	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Growth Areas, Growth Points and Eco-Towns Grant.
	(30765)

119	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Stronger Safer Communities Fund.
	(30766)

120	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Climate Change Grant.
	(30767)

121	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Cohesion Grant.
	(30768)

122	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the GLA (a) Capital and (b) Revenue Grant.
	(30769)

123	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Housing Market Renewal Grant.
	(30770)

124	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his plans for the Preventing Violent Extremism Grant.
	(30771)

125	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with what powers he proposes to enable local communities to determine applications for new wind farms.
	(30772)

126	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many journeys were undertaken by Ministerial drivers engaged by his Department since 6 May 2010; and in respect of how many such journeys a Minister (a) travelled in the car for (i) the whole and (ii) part of the journey and (b) did not travel in the car.
	(30773)

127	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local planning authorities on regional spatial strategies since 25 November 2010.
	(30774)

128	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much on average was levied in council tax per dwelling in each local authority in 2009-10.
	(30775)

129	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on promotional materials since 6 May 2010.
	(30776)

130	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social homes were fitted with double glazing between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(30777)

131	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty or unfit properties were demolished with funding from his Department in each year between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(30778)

132	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has provided for demolition of empty or unfit properties in each year between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(30779)

133	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many social homes central heating was newly installed on at least one floor between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(30780)

134	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private dwellings received Government grants towards improving their (a) condition and (b) thermal properties between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(30781)

135	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many copies of each publication to which his Department subscribes it received in (a) June, (b) July and (c) August 2010.
	(30782)

136	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers he proposes to give to communities to determine permission for the construction of new roads through a neighbourhood.
	(30783)

137	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers he plans to grant communities to determine permission for the construction or extension of a place of worship in a neighbourhood.
	(30784)

138	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his proposals for referendums on neighbourhood planning will provide for postal and proxy voting.
	(30785)

139	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers he plans to grant to communities to determine permission for operation of incinerators.
	(30786)

140	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rights he plans to give to (a) residents, (b) parish councils and (c) community groups to challenge the outcome of a referendum on a neighbourhood plan.
	(30787)

141	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has allocated to assist local areas with the cost of conducting referendums on neighbourhood plans.
	(30788)

142	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total monetary value was of grants provided by his Department to tackle homelessness in (a) London and (b) England since 6 May 2010.
	(30789)

143	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department provided for measures to tackle homelessness in each year from 1997-98 to 2009-10.
	(30790)

144	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department provided for repair and and modernisation of social housing in each year from 1997-98 to 2009-10.
	(30791)

145	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of homeless people in London.
	(30792)

146	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30746)

147	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the right of council tenants to buy their homes.
	(30321)

148	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on tenant management of housing owned by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords; and if he will make a statement.
	(30322)

149	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish examples of best practice for Big Society initiatives; and if he will make a statement.
	(30323)

150 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce the Revenue Support Grant for 2011-12.
	(29974)

151	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision he has made for the capitalisation of local authority debt arising from lost deposits in Icelandic banks over the next 20 years.
	(30422)

152	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of press officers employed by local authorities in areas where two tiers of local government operate.
	(30424)

153	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to (a) encourage installation of residual current devices in domestic properties and (b) promote the contribution to safety of such devices.
	(30442)

154	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department provides to organisations that help migrant workers integrate into their local community.
	(30618)

155
N

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the two Answers of 3 November 2010, Official Report, column 817W, on social rented housing: rents, and the Answer of 11 November 2010, Official Report, column 458W, on housing: construction, and the determinations of the Procedure Committee of 22 and 25 November 2010, when he plans to provide further responses to the Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Plymouth, Moor View.

(30193)

156 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking towards the policy aim of being in a position where house prices continue to grow; and what estimate he has made of house price growth in each of the next five years.
	(30226)

157 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of falling house prices to 2015 on (a) the number of homes that will be sold and (b) the number of homeowners in negative equity.
	(30227)

158 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Financial Services Authority on the its mortgage market review; and if he will publish the record of each such discussion.
	(30228)

159	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has taken external legal advice in respect of the cases which Cala Homes have brought against him.
	(30332)

160	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the funding arrangements to support implementation of his proposals on neighbourhood planning.
	(30415)

161	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide funding to local authority planning departments to ensure they have sufficient staff with the appropriate range of skills to manage implementation and administration of the Government's proposals on neighbourhood planning.
	(30529)

162	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from which local authorities he has received expressions of concern regarding the distribution and composition of local enterprise partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
	(30530)

163	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent to date on (a) legal advice, (b) court costs and (c) other related costs regarding the judicial review sought by Cala Homes.
	(30532)

164	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the New Homes Bonus will be retained by district authorities in two-tier areas.
	(30457)

165	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will conduct his Department's review of the local government grants system.
	(30482)

166	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2010, Official Report, column 184W, on tenancy deposit schemes, who funds the free adjudication service for landlords in dispute over tenancy deposits.
	(30655)

167	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of each grant proposed to be included in the formula grant (a) was in 2010-11 and (b) will be in 2011-12.
	(30633)

168	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to allocate funding to local authorities for the purpose of a council tax freeze; and how much of the equivalent of a 2.5 per cent. increase in council tax he plans to allocate to local authorities for that purpose in each year of the spending review period.
	(30634)

169	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding he plans to allocate to each fire service in each year of the spending review period.
	(30635)

170	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost in respect of each constituency of holding a mayoral referendum on a day other than an election day.
	(30636)

171	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has issued recent guidance on the number of fire stations to be operational in each fire authority area.
	(30637)

172	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has issued recent guidance on the number of fire appliances necessary to be available in each fire authority area.
	(30638)

173	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of fire fighters necessary to provide adequate emergency fire and rescue cover.
	(30639)

174	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to apply a minimum turnout percentage for the result of a mayoral referendum to be valid.
	(30640)

175	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of each area grant not planned to be included in the formula grant.
	(30641)

176	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of non-firefighter fire service posts to 2015.
	(30642)

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

177
N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington of 26 October 2010, Official Report, column 173W, on Olympics: sporting legacy, over what period of time and in respect of which (a) sports and (b) age groups he proposes to seek to reverse the decline in competitive sport; and against what criteria he preposes to measure progress on this objective.

(29966)

178	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much English Heritage spent on staffing in Cornwall in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(30621)

179	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much English Heritage spent on external consultants for projects in Cornwall in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(30622)

180	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the budget for English Heritage is in the South West for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(30623)

181	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many employees English Heritage employed in (a) Cornwall and (b) the South West in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(30624)

182	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30747)

183	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will undertake an economic impact assessment in respect of proposed reductions in funding to the Hat Factory arts venue in Luton; and if he will make a statement.
	(30863)

184	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the reduction in his Department's budget that will be achieved through efficiency savings over the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(30303)

185 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to meet hon. Members representing constituencies in Wales to discuss governance arrangements for S4C.
	(29972)

186 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of digital switchover as a means of improving reception in (a) Wrexham and (b) Wales.
	(30339)

187 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) temporary and (b) agency staff his Department has employed since 24 May 2010; and at what (a) grade and (b) total cost to his Department.
	(30229)

188	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Football Association and (b) his Australian counterpart on support for the Australian bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
	(30408)

189	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what research his Department has evaluated on the number of stadiums used for athletic events at each Olympiad which are no longer capable of hosting athletic competitions.
	(30485)

190	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Olympic Park Legacy Company and (b) the London Borough of Newham on (i) bids for the use of the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Olympics and (ii) the effect of each bid on the development of (A) UK athletics, (B) UK sport and (C) the economy.
	(30513)

191	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many outdoor fitness parks for adults were built in each year since 2005.
	(30438)

192	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many museums closed in (a) England and (b) Sussex in each year since 2005.
	(30477)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

193 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press and communication posts in his Department are remunerated at (a) between £50,000 and £99,999 and (b) £100,000 or over.
	(30400)

194	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department and (b) the public bodies for which his Department is responsible contract services from Addison Lee private hire taxi company.
	(30847)

195 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish in full the Trident replacement value-for-money review.
	(29989)

196 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to research on mental health in respect of (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans in each of the next four years.
	(29990)

197 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the data used to determine his Department's funding allocation for healthcare to service personnel in each of the next four years.
	(29991)

198 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Department for Health, (b) the Department for Education and (c) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposed Troops to Teachers programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(29992)

199 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the proposed criteria for suitable storage sites for radioactive waste from decommissioned nuclear submarines.
	(30065)

200	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30748)

201	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the role of the Army's Hybrid Foundation Training.
	(30599)

202	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of retention rates in the Afghan National (a) Army and (b) Police in 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(30600)

203	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of the UK defence industry for the purpose of informing his Department's forthcoming Green Paper.
	(30601)

204	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on standing commitments of the redundancies in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(30602)

205	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation process was followed as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(30603)

206	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means he plans to meet the proposed £4.3 billion target for non-frontline savings announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(30604)

207	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with (a) charities and (b) representatives of armed forces' families on the likely effects on them of changes to pensions and benefits proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(30605)

208	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice informed his decision to end the Harrier fleet of jets.
	(30606)

209	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the economy of his decision to build two aircraft carriers.
	(30607)

210	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to renew the Military Covenant.
	(30608)

211	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the standard of service accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
	(30609)

212	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means he plans to make efficiencies in military training, under his proposals in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(30610)

213	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of the readiness of the Afghan National Security Forces to take control of the country's security in 2015.
	(30611)

214	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff based in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland were in the Civil Service redeployment pool on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(30324)

215	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff based in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland have been redeployed from the Civil Service redeployment pool in the last month.
	(30326)

216	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff based in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland who were in the Civil Service redeployment pool on the latest date for which figures are available had been in that pool for more than six months.
	(30327)

217 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department has made to ensure that Christmas cards and gifts reach British troops serving in Afghanistan in time for Christmas.
	(30194)

218 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Christmas cards and gifts sent to British troops in Afghanistan he expects to reach the troops in time for Christmas.
	(30195)

219	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the Government provided for the European Defence Agency in each year since 2005; and what proportion of the Agency's funding this figure represented in each such year.
	(30423)

220	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has engaged independent advisers in respect of its base review.
	(30685)

221	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to consult (a) local authorities, (b) hon. Members, (c) economic development agencies and (d) the devolved administrations during his Department's base review.
	(30686)

222	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what methodology will be used to decide which bases will be recommended for (a) closure and (b) realignment under his Department's base review.
	(30687)

223	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent under each budgetary heading on running costs for each (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines and (c) Army base in the UK (i) in each of the last five financial years and (ii) in 2010-11.
	(30688)

224	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff of his Department in each post at each grade are working on its base review.
	(30689)

225	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's base review.
	(30850)

226	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are used to determine whether to close a military base.
	(30851)

227	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what other Departments are being consulted as part of his department's base review; and what information his Department has asked such departments to provide.
	(30852)

228	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Secretary of State for (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Communities and Local Government to discuss his Department's base review.
	(30853)

229	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on redevelopment work at each Royal Air Force base in Scotland in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of his Department's likely expenditure on such work in each of the next five years.
	(30854)

230	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff were employed at each (i) RAF, (ii) Royal Navy, (iii) army and (iv) Royal Marines base in each year since 1997.
	(30855)

231	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the decommissioning and clean up costs consequent on the closure of the RAF bases currently under consideration for closure.
	(30856)

232	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice is provided to armed forces personnel on paying the full stamp rate for their National Insurance contributions.
	(30644)

233	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in respect of which leukaemias nuclear test veterans are eligible for war pensions.
	(30643)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

234 N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 November 2010 from the hon. Member for Cynon Valley on tuition fees.
	(30382)

235	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to establish a commission to consider the West Lothian question; and if he will make a statement.
	(30358)

236	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what dates since his appointment he has in the course of his official duties (a) taken a scheduled bus service, (b) travelled on the London Underground, (c) travelled on a scheduled tram service and (d) cycled.
	(30401)

237	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what dates he has attended meetings of Ministerial committees on drugs issues since his appointment.
	(30410)

238	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which schools sports partnerships he has visited in an official capacity since his appointment.
	(30411)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

239	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30749)

240	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of child victims of domestic violence on the funding of services for those children.
	(30307)

241	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for future funding of organisations supporting child victims of domestic violence.
	(30308)

242 N	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has given local authorities on the time to be taken in processing in-year school admissions.
	(29975)

243	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which were the 100 lowest performing schools on the basis of proportion of students gaining five A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics in the latest period for which figures are available; and in which local authority area each such school is located.
	(30671)

244	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children have achieved five A* to C GCSEs, including English and mathematics, in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	(30672)

245	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools achieved five A* to C GCSEs, including English and mathematics, for (a) under 20 per cent., (b) 20 to 30 per cent., (c) 30 to 35 per cent., (d) 35 per cent. to 40 per cent., (e) 40 to 45 per cent. and (f) 45 to 50 per cent of pupils in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(30673)

246
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to reply to Question (a) 27202, on the Schools Sports Partnership, tabled on 24 November, (b) 27204, on school sports, tabled on 24 November, (c) 26598, on the Schools Sports Partnerships, tabled on 22 November and (d) 26599 on funding for the Schools Sports Partnership, tabled on 22 November; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply in each case.

(30197)

247	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the salary is of the (a) Chief Executive and (b) other senior executives of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
	(30715)

248	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of establishing the Social Work College.
	(30716)

249	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on service delivery in 2011-12 of changes in the budget of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
	(30717)

250	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to include religious studies as a humanities subject in the English Baccalaureate.
	(30486)

251	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the Assessing Pupils Progress scheme.
	(30458)

252	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils participated in (a) one and (b) more than one sport through school sports partnerships in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30329)

253 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what equality impact assessment he undertook before making the decision to abolish the education maintenance allowance; and what the outcome was of any such assessment.
	(30223)

254 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis was for his conclusion that 90 per cent. of recipients of education maintenance allowance would have stayed on in education after the age of 16 years without receiving such allowances.
	(30224)

255 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what use he made of the report of the National Foundation for Educational Research in reaching his decision to abolish the education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement.
	(30247)

256	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the future of vocational learning in schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(30612)

257	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has allocated to schools for vocational learning programmes in the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(30613)

258	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding allocated to local education authorities for vocational learning programmes in schools is ring-fenced.
	(30614)

259	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to require local authorities to collect data on the number of carers under the age of 18 years.
	(30352)

260 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, column 107W, on teachers: training, if he will identify and evaluate independent research on the incidence of violence against women and girls in schools undertaken in the last 12 months.
	(30254)

261	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) Hove constituency who were absent from school during the recent protest against tuition fees in that city.
	(30649)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

262	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that poorly-insulated private rented housing is insulated to an appropriate standard prior to improvements scheduled for after 2016.
	(30858)

263	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the UK oil refining industry of the introduction of Phase Three of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
	(30430)

264	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the introduction of benchmarks for Phase Three of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will be phased; and if he will make a statement.
	(30431)

265	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held with officials of the European Commision since May 2010 on the likely effect on the UK oil industry of Phase Three of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
	(30489)

266	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what matters were discussed in his recent meeting with Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute; and whether Mr Lovins made documentation available to him and his officials.
	(30453)

267	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30750)

268	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the report commissioned from the Downstream Oil Industry Forum to be completed; and if he will publish that report.
	(30832)

269	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what terms of reference he has issued to the Downstream Oil Industry Task Force; what the name is of each member of that Task Force; and how frequently it meets.
	(30833)

270	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of arrangements for meeting the Government's stategic oil stocking obligations under International Energy Agency and EU rules.
	(30837)

271	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of decreases in the level of North Sea oil production on the fulfilment of the Government's strategic oil stocking obligations under International Energy Agency and EU rules.
	(30838)

272	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information he holds for benchmarking purposes on the EU member states which have an independent oil-stocking agency under International Energy Agency and EU rules; and if he will make a statement.
	(30839)

273	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had with representatives of the oil industry since May 2010 on possible changes to the system for meeting the Government's strategic oil stocking obligations.
	(30840)

274	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of the oil industry since May 2010 on the establishment of an independent oil-stocking agency in the UK under International Energy Agency and EU rules; and if he will make a statement.
	(30841)

275	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the number of green jobs in the UK economy.
	(30309)

276	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the security of the UK's energy supplies; and if he will make a statement.
	(30310)

277	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty with respect to peaceful uses of nuclear energy; and if he will make a statement.
	(30311)

278	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of UK carbon dioxide emissions in each year from 1980 to 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(30656)

279	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for Warm Front grants are outstanding; and how long on average it took from application for a grant to installation of equipment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30670)

280	Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what terms of reference are for his Department's Downstream Oil Industry Task Force; what the name is of each member of the task force; and how frequently it meets.
	(30861)

281	Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to receive the report commissioned from the Downstream Oil Industry Forum; and if he will publish that report.
	(30868)

282	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of attracting private sector funding for offshore renewable energy projects.
	(30362)

283	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish his projections for electricity to be fed from each source into the grid in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	(30435)

284	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of social housing units have solar panels.
	(30436)

285	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes received loft insulation at no cost to the homeowner in each year since 2005.
	(30437)

286	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of over- or under-estimating household energy use before improvements under the Green Deal on the level of fuel bills once such improvements have been made.
	(30651)

287	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Green Deal financing mechanism interest rates are conducive to high levels of household take-up; and if he will make a statement.
	(30652)

288	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the combined effect of the requirement for savings to exceed repayments and varying household expenditure caps on the likely extent of energy savings achievable through the Green Deal; and if he will make a statement.
	(30653)

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

289 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department plans to provide for the protection of biodiversity and the natural environment overseas in the Spending Review period; and (a) through what departments and (b) by what means that funding will be disbursed.
	(30343)

290 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for International Development on the role of her Department in supporting protection of biodiversity overseas through the projects it delivers.
	(30344)

291 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the level of her Department's funding for the Darwin Initiative in the Spending Review period.
	(30346)

292 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the role of her Department in supporting the protection of biodiversity overseas through the UK's diplomatic network.
	(30347)

293 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the establishment of a Rural Communities Policy Unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(30348)

294	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many invoices her Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30751)

295 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on the implementation of Section 85(1)(a) of the Climate Change Act 2008.
	(30380)

296	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of recent severe weather on farmers; and if she will make a statement.
	(30330)

297	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the implementation of the Grocery Supply Chain Code of Practice and the appointment of the adjudicator; and if she will make a statement.
	(30331)

298	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance her Department has provided to businesses required to register under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation since the passage of the Regulation.
	(30373)

299 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's procedure is for blood testing of camelids suspected of having TB; and if she will make a statement.
	(30396)

300	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the effects on animal welfare of live animal performances in circuses; and what her policy is on live animal performances in circuses.
	(30556)

301	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the merits of taking steps to reduce the number of birds of prey in the countryside.
	(30567)

302	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of otters in the UK in each of the last five years.
	(30568)

303	Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the non-departmental public bodies that she plans to abolish will have their responsibilities subsumed into her Department.
	(30443)

304	Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff at each Civil Service grade employed in non-departmental bodies that will have their responsibilities subsumed into her Department will have a right of transfer into her Department; and when she expects such transfers to take place.
	(30444)

305	Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she has set to determine the right of transfer into her Department of staff employed in non-departmental bodies that will have their responsibilities subsumed into her Department.
	(30445)

306	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the contribution of remanufacturing to her Department's waste strategy.
	(30710)

307 N	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the performance against targets for (a) reuse, (b) recycling and (c) recovery of vehicles under the End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulation 2005 she expects to be attributable to auto shredder residue recovered as energy from waste after 2015.
	(30525)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

308	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Pakistan on the death sentence passed on Aasia Bibi by a court in Punjab for the offence of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
	(30533)

309 N	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 27479, on the Council of Ministers, tabled on 24 November 2010.
	(30253)

310 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Iran on the continued detention of Reza Shahabi.
	(30398)

311 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iran on the hunger strike of Reza Shahabi in Evin Prison, Tehran.
	(30399)

312	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) the public bodies for which it is responsible contract services from Addison Lee private hire taxi company.
	(30703)

313	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the status of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and the adjacent regions of Agdam, Kelbecer, Qubadli, Fizuli, Cerbrayil, Zengilan and Lacin; and if he will make a statement.
	(30294)

314	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Danish counterpart on dolphin hunting.
	(30874)

315	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on human rights violations overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(30317)

316 N	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct Her Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow to convey to the judicial authorities in Russia the concern of many right hon. and hon. Members regarding the continuing imprisonment of Mr Mikhail Khordorkovsky.
	(29762)

317	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department has recorded adverse comments from UK embassies and High Commissions in respect of the BBC World Service in the last five years.
	(30406)

318	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the British Ambassador to Mongolia has had with representatives of the Mongolian Paralympic team on the adequacy of the wheelchairs available to members of the team in meeting the qualifying standard for the London 2012 Paralympics; and if he will make a statement.
	(30510)

319	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government in its capacity as a permanent member of the UN Licensing Council has been given on the number of people (a) killed and (b) injured during the recent Polisario demonstrations in Laayoune.
	[R] (30490)

320	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government in its capacity as a permanent member of the UN Security Council has had with the government of Algeria on its sponsorship of the Polisario Front.
	[R] (30491)

321	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken in its capacity as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, to assist the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (30492)

322	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government has received in its capacity as a permanent member of the UN Security Council on the (a) activities, (b) identities and (c) nationalities of the political activists involved in inciting unrest during recent peaceful demonstrations in Laayoune.
	[R] (30493)

323	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made through the UN Security Council on the treatment of women and children taken hostage during recent peaceful demonstrations in Laayoune.
	[R] (30494)

324	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the (a) destinations and (b) activities of young people permitted to leave the Tindouf refugee camps for educational purposes.
	[R] (30495)

325	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on links between the Polisario Front, al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and the Tindouf refugee camps.
	[R] (30496)

326	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence was presented to the UN Security Council during the UK Presidency of the Council on the status of Omar Sid-Ahmed Ould Hamma, alias Omar the Sahrawi as a (a) member of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and (b) security official in the Polisario Front.
	[R] (30497)

327	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence has been presented to the UN Security Council on each date during the UK Presidency on a link between the Polisario Front and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
	[R] (30498)

328	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence has been presented to the UN Security Council during the UK Presidency of the Council on the indoctrination of young people in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria.
	[R] (30499)

329	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings his Department has had with his counterparts in (a) Morocco, (b) Spain, (c) France, (d) Algeria, (e) Mali and (f) Mauritania to discuss the activities of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on each date since 2008; and who the attendees were of each such meeting.
	[R] (30500)

330	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of links between Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and UK (a) nationals and (b) residents; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (30501)

331	Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of the practice of people trafficking in the ungoverned spaces of the Maghreb.
	[R] (30502)

332

Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence has been presented to the UN Security Council during the UK presidency of the council on the demand by Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb for the release by Mauritania of Malian national Omar Sid-Ahmed Ould Hamma, alias Omar the Sahrawi in exchange for the release of Spanish aid workers.

[R] (30503)

333 N	Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on extradition to Colombia.
	(30376)

334	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what expenditure his Department incurred on the employment of (a) historians and (b) librarians in each of the last 13 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(30682)

335	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are in place for his Department's officials to access his Department's historical records; in what format such records are made available to his Department's staff; and if he will make a statement.
	(30683)

336	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what analysis was undertaken of the merits of his Department's historical library prior to the decision to close it.
	(30701)

337	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to (a) host Christmas parties and (b) purchase Christmas trees and decorations; and what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on such activities in 2010-11.
	(30702)

338	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from representatives of political parties in St Vincent and the Grenadines on the conduct of their forthcoming general election.
	(30726)

339	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the forthcoming election in St Vincent and the Grenadines is monitored by independent election scrutineers.
	(30829)

340 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of meetings of the Council of Ministers were open to the public in the last 12 months.
	(30378)

341	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on his recent meeting with the Sri Lankan President.
	(30455)

342	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with the Sri Lankan President the establishment an independent review of events during the civil war in Sri Lanka.
	(30456)

343 N	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Bahrain on its detention of Anthony James and his colleagues.
	(30252)

344 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Pakistan authorities on the death sentence on Aasia Bibi under blasphemy laws; and if he will make a statement.
	(30057)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

345 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to draw up a National Quality Standard on inflammatory skin diseases.
	[R] (30334)

346 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to draw up a National Quality Standard on (a) psoriasis and (b) eczema.
	[R] (30335)

347 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the average waiting time from referral to consultation at a memory clinic in (a) England and (b) a (i) rural and (ii) urban area.
	(30345)

348	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) his Department and (b) public bodies for which it is responsible contract services from Addison Lee private taxi hire company.
	(30706)

349	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30753)

350	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS targets have been removed since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(30657)

351	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals did not meet the NHS Constitution waiting time target of 18 weeks for each reporting period from 2006 to 2010.
	(30676)

352	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the level of undiagnosed HIV.
	(30480)

353	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to require GP consortia to provide full and adequately financed care for all patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's and other dementia-related conditions.
	(30707)

354

John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions he has received representations from non-executive directors of (a) Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust, (b) Doncaster Primary Care Trust and (c) Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on (i) changes to the (A) treatment and (B) clinical outputs of his Department, (ii) the National Clinical Advisory Team, (iii) the strategic health authorities of each institution and (iv) other hospitals in the last 12 months.

(30514)

355	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the effects on the number of organs available for donation annually of a scheme comparable to the organ donation system proposed by the Welsh Assembly Government.
	(30859)

356	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an assessment for benchmarking purposes of the effectiveness of the organ donation system proposed by the Welsh Assembly Government following its introduction.
	(30860)

357	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of (a) men and (b) women of state pension age to access healthcare in other EU member states through the E121 scheme; what recent representations he has received on the compatibility of the scheme with UK equalities legislation; and if he will make a statement.
	(30403)

358	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve services for carers.
	(30617)

359	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the use of savings to the public purse arising from the abolition of (a) primary care trusts and (b) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department.
	(30360)

360	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis among the non-UK born population.
	(30645)

361 N	Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many widows of haemophiliacs have received the first stage payment from the Skipton Fund to date.
	(28102)

362 N	Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many widows of haemophiliacs are in receipt of regular payments from the public purse as a result of their husbands' death attributable to contaminated blood products provided by the NHS.
	(28103)

363	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency bed days there were following hospital (a) admission and (b) readmission for acute myocardial infarction in (i) each primary care trust and (ii) England in each of the last 10 years.
	(30711)

364	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the survival rate was for acute myocardial infarction within 30 days after emergency hospital admission in (a) each primary care trust and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.
	(30712)

365	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many readmissions to hospital there within 28 days of discharge for hospital patients originally admitted for acute myocardial infarction in (a) each primary care trust and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.
	(30713)

366	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospial (a) admissions and (b) emergency admissions there were for acute myocardial infarction in (i) each primary care trust and (ii) England in each of the last five years.
	(30714)

367	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a report on the outcome of his Department's pilots of the 111 service.
	(30844)

368	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospital trusts have a financial position supported by non-recurrent financial support; and how much each has received in such support in 2010-11 to date.
	(30845)

369	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the osteoporosis directed enhanced service to 2011-12.
	(30846)

370	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on diabetes prevention in each of the last five years.
	(30363)

371	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Leicester East constituency were diagnosed with diabetes in each of the last five years.
	(30449)

372	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on diabetes information leaflets in each of the last five years.
	(30450)

373	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public drinking water fountains were installed in each year since 2005.
	(30439)

374	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pregnancies among those aged under 19 years were recorded in Brighton and Hove in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(30654)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

375 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers in (i) the Metropolitan Police Service and (ii) Cambridgeshire Constabulary were assigned to light duties in each of the last three years.
	(29967)

376 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers in (i) the Metropolitan Police Service and (ii) Cambridgeshire Constabulary took sick leave in each of the last three years.
	(29968)

377 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
	(30336)

378 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of civil penalties issued for carrying stowaways to (a) UK-registered haulage firms and (b) drivers employed by UK-registered haulage firms have been collected since 2000.
	(30389)

379 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of civil penalties issued for carrying stowaways to (a) non-UK-registered haulage firms and (b) drivers employed by non-UK-registered haulage firms have been collected since 2000.
	(30390)

380	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) its agencies contract services from Addison Lee.
	(30849)

381 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Government intends to measure its progress in implementing its commitment to reduce the number of animals used in scientific procedures.
	(30153)

382

Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many invoices her Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available; what the average cost to her Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of invoices settled in that period her Department paid (a) electronically and (b) by cheque.

(30862)

383	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the child trafficking cases referred under the National Referral Mechanism since its establishment (a) were referred to the police for further investigation with regard to human trafficking and (b) led to prosecutions by the Crown Prosecution Service.
	(30875)

384	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet representatives of the Human Trafficking Foundation to discuss the development of policy on human trafficking.
	(30876)

385	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on prevention of human trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
	(30877)

386	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those normally resident in Dartford constituency arrested had a previous conviction in each of the last five years.
	(30414)

387	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what mechanisms she plans to measure the effects of the late night levy on the night-time economy; whether her policy on that levy will be reviewed after a determined period; and if she will make a statement.
	(30830)

388	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet representatives of Stop the Traffik to discuss her policy on human trafficking.
	(30557)

389 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take into account the conclusions of the British Council's report on Global value training - the value of UK education and training exports: an update, when considering changes to the rules governing student visas.
	(30222)

390	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers identified for deportation were removed from their accommodation prior to deportation at an hour before 8 am since January 2010.
	(30351)

391	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to inform the schools of children of asylum seekers who have been deported with these children of the action that has been taken.
	(30484)

392 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas to work in the UK have been granted to scientists wishing to take up employment at a UK university in each of the last three years.
	(30338)

393 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removal directions for illegal migrants have been cancelled by the UK Border Agency in the latest period for which figures are available; what the reasons were in each case; how many of these removal directions involved non-refundable flights; and how much it cost the Agency to cancel such flights.
	(30243)

394
N

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removal directions for foreign national prisoners have been cancelled by the UK Border Agency in the latest period for which figures are available; what the reasons were in each case; how many of these removal directions involved non-refundable flights; and how much it cost the Agency to cancel such flights.

(30244)

395
N

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removal directions for failed asylum seekers have been cancelled by the UK Border Agency in the latest period for which figures are available; what the reasons were in each case; how many of these removal directions involved non-refundable flights; and how much it cost the Agency to cancel such flights.

(30245)

396 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals before Immigration and Asylum tribunals were adjourned because her Department failed to comply with removal directions in each of the last five years.
	(30246)

397	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have in place to reduce the number of working days lost through sickness and other forms of absence.
	(30354)

398	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) sickness and (b) unauthorised absence among staff in her Department and its agencies in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30417)

399	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with Soroptimist International her Department's policy on the publication and distribution of advertisements for sexual services prior to concluding her proposed strategy on human trafficking.
	(30869)

400	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 30 November 2010, Official Report, columns 68-69WS, on the Animals Scientific Procedures Inspectorate (Wickham Laboratories), when she plans to determine whether proceedings for infringement of conditions of project licences are to be brought.
	(30842)

401	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of reviewing the certificate of designation issued to Wickham Laboratories.
	(30843)

402 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to link the level of support payments to asylum seekers to changes to the level of benefit payments.
	(30149)

403 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been granted discretionary leave to remain in each year since 2005.
	(30150)

404 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the merits of allowing asylum seekers to apply for a work permit after six months; and if she will make a statement.
	(30377)

405	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet Save the Children to discuss child trafficking prior to her announcement of a strategy for human trafficking.
	(30831)

406	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of wild-caught primates to be used in scientific research in the UK in (a) 2015 and (b) 2020.
	(30404)

407 N	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements have been made for residential and operational staffing of immigration removal centres over Christmas 2010 and the New Year period.
	(30144)

408 N	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ministers in her Department have signed any authorisations for the continued detention of children at immigration removal centres beyond 28 days which provide for the detention of children during Christmas 2010.
	(30145)

409 N	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency has made arrangements in respect of children detained at immigration removal centres during Christmas 2010.
	(30146)

410 N	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families she expects to be detained at immigration removal centres during Christmas 2010.
	(30147)

411 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the documents held by her Department relating to the 1972 Shrewsbury Picket dispute.
	(28876)

Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

412

Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Service spent on bottled water in the last 24 months; what the average cost to the House per litre of water supplied was; which company holds the contract to supply bottled water to the House; and under what procedures (a) the tender for this contract was issued and (b) the contract was let.

(30328)

413	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will take steps to assess the level of compliance with the regulations on the use of House dining facilities in respect of indirect fundraising for political parties in the last 12 months.
	(30402)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

414 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in Kenya.
	[R] (30297)

415 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to provide agricultural development assistance to Kenya.
	[R] (30298)

416 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to assist Kenya in meeting its commitments under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.
	[R] (30299)

417 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of climate change on agriculture and food security in Kenya.
	[R] (30300)

418 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist farmers in Kenya to adapt to climate change.
	[R] (30301)

419 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) the food security situation in Western Sahara and (b) the implication for food security in that country of the arrival of recent settlers.
	(30062)

420 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on agricultural development in Western Sahara in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that expenditure was in respect of the (a) Saharawi population and (b) Moroccan settlers.
	(30063)

421 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on emergency food aid in Western Sahara in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that expenditure was in respect of the (a) Saharawi population and (b) Moroccan settlers.
	(30064)

422	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30754)

423	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to assist the agricultural development of Botswana.
	(30368)

424	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in Botswana.
	(30369)

425	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on agricultural development in Botswana in each of the last five years.
	(30370)

426	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of climate change on agriculture and food security in Botswana.
	(30371)

427	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to assist Botswana to meet its commitments under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.
	(30372)

428	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist farmers in Botswana to adapt to climate change.
	(30504)

429

Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in Botswana in each of the last five years; and what proportion of his Department's expenditure on (a) climate change overseas, (b) climate change adaptation overseas, (c) climate change in the developing world and (d) climate change adaptation in the developing world this represents.

(30505)

430	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Executive Director of UN Women on the development programme of the agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(30248)

431	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria he is applying in his Department's multilateral aid review to determine the UK's financial contribution to UN Women.
	(30295)

432	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in Bangladesh.
	(30467)

433	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to encourage agricultural development in Bangladesh.
	(30468)

434	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of climate change on (a) agriculture and (b) food security in Bangladesh.
	(30469)

435	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that poor farmers in Bangladesh are able to adapt to climate change.
	(30470)

436

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in Bangladesh in each of the last five years; and what proportion of his Department's expenditure on (a) climate change measures overseas, (b) climate change adaptation overseas, (c) climate change measures in the developing world and (d) climate change adaptation in the developing world this represents.

(30471)

437	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on agricultural development in Bangladesh in each of the last five years.
	(30472)

438	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on emergency food aid in Bangladesh in each of the last five years.
	(30473)

439	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to develop peacebuilding projects in Sudan.
	(30333)

440	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the level of food security in Madagascar.
	(30718)

441	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to assist Madagascar in its agricultural development.
	(30719)

442	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to assist Madagascar meet its commitments under the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme.
	(30720)

443	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment his Department has made on the effects of climate change on agriculture and food security in Madagascar.
	(30721)

444	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take in the future to ensure that the poorest and most marginal farmers in Madagascar can adapt to climate change.
	(30722)

445

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in Madagascar in each of the last five years; and what proportion of his Department's expenditure on (a) climate change measures overseas, (b) climate change measures adaptation overseas, (c) climate change in the developing world and (d) climate change adaptation in the developing world this represented in each such year.

(30723)

446	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on agricultural development in Madagascar in each of the last five years.
	(30724)

447	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on emergency food aid for Madagascar in each of the last five years.
	(30725)

448	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of administering overseas aid funded by his Department.
	(30569)

449	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure aid for agricultural development funded by his Department reaches people living in rural areas.
	(30570)

450	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) funds and (b) other resources his Department has allocated to Yemen in the last 12 months.
	(30571)

451	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of long-term economic growth in Sierra Leone.
	(30454)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

452	Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chartered psychologists, (b) trainee psychologists and (c) pychological assistants have been employed by the Prison Service in the last five years.
	(30249)

453	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2010, Official Report, column 861W, on magistrates' courts: sentencing, if he will place in the Library information on the category of crime into which each case fell.
	(30483)

454 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the balance between penalty and rehabilitation in the sentencing of (a) first-time, (b) repeat and (c) violent youth offenders.
	(30192)

455	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he to assist those people affected by pleural plaques diagnosed after 17 October 2007.
	(30620)

456 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what compensation victims of human trafficking may receive from (a) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and (b) assets seized from traffickers without adversely affecting their entitlement to benefits; and if he will make a statement.
	(30196)

457	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30755)

458	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people normally resident in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) the criminal justice area covering Dartford constituency were convicted for drug-related offences in each of the last five years.
	(30413)

459	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Government has (a) considered exercising and (b) exercised an opt-in to a new EU measure in each of the last five years; and which such measures the Government has opted into.
	(30418)

460	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unauthorised (a) mobile telephones and (b) SIM cards have been found in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(30355)

461	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the level of compliance of Birmingham City Council with his Department's guidance on managing the safety of burial ground memorials since January 2010.
	(30409)

462	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of graveyards in which memorials have been fitted with temporary wooden stakes in accordance with his Department's guidance on managing the safety of burial ground memorials in 2010 to date.
	(30512)

463	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the simplification of property law for unmarried co-habiting couples whose relationship ends.
	(30619)

464	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many working days were lost (a) on average per staff member and (b) in total in each probation area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30416)

465 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those presently serving a custodial sentence were given a sentence of (a) five years or less, (b) four years or less, (c) three years or less, (d) two years or less and (e) one year or less; and if he will make a statement.
	(30379)

466 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's expenditure on legal aid in respect of (a) family court cases and (b) criminal cases involving residents of (i) Cumbria and (ii) Carlisle constituency was in each of the last three years.
	(30397)

467	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for offences related to the use of self-locking snares in Sussex in each year since 2005.
	(30405)

468

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was of the case brought against Ejup Ganic; and how much has been so spent on (a) counsel, (b) solicitors, including staff time, (c) all relevant court hearings, (d) the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosection Service, (e) Ejup Ganic's costs awarded out of public funds and (f) any other relevant costs to be met from public funds.

(30677)

469 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will order a public inquiry into the events leading up to and the imprisonment of participants of the 1972 Shrewsbury Picket dispute.
	(28877)

470 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the level of violence on the prison estate (a) directed at prison officers by prisoners and (b) between prisoners; and what steps he is taking to reduce violence on the prison estate.
	(29071)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

471	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30757)

472	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with political parties in Northern Ireland on measures to deal with the past and its legacy in Northern Ireland.
	(30661)

473	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what account he has taken of (a) banking market conditions in Northern Ireland and (b) the effects on that market of the current financial situation in the Republic of Ireland in developing his proposals for an enterprise zone in Northern Ireland.
	(30727)

474	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress he has made in the development of a strategy for dealing with the past and its legacy in Northern Ireland since May 2010.
	(30728)

Questions to the Prime Minister

475 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason Question 28072, on discussions between the Prime Minister and the Mayor of London, was transferred for answer by the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
	(30524)

476	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 2W and 2 November 2010, Official Report, column 681W, on BP: Libya and oil rigs in Libya, when he expects the Cabinet Secretary to report on his findings.
	(30878)

477	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Prime Minister, which members of the FIFA Executive Committee he has met in the course of his official duties since his appointment; and what undertaking each gave him on support for the Football Association's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
	(30412)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

478 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has undertaken user-testing of the ballot papers for the elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2011.
	(30091)

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

479	John Mann (Bassetlaw): 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 effects of standards of literacy on implementation of individual voter registration.
	(30511)

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

480	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, to how many business bank accounts operated by the offices of hon. Members the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority made payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30407)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

481	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the laying of a dual track along the entirety of the Oxford to Worcester railway line.
	(30739)

482	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include a new specification in the Malvern to London train franchise for 2013 to include an hourly service.
	(30740)

483	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion his Department has had with train operating companies on rolling stock for the London to Malvern train service which will operate on both electrified and non-electrified track.
	(30741)

484 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has set a timetable for future review of the renewable transport fuels obligation.
	(30058)

485 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of price fluctuations in renewable transport fuel certificates on market stability for biodiesel producers.
	(30059)

486 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to provide incentives for the use of used cooking oil as a transport biofuel.
	(30060)

487 N	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which harbour authorities currently hold licences for the transfer of oil via ship to ship transfers.
	(30191)

488	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the levels of freight passing through each of the UK's airports were in each year since 2001.
	(30882)

489 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department received the Rail Value for Money Study interim submission by Sir Roy McNulty.
	(29969)

490	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30758)

491	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the performance of (a) Southeastern and (b) the previous operator for Mid Kent services between London and Maidstone over equivalent periods in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(30733)

492	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that Southeastern carries out efficient ticketing enforcement on its rail services; and if he will make a statement.
	(30734)

493	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail services run by Southeastern was subject to a delay of over 10 minutes in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(30735)

494	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail services Southeastern has cancelled in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(30736)

495	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Southeastern on ensuring that commuters are not affected to an unreasonable extent by disruptions caused by snow and ice.
	(30737)

496	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Southeastern in discharging its obligations under its franchise agreement.
	(30738)

497	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Southeastern on ensuring the efficiency and cost effectiveness of its service.
	(30742)

498	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans for Maidstone to be linked to the High Speed Network.
	(30743)

499	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the incidence of suicide on the rail network in the last 10 years.
	(30573)

500	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on levels of employment in the railway industry of the proposed restructuring of the operation of the railway network set out in the interim report of Sir Roy McNulty's value for money review.
	(30574)

501	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) representatives of business organisations and (b) individual businesses on the future of Waterloo International terminal.
	(30575)

502	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse of maintenance of Waterloo International terminal has been in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(30576)

503	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce a decision on the future of Waterloo International terminal.
	(30577)

504	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he received the interim report of Sir Roy McNulty's value for money review; and for what reasons it was not published prior to 7 December 2010.
	(30578)

505	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budgetary provision he has made for external consulting resources for the rail value for money study.
	(30579)

506	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultants his Department used in preparing the interim report of Sir Roy McNulty's value for money review; and what the cost to his Department was of the services of those consultants.
	(30580)

507	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of workshops planned to inform the final report of Sir Roy McNulty's value for money review.
	(30581)

508	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department of workshops undertaken prior to the publication of the interim report of Sir Roy McNulty's value for money review.
	(30582)

509	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make decisions about rail franchises to be retendered in 2012 and 2013.
	(30583)

510	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he used in making his decision on the future of the East Coast Main Line franchise.
	(30584)

511	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he used in making his decision on the future of the Greater Anglia franchise.
	(30585)

512	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he plans to use to decide the length of franchises for train operating companies across the rail network.
	(30586)

513	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he plans to use in decisions on the reform of the relationship between Network Rail and train operating companies across the rail network.
	(30587)

514	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the membership of the Rail High Level Group; and what criteria he plans to use to determine its membership.
	(30588)

515	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he proposes to set out a remit for the Rail High Level Group in relation to (a) structural reform of the rail industry and (b) franchise reform.
	(30589)

516	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the joint campaign by Network Rail and the Samaritans to prevent suicides on the rail network.
	(30646)

517	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of suicides on the rail network in those areas with a high incidence.
	(30647)

518

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2010, Official Report, column 920W, if he will estimate the average number of (a) fatalities, (b) injuries and (c) personal injury road accidents per mile of the A1307 between the A143 Wratting Road, Haverhill junction and the A603 Lensfield Road, Cambridge junction in each year since 1996.

(30251)

519	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with industry representative groups on the introduction of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence; and what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of the introduction of that certificate.
	(30475)

520
N

Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken of the provision of (a) first and (b) standard class rail travel for its senior civil servants when travelling by rail in an official capacity on journeys of one hour or more; and whether he has assessed the type of work which such officials can undertake in each class of travel.

(30225)

521 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 7 December 2010, Official Report, columns 15-18WS, on the Rail Industry Review, what (a) passenger and (b) trade union representation there will be on the high level working group to examine options for structural reform in the rail industry.
	[R] (30230)

522 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 7 December 2010, Official Report, columns 15-19WS, on the Rail Industry Review, which industry bodies will be represented on the high level working group to examine options for structural reform in the rail industry.
	[R] (30231)

523	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made in its motorcycle riding licence and testing review; and if he will make a statement.
	(30474)

524	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with train operating companies on the prevention of suicide on the rail network following the launch of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(30731)

525	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to require the use of bells or other audible devices on bicycles; and if he will make a statement.
	(30616)

526	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to reduce the level of roadworks in London; and if he will make a statement.
	(30359)

527	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on aircrew of repeated exposure to backscatter radiation from airport body scanners.
	(30479)

528	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken between the (a) initial application and (b) sitting of a driving (i) practical and (ii) theory test in (A) England and Wales, (B) Leicestershire and (C) Leicester East constituency was in each of the last five years.
	(30451)

529	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people failed a driving (a) theory and (b) practical test in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Leicestershire and (iii) Leicester East constituency in each of the last five years.
	(30452)

530	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £30 million Green Bus Fund has been allocated to (a) local authorities in Sussex and (b) Brighton and Hove.
	(30432)

531	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to train operating companies on addressing anti-social behaviour on passenger rail services.
	(30433)

532	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road-gritters and (b) snow ploughs local authorities purchased in each year since 2007.
	(30434)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

533	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of housing benefit received (a) flat-rate and (b) non flat-rate deductions for (i) heating, (ii) hot water, (iii) lighting and (iv) cooking in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30669)

534	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant private rented homes with (a) one bedroom and (b) two bedrooms in North Ayrshire and Arran constituency where the rental is in the bottom 30 per cent. of local market values.
	(30506)

535	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants in each type of tenure under-occupying properties in North Ayrshire and Arran constituency; and how many such tenants are in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance.
	(30507)

536	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant (a) housing association and (b) local authority tenanted homes in North Ayrshire and Arran constituency with (i) one bedroom and (ii) two bedrooms.
	(30508)

537	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of multi-occupancy lets of each type of tenure in North Ayrshire and Arran constituency.
	(30509)

538 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet representatives from Remploy to discuss the future of the organisation.
	(30391)

539 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet trade union representatives to discuss the future of Remploy.
	(30392)

540 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet Remploy employees to discuss the future of the organisation.
	(30393)

541 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he (a) last visited and (b) next plans to visit a factory operated by Remploy.
	(30394)

542 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Glasgow, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK Remploy has employed in each of the last five years.
	(30395)

543	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid on average in (a) local housing allowance and (b) housing benefit to recipients in each type of housing tenure in Sunderland Central constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(30364)

544	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of local housing allowance who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for more than 12 months are resident in Sunderland Central constituency.
	(30365)

545	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of disability living allowance aged between 25 and 35 years are resident in Sunderland Central constituency; and how many of these are also in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance.
	(30366)

546	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) his Department and (b) the public bodies for which it is responsible contract services from Addison Lee.
	(30705)

547	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many invoices his Department processed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(30756)

548	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the level of fraudulent use of national insurance numbers; and what steps he is taking to reduce the fraudulent use of such numbers.
	(30318)

549	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Tell Us Once service; and if he will make a statement.
	(30319)

550	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Tell Us Once service.
	(30320)

551	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment programmes are supported by his Department.
	(30349)

552	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) research commissioned and evaluated by his Department and (b) representations he has received since the announcement of his proposals for reforming housing benefit.
	(30350)

553	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) receive and (b) contribute to a pension under the State Savings Related Pension Scheme.
	(30834)

554	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive the basic state pension.
	(30835)

555	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive pension credit.
	(30836)

556

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support will be available for individuals who do not qualify for income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) after 12 months in the work-related activity group of contributory ESA; what entitlement to income-related ESA a person with a partner earning an income of £145 a week or more will have; and if he will make a statement.

(30684)

557	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Belfast East constituency he expects to be affected by the removal of the mobility component of disability living allowance from those in residential care homes.
	(30662)

558	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he took of his Department's policy of personalisation in developing his proposals for the removal of the mobility component of disability living allowance from those in residential care homes.
	(30729)

559	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the median household income of a family in (a) the social rented sector, (b) the private rented sector and (c) owner-occupied accommodation in Glasgow North constituency was (i) before and (ii) after housing costs in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(30515)

560	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant private rented homes with (a) one bedroom and (b) two bedrooms in Glasgow North constituency where the rental is in the bottom 30 per cent. of local market values.
	(30516)

561

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of housing benefit paid by tenure in Glasgow North constituency was in the latest period for which figures are available; what the average amount of local housing allowance paid to occupants of properties in each type of tenure in Glasgow North constituency was in that period; and what proportion of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance recipients in (i) local authority, (ii) housing association and (iii) private sector housing in Glasgow North constituency were also in receipt of (A) jobseeker's allowance and (B) employment and support allowance in that period.

(30517)

562	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of multi-occupancy lets by tenure in Glasgow North constituency.
	(30518)

563	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant (a) housing association and (b) local authority tenanted homes in Glasgow North constituency with (i) one bedroom and (ii) two bedrooms.
	(30519)

564	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants in each type of social housing tenure who are underoccupying properties in Glasgow North constituency; and how many such tenants are in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance.
	(30520)

565	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Glasgow North constituency receive local housing allowance.
	(30521)

566	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of disability living allowance and aged between 25 and 35 years are resident in Glasgow North constituency; and how many of these are in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance.
	(30522)

567	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance in Glasgow North constituency share their tenancy with a non-dependent in respect of whom a deduction is made from their entitlement.
	(30523)

568

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2010, Official Report, column 795W, on mortgages: Government assistance, what (a) discussions he has had with and (b) guidance his Department has issued to mortgage providers on how to proceed with borrowers claiming support for mortgage interest mortgages with interest rates substantially higher than the standard interest rate used to calculate support payments; and if he will make a statement.

(30464)

569	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he has taken of the rights of individuals to defer receipt of a state pension beyond the state retirement age in formulating his proposals for a flat-rate state pension.
	(30615)

570 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the merits of mechanisms to protect the National Insurance contributions of stay-at-home parents who are no longer in receipt of child benefit under his Department's proposals on future child benefit arrangements.
	(30061)

571	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of a flat-rate basic state pension.
	(30353)

572	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he made of the accommodation requirements of large families in formulating his proposals for housing benefit reform.
	(30565)

573	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of incorporating winter fuel payments into the War Pension Scheme for armed forced veterans; and if he will make a statement.
	(30250)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

574	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral Answer of 23 November 2010, Official Report, column 153, on prisoners (voting rights), if he will assess the merits of bringing forward proposals to restrict voting rights for prisoners to those limited to serving custodial sentences for summary offences determined by magistrates' courts.
	[Transferred] (30857)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

575 N	Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of changes in his Department's spending on businesses in the private sector in Scotland.
	[Question Unstarred] (29875)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

576 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what budget he has allocated for the British Council's Language Teaching Assistance Scheme for each of the next four years.
	[Transferred] (30374)

577 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in (a) Newcastle, (b) the North East and (c) the UK have participated in the British Council's Language Teaching Assistance Scheme for each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (30375)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

578	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Statement of 25 November 2010, Official Report, columns 466-68, on rail investment, what plans he has to improve the line speed, reliability and capacity of services on the Midland Main Line.
	[Transferred] (30441)


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