Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 10 January 2011

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 10 January 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 10 January 2011

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

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

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what funding the Crown Prosecution Service plans to provide to witness care units in each year of the Spending Review period.
	(32754)

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

2	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the inclusion of data exclusivity clauses in the proposed EU-India free trade area agreement; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such clauses on the production of generic medicines for use by developing and middle-income countries.
	(32424)

3	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that refugee learners are included in his Department's proposals to widen participation in and ensure equal access to further and higher education.
	(32512)

4	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will put in place mechanisms to assist refugee students who meet a university's entry requirements but who are unable to pay tuition fees.
	(32513)

5	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the equivalent and lower qualification policy for student support enables refugees who do not have evidence of their higher education certificates from overseas to fund their undergraduate study in England.
	(32514)

6	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that refugees accepted to a bachelor honours degree course as home students are not disadvantaged by the equivalent and lower qualification policy when applying for student support for tuition fee loans.
	(32515)

7	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of 19 to 24 year olds in (a) Bexley, (b) London and (c) England were in full-time education in each of the last three years.
	(32459)

8 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of higher fees on the duration of university courses which currently last four years.
	(32775)

9	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were enrolled in universities in (a) 1980, (b) 1990, (c) 2000, (d) 2005 and (e) 2010, and how many students enrolled in universities did not complete their courses in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2010.
	(32566)

10	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many final year university students failed to attain a pass degree in in (a) 1980, (b) 1990, (c) 2000, (d) 2005 and (e) 2010.
	(32567)

11	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many university students received third class honours degrees in (a) 1980, (b) 1990, (c) 2000, (d) 2005 and (e) 2010.
	(32568)

12	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK students enrolled in universities in (a) 1980, (b) 1990, (c) 2000, (d) 2005 and (e) 2010 were (i) educated in the state sector and (ii) recipients of free school meals when in full-time education.
	(32577)

13	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 8 November 2010 concerning Ms E Massey.
	(32491)

14	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legal advice his Department has sought on the routine copying out of EU directives directly into UK law; whether this advice differs from previous legal advice obtained from within Government resources; and if he will make a statement.
	(32573)

15	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations he consulted on his proposal to adopt as routine the practice of copying out the text of EU directives as a means of implementing them in UK law.
	(32574)

16	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what weight he gives to the views of (a) non-governmental organisations, (b) unions, (c) business and (d) other interested parties in consultations on EU regulations; and if he will make a statement.
	(32575)

17 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on its ability to set its own income threshold for Scottish students borrowing with the Student Loan Company.
	(32482)

18	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to respond to the letter of 13 April 2010 from the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Livingston to the then Minister for Postal Affairs.
	(32887)

19	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what due diligence criteria the Export Credits Guarantee Department uses to ensure that no companies undertaking projects supported by the Department engage in activities which risk abusing (a) human rights and (b) the environment.
	(32527)

20	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the Student Loans Company.
	(32409)

21	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of graduates he estimates will not complete repayment of their student loan within 30 years following the implementation of his proposed reform of student finance; and if he will make a statement.
	(32580)

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the resource accounting and budgeting charge in respect of the present system of students loans is for 2010-11; what estimate he has made of the likely charge under his proposals for the reform of student finance through (a) the extension of part-time fee loans and (b) the annual uprating of the earnings repayment threshold in each year of the Spending Review period; and if he will make a statement.

(32581)

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposals for reform of student finance, including (a) the extension of part-time fee loans and (b) the annual uprating of the earnings repayment threshold, on the prospects of the future sale of the student loan book; and if he will make a statement.

(32582)

24 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the variations in the real interest rate to be charged on student loans for graduates earning between £21,000 and £41,000 will be following the implementation of his proposed reform of student finance; and if he will make a statement.
	(32591)

25
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibility (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) the Student Loans Company will have for (i) applying the annual uprated earnings threshold and (ii) calculating the repayments to be made by graduates following the implementation of his proposed reform of student finance; and if he will make a statement.

(32592)

26
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of mature students graduating in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period who will never repay the full value of loans taken out (a) under the existing system for student finance and (b) under his proposed reform of student finance; and if he will make a statement.

(32593)

27 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in the average level of household debt attributable to the implementation of his proposed reform of student finance in the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(32594)

28 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of students who enter higher education of a tuition fee of (a) £7,000, (b) £8,000 and (c) £9,000 per annum; and what estimate he has made of the effect on the public purse of the implementation of such fees.
	(32595)

29	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the administrative costs of (a) annual uprating and (b) five-yearly uprating of the earnings threshold for graduate repayments of student loans; and if he will make a statement.
	(32599)

30	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students at each university in England were previously in receipt of free school meals in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(32600)

31	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much he plans to allocate to the National Scholarship Programme in each year to 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(32601)

32	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of funded student places under fee caps of (a) £6,000, (b) £7,500 and (c) £9,000 in each year to 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
	(32602)

33	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has plans to identify best practice in respect of apprenticeship schemes in other European countries.
	(32603)

34 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the export of potassium chloride and pancuronium bromide by British companies for use in executions in the United States; and if he will make a statement.
	(32780)

35	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average amount of interest which will be paid on student loans taken out by students beginning their studies in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32405)

36	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were interviewed for posts as advisers for the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Prosperity and Growth.
	(32609)

37	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the brief given to the individual responsible for interviewing candidates for posts on the advisory team of experts for the Hargreaves Review on Intellectual Prosperity and Growth.
	(32610)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

38	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people identifying themselves as disabled were in employment in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in each of the last three years.
	(32460)

39	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of children in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley who live in a workless household.
	(32461)

40 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to Government departments on the publication of the minutes and agenda items of statutory advisory committees.
	(32613)

41	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussion (a) he, (b) officials in his Department and (c) special advisers in his Department have had with the Director-General of the BBC on the assumption by the BBC of responsibility for material commissioned by the Central Office of Information.
	(32583)

42 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings the Prime Minister's Director of Communications has had with representatives of (a) BSkyB and (b) News Corporation since his appointment; what the (i) date and (ii) purpose of each such meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
	(32807)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

43	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give the Treasury Select Committee the power of veto over the appointment of the Chief Executive of the Consumer Protection and Markets Authority.
	(32812)

44
N

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 21 December 2010, Official Report, column 1311, what the monetary value of planned expenditure (a) in transport infrastructure, (b) in housing, (c) in job creation, (d) in schools, (e) in health services and (f) in total (i) was under the spending plans of the previous administration and (ii) is following the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review in (A) City of York, (B) Yorkshire and the Humber and (C) England in (1) 2010-11, (2) 2011-12 and (3) 2012-13.

(32794)

45	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with its international counterparts on the sustainability of sovereign debt amongst countries in the Eurozone.
	(32851)

46 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total public expenditure in England in 2009-10 was as a proportion of gross domestic product.
	(32533)

47 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was generated from SA300 statement of account forms for amounts less than the administrative cost to HM Revenue and Customs of processing the form in the last five years.
	(32770)

48 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by HM Revenue and Customs on processing SA300 statement of account forms for amounts less than the administrative cost of processing the form in the last five years.
	(32771)

49 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many SA300 statement of account forms were processed for amounts less than the administrative cost to HM Revenue and Customs of processing the form in the last five years.
	(32772)

50 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average cost to HM Revenue and Customs of processing a SA300 statement of account form.
	(32773)

51	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 11 November 2010 concerning Ms K Chung.
	(32493)

52 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on the use of e-mail by those wishing to contact HMRC who are profoundly deaf and who indicate that they are prepared to enter into an agreement to indemnify HMRC against any breach of confidentiality arising from the use of e-mail.
	(32821)

53	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of corporation tax losses subject to group relief claims in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32813)

54	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of penalties charged in respect of late submission of corporation tax returns in respect of accounting periods ending in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32814)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the corporation tax losses declared in respect of the accounting period ending in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 was carried back for offset against profits of previous periods; how much corporation tax was repaid as a result of such carry-backs of losses in each such year; and what the monetary value was of the tax losses carried forward for offset against future profits at the end of each such year.

(32815)

56	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of how many (a) CT41G and (b) CT41G Dormant Company Insert forms submitted to HM Revenue and Customs in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10 HM Revenue and Customs undertook an investigation.
	(32816)

57	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies which submitted HM Revenue and Customs forms CT41G in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 also submitted form CT41G Dormant Company Insert in each such year.
	(32817)

58	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many CT41G forms HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent to newly-formed companies in tax years (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10; and how many such completed forms HMRC received in each such year.
	(32818)

59	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of corporation tax penalties waived in respect of (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32819)

60	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of penalties levied but unpaid in respect of late submission of corporation tax returns in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32820)

61	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average duration was of an exemption from filing corporation tax returns granted to a company which claimed to be dormant in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32822)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies which submitted form CT41G Dormant Company Insert in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 were granted dormant company status and were not asked to submit corporation tax returns; and how many other companies were granted exemption from filing corporation tax returns on the grounds that they claimed to be dormant companies in each such year.

(32823)

63	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a standard period of exemption from filing corporation tax returns was granted to companies which claimed to be dormant in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(32824)

64	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many inquiries into the suspected abuse of dormant company status for corporation tax purposes were undertaken in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32825)

65	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the revenue forgone by the Exchequer from (a) corporation tax, (b) income tax, (c) National Insurance contributions, (d) value added tax and (e) other taxes as a result of companies being struck from the Register of Companies in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	(32826)

66	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes to ensure that a company registered as dormant is not trading; and if he will make a statement.
	(32827)

67	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs initiated a request for a company to be struck off the Register of Companies in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32828)

68	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs requests information from banks on accounts held for UK registered limited companies for the purposes of comparison with lists of dormant companies; and if he will make a statement.
	(32829)

69	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to how many notices of intention to strike a company from the Register of Companies HM Revenue and Customs raised an objection in each tax year since 2007-08.
	(32858)

70	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the five reasons HM Revenue and Customs has most frequently given in objection to the striking off of a company from the Register of Companies since 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
	(32862)

71	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notices of intention to strike a company from the Register of Companies HM Revenue and Customs received in the tax year (a) 2007-8, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(32863)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases where HM Revenue and Customs raised objection to the striking off of a company by the Register of Companies was that objection acted upon in (a) 2007-8, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10; in how many such cases was additional tax revenue raised as a result in each such year; and how much additional revenue was raised in each such year.

(32864)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many corporation tax payers submitted a corporation tax return to HM Revenue and Customs in respect of an accounting period ending in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10; how many of those declared profits giving rise to corporation tax liability in each such year; what the combined (i) monetary value of such profits and (ii) associated liability for corporation tax was in each such year; how many returns declared a loss in each year; what the combined monetary value of such losses was in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

(32910)

74	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby of 30 November 2010, Official Report, column 677W, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting between Treasury officials and the Director-General of the BBC on 15 April 2010.
	(32584)

75 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the distributional effect on each income decile of the population in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland of the change to the basic rate of value added tax.
	(32432)

76 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the likely (a) cost to and (b) time taken by small businesses to implement the proposed changes in the rate of value added tax.
	(32434)

77 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the likely effect of the proposed change in the rate of value added tax on (a) levels of unemployment in and (b) the financial effect on the construction sector in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland.
	(32888)

78 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average change in the number of people purchasing an annuity from a provider other than their existing pension provider was in each year since the review of the Open Market Option commenced.
	(32578)

79 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable has been set for the repair of the ground floor windows in his Department's building facing Parliament Square and Whitehall.
	(32428)

Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of withholding tax on creative industries at source on a territorial basis in the creative industries on (a) multi-territory licensing of copyright and (b) the competitiveness of the UK as a location for the creative industries; and whether he plans to have discussions with his EU counterparts on this issue.

(32403)

81	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the practice of withholding tax at source for copyright royalty income in the music and other creative industries; and what recent assessment he has made of the effects of this practice on the UK economy.
	(32404)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

82 N	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether individuals not in accommodation owing to an inability to pay rents under the proposed changes to local housing allowance may be declared intentionally homeless.
	(32597)

83 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency plans (a) his Department and (b) local authorities have made to respond to flooding resulting from melting snow.
	(32755)

84 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide to the biennial conference of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.
	(32781)

85 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the largest formula change component is in the local government grant allocation he made in his announcement of 13 December 2010 in respect of the 8.4 per cent. reduction in spending power for Nottingham City Council.
	(32530)

86 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department has identified as the most statistically significant change in the new formula for the Supporting People allocation announced on 13 December 2010 in respect of the reduction affecting Nottingham City Council compared with the formula used in 2010-11.
	(32531)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the former hon. Member for Swindon South of 30 April 2007, Official Report, columns 1518-9W, on housing revenue accounts, what the (a) amounts distributed to authorities in deficit, (b) amounts contributed by authorities in surplus and (c) net expenditure by the Exchequer were in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10.

(32636)

88	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to ensure that people in receipt of housing benefit have better access to private rented accommodation in areas where there is insufficient social housing available; and if he will make a statement.
	(32753)

89	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide the finance to enable Essex Fire and Rescue Service to transfer its control centre from its former headquarters to its current headquarters.
	(32799)

90	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who owns the proposed East of England Regional Fire Control Centre; what his Department's contractual obligations are with respect to the building; what plans he has for the future of that building; and if he will make a statement.
	(32800)

91	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cost of completion was of the East of England Regional Fire Control Centre (a) at the commencement of the project and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much his Department has spent on that project to date.
	(32801)

92	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the planned date for the opening of the East of England Regional Fire Control Centre was (a) at the commencement of the project and (b) prior to his announcement not to proceed with the project.
	(32802)

93	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2010, Official Report, column 480W, on planning permission: appeals, whether he plans to reform the right of appeal for (a) applicants and (b) opponents; and if he will make a statement.
	(32803)

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2010, Official Report, column 480W, on planning permission: appeals, whether he plans to put in place measures to prevent local authorities from granting permission for developments that are not in accordance with locally agreed plans; and if he will make a statement.

(32804)

95
N

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, column 52W, on legal opinion, if he will place in the Library a copy of the purchase ledger; in respect of how many cases expenditure on legal fees was incurred; what proportion of the expenditure on legal fees was allocated to advice in respect of potential defamation cases since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.

(32778)

96 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hartlepool of 26 July 2010, in respect of his constituent Mr Richard Wilson and building regulations.
	(32444)

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

97 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many applications under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme were refused in 2009-10.
	(32779)

98	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the arts sector in each of the borough areas of Greater London; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (32412)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2010, Official Report, column 427W, on USA: cluster munitions, whether he has made an assessment of the steps his Department took to inform both Houses of discussions with officials of (a) the US administration and (b) other governments relevant to the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill (i) before and (ii) during the passage of the Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(32570)

100	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to give persons entering the armed forces under the age of 18 the right to leave on attaining the age of 18 if they consider at the age of 18 that they have been mistaken in their decision to enlist.
	(32635)

101 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on travel in each month since April 2010.
	(32382)

102	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking in preparation for the second Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty in February 2011; and which officials of which grades from his Department will attend the Preparatory Committee.
	(32556)

103	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 283W, on NATO, for what reason the UK made no contribution to the Sabre Strike exercise; and if he will make a statement.
	(32586)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

104	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many meetings of the Childhood and Families Taskforce have taken place; who attended each meeting; and what was discussed on each occasion.
	(32853)

105	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what work has been completed by the Childhood and Families Taskforce; and if he will make a statement.
	(32854)

106 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Executive, (b) Electoral Commission, (c) Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and (d) Scottish Interim Elections Management Board on the right of prisoners to vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.
	(32481)

107	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for the political and constitutional reforms proposed in the Coalition Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	(32745)

108	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to reduce fraudulent entries on the electoral register.
	(32746)

109	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the effects on levels of public expenditure of implementation of his proposals to reduce the size of the House of Commons to 600.
	(32747)

110	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the role to be played by (a) the Directgov website and (b) other Government websites in informing the public about (i) individual voter registration and (ii) other constitutional and political changes.
	(32748)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

111 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1070-71, on the Youth Sport Trust, on what date each meeting with (a) Baroness Campbell and (b) the Youth Sport Trust took place; who was present at each meeting; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting.
	(32892)

112 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the scope will be of his Department's review of the national curriculum; when it will commence; what the timetable for the review will be; and if he will make a statement.
	(32615)

113 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who will lead his Department's review of the national curriculum.
	(32616)

114 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children (a) in total, (b) of asylum seekers and (c) who had been trafficked entered local authority care in each of the last five years.
	(32389)

115 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children (a) in total, (b) of asylum seekers and (c) who had been trafficked went missing from local authority care in each of the last five years.
	(32390)

116	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service prepares contingency plans to enable it to respond when changed circumstances affect its business.
	(32904)

117	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the senior management team of the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service develop and implement an action plan (a) to address (i) existing and (ii) emerging skill gaps and (b) raise levels of performance and staff morale.
	(32905)

118	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service is fit for purpose.
	(32906)

119	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service establishes plans to manage reductions in duty allocation of care cases with clear milestones for each area.
	(32907)

120 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has allocated to (a) academies, (b) free schools and (c) local authority schools in the London Borough of Waltham Forest for 2011-12.
	(32920)

121 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people claimed education maintenance allowance in each local authority area in Greater London in each year since 2005; and how much was claimed in each borough in each such year by amount for the time period 2005-10.
	(32921)

122 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies are currently operating on split sites.
	(32776)

123 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies in Kent are university-assisted; and if he will make a statement.
	(32777)

124	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what work has been completed by Ministers and officials in his Department as part of the Childhood and Families Taskforce.
	(32855)

125	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what relationship he plans to establish between local authorities and free schools providing exclusively for children with special educational needs.
	(32856)

126	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to apply additional criteria to groups applying to open a free school providing exclusively for children with special educational needs.
	(32857)

127	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the number of free schools which are likely to be established to provide exclusively for children with special educational needs in the next five years.
	(32865)

128	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which employee groups within his Department's responsibilities are covered by a national pay body; which such pay bodies have been abolished in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
	(32866)

129	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure fairness, consistency and local flexibility in pay and conditions for school support staff following the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
	(32867)

130	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department carried out an equality impact assessment prior to taking the decision to abolish the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
	(32868)

131	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of individuals of each gender working as school support staff in (a) maintained schools and (b) non-maintained schools.
	(32869)

132

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school pupils attended (a) breakfast clubs, (b) after-school and homework clubs and (c) other forms of extended hours schooling in the latest period for which figures are available; and what evaluation his Department has made of the effects on academic attainment of the provision of such services.

(32870)

133	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has allocated to fund extended schools in each year for the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(32871)

134	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's future plans are for extended schools.
	(32872)

135	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) academies and (b) free schools will have a duty to provide extended hours schooling.
	(32873)

136	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department plans to allocate for extended hours schooling in (a) academies and (b) free schools over the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(32874)

137	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on schools of the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
	(32875)

138	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken towards establishing modern foreign languages as part of the primary school curriculum from the 2011-12 academic year.
	(32876)

139	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what equality impact assessments his Department carried out in respect of the (a) establishment of and (b) funding allocated to the Early Intervention Grant.
	(32877)

140	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of individuals of each gender working in early years care in the (a) private, (b) public and (c) voluntary or non-profit sector.
	(32878)

141	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people working in early years care in the (a) private, (b) public and (c) voluntary or non-profit sector.
	(32879)

142	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) trade unions on the establishment and funding of the Early Intervention Grant.
	(32880)

143	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of levels of demand for child care in the 30 per cent. most deprived areas.
	(32881)

144	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the name is of each GCSE and GCSE equivalent qualification which was available between 1995 to 2010; and for each such year what the (a) GCSE equivalent for league table purposes was and (b) how many (i) entries for (ii) passes and (iii) passes at grades A* to C there were for each such qualification.
	(32407)

145

Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students achieved five GCSE at grades A* to C or equivalent in each year from 1990 to 2010; and what proportion achieved these grades, excluding (a) non-GCSE qualifications, (b) non-GCSE qualifications and religious studies GCSEs and (c) non-GCSE qualifications, religious studies GCSEs and vocational GCSEs in each year.

(32408)

146	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 14 and 15 year olds study at further education or sixth form college five days a week; and how many of these students are enrolled at (a) the college and (b) a local school.
	(32638)

147	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision he has made for the administrative costs of the Discretionary Learner Support Fund in 2010-11; and from which of his Department's budgets such costs will be met.
	(32410)

148	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made on his Department's Academies programme in Hendon constituency.
	(32501)

149	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children receive (a) free school meals and (b) education maintenance allowance in each local authority ward in Hendon constituency.
	(32502)

150	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on school standards in Hendon constituency.
	(32503)

151	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration Professor Alison Wolf's review of vocational education will give to pupils with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement.
	(32752)

152	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that the Bailey review on the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood considers the role of the family.
	(32762)

153	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to update his Department's statutory guidance on access to education for children and young people with medical needs published in 2001.
	(32763)

154	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) academies and (b) free schools will be subject to national curriculum changes made by his Department.
	(32765)

155	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to ensure that compulsory education includes both vocational and academic routes of study.
	(32766)

156	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that rural primary schools are not disadvantaged by local authority budget allocations deploying the Mosaic formula.
	(32576)

157	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the time taken to process claims for disabled students' allowances.
	(32637)

158	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date he expects BTEC or equivalent qualifications to be included as part of the school attainment measure of five GCSE grades at A* to C including English and mathematics.
	(32585)

159	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average points score will be from those vocational subjects to be included in the school performance measure of five GCSE grades at A* to C including English and mathematics.
	(32587)

160	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department did not include an obligation to provide religious instruction in its legislative proposals for the Academies Bill 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(32604)

161	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking as part of his Department's review of personal, social health and economic education to improve financial advice and education for young people.
	(32488)

162 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to make provision to reimburse students for costs incurred through attendance at further education colleges following the ending of education maintenance allowance.
	(32426)

163	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in the city of Brighton and Hove area operated a school sport partnership programme in each year since 2007.
	(32397)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

164	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the direct carbon dioxide emissions arising from the participation of the UK delegation in the climate change conference in Cancun.
	(32789)

165	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's consultation documents on electricity market reform published on 16 December 2010, which types of financial support or incentivisation he regards as subsidies to the nuclear industry; and what criteria he uses to decide whether a financial incentive is a subsidy.
	(32528)

166	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Tamworth of 16 December 2010, Official Report, column 1039, on nuclear power stations, what the names are of each of his contacts around the City who have indicated that there certainly is an appetite to invest in new nuclear plant.
	(32540)

167	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will implement incentives to encourage the storage of gas for the purpose of energy security in the winter of 2010-11.
	(32420)

168	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken by Eaga plc to carry out work under the Warm Front Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(32639)

169

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's consultation on revised funded decommissioning programme guidance for new nuclear power stations, if he will take steps to recover from (a) NNB GenCo, (b) Horizon Nuclear Power and (c) NuGeneration Ltd the expenditure from the public purse since 1973 on payments to (i) (A) the International Atomic Energy Agency and (B) Euratom and the Joint Research Centres for research on nuclear waste, (ii) NIREX and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for research and development on nuclear waste and (iii) the UK Atomic Energy Authority and British Nuclear Fuels for research, development, demonstration and deployment of technologies and materials used for nuclear waste management in proportion to the proposed use by those companies of the technological advances in nuclear waste management so funded from the public purse.

(32569)

170

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department received from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in respect of the accident on 23 December 2009 involving an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons from Sedco 711 oil recovery platform in the North Sea; what lessons have been learned about the vulnerabilities of flow control valves; and if he will place (a) in the Library and (b) on his Department's website a copy of the report on the accident made by Shell to the HSE.

(32571)

171

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to implementing the proposals in the European Commission Communication: Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities, SEC(2010) 1193, with particular reference to section 3, page 10, that until complete results are available from the investigation into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon accident, additional caution should be applied both to ongoing exploration and to new operations and that where extreme climate, high pressure/high temperature reservoirs, deep water or particularly sensitive natural environments are involved, this would warrant extra care and a temporary suspension of future operations.

(32572)

172	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many new build non-residential properties were built with ground source heat pumps in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009.
	(32399)

173	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many solar panels were retro-fitted to existing properties in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009.
	(32400)

174	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to increase the uptake of solar panels; and if he will make a statement.
	(32401)

175	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of residential properties which have solar panels.
	(32402)

176

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely change in energy costs for consumers that will result from his proposals to ensure third-party access to licence-exempt electricity networks in (a) ports, (b) railway stations, (c) London Underground stations, (d) industrial estates, (e) marinas, (f) airports and (g) caravan parks.

(32469)

177	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what factors he took into account in determining the length of the consultation period on the provision of third party access to licence-exempt electricity and gas networks.
	(32470)

178	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many consultations his Department has undertaken lasting (a) less than six weeks, (b) six to 12 weeks and (c) over 12 weeks in each of the last three years.
	(32471)

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

179	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with local authorities on steps to ensure that footpaths are kept open and accessible.
	(32509)

180	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on proposals to ensure that footpaths are kept open and accessible; and if she will make a statement.
	(32510)

181 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has made to respond to flooding resulting from melting snow.
	(32757)

182	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which date the waste hierarchy in the revised Waste Framework Directive will apply in the UK.
	(32843)

183	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage recycling.
	(32844)

184	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage waste prevention.
	(32845)

185 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many submissions on deposit refund schemes her Department has received from (a) individuals, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) companies and trade associations as part of its review of waste policy in England.
	(32437)

186 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the responses received to her Department's consultation on waste policy in England related to deposit refund schemes.
	(32438)

187	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the spread of bovine TB.
	(32915)

188

Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many parties were involved in the contamination of a winter oilseed rape crop with the GM trait GT73 at a location in Somerton and Frome constituency in 2008; who owned (a) the land involved, (b) the seed varieties contaminated and (c) the GM trait; and whether the seed variety involved (i) has been placed on or (ii) is under assessment for inclusion on the National List of Varieties.

(32840)

189	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on methods of tackling the spread of bovine TB which do not involve culling badgers, including vaccination, in the last three years.
	(32558)

190	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether planned changes to food labelling regulations will include consideration as to whether meat products have been processed using religious ritual measures.
	(32634)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

191	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration his Department's consular directorate has given to the merits of the memorandum of understanding prepared by SAMM Abroad; and what response has been sent to SAMM Abroad on the memorandum.
	(32411)

192	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of incidences where a bereaved family has been informed through the media of the murder or manslaughter of a relative abroad before being contacted by representatives of his Department.
	(32415)

193	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of compliance with human rights, the rule of law and democratic processes in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.
	(32529)

194	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Mauritius on its claim to the Chagos archipelago.
	(32894)

195	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Morocco on the conditions of Saharawi people in the occupied Western Sahara.
	(32895)

196	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings the UK diplomatic representative to the Ivory Coast has had with each presidential candidate; and what reports he has received of the conduct of the presidential election in all parts of that country.
	(32897)

197	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government's commitment to stand firm on human rights in all its bilateral relationships, as referred to in the Coalition Agreement, will inform his Department's policy on Kashmir.
	(32417)

198	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Indian, (b) Pakistani and (c) Kashmiri counterparts on the political situation in Kashmir; and if he will make a statement.
	(32425)

199	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iranian authorities on the recent trial of Mrs Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr Afif Maimi, Mr Saeid Rezaie, Mrs Mahvash Sabet, Mr Behrouz Tavakkoli and Mr Vahid Tizfahm.
	(32473)

200 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to strengthen links with local and national governments overseas as part of the biennial conference of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.
	(32782)

201	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance of the Russian Federation with its international obligations on the rule of law and democratic processes; and if he will make a statement.
	(32908)

202	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Europe of 11 November 2010, on the European Union Bill, for what reasons his Department believes that the present terms of UK membership of the EU are in the national interest.
	(32632)

203	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Europe of 11 November 2010, on the European Union Bill, what his objectives in the EU are for achieving an open external market.
	(32633)

204	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the treatment of supporters of democracy in Belarus; and if he will make a statement.
	(32630)

205	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iranian authorities on the recent trial and sentencing of Mr Youcef Nadarkhani.
	(32796)

206	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in relation to (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
	(32589)

207	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the second Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty in February 2011; and which officials of which grades from his Department will attend the Preparatory Committee.
	(32559)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

208	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs of implementing the organisational recommendations of the NHS Safe and Sustainable review of children's congenital cardiac services.
	(32516)

209	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the July 2010 review of paediatric cardiac surgery and clinical governance at the Oxford John Radcliffe Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit.
	(32517)

210	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (a) families of former patients and (b) others on the conduct of the review of paediatric cardiac surgery and clinical governance at the Oxford John Radcliffe Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit.
	(32518)

211	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the option of keeping open the John Radcliffe Hospital's Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit was not considered in the NHS Safe and Sustainable review of children's congenital cardiac services in England.
	(32519)

212	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account the NHS Safe and Sustainable review of children's congenital cardiac services in England has taken of the findings of the July 2010 review of paediatric cardiac surgery and clinical governance at the Oxford John Radcliffe Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit.
	(32520)

213	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultation document prepared as part of the NHS Safe and Sustainable review of children's congenital cardiac services in England will consult on the option of keeping Oxford John Radcliffe Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit open.
	(32521)

214	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the consultation document prepared as part of the NHS Safe and Sustainable review of children's congenital cardiac services in England will be published.
	(32522)

215	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has received on the introduction of a legal duty of candour in healthcare.
	(32852)

216	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) middle grade doctors and (b) middle grade doctor vacancies there were in each accident and emergency department in the North East Strategic Health Authority area.
	(32511)

217	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated in ring-fenced funding for dementia services in each of the last three years; and how much of that allocation to each primary care trust was unspent in each such year.
	(32494)

218	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of geographical variations in the standard of dementia care; and if he will make a statement.
	(32495)

219	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a recent assessment has been made of the role of (a) carers' centres in Chatham and Aylesford constituency and (b) voluntary organisations in Kent and Medway in supporting carers.
	(32496)

220	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assistance his Department provided to (a) Medway Council, Tonbridge and Malling Council, (c) Medway Primary Care Trust and (d) West Kent Primary Care Trust for the support of carers in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(32497)

221	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2010, Official Report, column 126W, on prescriptions: fees and charges, when he plans to (a) look at options for creating a fairer system of prescription charges and exemptions in England and (b) announce proposals arising from such consideration.
	(32625)

222	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2010, Official Report, column 126W, on prescriptions: fees and charges, what options he plans to consider when looking at the creation of a fairer system of prescription charges and exemptions.
	(32626)

223	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the number of people in England who (a) currently use a pre-payment certificate and (b) purchased a pre-payment certificate in each of the last five years.
	(32627)

224	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he has received on the effects of plain packaging of cigarettes on levels of smoking.
	(32791)

225	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HIV diagnoses there were (a) in each ethnic minority group and (b) in total in each year from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
	(32449)

226	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per patient was of antiretroviral therapy for HIV in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(32450)

227	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether HIV treatment will be commissioned at national or GP consortium level under his proposals for NHS commissioning structures.
	(32451)

228	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on HIV prevention in each year from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
	(32452)

229	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of his Department's expenditure on HIV prevention was targeted at people of African origin in each year from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
	(32453)

230	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations received funding from his Department for HIV prevention for people of African origin between 2005-06 to 2009-10; and how much funding was allocated to each organisation in each year.
	(32454)

231	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding from his Department each (a) Department of central Government, (b) local authority and (c) primary care trust spent on HIV prevention in each year since 2005-06.
	(32455)

232	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each (a) gender and (b) ethnicity were recorded as having HIV in each year from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
	(32456)

233
N

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which initiatives of his Department and its agencies expenditure on advertising has been incurred in each of the last five years; how much was spent on advertising in respect of each such initiative; and how much his Department and its agencies plan to spend on advertising in respect of which initiatives in 2010-11.

(32596)

234	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the likely effects on kidney dialysis patients of imposing financial penalties on dialysis units which provide mixed sex accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
	(32742)

235	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish guidelines for the harvesting of non-heart beating organs from accident and emergency units; and if he will make a statement.
	(32743)

236	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage new providers to bid for community contracts as part of the reforms proposed in the public health White Paper.
	(32466)

237	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide information to the public on GP-led commissioning.
	(32467)

238	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the monitoring arrangements for the NHS Commissioning Board.
	(32468)

239	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to establish a National Quality Standard for rheumatoid arthritis.
	(32561)

240	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum length of time between site visits to social care providers will be under the new inspection methodology and staffing complement proposed for the Care Quality Commission.
	(32551)

241	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the planned new health visitor posts will (a) be full-time and (b) be located in Greater London.
	(32552)

242	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average number of site visits to be made to social care providers each year under the new inspection methodology and staffing complement proposed for the Care Quality Commission.
	(32565)

243	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS bodies will employ health visitors following implementation of his proposals to replace primary care trusts.
	(32590)

244	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hydrotherapy pools were (a) opened and (b) closed in each primary care trust in each of the last five years.
	(32489)

245	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hydrotherapy pools are available to patients in each primary care trust.
	(32490)

246	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the number of NHS hydrotherapy pools.
	(32506)

247	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of ankylosing spondylitis services in England.
	(32507)

248	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an estimate has been made of the cost of ankylosing spondylitis to the (a) NHS and (b) economy in each of the last five years.
	(32508)

249 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the independent report commissioned into the dismissal of the chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust; and what proportion of such costs were attributable to the redrafting of the report.
	(32889)

250 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each draft submitted to him of the independent report on the dismissal of the chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust.
	(32890)

251 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the independent report he commissioned into the dismissal of the chief executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust.
	(32891)

252 N	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the involvement of service users in commissioning services to treat (a) alcoholism and (b) drug addiction.
	(32108)

253 N	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role he expects Public Health England to play in raising awareness of the health implications of (a) alcoholism and (b) drug addiction in local communities.
	(32109)

254 N	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to involve local communities in the (a) design and (b) provision of (i) prevention and (ii) treatment services for (A) alcoholism and (B) drug addiction.
	(32110)

255 N	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reform the system of commissioning for (a) alcohol and (b) drug addiction treatment services; and how he plans to (i) increase efficiency, (ii) create savings to the public purse and (iii) reduce the level of administrative burdens through the local commissioning of such services.
	(32111)

256	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to involve treatment providers in the design of specifications for (a) alcohol and (b) drug addiction treatment services; and to what extent such specifications will be devolved to a local level.
	(32808)

257	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to simplify the tendering process for (a) alcohol and (b) drug addiction treatment services.
	(32809)

258	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on integrating (a) alcohol and (b) drug addiction treatment services in the social care system; and what discussions he has had on this matter with Ministerial colleagues in the (i) Department for Communities and Local Government and (ii) Cabinet Office.
	(32810)

259	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to require GPs to establish partnerships with local providers of (a) alcohol and (b) drug treatment services.
	(32811)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

260 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the responses of police forces to Independent Police Complaints Commission reports on police conduct during investigations of allegations of rape; and if she will make a statement.
	(32165)

261 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service for suspected offences in the course of demonstrations against tuition fees; and how many such people have been charged.
	(32618)

262 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many free passports were issued to British citizens born before 2 September 1929 between March 2009 and March 2010; and whether her Department plans to extend the duration of the current scheme.
	(32774)

263 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the minutes of each meeting of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in the last two years.
	(32611)

264 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of the control of mephedrone on levels of use of (a) mephedrone and (b) cocaine and amphetamines.
	(32612)

265	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to issue guidance to chief constables on the use of their discretion to remove records from the DNA database for the purposes of ensuring consistency of practice.
	(32463)

266	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will have responsibility for the National DNA database after the National Policing Improvement Agency has been phased out.
	(32464)

267	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to remove and destroy records associated with false or wrongly records names on the DNA database.
	(32465)

268	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) shotgun and (b) firearm certificate applications were refused in (i) Cumbria, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) Berkshire in the last 12 months.
	(32749)

269	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) shotgun and (b) firearm certificate applications were refused in the (i) Metropolitan Police Service area, (ii) West Midlands Police Service area and (iii) Greater Manchester Police Service area in the last 12 months.
	(32750)

270	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons convicted of offences for which they have served terms of imprisonment of less than three years hold (a) shotgun and (b) firearm certificates in the (i) Metropolitan Police Service area, (ii) West Midlands Police Service area and (iii) Greater Manchester Police Service area.
	(32751)

271	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals to ban wheel-clamping by private operators; and if she will make a statement
	(32413)

272	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the level of trafficking into the UK for the purposes of (a) forced labour and (b) domestic servitude.
	(32485)

273	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the level of trafficking into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
	(32486)

274	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage information sharing between police forces in respect of human trafficking offences.
	(32487)

275 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of policing the demonstrations in (a) the area around Parliament and (b) other areas of London on 9 December 2010.
	(31862)

276 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of policing the demonstrations in the area around Parliament on 24 November 2010.
	(31863)

277 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of policing the demonstrations in the area around Parliament on 10 November 2010 (a) before and (b) after the incidents at Millbank Tower.
	(31864)

278 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with Westminster City Council its estimate of the time it will take to repair the pavement area around the grass in Parliament Square.
	(32430)

279 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the Mayor of London his estimate of the time it will take to restore Parliament Square to its condition before the encampment of demonstrators.
	(32431)

280	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children aged (a) under five years, (b) between six and 11 and (c) between 12 and 16 years are awaiting a decision on an application for asylum.
	(32541)

281	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adult asylum seekers had been (a) granted and (b) refused permission to remain in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(32542)

282	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on the assisted return scheme in each of the last 12 months.
	(32543)

283	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children aged (a) under five, (b) six to 11 and (c) 12 to 16 years are being held in each immigration detention centre.
	(32546)

284 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of specialist support for males (a) nationwide and (b) in Bradford who have been subject to rape.
	(32427)

285	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for offences relating to child trafficking in each year since 2007.
	(32398)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

286

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) correspondence, (b) discussions and (c) meetings there have been between (i) Ministers and (ii) officials of his Department and (A) their counterparts in other departments and (B) the Serious Fraud Office on the sale by BAE of an air traffic control system to Tanzania and the subsequent prosecution of BAE; what assessment he has made of (1) the settlement reached between the Serious Fraud Office and BAE in the case and (2) arrangements for the disbursement of the sum to be paid by BAE to Tanzania; and if he will make a statement.

(32767)

287 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries his Department provides funding for non-governmental organisations combating human trafficking.
	(32758)

288	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North of 17 November 2010, Official Report, column 874, whether his Department provides funding to projects which encourage developing countries to import asbestos from Canada to manage their waste appropriately.
	(32416)

289 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the change in real terms in the UK's Official Development Assistance will be in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	(32435)

290 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK's Official Development Assistance will be spent on debt relief in each year from 2010-11 to 2013-14.
	(32436)

291	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to involve diaspora groups in the UK in development projects in their countries of origin.
	(32457)

292	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support the G8 objective to reduce the global average cost of transferring remittances from 10 per cent. to five per cent. over the next five years in respect of developing countries.
	(32458)

293
N

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow of 3 November 2010, Official Report, column 828W, on UN Women's Agency: finance, by what means his Department will evaluate how UN Women has delivered and demonstrated value for money in the past, as part of the multilateral aid review.

(32478)

294 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take to achieve the target of spending 0.7 per cent. of gross national income on international aid from 2013.
	(32479)

295 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's aid budget in 2014-15 will be spent on Official Development Assistance.
	(32480)

296	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on the participation of civil society in the UN Women's Agency.
	(32526)

297	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in each of the last five years.
	(32547)

298	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in each of the last five years.
	(32548)

299	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to UNICEF in each of the last five years.
	(32549)

300	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the UN Development Programme in each of the last five years.
	(32550)

301

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the recommendation from the Select Committee on International Development in its Report on Aid Under Pressure, HC 179-I, Session 2008-09, that his Department should make greater use of the expertise that exists within local government in the UK.

(32760)

302	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 15 November 2010 concerning Mr W Howe.
	(32492)

303	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the use of microinsurance as a mechanism to assist adaptation to climate change in the world's poorest countries.
	(32560)

304	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking in preparation for the second Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty in February 2011; and which officials of which grades from his Department will attend the Preparatory Committee.
	(32557)

305	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department allocated to Yemen in each of the last five years.
	(32544)

306	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated to Sri Lanka in each of the last five years.
	(32545)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

307	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research he is conducting into the operation of the principle of joint enterprise in criminal trials and sentencing policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(32896)

308	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the investigation into a death in custody by the Prison and Probations Ombudsman and (b) the inquest and any other associated action in each financial year since 2007-08.
	(32898)

309	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost of legal representation was of the Government at completed inquests into all cases where the Government was represented in each financial year since 2007-08; and how much the Government spent on legal aid to the families of the deceased in each such year.
	(32899)

310	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners serving a custodial sentence of less than four years for each category of offence are repeat offenders.
	(32841)

311	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of each category of offence received a custodial sentence of (a) four years or more and (b) less than four years in each of the last five years.
	(32842)

312 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the proposed timetable for the (a) reform of legal aid and (b) introduction of the universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	(32474)

313
N

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of his proposals for a single telephone gateway for civil legal aid services, on people who (a) do not have access to a telephone, (b) have a health condition that prevents them from using a telephone and (c) have English language difficulties; and if he will make a statement.

(32475)

314 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether individuals who are referred for specialist advice will have a choice of provider following the implementation of his proposals for a single telephone gateway for civil legal aid services; and if he will make a statement.
	(32476)

315 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the population will have access to legal aid following the implementation of his Department's proposed reforms; and what proportion of the population had access to legal aid in (a) 1998, (b) 2005 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(32477)

316	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1115-6W, on the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of that office in 2010-11.
	(32783)

317	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 1115W, on the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, how many of the complaints to the ombudsman were upheld.
	(32784)

318	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have visitor centres; and what the cost of (a) establishing the centre and (b) running the centre in 2009-10 was in each case.
	(32785)

319	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fires have there been in prisons in each of the last three years.
	(32786)

320	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people currently serving community sentences are deemed to be high risk by the Probation Service; and how many people serving community sentences have been deemed to be high risk by the Probation Service in each of the last three years.
	(32787)

321	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of breaches of a community sentence recorded in respect of an individual was in each of the last three years.
	(32788)

322	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have breached community sentences in each of the last three years; and how many community sentences have been breached in each of the last three years.
	(32790)

323	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on re-offending rates of prison visitor centres.
	(32792)

324	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010 to Question 31730, on sentencing, how many offenders in each category received a custodial sentence.
	(32793)

325	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1120-1W, on sentencing, what the highest number was of previous convictions or cautions of an offender who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence.
	(32882)

326	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residents of the London Borough of Bexley were convicted of a motoring offence in each of the last three years.
	(32462)

327	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the Social Impact Bond scheme in HM Prison Peterborough of the (a) current economic situation and (b) implementation of the Government's proposed reform of housing benefit.
	(32414)

328 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which agency will be collecting data in respect of any re-offending by prisoners leaving HM Prison Peterborough under the provisions of the Social Impact Bond; and over what period such data will be collected.
	(32439)

329 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent recidivism rate was for prisoners leaving HM Prison Peterborough.
	(32440)

330 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the merits of extending the Social Impact Bond scheme to (a) high risk, priority and prolific offenders and (b) offenders serving long-term sentences.
	(32441)

331 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to fund social sector organisations participating in the Peterborough pilot of the Social Impact Bond.
	(32442)

332 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Prison Service will take in respect of prisoners in HM Prison Peterborough who are eligible for the Social Impact Bond scheme and decline to participate in the pilot.
	(32443)

333	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made on the effectiveness of funding projects for the Diverting Women from Custody programme in preventing criminal behaviour.
	(32607)

334	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had on the recent evaluation of the multi-agency one-stop-shop for women offenders co-ordinated by Brighter Futures Housing Association.
	(32628)

335	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect costs to the public purse to date of the commissioning process for the four 1,500 bed prisons to be built under the private finance initiative; and if he will make a statement.
	(32909)

336	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the performance of Project Heron against its objectives; and if he will make a statement.
	(32564)

337	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which constituencies a magistrates' court or county court will not be located following the implementation of his proposals for courts closures.
	(32761)

338	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the distance is from each court which will close under his proposals for court closures to the nearest equivalent court which will remain open; and how many cases were dealt with in each court which he proposes to close in the last year for which figures are available.
	(32830)

339 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable has been set for repair of the ground floor windows of the Supreme Court facing Parliament Square.
	(32429)

340	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what projects his Department is operating with organisations in the charity sector to provide rehabilitation for offenders and former offenders.
	(32563)

341	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of the establishment of the Supreme Court.
	(32629)

342	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the esitmated running costs of the Supreme Court are for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(32640)

Questions to the Leader of the House

343	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Standing Orders of the House to allow further time to debate statutory instruments.
	(32744)

Questions to the Prime Minister

344	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Prime Minister, how many overseas visits he has undertaken since his appointment; and what the (a) duration and (b) purpose of each visit was.
	(32588)

345	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Northampton North of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 304, which body is responsible for the enforcement of legislation on Category One fireworks, including Christmas crackers.
	(32839)

346	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps are taken before the award of honours to establish whether recipients and their companies pay tax in the UK.
	(32523)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

347	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on ensuring continuity of fuel deliveries during severe weather.
	(32406)

348 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the proposed closure of coastguard stations in Scotland.
	(32483)

349 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Interim Elections Management Board on the Government's proposals for voting by prisoners.
	(32484)

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

350

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the average time taken by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to process claims for rental payments was in the latest period for which figures are available; what target time has been set for the processing of such claims; what the reason has been for the time taken to process such claims; and if he will make a statement.

(32916)

351

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for what reason the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) proposes to operate its telephone enquiry service between the hours of 1pm and 5pm on weekdays; for what reason no telephone enquiry service is to be provided before 1pm; what the cost to IPSA was of operating the system under the existing hours; what estimate IPSA has made of the cost of operating the system under the new hours; and if he will make a statement.

(32917)

352	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2010, Official Report, column 856W, on Members: allowances, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will arrange to place in the library a copy of the correspondence.
	(32524)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

353	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) mandatory and (b) voluntary adoption of winter tyres on British roads.
	(32911)

354	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maintenance and operating costs were for the Dartford Crossing in each year since 2008.
	(32539)

355 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the M1 motorway was closed in both directions between 15 November and 21 December 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(32614)

356 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which sections of motorways in England were closed more than once in either direction between 15 November and 21 December 2010.
	(32617)

357	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what revenue support payments have been (a) provided to date and (b) allocated to South Eastern Trains under his Department's revenue share and support model.
	(32900)

358	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria are for providing revenue support to South Eastern Trains under his Department's revenue share and support model.
	(32901)

359	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of South Eastern Trains on filling staff vacancies.
	(32902)

360	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of revenue South Eastern Trains received (a) through his Department's share and support model scheme and (b) from passenger revenue collection in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(32903)

361	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the European Commission's proposal to restrict all semi-trailers built under whole vehicle tyre approval to four metres in height; and if he will make a statement.
	(32498)

362	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the proposed restrictions on semi-trailers built under whole vehicle tyre approval to four metres in height.
	(32499)

363 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the construction of the route from the second HS2 tunnel from Chalk Farm to St Pancras will involve taking over any land or buildings not presently used for railway purposes.
	(32532)

364 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has made to respond to flooding on the transport network resulting from melting snow.
	(32756)

365	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to answer Questions 26276 and 26277, on the Dartford Crossing, tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 22 November 2010.
	(32421)

366 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatalities between 2000 and 2010 were recorded as having been caused by freight lorries jack-knifing.
	(32805)

367 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing the number of accidents caused by jack-knifed lorries.
	(32806)

368	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the criteria used to determine the coastguard stations his Department has proposed for closure and the reasons why such criteria were not included in the consultation document Protecting our Seas and Shores in the 21st Century.
	(32859)

369	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how coastguard staff will receive improvements in remuneration following the implementation of proposals in his Department's consultation document, Protecting our Seas and Shores in the 21st Century and the reasons why detail on the proposed improved remuneration were not published in that document.
	(32860)

370	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to ensure the knowledge of the local coastline held by coastguard officers at the stations proposed for closure is replicated in his Department's proposed new structure for coastguard services.
	(32861)

371	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) local authorities in Scotland and (b) the Scottish Executive on the proposed closure of coastguard stations in Scotland.
	(32525)

372	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on mobilising resources to permit the maximum functioning of Heathrow during the recent severe weather.
	(32631)

373 N	Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice he has received on section 32(1) of the Pilotage Act 1987 in relation to the regulation of standards of qualifications for statutory pilots.
	(32641)

374	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies the provision of warm waiting areas for passengers; and if he will make a statement.
	(32798)

375	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 1001W, on the Midland main line: standards, what elements comprise the package of works approved in the Spending Review to allow increased line speeds on the Midland Main Line by 2013.
	(32838)

376	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many tonnes of salt comprise the strategic salt stockpile; at which locations the strategic salt stockpile is stored; and how many tonnes of salt are held at each such location.
	(32846)

377	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place for the distribution of salt from the strategic salt stockpile to (a) local authorities and (b) other agencies.
	(32847)

378	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of tonnes of salt supplies that were available at the end of (a) September 2010, (b) October 2010, (c) November 2010 and (d) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(32848)

379	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the gritting of roads in Wales; and what recent assistance his Department has offered to local authorities in Wales on this matter.
	(32849)

380	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) quantity of salt required in the first four months of 2011 and (b) cost to the public purse of procuring such quantities.
	(32850)

381	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the legal provisions in respect of pavement parking.
	(32418)

382	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on pavement parking.
	(32419)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

383	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of recipients of local housing allowance between the ages of 25 and 35 who are in employment.
	(32598)

384 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that jobseekers living in rural areas with few transport connections are not disadvantaged by the use of a distance criterion rather than a travelling time criterion when being considered for financial support provided by Jobcentre Plus for travelling to interviews.
	(32166)

385 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of measuring the qualifying distance for financial assistance under the Jobcentre Plus travel to interview scheme by travelling time rather than mileage.
	(32167)

386 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what distance a jobseeker must travel to attend an interview to qualify for financial assistance under the Jobcentre Plus travel to interview scheme.
	(32168)

387 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people from Waltham Forest participated in the Future Jobs Fund in 2009-10; and what the employment status of each is.
	(32919)

388	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Chatham and Aylesford constituency (a) are in receipt of carer's allowance and (b) were in receipt of carer's allowance in each of the last five years.
	(32500)

389	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis is for his Department's guidance that unpaid work and incapacity benefit are not necessarily incompatible.
	(32759)

390	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Minister in his Department has lead responsibility for the implementation of recommendations of Lord Young's review of health and safety.
	(32553)

391	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what timetable he has established for the implementation of the recommendations of Lord Young's review of health and safety.
	(32554)

392	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the actions required to implement the recommendations of Lord Young's review of health and safety.
	(32555)

393	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to set a limit on the amount each approved prime contractor under the Work Programme can charge for administration purposes when sub-contracting provision.
	(32912)

394	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for further education colleges in the provision of training under the Work Programme; and what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the role of further education colleges in the Work Programme.
	(32913)

395	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals Jobcentre Plus referred to a further education college for education and training in each region in each of the last five years.
	(32914)

396	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what interim arrangements he plans to put in place for people with (a) mental health conditions and (b) chronic fluctuating conditions who apply for employment and support allowance pending the implementation of the recommendations of the independent review led by Professor Malcolm Harrington.
	(32422)

397	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has assessed the merits of exempting people diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis from the work capability assessment for employment and support allowance pending the implementation of the recommendations of the independent review led by Professor Malcolm Harrington.
	(32423)

398 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of employment and support allowance in Livingston constituency have been judged fit for work since May 2008; how many appeals against such determinations were initiated; and how many such appeals were granted.
	(32433)

399 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase the level of information his Department provides to the public on (a) auto-enrolment and (b) National Employment Savings Trust pension schemes amongst (i) employers and (ii) employees.
	(32579)

400 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the surface area is of each jobcentre in each London borough.
	(32918)

401	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 24 years are expected to have been in receipt of benefit for more than nine months in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	(32605)

402	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 25 years and over are expected to have been in receipt of benefit for more than 12 months in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	(32606)

403	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of working (a) years and (b) days lost through sickness absence as a result of ankylosing spondylitis.
	(32504)

404	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he made an estimate of the number of people in receipt of incapacity benefit on the grounds of a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis in the last financial year.
	(32505)

405	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects records of all Child Support Agency cases to have been transferred to his Department's latest computer system.
	(32883)

406	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents without care pay 30 per cent. or net wages in Child Support Agency payments.
	(32884)

407	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents without care have records on the post-2003 Child Support Agency computer system and make payments at pre-2003 rates.
	(32885)

408	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the records of pre-2003 Child Support Agency cases which have been transferred to his Department's new computer system to have been modified in respect of post-2003 rates of payment.
	(32886)

409	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the merits of extending the time between employment and support allowance capability to work assessments for people with progressive, degenerative or continually severe illnesses.
	(32608)

410	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance; and how many of these people claim housing benefit.
	(32472)

Questions to the Attorney General

411	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Attorney General, if he will make an assessment of the mechanisms available for enforcement of the undertaking given by BAE to make a payment to benefit the people of Tanzania as part of the settlement announced at Southwark Crown Court on 21 December 2010 in the case of BAE and the sale of an air traffic control system to Tanzania.
	[Transferred] (32768)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

412 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he has received from local authorities in each parliamentary constituency on the size of the electorate for parliamentary elections recorded on the registers submitted to his Department on 1 December 2010.
	[Transferred] (32797)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

413	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's list of independent providers who receive funding from his Department for providing 16 to 19 education and training.
	[Transferred] (32795)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

414	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make provision for training of Sure Start health visitors.
	[Transferred] (32764)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

415	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that as a consequence of a conviction in a UK court of a UK company for an offence committed in another jurisdiction, restitution shall be made to the population of that country by the company convicted; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (32769)

416	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the removal of (a) the two-year post-study visa and (b) the highly-skilled visa on (i) student numbers and (ii) revenue of universities offering MSc and MBA courses to overseas students.
	[Transferred] (32562)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

417 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence he used to determine that planned changes to housing benefit for those out of work for over 12 months will increase employment levels.
	[Question Unstarred] (32666)


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