Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 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 17 January 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 January 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 17 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 17 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 17 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, how many people recognised as trafficked under the national referral mechanism procedure were prosecuted for criminal offences by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last three years.
	(34018)

2	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Attorney General, what the Law Officers' Departments' policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees they have on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34600)

3	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Attorney General, what advice he has given to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor on the compatibility with the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights of plans to introduce the enfranchisement of sentenced prisoners in custody.
	(34016)

4	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were (a) initiated and (b) brought to court for (i) perverting the course of justice, (ii) perjury and (iii) wasting police time following the withdrawal of a complaint of rape or domestic violence in the (A) last six months for which figures are available and (B) previous six months.
	(33963)

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

5	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms to secure (a) the effective operation of the Green Investment Bank, (b) its independence from the Government and (c) its accountability to Parliament have been established.
	(34093)

6	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria he plans to apply to determine the future of his Department's operations at Mowden Hall in Darlington.
	(33979)

7	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of his Department's operations at Mowden Hall in Darlington.
	(33980)

8 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the merits of introducing a training wage for interns; and if he will make a statement.
	(33470)

9	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34584)

10	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to provide information on Apprenticeship Week to potential apprenticeship providers and apprentices.
	(34057)

11	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Growth Review to report; and if he will make a statement.
	(34241)

12	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason new nuclear power plants were included in the target subsectors in his Department's invitation to tender for the specification for the Green Investment Bank product research published in late 2010.
	(34580)

13 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in respect of which digital economy and telecommunications matters the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries reports to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills as well as to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
	(33620)

14 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on which occasions he has discussed with the chief executives of (a) Royal Bank of Scotland Group, (b) Lloyds Banking Group and (c) Barclays (i) the bonuses paid to their staff and (ii) their personal bonus since 1 December 2010.
	(34026)

15	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to paragraph 2.33 of the Local Growth White Paper, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the transfer of the regional development agency staff to (a) local enterprise partnerships and (b) other successor bodies.
	(34418)

16	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the sum identified for winding down regional development agencies over the Comprehensive Spending Review period he estimates will be used to (a) pay staff redundancies and (b) cancel operating contracts.
	(34565)

17	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department made of the (a) reflection of a functional economic area and (b) governance arrangements in the successful second proposal for a local enterprise partnership to cover local authority areas in the North East.
	(34577)

18	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to set out the process to be followed for the transition from the regional development agency to two local enterprise partnerships in the North East; and if he will make a statement.
	(34578)

19	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the abolition of One NorthEast on businesses in the North East.
	(34601)

20 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to ensure representation of the (a) regions and (b) nations on the Technology Strategy Board.
	(33762)

21 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the provision of information on resources available to assist women and girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics following the withdrawal of funding to the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology.
	(33763)

22 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many expressions of interest his Department has received from organisations wishing to establish a technology and innovation centre to date.
	(33764)

23 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which staff of his Department have been transferred to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a result of the transfer of responsibility for media and telecommunications competition policy; and whether such transfers are (a) on secondment and (b) permanent.
	(33765)

24 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department has provided to centres of innovation that are dependent on funding from the regional development agencies (RDAs) on whether they will remain as going concerns following the closure of RDAs.
	(33766)

25 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve the skills base of the labour force.
	(33756)

26 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department expects to allocate to the Technology Strategy Board in each of the next three years; for what purpose such funding is to be allocated; and if he will make a statement.
	(33776)

27 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Higher Education Funding Council for England to confirm its next funding allocation to universities; and if he will make a statement.
	(33777)

28 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department not including those in UK Trade and Investment work on international trade in (a) general and (b) negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
	(33778)

29
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount generated by UK higher education institutions in export earnings (a) in total, (b) by each higher education institution as a proportion of the total and (c) in total as a proportion of UK export earnings in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(33779)

30
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many postgraduate research students in the UK who were British citizens received free school meals (a) in total, (b) as a proportion of the total number of British postgraduate research students in the UK, (c) in each higher education institution (i) in total and (ii) as a proportion of the total number of British postgraduate research students at each institution, (d) by subject (i) in total and (ii) as a proportion of the total number of British postgraduate research students of each subject and (e) by institution by subject (i) in total and (ii) as a proportion of that total; and if he will make a statement.

(33780)

31 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the repayment terms for part-time students who take out tuition fee loans will be the same as those for full-time students.
	(33948)

32 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of offering tuition fee loans to part-time students in each of the next four years; and what proportion of the face value of those loans this cost represents in each such year.
	(33949)

33 N	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the Chief Executive of Ofcom engages with all interested parties that have concerns over the planned introduction of unlicensed white space devices; and if he will make a statement.
	(33767)

34	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution his Department is making to the Prime Minister's initiative to create a Tech City in East London.
	(34564)

35	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies that had women as (a) sole proprietors and (b) directors were registered at Companies House in 2009-10.
	(34243)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

36	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to help protect voluntary sector organisations from closure.
	(34104)

37	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34585)

38	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage other government departments to engage with Race Online 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(34242)

39	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual wage was in (a) South Shields constituency, (b) Colchester constituency and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34370)

40	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communications there have been between the Cabinet Office and Hammersmith and Fulham Council on SureStart programmes since the local government finance settlement was announced.
	(34368)

41 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on volunteers.
	(33757)

42	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contribution his Department is making to the Prime Minister's initiative to create a Tech City in East London.
	(34561)

43	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the environmental sector in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(33965)

44	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses were created in the environmental sector in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 2005.
	(33966)

45	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(33967)

46	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses in the manufacturing sector were created in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 2005.
	(33968)

47	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many social enterprises were created in the adult social care sector in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 2005.
	(33969)

48	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new businesses were created in (a) Warwick and Leamington constituency, (b) Warwickshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since 2005.
	(33970)

49 N	Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which national publicity campaigns have been cancelled since the general election; and what cost to the public purse was incurred in each such case.
	(33790)

50	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1222W, on Ministerial policy advisers: redundancy pay, when he expects to publish details of severence payments made to special advisers in each department made redundant at the General Election.
	(34195)

51	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much in public duty costs allowance has been paid to former Prime Ministers in each of the last five years.
	(34218)

52	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to review the limit of public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers.
	(34219)

53	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will consider the merits of making public individual claims by former Prime Ministers from the public duty costs allowance.
	(34220)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

54	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the likely number of consecutive periods of higher than expected inflation necessitating a quarterly letter from the Governor of the Bank of England in 2011.
	(33964)

55	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the 40 pence per mile travel allowance for self-employed taxpayers.
	(34263)

56	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for York Central of 18 October 2010, reference 5/05681/10, on funding for environmental initiatives.
	(34238)

57	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of people in single income households with children who will pay income tax at the higher rate from (a) April 2012 and (b) April 2013.
	(34454)

58 N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of petrol prices in (a) rural and (b) island petrol forecourts; and if his Department will undertake a study of the effects of such prices on rural economies.
	(34074)

59 N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for discussions with the European Commission on his plans for a rural fuel duty rebate; and if he will make a statement.
	(34075)

60 N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration his Department has given to the introduction of a fuel price stabiliser for petrol prices.
	(34121)

61
N

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of tax receipts for (a) business services, (b) education, health and social work, (c) financial intermediation, (d) manufacturing and (e) other wholesale and retail trade from (i) personal tax, (ii) direct business tax, (iii) consumption tax, (iv) property tax and (v) environmental tax in (A) 1998-99, (B) 1999-2000, (C) 2000-01, (D) 2001-02 and (E) 2002-03.

(33788)

62
N

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate revenue to accrue to the Exchequer in a financial year from fuel duty levied at the present rate on unleaded petrol and diesel on the basis of (a) the volume of fuel purchased in the most recent financial year for which figures are available and (b) an average price of £1.30 for diesel and £1.26 for petrol.

(34011)

63	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of Government borrowing was on 15 September 2008.
	(34511)

64	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government deficit was as a proportion of gross domestic product on 1 April 2010.
	(34513)

65	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department expects to recoup of its outlay on supporting and recapitalising financial institutions between September 2008 and April 2010; and what the timescale is for the repayment.
	(34515)

66	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost to the public purse was of support and recapitalisation of financial institutions between September 2008 and April 2010.
	(34516)

67	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government deficit was as a proportion of gross domestic product on 15 September 2008.
	(34517)

68	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of Government borrowing was on 1 April 2010.
	(34518)

69	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason employers are required to continue paying national insurance contributions for employees who have reached state pension age; and for what reason no contribution is required from the employee.
	(34100)

70 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whom he plans to consult on the future of the HM Revenue and Customs estate in Liverpool; and when he expects the consultation to take place.
	(34120)

71 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to review the Barnett formula.
	(33671)

72 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will seek a refund of the capital gains tax levied by the Spanish government on British citizens which the European Court of Justice has declared to be discriminatory.
	(33672)

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings in an official capacity (a) he (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) Rupert Murdoch, (ii) James Murdoch, (iii) Rebekah Wade, (iv) individuals representing News International, (v) individuals representing News Corporation and (vi) individuals representing BSkyB since 4 November 2010.

(34116)

74	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34592)

75	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department; and what their job titles are.
	(34533)

76	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total salary cost and (b) average salary is of staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department.
	(34534)

77	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have been made redundant since May 2010.
	(34535)

78	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on redundancy costs since May 2010.
	(34536)

79	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which senior Civil Service staff have left his Department since May 2010; and what contractual or non-contractual payments were made by his Department in each case.
	(34537)

80	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what new units and teams have been set up in his Department since May 2010; and what the (a) name, (b) purpose, (c) number of staff and (d) total annual costs is for each such unit or team.
	(34538)

81	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on Government Car Service cars since 13 July 2010.
	(34539)

82	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on travel by his officials since May 2010.
	(34540)

83	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on taxis since May 2010.
	(34541)

84	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on consultancy since May 2010.
	(34542)

85	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on photography since May 2010.
	(34543)

86	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on film production, including the filming of speeches, since May 2010.
	(34544)

87	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on newspapers and magazines since May 2010.
	(34545)

88	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on furniture since May 2010.
	(34546)

89	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on redecorating Ministerial offices since May 2010.
	(34547)

90	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the likely effects on the economy in Northern Ireland of the recent increase in the rate of value added tax before that increase came into effect.
	(34187)

91	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time employees of HM Revenue and Customs at each grade were employed in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
	(34188)

92	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation he undertook with the business community in Northern Ireland in advance of the rise in value added tax.
	(34190)

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for value added tax registration resulted in a request to the applicant to provide signed and dated (a) supply contracts, (b) purchase invoices and (c) samples of advertising prior to the provision of a value added tax number; and what proportion of such requests resulted in the application being refused due to (i) suspected fraud and (ii) any other reason in financial year 2009-10.

(34384)

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for value added tax registration resulted in a request to the applicant to provide a signed tenancy agreement or mortgage statement prior to the provision of a value added tax number; and what proportion of such requests resulted in the application being refused due to (a) suspected fraud and (b) any other reason in financial year 2009-10.

(34385)

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of increased revenue payable (a) to the Crown Estate Commissioners and (b) from the Crown Estate Commissioners to the Treasury as a result of the development and generation of offshore wind energy in each year from 2011 to 2020; and if he will disaggregate such estimates into revenues from projects which are expected to gain their Electricity Act Section 36 consent from Scottish Ministers and those which are expected to obtain consent from the Government.

(34221)

96	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-66, on bank bonuses, what consultation he plans to undertake on banks making a greater contribution to local economies and local communities.
	(34230)

97	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-66, on bank bonuses, what categories of potential recipients of the proposed greater contribution to local economies and communities from the banking industry he has identified.
	(34231)

98	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-66, on bank bonuses, on what criteria he intends to distribute the proposed greater contribution to local economies and communities from the banking industry between regions.
	(34232)

99	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-66, on bank bonuses, which bodies he expects to be charged with distributing funds raised from the proposed greater contribution to local economies and communities from the banking industry.
	(34233)

100	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-166, on bank bonuses, what recent discussions he has held with (a) regional bodies, (b) Ministerial colleagues and (c) Government agencies on banks making a greater contribution to local economy and communities.
	(34234)

101	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-166, on bank bonuses, which bodies he expects to administer additional contributions from banks to local economies and communities.
	(34235)

102

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, columns 153-166, on bank bonuses, what meetings on what dates he has had with representatives of the banking industry on increasing the industry's contribution to local economies and communities; and which individuals from which banking organisations attended each such meeting.

(34236)

103	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements he plans to put in place for businesses without internet access to file their value added tax returns after online filing becomes compulsory.
	(34435)

104	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on the tourism industry of the increase in the rate of value added tax.
	(34459)

105	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made on levels of child poverty of the effects of the increase in the rate of value added tax.
	(34471)

106	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on taxation of digital arts industries; and if he will make a statement.
	(34056)

107	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local tax offices closed in each year since 2005.
	(34421)

108	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of notifications of change of address received by HM Revenue and Customs were acted upon in each of the last five years.
	(34552)

109	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs spent on address cleansing in each of the last five years.
	(34553)

110	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of mail sent by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was returned undelivered in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the cost to HMRC of undelivered mail in each such year.
	(34560)

111	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions ex-gratia payments in respect of delayed payment of age-related rebates arising from the late processing of electronically-submitted pension forms have been made in each of the six years.
	(34574)

112	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings his Department has had with the United States Internal Revenue Service on the operation of PAYE in the last 12 months; and what the outcome of such meetings was.
	(34575)

113	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many national insurance (NI) contributions deducted from pay and recorded on form P14 were not credited to NI accounts in each year since 5 April 2004; and what the monetary value is of the contributions yet to be credited.
	(34576)

114

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs made of the number of companies liable for corporation tax in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10; how many such companies were sent a corporation tax return for an accounting period ending in each of those years; how many submitted the corporation tax return (i) within the required time limit and (ii) after the limit in each of those years; and how many were not sent a corporation tax return or a reminder to submit one in each of those years.

(33953)

115	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the need for an international accounting standard for companies operating in the extractives industry to cover all listed multinational companies; and if he will make a statement.
	(33954)

116	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) would not oppose the striking off of a company from the Register of Companies; and whether each notice of intention to strike a company from the Register of Companies is reviewed by HMRC.
	(33955)

117	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish the sovereign support grant linked to revenue from the Crown Estate.
	(34192)

118	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income from the Crown Estate was in 2009-10; and what estimate has been made of income from the Estate in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	(34196)

119	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax relief measures are available in respect of woodland ownership; and what plans he has for the future of such measures.
	(34389)

120	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the exemptions for woodland owners from (a) capital gains tax, (b) inheritance tax and (c) income tax.
	(34390)

121	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his contribution of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 178, on ways and means: financial statement, what progress has been made towards the introduction of a fuel stabiliser; if he will introduce a fuel rebate for residents of remote rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(34228)

122 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which occasions he has discussed with the chief executives of (a) Royal Bank of Scotland Group, (b) Lloyds Banking Group and (c) Barclays (i) the bonuses paid to their staff and (ii) their personal bonus since 1 December 2010.
	(34024)

123 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost to a pensioner of the increase in the rate of value added tax.
	(34028)

124 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost to charities in 2011 of raising the value added tax rate to 20 per cent.; and if he will make a statement.
	(33809)

125 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of changing the value added tax (VAT) rules to ensure that charities are not adversely affected by the recent rise in VAT; and if he will make a statement.
	(33810)

126 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) gross and (b) net UK contribution to the EU budget was in each of the last 10 years.
	(34010)

127	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to the Prime Minister's initiative to create a Tech City in East London.
	(34566)

128
N

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's document, Furnished Holiday Lettings: a summary of responses, if he will place in the Library a copy of the metrics (a) used in the impact assessment to calculate the anticipated differential impact on businesses in remote and rural areas of changes to related eligibility criteria and (b) which underpinned the conclusion that evidence suggested that the projected asymmetry was not of sufficient scale to outweigh the considerations which led to the Government's proposals.

(33846)

129 N	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's document, Furnished Holiday Lettings: a summary of responses, if he will place in the Library the numerical basis used to inform the impact assessment.
	(33847)

130 N	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's document, Furnished Holiday Lettings: a summary of responses, what field research was undertaken in Scotland and Northern Ireland; and in what ways the findings of such research influenced the position set out in the key findings and the Government's response.
	(33848)

131	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he assessed the potential effects on caravan sites of the withdrawal of statutory concessions.
	(34210)

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

132	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what contingency arrangements the Church Commissioners have made to cover the pension liabilities of former Roman Catholic priests who moved to the Church of England in the last five years.
	(34163)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

133 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely role of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in planning applications and decisions following enactment of the Localism Bill; and if he will make a statement.
	(34133)

134 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to enable local government capital receipts to be used for revenue functions in 2011-12.
	(33761)

135	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria local authorities will be required to meet to receive the New Homes Bonus payments.
	(34412)

136	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34586)

137	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the future of the green belt.
	(34193)

138	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect the green belt in England.
	(34194)

139 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic properties in Watford have been empty for more than a year.
	(34166)

140	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average change in council tax was (a) nationally and (b) in Brighton and Hove Council area in each year since 1997.
	(34048)

141	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have indicated to his Department that they plan to move to committee-style governance arrangements after the enactment of the Localism Bill; and if he will make a statement.
	(34050)

142	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition his Department uses of land of community value.
	(34051)

143	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to the application of private property rights to land of community value.
	(34052)

144	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will be responsible for the cost of holding local referendums under the provisions of the Localism Bill.
	(34053)

145	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the local authority petition system after the enactment of the Localism Bill.
	(34054)

146	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority chief executives have had a reduction in the level of their salary since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(34062)

147	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many wholetime firefighters were employed by (a) the London Fire Brigade and (b) each metropolitan fire authority in each year since 1996.
	[R] (34204)

148	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority spent on waste collection and management in the last year for which figures are available.
	(34214)

149	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which senior Civil Service staff have left his Department since May 2010; and what (a) contractual and (b) non-contractual payments were made by his Department in each case.
	(34297)

150	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) names and (b) salaries are of senior Civil Service staff who have (i) moved post within and (ii) left his Department since May 2010.
	(34298)

151	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision was made for the cost of redundancies in his Department's Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 settlement letter.
	(34299)

152	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the most recent previous employment was of senior staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department since May 2010.
	(34300)

153	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on film production including the filming of speeches since May 2010.
	(34301)

154	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pieces of artwork his Department has moved since May 2010.
	(34302)

155	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which new (a) units and (b) teams have been established in his Department since May 2010; and what the (i) name, (ii) purpose, (iii) staffing level and (iv) annual running cost of each is.
	(34323)

156	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on wine since May 2010.
	(34486)

157	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on taxis since May 2010.
	(34487)

158	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on conferences since May 2010.
	(34488)

159	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on photography since May 2010.
	(34489)

160	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on consultancy since May 2010.
	(34490)

161	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on hospitality since May 2010.
	(34522)

162	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on the Government Car Service since May 2010.
	(34525)

163	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on newspapers and magazines since May 2010.
	(34526)

164	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on redecorating Ministerial offices since May 2010.
	(34527)

165	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) total salary cost and (b) average salary is of staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department.
	(34528)

166	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department; and what their job titles are.
	(34529)

167	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department have been made redundant since May 2010.
	(34530)

168	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to maintain a record of the compliance of local authorities with transparency requirements; and if he will make a statement.
	(34083)

169	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable he has set for the implementation of shortlisted proposals for action under the provisions of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.
	(34031)

170	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions has he had with the Construction Industry Council on (a) enforcement of current building regulations and (b) proposals to relax building controls; and if he will make a statement.
	(34119)

171	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contribution his Department is making to the Prime Minister's initiative to create a Tech City in East London.
	(34562)

172	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to accelerate the construction of low-carbon buildings in North Swindon constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	(33978)

173	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms he plans to put in place to ensure that enforcement of planning regulation is strengthened in relation to unauthorised development.
	(34314)

174	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide protection for urban green spaces.
	(34315)

175	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had on permitting local planning appeals to stop developments where they are considered inappropriate by the local community; and if he will make a statement.
	(34203)

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

176	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the number of households without access to the internet in rural communities in England over each of the next five years.
	(34200)

177	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the number of households with access to high-speed broadband in rural communities in England over each of the next five years.
	(34201)

178	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he received the report from Ofcom on the regulatory issues connected with the takeover of BSkyB.
	(34438)

179	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the Competition Commission on the procedure for referral of bids for the takeover of media companies.
	(34463)

180	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with (a) employees, (b) directors and (c) executives of (i) BSkyB and (ii) News Corporation since his appointment; and what the (A) dates and (B) locations of such meetings were.
	(34466)

181	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he or officials of his Department have had with representatives of (a) News Corp and (b) BSkyB on the potential takeover of BSkyB by News Corp.
	(34012)

182	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has sought advice on (a) sharing information and (b) holding discussions with representatives of (i) News Corp and (ii) BSkyB on the recommendations of Ofcom on a possible takeover of BSkyB by News Corp prior to his decision on whether to refer the matter to the competition authorities.
	(34013)

183	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish the advice of Ofcom on the possible takeover of BSkyB by News Corp.
	(34014)

184 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects on the provision of library services of proposed changes to opening hours or the closure of libraries by local authorities.
	(33951)

185	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the Ofcom report on the takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation.
	(34397)

186	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34587)

187	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent progress he has made on his proposals for the future of football governance; and if he will make a statement.
	(34364)

188	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) homes and (b) businesses he expects to have access to superfast broadband by 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	(34058)

189	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the arts sector in each local authority area in the South West; and if he will make a statement.
	(34029)

190	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many organisations and individuals responded to the Ofcom consultation on News Corporation and BSkyB; how many such responses were opposed to the News Corporation acquisition of BSkyB shares; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each response to the consultation.
	(34573)

191 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with the incoming Chair of the Football Association to discuss football governance reform and supporter involvement.
	(33615)

192	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has for future funding of the Football Foundation.
	(34030)

193	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what contribution his Department is making to the Prime Minister's initiative to create a Tech City in East London.
	(34563)

194	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with representatives of BSkyB and News Corporation on the proposed takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation.
	(34464)

195	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have scheduled meetings with representatives of BSkyB and News Corporation on the proposed takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation.
	(34465)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

196	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces (a) are being treated for post traumatic stress disorder and (b) have been treated in each of the last five years.
	(34209)

197	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Special Forces receive an armed forces pension.
	(34097)

198	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment has been to service personnel who have served in Iraq.
	(34098)

199
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in unemployability allowance payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years as a result of the use of the consumer price index rather than the retail price index to calculate such allowances.

(34123)

200
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in disablement gratuity for each specified minor injury to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years as a result of the use of the consumer price index rather than the retail price index to calculate such sums.

(34124)

201
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in disability pension payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years as a result of the use of the consumer price index rather than the retail price index to calculate such pensions.

(34125)

202 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the savings which will accrue to his Department from the change in pension indexation from the retail price index to the consumer price index in each financial year to 2019-20.
	(34182)

203 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Red Arrows and the Royal Navy participate in the Kalamata Memorial Service for the Greek Campaign in May 2011.
	(34127)

204	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2010, Official Report, column 458W, on nuclear weapons, if he will publish the letter to the hon. Member for Newport West on visits to US establishments by AWE personnel in the last three years.
	(34160)

205	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34589)

206	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanism he has put in place to evaluate the performance of the Met Office.
	(34309)

207	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the adequacy of the statistical and scientific evidence used by the Met Office in its predictions.
	(34310)

208
N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much less exceptionally severe disablement allowance a member of the armed forces in each of the three forces retiring at each rank would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index if they lived until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years.

(34176)

209
N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much less mobility allowance a member of the armed forces in each of the three forces retiring at each rank would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index if they lived to the age of (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years.

(34177)

210
N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much less invalidity allowance a member of the armed forces in each of the three forces retiring at each rank would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index if they lived to the age of (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years.

(34178)

211
N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much less constant attendance allowance a member of the armed forces in each of the three forces retiring at each rank would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index if they lived to the age of (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years.

(34179)

212
N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much less comforts allowance a member of the armed forces in each of the three forces retiring at each rank would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index if they lived to the age of (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years.

(34180)

213	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of senior officers in the Royal Navy compared with the number of such officers in the navies of major NATO allies.
	(34439)

214	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) cost of senior officers in the British Army.
	(34440)

215	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) cost of senior officers in the Royal Air Force.
	(34441)

216	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) cost of senior officers in the Royal Navy.
	(34442)

217	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of senior officers in the Royal Air Force compared with the number of such officers in the air forces of major NATO allies.
	(34443)

218	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of senior officers in the British Army compared with the number of such officers in the armies of major NATO allies.
	(34444)

219	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the nuclear weapons capability of (a) North Korea and (b) Iran.
	(34055)

220	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the range of ballistic missiles possessed by (a) North Korea and (b) Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(34060)

221	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on privatisation of the Met Office; and if he will make a statement.
	(33976)

222	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces personnel including those in training were aged under 18 years in each (a) corps and (b) regiment in 2009-10.
	(33961)

223	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel including those in training aged under 18 years (a) were recorded as absent without leave and (b) deserted in each year from 2001 to 2010.
	(33962)

224 N	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what potential options for alternative use of the Nimrod MRA4 his Department considered prior to its cancellation.
	(34172)

225 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment to (i) widows and (ii) widowers in receipt of a war widows pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
	(33993)

226 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women are in receipt of a war widows pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme as a result of the death of a spouse serving in Afghanistan.
	(33994)

227 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men are in receipt of a war widowers pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
	(34077)

228 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men are in receipt of a war widowers pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme as a result of the death of a spouse serving in Afghanistan.
	(34078)

229	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will offer all surviving veterans exposed to radiation during the nucelar weapons tests held by the UK Government in the 1950s a medical examination to assess any effects on their health resulting from this exposure.
	(34081)

230	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will examine the reasons for the (a) delay and (b) restrictions affecting people sending parcels to 25 Flight Army Air Corps in Belize.
	(34217)

231 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment to service personnel who served in World War Two was in 2009-10.
	(34181)

232	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many C-130 aircraft are at a high-level of readiness for search and rescue missions; and what the location is of each such aircraft.
	(34223)

233	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on the redeployment of personnel from Germany.
	(34224)

234	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what obligations he is under regarding the refurbishment of military bases in Germany to be vacated by UK forces.
	(34225)

235	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what obligations he is under regarding the environmental restoration of military bases in Germany to be vacated by UK forces.
	(34226)

236	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy officers holding the rank of (a) Commodore, (b) Rear Admiral, (c) Vice Admiral and (d) Admiral are currently posted in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(34456)

237	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy officers holding the rank of (a) Commodore, (b) Rear Admiral, (c) Vice Admiral and (d) Admiral are serving in the armed forces.
	(34457)

238	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions an E-3D Sentry has been involved in a search and rescue mission in each of the last 12 months.
	(34458)

239	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what search and rescue training is taking place for E-3D Sentry crews; and in which locations that training is taking place.
	(34460)

240	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any electronic equipment planned to be used on the Nimrod MR4A is to be used on other Royal Air Force aircraft.
	(34461)

241	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities the E-3D Sentry has to detect, identify and track vessels under 300 gross tonnes.
	(34462)

242	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Brigadiers, (b) Major Generals, (c) Lieutenant Generals and (d) Generals are posted in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(34467)

243	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Brigadiers, (b) Major Generals, (c) Lieutenant Generals and (d) Generals serve in the armed forces.
	(34468)

244	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Air Commodores, (b) Air Vice Marshals, (c) Air Marshals and (d) Air Chief Marshals are posted in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
	(34469)

245	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Air Commodores, (b) Air Vice Marshals, (c) Air Marshals and (d) Air Chief Marshals serve in the armed forces.
	(34470)

246 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the recently planned official visit to Afghanistan of James Blunt and Katherine Jenkins did not take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(33758)

247	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what pension arrangements are in place for the widow of the late Sergeant Matthew Telford of the Grenadier Guards.
	(34264)

248 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the room booking schedule for accommodation at Okehampton Training Camp for August 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(33617)

249 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many beds there are at Okehampton Training Camp; on what basis such beds are allocated; and if he will make a statement.
	(33618)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

250	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he has in the event that the Prime Minister is incapacitated and unable to carry out his duties.
	(34017)

251	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his office have had meetings in an official capacity with (i) Rupert Murdoch, (ii) James Murdoch, (iii) Rebekah Wade, (iv) individuals representing News International, (v) individuals representing News Corporation and (vi) individuals representing BSkyB since 4 November 2010.
	(34115)

252	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reason he has determined that a four year sentence limit is appropriate for the enfranchisement of prisoners.
	(34015)

253
N

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 150-2WS, on voting entitlement, what the evidential basis was for the distinction made between serious and other offences for the purposes of sentencing in respect of proposals to allow convicted prisoners the right to vote; and if he will make a statement.

(33192)

254 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 150-2WS, on voting entitlement, what assessment he made of the merits of setting a sentence guideline lower than four years in respect of proposals to allow convicted prisoners to vote; and if he will make a statement.
	(33193)

255	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many prisoners in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington he expects to receive the right to vote in Parliamentary elections as a result of his plans to extend the franchise to those serving terms of up to four years.
	(34040)

256	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to review the operation of section 141 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
	(33991)

257 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to give judges discretion to determine at the point of sentencing whether offenders sentenced to a custodial term have the right to vote while in custody; and if he will make a statement.
	(33614)

258	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects his proposals for fewer and more equal-sized constituencies to be implemented.
	(33903)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

259 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in local government care have gone missing in each of the last three years.
	(33616)

260 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the Every Child Counts numeracy scheme.
	(34008)

261 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether compliance with the recommendations on financial education as part of Personal, Social and Health Education for Key Stages 1 to 4 is mandatory for schools.
	(34144)

262	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings he has had to discuss sex and relationship education since May 2010; and which (a) individuals and (b) organisations attended each such meeting.
	(34068)

263 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were entered for an A-Level examination in theology in each of the last five years.
	(33471)

264 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent under each budget heading on the discretionary learner support awards in the last 12 months.
	(32112)

265	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will (a) undertake and (b) publish an equality impact assessment in respect of the effects on Ashfield constituency of the abolition of the education maintenance allowance.
	(33983)

266	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34588)

267	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on trends in the number of potential adoptive parents over the last (a) 12 months, (b) 10 years and (c) 20 years.
	(34369)

268	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children aged between one year and five years old were adopted in (a) 2010, (b) 2000 and (c) 1996.
	(34409)

269	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children aged (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 were in (i) residential care and (ii) foster care in (A) 1990, (B) 2000 and (C) 2010.
	(34410)

270	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many infants under 12 months were adopted in (a) 2010, (b) 2000 and (c) 1996.
	(34411)

271	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who enrolled in primary schools in Keighley constituency in each of the last five years did not speak English as a first language.
	(34143)

272 N	John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people were in receipt of education maintenance allowance in Henley constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34227)

273	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the requirement for religious education to be a compulsory subject in all maintained schools.
	(33977)

274 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the National Signposting Service following the end of the ContactPoint database; and if he will make a statement.
	(34126)

275	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures he is considering to prevent the involvement of young people in criminal activity.
	(34112)

276	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 80-1W, on the education maintenance allowance, what the evaluation evidence and other research referred to is.
	(34251)

277	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that identical courses provided by colleges and a school sixth forms receive the same level of funding per student; and if he will make a statement.
	(34512)

278	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the like-for-like funding difference between schools and colleges in each of the last three years; and what methodolgy his Department uses to calculate this figure.
	(34579)

279	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) England, (ii) Yorkshire and (iii) Leeds North West constituency employ biometric identity technology.
	(34520)

280
N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2011, Official Report, column 80W, on the education maintenance allowance, how many (a) current students and (b) students who were surveyed as part of the National Foundation for Education Research study into education maintenance allowance were from (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Indian, (iv) Pakistani, (v) Bangladeshi, (vi) other Asian, (vii) Black African, (viii) Black Caribbean and (ix) other ethnic background.

(34168)

281
N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2011, Official Report, column 80W, on the education maintenance allowance, how many (a) current students and (b) students who were surveyed as part of the National Foundation for Education Research study into education maintenance allowance attained (i) at least four A* to C grades at GCSE, (ii) at least five D to G grades at GCSE and (iii) at least one GCSE qualification.

(34169)

282
N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2011, Official Report, column 80W, on the education maintenance allowance, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the students sampled for the National Foundation for Education Research Study was representative of the population of students in receipt of education maintenance allowance.

(34170)

283 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question 26511, on student financial support in further education, tabled on 22 November 2010 for ordinary written answer.
	(34171)

284 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in receipt of education maintenance allowance in (a) Sunderland, (b) the North East and (c) England have gone on to higher education in each year since its introduction.
	(34252)

285 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to announce the funding for the replacement to education maintenance allowance (EMA); and what alternatives to EMA he is considering.
	(34253)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

286	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the effect on the economy of Lowestoft of expenditure in the renewable energy sector.
	(34102)

287	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely costs in the private rented sector arising from failure to meet the requirements of the Green Deal.
	(34103)

288	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of fuel poverty for each decile of the population by income in each year from 2011 to 2020.
	(34208)

289	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, column 142W, on energy: prices, what the increase in electricity prices for each decile of the population by income constitute in cash terms.
	(34250)

290

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each income decile in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) the UK, (e) Glasgow and (f) Glasgow North East constituency will be eligible for the proposed Warm Homes discount; and what estimate he has made of the average annual level of support per household (i) in each income decile and (ii) overall.

(34365)

291 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to the implementation of the findings of its low carbon capacity assessment studies; and if he will make a statement.
	(33541)

292 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average change in electricity bills arising from the implementation of his proposals for reform of the energy market in each of the next five years.
	(33542)

293 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of electricity supplied to households that is produced from renewable sources.
	(33675)

294	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34590)

295 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to introduce a dedicated tariff for deep geothermal energy when the Renewable Heat Incentive is launched in June this year.
	(33807)

296 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average emissions in grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt hour of (a) incinerator and (b) other thermal energy-from-waste facilities.
	(33808)

297 N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the net reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from wind power taking into account the provision of standby generation from conventional power stations in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(33992)

298

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many natural gas storage facilities (a) are in operation, (b) are under development, (c) have received planning permission, (d) are awaiting planning permission and (e) have been announced but are not yet subject to a planning application; what the (i) capacity or planned capacity and (ii) location is for each such facility; and what the planned commissioning date is for each such facility.

(33956)

299	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the suitability of salt caverns for storage of natural gas reserves.
	(33957)

300	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the lowest recorded quantity of gas in stored reserves was in each year since 2006; and how many days' supply each figure represents based on (a) average winter temperatures and (b) the average daily temperature in December 2010.
	(33958)

301	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) discussions and (b) other communication his Department has had with the Crown Estate on the charging rates applied by the Crown Estate for use of depleted offshore gas fields under its ownership for gas storage in the last 12 months; and what the outcome of such communications was.
	(33959)

302	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) England and (b) Leeds North West constituency have received support from the Community Energy Saving Programme since 1 September 2009.
	(34524)

303	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what storage arrangements there are for high-level wastes; and what arrangements are planned for such storage prior to the construction of a geological disposal facility.
	(33905)

304	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government on potential changes to building regulations to encourage the fitting of photovoltaic cells to new houses; and if he will make a statement.
	(34367)

305	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many new ground source heat exchange pumps were commissioned in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009.
	(33988)

306	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to support companies manufacturing and installing wind turbines.
	(34020)

307	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the compliance of energy suppliers with the Overarching Standards of Conduct with respect to the requirement not to supply products that are unnecessarily complex or confusing; and if he will make a statement.
	(33995)

308	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to give Ofgem the power to investigate energy suppliers that sell energy products that are unnecessarily complex or confusing; and if he will make a statement.
	(33996)

309	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many claims to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme have been (a) made and (b) settled from individuals in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales since the scheme's inception.
	(34392)

310	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average award made through the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme has been since the scheme's inception.
	(34393)

311	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how long on average claims to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme have taken to settle since the scheme's inception.
	(34394)

312	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme in each (a) nation and (b) Parliamentary constituency who have died before receiving compensation.
	(34395)

313	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much administration of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme has cost to the public purse in each year since its inception.
	(34396)

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

314 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of savings she expects to accrue from the abolition of the Sustainable Development Commission in each of the next four financial years.
	(33641)

315	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the establishment of global marine reserves.
	(34090)

316	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) retailers and (b) the Food and Drink Federation on the sale in the UK of tuna caught using purse seine nets.
	(34091)

317	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect on rural communities of the proposed Work Programme.
	(34092)

318	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the practice of catching tuna using purse seine nets.
	(34157)

319	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of food labelling practices in the meat and poultry supply industries.
	(34158)

320	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has conducted with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of the effects on construction of social housing in rural communities in England over the next five years.
	(34197)

321	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the level of pensioner poverty in rural communities in England over each of the next five years.
	(34198)

322	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the European Commission on the use of purse seine nets in the catching of tuna.
	(34207)

323	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of tuna sold by retailers in England caught using purse seine nets in each of the last five years.
	(34222)

324	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department allocated to research and development on (a) sustainable farming and food and (b) animal health and welfare in each of the last five years; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in each of the next four financial years.
	(34262)

325	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the likely requirement for Government incentives in order for the development of biochar to be commercially viable.
	(34357)

326	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department allocated to research and development in the last five years; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in each of the next four financial years.
	(34358)

327	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated to research into the use of biochar as a fuel in each of the last five years; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in each of the next four financial years.
	(34402)

328	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of biochar as a fuel source.
	(34422)

329	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expenditure of her Department's Efficient and Resilient Food Chain research and development programme was in each year since 2006; and what its levels of expenditure will be in each of the next four financial years.
	(34423)

330	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to research and development in agriculture by the Food Standards Agency in the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the level of such funding to be allocated by the Agency in each of the next four financial years.
	(34424)

331	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to research and development in agriculture by levy boards in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the levels of such funding in each of the next four financial years.
	(34425)

332	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) sustainability and (b) contribution to net decreases in carbon and greenhouse gas emissions of (i) cellulosic ethanol, (ii) biofuels from algae and (iii) biofuels from wood chip.
	(34426)

333	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of total levels of private sector agricultural research and development funding in the last five years; and whether she has made an estimate of the likely level of such funding in each of the next four financial years.
	(34427)

334	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department allocated to research into biofuels from (a) woodchip and (b) algae in the last five years; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in each of the next four financial years.
	(34428)

335	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated to research into cellulosic ethanol in the last five years; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in each of the next four financial years.
	(34429)

336	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the (a) farming industry and (b) food and retail sector on the powers and functions of the Groceries Code Adjudicator; what the (i) dates and (ii) locations of such discussions were; and if she will make a statement.
	(34446)

337	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the appropriate mechanism for regulation of prices paid to manufacturers by the food retail industry for (a) milk, (b) cheese, (c) yoghurt, (d) other dairy products, (e) meat from livestock, (f) poultry and (g) fish.
	(34453)

338	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when construction of the Environment Agency's flood Alleviation Scheme at Water End, York will commence.
	(34398)

339	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when construction of the Environment Agency's flood Alleviation Scheme at Thirsk, North Yorkshire will commence.
	(34399)

340	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of whether flood risks in England will increase over the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 25 years.
	(34400)

341	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Environment Agency's Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee will approve its capital programme for 2011-12.
	(34401)

342	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's capital budget has been for flood risk management in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and what that budget is for (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
	(34474)

343	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's capital spending was on flood risk management in the Yorkshire and North East Region in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and what that budget is for (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
	(34475)

344

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many capital schemes for flood risk management funded by the Environment Agency construction commenced in (a) England and (b) the Yorkshire and North East Region in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11; and for how many such schemes will construction commence in (A) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13.

(34476)

345 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the presence of H1N1 in poultry in the UK.
	(34140)

346 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she was first notified that the H1N1 virus had been detected in poultry in the UK.
	(34141)

347 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date, and by what method, she notified the devolved administrations of the presence of the H1N1 virus in poultry in the UK.
	(34142)

348	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34591)

349	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the volume of milk disposed of by farmers as a consequence of a lack of tanker collections during the recent severe weather.
	(34360)

350	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce mandatory carbon reporting for companies by 2012; and if she will make a statement.
	(34117)

351	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish the results of her Department's research project on beak trimming of hens; and if she will make a statement.
	(34240)

352	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Environment Agency on the Steart Project in Bridgwater and West Somerset constituency since her appointment.
	(34514)

353 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to put in place arrangements to ensure that forests owned or leased by the Forestry Commission continue to be certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council after the disposal of the public forest estate; and if she will make a statement.
	(33950)

354	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the contribution that reusable nappies can make to waste prevention.
	(34213)

355	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage (a) waste prevention and (b) recycling.
	(34215)

356	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure environmental and sustainable development policy is mainstreamed in the work of other Government departments.
	(34152)

357 N	Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the monetary value was of bills to the Forestry Commission from selling agents for incomplete asset sales since May 2010; and how many such bills the Commission has received during that period.
	(34173)

358 N	Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the inclusion of woodlands designated by the Forestry Commission as heathland in that body's disposals programme; and what recent submissions she has received on this matter.
	(34174)

359 N	Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many designated ancient woodlands have been removed from the Forestry Commission's disposals programme since May 2010; and what estimate has been made of the effects of such removals on the Forestry Commission's budget deficit for the financial year 2010-11.
	(34175)

360 N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what decisions about governance arrangements for National Parks have been made ahead of the closure of the current consultation; and if she will make a statement.
	(34079)

361	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects on the environment of recent trends in bottled water sales; and if she will make a statement.
	(34023)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

362 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance he has offered in resolving the dispute in establishing a legitimate government in the Ivory Coast.
	(34135)

363	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which firm of headhunters will be used to help identify suitable external candidates to fill the position of UK Permanent Representative to the EU; and what brief that firm will be given.
	(34080)

364	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission an investigation into a recent incident involving two employees of the British Consulate in Jerusalem.
	(34109)

365	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34593)

366	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the ability of British citizens to acquire visas to visit countries in the Indian sub-continent.
	(34261)

367	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in the east of Sri Lanka following the recent floods; and if he will make a statement.
	(34366)

368	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government has (a) offered and (b) provided to the Australian Government to help with the flooding in that country.
	(34189)

369	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Brazilian Government on its decision not to allow HMS Clyde to dock in Rio de Janeiro.
	(34191)

370	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of the UK's relations with (a) Cuba, (b) North Korea, (c) Venezuela, (d) Russia and (e) Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(34049)

371	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on UK representation at the proposed UN conference on anti-racism planned for 2011.
	(34088)

372	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent consideration he has given to upgrading the status of the Palestinian delegation in London to that of a full diplomatic mission; and if he will make a statement.
	(34206)

373	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiations on an international arms trade treaty; and if he will make a statement.
	(34154)

374	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent permanent staff of his Department were allocated to working on preparations and negotiations towards an international arms trade treaty in each of the last five years.
	(34155)

375	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the negotiation of an international arms trade treaty that is legally binding on signatories.
	(34156)

376	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the security situation around the boundary between northern and southern Sudan.
	(34555)

377	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Iraq on the treatment of Christians in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	(34507)

378	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of the Russian Federation on allegations of corruption in the construction of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.
	(33982)

379 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the objectives of Government policy on the Middle East Peace Process are for 2011.
	(33759)

380 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of progress on the Middle East Peace Process.
	(33760)

381 N	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received any requests for assistance from the government of Australia in dealing with the recent serious floods in that country.
	(33906)

382	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and objectives.
	(34583)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

383	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of (a) smoking, (b) alcohol and (c) drug-related illnesses in each of the last three years.
	(34003)

384	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the provision of pregnancy terminations for teenage women in the last year for which figures are available.
	(34005)

385	Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the service provided by Savoy Ventures Ltd under its contract for non-urgent patient transport at the South London Healthcare Trust; and whether this level of performance differs from that of the previous contractor.
	(34118)

386	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to extend cervical screening to women in England who are (a) under the age of 25 and (b) under the age of 25 and have given birth.
	(34237)

387 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons GPs were not required to contact carers to offer an influenza vaccination in the winter of 2010-11; and if he will encourage GPs to provide vaccinations at home.
	(33674)

388	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the take-up of breast cancer screening of the availability of mobile screening units.
	(34094)

389	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34594)

390 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 33-35, on contaminated blood, what discussions he had with the Health Minister in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales prior to the statement.
	(33890)

391 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 33-35, on contaminated blood, how many people with haemophilia who have been infected with hepatitis C have (a) received stage 1 relief payments and (b) received stage 2 relief payments to date.
	(33891)

392
N

Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 33-35, on contaminated blood, what estimate he has made of the number of people with haemophilia who have been infected with hepatitis C and who have received stage 1 relief payments who will qualify for stage 2 relief (a) in the next year, (b) in the next four years and (c) in the next 10 years.

(33892)

393 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 33-35, on contaminated blood, if he will set out the criteria for additional discretionary payments to be made to people with haemophilia who have been infected with hepatitis C and are in serious financial need.
	(33893)

394 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 33-35, on contaminated blood, what additional support will be available to those people with haemophilia who have been infected with hepatitis C who qualify for stage 1 relief payments and have other health problems.
	(33894)

395

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 172W, on health services: overseas visitors, whether he has completed consideration of the policy of extending to six months per year the permitted period of absence for current UK residents who are not pensioners during which they are not liable to be charged for hospital treatment.

(34521)

396	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the level of support provided by carers' centres in Bromsgrove constituency.
	(34554)

397	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of doses of influenza vaccine available in NHS facilities in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington.
	(34037)

398	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of treating offenders with mental health problems in the community in each of the next five years; how much funding he plans to allocate to such treatment; and if he will make a statement.
	(34038)

399	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of Brighton, Kemptown constituency were diagnosed with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in the last year for which figures are available.
	(34046)

400	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve detection rates for diabetes.
	(34047)

401	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives of NHS trusts have had a reduction in the level of their salary since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(34061)

402

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2008, Official Report, columns 233-4W, on Lyme disease, whether he has plans to record confirmed cases of Lyme disease; if he will make Lyme disease a notifiable disease; and whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Executive on the co-ordination of methods to collect data on the number of cases of Lyme disease.

(33952)

403	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into the biomedical causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis.
	(34319)

404	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts used cyberknife technology in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34320)

405	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ring-fence from reductions his Department's capital expenditure on cancer equipment.
	(34095)

406	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions his Department has issued to (a) hospitals and (b) other trusts on the annual amount by which capital expenditure must be reduced over the next three years.
	(34096)

407	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of pleural plaques in residents of Sunderland.
	(34034)

408	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the future of spinal injury centres.
	(34035)

409	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many spinal cord injuries were treated in NHS facilities in (a) Sunderland, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 2000.
	(34036)

410	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made of its review of access to the NHS by foreign nationals.
	(34419)

411	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS received from chargeable patients in each year since 1997.
	(34420)

412	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much income due to the NHS from chargeable patients since 1997 has not been collected.
	(34557)

413	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much strategic health authorities spent on hospitality in each year since 2006.
	(34558)

414	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much strategic health authorities spent on overseas travel since 2006.
	(34559)

415	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time after submission of a donor search request was for a blood stem cell transplant to be undertaken by the NHS in respect of each ethnic group in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34445)

416	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has he made of the effects of race on the likelihood of NHS patients surviving blood cancers.
	(34447)

417	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for people diagnosed with blood cancers.
	(34448)

418	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for people diagnosed with leukaemia.
	(34449)

419	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve health outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer.
	(34450)

420	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many umbilical cords were disposed of as waste without the collection of blood stem cells in each of the past three years.
	(34451)

421	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the collection of blood stem cells from umbilical cords.
	(34452)

422	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken on the collection of umbilical cord stem cells.
	(34455)

423	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients waiting for a blood stem cell transplant died in each of the last five years.
	(34477)

424	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of importing blood stem cells for transplantation.
	(34478)

425	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood stem cell transplants were conducted by the NHS in each of the last two years.
	(34479)

426	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the optimum size of the British Bone Marrow Registry that is required to meet the needs of the NHS.
	(34480)

427	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the use of blood stem cell transplantation for non-cancerous diseases and conditions.
	(34481)

428	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood stem cell transplants were conducted by the NHS using donors (a) on the British Bone Marrow Registry, (b) on the Anthony Nolan register and (c) from abroad in each of the last five years.
	(34482)

429

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average time from submission of a blood stem cell transplant donor search request and a transplant taking place with respect to (a) the British Bone Marrow Registry, (b) the Anthony Nolan register and (c) imported sources in the latest period for which figures are available.

(34483)

430	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on increasing the provision of blood stem cells for transplants.
	(34484)

431	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood stem cell transplant donations were imported from each country in the last year for which figures are available.
	(34485)

432	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) England and (b) Leicester who are using blood glucose testing strips to monitor their diabetes condition.
	(34387)

433	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of obese children aged under 10 years who had type 2 diabetes in (a) England, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Leicester in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34388)

434	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he made the decision to launch the 2010-11 seasonal influenza public awareness campaign.
	(34244)

435	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the GP consortia pathfinder programme.
	(34245)

436	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of his proposed restructuring of the NHS.
	(34246)

437	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of primary care trust staff who have been made redundant in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34247)

438	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed in primary care trusts on 1 January 2011.
	(34248)

439	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress he has made on achieving savings in the NHS.
	(34249)

440	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the number of falls experienced by elderly people in their homes which result in a hospital visit.
	(34019)

441	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure specific funds are allocated to enable those with cataracts to have the widest possible choice of eye lens treatment under the GP commissioning framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(34021)

442	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the city of Brighton and Hove were diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis in each year since 2007.
	(34312)

443	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the (a) Care Quality Commission and (b) General Dental Council.
	(34313)

444	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms he has put in place to ensure that those claiming free prescriptions are in possession of valid medical exemption certificates where required.
	(34316)

445	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that visual acuity tests are not used to control access to cataract operations for patients.
	(34317)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

446	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effects on the local economy of closing her Department's offices in Darlington; and if she will publish a cost-benefit review of closure.
	(34239)

447	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of (a) investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and (b) inquests and other associated action relating to deaths during or following police contact including involving police vehicles in each financial year since 2007-08.
	(34523)

448	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the cost of legal representation for the state at completed inquests into cases relating to deaths during or following police contact including involving police vehicles in each financial year since 2007-08.
	(34531)

449	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to police forces of (a) alcohol and (b) drug-related crimes in each of the last three years.
	(34002)

450 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many automatic number plate recognition cameras are in use by each (a) police force and (b) of her Department's agencies in (i) England and (ii) Wales.
	(33222)

451
N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for family visitor visas there were in each year since 1997; how many of those were granted in each such year; how many times appeals were raised against refusals of such applications in each year; how many of those appeals were upheld in each year; and what her most recent estimate is of the average cost to her Department of such an appeal in the latest period for which figures are available.

(33805)

452	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34595)

453

Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the withdrawal of the policy document entitled Guidance on R(S) Policydealing with Failed Asylum Claims Which May Have Lost the Benefit of an ELR Policy as a Result of Delay; and what estimate she has made of the number of cases which will be affected by the withdrawal of the policy guidance.

(34532)

454 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security standards are to be applied in the destruction of the National Identity Register.
	(34136)

455 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements she has made for the secure destruction of the National Identity Register.
	(34137)

456 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of destroying the National Identity Register.
	(34138)

457	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many compensation claims were made to the UK Border Agency for loss of passports and other identity documents in each of the last three years; how many payments against such claims were made; and what the combined monetary value was of such payments.
	(34202)

458	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she issues to police authorities on the criteria to be used in assessing requirements for police helicopters; and whether such criteria include the use of helicopters for (a) missing person searches, (b) safety in coastal areas and (c) other non-criminal uses.
	(34108)

459	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notice categories have replaced comparable criminal offence categories in the last five years.
	(34362)

460	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the effects on levels of public protection of the publication and dissemination of radical literature on bomb-making; and if she will make a statement.
	(33981)

461 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the number of non-EEA residents who entered the UK after having gained (a) citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain in other EU member states in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(33194)

462 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were notified to the police in England and Wales in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2008-09.
	(33298)

463	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2010, Official Report, column 1214W, on departmental press releases, what the (a) purpose, (b) date, (c) time and (d) subject was of each of the formal briefings; and whether her Department has provided informal briefings to the media since 26 May 2010.
	(34229)

464	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of building material from faith buildings in (a) England and (b) Leeds North West constituency have been recorded in the last five years.
	(34391)

465	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to each police force under the Forensic DNA Grant.
	(34032)

466	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of individuals who obtained leave to remain as a result of sham weddings organised by Vladymyr Buchak.
	(34000)

467	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on the EU Directive on human trafficking.
	(34473)

468	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were detained between the date of final determination of a family asylum claim and the date of deportation in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
	(34548)

469 N	Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much financial support for young asylum seekers she plans to allocate to Croydon Council in the next three years; how much such funding she allocated in the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(33673)

470 N	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to regulate the sale and use of crossbows.
	(34122)

471	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who arrived in the country as unaccompanied minors and have been removed or detained with a view to removal in the last 12 months had been living in the UK for more than (a) three, (b) five and (c) 10 years.
	(34162)

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

472	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people employed as Clerks in the Department of Chamber and Committee Services of the House of Commons are from an ethnic minority.
	(34382)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

473	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to agricultural research and development in the last five years; and how much such funding he plans to allocate in each of the next four financial years.
	(34430)

474	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on the provision of emergency food assistance to flood-affected people in the east of Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
	(34581)

475	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of the recent floods in the east of Sri Lanka on redevelopment in the area.
	(34582)

476 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to protect from violence aid agencies operating in southern Sudan.
	(34134)

477	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) companies and (b) accounting boards on the Trace the Tax campaign.
	(34007)

478	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34596)

479	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the World Food Programme on the provision of emergency food assistance to flood-affected people in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
	(34363)

480	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Indian government on its plans to reduce poverty; and if he will make a statement.
	(34082)

481	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the use of the triwall aerial delivery system in humanitarian aid operations.
	(34216)

482	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of humanitarian issues arising from large-scale population movements following the recent referendum in Sudan.
	(34556)

483	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral aid programmes were spent on water and sanitation in the last year for which figures are available.
	(33997)

484	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to raise the profile of sanitation and water through the Sanitation and Water for All initiative; and if he will make a statement.
	(33998)

485	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided for water and sanitation in (a) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (b) Afghanistan, (c) South Sudan and (d) Dafur in each year since 2000.
	(33999)

486 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to increase the priority given to programmes relating to children within his Department's work; and if he appoint an individual to champion children within his Department.
	(31513)

487	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects his Department's bilateral aid programmes in China to end.
	(34159)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

488	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what response he made to representations made by solicitors practising in Lowestoft as part of the consultation on the closure of Lowestoft County Court.
	(34105)

489	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the effect on vulnerable persons in the Lowestoft area of changes in the time taken to grant (a) occupation orders and (b) non-molestation orders as a result of the closure of Lowestoft County Court.
	(34106)

490	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future role of probation services and trusts.
	(33990)

491	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal help and representation on employment matters in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(34303)

492
N

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements there were on the Legal Services Commission and its predecessor to maintain (a) the ISO quality standard and (b) other external quality standards since December 2004; what steps were taken to ensure such compliance; what requirements there were to audit such compliance; and what the cost to the public purse was of such compliance in each year since 2004.

(33753)

493 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in bonuses or enhanced remuneration payments to employees of the Legal Services Commission in respect of performance against (a) internally-set targets and (b) external quality standards in each year since 2007; and what the job title was of the recipient of each such payment.
	(33754)

494
N

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date and for what reason the Legal Services Commission did not meet the ISO quality standard to which it had been accredited; what steps had been taken to attempt to ensure continued compliance with the standard; and what steps were taken (a) in consequence of the failure to meet the standard and (b) to return to accredited standards.

(33755)

495 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) the Legal Services Commission (LSC) has spent since 2004 on compliance with quality standards.
	(33845)

496	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the cost to the criminal justice system of dealing with (a) alcohol and (b) drug-related crimes in each of the last three years.
	(34001)

497	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the average cost to the public purse of a prisoner place for a prison population of (a) 100,000, (b) 90,000, (c) 80,000, (d) 70,000, (e) 60,000 and (f) 50,000.
	(34361)

498	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34597)

499 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of suspended sentences given to 18 to 20 year-olds were breached leading to the activation of a custodial sentence in the last three years for which figures are available.
	(33676)

500	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the level of overcrowding in the prison estate.
	(34550)

501	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places he expects to come on stream at (a) Belmarsh West and (b) HM Prison Featherstone.
	(34551)

502	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applicants for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment support allowance whose claims were rejected had their appeal heard by the Tribunals Service within (i) three, (ii) four, (iii) five, (iv) six and (v) more than six months of the original decision to disallow the claim.
	(34295)

503	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many social security cases were brought to the Tribunal Service in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency in the last 12 months; and how many such cases were not dealt with within the 14-week target time.
	(34381)

504	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received legal aid in (a) Hyndburn constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	(34009)

505	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders with mental health disorders who will require treatment in the community as a result of his proposals to reduce the prison population.
	(34039)

506	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received legal aid in each year since 1997.
	(34066)

507	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on his proposed changes to legal aid; and if he will make a statement.
	(34067)

508	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of offender cases referred to mental health services; and what support he plans to offer to young offenders who are unable to access an appropriate mental health service.
	(34110)

509	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date he proposes to end automatic escalation of out-of-court disposals in cases where young people have committed low-level crime.
	(34111)

510	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operational staffing requirement for (a) operational managers, (b) prison officer grades and (c) operational support grades at HM Prison Ford was on 31 March in each of the last 10 years.
	(34113)

511	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operating cost of HM Prison Ford was in each of the last 10 years.
	(34114)

512	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders at each prison are held in a cell, cubicle or room where the number of occupants exceeds its uncrowded capacity; and if he will make a statement.
	(34568)

513	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders at each prison were held in a cell, cubicle or room where the number of occupants exceeds its uncrowded capacity on 31 March in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(34569)

514	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders at each prison he expects to be held in a cell, cubicle or room where the number of occupants exceeds its uncrowded capacity in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(34570)

515	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recommendations from the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry related to enforced cell sharing have been implemented; what targets have been set for the implementation of the remainder of those recommendations accepted by the Government; and if he will make a statement.
	(34571)

516	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the effect of (a) the closure of (i) Ashwell and (ii) Lancaster Castle prisons and (b) the re-roling of Morton Hall prison on the Government's timetable for implementation of recommendation 1 of the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry.
	(34572)

517	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) England and (b) Leeds North West constituency applied for legal aid in each of the last five years.
	(34519)

518	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims for compensation relating to pleural plaques had been filed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(34033)

519	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals were held in Colchester under each chairman in the last 12 months; and how many appeals under each chairman were (a) upheld and (b) dismissed.
	(34436)

520	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what powers he has to monitor tribunal proceedings; what powers he has to remove members of tribunals; and if he will make a statement.
	(34437)

521	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of legal aid for immigration applications for indefinite leave to remain in the UK arising from domestic or other forms of gender-related violence.
	(34099)

522	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent and how many acts of assistance were rendered on legal aid through the Criminal Defence Service in respect of (a) Very High Cost Criminal, (b) complex fraud and (c) other cases in each of the last 10 years.
	(34183)

523

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent and how many acts of assistance were rendered on legal aid through the Community Legal Service in respect of (a) family, (b) housing, (c) welfare benefit, (d) debt, (e) immigration, (f) mental health, (g) employment, (h) community care, (i) education, (j) action against the police, (k) clinical negligence, (l) consumer, (m) public law, (n) personal injury and (o) other cases in each of the last 10 years.

(34184)

524	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent and how many acts of assistance were rendered on legal aid through the Housing Duty Solicitor Scheme in each of the last 10 years.
	(34185)

525	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the charges of indictment were of each defendant in Very Highist Criminal Cases in 2010; and what his Department's expenditure on legal aid was in each such case.
	(34186)

526	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of HM Prison Dartmoor.
	(34311)

527	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of convictions for drug possession of controlled substances resulted in prison sentences in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 in (i) the UK, (ii) Sussex and (iii) Brighton and Hove.
	(34318)

Questions to the Prime Minister

528 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) staff of 10 Downing Street have met (i) Rupert Murdoch, (ii) James Murdoch, (iii) Rebekah Wade and (iv) other individuals representing (A) News International and (B) News Corporation and (C) BSkyB since 4 November 2010.
	(34139)

529 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Prime Minister, on which occasions he has discussed with the chief executives of (a) Royal Bank of Scotland Group, (b) Lloyds Banking Group and (c) Barclays (i) the bonuses paid to their staff and (ii) their personal bonus since 1 December 2010.
	(34025)

530	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress he has made on his initiative to create a Tech City in East London.
	(34567)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

531	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effects of the introduction of the proposed universal credit in Scotland.
	(34041)

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

532	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether allowance limits for hon. Members will be increased to cover increases in (a) the rate of value added tax and (b) National Insurance contributions for staff.
	(34371)

533 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on what dates the Speaker's Committee on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has met; and what the date is of its next meeting.
	(33332)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

534	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) the Integrated Transport Block and (b) major transport schemes in each region in each year since 1997-98.
	(34101)

535	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes in capacity on the West Coast Main Line he expects to specify in the new franchise.
	(34431)

536	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of economic and environmental benefits to the UK of the extension of the high speed rail network into Scotland.
	(34432)

537	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to begin consideration of route options for the extension of the high speed rail network north of Birmingham.
	(34433)

538	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the Integrated Kent Franchise; and if he will make a statement.
	(33904)

539	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34598)

540	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of and (b) consistency in support available to disabled rail passengers across the rail network.
	(34413)

541	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the support available to disabled rail passengers who choose to travel at short notice.
	(34414)

542	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Passenger Focus report on the Assisted Passenger Reservation System.
	(34415)

543	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on support for disabled rail passengers of the ending of the Disabled Persons Advisory Committee.
	(34416)

544	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake an equality impact assessment of the effects on (a) disabled rail passengers and (b) other disabled users of transport services of the abolition of the Disabled Persons Advisory Committee.
	(34417)

545	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the adequacy of training offered to rail staff to support disabled passengers.
	(34472)

546	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on appropriate measures for dealing with ice and snow.
	(34063)

547	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) rail operators and (b) airlines on the recent severe weather conditions; and if he will make a statement.
	(34064)

548	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Executive and (b) Welsh Assembly Government on travel issues resulting from the recent severe weather conditions; and if he will make a statement.
	(34065)

549	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the value of land held by Network Rail which is surplus to railway requirements; whether he is taking steps to reduce such landholdings; and if he will make a statement.
	(33973)

550	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes CCTV is used on the Humber Bridge.
	(33974)

551	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken on the cost-effectiveness of concrete central reservation barriers compared with metal barriers; and if he will make a statement.
	(33975)

552 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) current employees, (b) former employees and (c) board members of Network Rail who receive free travel.
	(34128)

553 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds about the benefits the board members and senior management of Network Rail receive in addition to basic salary or fees.
	(34129)

554 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to bring the setting of (a) the salary of the Acting Chief Executive of Network Rail and (b) the fees of the current Chairman of Network Rail within his responsibility.
	(34130)

555 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to bring the award of free travel to (a) current employees, (b) former employees and (c) board members of Network Rail within his responsibility.
	(34131)

556 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to place the benefits received by the (a) executive board members, (b) non-executive board members, (c) senior management, (d) Acting Chief Executive and (e) Chairman of Network Rail within his responsibility.
	(34132)

557	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Network Rail has allocated to the prevention of land slips near railway lines in each of the last five years.
	(34153)

558 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many major infrastructure projects his Department is committed to funding (a) in London and (b) elsewhere in England; and what the value is of each such project.
	(34167)

559	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on changes to regulations which permit train operating companies to operate sanitary facilities on trains which discharge waste directly onto the tracks; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of railway carriages with such facilities.
	(34497)

560	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of railway carriages with toilet facilities.
	(34498)

561	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate additional funding to (a) local authorities and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government for repair of pot holes attributable to recent severe snowfalls.
	(34322)

562 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects to take a decision on the extension of the Southeastern rail franchise by a further two years as provided for under the Integrated Kent Franchise.
	(33333)

563 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to undertake a public consultation before deciding whether to extend the Southeastern rail franchise by a further two years.
	(33334)

564	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many representations he has received on delays at Heathrow Airport in December; and if he will make a statement
	(34549)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

565	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate she has made of the sum which will accrue to the Exchequer attributable to the proposed increase in the standard rate of value added tax in Wales in each of the next five years.
	(34434)

566	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Minister in each Department is responsible for liaison with the Welsh Assembly Government.
	(34087)

567	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) UK Trade and Investment on the recent Chinese trade delegation to the UK.
	(34161)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

568 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which bodies are responsible for the discharge of functions formerly undertaken by the Women's National Commission.
	(33806)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

569

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, column 1190W, on housing benefit: mortgages, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the interest rate used to calculate Support for Mortgage Interest Payments on the number of people entitled to passported benefits.

(34006)

570	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of (a) in-work and (b) child poverty in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) England and (v) the UK consequent on local authorities having discretion over levels of council tax benefit.
	(34042)

571

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any recipients of the childcare element of working tax credit will have a reduction in the level of their payments as a result of the introduction of the proposed universal credit; and what estimate he has made of the likely weekly net change in the level of such payments for each decile of population in the period from the introduction of universal credit to May 2015.

(34043)

572	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any recipients of carer's allowance will have a reduction in the level of their payments as a result of the introduction of the proposed universal credit.
	(34044)

573	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the inclusion of carer's allowance within his proposals for universal credit.
	(34045)

574	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely weekly change in income of families with children with savings of over £16,000 attributable to the operation of the taper on the introduction of the universal credit between its introduction and May 2015.
	(34089)

575	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) family and (b) child poverty in rural communities in England in each of the next five years.
	(34199)

576	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what importance will be placed on the views of claimants' GPs in work capability assessments for the purposes of the payment of employment and support allowance under his proposals for welfare reform.
	(33972)

577	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners claiming benefits in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34004)

578 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse of the payment of pensions one week in arrears.
	(33670)

579	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants in the London Borough of Bexley have been judged fit for work since the introduction of ESA; and how many and what proportion of appeals against such a determination were successful.
	(34107)

580	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received from charities on the withdrawal of the mobility component of disability allowance for care home residents; and what response he has made to such representations.
	(34205)

581	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on (a) the space provided per employee, (b) home working and (c) hot desking; how many employees it has on average per desk; and how much space on average there is per employee.
	(34599)

582	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire and (c) Scotland will have the mobility component of their disability living allowance withdrawn under his proposals for welfare reform.
	(34372)

583	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire and (c) Scotland are in receipt of the mobility component of disability living allowance.
	(34373)

584	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met representatives of the General Medical Council to discuss medical assessments to determine the suitability of benefit payments.
	(34374)

585	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire and (c) Scotland have had disability living allowance withdrawn since May 2010.
	(34375)

586	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the role of local GPs in medical assessments for the purposes of determining benefit suitability.
	(34376)

587	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for medical assessment appeals in (a) Rutherglen, (b) South Lanarkshire and (c) Scotland.
	(34377)

588	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the public purse has been of appeals made against medical assessment decisions since May 2010.
	(34508)

589

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to paragraph 23 of his Department's White paper on Universal Credits: welfare that works, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the annual sum wrongly paid in benefits which was attributable to (a) fraud and (b) error; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of the amount so paid in error which is attributable to (i) claimant and (ii) official error in respect of benefits paid by (A) his Department, (B) local authorities and (C) HM Revenue and Customs.

(34296)

590 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Watford who have taken part in jobseeker's schemes delivered for his Department by Kennedy-Scott Ltd have found permanent employment since 2005.
	(34164)

591 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid to Kennedy-Scott Ltd for the delivery of jobseeker's schemes in Watford in each year since 2005.
	(34165)

592	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the adequacy of the use of coastal weather stations to assess cold weather payments for applicants who live inland, where temperatures may be lower than those on the coast.
	(34359)

593	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of employment and support allowance in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency have been found capable of work as a result of a work capability assessment since May 2005.
	(34378)

594	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of residents of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency who appealed against work capability assessments were successful since May 2005.
	(34379)

595	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against the outcomes of work capability assessments were made in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency in each of the last five years; and how many such appeals were successful.
	(34380)

596	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 1079W, on housing benefit: Worcestershire, how many people in Bromsgrove were in receipt of housing benefit of more than £400 per week in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34321)

597	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities have been working with his Department on the simplification of housing benefit letters to claimants.
	(34059)

598	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on access to jobcentres in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(33989)

599 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners living in poverty in each year from 2011 to 2020.
	(34027)

600 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2011, Official Report, columns 137-8W, on universal credit, whether his calculation of the marginal reduction rate before full implementation of universal credit includes the 20 per cent. council tax benefit taper.
	(34254)

601 N	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 30 September 2010, reference AR/TS/305.
	(33768)

602 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the running cost was of each Jobcentre Plus service in each Jobcentre in the London Borough of (a) Barnet, (b) Islington, (c) Bromley, (d) Lewisham, (e) Lambeth, (f) Brent, (g) Ealing, (h) Hammersmith and Fulham and (i) Hounslow in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(33639)

603 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost per square metre was of each of the Jobcentre premises in the London Borough of (a) Barnet, (b) Islington, (c) Bromley, (d) Lewisham, (e) Lambeth, (f) Brent, (g) Ealing, (h) Hammersmith and Fulham and (i) Hounslow in 2009-10.
	(33640)

604 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include child tax credit and childcare tax credit within his proposed universal credit.
	(33299)

605 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to exempt families with children from his proposed reduction in housing benefit for people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for more than one year.
	(33300)

606 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department is making on the determination of (a) targets and (b) indicators to measure its contribution to the EU strategy against poverty.
	(33468)

607 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on the implementation in the UK of the EU strategy against poverty.
	(33469)

608	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by how much he expects spending on contributory employment and support allowance to be reduced by time limiting to 12 months in the first year of the reduction; and what the figure would be if time limiting was (a) six months, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years.
	(33960)

609	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to implement the EU strategy against poverty.
	(34383)

610	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the merits of extending the time between medical assessment for people with severe illnesses and disabilities and claiming discretionary housing benefit.
	(34022)

611
N

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendation in Lord Young's report on health and safety that the UK should take the lead in co-operating with other member states to ensure the EU health and safety rules for low risk businesses are not overly prescriptive, are proportionate and do not attempt to achieve the elimination of all risk.

(31512)

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

612	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support research on myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (33971)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

613	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been of tattooists for the tattooing of children under the age of 16 in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (34386)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

614 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will discuss with the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland emergency measures to reduce fuel poverty in households as a result of recent extreme cold temperatures; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (33619)


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