Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 21 January 2011

Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 21 January 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 21 January 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 21 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 Friday 21 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 21 January see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage large companies to offer apprenticeships.
	(34950)

2	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has discussed with Ministers in the government of (a) Canada and (b) Quebec the investment of each in the mining of asbestos for export to developing countries.
	(35607)

3 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of (a) exports and (b) imports, including the monetary value of tourism, between the UK and (i) Lebanon, (ii) Syria, (iii) Jordan, (iv) Egypt and (v) Israel in the last year for which figures are available.
	(35164)

4 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Office of Fair Trading to conclude its investigation into the use of contract terms requiring the owners of retirement homes to pay fees on the sale or disposal of their properties; and if he will make a statement.
	(35165)

5	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students normally resident in England were enrolled on full-time (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) vocational sub-degrees and (c) foundation degrees on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(35695)

6	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students aged between 18 and 24 were enrolled on full-time (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) vocational sub-degrees and (c) foundation degrees on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(35696)

7	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults in England are on apprenticeships; and what proportion are aged between 19 and 24 years.
	(35697)

8	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults in England are in full-time further education; and what proportion are aged between 19 and 24 years.
	(35698)

9	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the policy review relating to his Department's Learning Together to be Safe document will be completed; and what plans he has to publish the results of that review.
	(35726)

10	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to replace the Learning Together to be Safe document withdrawn by Ofsted.
	(35727)

11 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to discuss trade tariffs on Scotch whisky with his international counterparts for the purposes of increasing the level of exports.
	(34845)

12	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects on businesses of moving clocks forward by one hour in England and Wales, but not in Scotland.
	(35620)

13	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from representatives of the Lighter Later campaign.
	(35621)

14	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of 18 to 24 year-olds in each socio-economic group entered higher education in each year for which figures are available.
	(35810)

15	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35779)

16	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed national scholarship programme on (a) universities which recruit higher than average numbers of disadvantaged students and (b) the propensity of universities to recruit disadvantaged students.
	(35733)

17	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the manufacturing industry.
	(35622)

18	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the fashion industry.
	(35624)

19	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria the Export Credits Guarantee Department uses to decide whether a project which it supports requires a sovereign counter-guarantee from the importing country's government.
	(35731)

20 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Higher Education Innovation Fund funding (a) has been allocated to each higher education institution in each of the last five years and (b) he expects to allocate to each higher education institution in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(35488)

21 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many postgraduate researchers in each subject were funded by each higher education institution in each of the last 10 years; how many postgraduate researchers he expects to be funded by each higher education institution in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(35489)

22 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to link future allocations of research degree supervision grant to research quality rather than volume; and if he will make a statement.
	(35490)

23 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many doctoral training centres his Department has funded in each of the last five years and at which institutions; how many such centres he expects to fund in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(35491)

24
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places for full-time equivalent students to study (a) life sciences (b) low-carbon technologies (c) digital technology and (d) advanced manufacturing at each university (i) there were in the last five years for which figures are available and (ii) he expects there to be in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(35525)

25 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in higher education are normally resident in Liverpool, West Derby constituency.
	(35281)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

26	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who he expects to meet the costs of criminal record checks for those recruited to work on the 2011 Census.
	(35744)

27 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of electoral registration was in each of the (a) 100 most deprived wards and (b) 100 least deprived wards in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35230)

28 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has commissioned on social capital in communities in the last five years.
	(35231)

29 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the change in the level of social capital over the last 30 years.
	(35232)

30 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms his Department has in place to assess the level of social capital within communities.
	(35233)

31	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of families with children were headed by a single parent in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each year for which figures are available.
	(35797)

32	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the public's involvement in the political process in the last 30 years.
	(35804)

33	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in altruism in the UK.
	(35805)

34	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in charitable giving by (a) corporations and (b) individuals in the last 30 years.
	(35806)

35	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of giving levels as a proportion of income for each socio-economic grouping.
	(35807)

36	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of social capital levels within each socio-economic grouping.
	(35812)

37	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures he uses to measure the wellbeing of (a) individuals and (b) communities.
	(35813)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

38	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the difference in effects of levels of inflation on (a) the elderly and (b) other age groups.
	(35564)

39	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of persons in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (f) Wales, (g) Northern Ireland, and (h) the UK who did not have a basic bank account in each of the last four years.
	(35898)

40	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on relief for fuel costs for haulage companies registered in the UK.
	(35906)

41 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire to the Prime Minister of 3 November 2010, transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 16 November 2010 and to the Treasury on 29 November 2010.
	(35492)

42	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on businesses in North Wales of replacing the amusement machine licence duty with a gross profits tax.
	(35567)

43 N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effectiveness of a fuel price stabiliser for petrol calculated on the basis of (a) value added tax, (b) fuel duty and (c) value added tax and fuel duty; and if he will make a statement.
	(35175)

44	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the likely level of the cyclically-adjusted budget deficit in cash terms in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	(35881)

45	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of tax credits in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the subsequent five years.
	(35882)

46 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to enable charities to reclaim value added tax on the same basis as limited companies.
	(34072)

47	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the removal of end year flexibility on the block grant for Northern Ireland.
	(35568)

48	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the development of a fuel duty stabiliser.
	(35569)

49	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the variation in the effects on different regions of fuel price increases; and whether he plans to bring forward proposals to address this matter.
	(35570)

50	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of credit unions in the last 20 years.
	(35820)

51	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the financial services industry.
	(35625)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

52	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of less expenditure by local authorities on meeting the mobility needs of under-65s living in residential care in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35672)

53	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library copy of each submission made by London borough councils to his Department on the provisional 2011-12 local government finance settlement.
	(35814)

54	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were placed in private rented accommodation under the prevention and relief of homelessness provisions (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each English local authority area in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) the first two quarters of 2010-11.
	(35815)

55 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of local council employees who receive salaries higher than that of the Prime Minister.
	(33644)

56	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an independent review of the effectiveness of elected mayors; and if he will make a statement.
	(35899)

57	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an independent review of the effectiveness of the Leader and Cabinet model of local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
	(35900)

58	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an independent review of the effectiveness of the committee system for running local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
	(35901)

59	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35794)

60	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units were built as part of each publicly-funded affordable housing scheme in Reading West constituency in each of the last 13 years; and how many such units in each scheme are reserved for key workers.
	(35849)

61 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants of (a) social landlords and (b) private landlords are resident in Liverpool, West Derby constituency.
	(35284)

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

62	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of North Wales as a designated area in the next round of broadband pilots.
	(35743)

63 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his proposed local media action plan.
	(35380)

64 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households without access to the internet in England and Wales.
	(35364)

65 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which libraries in London are (a) proposing to close and (b) proposing to reduce their opening hours.
	(35487)

66	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on arrangements for policing the European Football Championship in 2012.
	(35722)

67	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to hold the proposed Ministerial seminar on hate on the internet.
	(35723)

68	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to alleviate the difficulties of households in certain areas of Rochester and Strood constituency with digital television signal reception following analogue switch off in 2012.
	(35603)

69	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to assist (a) the elderly and (b) people on lower incomes in Rochester and Strood constituency with the transition to digital television in 2012.
	(35604)

70	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35793)

71	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the creative industries.
	(35623)

72	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will undertake an assessment of the safety benefits of the Kombi seating system for football stadia.
	(35557)

73	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what correspondence he has had with Rupert Murdoch on News Corporation's proposed takeover of BSkyB.
	(35561)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

74 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of the measures contained in the Strategic Defence and Security Review on the (a) size, (b) capability and (c) deployability of the Royal Marines; and if he will make a statement.
	(35186)

75 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the order of a second tranche of the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle Foxhound.
	(35187)

76	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed by the Defence Vetting Agency (a) in York and (b) elsewhere in (i) May 2010 and (ii) December 2010.
	(35821)

77	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in his consideration of the merits of merging the Defence Vetting Agency with the vetting services of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and when a decision on this matter will be reached.
	(35822)

78	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Chief Executive of the Defence Vetting Agency has made of possible reductions in the (a) budget and (b) staffing levels of her agency; and what level of reductions are under assessment.
	(35823)

79 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who served in World War Two are in receipt of the armed forces pension.
	(35365)

80 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated change is in the level of the benefit for unmarried dependents living as a spouse to be paid annually as a result of the change to link such pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index.
	(35366)

81 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated change is in the level of the orphans' pension to be paid annually (a) for the first child and (b) for subsequent children as a result of the change to link such pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index.
	(35367)

82 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimate change is in the level of the annual rent allowance as a result of the change to link that allowance to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index.
	(35368)

83 N	Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated change is in the level of an adult orphan's pension to be paid annually as a result of the change to link such pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index.
	(35369)

84 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) long-term and (b) short-term plans he has for the disused married quarters in and around Shackleton Road, Gosport.
	(33645)

85 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what salary bands were applied in each rank in each of the armed forces in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35179)

86
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in mobility supplement 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 following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index.

(35271)

87
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in comfort 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 following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index.

(35272)

88
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in constant attendance 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 following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index.

(35273)

89
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in exceptionally severe disablement 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 following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index.

(35274)

90
N

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in severe disablement occupational 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 following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index.

(35275)

91
N

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in (a) compensation benefit and (b) pension payments per annum a 27 year-old corporal who lost both legs in Afghanistan would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix) 100 years old and if in each such case he or she had served for (A) 10 and (B) 15 years.

(35285)

92
N

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in pension a widow of a senior NCO would receive in total as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if she was widowed at the age of 40 and if she lived until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years old and if, in each such case, her spouse had served for (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 amd (v) 35 years.

(35286)

93
N

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in widows' pension (a) a widow and (b) a widower with children of members of each rank of each armed service would receive per annum as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix)100 years old and if, in each such case, their spouse had served for had served for (A) 10, (B) 20, (C) 25, (D) 30 and (E) 35 years.

(35287)

94
N

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in widows' pension (a) a widow and (b) a widower with no children of each armed service would receive per annum as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix) 100 years old and if, in each such case, their spouse had served for had served for (A) 10, (B) 20, (C) 25, (D) 30 and (E) 35 years.

(35288)

95
N

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in clothing allowance a member of each rank of the armed forces would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index if he or she lived until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years old; and if, in each such case, they had served for (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (v) 30 and (v) 35 years.

(35289)

96	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimate is of the cost of purchasing long-lead items required for the Vanguard submarine replacement programme assessment phase ahead of the Main Gate decision.
	(35746)

97	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on producing a decommissioning and disposal strategy for the defence nuclear programme; and when he expects such a strategy document to be published.
	(35747)

98	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, column 37W, on the Atomic Weapons Establishment, by what date he expects to place in the Library the post-redaction reports from the Astral Bend 10 nuclear weapons emergency exercise.
	(35817)

99	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2010, Official Report, column 503, on AWE Aldermaston: fires, by what date he expects to place in the Library a copy of the Atomic Weapons Establishment emergency plan for dealing with incidents in the AWE Aldermaston conventional explosives area.
	(35818)

100	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work his Department has commissioned on spatial arrangements covering boat compartments under the assessment phase of the Vanguard submarine replacement for Trident programme to date; and what the monetary value is of each contract for such research and design work.
	(35907)

101	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what enabling work has been contracted on (a) value engineering and (b) the management of design margins under the assessment phase of the Vanguard submarine replacement for Trident programme; what the monetary value is of each such contract; and how much has been spent under each such contract to date.
	(35908)

102

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preparatory work for the assessment phase for the replacement programme for Trident has been commissioned on (a) the hull structure and structural fittings, including on castings and forgings and on steel and control surfaces, (b) primary and secondary propulsion systems and (c) electrical generation, conversion and distribution, including turbo generators, platform management system software, main switchboards, internal communications, diesel generators, main static converters, main DC distribution, distribution convertors, cathodic protection system, the degaussing system, computer information systems, main battery, and remote visual surveillance system; from which companies such work has been commissioned in each case; and what the value is of each such contract.

(35910)

103	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been placed to undertake research and development work on (a) combat system design and engineering and (b) primary and secondary propulsion design and engineering for the assessment phase of the replacement programme for Trident; and what the value is of each such contract.
	(35911)

104 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on decompression of employees who had served in Afghanistan in each year since 2002.
	(35522)

105
N

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits in an official capacity (a) he and (b) each other minister in his Department have made to (i) the North East, (ii) the North West, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside, (iv) Scotland, (v) Wales, (vi) London, (vii) the South East, (viii) the South West, (ix) the East Midlands and (x) the West Midlands since May 2010.

(35523)

106 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel (a) in total and (b) who have served in Afghanistan have been through decompression in each year since 2002.
	(35524)

107	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on the re-kit programmes for (a) the A45 and (b) the A90 facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston over the lifetime of the programmes.
	(35884)

108	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on the desirability of storing radioactive waste from decommissioned submarines at AWE sites.
	(35885)

109	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Newport West of 12 November 2010, Official Report, column 503W, on nuclear weapons, what (a) findings, (b) safety improvement notices and (c) immediate safety requirements were issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in the period 2005 to 2010.
	(35886)

110 N	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the terms of reference of his review of the creation of a National Defence Medal.
	(35292)

111 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Iraq are in receipt of both an armed forces pension and a compensation scheme payment.
	(35373)

112 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Iraq are in receipt of an armed forces pension.
	(35374)

113 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment was to service personnel who served in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35375)

114 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment was to service personnel who served in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35376)

115 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment made by his Department to service personnel who have served in Iraq has been in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35377)

116 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel who have served in Northern Ireland are in receipt of the armed forces pension.
	(35290)

117 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 compensation payment made to service personnel who served in World War Two was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35291)

118 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel who served in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Bosnia are in receipt of both an armed forces pension and a compensation payment.
	(35371)

119 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 is in respect of former service personnel who served in Bosnia in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35372)

120	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each regiment of the (a) Royal Artillery, (b) Royal Engineers, (c) Royal Signals and (d) Household Cavalry is stationed.
	(35889)

121	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit-for-task strength is of each corps of the Army.
	(35890)

122	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type in each armed service were (a) in service and (b) available for operations on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(35891)

123	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) logistics and (b) engineering vehicles of each type were (i) in service and (ii) available for operations on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(35892)

124	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are deployed at each overseas location on operations.
	(35893)

125	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of flights of (a) military aircraft and (b) aircraft chartered by his Department to and from Afghanistan have been delayed by more than six hours in each month since December 2009.
	(35894)

126	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each infantry battalion is stationed.
	(35902)

127	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35783)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

128	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised the issue of human rights in Tibet during the recent visit of the Chinese Vice-Premier.
	(35566)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

129	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the number of students in Rochdale school participating in school sports in each of (a) the last two financial years and (b) next two financial years.
	(35606)

130	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the likely effect on students from poorer backgrounds in Wallasey constituency of the withdrawal of education maintenance allowance.
	(35605)

131	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Barnett consequentials are of the funding arrangements announced in his statement on 19 January 2011 on capital funding for sixth form colleges and 16 to 19 years basic need; and if he will make a statement.
	(35844)

132 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) names and (b) salaries are of each senior civil servant who has (i) joined, (ii) moved posts within and (iii) left his Department since May 2010.
	(35370)

133 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the redundancy bill for his Department in each of the next five financial years.
	(35378)

134 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date he expects to have determined teacher training allocations for the 2011-12 academic year.
	(35234)

135 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for religious education in the proposed English Baccalaureate.
	(35493)

136 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department expects to reply to the letter sent by Mr Brian Gates, Chair of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, dated 29 November 2010, on religious education and the national curriculum review.
	(35362)

137 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received from faith groups on the forthcoming national curriculum review.
	(35363)

138 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on taking into account a decision to enter into an agreement with teaching unions on the pay and conditions of staff when determining whether a school is granted academy status; and if he will make a statement.
	(35459)

139 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice which informed Lord Hill's letter of 15 December 2010 to head teachers of schools that have applied to convert to academy status.
	(35460)

140	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in his discussions with Ofsted on future (a) registration and (b) inspection of part-time educational provision.
	(35725)

141	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which trade unions are involved in discussions on the establishment of the College of Social Work.
	(35707)

142	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has reached an agreement with UNISON on membership of the College of Social Work.
	(35708)

143	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Social Care Institute for Excellence will have a role in the running of the College of Social Work.
	(35709)

144	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had on the establishment of the College of Social Work.
	(35710)

145	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure the provision of 15 hours of free nursery education for disadvantaged children aged two years.
	(35532)

146	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department is making in developing an alternative to the education maintenance allowance.
	(35617)

147	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on hospitality since May 2010.
	(35819)

148	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on consultancy since May 2010.
	(35827)

149	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on photography since May 2010.
	(35828)

150	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on film production, including the filming of speeches, since May 2010.
	(35829)

151	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were educated out of mainstream education in the latest period in which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(35878)

152	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people aged between 16 and 19 years did not attend school or were not in employment in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each year for which figures are available.
	(35711)

153	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in (a) availability of and (b) participation in extra-curricular activities in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(35800)

154	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools in each local education authority operate (a) breakfast and (b) after-school clubs.
	(35811)

155	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have received education maintenance allowance in Torbay local authority area since the scheme's inception.
	(35563)

156	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35792)

157	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each ward in Kingswood constituency are eligible for free school meals.
	(35692)

158	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that every child receives a balanced and healthy school lunch.
	(35558)

159	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase the age limit for eligibility for free school meals in line with the increase in the participation age.
	(35562)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

160	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with energy supply companies on the inclusion of families with children in the eligibility criteria for social tariffs.
	(35565)

161	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the number of children living in households with inadequate heating.
	(35684)

162	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of social tariffs among low-income households in each of the last four financial years.
	(35685)

163	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take to raise awareness of social tariffs among low-income households in each of the next four financial years.
	(35686)

164	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the systems for data matching between energy supply companies and the Government on those eligible for the warm home discount.
	(35687)

165	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of elderly people eligible for the warm home discount in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) Wales in each of the next four financial years.
	(35688)

166	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of elderly people who will not be eligible for the warm home discount in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) Wales in each of the next four financial years.
	(35689)

167	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to require energy supply companies to include low-income families with children within the warm home discount.
	(35690)

168

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average difference was between the average annual cost of electricity to low-income families paying for electricity through (a) pre-payment meters and (b) direct debit in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of the likely average differences in each of the next four financial years.

(35736)

169	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in fuel poverty are eligible for social tariffs provided by energy supply companies.
	(35737)

170	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of progress by energy companies on eliminating additional charges and costs on those paying for electricity through pre-payment meters.
	(35738)

171	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on the provision of adequate and prior notice of tariff changes by energy supply companies to people who pay for electricity through pre-payment meters.
	(35739)

172	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from Ofgem on the extent of their powers to regulate tariffs and prices in the domestic energy supply sector.
	(35740)

173	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent advice he has received from Ofgem on levels of profits achieved by companies in the domestic energy supply sector.
	(35741)

174	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people in fuel poverty who will be eligible for his Department's warm home discount in each of the next four financial years.
	(35845)

175	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of families with children aged under 16 years in fuel poverty which will be eligible for his Department's warm home discount in each of the next four financial years.
	(35847)

176

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many submissions were received during his Department's warm home discount consultation; how many of those submissions called for terminally ill people to be included in the core group to receive the warm home discount automatically; and when his Department plans to publish its response to the warm home discount consultation.

(35691)

177 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to (a) the use of near-surface nuclear waste repositories, (b) retrieval of waste from such repositories for processing and (c) processing of waste previously stored in such repositories.
	(35180)

178	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35787)

179	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his objectives are for the European Council meeting on energy security in February 2011.
	(35626)

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

180	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what geographical circumstances and characteristics of areas at risk of flooding she plans to take into account in determining financial allocations to local authorities for flood prevention and protection; and if she will make a statement.
	(35750)

181	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future provision of flood prevention services previously provided through the Government Office Network; and what estimate she has made of the effects on flood prevention services of the closure of that network.
	(35751)

182	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the National Wildlife Crime Unit will receive from her Department in the next four years.
	(35753)

183	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of her Department's expenditure on matched funding for Rural Development Fund payments to farmers in England in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next four years.
	(35754)

184	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to implement the provisions of the EU Illegal Timber (Due Diligence) Regulation.
	(35755)

185	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has budgeted for (a) print press, (b) television, (c) internet and (d) poster material to raise awareness among the general public of the potential risks from illegal imports of products of animal origin in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each of the next four years.
	(35756)

186	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much will be distributed to local authorities for flood prevention and protection through the local government formula grant in each of the next four financial years.
	(35757)

187	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department plans to provide to the Rural Community Buildings Loan Fund in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next four years.
	(35758)

188	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the development of an agreed UK negotiating position on Common Agricultural Policy reform which takes into account the opinions of the devolved administrations.
	(35896)

189	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on Common Agricultural Policy reform.
	(35897)

190 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from farmers' unions on her Department's plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy.
	(35156)

191 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to allocate funding for flood defences to (a) the North West, (b) Cumbria and (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013.
	(35157)

192 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to (a) issue and (b) revise guidance to farmers and individuals who work with poultry since the first case of swine influenza transfer from human to bird occurred in January 2011; and if she will make a statement.
	(35159)

193	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horses registered with passports she estimates on average die each year; and how many passports for dead horses were surrendered or cancelled in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(35574)

194	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of (a) horse passports and (b) the National Equine Database; and if she will make a statement.
	(35575)

195	Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to enhance the powers of local councils to take action against noisy neighbours.
	(35537)

196	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35791)

197	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with businesses on the reduction of the amount of packaging used to distribute and retail goods.
	(35846)

198	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department uses in determining flood risks to each geographical area of England.
	(35544)

199	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of leaks from (a) sewers and (b) water pipes in each region; and if she will make a statement.
	(35868)

200	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to encourage British farmers to use home-grown animal feed rather than imported animal feed.
	(35559)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

201	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were employed in his Department's security vetting services in (a) May 2010 and (b) December 2010; and where those staff were based.
	(35824)

202	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration his Department is giving to merging its security vetting services with those of the Ministry of Defence; and when a decision on this matter will be reached.
	(35825)

203	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues were discussed at the recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue; and whether any commitments were given on human rights in Tibet by the Chinese delegation.
	(35670)

204	Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the (a) security of and (b) likely effect on nuclear disarmament of a consignment of partially-enriched uranium abandoned in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(35730)

205	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.
	(35534)

206	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterparts on the work of the UN Advisory Panel.
	(35535)

207	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his (a) American and (b) Chinese counterpart on the de-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula; and if he will make a statement.
	(35909)

208	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35785)

209	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct the British High Commissioner in Pakistan to make representations to the government of Pakistan on the treatment of Christians in that country.
	(35560)

210	Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of efforts made by the UN to secure negotiations between the government of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi and representatives of her party and representatives of ethnic groups in Burma.
	(35703)

211	Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent visits HM Ambassador to Burma has made to (a) Chiang Mai and (b) Mae Sot to meet refugees and exiled political activists from Burma.
	(35704)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

212	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of expenditure by primary care trusts on meeting the mobility needs of under-65s living in residential care in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35673)

213 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS hospitals in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Cumbria spent on hospitality in each year since 2005.
	(35158)

214	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Cancer Network on his proposed reform of NHS structures.
	(35530)

215	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future relationship between cancer networks and (a) the NHS Commissioning Board, (b) Public Health England and (c) GP consortia.
	(35531)

216	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS Trusts that are not primary care trusts are members of the NHS Litigation Authority's Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts.
	(35555)

217	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations he has undertaken on increasing the limit on reimbursement for egg donors.
	(35667)

218	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital managers were employed in (a) Edgware Community Hospital, (b) Barnet Primary Care Trust and (c) the NHS in Hendon constituency in each of the last five years.
	(35550)

219	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1265-8W, on benzodiazepines, what is meant by the term not confirmed which was given as the legislative basis for 17 generic lorazepam licenses.
	(35855)

220	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his review of prescription drug addiction; and what consultation on that review he proposes to undertake following publication.
	(35856)

221	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 1285W, on departmental manpower, what the (a) organisations and (b) job titles are of the six members of the Steering Group below Senior Civil Service level.
	(35857)

222	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many infants have suffered (a) allergic, (b) serious, (c) critical and (d) fatal reactions to the MMR vaccine in each of the last five years.
	(35841)

223	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilities are available for infants to have single vaccines for mumps, measles and rubella instead of the MMR Vaccine.
	(35843)

224	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the infant mortality rate was in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) contituency in each year in which figures are available.
	(35616)

225	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of births involved low birth weight infants in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) constituency in each year for which figures are available.
	(35749)

226	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of (a) childhood and (b) adult obesity was in each (i) local authority area, (ii) health authority area and (iii) constituency in each year for which figures are available.
	(35796)

227	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess long-term trends in rates of suicide among those aged (a) 15 to 19, (b) 20 to 24 and (c) 65 years and over.
	(35798)

228	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess long-term trends in rates of depresssion among those aged (a) 15 to 19, (b) 20 to 24 and (c) 65 years and over.
	(35799)

229	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in prescriptions for (a) headaches, (b) indigestion and (c) sleeping disorders; and if he will make a statement.
	(35801)

230	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in hospital admittances for alcohol consumption by teenagers.
	(35802)

231	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 16 to 19 and (b) 20 to 24 were registered (i) alcoholics and (ii) drug addicts in each year for which figures are available.
	(35803)

232	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of mortality for children aged one to 14 years was in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(35839)

233	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of death of young people aged 15 to 19 years was by (a) accident, (b) homicide and (c) suicide in each (i) local authority area, (ii) health authority area and (iii) constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(35840)

234	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of births with mothers aged 15 to 17 years was in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(35842)

235	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35786)

236 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Quality, Innovation, Prevention and Productivity plans he has received from NHS trusts in the East of England; and if he will publish those plans.
	(35194)

237	Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of costs (a) incurred to date and (b) to be incurred in the remaining period of the private finance initiative contract for the Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
	(35816)

238	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking in response to recent announcements by primary care trusts that they plan to suspend or restrict funding for IVF services; and if he will make a statement.
	(35678)

239	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had on the acquisition of community assets by foundation trusts which have taken over community services; and if he will make a statement.
	(35734)

240	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had on integration between hospital consultants and GPs in order to improve patient pathways; and if he will make a statement.
	(35735)

241	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the level of expenditure by the NHS on treating victims of dog attacks in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(35694)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

242 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to lodge a formal objection to the request made by the Bolivian government to amend the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing.
	(35183)

243 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from her Department's drugs budget is allocated to (a) the criminal justice system, (b) drug treatment services and (c) drugs education.
	(35184)

244 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of acquisitive crime attributable to (a) heroin addicts, (b) crack cocaine addicts, (c) cocaine addicts and (d) cannabis users in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35185)

245	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned any research on a potential link between closing passport offices and the incidence of identity theft.
	(35671)

246	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has allocated under the Preventing Violent Extremism scheme in (a) South Swindon constituency and (b) each parliamentary constituency.
	(35556)

247	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to launch a successor to Operation Pentameter II for the purposes of reducing the incidence of human trafficking.
	(35551)

248	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of operations Pentameter I and II in reducing the incidence of human trafficking.
	(35552)

249	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of implementation of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the UK Border Agency's ability to enforce anti-smuggling controls at UK ports of entry on the importation of products of animal origin.
	(35752)

250 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions by the competent authority regarding the National Referral Mechanism have been subsequently reversed through judicial review.
	(35226)

251 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions by the competent authority regarding the National Referral Mechanism have been reversed since 1 April 2009; and if she will make a statement.
	(35227)

252	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) the Trades Union Congress (TUC) concerning preparations for the TUC demonstration on 26 March 2011; and if she will make a statement.
	(35702)

253	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to reduce the incidence of alcohol related crime and disorder.
	(35528)

254	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the threat from far-right activists to British fans attending the European Football Championships in 2012.
	(35724)

255 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of reported crime (a) overall and (b) for each category of crime in each of the (i) 100 most deprived wards and (ii) 100 least deprived wards in each of the last five years.
	(35229)

256	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the juvenile violent crime arrest rate was in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each year for which figures are available.
	(35712)

257 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what scope the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Trafficking has to examine policies and practices on human trafficking across Government.
	(35276)

258 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Trafficking has issued since its inception.
	(35277)

259	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures she has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35784)

260	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the completion of the review into the future of criminal record checks and the vetting of volunteer workers.
	(35627)

261	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protected and endangered animals were seized at UK airports and ports in each year since 2008-09.
	(35543)

262	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 10 to 16 years were (a) arrested for an offence, (b) charged with an offence, (c) cautioned for an offence and (d) convicted of an offence in 2009.
	(35880)

263	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether international students enrolled at UK institutions will be eligible to remain in the UK under Tier 1 post-study work arrangements for two years after completion of their studies.
	(35875)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

264	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department contributed to the UN Division for the Advancement of Women in each of the last four years.
	(35874)

265	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department contributed to the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues in each of the last four years.
	(35887)

266	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department contributed to the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women in each of the last four years.
	(35888)

267	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received from the World Food Programme on the effect on food rations in Sri Lanka of insufficient donor funding in 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(35721)

268	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from UNICEF on the effect on the schooling of children in Sri Lanka of the use of school property in the Northern Provinces for military or rehabilitation purposes.
	(35728)

269	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the provision of shelter cash grants to internally-displaced families being resettled in Sri Lanka.
	(35876)

270	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made on the level of involvement of (a) Tamil community groups and (b) independent politicians in the process of resettlement in Sri Lanka.
	(35877)

271	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35790)

272	Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding was allocated by his Department to (a) the Mao Tao Clinic and (b) Backpack Health Worker teams operating in Burma in the last year for which figures are available.
	(35614)

273	Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has allocated aid to ethnic Karen refugees in response to the current political situation in Karen State, Burma.
	(35615)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

274

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 advice and representation in private family law cases involving (a) ancillary relief disputes and (b) children and family disputes where domestic violence (i) was and (ii) was not present in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.

(35713)

275	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 in debt cases where the client's home (a) was and (b) was not at immediate risk in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35714)

276	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 relating to pursuing actions for clinical negligence in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35715)

277	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 relating to consumer law and general contract issues in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35716)

278	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 relating to education law issues in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35717)

279	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 relating to the provision of welfare benefits in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35718)

280	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 in housing matters in cases involving homelessness and housing disrepair (non-damages) in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35719)

281	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 in housing matters other than cases involving homelessness and housing disrepair (non-damages) in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
	(35720)

282	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Prison Officers Association on the role of prison officers in the rehabilitation of offenders.
	(35853)

283 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences of less than four years have been convicted of (a) violent and (b) sexual offences.
	(34073)

284 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on (a) the operations of the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the timetable for implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 of the review of the provisions of that Act announced by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	(35181)

285	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Judicial Diversity Taskforce to report its findings; and if he will make a statement.
	(35903)

286	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on diversity in the Judiciary.
	(35904)

287	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community on judicial diversity.
	(35905)

288	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the recent conclusions made by the Chief Inspector of Prisons on the mental health of prisoners in HM Prison Brixton.
	(35619)

289	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners who had no fixed address when they (a) entered custody and (b) left custody in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(35706)

290 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost of the tribunal case into the appeal made by Mr Robert Oxley held in Colchester on 13 December 2010.
	(35176)

291 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid to each person who sat on the appeals tribunal in Colchester on 13 December 2010 which considered cases including that of Mr Robert Oxley in respect of their attendance.
	(35178)

292	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35782)

293	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost, in each cost category, of closing each courthouse scheduled for closure under his proposals.
	(35545)

294	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of staff (a) in each courthouse to be closed and (b) in total who will be made redundant under his proposals for courthouse closures.
	(35548)

295

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people, (b) disabled people and (c) people of pensionable age in (i) Wales, (ii) Greater Manchester, (iii) the Humber and South Yorkshire, (iv) Kent, Surrey and Sussex, (v) London, (vi) Staffordshire and West Mercia, (vii) Warwickshire and the West Midlands, (viii) Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, (ix) Cheshire and Merseyside, (x) Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and the Thames Valley, (xi) Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria, (xii) Cumbria and Lancashire, (xiii) Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset and Gloucestershire; (xiv) Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and Wiltshire and (xv) the East Midlands who will live further than one public transport commute from their local court following implementation of his proposals for courthouse closures.

(35553)

296	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on improvements to each court identified for closure under his recent proposals in respect of the (a) building, (b) interior and (c) facilities in the last 10 years.
	(35554)

297	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many representations he received in respect of each proposed court closure (a) before and (b) after the close of the consultation; and how many of these (i) supported, (ii) opposed and (iii) were neutral on the court closure in each case.
	(35895)

298	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's cumulative equalities impact assessment, what steps he plans to take to ensure that (a) women, (b) disabled and (c) black and minority ethnic people are not disproportionately affected by reductions in the legal aid budget.
	(35538)

299	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal support is available for victims of domestic violence who have more than £8,000 of equity in their home.
	(35879)

300 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners had an address in Liverpool, West Derby constituency immediately prior to committal.
	(35521)

Questions to the Leader of the House

301	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent repesentations he has received on the consideration of Private Members Bills on days other than Fridays.
	(35618)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

302	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the responses received to the consultation, A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Next Steps; and whether he plans to produce a summary report.
	(35546)

303	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress he has made on the development of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; and what discussions he has had with (a) political parties in Northern Ireland and (b) other stakeholders on that matter.
	(35547)

304	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35781)

Questions to the Prime Minister

305	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, whether there have been any changes to the Wilson doctrine since May 2010.
	(35701)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

306	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35795)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

307 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on plans to ease congestion on the A65 corridor between Leeds and Bradford.
	(34501)

308 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to make all people aged over 65 eligible for the Blue Badge scheme.
	(35182)

309	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage local authorities to develop highways asset management plans.
	(35533)

310	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to introduce a levy on deep trenching by utility companies.
	(35699)

311	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have a highways asset management plan.
	(35700)

312	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to consult on changes to the Trans-Pennine Rail Franchise.
	(35668)

313	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people paid vehicle excise duty for less than 12 months in each of the last five years.
	(35852)

314	Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many emergency response ambulances have been involved in a road traffic accident in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(35536)

315	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35789)

316	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to make speed camera data (a) in Sussex and (b) nationally more accessible to the public.
	(35729)

317	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the acknowledged stopping time is for heavy goods vehicles travelling within each legal speed limit; and if he will make a statement.
	(35732)

318 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in real terms of the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1981 and (ii) 1997.
	(35486)

319	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Executive of Eurostar since 1 December 2010; what the outcomes were of such discussions; and if he will make a statement.
	(35867)

320 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of levels of grit supplies held by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities.
	(35160)

321 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of grit used by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities since 1 November 2010.
	(35161)

322 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of the strategic reserve of grit which has been drawn down for use by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities since 1 November 2010.
	(35162)

323 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultation on Amendment to the Charges for Unreasonably Prolonged Occupation of the Highways.
	(35163)

324 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has set a target for reducing the number of calls to the Highways Agency public helpline which are unanswered.
	(35225)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

325	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many written representations she has received on the issue of court closures in Wales.
	(35539)

326	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Welsh Assembly Government on the electrification of the South Wales main line.
	(35540)

327	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the issue of proposed court closures in Wales.
	(35541)

328	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions she has met with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the issue of the electrification of the South Wales main line railway line.
	(35542)

329	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans she has to visit Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency on official business in the next six months.
	(35571)

330	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates and at what locations she has met Cabinet colleagues to discuss proposed changes to the number of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales.
	(35608)

331	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many press officers her Department employs (a) in London and (b) in Cardiff; and how many press officers it employed in each location in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	(35609)

332	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many official engagements she undertook in Wales in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2010.
	(35610)

333	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates and at what locations she has held meetings to discuss the Severn Barrage scheme since her appointment.
	(35611)

334	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff her Department employs; and how many it employed in 2009.
	(35612)

335	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions she has visited Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in an official capacity since her appointment.
	(35613)

336	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures she has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35780)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

337	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of (a) benefits and (b) public sector pensions in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) each of the subsequent five years.
	(35883)

338 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people of each (a) age, (b) sex, (c) employment status and (d) disability in receipt of the lowest care component of disability living allowance.
	(35278)

339 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) independent specialists are referred to in his Department's consultation document on the reform of disability living allowance in respect of the development of the new assessment for disability living allowance.
	(35279)

340 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in receipt of the lowest care component of disability living allowance.
	(35280)

341 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of an indefinite award for disability living allowance in each of the last 10 years.
	(35379)

342 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of carrying out a medical assessment on all recipients of disability living allowance.
	(35188)

343 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has an economic model which can be used to evaluate trends in youth unemployment.
	(35454)

344 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods his Department uses to forecast likely levels of youth unemployment.
	(35455)

345 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of each economic model his Department uses to predict trends in youth employment.
	(35456)

346 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in (i) Wirral South constituency and (ii) the Wirral local authority area.
	(35457)

347 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Wirral South constituency are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) unemployment allowance, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) widow's benefit and/or bereavement benefit and (f) other income support.
	(35458)

348 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women whose state pension age will increase by exactly two years under the proposed new timetable for state pension age.
	(35361)

349 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of the recovery of the Motability car from the home of Mr Robert Oxley of Colchester on 17 January 2011.
	(35177)

350	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications.
	(35788)

351	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Reading West constituency and (b) Berkshire who have post office card accounts.
	(35826)

352	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in workless households in Reading West constituency in each year from 1997.
	(35848)

353	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Reading West constituency were in receipt of (a) disability living allowance and (b) employment support allowance or incapacity benefit at the commencement of each financial year since 1997-98.
	(35850)

354	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the single room rate is to be applied to housing benefit.
	(35742)

355	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made in negotiations with mortgage lenders on averaging out mortgage rates under the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme.
	(35838)

356 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward of Liverpool, West Derby constituency claim disability living allowance.
	(35282)

357 N	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward of Liverpool, West Derby constituency claim jobseekers allowance.
	(35283)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

358	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to publish details of each UK project in receipt of over £25,000 of EU funds.
	[Transferred] (35600)

359	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people recruited to work on the 2011 Census campaign will be required to pay for their own criminal record check.
	[Transferred] (35705)

360	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average number of hours worked per week by (a) men and (b) women in full-time employment was in each year for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (35748)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

361	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for funding the Financial Inclusion Fund after April 2011.
	[Transferred] (35851)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

362	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to encourage citizen engagement since May 2010.
	[Transferred] (35809)

363	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role he expects civic societies to play as potential capacity builders in support of the Big Society initiative.
	[Transferred] (35549)

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

364	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much has been paid from the Big Lottery fund to projects in (a) the most deprived 100 wards and (b) the least deprived 100 wards in each year for which data is available.
	[Transferred] (35808)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

365	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of students to travel of the abolition of education maintenance allowance.
	[Transferred] (35669)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

366	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that plans to tax clamping and towing on private land do not leave property owners unable to tackle illegal parking on their land.
	[Transferred] (35693)

367	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to improve the welfare standards of animals used in tests for household cleaning products and their ingredients.
	[Transferred] (35854)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

368	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in housing benefit to individuals in (a) Leeds City Council area and (b) Leeds Central constituency in each year from 1996-97 to 2009-10.
	[Transferred] (35529)


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