Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 February 2011

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 3 February 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 February 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 3 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 3 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 3 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Attorney General, whether he has plans to review the guidance to police officers and Crown prosecutors issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
	(38025)

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

2 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Department for Energy and Climate Change on the green economy roadmap.
	(38023)

3	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forms of energy he expects the Green Investment Bank to fund.
	(38554)

4 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of workers aged 65 years in (a) Cumbria and (b) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency who are likely to remain in the workforce for an additional year following the end of the default retirement age.
	(37985)

5	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any concerns were raised with him by (a) his officials and (b) other individuals and organisations in respect of the likely effects on the supply chain of his decision to withdraw the loan to Sheffield Forgemasters (i) before and (ii) after the loan was withdrawn.
	(38471)

6 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1005-06W, on the Scottish Government First Minister, in what capacity Tavish Scott MSP attended the meeting; and whether any other members of the Scottish Parliament were invited to attend.
	(37906)

7	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures are in place to ensure that students from other EU countries studying in the UK repay their student loans after leaving the UK.
	(38330)

8	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints were made against the Student Loans Company in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(38200)

9	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure post offices are able to provide a variety of services to customers.
	(38203)

10	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disputes between the Student Loans Company and individuals in (a) Romsey and Southampton North constituency and (b) England were pending a resolution in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38204)

11	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the effect of the operation of the European Working Time Directive on levels of wellbeing.
	(38386)

12	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) not-for-profit and (b) community interest companies were registered in each of the last five years.
	(38462)

13	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of turnover in the social enterprise sector in each region in each of the last five years.
	(38463)

14	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many social enterprises there were in each region in each of the last three years.
	(38464)

15 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people took up an engineering apprenticeship in (a) Britain, (b) Cumbria and (c) Carlisle in 2009-10.
	(35992)

16 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the ban on exports of ADE-651 bomb detectors and similar devices beyond Afghanistan and Iraq.
	(37883)

17 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring the export ban of ADE-651 bomb detectors and similar devices to Afghanistan and Iraq is enforced.
	(37885)

18 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will work with his EU counterparts towards implementing an EU-wide ban on the export of ADE-651 bomb detectors and similar devices.
	(37886)

19 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of teaching staff in each university hold teaching or training qualifications, including PGCEs; and if he will make a statement.
	(38128)

20	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of information higher education institutions make available to potential students; and if he will make a statement.
	(38555)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

21	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his most recent estimate is of the ethnic minority population of each (a) borough and (b) ward in London.
	(38283)

22	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the size of the ethnic minority population of (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Merton and (c) Merton Park ward.
	(38459)

23	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in each ethnic group in each council ward in the London Borough of Merton.
	(38460)

24	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the relationship between the private and voluntary sectors as part of the Government's Big Society initiative.
	(38328)

25	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account will be taken of corporate social responsibility as part of the Government's Big Society initiative.
	(38329)

26	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on levels of social trust in each major occupational group.
	(38316)

27	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on average levels of volunteering by teenagers in each of the last five years.
	(38367)

28	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of households in each socio-economic group which have a home computer.
	(38369)

29	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of use of the internet on levels of social capital.
	(38370)

30	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of (a) levels of and (b) trends in social trust in the last 30 years.
	(38372)

31	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on levels of (i) formal and (ii) informal sociability in the last 30 years.
	(38374)

32	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on trends in the (a) number and (b) size of self help groups in the last 20 years.
	(38375)

33	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures his Department uses to assess levels of social trust; and what assessment has been made of trends in levels of social trust in the last 20 years.
	(38376)

34	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of social trust to the development of the Big Society initiative.
	(38377)

35	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of levels of social trust in (a) adults and (b) teenagers.
	(38378)

36	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of adults in each ethnic group who participated in voluntary activity in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38379)

37	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Office for National Statistics collects on the average number of hours per day people aged between (a) five and 15 years, (b) 16 and 19 years and (c) 20 and 25 years spend alone.
	(38384)

38	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Office for National Statistics makes of the average number of hours per day spent by (a) boys and (b) girls on watching television.
	(38385)

39	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of levels of inequality on levels of social cohesion and social trust.
	(38454)

40	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of relative levels of social capital in each socio-economic group.
	(38456)

41	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of (i) economic trends and (ii) trends in job security on levels of social trust.
	(38458)

42	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which organisations have participated in consultation exercises related to the Government's Big Society initiative; and if he will make a statement.
	(38461)

43	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what comparative research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on approaches to civic society initiatives in other countries.
	(38467)

44	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) opinion polls and (b) research his Department has commissioned on its Big Society initiative; and if he will publish the results of each.
	(38468)

45	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are engaged in work related to the Government's Big Society initiative.
	(38469)

46	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what public consultation activity his Department is undertaking on the Big Society initiative; and how much his Department has allocated for such activities in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(38470)

47	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) public houses and (b) clubs closed in each of the last 10 years.
	(38495)

48	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of local exchange trading systems since 1990.
	(38496)

49	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to support staffing levels in (a) advice bureaux and (b) other agencies which rely on volunteer staff.
	(38498)

50	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of levels of volunteering among (a) children and (b) young adults; and whether he plans to promote volunteering to each such group.
	(38500)

51	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets his Department has set to measure progress in its Big Society initiative.
	(38501)

52	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people participated in a regular weekly act of worship in each of the last 10 years.
	(38507)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

53	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional revenue that would be raised by the introduction of a machine games duty in each of the first three years following its introduction.
	(38510)

54	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of respondents to his Department's consultation on a gross profits tax on gaming machines were (a) supportive of and (b) opposed to the proposal.
	(38511)

55	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many gambling companies have requested meetings with Ministers and officials of his Department to discuss the implications of a gross profits tax on gaming machines since the publication of the proposal; and how many such meetings there have been.
	(38512)

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the publication in January 2011 of draft legislation on the imposition of a Machine Games Duty is consistent with his Department's commitment in Tax Policy Making: Draft Tax Consultation Framework, 9 December 2010, Chapter 2, paragraph 6, to (a) publish draft tax legislation at least three months before they are laid before Parliament and (b) provide at least eight weeks for comment on draft tax legislation before it is laid before Parliament.

(38513)

57	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessments have been conducted to analyse the potential effect of a machine games duty on the industry by (a) his Department and (b) external consultants; and what assessment has been made of the effect of these propoals on (i) adult amusement centres, (ii) coastal town economies and (iii) the wider tourism industry.
	(38514)

58	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to extending the Financial Inclusion Fund debt advice service beyond the end of March 2011.
	(38358)

59	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change the three per cent. taxation rate on diesel fuel.
	(38274)

60	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is considering any changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment beyond those announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(38475)

61	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the additional costs to business resulting from the changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(38476)

62 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who will no longer pay income tax as a result of the increase in the personal allowance from 5 April 2011.
	(38099)

63 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of people paying income tax at the 40 per cent. rate with effect from 5 April 2011 in (a) Scotland, (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency and (c) each other parliamentary constituency.
	(38100)

64	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is considering to simplify the tax collection system.
	(38548)

65	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Northern Ireland Assembly on the effects of fuel price increases on growth of the Northern Ireland economy.
	(38272)

66	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 580W, on the Financial Inclusion Fund, when he expects to announce his decision on the future funding of projects currently funded by the Financial Inclusion Fund
	(38412)

67 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the level of executive remuneration in publicly-owned banks.
	(38096)

68 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what mechanism other than monitoring take-up he evaluates the effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs' cycle to work scheme.
	(38097)

69 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable sanctions to be placed on higher rate tax payers who fail to disclose that their partner is in receipt of child benefit.
	(38178)

70	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of income tax revenue was derived from the (a) top one per cent., (b) top five per cent., (c) top 10 per cent., (d) top 25 per cent., (e) lowest 50 per cent., (f) lowest 25 per cent. and (g) lowest 10 per cent. of earners in 1998-99.
	(38361)

71	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support debt advice service providers to ensure that debt counselling is available following the closure of the Financial Inclusion Fund at the end of March 2011.
	(38359)

72	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number and proportion of people in each region whose net income will be lower on 31 December 2011 than it was on 31 December 2010.
	(38453)

73	Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of alcohol and tobacco products seized by HM Customs and Excise in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(38411)

74	Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage mutualisation in banks and building societies.
	(38308)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

75 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce carbon emissions in new properties.
	(37968)

76 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of emissions allow a property to be classified as a zero carbon home.
	(37978)

77 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties have been sold by registered social landlords in each region in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(38030)

78 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties were disposed of by each registered social landlord by auction or open market sale in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(38031)

79 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties were sold by local authorities in each region in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(38032)

80 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to encourage local authorities to adopt accreditation schemes for private rented sector landlords.
	(37921)

81 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to bring forward proposals to improve Tenancy Deposit Schemes.
	(37922)

82	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in Bromsgrove constituency were subject to an empty dwellings management order in each year since 2007.
	(38547)

83 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the EU target for all new buildings occupied and owned by public authorities to be near-zero carbon from 31 December 2018; what assessment he has made of UK progress toward the target; and if he will make a statement.
	(37909)

84 N	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Explanatory Notes to the Localism Bill, paragraph 463, what the evidential basis is for the calculation that the enactment of the Bill will create an estimated charge of £21 million per year on local authorities.
	(38024)

85	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many community centres were in operation in each of the last 10 years.
	(38371)

86	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on social cohesion in communities in traditional steel working and coalmining areas.
	(38455)

87 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library copies of responses to the consultation on Part 6 of the Localism Bill.
	(37416)

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

88	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many people are employed in the arts sector in each local authority area in the North East; and if he will make a statement.
	(38364)

89	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what requests he has received from trade unions representing members in his Department's non-departmental public bodies for meetings to discuss the abolition of such bodies.
	(38300)

90	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for what reasons he did not meet representatives of trade unions to discuss his plans for the abolition of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(38301)

91	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he made of options other than abolition when considering the future of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(38302)

92	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations he consulted prior to proposing abolition of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(38365)

93	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment of (a) financial liabilities and (b) potential cost savings he made before taking his decision to abolish the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(38414)

94	David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what equality impact assessment he undertook in advance of his decision to abolish the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
	(38415)

95 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on library closures in (a) the North West, (b) Cumbria and (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
	(37984)

96	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the merits of taking steps to assist local authorities in the provision of universal wireless broadband access.
	(38546)

97 N	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects the board of the Olympic Park Legacy Company to reach a decision on the future of the Olympic Stadium.
	(38179)

98 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Devon without access to the internet.
	(36169)

99	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on trends in participation in each sport funded by his Department in each of the last 10 years.
	(38465)

100	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his Department's budget was for increasing participation in sport in each of the last 10 years; and what plans he has for such budgets in each of the next five years.
	(38466)

101	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of levels of participation in sporting activity (a) in each region, (b) by each ethnic group, (c) by each socio-economic group, (d) by each sex and (e) by each age group; and if he will make a statement.
	(38502)

102	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many visitors there were to each (a) art gallery and (b) museum funded by his Department in each of the last 20 years; and what assessment he has made of the effect on visitor numbers of the introduction of free admission to such venues.
	(38503)

103	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the 10 sports that experienced the largest (a) increase and (b) reduction in participation over the last 10 years.
	(38504)

104	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) impartiality of tourist accommodation reviews on websites in developing his plans for the future of the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38395)

105	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what criteria will be used to assess the eligibility and suitability of proposed tourism developments for government grant assistance following the implementation of his plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38396)

106	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on his plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38397)

107	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Wales, (b) Secretary of State for Scotland and (c) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on his future plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38398)

108

Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) third sector organisations on the ability of (i) elderly people and (ii) economically disadvantaged groups to access information on tourism accommodation in formulating his plans for the future of the National Quality Assessment Scheme.

(38399)

109	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the Trading Standards Institute on redress and evidential issues that may arise in respect of trade descriptions of holiday accommodation following the implementation of his plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38400)

110	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has assessed the potential effects on international perceptions of the UK as a tourist destination of his future plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38401)

111	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend the provisions of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 for the purposes of implementing his plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38402)

112	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what measures he plans to use for benchmarking against international standards following the implementation of his Department's plans for the National Quality Assessment Scheme.
	(38405)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

113	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of financial savings arising from the reorganisation of the Edinburgh and South Scotland Wing Air Training Corps of the Air Cadets.
	(38194)

114	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Boeing full hazard analysis of the flying controls and associated systems that was carried out with reference to paragraph 9 of the Ministry of Defence Military Aircraft Accident Summary 2/89-Aircraft Accident to Royal Air Force Chinook HC1 ZA721.
	(38549)

115
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which programmes funded by his Department are taking place in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Angola, (c) Burkina Faso, (d) Burma, (e) Burundi, (f) Central African Republic, (g) Chad, (h) Congo, (i) Ivory Coast, (j) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (k) Ethiopia, (l) Guinea, (m) Guinea Bissau, (n) Haiti, (o) Iraq, (p) Kenya, (q) Liberia, (r) Malawi, (s) Nigeria, (t) Pakistan, (u) Somalia, (v) Sri Lanka, (w) Sudan, (x) Uganda, (y) Uzbekistan, (z) Yemen and (aa) Zimbabwe; and what the cost of each such programme was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(38129)

116 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with armed forces charities to discuss the indexation of pensions and benefits by the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index.
	(38130)

117 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether funding for the health for heroes campaign will be allocated to armed forces based in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.
	(38131)

118 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his proposal to increase compensation payments for ex-service personnel suffering mental health disorders will apply to service personnel based in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.
	(38132)

119 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on taking, mounting and hanging photographs of its Ministers since April 2010.
	(38133)

120	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future of RAF Middle Wallop as a training facility for Army helicopter pilots.
	(38201)

121	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of social clubs for ex-servicemen in each of the last 10 years.
	(38373)

122	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department allocated to Defence Estates for the maintenance, repair and modernisation of the defence estates in financial year 2010-11.
	(38327)

123 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado strike aircraft will be retained following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(38015)

124 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects the RAF's Hercules Fleet to retain the requisite systems and equipment for humanitarian search and rescue missions following the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(38016)

125 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of US Navy and German Kriegsmarine ASW assets operating from RAF Kinloss was in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(38017)

126 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect withdrawing RAF Nimrods will have on the armed forces' ability to (a) detect and (b) track foreign military operations; and if he will make a statement.
	(38018)

127 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent reports he has received of Russian submarines operating in the North Atlantic; and if he will make a statement.
	(38019)

128	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times search and rescue helicopters based at RAF Lossiemouth have been involved in operations related to North Sea offshore oil and gas installations and support aircraft and vessels in each of the last five years.
	(38413)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

129	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2011, column 195W, on Tibet: human rights, what the response was of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on the issue of human rights in Tibet.
	(38190)

130	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will assess the relationship between turnout in national and local elections and levels of social capital.
	(38317)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

131 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the local authority central spend equivalent grant to each academy school was in real terms in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(38027)

132 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what local authority central spend equivalent grant allocation has been made to each academy school for 2011-12.
	(38028)

133 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff of his Department (a) in total and (b) in full-time equivalent terms are assigned to the Free Schools Team.
	(37910)

134 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in his Department have been allocated to work on free schools.
	(37969)

135 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent to date on supporting and promoting applications for free schools.
	(37970)

136 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what communications and media support his Department is providing for free school groups.
	(37971)

137 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many communications officials of his Department were working of free schools in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(37979)

138	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged 16 and 17 years were placed in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation in the latest period for which figure are available.
	(38334)

139	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a list of the postholders in each local authority who are responsible for children and young people who go missing or run away from home or care.
	(38335)

140	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private pre-school nursery providers have (a) closed and (b) opted out of the scheme for free places for three and four year-olds in each local authority in England since September 2010; and how many such places have been lost as a result.
	(38298)

141	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the administrative cost was in the case of each local authority in England for the operation of the free places scheme for three and four year-olds in pre-schools and nurseries in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
	(38299)

142	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding he has allocated to Sure Start children's centres in the (a) London Borough of Camden and (b) London Borough of Brent and whether such funding will be ring-fenced.
	(38186)

143	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when schools and further education colleges will be informed of their allocation of discretionary learner support in the (a) London Borough of Camden and (b) London Borough of Brent.
	(38187)

144	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the allocation of the discretionary learner support fund.
	(38189)

145	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres he expects to be open in 2014-15; what proportion of these he expects of offer a full service; and if he will take steps to ensure the network of Sure Start children's centres is maintained.
	(38416)

146	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility criteria he plans to put in place for eligibility for discretionary learner support for students attending (a) sixth form and (b) further education colleges; and whether such support will include (i) travelcards, (ii) meals at college and (iii) course-related equipment.
	(38417)

147	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding he has allocated for level 2 apprenticeships in 2011-12 in the (a) London Borough of Camden and (b) London Borough of Brent.
	(38418)

148	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 16 to 18 years beginning apprenticeships in the (a) London Borough of Camden and (b) London Borough of Brent in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
	(38419)

149	Jessica Lee (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of progress on the academies programme in (a) Erewash constituency and (b) England.
	(38195)

150 N	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of federations of schools established in order to support bids for academy status; and if he will make a statement.
	(38029)

151 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students in (a) Newton Abbot constituency and (b) Devon who will qualify for the pupil premium.
	(36167)

152	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on which dates meetings were held between officials of his Department and Abraham Guest High School in Wigan to discuss the conversion of that school to Academy status since May 2010.
	(38457)

153	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools approached his Department to request advice on conversion to academy status between May 2010 and January 2011.
	(38553)

154	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of levels of social capital on levels of educational attainment.
	(38315)

155	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on participation in out-of-school activities of patterns of (i) television viewing and (ii) internet usage by children of school age.
	(38318)

156	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teenagers (a) did not complete their schooling and (b) were absent from school without authorisation in each (i) local authority area and (ii) constituency in each of the last five years.
	(38497)

157	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with the organisers of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme on the promotion of that scheme in schools.
	(38499)

158	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the effects on (a) well-being and (b) educational attainment of children in each socio-economic group of average daily time spent (i) watching television and (ii) using computers; and if he will make a statement.
	(38508)

159	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with provisions of (a) domestic and (b) EU legislation of his policy on (i) provision of free school meals and (ii) provision of such meals to those in further education or sixth form colleges; and if he will make a statement.
	(38282)

160	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the retention of the requirement that all Key Stage 3 pupils should receive at least 24 hours of practical cookery lessons.
	(38311)

161 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for funding education business partnership services in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(37905)

162	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to publish the outcome of the independent review of music education.
	(38182)

163 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to repeal Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils.
	(37217)

164 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what impact indicators for child protection his Department is using as part of its 2011-2015 Business Plan.
	(37218)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

165	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installations of (a) solar photovoltaic panels, (b) wind turbines and (c) mini hydro-generators have occurred in (i) Glasgow, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland since the establishment of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(38521)

166	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress he has made on the implementation of the carbon reduction commitment.
	(38522)

167 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who the chair of the fuel poverty review is.
	(38020)

168 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Government's fuel poverty review to report.
	(38021)

169 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions he and Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the Global Warming Policy Foundation in the latest period for which information is available.
	(38022)

170	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has received representations on the protection of data gathered from domestic smart meters.
	(38284)

171 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to subsidise renewable heat energy.
	(37977)

172	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on take-up of (a) energy efficient products and (b) measures eligible for Green Deal funding of the applications of differing rates of value added tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(38551)

173	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of feed-in tariff payments for (a) solar and (b) wind installations have been paid on the measured input of electricity to the grid to date.
	(38268)

174	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date the Government first introduced subsidies to encourage the development of wind power; and what estimate he has made of the total subsidy provided for wind power since that date.
	(38390)

175	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects wind power to achieve commercial viability.
	(38391)

176	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total subsidy to wind power that will be necessary for it to become commercially viable.
	(38392)

177	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost of constructing fossil fuel power stations to compensate for the intermittency of wind power generation in the period up to 2030.
	(38393)

178	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely cost per kilowatt hour of fossil fuel-powered generation to provide back-up for the intermittency of wind power generation in 2030.
	(38394)

179	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 981W, on Sheffield Forgemasters: finance, whether any formal discussions were held prior to the decision to withdraw the loan to Sheffield Forgemasters.
	(38273)

180	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) owners of private electricity and gas networks and (b) tenants receiving electricity from private networks who will be affected by the ruling of the European Court of Justice on third party access.
	(38275)

181	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any concerns were raised with him by (a) his officials and (b) other individuals and organisations in respect of the likely effects on the supply chain of the decision to withdraw the loan to Sheffield Forgemasters (i) before and (ii) after the loan was withdrawn.
	(38472)

182	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has had discussions with (a) his officials, (b) Ministerial colleagues and (c) industry representatives on the potential effects on (i) carbon reduction targets and (ii) costs to business of changes to the carbon reduction commitment system.
	(38473)

183	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects on the timetable for delivery of new nuclear build of his proposal to increase the liability cost per nuclear site on generators to cover the consequences of accidents.
	(38474)

184 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that the EU target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 80 and 95 per cent. by 2050 is maintained as a stand alone commitment; and if he will make a statement.
	(37911)

185 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will request the European Council not to authorise an assessment of the potential for the extraction and use of (a) shale gas and (b) oil shale; and if he will make a statement.
	(37912)

186 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a target to achieve a 20 per cent. or greater reduction in primary energy use through energy efficiency measures by 2020 as part of the EU Energy Efficiency Action Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(37987)

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

187	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the installation of trickle valves in household water pipes and systems by water companies in England.
	(38515)

188	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) waxwing, (b) fieldfare and (c) redwing thrushes.
	(38517)

189	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the contribution of the farmed salmon industry to the UK economy.
	(38518)

190	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the sustainability of the farmed salmon industry.
	(38519)

191	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the effects on each income decile of the population of the introduction of compulsory water metering.
	(38523)

192	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of forest land the Forestry Commission owns in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency; and where such land is located.
	(38387)

193	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much timber was removed under felling licences from (a) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (b) Oxfordshire in each year since 2007.
	(38388)

194	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of likely trends in the amount of timber logged from Forestry Commission land under her proposed reforms to the forest estate.
	(38389)

195
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2011, Official Report, column 284W, on animal products: imports, what proportion of her Department's budget for paid-for communication about illegal imports will be spent on (a) print press, (b) television, (c) internet and (d) poster material in each of the next four years.

(37975)

196 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism she plans to put in place to prevent the development of forests and woodland sold to private owners.
	(37983)

197 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on which local authorities employ officers dedicated to the implementation of public rights of way.
	(37914)

198	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of canals and rivers owned by British Waterways are expected to achieve (a) Good Ecological Status and (b) Good Ecological Potential under the Water Framework Directive by 2015.
	(38312)

199	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many weirs British Waterways own without fully-functional all-fish species passes which comply with the provision of the Water Framework Directive.
	(38313)

200 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made towards criminalising the (a) importation and (b) possession of illegally-logged timber.
	(38098)

201	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct an environmental impact assessment of the trade in hardy ornamental nursery stock.
	(38199)

202	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many owners of sites of special scientific interest were fined for damaging the land under their supervision in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010.
	(38181)

203	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the protection of trees from infection from diseases from abroad.
	(38550)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

204	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the human rights situation in Tibet of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue since its inception.
	(38314)

205 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomatic missions to the UK have asserted diplomatic immunity against investigations of the (a) employment status and (b) immigration status of domestic staff in each of the last three years.
	(37739)

206 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department made representations to the governments of (a) Egypt, (b) Tunisia and (c) Algeria on human rights issues in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(37740)

207
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on (a) political unrest and (b) disruption of internet and mobile phone communications in Egypt; if he will discuss with his Egyptian counterpart the merits of facilitating peaceful protest and maintaining freedom of speech and assembly; and if he will make a statement.

(37915)

208	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of instability in Egypt on UK relations with Israel.
	(38307)

209	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the effect of the current political situation in Egypt on that country's ability to curb the smuggling of weapons to Hamas.
	(38366)

210	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the staff cost of the British High Commission in Bangladesh (a) was in each of the last five years and (b) is projected to be in each year to 2015.
	[R] (38543)

211 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2010, Official Report, column 554W, on Kashmir, for what reasons his policy is that is not for the UK to mediate in seeking a lasting resolution to the situation in Kashmir.
	(37417)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

212	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on infant health of (a) synthesised forms of docosahexaenoic acid used in formula milk and (b) docosahexaenoic acid in breast milk.
	(38516)

213 N	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria the Cancer Drugs Fund will use to assess the appropriateness of funding a treatment; and whether he has any plans to establish an advisory board on such criteria.
	(37973)

214 N	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the cost is per quality adjusted life year for each drug with patient numbers of less than 500 approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the last five years.
	(37974)

215	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of hospital placements for trainee doctors.
	(38291)

216 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding he has allocated for biomedical research over the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(38014)

217	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future (a) collection and (b) publication of data on waiting times for operations and diagnostic tests.
	(38206)

218 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effects of increases in fuel prices on district nurses and health visitors in the NHS who use their own cars for work; and if he will make a statement.
	(37976)

219	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to extend the provisions of the Stroke Quality Standard to cover community-based rehabilitaiton, longer-term support and social care services for stroke patients.
	(38303)

220	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that GP consortia are skilled in the commissioning of strategic stroke services.
	(38304)

221	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to incorporate the main elements of the National Stroke Strategy into future guidance issued by the National Commissioning Board.
	(38305)

222	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that the provision of stroke services remains a priority for the NHS following the implementation of his plans to reform the NHS.
	(38306)

223 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of patients medically fit for discharge who remained in hospital in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(36166)

224 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of the influenza vaccine in Newton Abbot constituency.
	(36168)

225	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to support the EU Cross-Border Health Service Directive; and if he will make a statement.
	(38444)

226	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the healthcare market of an NHS foundation trust being awarded a majority of commissioning contracts in one geographical area.
	(38445)

227	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a service that has been designated as a vital service such as a hospital accident and emergency department could be closed and services transferred to a private provider if it fails financially.
	(38446)

228	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are any safeguards in place to prevent the transfer or sale of (a) buildings and (b) assets of an NHS foundation trust which enters into administration; and if he will make a statement.
	(38447)

229	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the future viability of NHS trusts which will become foundation trusts in cases where the trust would not have met the existing criteria of Monitor to do so.
	(38448)

230	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of redundancy payments following the proposed abolition of (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities under the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill.
	(38449)

231	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of cancelling operating contracts for (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
	(38450)

232	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of patients to receive healthcare from a provider outside the designated catchment area of their GP consortium.
	(38451)

233
N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what secondments (a) GlaxoSmithKline, (b) Pfizer, (c) Sanofi Aventis, (d) Astra Zeneca and (e) Novartis have made to his Department in each of the last five years; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from his Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks.

(38176)

234	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults have been sectioned for mental health disorders in each of the last 10 years.
	(38477)

235	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in the mental health of (a) children and (b) adults; and if he will make a statement.
	(38492)

236	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) children and (b) young people in each region were diagnosed with mental health disorders in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38493)

237	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many psychiatrists specialising in the treatment of children the NHS employed in each of the last 10 years.
	(38494)

238	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the effect of activity levels on obesity in children.
	(38505)

239	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in levels of physical activity in (a) children and (b) adults.
	(38506)

240

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his oral evidence to the Health Committee on 20 July 2010, Q39, what further discussions he has had on (a) a legal framework for guideline daily amounts and (b) a voluntary national traffic light system for foods; what his policy is on a national food traffic light system; and if he will make a statement.

(38276)

241	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that junior doctors receive adequate time for training.
	(38209)

242	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholder organisations on the potential effects of the (a) Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2010 and (b) Higher Education (Higher Amount) (England) Regulations 2010 on the NHS Bursary Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(38210)

243	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make an announcement on the NHS Bursary Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(38211)

244	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the NHS Bursary Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(38212)

245 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his Department's implementation plan for cancer information prescriptions.
	(37923)

246 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism he plans to put in place to monitor expenditure on the GP consortia pathfinder programme.
	(37926)

247	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on the use of new eye lens technologies in the treatment of cataract patients using NHS services of implementation of the proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill.
	(38183)

248	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an ophthalmic services specialist will be appointed to the proposed NHS Commissioning Board.
	(38184)

249	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of NHS spending on commissioning ophthalmic services was in each primary care trust area in each of the last 10 years.
	(38185)

250	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for the NHS for eye lens treatments in financial year 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(38188)

251	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make pulse checks a routine procedure within the NHS Health Check programme as a means of identifying arrhythmia; and what steps he is taking to raise awareness of this issue.
	(38443)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

252	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children and young people stayed overnight in police stations because of a lack of available emergency accommodation in the latest period for which information is available.
	(38332)

253	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of cases involving the sexual grooming of girls from children's homes; and if she will make a statement.
	(38333)

254 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are held in immigration detention; and how many were so held in each month since September 2010.
	(37736)

255 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry visas her Department issued to non-EU nationals for the study of English as a second language in each year since 2006.
	(37737)

256 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration legacy cases were (a) lodged and (b) dealt with in each of the last 24 months; and what the outcome of each was.
	(37738)

257
N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has ceased regular publication of statistics on police use of Taser weapons; when data from the fourth quarter of 2009 and from 2010 will be published; whether routine publication will resume; and if she will take steps to provide timely and informative statistics in future publications.

(37972)

258 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the effect on the economy of a (a) 10 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent. reduction in the number of international students studying in England.
	(38101)

259	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) procedure and (b) time frame is for activating a residency permit in a passport which grants temporary or permanent right of abode in the UK.
	(38180)

260	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangments she plans to put in place for the children of adults detained in the planned immigration detention facility in Northern Ireland.
	(38270)

261	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are made for families resident in Northern Ireland awaiting removal for immigration reasons.
	(38271)

262 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review guidance to police forces on the practice of kettling in policing demonstrations; and if she will introduce procedures for her Department to monitor compliance by police forces with such guidance.
	(37901)

263 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's guidance to police forces on the use of kettling in policing demonstrations.
	(37904)

264	Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students from outside the European Economic Area were (a) admitted into the UK on study visas and (b) granted post-study work visas in 2009-10.
	(38360)

265	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase levels of immigration control at border entry points.
	(38326)

266	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign workers' identity cards have been lost while in transit between the office of the UK Border Agency and the individual in the last year for which figures are available.
	(38213)

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

267	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what consideration the House of Commons Commission has given to (a) reducing the House of Commons output of printed documents and (b) facilitating use of electronic devices in the Chamber and Committees.
	(38293)

268	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what Parliamentary ICT's budget is for the provision of IT support for hon. Members in (a) Westminster and (b) constituency offices in 2010-11.
	(38294)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

269	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his Department's decision to retender for programme partnership agreements on operations in Bangladesh.
	[R] (38539)

270	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support the rights of Dalits in Bangladesh.
	[R] (38540)

271	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to family planning in Bangladesh.
	[R] (38541)

272	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department provided to Bangladesh in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and what support it intends to provide in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15.
	[R] (38542)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

273
N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing legal aid to prisoners in respect of judicial review proceedings in each of the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of defending against judicial review proceedings for prisoners (a) in receipt of legal aid and (b) not in receipt of legal aid.

(37980)

274	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under section 49 of the Children Act 1989 for illegally removing, keeping away, assisting or otherwise encouraging a child to run or stay away from a care placement in the last five years.
	(38336)

275 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the effects of his proposed reductions in expenditure on legal aid provision for social welfare issues on people in Coventry.
	(37908)

276 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Cumbria and (b) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency received legal aid in each of the last five years.
	(37986)

277	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent assessment is of progress in amending the discount rates applied by courts in respect of the award of damages; and if he will make a statement.
	(38331)

278 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal assistance and representation relating to multi-party actions in each of the last 10 years.
	(38177)

279	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 564W, on legal aid: homelessness, whether he plans to make legal aid available to appellants against homelessness application decisions made by local authorities.
	(38292)

280 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of parole board hearings for persons imprisoned for public protection.
	(38026)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

281	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will initiate a formal process to take forward consideration of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
	(38269)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

282 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2010, Official Report, column 453W, on economic growth, whether he has requested the Chancellor of the Exchequer to commission research on future economic growth in Scotland.
	(37907)

283 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions since his appointment he has met the President of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
	(38095)

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

284	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what comparators the board of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority used to determine the salary to be offered to its incoming compliance officer.
	(38205)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

285	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2011, Official Report, column 265W, on trust ports, what procedures in the Harbours Act 1964 are referred to in the Answer.
	(38319)

286	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the Member for Christchurch of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1250W, on trust ports: privatisation, what relevant representations his Department received in relation to the proposals by Dover Harbour Port.
	(38320)

287	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that when a trust port is sold the levy of 50 per cent. applicable under the provisions of the Ports Act 1991 be passed to the community to be reinvested for the benefit of the locality.
	(38321)

288	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Marine Management Organisation has received any recent proposals from a trust port to seek powers through a harbour revision order to modify the terms of the Ports Act 1991 for the purposes of relinquishing public corporation status.
	(38322)

289	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that public corporation status for major trust ports be rescinded in favour of community ownership.
	(38323)

290	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allow trust ports designated as public corporations to be transferred to independent status without the proceeds accruing to the local community or to the Exchequer.
	(38324)

291	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the role and function of the Marine Management Organisation for the purposes of determining whether a harbour revision order should be used to set aside clauses in the Ports Act 1991 which allow him to require a trust port to change its constitution and enter the private sector.
	(38325)

292	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail services operated by Southeastern have been cancelled in each year of the current franchise agreement.
	(38285)

293	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the future of the Integrated Kent Franchise.
	(38286)

294	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail carriages operated by Southeastern are (a) in service and (b) under repair.
	(38287)

295	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new carriages, excluding carriages for services on High Speed 1, have been brought into service on the Integrated Kent Franchise in each year since the franchise was awarded to Southeastern.
	(38288)

296	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much he estimates Southeastern will receive from the public purse in each year of the current franchise agreement; and if he will estimate how much it will receive from the public purse in each year of any extended franchise.
	(38289)

297	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department will use to assess Southeastern's performance in relation to any proposed extension of its franchise to 2014.
	(38290)

298	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2011, Official Report, column 891W, on railways: disability, if he will assess the provision of support available to disabled passengers who choose to travel at short notice.
	(38198)

299	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of take-up by (a) employees and (b) employers of the Cycle to Work scheme.
	(38207)

300	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions on the role of employers in use of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
	(38208)

301	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of commuters who cycle to work.
	(38552)

302
N

John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to (a) amend the rules for issuing Group 2 medical licences to drivers with insulin-dependent diabetes in line with EU Directive 2009/113/EC and (b) permit insulin-dependent diabetics to obtain a Group 2 licence where, in the opinion of a qualified medical practitioner, their condition is properly controlled and they pose no risk to themselves or other road users.

(37927)

303	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the reliability of at-seat power sockets on carriages on Directly Operated Railways Limited East Coast rail services; and if he will make a statement.
	(38403)

304	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the role of providing on-board facilities including power sockets and wi-fi on inter-city rail services in encouraging a modal shift away from the use of domestic flights; and if he will make a statement.
	(38404)

305 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review his Department's policy on use of biofuels in the transport network; and what the (a) timing and (b) scope of the review will be.
	(37219)

306 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the EU Directive on Renewable Energy to be transposed into domestic legislation; what timetable he has set for his Department's consultation on the Renewable Transport Obligation prior to this legislation; what the terms of reference of the consultation will be; and if he will make a statement.
	(37220)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

307	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what pay gaps there are in respect of (a) gender, (b) race and (c) disability among employees of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
	(38509)

308	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans her Department has to bridge the pay gap between male and female employees in small businesses should employers choose not to engage in voluntary equality reporting.
	(38544)

309	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate the Government Equalities Office has made of the number of small businesses engaging in voluntary equality reporting.
	(38545)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

310 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department has with Telereal Trillium; and what the monetary value is of all contracts his Department has with Telereal Trillium.
	(37902)

311 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department has received from landlords whose properties are managed through a contract between his Department and Telereal Trillium in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(37903)

312	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the most recent phase of the Health and Safety Executive's Hidden Killer campaign.
	(38437)

313	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what mechanism the Health and Safety Executive monitored the effectiveness of the first two phases of its Hidden Killer campaign; and what the findings were.
	(38438)

314	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the Health and Safety Executive's asbestos hotline number received (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2011 to date.
	(38439)

315	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time inspectors are employed in the Health and Safety Executive's asbestos division; and how many he expects to be employed in that division in each of the next five years.
	(38440)

316	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) prosecutions there were and (b) enforcement and prohibition notices were issued by the Health and Safety Executive regarding asbestos in each of the last five years.
	(38441)

317	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will (a) commission and (b) fund a public information campaign to warn construction workers of the dangers posed by asbestos following the cancellation of his Department's Hidden Killer campaign.
	(38442)

318 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to establish separate work programmes for those with a history of alcohol and drug misuse from 31 March 2011.
	(37981)

319 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that contractors for the Work Programme are required to achieve a minimum success rate for placing into work those with a history of alcohol and drug misuse.
	(37982)

320 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average number of calls per (a) day, (b) week and (c) month to his Department's 0800 2888 777 number for contacting Atos in relation to work capability assessments.
	(37917)

321 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff responsible for answering his Department's 0800 2888 777 number for contacting Atos in relation to work capability assessments were absent (a) on annual leave and (b) due to illness on 18 January 2011.
	(37918)

322 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed to answer his Department's 0800 2888 777 number for contacting Atos in relation to work capability assessments.
	(37920)

323 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions a Jobcentre Plus decision-maker did not follow the advice of an approved healthcare professional when making a decision on an individual's eligibility for employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(37924)

324	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private rented homes in the (a) City of London, (b) London Borough of Camden and (c) London Borough of Brent he estimates will be affordable to housing benefit recipients following the implementation of his reforms to housing benefit.
	(38420)

325	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish details of all Senior Civil Service staff moves, including the names and salaries of all those moving posts within or leaving his Department, since May 2010.
	(38406)

326	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish details of all new units or teams established within his Department since May 2010, including the (a) name, (b) purpose, (c) staffing levels and (d) total annual operational costs in each such case.
	(38407)

327	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Government Car Service since May 2010.
	(38408)

328	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) total and (b) average salary is of staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department.
	(38409)

329	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish details of all Senior Civil Service staff exits from his Department since May 2010, including contractual and non-contractual payments made.
	(38410)

330	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff of his Department are employed on fixed-term contracts; and what the job title of each is.
	(38524)

331	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on consultancy since May 2010.
	(38525)

332	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on conferences since May 2010.
	(38526)

333	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on hospitality since May 2010.
	(38527)

334	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on travel for officials since May 2010.
	(38528)

335	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on taxis since May 2010.
	(38529)

336	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on wine since May 2010.
	(38530)

337	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on artwork since May 2010.
	(38531)

338	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pieces of artwork in his Department have been moved since May 2010.
	(38532)

339	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on redecorating Ministerial offices since May 2010.
	(38533)

340	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on furniture since May 2010.
	(38534)

341	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on newspapers and magazines since May 2010.
	(38535)

342	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) film production and (b) filming of speeches since May 2010.
	(38536)

343	Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on photography since May 2010.
	(38537)

344	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments conducted by Atos were carried out on people suffering from a terminal illness in 2010.
	(38202)

345
N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2010, Official Report, columns 936-7W, on social security benefits: fraud, how many of the calls received by the National Benefit Fraud Helpline and passed to (a) the Fraud Investigation Service and (b) Customer Compliance in each of the last five years were dealt with and closed within (i) 0 to four weeks, (ii) one to two months, (iii) two to four months, (iv) four to six months, (v) six to eight months, (vi) eight to 10 months, (vii) 10 to 12 months, (viii) more than one year, (ix) more than 15 months and (x) more than two years.

(38174)

346 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will be affected by the proposal to cap housing benefit for working age tenants in the social rented sector based on family size in (a) Erith and Thamesmead constituency, (b) Greater London and (c) in total.
	(38175)

347 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish a green paper on the proposed single tier state pension.
	(37913)

348	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure employment for disabled persons no longer eligible for benefits under proposed changes to eligibility creiteria.
	(38452)

349	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will put in place measures to ensure that disabled people in (a) North Swindon constituency and (b) England are made aware of (i) policy changes that may affect them and (ii) the support that is available in dealing with such changes.
	(38309)

350	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential effects of changes to disability benefits on individuals in North Swindon constituency.
	(38310)

351 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information provided on Jobcentre Plus websites is up-to-date and accurate.
	(37916)

352 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to staff responsible for the medical assessment of applicants for employment and support allowance.
	(37919)

353 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the proposed change in the indexation of the state pension from retail prices index to consumer prices index.
	(37925)

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

354 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the sale of ADE-651 bomb detectors and similar devices sourced from abroad to (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq by UK-based companies since January 2010.
	[Transferred] (37884)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

355	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the recording of the liabilities and assets of the proposed Green Investment Bank in the Government's public borrowing statistics.
	[Transferred] (38520)

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

356	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on measures of public contentment in each of the last 10 years.
	[Transferred] (38368)

357	Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dangerous dogs were seized and destroyed in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (38538)

358 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the sale of forest and woodland managed by the Forestry Commission in England.
	[Question Unstarred] (37805)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

359	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the existing NHS bursary arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (38581)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

360	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty domestic boiler installation.
	[Transferred] (38362)

361	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to raise the level of awareness of the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty domestic boiler installation.
	[Transferred] (38363)


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