Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 7 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 Monday 7 February 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 7 February 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 7 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 Monday 7 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 7 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Attorney General, what powers he has to direct the Director of Public Prosecutions on individual cases under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1879.
	(38977)

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

2 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of trade with Israel.
	(38604)

3 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the membership of the Skills and Jobs Retention Group is; whether it has met since its establishment; and if he will make a statement.
	(38193)

4	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on encouraging telecommuting in the public sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(39194)

5	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on tuition fees; and if he will make a statement.
	(39197)

6	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the bids received for the first round of the Regional Growth Fund in each region seek to use European Regional Development Fund monies as match-funding.
	(39149)

7	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any new regional offices to be established by his Department will have responsibilities for the delivery and management of funds from the European Regional Development Fund.
	(39275)

8 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to assist employers in Newton Abbot constituency to take on an apprentice.
	(36519)

9 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage new exports.
	(36590)

10 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage school leavers to train in nuclear engineering.
	(36592)

11	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39215)

12	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39258)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

13	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new businesses have been established in each region since June 2010.
	(39187)

14	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the targets to be used to measure progress of the Government's Big Society initiative.
	(39006)

15	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the role played by team sports in developing community cohesion and civic society.
	(39007)

16	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess effects of long-term trends in attendance at (a) rock and pop concerts, (b) shows, (c) theatre, (d) football matches, (e) rugby matches and (f) cricket matches on social cohesion; and if he will make a statement.
	(39008)

17	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the effects on the development of the Government's Big Society initiative of changes in the level of social cohesion in areas subject to de-industrialisation.
	(39011)

18	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the effects of trends in social trust in the British Social Attitudes Survey in the last 20 years in the context of the development of the Big Society initiative.
	(39014)

19	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the effects of trends in levels of work-related stress on participation in civic society.
	(39016)

20 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of barriers to volunteering.
	(38838)

21 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of gross national product was accounted for by the (a) financial and (b) manufacturing sector in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(36591)

22	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of residences used by Ministers.
	(39173)

23	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the salary is of the lowest paid member of staff working at (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) Chequers.
	(39174)

24	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39216)

25	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39273)

26	Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role his Department has in the co-ordination of discussions between Departments on speech and language therapy.
	(39004)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

27 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average daily net financial contribution of the UK to the EU in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38745)

28 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have had outstanding tax liability of more than £100 million forgiven by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value was of the liability forgiven by HMRC in each year.
	(38695)

29	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the figures underlying the graph on page 21 of the June 2010 Budget showing estimates of the output gap based on alternative trend growth assumptions.
	(39103)

30	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the underlying figures of Chart 1.1 published on his Department's flickr photostream on consolidation of the cyclically-adjusted current budget.
	(39104)

31	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to table 1.1 of the June 2010 Budget, what spending consolidation he plans to implement in 2011-12 in addition to the consolidation for that year planned by the previous administration.
	(39105)

32	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the figures underlying Chart 1.3 on page 18 of the Spending Review 2010.
	(39106)

33	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to table 1.1 of the June 2010 Budget, what his most recent figures are for consolidation plans over the forecast period to 2014-15.
	(39107)

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to page 104 of the June 2010 Budget, footnote 1, what recent advice he has received from the Office for Budget Responsibility on (a) his Department's figures for cyclically-adjusted borrowing between 2006-07 and 2009-10 and (b) the Office's view of the cyclical position of the economy; and if he will make a statement.

(39108)

35	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people employed by businesses eligible to receive relief for national insurance contributions for new businesses in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region.
	(39168)

36	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of businesses eligible to receive relief for national insurance contributions for new businesses in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region.
	(39169)

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of employees for whom employers pay no national insurance contributions in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region; and what estimate he has made of the effect on this number of the proposal to raise national insurance threshold for employers by £21 a week above indexation from April 2011.

(39170)

38	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the June 2010 Budget, page 104, footnote 1, what his most recent estimate is of (a) cyclically-adjusted net borrowing and (b) cyclically-adjusted surplus on the budget for each year from 1997-98 to 2010-11.
	(39176)

39	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of his fiscal consolidation plan will be attributed to the previous administration in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15; and how much is accounted for by (a) spending and (b) tax measures.
	(39177)

40	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the spending consolidation in 2011-12 is to be attributed to the activity of the previous administration.
	(39178)

41	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of taxpayers earning £100,000 and over in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region in 2011-12.
	(39179)

42	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers would be affected by lowering the threshold for the additional rate of income tax to £100,000 in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, (iv) 2014-15 and (v) 2015-16.
	(39180)

43	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on levels of revenue of lowering the threshold for the additional rate of income tax to £100,000 in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16.
	(39182)

44	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's assessment is of (a) the practical implications of and (b) the annual level of revenue which would be generated by implementing a tax on financial transactions.
	(39183)

45	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region will be affected by the reduction in the main rate of corporation tax in 2011-12.
	(39184)

46	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on an average business in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region of reducing the main rate of corporation tax by one per cent. in 2011-12.
	(39185)

47	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region will be affected by the change in the small profits rate of corporation tax in 2011-12.
	(39186)

48	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on an average business in each (a) local authority, (b) Parliamentary constituency and (c) region of the change in the small profits rate of corporation tax in 2011-12.
	(39188)

49	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of businesses in each (a) local authority, (b) Parliamentary constituency and (c) region which will be affected by the change in national insurance threshold for employers in April 2011.
	(39189)

50	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on an average business in each (a) local authority, (b) Parliamentary constituency and (c) region of the change in national insurance threshold for employers in April 2011.
	(39190)

51	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and (b) his Department has revised historic figures for cyclically-adjusted borrowing based on the OBR's assessment of the output gap.
	(39244)

52	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission a study on the effect on the economy of implementing a flat tax.
	(39245)

53	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the Federation of Small Businesses to discuss the regional National Insurance contribution holiday.
	(39115)

54	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have taken up the regional employers national insurance contribution holiday for new businesses since June 2010.
	(39151)

55	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the ending of the Financial Inclusion Fund on provision of debt advice after March 2011.
	(39024)

56	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the size of the budget deficit.
	(39229)

57	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2011, Official Report, column 316W, on public sector: redundancies, if he will take steps to ensure that public sector workers aged over 50 years are not disproportionately adversely affected by public sector redundancies during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(39092)

58	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was generated from those with an income of (a) £6,475 to £7,475, (b) £7,476 to £8,475, (c) £8,476 to £9,475 and (d) £9,476 to £10,000 on each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(39050)

59	Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent forecast is for gross domestic product growth in 2011.
	(39023)

60	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39266)

61	Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projects are being undertaken in (a) Worcester and (b) Worcestershire under the private finance initiative; and what the cost to the public purse of financing each such project was in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
	(38995)

62 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Bradford East constituency will no longer pay income tax as a result of the decision to increase the personal allowance by £1,000.
	(38937)

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

63
N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 505W, on Church of England: employment, what the policy of the Church Commissioners is on the payment of a living wage to salaried or waged employees of (a) the Church of England and (b) Church of England parishes who are not clergy.

(38601)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

64	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the promotion of private sector provision of specialist housing for older people is part of the Government's housing strategy.
	(39018)

65	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the inclusion in local plans of the need for specialist housing for older people.
	(39019)

66	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition his Department uses for sustainable housing.
	(39020)

67	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the promotion of private sector provision of specialist housing for older people; and if he will make a statement.
	(39021)

68	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department is undertaking into the housing needs of elderly people in need of specialist housing.
	(39022)

69 N	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of elections to parish councils that were uncontested in each year since 1991.
	(38580)

70 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of unspecified savings he considers it acceptable for local councils to include when setting their budgets.
	(38876)

71 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the Local Government Association since May 2010.
	(38608)

72 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has met representatives of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities since May 2010.
	(38616)

73 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the date was of each Ministerial visit to each local authority area since May 2010.
	(38617)

74	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of revaluing each dwelling in (a) England and (b) Wales for council tax purposes.
	(39166)

75	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of domestic dwellings valued at £2 million or higher in each (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region.
	(39167)

76	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to streamline the working of the Planning Inspectorate.
	(39241)

77	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide powers for local authorities to ensure that housing development and related infrastructure development proceed together.
	(39242)

78	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were built in Brighton, Kemptown constituency in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(39243)

79	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2010, Official Report, column 382W, on EU grants and loans: North East, what the monetary value is of the funding to the North East England 2007-13 European Regional Development Competitiveness Programme that remains uncommitted.
	(39090)

80	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will chair the European Regional Development Fund programme monitoring committees in each region from March 2011.
	(39148)

81	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the merits of extending the concession allowing empty rates to be waived for properties with a rateable value of less than £18,000 per annum until economic growth returns to its long-term trend.
	(39112)

82
N

Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has commissioned since 12 May 2010 on (a) attitudes and (b) morale amongst (i) its staff, (ii) the staff of its agencies and (iii) the staff of non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if he will make the findings of such research public.

(38780)

83	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from local housing authorities on the likely effects of returning personnel from overseas military bases as a result of changes announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(39056)

84	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects on local housing authorities of the return of military personnel as a result of proposals to close bases overseas announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(39057)

85	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he last had discussions with the Ministry of Defence on the effects on private and public housing sectors of the return of military personnel posted overseas as a result of changes announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(39058)

86	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39217)

87	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39272)

88 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of the term localism his Department uses.
	(38840)

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

89	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of the use by deaf people of video relay services.
	(39289)

90	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has assessed the equivalence with telecommunications provision for hearing people of the provision of text relay services for deaf people.
	(39290)

91	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department is taking steps to promote smaller hotels in seaside towns; and if he will make a statement.
	(39201)

92	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Visit England has delivered to his Department a rural tourism action plan.
	(38997)

93	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Visit England has provided to his Department its review on seaside reports for the purposes of developing a seaside resort action plan.
	(38998)

94	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Visit England has provided to the Department its annual review on the opportunities arising from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
	(38999)

95	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Visit England has provided to his Department a national research and intelligence programme for the purposes of understanding the performance of the industry.
	(39000)

96	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Visit England has provided its plan for major events including the Diamond Jubilee.
	(39001)

97	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects Visit England to publish its English national marketing strategy for domestic and international markets.
	(39002)

98	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much Visit England spent on internal industry marketing material in 2010.
	(39003)

99	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussion he has had with Ministers in the Department of (a) Health and (b) Education on the effects of activity levels on obesity in children.
	(39005)

100	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to compensate businesses whose premises will be temporarily inaccessible because of security measures associated with the London 2012 Olympics.
	(39119)

101	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39271)

102	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what central Government grants are available to owners of theatres for (a) maintenance and (b) other purposes.
	(39054)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

103 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the funding required to achieve the capabilities set out in Future Force 2020.
	(38842)

104 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what logistical planning his Department is undertaking for the withdrawal of (a) British personnel and (b) military equipment from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(38843)

105 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planning his Department has completed in relation to the composition of British forces in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of combat troops; and if he will make a statement.
	(38844)

106 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to revise the Rotary Wing Strategy in the light of the conclusions of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(38845)

107	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF bases have listed buildings and scheduled monuments within their grounds.
	(39226)

108	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF bases in the UK are on (a) owned land, (b) leased land and (c) land with legal rights; and what the annual land cost is in each case.
	(39227)

109	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the financial effects on armed forces personnel of the recent changes to their allowances.
	(39080)

110	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on morale and retention of armed forces personnel of recent changes to allowances and pay.
	(39081)

111 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pupils received the continuity education allowance for each year of study in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38602)

112	Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials of his Department who are allocated to work in Afghanistan are based in (a) the UK, (b) Kabul and (c) Helmand province.
	(38983)

113	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the development of Iran's heavy water research reactor.
	(38979)

114	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ensure the take-up of benefits by former service personnel.
	(38981)

115	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of long-term care for former service personnel who are injured while in service.
	(38982)

116 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation his Department undertook on its decision to release 500MHz of surplus Government spectrum to the market by 2013.
	(38733)

117 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the remaining (a) establishment and (b) structure of the Fleet Air Arm is in terms of (i) manpower and (ii) aircraft.
	(38839)

118	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39218)

119	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39270)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

120	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will assess the relationship between levels of social capital in each socio-economic grouping and turnout at elections.
	(39017)

121	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 1 February 2011, Official Report, columns 766-7W, on primary elections, whether he plans to make an announcement on all-postal primaries after the boundaries review.
	(39172)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

122 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2011, Official Report, column 164W, on schools: sports, what steps his Department will take to ensure that the numbers of links between secondary schools and clubs will continue to rise.
	(38694)

123	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to include music and religious education in his proposals for humanities GCSE options in an English baccalaureate.
	(39116)

124 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to protect teachers from false allegations made by pupils.
	(38237)

125	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what account he plans to take of the (a) contextual value added by and (b) the financial position of a school in determining which schools are next to be invited to apply for academy status.
	(39120)

126	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he plans to use to determine the schools which will be first to be invited to apply for academy status.
	(39121)

127	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date he expects schools graded good by Ofsted to be able to apply for academy status.
	(39122)

128 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to take steps to replace national indicator 71 on missing children and adults.
	(38351)

129 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have in place those procedures and protocols on the actions to be taken when children in care go missing or run away recommended in the statutory guidance published in July 2009.
	(38352)

130 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of return interviews with children who had gone missing which were carried out in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38353)

131 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve the collection of national data on children who run away or go missing; and if he will make a statement.
	(38354)

132 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what procedures are in place in his Department to monitor the implementation by local authorities of the statutory guidance of July 2009 on children who run away or go missing from their home or care; and if he will make a statement.
	(38355)

133	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the effect on teaching of religious education of not including it in the definition of the English baccalaureate for the purposes of school performance tables.
	(38974)

134	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to make a decision on the inclusion of religious education within the English baccalaureate for the purposes of the 2011 school performance tables.
	(38975)

135	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the place of religious education in the national curriculum.
	(39044)

136 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what statutory duties local authorities are required to meet in respect of the early intervention grant.
	(38782)

137 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what Sefton Council's Early Intervention Grant Allocation was in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and what provision for early intervention has been made in the local government settlement for Sefton Council for 2011-12.
	(38885)

138 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Social Care Institute for Excellence since the announcement of the College of Social Work; and how much funding he has allocated to the Social Care Institute for Excellence in each of the next five years.
	(36593)

139 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will investigate the use of funds allocated by his Department to the Social Care Institute for Excellence and the Interim Board of the College of Social Work for the establishment of the College of Social Work.
	(36594)

140 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet the Chair and Chief Executive of the British Association of Social Workers to discuss the College of Social Work.
	(36595)

141 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role he plans the Social Care Institute for Excellence to have in the operation of the College of Social Work.
	(36596)

142	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he received from representatives of the crafts sector prior to reaching his decision to reduce higher education funding for the tuition of arts and humanities.
	(39101)

143	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Firing Up and (b) organisations seeking to introduce craft skills to schools in developing his proposals for the English baccalaureate.
	(39102)

144 N	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the merits of increasing the range of subjects that would satisfy the humanities requirement of the English Baccalaureate to include religious studies alongside history and geography.
	(38191)

145	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on school transport in North Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
	(39228)

146	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the levels of attainment of pupils eligible for free school meals in (a) Wells constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
	(38987)

147	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students at Bridgwater College and Strode College (a) in total and (b) resident in Wells constituency receive weekly education maintenance allowance payments of (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30.
	(39224)

148 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to and take up of triple science GCSEs in deprived areas.
	(38238)

149	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the trends in the teaching of musical instruments in schools and the effect of such trends on the playing of musical instruments by children.
	(39012)

150	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department of (a) Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and (b) Health on the effects of activity levels on obesity in children.
	(39013)

151 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in receipt of free school meals (a) attend schools and (b) are resident in Mid Sussex constituency.
	(38837)

152	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of 11 years received support in schools as a result of a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each of the last five years.
	(39193)

153	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39219)

154	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39269)

155	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects the report of the Henley Review of Music Education to be published.
	(39009)

156	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) directorates and (b) teams there are in his Department; what the responsibility of each is for (i) policy formation and (ii) policy delivery; and how many people at each payband work in each team.
	(38973)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

157

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a legal obligation on energy companies to provide a rebate on billed gas and electricity costs for families with children in receipt of child tax credit on incomes of £16,190 per annum or less; and whether he has discussed such a proposal with representatives of energy companies.

(39280)

158	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what account he has taken of competition law in his proposal for a capacity payment to encourage the construction of reserve plants.
	(39282)

159	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the UK by at least 34 per cent. by 2020.
	(39059)

160	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) production and (b) distribution of environmental products.
	(39091)

161	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many individual responses his Department has received to the consultation on the revised draft National Policy Statement on electricity networks (EN 5).
	(39052)

162	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the National Grid on its policy on undergrounding overhead high voltage electricity transmission lines.
	(39053)

163	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39220)

164	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39268)

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

165	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the provision of assistance to the farmed salmon industry.
	(39277)

166	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the introduction of compulsory water metering in England.
	(39278)

167	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with dairy farmers on future contractual arrangements made with purchasers of their milk.
	(39279)

168	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the net cost of (a) the proposed transfer to the charitable sector of land in (i) the New Forest and (ii) the Forest of Dean and (b) the proposed disposal of Kielder Forest which will be met from the public purse.
	(39281)

169
N

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Forestry Commission and Forest Enterprise-owned plantations of 50 hectares or more in Yorkshire and the Humber (a) have been bought since 1981, (b) have been sold since 1981 and (c) are scheduled for sale; and what the (i) name, (ii) ordnance survey grid reference, (iii) local authority area, (iv) size, (v) price and (vi) date of purchase or sale was in each case.

(38689)

170 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) name and (b) ordnance survey map reference is of each (i) visitor centre and (ii) other staffed public information point on Forestry Commission land in Yorkshire and the Humber; and how many members of the public visited each such facility in the last 12 months.
	(38690)

171 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) school and (b) other groups visited Forestry Commission woodlands in the last 12 months.
	(38691)

172 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) Forestry Commission woodlands and (b) other commercial woodlands in Yorkshire and the Humber are planted with (i) deciduous and (ii) coniferous trees.
	(38692)

173 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with which (a) civil society and (b) other organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber the Forestry Commission in Yorkshire and the Humber has had contact in respect of (i) wildlife conservation, (ii) access or use of its woodlands, (iii) education and (iv) other issues in the last 12 months.
	(38693)

174 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the open market value of the Forestry Commission estate in Christchurch constituency.
	(38835)

175 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of land in Christchurch constituency are owned or managed by the Forestry Commission; what proportion of such land is open to public access; and what proportion is classified as (a) heritage and (b) community forest and woodland.
	(38836)

176 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of British Sugar.
	(38605)

177 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Rural Payments Agency in relation to the early release of single farm payments to sugar beet growers.
	(38606)

178 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effects of recent weather conditions on the viability of the sugar beet industry.
	(38607)

179	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wallasey of 9 November 2010, Official Report, column 184W, on departmental redundancy, what (a) proportion of and (b) amount within her budget each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period she has allocated for redundancies.
	(39055)

180	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the number of laying hens in certified organic premises.
	(39240)

181	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the net cost to the public purse of the sale of (a) forestry woodland and (b) commercial woodland in her proposals for the future of the public forest estate; and if she will make a statement.
	(38970)

182	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to announce the results of the consultation on her proposals on the sale of the public forest estate in England before Royal Assent to the Public Bodies Bill; and if she will make a statement.
	(38971)

183	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people the Forestry Commission employs in (a) Thirsk and Malton constituency and (b) England.
	(38972)

184 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Secretary of State has issued to Bassetlaw District Council in respect of the exercise of its functions as regulator under regulation 64 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.
	(38603)

185	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has any plans to introduce legislative proposals on wildlife crime.
	(39123)

186	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the size of the red squirrel population for each of the last five years.
	(39113)

187	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter her Department's premises.
	(39267)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

188	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Coalition Agreement, section 13, point 7, what representations he has made at the Council of Ministers to press for the European Parliament to sit only in Brussels.
	(39152)

189	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to maintain oversight of recruitment of international staff to UN posts for the purposes of ensuring fair and transparent process.
	(39093)

190	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to maintain oversight of UK financial contributions to the UN for the purposes of ensuring good governance.
	(39094)

191 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the British Embassy in Egypt is taking to ensure the most accurate travel advice is given; and what steps the Embassy is taking to overcome recent communication difficulties.
	(38944)

192 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Somalia on the need for further steps to safeguard safety of international travellers.
	(38945)

193 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will work with his international counterparts to inform the government of Burma of concerns about the Burmese Parliament's rules on freedom of speech and scrutiny.
	(38946)

194 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which organisation will guarantee the pensions of former employees of Western European Union (WEU) after the closure of WEU in 2011.
	(38775)

195 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the open market value of the Western European Union premises on Avenue President Wilson in Paris; what share of the value will accrue to the UK when the premises are sold; and when he expects the sale to be completed.
	(38834)

196	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to publish the protocol developed by his Department and the Victim Support National Homicide Service.
	(39150)

197	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many reports he has received of murders of British nationals overseas since 1 November 2010; and how many families of those murdered have been referred to the Victim Support network by his Department.
	(39153)

198	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress on political reform in Zimbabwe.
	(38985)

199	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the treatment of alleged ex-combatants in Sri Lanka by the police and the military.
	(39084)

200 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take following the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on the issue of human rights in China and Tibet.
	(38192)

201	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Commonwealth counterparts on discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; and if he will make a statement.
	(39191)

202	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next bilateral summit with France to discuss defence co-operation will take place.
	(39198)

203	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made any recent representations to the Iranian government on its approach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
	(39199)

204	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(39200)

205	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the report of the UN Panel of Experts to the 1718 Sanctions Committee on co-operation between Iran and North Korea in the development of ballistic missiles.
	(38978)

206	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of multinational institutions in curbing the development of a nuclear weapons capability in Iran.
	(38980)

207	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the operation of institutions in Afghanistan.
	(38988)

208	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions officials of his Department have had with their counterparts overseas on planned changes in the level of spending in embassies, high commissions and consulates.
	(38989)

209	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on the implementation of the result on the referendum on Southern Sudan.
	(38990)

210	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for International Development in response to the political and economic situation in Somalia.
	(38991)

211	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the presence of al-Qaeda in Kashmir.
	(38992)

212	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department plans to provide to the government of Pakistan in order to strengthen institutions to (a) reduce levels of corruption and (b) uphold human rights.
	(39195)

213	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received from Transport for London on progress towards recovering outstanding London congestion charge payments from diplomatic missions.
	(39246)

214	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39265)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

215	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had at EU level on the effects on consumer confidence of industry practices in labelling formula milk containing docosahexanenoic acid.
	(39276)

216	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors in the NHS are employed on tier 1 work permits for highly skilled migrants.
	(39162)

217	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the pay of all NHS staff will remain within the remit of the relevant national pay review bodies after implementation of the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill.
	(39099)

218	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS staff that will be covered by national pay and bargaining structures following implementation of the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill.
	(39100)

219	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received recent reports on the use of counterfeit pulse oximeter sensors in hospitals.
	(39118)

220	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has undertaken any consultations on health provision at Darent Valley Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	(38969)

221
N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 605, on the Health and Social Care Bill, what the evidential basis is for his estimate that 4,000 lives could be saved every year if NHS outcomes for stroke were as good as the European average; and if he will place in the Library a copy of such evidence.

(38746)

222	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had recent disussions with the (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) North Down and Weald primary care trust on approaches to limiting the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases.
	(39196)

223	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals for GP consortia he has received to date in (a) Enfield, (b) London and (c) England; and what criteria will be used to assess such proposals.
	(38996)

224 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) other individuals employed by his Department have had discussions with (i) any private healthcare companies and (ii) Tribal on GP commissioning consortia.
	(38787)

225 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely funding allocation to Public Health England in each of the first five years following its inception.
	(38846)

226 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of NHS expenditure on areas which are to be the responsibility of Public Health England in each of the last 10 years.
	(38847)

227	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) urgent care units, (b) accident and emergency departments and (c) maternity departments are the subject of a closure proposal.
	(39110)

228	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which buildings used by primary care trusts have been constructed under his Department's Local Improvement Finance Trust scheme.
	(39111)

229	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reconfiguration proposals have been referred to the Reconfiguration Panel in the last 12 months.
	(39163)

230	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the administrative costs of operating each primary care trust, excluding the administrative costs of running clinical services where the trust was the provider, was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(39225)

231	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have had with representatives of Care UK since his appointment.
	(39175)

232	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39221)

233	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39264)

234 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of primary dental care providers had registered with the Care Quality Commission by 31 December 2010.
	(38217)

235 N	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry on potential changes to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill.
	(38886)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

236 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2011, Official Report, column 344W, on Bolivia: drugs, whether the Bolivian Government's amendment to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs sought to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing rather than to remove coca leaf as an illicit drug.
	(38887)

237	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were removed in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2010.
	(38986)

238	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and searches were carried out in Dartford constituency in the last five years.
	(39041)

239	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the police investigation in the case involving Faryadi Sarwar Zardad; and if she will make a statement.
	(38976)

240 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to the Sojourner Fund pilot for (a) 2011-12 and (b) each subsequent year in which the pilot will be in operation.
	(38875)

241	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter her Department's premises.
	(39263)

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

242 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much funding the House of Commons Commission allocated to salary costs for the senior management team of the House in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many individuals are included in that team.
	(38783)

243 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what residential accommodation is provided to officers of the House in the form of (a) flats and (b) houses; and how many bedrooms there are in each property.
	(38784)

244 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much funding the House of Commons Commission has allocated to the provision of services directly and indirectly to the Speaker's Office.
	(38786)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

245	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has allocated to aid to Zimbabwe in 2010-11.
	(38984)

246	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39262)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

247	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to implement in full the provisions of the Bribery Act 2010.
	(39095)

248	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence he has evaluated on the effect of implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 on the competitiveness of British business; and if he will place in the Library a copy of such evidence he has evaluated.
	(39096)

249	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of (a) business organisations and (b) businesses to discuss the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010; and who was present on each occasion.
	(39097)

250	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met representatives of charities to discuss the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010.
	(39098)

251	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable the National Offender Management Service has set for the Social Impact Bond pilot.
	(39230)

252	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the evaluation of the National Offender Management Service Social Impact Bond pilot; and if he will make a statement.
	(39231)

253	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the results of the prison estates review; and if he will make a statement.
	(39232)

254	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of the National Offender Management Service headquarters in each of the last five years.
	(39233)

255	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect costs to the public purse of the commissioning process for the suspended private finance initiative prison project at Runwell, Essex to date.
	(39234)

256	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect costs to the public purse of the commissioning process for the previously planned 600-bed prison project at Maghull, Merseyside to date.
	(39235)

257	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation due to the contractor for the previously planned 600-bed prison project at Maghull, Merseyside; and if he will make a statement.
	(39236)

258	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated to the National Offender Management Service to date to pilot the Social Impact Bond.
	(39237)

259 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in legal aid and other funds from the public purse to support persons taking action in the European Court of Human Rights against (a) the Government and (b) other public bodies in the UK in each of the last five years.
	(38776)

260 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases against the UK are pending judgement at the European Court of Human Rights.
	(38777)

261 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the UK has paid in compensation as a consequence of judgements made against the UK by (a) the European Court of Human Rights; and (b) the European Court of Justice in each of the last 10 years.
	(38778)

262 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse in (a) legal and (b) other costs was of the UK being a party to an action in (i) the European Court of Human Rights and (ii) the European Court of Justice in each of the last 10 years.
	(38779)

263	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39261)

264 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies have paid in ex-gratia payments to those convicted of a criminal offence to settle cases prior to litigation in each of the last three years; and how many of those who have been convicted of a criminal offence in each of the last three years have not received such a payment.
	(38781)

Questions to the Prime Minister

265 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has discussed Newscorp's proposed acquisition of BSkyB with James Murdoch on or since 21 December 2010.
	(38788)

266 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Bury South, dated 24 January 2011.
	(38789)

267 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has discussed Newscorps' proposed acquisition of BSkyB with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport since 23 December 2010.
	(38874)

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

268	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many apologies the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has issued to hon. Members for wrongly rejecting claims for expenditure incurred.
	(39154)

269

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many expense claims from hon. Members have been rejected by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) on the grounds that insufficient evidence was provided in cases where IPSA was subsequently found to have lost the documentation provided.

(39155)

270	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the job descriptions of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's communications officers are.
	(39156)

271	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the salaries of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's communications officers are.
	(39157)

272	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) will take steps to ensure all communications between IPSA and hon. Members for the purposes of clarification of a submitted claim are required to take place on the telephone.
	(39158)

273	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will request from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority the career history of those it people employs as communications officers.
	(39159)

274	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many communications officers the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority employs.
	(39160)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

275	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships gave notice of ship to ship oil transfers in January 2011, as required under MARPOL Annex 1 New Chapter 8.
	(39117)

276 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessments were carried out in respect of the proposals in his Department's document Protecting our Seas and Shores in the 21st Century: Consultation on proposals for modernising the Coastguard 2010; and if he will publish the assessments.
	(38943)

277	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to maintain adequate levels of bus service provision for those who commute to work by bus.
	(39161)

278	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of funding for rural bus services to be provided from the local authority funding settlement for 2011-12.
	(39164)

279	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has undertaken an equality impact assessment on the effect on bus services to changes to (a) Bus Service Operator Grant, (b) concessionary fares and (c) funding settlements for local authorities.
	(39165)

280	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of levels of safety on rail freight services during recent severe weather conditions.
	(39181)

281	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make of likely alterations to (i) rural and (ii) other bus services arising from changes to the funding of (A) Bus Service Operator Grant, (B) the concessionary fares scheme and (C) local government.
	(39285)

282	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to monitor the effects of reductions in public funding on the service level of (a) supported bus services supported by local authorities and (b) other bus services.
	(39286)

283	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the effects of reductions in public expenditure on the level of bus services available.
	(39287)

284	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the effects of reductions in the level of public expenditure on the provision of local subsidised travel schemes.
	(39288)

285	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage train operating companies to advertise the availability of toilet facilities on trains; and if he will make a statement.
	(39192)

286	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what response he plans to make to representations from the public on the level of rail fares.
	(39239)

287	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the planned additional train carriages to increase capacity on the rail network will be distributed among franchised operators.
	(38993)

288	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the future role of the private sector in financing the delivery of rail services.
	(38994)

289	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to hold to account rail franchisees who did not meet performance objectives during recent periods of severe weather.
	(39171)

290 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential barriers to entry for co-operatives within the (a) rail, (b) bus and (c) ports industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(38215)

291 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials of his Department are working on the use of co-operative mutual models of service delivery within his Department's (a) International Strategy Directorate, (b) Domestic Directorate, (c) Major Projects and London Directorate and (d) General Counsels Office.
	(38216)

292	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) other relevant bodies on the (i) control and (ii) regulation of advertising hoardings adjacent to motorways.
	(39114)

293	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39222)

294	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39260)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

295

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with cancer were in receipt of (a) the care component of disability living allowance at the (i) higher rate, (ii) middle rate and (iii) lower rate and (b) the mobility component of disability living allowance at the (A) higher rate and (B) lower rate in the latest period for which figures are available.

(39124)

296	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with cancer who are eligible for disability living allowance who will be ineligible for the personal independence payment.
	(39125)

297	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants who have migrated from non-means-tested incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance (ESA) will lose their entitlement to contributory ESA if they have been in receipt of it for 12 months as at April 2012.
	(39126)

298	Mr Gordon Brown (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely change in employment rates in Scotland amongst those (a) aged 16 to 24 and (b) of all age groups betwen (i) 2008 and 2013 and (ii) 2013 and 2020; and whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on its forecasts for such groups.
	(39274)

299 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his estimates of marginal rates of withdrawal in the welfare reform White Paper take account of payments of council tax benefit.
	(38848)

300 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of council tax benefit are in employment.
	(38849)

301 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly council tax benefit payment was to (a) claimants of working age and (b) pensioners in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38850)

302 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly council tax benefit payment to recipients in work was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(38888)

303 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons in receipt of council tax benefit are in employment in each local authority area.
	(38889)

304	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the way in which medical assessments for the purposes of determining benefit suitability are carried out.
	(39089)

305

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2011, Official Report, column 103W, on social security benefit: medical examinations, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the suitability of a GP to provide independent advice to a patient on the determination of an entitlement to a health-related benefit; and what consideration of this issue was undertaken before publication of the NHS White Paper.

(39283)

306	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has estimated the average cost (a) in total and (b) per minute of a call from a mobile telephone to the 0800 number provided by his Department to contact Atos in relation to the work capability assessment.
	(39284)

307

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change in the level of (a) scheme costs and (b) number of cases handled in the new statutory child support scheme he expects to arise from his assessment that 20 per cent. of the newer child maintenance scheme and a further 10 per cent. of all Child Support Agency cases are likely to be able to make family-based maintenance agreements in future.

(39043)

308	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the behavioural effects of levying charges on parents who use the future child support scheme on (a) children living apart from one parent, (b) parents with care and (c) non-resident parents.
	(39082)

309	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will undertake research to establish the number of children who live in separated families for whom effective arrangements are in place.
	(39083)

310	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the weather station area covering Dartford constituency received cold weather payments in each of the last two years.
	(39042)

311	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effects of the introduction of the proposed universal credit in Livingston constituency.
	(39238)

312	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on each type of welfare and benefits payment to people with an income of (a) £6,475 to £7,475, (b) £7,476 to £8,475, (c) £8,476 to £9,475 and (d) £9,476 to £10,000 on each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(39051)

313	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all new contracts his Department has tendered over £10,000 have been published with associated tender documents on the Contracts Finder website since its inception.
	(39223)

314	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which persons not employed by Government departments or agencies hold passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
	(39259)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

315	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which maternity units recorded fewer than 200 live births in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (39109)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

316
N

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will direct Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority to enforce the ruling by the then Secretary of State for the Environment on 27 October 1993 (ref APP/C/91/N3400/612522 M23/1/04) that land at Copshurst Quarry, Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent should not be worked for marl extraction from that date or any future date.

[Transferred] (38841)

317	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the (a) economic and (b) social factors leading to trends in the level of closure of (i) pubs and (ii) clubs.
	[Transferred] (39010)

318	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effects on social cohesion of trends in the frequency of visits to (a) pubs and (b) clubs.
	[Transferred] (39015)


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