Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 28 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 28 February 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 28 February 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 28 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 28 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 28 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Attorney General, which services provided by the Law Officers' Departments' interpreters are in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42220)

2	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Attorney General, what regulations his Department introduced between 30 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42084)

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

3	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the reduction in funding for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses on those receiving funding for such courses in the work place.
	(42182)

4	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in departmental expenditure to funding for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses on the promotion of the speaking of English by non-British persons.
	(42183)

5	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the reduction in his funding for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses on the promotion of the speaking of English.
	(42184)

6	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of his Department's reduction of its funding for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses; and if he will make a statement.
	(42185)

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies, interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42221)

8 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of implementation of the proposals of the Jackson Review of civil litigation costs on insolvency practitioners' ability to (a) claim against delinquent directors and (b) pursue recoveries for creditors.
	(41951)

9 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of the budget of the Insolvency Service was spent on (a) reviewing and (b) investigating D1 reports and other work on the disqualification of company directors in each year since 2002.
	(41952)

10
N

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many company directors have been disqualified for (a) attempted concealment of assets or cases where assets have disappeared or a deficiency is unexplained, (b) appropriation of assets to other companies for no consideration, at an undervalue, or on the basis of unreasonable charges for services, (c) preferences and (d) personal benefits obtained by directors in each year since 2002.

(42020)

11
N

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many company directors have been disqualified for (a) overvaluing assets in accounts for the purpose of obtaining loans or other financial accommodation or to mislead creditors, (b) making loans to directors for share purchases, (c) dishonoured cheques, (d) the use of delaying tactics and (e) non-payment of Crown debts to finance trading in each year since 2002.

(42021)

12 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many company directors have been disqualified for (a) phoenix operations, (b) misconduct in the operation of a factoring account, (c) taking deposits for goods or services ultimately not supplied and (d) cases where criminal convictions have resulted in each year since 2002.
	(42022)

13	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what regulations his Department introduced between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42088)

14	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to transfer responsibility for the British Postal Museum and Archive from Royal Mail to Post Office Ltd.
	(42205)

15	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements are in place to ensure that Royal Mail has a responsibility in perpetuity to transfer (a) archives, (b) stamps and (c) other artefacts to the British Postal Museum and Archive.
	(42206)

16	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when Ministers in his Department last met representatives of the British Postal Museum and Archive; what matters were (a) discussed and (b) agreed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement.
	(42207)

17	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the status is of the British Postal Museum and Archive's plans to develop a new base in Swindon; and if he will make a statement.
	(42208)

18
N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 957W, on environment protection, what the dates of his discussions with Ministerial colleagues were; which Ministers were involved; whether the discussions were part of a formal meeting; whether minutes or notes were taken; what the outcomes of the discussions were; and whether the discussions are ongoing.

(41936)

19	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on discussions with banks on increasing levels of lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (a) at less cost and (b) with improved conditions.
	(42732)

20 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what deadlines he has set for the submission and approval of access agreements with universities; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time provided for universities to meet these requirements.
	(42670)

21 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the research undertaken by the University of Bristol on performance at university of pupils educated in poorly-performing schools used by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
	(42671)

22
N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) Lord Browne of Madingley and (b) other members of his review team on his Department's proposals on access to university since the publication of the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance; and on what dates such discussions took place.

(42673)

23 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the evidential basis is for his Department's proposal to create a generic distinction between State- and independent-educated pupils for the purposes of university admissions.
	(42679)

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2011, Official Report, column 381W, on trade: India, what evidence has been provided to his Department on the effects that the inclusion of data exclusively on patented and off-patent medicines in the EU-India free trade agreement would have on the supply of affordable generic drugs in (a) India and (b) other developing countries.

(42982)

25	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the access performance indicators referred to in his Department's Guidance to the Director of Fair Access will include (a) non-UK citizens attending UK schools, (b) UK citizens attending schools outside the UK and (c) non-UK citizens attending schools outside the UK.
	(42745)

26 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist graduates in finding employment.
	(41649)

27 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many graduates have secured a place through the Graduate Talent Pool since its inception; and how many such places were based in Coventry.
	(41650)

28 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the Graduate Talent Pool.
	(41651)

29 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist small businesses with recruiting and maintaining their workforce.
	(41695)

30 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices (a) in each age group and (b) at each apprenticeship level have been made redundant since May 2010.
	(42254)

31 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements his Department has put in place to record the number of apprentices made redundant.
	(42255)

32 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship starts (a) in each age group and (b) at each apprenticeship level in (i) each of the last three quarters of the academic year 2009-10, (ii) the academic year 2010-11 and (iii) each of the the next three academic years.
	(42256)

33 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people entered (a) further education and (b) higher education in the last 12 months.
	(43001)

34 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to provide financial assistance to those entering further education.
	(43002)

35 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding was provided for further education in the academic year 2009-10.
	(43003)

36	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much income was generated from overseas students for universities in Wales in each of the last six years.
	(42939)

37 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to locate the new regional offices of his Department in premises currently occupied by regional development agencies or Government Offices of the Regions.
	(42035)

38 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of establishing his Department's new regional offices.
	(42037)

39 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of closing regional development agencies; and what proportion of such costs arise from (a) redundancy, (b) premises and (c) other costs.
	(42038)

40 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices have closed in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in each year since 1981.
	(42028)

41	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of citizens advice bureaux that are likely to close in (a) Wales and (b) Aberavon constituency as a result of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42209)

42	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will encourage universities to adopt the University of Manchester's model of barring hate preachers from campus through a freedom of speech code of practice.
	(42048)

43	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to reduce the burden of administration on rural businesses.
	(42588)

44	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist the development of small and medium-sized businesses in rural areas.
	(42594)

45	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2011, Official Report, column 96W, on the Skills and Jobs Retention Group, what the name is of each member of the Skills and Jobs Retention Group; and to which company or body each belongs.
	(42768)

46 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements are in place to recover domestic student loan repayments from graduates living and working overseas; and what proportion of expatriate graduates with student loan liabilities made repayments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42273)

47	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, column 387W, on the Green Investment Bank, what his definition is of significant additional funding; and what indicative range he expects proceeds from asset sales to fall within at an aggregate level.
	(42990)

48 N	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average amount a postgraduate student will pay in university fees in academic year 2012-13; and what his policy is on the level of fees charged for postgraduate study.
	(41724)

49 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what definition of a (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized business his Department uses.
	(41553)

50	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the single contract held by Strode College in relation to 13 prisons was replaced by two separate contracts; for what reasons one of the contracts was not awarded to Strode College; and for what reasons no feedback was offered to Strode College on that decision.
	(42771)

51	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts the Skills Funding Agency awarded to (a) small and medium-sized and (b) large enterprises in the most recent six month period for which figures are available.
	(42158)

52	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of barriers to private sector participation in the (a) use and (b) operation of assets funded by research councils; and if he will make a statement.
	(42167)

53	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of barriers to private sector participation in the provision of publicly-funded research and scientific services; and if he will make a statement.
	(42168)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Research Councils UK, (b) each research council and (c) the Council of Science and Technology on (i) increasing the proportion of his Department's funding for research awarded to private sector organisations, (ii) involving private sector bodies in the delivery of research council objectives and (iii) the delivery of research council priorities commissioning private sector service providers to deliver aspects of a research council's programme.

(42191)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have been on unionlearn courses funded (a) directly and (b) indirectly by (i) his Department, (ii) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible, (iii) European bodies and (iv) other sources from the public purse; which courses or schemes they participated in; and what qualifications were obtained in each such case.

(42933)

56	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department provided (a) directly and (b) indirectly to unionlearn to pay for (i) staffing costs, (ii) administration, (iii) advertising and (iv) hospitality in each of the last three years.
	(42934)

57 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish the equality impact assessment on the Government's plans for the future funding of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses.
	(42995)

58	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42310)

59	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42391)

60	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42407)

61	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42613)

62	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42624)

63	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42642)

64	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42662)

65	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of graduates resident in (a) Hastings Borough Council area, (b) Hastings and Rye constituency, (c) East Sussex and (d) England who have not made a student loan repayment since the present system of student finance came into operation.
	(42284)

66	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many young people began an engineering apprenticeship in (a) England, (b) Hastings Borough Council and (c) Hastings and Rye constituency in 2009-10.
	(42285)

67	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the (a) size and (b) monetary value of land assets held by the South East of England Development Agency.
	(42286)

68 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what further steps he plans to take to complete the single market in the EU.
	(42796)

69 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the administrative and regulatory barriers to employers taking on apprentices; and what steps he is taking to remove such barriers.
	(42798)

70 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time students he estimates will receive assistance from the National Scholarship Fund in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(42800)

71	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2011, Official Report, column 492W, on knowledge transfer partnerships: finance, which projects and initiatives were funded by each regional development agency for innovation, collaboration and knowledge transfer partnerships in the five years referred to.
	(42862)

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2011, Official Report, column 492W, on knowledge transfer partnerships: finance, how many businesses received funding from each regional development agency for initiatives and projects for innovation, collaboration and knowledge transfer partnerships in the five years referred to; and if he will make a statement.

(42863)

73 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on proposals to introduce an early repayment levy for those repaying student loans early; and if he will make a statement.
	(42998)

74	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what role the Green Investment Bank will have in (a) encouraging and (b) administering marine technology funding.
	(42726)

75	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the marine energy sector which will be created as a result of planned expenditure on renewable energy technology.
	(42727)

76	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government has taken on business co-operation between India and the UK since the Prime Minister's visit to India.
	(42096)

77	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the transfer of the Copyright Tribunal to the Tribunals Service.
	(42986)

78	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the transfer of the Competition Appeals Tribunal to the Tribunals Service.
	(42987)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42222)

80	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what regulations his Department introduced between 22 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42090)

81	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements he plans to put in place to fund the Big Society Bank; and whether he expects there to be any differences in the operation of the Bank in each nation or region.
	(42415)

82	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of members of the Senior Civil Service in each Government department are women.
	(42711)

83	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 32583, tabled on 20 December 2010, on discussions with the BBC on material commissioned by the Central Office of Information.
	(42714)

84 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized businesses in (i) Devon and (ii) England.
	(41554)

85	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-departmental public bodies he expects to have been (a) established and (b) proposed to be established between 10 May 2010 and 31 December 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(42156)

86	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42309)

87	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42390)

88	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42406)

89	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department provided to strengthen charities and civil societies in each year since 1997.
	(42072)

90	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most popular mechanisms of charitable giving were in each year for which figures are available.
	(42115)

91	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in the motivating factors for people volunteering in (a) formal and (b) informal settings.
	(42119)

92	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the influence of religious engagement on levels of civic engagement.
	(42123)

93	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the basis for any link between habitual television watching and civic disengagement.
	(42125)

94	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effects of charitable giving on individual levels of happiness and well-being.
	(42129)

95	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which other government departments are participating in his Department's civic service scheme.
	(42130)

96	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is participating in volunteering schemes sponsored by his Department as part of the Big Society initiative.
	(42131)

97	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he is making in establishing social norms in charitable giving.
	(42132)

98	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to encourage charitable giving by young children; and if he will make a statement.
	(42133)

99	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the scope for greater use of websites across Government to raise the profile of charities which are working with the Government as part of the Big Society initiative.
	(42134)

100	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will invite the House of Commons Commission to participate in his Department's Civic Service scheme.
	(42135)

101	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will invite hon. Members to participate in his Department's Civic Service scheme.
	(42136)

102	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition his Department uses of a corporate citizen in its Giving Green Paper.
	(42138)

103	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's Giving Green Paper, what the location is of each (a) community foundation and (b) volunteer centre sponsored by his Department; and what their role is in the Big Society initiative.
	(42139)

104	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a mechanism to monitor the proportion of legacies which go to (a) charities and (b) families and friends.
	(42140)

105	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the principal reasons for people not making charitable donations.
	(42141)

106	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of individual charitable donors who have given more that £1 million in each year for which figures are available; and for how long his Department has collected information on levels of charitable donation by individuals.
	(42142)

107	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to encourage business to promote charitable giving.
	(42143)

108	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the influence on giving of examples set by older members within families.
	(42144)

109	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to strengthen the relationship between charities and the state.
	(42145)

110	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the proportion of corporate giving arising from the (a) pharmaceuticals, (b) food retail and wholesale, (c) investment services, (d) banking and (e) furnishing sector; and whether he has made an assessment of long-term trends in the proportion donated by each sector.
	(42146)

111	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of corporate giving on company reputation.
	(42147)

112	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the international ranking of the UK in respect of (a) corporate giving as share of GDP, (b) individual giving as a share of GDP and (c) assistance to strangers.
	(42148)

113	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Ministers are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's Big Society initiative.
	(42149)

114	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2011, Official Report, columns 453-4W, on voluntary work, what the evidential basis is for his Department's expectation that levels of volunteering will increase over the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(42200)

115	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2010, Official Report, column 88W, on charities: public expenditure, what progress has been made in examining the exposure of the third sector to public spending reductions and ways of mitigating potential impacts.
	(42201)

116	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce measures to facilitate an increase in charitable giving through payroll arrangements in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
	(42202)

117	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) budget and (b) staffing levels are of the Office for Civil Society in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each of the next four years.
	(42552)

118	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken together with Compact Voice to provide training and advice for the voluntary sector on using The Compact.
	(42554)

119	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to conduct the next living costs and food survey.
	(42555)

120	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Informal Ministerial Group on the Big Society and Localism has met; who attended each meeting; how long each meeting lasted; and what the outcomes were.
	(42556)

121	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42614)

122	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42631)

123	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Compact, what meaningful engagement and partnership he has developed with the voluntary sector since the implementation of the Big Society initiative.
	(42686)

124	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 829W, on job creation, in which sectors (a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs were created in 2010.
	(42688)

125	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with Compact Voice on the (a) past, (b) current and (c) future levels of Government funding for the voluntary sector.
	(42787)

126	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's document, the Compact, what specific improvements he has made under commitment 1.4 to ensure greater transparency by making data and information more accessible; and if he will make a statement.
	(42788)

127

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's document, the Compact, what progress has been made on commitment 1.2 to ensure CSOs are supported and resourced in a reasonable and fair manner where they are helping the Government fulful its aims; how much funding has been allocated to acheive this aim; and if he will make a statement.

(42789)

128

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's document, the Compact, what progress his Department has made on commitment 1.3 to ensure that the Government collectively, through the Cabinet Office, recognises the need to resource national and local support and development organisations in order to assist CSOs with their capacity and capability to deliver positive outcomes; how much funding has been allocated to achieve this aim; and if he will make a statement.

(42790)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

129

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42890)

130	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regulations his Department introduced between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42077)

131
N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special severance payments were reported to his Department by (a) NHS acute trusts, (b) foundation trusts, (c) mental health trusts, (d) special health authorities, (e) strategic health authorities, (f) primary care trusts, (g) ambulance trusts and (h) care trusts in the last three years; and what the total (i) monetary value and (ii) number of payments was for each organisation in each such year.

(41938)

132 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special severance payments have been reported to his Department to date; and what estimate he has made of the total monetary value of such payments for each Government department.
	(41953)

133	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce cash flow drag for small and medium-sized businesses.
	(42357)

134	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with his G20 counterparts recent progress on the work by the Financial Stability Board on improving consumer protection in financial services.
	(42204)

135 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was paid on profits by banks in each of the last 10 years.
	(42244)

136 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was paid on profits by private equity firms in each of the last 10 years.
	(42246)

137 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he plans to take to ensure a competitive, sustainable banking sector.
	(42247)

138 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a floor price for carbon; and what estimate he has made of the optimal floor price.
	(42677)

139	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to improve the interest rates offered on individual savings accounts.
	(42695)

140	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effect of present levels of inflation on the monetary value of savings in individual savings accounts.
	(42696)

141 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average his Department took to respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42248)

142 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to respond to the Freedom of Information request submitted to his Department by the hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford on 20 September 2010.
	(42249)

143 N	Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Freedom of Information request submitted to his Department on 20 September 2010 by the hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford has not been responded to; and if he will make a statement.
	(42250)

144 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect of lowering the threshold at which the higher rate of income tax becomes payable on the weekly income of a person earning (a) £42,5000, (b) £43,000 and (c) £43,500 in 2011-12.
	(41686)

145 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect of reducing the second income threshold for the family element of the child tax credit from £50,000 to £40,000 on the weekly income of a family earning (a) £42,500, (b) £43,000 and (c) £43,500 in 2011-12.
	(41687)

146
N

Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) he and (b) the Financial Services Authority has made of the findings of the Special Investigation Commission established by the Icelandic government into the failure of Icelandic banks in 2008 published on 12 April 2010; if he will place in the Library a copy of the English translation of the report; and if he will make a statement.

(42557)

147 N	Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Financial Services Authority to publish its report on the conduct of Royal Bank of Scotland prior to its failure in October 2008.
	(42558)

148 N	Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what governance arrangements he proposes for the (a) Prudential Regulatory Authority and (b) Financial Policy Committee; when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish these bodies; and if he will make a statement.
	(42559)

149 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings he requires as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review from each of the Principal Civil Service pension schemes.
	(42262)

150 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings he requires as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review from each of the local government pension schemes in Scotland.
	(42263)

151 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings he requires as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review from each of the local government pension schemes in England and Wales.
	(42264)

152	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required in respect of the Department for International Development's Overseas Superannuation Scheme as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42755)

153	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required in respect of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Pension Schemes as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42756)

154	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required in respect of the Judicial Pensions Scheme as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42757)

155	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required from each of the Research Councils' pension schemes as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42758)

156	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required in respect of the Firefighters' Pension Scheme as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42759)

157	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required from the NHS Pension Scheme as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42760)

158	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required from the Teachers' Pension Scheme in England and Wales as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42761)

159	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total savings he expects to make in 2014-15 from increasing employee contributions (a) in each (i) funded and (ii) unfunded public sector scheme, excluding the armed forces scheme, and (b) in total.
	(42762)

160	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the total required saving from employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review is to be apportioned between each public sector pension scheme.
	(42945)

161	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings are required from each of the police pension schemes as a result of the employee contribution increases announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42953)

162 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Cumbria and (d) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency will no longer be subject to income tax following the increase in allowance in April 2011.
	(42029)

163 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Cumbria and (d) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency are in each income tax band.
	(42034)

164	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) potential liability for tax of companies and organisations that will be unable to file their company tax return online from 1 April 2011 for reasons relating to the unavailability of relevant software.
	(42692)

165	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since 31 December 2010 requesting that the 1 April 2011 deadline for companies and organisations to file their company tax returns online be postponed.
	(42693)

166	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue accrues to the Exchequer from (a) taxation upon and (b) national insurance contributions paid by those in the photovoltaics sector in 2010-11.
	(42320)

167 N	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 11 January 2011 with regard to Mr J D Remington.
	(42808)

168 N	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 4 January 2011 with regard to Mr J Burchardt.
	(42809)

169	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments of income tax in each year from 2003-04 to 2009-10 which are (i) outstanding and (ii) written off; and if he will make a statement.
	(42851)

170 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the merits of freezing fuel duty on liquefied petroleum gas until 2018.
	(42811)

171 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that the management and staff appointed to the Financial Services Authority are suitably experienced and qualified for the purposes of ensuring the integrity of financial services regulation.
	(42230)

172	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a levy is being imposed on aggregate extraction.
	(42433)

173 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Government's policy on the rate of value added tax charged on electronic books; and if he will make a statement.
	(42068)

174 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce the level of taxation for people who earn no more than the national minimum wage.
	(41089)

175 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans permanently to uprate Civil Service pensions using the consumer prices index.
	(42231)

176 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether private companies which purchase land sold under the Government's proposals for the disposal of the public forest estate will be liable for capital gains tax on profits arising from the use of such land.
	(41949)

177	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers became non-resident in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(42367)

178	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of taxpayers who became non-resident paid tax at a rate of 40 per cent. or higher in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(42368)

179	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses moved their headquarters for tax purposes away from the UK in each of the last four year for which figures are available.
	(42770)

180	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42308)

181	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42389)

182	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42405)

183 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many litres of (a) beer and (b) wine the UK exports to other EU countries per annum; and what estimate he has made of the size of the legitimate market for (i) beer and (ii) wine in the EU in litres per annum.
	(41861)

184 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2011, Official Report, column 496W, on excise duties, what steps he is taking to tackle drawback duty fraud.
	(41937)

185	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42598)

186	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42630)

187	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42650)

188	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42668)

189	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by the Financial Services Authority working on the regulation of friendly societies; and if he will make a statement.
	(42859)

190	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has met (a) Sir John Vickers, (b) Hector Sants and (c) the Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments Ltd to discuss policy on building societies and friendly societies; and if he will make a statement.
	(42860)

191

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of working heads of family in receipt of income-related benefits or tax credits, facing a marginal rate of deduction of over (a) 60 per cent., (b) 70 per cent., (c) 71 per cent., (d) 72 per cent., (e) 73 per cent., (f) 75 per cent., (g) 76 per cent., (h) 77 per cent., (i) 78 per cent., (j) 79 per cent. and (k) 80 per cent. in (i) 2010-11 and 2011-12 as a result of the March 2010 Budget and (ii) 2011-12 as a result of the June 2010 Budget.

(42358)

192	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.6 of his Department's paper on Project Merlin-Banks' Statement on Lending, how much weight will be given on the performance metrics of chief executives for each bank.
	(42279)

193	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the process was for the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the accountancy firm to work with the Bank of England on monitoring the lending targets set out in the Project Merlin agreement.
	(42280)

194	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sanctions will apply if major banks do not comply with his Department's new code of practice on taxation.
	(42281)

195	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department estimates it will collect in tax revenues from the banking sector in 2010-11; and what proportion of the tax collected from the banking sector it estimates will be non-payroll tax.
	(42282)

196	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has discussed with (a) his US counterpart and (b) the Chair of the G20 Finance Ministers the findings and recommendations of Sir David Walker's report on the governance of banks and other financial institutions.
	(42283)

197	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies are defined as small and medium-sized businesses, small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs for the purposes of determining peformance against the lending targets outlined in the Project Merlin agreement.
	(42359)

198	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the level of net lending to businesses by (a) Barclays, (b) HSBC, (c) Lloyds Banking Group, (d) RBS and (e) Santander in each year since 2007; and what estimate he has made of the likely level of such lending by each bank in each year to 2014.
	(42360)

199	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase transparency in the remuneration practices of banking and financial services groups that are operating in the UK but which are not covered by the Project Merlin agreement.
	(42361)

200	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase lending to businesses from banking and financial services groups that are operating in the UK but which are not subject to the Project Merlin agreement.
	(42362)

201

Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how performance against the commitments he has received from banks on their customer service to small businesses as part of the Project Merlin agreement will be (a) monitored and (b) evaluated in respect of provision of (i) a free mentoring service, (ii) published lending principles, (iii) transparent appeals and (iv) improved access to finance; and whether he plans to publish such information.

(42363)

202	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal measures he is taking to support the development of the bioethanol sector.
	(42988)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

203	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the conclusions and recommendations of the Coalfields Regeneration Review Report.
	(42198)

204 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will consider the merits of reinstating the sequential approach to planning in order to protect greenfield sites.
	(42032)

205	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to monitor the levels of funding by local authorities for sports and leisure facilities.
	(42187)

206	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has provided to local authorities on the effects on local sports and leisure facilities of the reduction in his Department's funding to fund such authorities.
	(42188)

207

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies, interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42223)

208	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regulations his Department introduced between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42086)

209	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regulations his Department removed between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42092)

210 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Housing Revenue Account receipts are ring-fenced following the introduction of self-financing.
	(42560)

211	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the monetary value of the (a) basic pay, (b) bonus, (c) pension contribution, (d) hotel costs in London, (e) travel expenses, (f) hospitality expenses and (g) other benefits in kind for the Chief Executive of the Audit Commission (i) was in 2010-11 and (ii) is estimated to be in 2011-12.
	(42287)

212

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the monetary value was of the Audit Commission's lost deposits held in Icelandic banks; what the estimated monetary value is of the interest lost on those deposits; how much of those deposits have been returned to date; and what estimate the Commission has made of the proportion of the monetary value of the deposits that will be (a) returned and (b) written off.

(42288)

213	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the Audit Commission has made to the Community Business Consultancy to date; what the hourly or daily rate was for services provided in each such case; and what the purpose was of each such payment.
	(42289)

214	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes were made to the allocation of the Supporting People Grant to local authorities between 2009-10 and 2010-11.
	(42899)

215 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency plans are in place for private companies that enter administration whilst under contract to lease fire engines to (a) the London Fire Brigade and (b) fire brigades in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(41860)

216 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effects of successful planning approvals for large out-of-town shopping centres on small businesses.
	(41696)

217 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance his Department plans to provide to small businesses to assist them with payment of their business rates.
	(41697)

218	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent assessment is of the merits of reviewing the statutory standards in respect of overcrowding in social housing.
	(42867)

219	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to increase the provision of family-sized affordable homes.
	(42868)

220 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of closing the Government Offices of the Regions; and what proportion of such costs arise from (a) redundancy, (b) premises and (c) other costs.
	(42036)

221 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of the planned increase in employees contributions in the local government pension scheme in the local authority grant settlement for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(42265)

222	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research his Department has commissioned on links between home ownership and social mobility.
	(42595)

223 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) homes and (b) households.
	(41693)

224 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the monetary value of proceeds from sales, fees and charges received by Peterborough City Council in 2009-10 was; what such receipts constituted as a proportion of total service expenditure; what his estimate is of the equivalent figures for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(41699)

225 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the monetary value of financial reserves held by Peterborough City Council in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(41700)

226	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on road safety of removing the requirement for school travel plans from planning regulations for free schools as proposed in his Department's consultation on planning for schools development.
	(42913)

227 N	Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social rented tenancies were available for reletting as social rented tenancies in each year since 2005; and what his Department's estimate is of the supply of such relets in each year from 2011 to 2015.
	(41730)

228 N	Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average weekly rent was in each region for new lettings of (a) council tenancies and (b) housing association assured tenancies in each year since 2001; and what his estimate is of the likely rent level for such lettings in each region in each year from 2011 to 2015.
	(41732)

229
N

Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's estimate is of the average weekly rent for a (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more bedroom property for (i) secure local authority tenancies, (ii) assured housing association tenancies and (iii) using 80 per cent. of open market rent levels in each local authority in the latest period for which figures are available.

(41733)

230	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42307)

231	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42388)

232	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42404)

233	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers are available to local authorities who wish to revoke the conservation area status granted to particular areas.
	(42549)

234	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of long-term volunteering rates among (a) men and (b) women as (i) formal and (ii) informal volunteers.
	(42111)

235	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements his Department has put in place to measure levels of racial and religious hatred.
	(42114)

236

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in formal volunteering by those with (a) a degree, (b) higher education below a degree, (c) A level or equivalent, (d) GCSEs at grades A* to C or equivalent, (e) GCSEs at grade D to E or equivalent, (f) foreign and other qualifications and (g) no qualifications; and if he will make a statement.

(42117)

237	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to commission the next Citizenship Survey.
	(42118)

238	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42605)

239	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42632)

240	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42646)

241	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much financial support was given to Milton Keynes Council by the Government in each year since 1996-97.
	(42439)

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

242	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the effects of reduced local authority expenditure on sports and leisure facilities.
	(42186)

243

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies, interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42224)

244 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will instruct the National Lottery Commission to review the appropriateness of decisions by Camelot National Lotteries relating to the supply of lottery terminals to (a) Tesco, (b) The Co-operative and (c) independent retailers.
	(42804)

245 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will instruct the National Lottery Commission to examine the appropriateness of the actions of Camelot National Lotteries in promoting to retailers the sale of £5 scratchcards in the context of their regulatory obligations.
	(42805)

246	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of work carried out in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics that has been undertaken by companies based in Wales.
	(42908)

247	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to provide assistance to tourism busunesses in Maidstone and the Weald constituency.
	(42593)

248 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what criteria he applied when selecting the North Wales pilot area for superfast broadband announced on 10 February 2011.
	(41688)

249 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he had with the Welsh Assembly Government prior to selecting the superfast broadband pilot area in North Wales announced on 10 February 2011.
	(41689)

250

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many tickets to Olympic events have been allocated for sale; and what estimate has been made of the revenue which will accrue from sales of tickets to (a) members of the public in the UK and the EU, (b) sports federations, (c) national Olympic committees, (d) members of the public in other countries, (e) corporate sponsors, (f) rights-holding broadcasters and (g) hospitality package buyers.

(42738)

251	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plan to take to encourage children and young people in St Albans to participate in events that are part of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(42739)

252	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many contracts related to the London 2012 Olympics have been awarded to businesses and organisations in (a) St Albans constituency and (b) Hertfordshire; and what the monetary value of such contracts is.
	(42740)

253

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many residents of (a) St Albans and (b) Hertfordshire are employed (i) by the London Organisational Committee of the Olympic Games, (ii) by the Olympic Delivery Authority and (iii) at the London 2012 Olympics site; what steps his Department is taking to increase employment opportunities created by the hosting of the London 2012 Olympics; and how many jobs in Hertfordshire he expects to be created by the London 2012 Olympics.

(42741)

254 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment Ofcom has made of the potential to allocate spectrum in the 872/917 band on an unlicensed or lightly-licensed basis for machine-to-machine and smart grid applications.
	(41775)

255 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on a second digital dividend; and if he will make a statement.
	(42100)

256 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department and Ofcom have made of the likely financial benefits of a second digital dividend; and if he will make a statement.
	(42110)

257	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42306)

258	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42387)

259	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42403)

260	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the extent of regional variation in funding per head in the distribution of Big Lottery funding in the last year for which figures are available.
	(42553)

261	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42612)

262	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42615)

263	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42637)

264	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42656)

265	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 800W, on sport: finance, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of monitoring regional variations in funding for (a) the Big Lottery and (b) Sport England.
	(42689)

266	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, columns 797-8W, on arts: public participation, what activities his Department's Taking Part survey monitors other than those cited in the Answer.
	(42691)

267
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to address the conclusions of the National Audit Office's report on preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, HC (2010-11) 756 in respect of (a) the regeneration of East London, (b) the sustainability of the Olympic Park and (c) the provision of economic, social and sport participation legacies; and if he will make a statement.

(43007)

268	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council spent per head of population in the (a) South Staffordshire District Council and (b) Birmingham City Council area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42824)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

269

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies, interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42887)

270	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulations his Department introduced between 19 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42082)

271	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 37369, on regulations removed by his Department, tabled on 26 January 2011 for answer on 31 January.
	(42699)

272 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question (a) 36375 and (b) 36579, on defence equipment, tabled on 24 January for named day answer on 27 January.
	(42340)

273	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2011, Official Report, column 25W, on Air Force: military bases, at which RAF bases work classified as redevelopment was scheduled in his Department's annual planning round in 2010.
	(42882)

274	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, column 382W, on the Air Force: military bases, to whom the annual land cost is payable in each case it is incurred.
	(42886)

275 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what correspondence he has received from the devolved administrations on the (a) principle and (b) implementation of the armed forces covenant and report; and if he will publish each item of correspondence.
	(42019)

276	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2010, Official Report, column 661W, if he will bring forward proposals to award those who served in Bomber Command during the Second World War with a campaign medal; and if he will make a statement.
	(42957)

277	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of the security enhancement to the US base at RAF Welford; and from which budget such expenditure was drawn.
	(42434)

278	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for bearing the cost of each development on a US base in the UK.
	(42435)

279	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the UK of the NATO share of the contribution to the US missile defence system.
	(42436)

280	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future of the Commando helicopter force; and if he will make a statement.
	(42764)

281 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects of the reduction in size of his Department's Police Divisional Support Groups on his Department's ability to provide (a) security and (b) operational flexibility to its estate; whether any decisions have been taken on such reductions; and if he will make a statement.
	(41773)

282 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department has incurred on contracts with the private sector to provide security at his Department's establishments (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last five years.
	(41774)

283 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to continue to pay flying-related financial retention incentives.
	(41652)

284 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-22W, on armed forces (redundancies), what actions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to take to ensure that no members of the armed forces are informed of their redundancy by email.
	(42841)

285 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-22W, on armed forces (redundancies), to which Minister in his Department the section which was responsible for sending the 38 emails reports.
	(42842)

286	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used to select the Royal Air Force trainee pilots to be made redundant.
	(42900)

287

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-22W, on armed forces: redundancies, what proportion of the trainee Royal Air Force pilots to be made redundant have completed (a) 0 to 10 per cent., (b) 10 to 20 per cent., (c) 20 to 30 per cent., (d) 30 to 40 per cent., (e) 40 to 50 per cent., (f) 50 to 60 per cent., (g) 60 to 70 per cent., (h) 70 to 80 per cent., (i) 80 to 90 per cent and (j) more than 90 per cent of the flying hours required to complete their training.

(42901)

288	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new (a) beds and (b) mattresses were purchased for use by each member of the armed forces in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of such purchases in each such year.
	(42918)

289	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost of providing a (a) bed and (b) mattress was for each member of the armed forces (i) based in Britain, (ii) serving in Afghanistan and (iii) serving in another country in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42919)

290	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long a (a) bed and (b) mattress is issued for use by members of the armed forces before it is due to be replaced.
	(42920)

291	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost was of providing a meal to members of the armed forces (a) based in Britain, (b) serving in Afghanistan and (c) serving in another country in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42921)

292	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42305)

293	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42386)

294	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42402)

295	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number and proportion of veterans resident in each region.
	(42116)

296	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42602)

297	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42625)

298	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42638)

299	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42658)

300 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had with (a) Blue Force Property and (b) Blue Force Services (i) before and (ii) since the companies went into liquidation; and if he will make a statement.
	(41701)

301
N

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) serving members of HM armed forces and (b) former service personnel who entered into property deals with (i) Blue Force Property and (ii) Blue Force Services; what his estimate is of the money lost by serving and former personnel as a result of the liquidation of those companies; and if he will make a statement.

(41703)

302 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial and (b) other assistance his Department is offering to serving and former members of HM armed forces who have lost money as a result of property deals undertaken with (i) Blue Force Property and (ii) Blue Force Services; and if he will make a statement.
	(41704)

303 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Ministry of Defence Police on Blue Force Property and Blue Force Services.
	(41814)

304	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has undertaken on the effect of using the Consumer Prices Index when uprating benefits for army invalid pensioners and war widows under pensionable age.
	(42875)

305 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's bi-lateral military relationship with (a) Estonia and (b) Latvia.
	(41817)

306 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's bi-lateral military relationship with (a) Sweden and (b) Norway.
	(41818)

307	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what formal engagement his Department and the armed forces have with their counterparts in (a) Egypt, (b) Bahrain and (c) Indonesia.
	(42193)

308 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on bilateral defence co-operation with France; and if he will make a statement.
	(42795)

309 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has awarded to 3M Health Care and its subsidiaries since 2007; and if he will make a statement.
	(43009)

310 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to allow the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's product BacLite, for screening against the MRSA bacterium, to be marketed in the UK.
	(43010)

311 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's product BacLite for the detection of the MRSA bacterium; and if he will make a statement.
	(43011)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

312

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 340W, (a) when and (b) where he has met members of the campaign team supporting a Yes vote in the proposed referendum on the alternative vote not on Government premises but with an official or officials paid from the public purse in attendance; who participated in each meeting; and whether any departmental resources were used to facilitate each meeting.

(42744)

313 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to bring forward proposals for electors in a constituency to recall their elected Member of Parliament.
	(42675)

314	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to answer Question 25013, on the BBC and pensions, tabled on 15 November 2010.
	(42366)

315	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Office has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42651)

316	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Office are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Office's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42669)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

317	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of the further education initial teacher training bursary for (a) history and (b) information and communication technologies PGCE students.
	(42178)

318	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many information and communication technologies PGCE students in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands received funding from the further education initial teacher training bursary in each of the last five years.
	(42179)

319	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many history PGCE students in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands received funding from the further education initial teacher training bursary in each of the last five years.
	(42180)

320	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many PGCE students in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands received funding from the further education initial teacher training bursary in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(42181)

321	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of the bursary for information and communication technologies PGCE students on the number of information and communication technologies teachers in secondary schools in each of the next five years.
	(42214)

322	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of the further education initial teacher training bursary for history graduates on the number of history teachers in secondary schools in each of the next five years.
	(42215)

323	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of the further education initial teacher training bursary for history PGCE students on the take-up of history within the English Baccalaureate in each of the next five years.
	(42216)

324	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of the further education initial teacher training bursary for design and technology PGCE students on the number of design and technology teachers in secondary schools in each of the next five years.
	(42217)

325	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of the removal of the further education initial teacher training bursary for design and technology PGCE students on the number of students taking up vocational subjects in secondary schools.
	(42218)

326

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultations he undertook with (a) trade unions, (b) head teachers' associations, (c) local authorities and (d) schools on his decision to remove further education initial teacher training bursaries for (i) information and communication technologies, (ii) history and (iii) design and technology PGCE students in the 2011-12 academic year.

(42219)

327 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Communities and Local Government and (b) Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the use of sports and leisure facilities at (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) specialist sports schools and colleges by local communities.
	(42812)

328

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies, interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42889)

329 N	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the merits of broadening the scope of the English Baccalaureate to include (a) philosophy, (b) economics, (c) religious studies and (d) other humanities subjects.
	(41581)

330	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regulations his Department introduced between 30 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42085)

331	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question 37370, on regulations removed by his Department, tabled on 26 January 2011 for answer on 31 January.
	(42698)

332 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 13 December 2010 and 12 January 2011 on his constituent Miss Hannah Kelly.
	(42810)

333	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what authority will be responsible for (a) funding academies, (b) ensuring each academy's compliance with its funding agreement, (c) providing day-to-day advice to academies on operational matters and (d) management of the performance of academies.
	(42708)

334 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost was of looking after a child in care in the last year for which figures are available.
	(41698)

335 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the relative academic merits of A Level qualifications in different subjects for the purposes of gaining admission to universities; and what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on this subject.
	(42672)

336 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the terms of reference are for the review of school transport including transport for 16 to 18 year olds; and when he expects the review to be completed.
	(41945)

337 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made in expanding the Every Child a Reader scheme.
	(42228)

338 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average duration was of the suspension of a teacher from a school pending disciplinary action in academic year 2009-10; and how many teachers were subject to such disciplinary action.
	(42238)

339 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers are presently suspended from schools pending the conclusion of disciplinary action.
	(42239)

340 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in how many cases of disciplinary action commenced against teachers in academic year 2009-10 proceedings were (a) withdrawn, (b) concluded with a finding of no wrongdoing by a teacher and (c) concluded with a finding of no case to answer.
	(42240)

341	Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many babies under six months old were available for adoption in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
	(42428)

342	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the compulsory teaching of (a) drama, (b) music, (c) art and (d) information technology in schools.
	(42592)

343	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities were granted an Exceptional Circumstances Grant owing to the number of children with English as an additional languge in each of the last three years.
	(42709)

344	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding has been allocated by his Department for school building, repair and maintenance to each local authority area in each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16.
	(42850)

345	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the amount that will be spent on pupil premium in each local authority area in each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(42974)

346	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students obtained a C grade or higher in (a) history, (b) physics, (c) French, (d) German, (e) Spanish and (f) chemistry GCSE in (i) 1990, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2010.
	(42975)

347	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 22 of his Department's Business Plan 2011-2015, what his policy is on the publication of information on readiness to progress to next stage of schooling by (a) school, (b) local authority and (c) nationally for children aged five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(42968)

348	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the effects of publication of information on readiness to progress to next stage of schooling by (a) school, (b) local authority and (c) nationally for children aged five years on levels of mental stress of (i) children, (ii) school staff and (iii) parents.
	(42969)

349	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial assistance other than the education maintenance allowance his Department provides to students before they reach further education.
	(42685)

350	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 345W, on GCSE: science, what form support to schools to offer triple science will take.
	(42408)

351	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 345W, on GCSE: science, what steps he is taking to increase the number and quality of science teachers.
	(42409)

352	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42304)

353	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42385)

354	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42401)

355	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42641)

356	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42661)

357	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) communal and (b) solitary viewing of television by children and young people on their (i) levels of exercise, (ii) academic achievement and (iii) social engagement.
	(42687)

358	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the budget for School Sport Partnership funding for schools in Crawley constituency for academic year 2011-12.
	(42418)

359	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost was of the 350,000 EU-produced school diaries distributed to UK schools to (a) the Government and (b) the EU.
	(42749)

360	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) faith and (b) year of foundation is of each faith school in England.
	(42174)

361	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in the City of Leicester have received or will receive funding under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and what the level of funding is in each case.
	(42176)

362 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 558W, on education maintenance allowance: Ashton-in-Makerfield, for what reason the education maintenance allowance was withdrawn before a full equality impact assessment was undertaken in respect of the replacement scheme.
	(41950)

363	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in enrichment funding for 16-19 providers on students in deprived communities.
	(42422)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

364	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has reviewed on the biorefinery at Seal Sands on Teeside proposed by INEOS Bio; and if he will take steps to enable the project to go ahead.
	(42544)

365

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42891)

366	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what regulations his Department introduced between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42079)

367	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of the UK's energy he estimates will be supplied by power stations operating on fossil fuels by (a) 2020 and (b) 2030.
	(42846)

368	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by how much he estimates carbon dioxide emissions from domestic properties will change as a result of the introduction of the Green Deal.
	(42847)

369	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of UK carbon dioxide emissions he estimates are attributable to (a) shipping and (b) aviation.
	(42852)

370	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what regulations sponsored by his Department have been revoked since 7 December 2010.
	(42189)

371	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) average height, (b) minimum required height and (c) maximum potential height of absorber towers required for future coal and gas fired power stations fitted with carbon capture and storage technology.
	(42750)

372	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of companies worldwide currently constructing reactor vessels for use in new build nuclear power stations; in which countries such companies are based; and how many reactor vessels were constructed in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(42751)

373	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the level of competition in the open cast mining industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(42212)

374	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of electricity consumed by wind turbines when they are not generating electricity; and what consideration is given to such electricity consumption in determining the allocation of renewables obligation certificates.
	(42937)

375	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many megawatts of solar photovoltaic generating capacity have been installed since the launch of the feed-in tariff scheme on 1 April 2010.
	(42317)

376	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria he used in making the decision to extend the fast-track feed-in tariff review of solar farms to include all community projects greater than 50 kilowatts; and if he will make a statement.
	(42318)

377	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the monetary value is of solar photovoltaic feed-in tariff payments made since 1 April 2010.
	(42319)

378	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to announce grant funding to the marine renewables sector in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
	(42321)

379	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department published its 2010-11 projections of solar photovoltaics update under the feed-in tariff scheme; and in what format that publication took place.
	(42322)

380	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the decision to cap the feed-in tariff scheme in 2010/11 was taken; and what consultation process was undertaken before that decision was made.
	(42323)

381	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the Renewables Obligation Certificate banding review; and when he expects the proposed consultation as part of that review to commence.
	(42324)

382	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to implement the recommendations contained in the Marine Energy Action Plan published in March 2010.
	(42416)

383	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to improve regulation of the domestic heating oil market.
	(42848)

384	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 546W, on solar power, for what reason his Department is using the 50 kW statutory micro-generation definition as the starting point for a review of large-scale 1 megawatt to 5 megawatt solar farms.
	(42971)

385	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 546W, on solar power, what definition his Department uses of solar photovoltaic (a) micro, (b) small-scale, (c) medium-scale and (d) large-scale generation.
	(42972)

386 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme on energy prices in each of the five years from April 2010.
	(42259)

387 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme on the manufacture of solar power products in the UK.
	(42260)

388	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress his Department made towards the Government's objective to reduce emissions from central Government offices by 10 per cent. by May 2011.
	(42543)

389	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employment since May 2010.
	(42303)

390	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42384)

391	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42400)

392	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42604)

393	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42622)

394	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42645)

395	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42665)

396	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the cost-effectiveness of energy savings and efficiencies as a means of meeting the Government's energy policy objectives.
	(42683)

397	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding mechanisms he plans to put in place to encourage investment in the marine renewable sector following the phasing out of the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund in March 2011.
	(42728)

398	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) wave and tidal technology developers and (b) marine energy device manufacturers to locate themselves in the UK.
	(42729)

399	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the remainder of the Low Carbon Innovation Fund announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review will be allocated to financing the commercial development of marine renewables.
	(42730)

400	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the decision-making process is for the allocation of funding for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(42731)

401	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what applications for consent have been made for offshore wind developments in the last two years; what objections have been made to those applications; who made such objections; and on what grounds such objections were made.
	(42372)

402

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions embedded in imported products; what consideration he has given to introducing a system of consumption-based emissions accounting alongside the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory; and if he will request the Committee on Climate Change to examine the matter.

(42767)

403	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the policing of energy infrastructure establishments.
	(42772)

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

404

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for which services provided by (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42892)

405	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and (b) her Norwegian counterpart on catch quotas for fish.
	(42413)

406	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations her Department introduced between 30 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42075)

407	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many access permits have been granted in respect of (a) ponies and traps and (b) horses by the Forestry Commission for access to (i) Hurn Forest, (ii) Sopley and Avon Common and (iii) Ramsdown Plantation since January 2010.
	(42197)

408 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 708W, on New Forest, whether access to such Forestry Commission land by the New Forest Hunt meets the criterion of a public benefit provided by the public forest estate.
	(42335)

409 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report column 706W, on land: Christchurch, how the book value of woodland on the public forest estate in Christchurch constituency is calculated.
	(42336)

410	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, columns 291-2W, on flood control: finance, how much she expects local authorities to spend on flood prevention and protection from the local authority formula grant in each of the next four financial years.
	(42880)

411	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 350, on trees: sudden oak death, whether contingency funding for sudden oak death is held centrally by her Department.
	(42881)

412 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to put in place arrangements to protect access rights to community woodland which is leased to the Forestry Commission under her proposals for the sale of the public forest estate.
	(41555)

413	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to aid diversification amongst rural businesses.
	(42589)

414	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many rural businesses her Department has assisted in Maidstone and the Weald constituency in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent on each business.
	(42590)

415	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sources of (a) Government and (b) EU funding are available to (i) farmers, (ii) rural villages, (iii) rural businesses, (iv) local authorities, (v) parish councils and (vi) rural voluntary organisations to assist in the regeneration of rural economies.
	(42591)

416 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 710W, on trapping, what the outcome was of the 39 of the 88 animals used in the trial that were not injured or killed.
	(42806)

417 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 710W, on trapping, how many animals of each species were used in her Department's trial; how many were used (a) in pen trials and (b) in field work; and what the outcome was for each of these animals.
	(42807)

418	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to compensate communities for the environmental impact of aggregate extraction.
	(42424)

419	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place to assess the value for money of scientific evidence and advice provided by the non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department.
	(42160)

420	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Natural England's approach to and processes for quality assurance of evidence and advice; and if she will make a statement.
	(42161)

421	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has any plans to seek independent external expert advice on the (a) processes, (b) evidence, (c) analysis and (d) advice provided by Natural England to inform her Department's decisions on candidate Special Areas of Conservation.
	(42162)

422	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Natural England's quality assurance process for the evidence and advice produced by it to her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(42163)

423	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is assessing the scientific evidence used to inform the decision-making process in relation to any potential or candidate Special Areas of Conservation; and if she will make a statement.
	(42164)

424	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) openness and (c) accessibility of scientific evidence and advice that inform her Department's policy decisions.
	(42170)

425	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the European Commission since June 2010 on the evidence and advice contained within the submission of candidate Special Areas of Conservation to the Commission.
	(42171)

426	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to the evidence and advice on the (a) Lyme Bay and Torbay and (b) Prawle Point to Plymouth Sound candidate Special Area of Conservation.
	(42172)

427	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left her Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42302)

428	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff her Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42383)

429	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by her Department in May 2010.
	(42399)

430	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken any research on the effects of tributyl tin from the hulls of ships on the marine environment in the Irish Sea since 2003.
	(42127)

431	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library the latest dataset from the central database on marine pollution held by the Environment Agency.
	(42128)

432	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account she has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42607)

433	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of her Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42620)

434	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42648)

435	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of her Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42667)

436	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, columns 847-8W, what the (a) date and (b) location was of each category 1 and 2 pollution incident which had an effect on water in a catchment which flowed into the Irish Sea in 2010.
	(42690)

437 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision has been made in the consultation on the future of land operated by the Forestry Commission for respondents to state that they wish there to be no change in the current arrangements; and if she will make a statement.
	(42229)

438 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a mandatory code of practice highlighting best and worst practice in raw milk contracts.
	(41815)

439 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make mandatory the use of written contracts between farmers and dairy companies.
	(41816)

440	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to designate (a) Dalby, (b) Cropton Forest and (c) Kielder Forest as protected Heritage Forests.
	(42373)

441	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the future use of wild animals in circuses.
	(42715)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

442	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian Authority to encourage it to recognise the religious and historical significance of the Western Wall to Jewish people; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (42063)

443	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN declaration of 17 December 1942 on the circumstances of Jewish people in Europe; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (42064)

444	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent the flow of arms and funding from Iran to organisations opposed to the State of Israel.
	[R] (42065)

445	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Japanese counterpart on whaling ahead of the International Whaling Commission meeting in July.
	(42364)

446	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the adoption of a resolution at the Human Rights Council on the state of human rights in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(42414)

447	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what regulations his Department introduced between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42076)

448	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to review his policy on Tibet.
	(42977)

449 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Italian counterpart the potential effects of the number of Tunisian migrants arriving in Italy on other EU member states.
	(42342)

450 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the EU lifted restrictions on 35 people formerly affected by asset freezes and visa bans in Zimbabwe.
	(42343)

451 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Egyptian government on its military's approach to freedom of movement within Egypt.
	(42344)

452	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre in each of the last five years.
	(42838)

453 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work of the BBC World Service in supporting his Department's objectives in (a) Egypt, (b) Tunisia, (c) Yemen and (d) Jordan.
	(41941)

454 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the independence of the media in Egypt.
	(41942)

455 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the development of free and independent media in (a) Russia, (b) China, (c) Afghanistan and (d) Pakistan.
	(42047)

456	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has estimated the number of British citizens serving custodial sentences in prisons overseas.
	(42965)

457	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent support his Department has given to post-conflict reconstruction in Burundi.
	(42430)

458	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 716W, on Israel: EU external relations, whether he has received legal advice on the Israeli government's compliance with the human rights provisions of the EU-Israeli Association Agreement.
	(42948)

459	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for diplomatic engagement in Burundi.
	(42426)

460	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Iran on the detention of Mrs Fariba Kamalabdi and Mrs Mahvash Sabet of the Baha'i faith.
	(42754)

461	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training and assistance British security services have provided to Bangladeshi security forces in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(42151)

462	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of including dual-use technologies on the list of equipment to be regulated by the Arms Trade Treaty.
	(42152)

463	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials from his Department will attend the July 2011 negotiations at the UN on implementation mechanisms for the Arms Trade Treaty.
	(42153)

464	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of the Arms Trade Treaty on the UK's capacity to export security and defence equipment.
	(42154)

465	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the defence industry on negotiations over the Arms Trade Treaty.
	(42155)

466	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42301)

467	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42382)

468	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42398)

469	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the constitutional status of Tibet.
	(42821)

470 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to increase his Department's monitoring of human rights abuses in southern Africa.
	(42813)

471 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of the UK's relations with countries in North Africa.
	(42814)

472	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42597)

473	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42629)

474	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42649)

475	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42657)

476 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender programme in 2010-11; and how many people work on policy areas associated with the programme.
	(41819)

477	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will upgrade the Palestinian General Delegation in London to a diplomatic mission.
	(42192)

478	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his objectives are for his Department's participation in the Quartet in the Middle East peace process.
	(42194)

479 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel on the building of illegal settlements.
	(42225)

480 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the Government has made to the Union of the Mediterranean since its creation.
	(42797)

481	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people were employed in his Department on (a) 1 January 2005 and (b) 1 January 2011.
	(42420)

482	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what matters were discussed during his meeting with the Foreign Minister of Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
	(42747)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

483 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the effectiveness of the coordination of the systems which carers use to look after the finances and wellbeing of the disabled people they care for in order to establish the feasibility of introducing a simplified single system.
	(41728)

484 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider reallocating to children's hospices the remaining £11 million of the £30 million fund made available in 2010-11 for children's palliative care projects.
	(42027)

485	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve midwifery provision.
	(42973)

486

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42893)

487	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations his Department introduced between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42087)

488	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations his Department removed between 24 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42093)

489 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency intends to publish its final report on its review of regulatory arrangements for unlicensed medicines established under Article 5.1 of European Union Directive 2001/83/EC; and if he will make a statement.
	(42241)

490 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency intends to publish its response to public consultation (MLX 365) on measures to strengthen the medicines' supply chain and reduce the risk from counterfeit medicines; and if he will make a statement.
	(42242)

491 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report by the Ministerial Industry Strategy Group on earlier access to medicines, when he intends to make a decision on whether the scheme will go ahead; and if he will make a statement.
	(42341)

492 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the RelyOn prion inactivator has been tested and cleared for use as an adjunct to disinfection; whether his Department has recommended RelyOn use in sterilisation units; and if he will make a statement.
	(42681)

493 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which official committees are to advise the Government directly or indirectly on variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease following the dissolution of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee; and what the membership is of each.
	(42682)

494	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to create a system of prescription charges and exemptions which takes into account overall financing of the NHS.
	(42978)

495	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) registered nurses and (b) doctors are employed by the South Central strategic health authority.
	(42979)

496	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number and proportion of initial false positive cervical smears associated with genital warts in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42051)

497	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the proportion of the work of sexual health practitioners associated with treatment of genital warts in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42052)

498	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process would be required to bring into use dual purpose vaccinations against genital warts and cervival cancer in place of single purpose vaccination.
	(42053)

499	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people infected each year by any genital wart virus by five year age cohorts.
	(42054)

500	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the average cost to the NHS of treating a case of laryngeal papilloma.
	(42055)

501	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which wart viruses cause laryngeal papilloma.
	(42056)

502	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries whose health services use dual purpose vaccines against genital warts and cervical cancer.
	(42071)

503	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the average cost of a hospital consultation to treat a case of genital warts.
	(42853)

504	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of providing (a) single purpose and (b) dual purpose vaccination products for cervical cancer.
	(42854)

505	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the (a) direct and (b) indirect (i) costs and (ii) savings to the NHS of using (A) single purpose and (B) dual purpose immunisations for cervical cancer.
	(42855)

506	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has provided on the relative merits of single purpose and dual purpose vaccination to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer and genital warts.
	(42856)

507	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of (a) new and (b) repeat cases of (i) genital warts, (ii) pre-cancer and (iii) overt cervical cancer in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42857)

508	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the link between smoking and cervical cancer.
	(42858)

509	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process was used to assess the relative economic merits of types of vaccination for genital warts and cervical cancer.
	(42866)

510 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to publicise the opportunity to receive the HPV vaccination during the catch-up programme.
	(42938)

511	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Warwickshire have been prescribed Ritalin for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each of the last 10 years.
	(42417)

512	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of implementation of his proposals for NHS reform on GP services in Jaywick and West Clacton.
	(42294)

513	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that standards of GP services in Jaywick and West Clacton will be monitored.
	(42864)

514	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 607W, on dentistry, on what timetable the Government will explore with the General Dental Council the potential encouragement of training institutions to look again at the development of courses for dental care professionals.
	(42177)

515 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many newly-established GP commissioning consortia are commissioning health care; and how many he expects to be doing so by (a) April 2011 and (b) April 2012.
	(42338)

516 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to the Care Quality Commission to fund National Healthwatch in each of the next four years.
	(42339)

517	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on the effect of reconfiguration of NHS services in Shropshire on Welsh patients.
	(42940)

518	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last discussed the provision of cross-border health services with Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government.
	(42941)

519	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to mothers resident in Wales in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
	(42942)

520	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged under 16 years who were resident in Wales were kept overnight in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
	(42943)

521 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to bring into use the blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease developed by the Medical Research Council Prion Unit at University College London.
	(41556)

522 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will put in place a timetable to bring into use the blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease developed by the Medical Research Council Prion Unit at University College London.
	(41557)

523	Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that independent abortion providers have appropriate care pathways in place for women following abortions.
	(42352)

524	Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that counselling provided by independent abortion providers is impartial.
	(42353)

525	Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have been re-referred to NHS antenatal units from independent abortion providers following a decision to continue with their pregnancy in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42354)

526	Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) used the 24-hour helpline and (b) requested follow-up appointments following a pregnancy termination procedure in the last year for which figures are available.
	(42355)

527	Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women were referred from independent abortion providers to adoption advisers following a decision to continue with their pregnancy in the last year for which figures are available.
	(42356)

528

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton of 8 February 2011, Official Report, column 159W, on abortion: finance, what authority there is in legislation for clinics and hospitals providing abortions to offer women (a) impartial advice, including written information, (b) medical assessments and (c) decision-making support including counselling.

(42769)

529 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) operations performed by and (b) minimum payment guarantees issued to each independent treatment centre in each year since 2003.
	(41886)

530	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors he took into account in determining how many hours of counselling should be provided to people who have been infected by contaminated NHS blood products; and which organisations will be providing such counselling services.
	(42773)

531	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on improving access to insurance and financial services for people who have been infected by contaminated NHS blood products.
	(42774)

532	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to provide additional support to people caring for individuals who have been infected by contaminated blood products.
	(42775)

533	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are circumstances in which the additional payments available through the Skipton Fund for people infected by contaminated blood products may be paid to the widow or widower of eligible recipients.
	(42776)

534 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 612W, on NHS rehabilitation, what the equivalent figures are for (a) 2004-05 and (b) 1999-2000.
	(42268)

535 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to prevent NHS employers from reducing the standard amount of protected time hospital consultants have per week for supporting professional activities; and if he will make a statement.
	(41725)

536 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that hospital consultants have at least 10 hours of protected time a week for supporting professional activities; and if he will make a statement.
	(41726)

537	Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the effect of whistleblower rights and protections on safeguarding of (a) patients and (b) public funds; and if he will make a statement.
	(42746)

538	Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to (a) protect and (b) encourage whistleblowers in the NHS with concerns over (i) the use of public funds and (ii) the competence of a doctor in (A) general practice and (B) a hospital trust; and whether he plans to introduce any new measures.
	(42748)

539 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral evidence given by the Chief Executive of the NHS to the Public Accounts Committee on 25 January 2011, Q88, if he will publish the list of NHS trusts which are unlikely to become foundation trusts.
	(43005)

540 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in measurable productivity in the National Health Service was in each year between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(41090)

541	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he plans to make to the report of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on care for elderly people published on 15 February 2011.
	(42835)

542	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to prevent unacceptable standards of care from being provided to elderly patients in some NHS hospitals as identified in the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman of 15 February 2011.
	(42836)

543	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that a high quality audiology service will continue to be provided free at the point of delivery by GP commissioning consortia.
	(42837)

544	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effects of implementation of his proposals to disband specialised commissioning groups on the work undertaken by the South West Specialised Commissioning Group and South West Neuromuscular Network.
	(42073)

545	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on training and career development of the proposal to freeze the payment of annual increments in the salaries of NHS nurses.
	(42425)

546 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received any evidence that the cancer drugs fund has been used to fund anything other than cancer drugs; and if he will make a statement.
	(42069)

547 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of ambulances which failed MOT tests in each of the last ten years; and if he will make a statement.
	(42545)

548 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has (a) sought and (b) received on the effects of GP commissioning on hospitals.
	(42546)

549 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has any plans for a change to the tariff for metabolic surgery; and if he will make a statement.
	(42547)

550	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the methods of evaluating for eligibility for disability living allowance persons diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyeltis.
	(42440)

551
N

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients admitted to hospital in (a) Devon and (b) England who are medically fit for discharge that spend an additional (i) day, (ii) two days, (iii) three days, (iv) four days, (v) five days, (vi) six days or (vii) a week or longer in hospital in the latest period for which figures are available.

(41088)

552 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what timetable funds will be allocated to GP commissioning fund holders by the NHS Commissioning Board.
	(42101)

553 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he plans to put in place for GP commissioning fund holders to carry over financial surpluses (a) in each financial period and (b) at each year end.
	(42102)

554 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of autonomy over what time period GP commissioning fund holders will have over investment decisions.
	(42103)

555 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the regulation of financial returns arising from investments made by GP commissioning fund holders; and if he will make a statement.
	(42104)

556	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of TB in England was in each of the last 10 years; and in which groups such incidence was highest.
	(42326)

557	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided for the development of a successor to the BCG vaccine in each of the last five years.
	(42327)

558	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which product development partnerships are undertaking work to develop a successor to the BCG vaccine.
	(42328)

559	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 608W, on general practitioners, whether a licensed private healthcare provider will be permitted to (a) provide services and (b) enter into a contract with GP consortia to carry out duties in relation to its work as a commissioning body.
	(42419)

560	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 607W, on general practitioners, which provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill are intended to establish that GP commissioning consortia are to be statutory public bodies.
	(42888)

561 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future funding of the NHS National Innovation Centre.
	(42109)

562	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the future of the free nursery milk provision for the under fives.
	(42351)

563	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42300)

564	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42381)

565	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42397)

566	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the effects of trends in youth unemployment on future levels of alcohol dependency.
	(42120)

567	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has conducted research on the causes of malaise, including sleeplessness, headaches and indigestion.
	(42124)

568	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of long-term trends in (a) calorie intake and (b) exercise levels; and whether he has made an assessment of the relationship between such trends and levels of heart disease.
	(42551)

569	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42640)

570	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42660)

571	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on tackling barriers between health and social care funding in order to incentivise preventative action.
	(42791)

572	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) complex spinal, (b) scolosis and (c) primary anterior lumber surgery procedures have been carried out in each hospital trust in each of the last three years.
	(42311)

573	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many kidney transplants took place in each hospital trust in the South West region in each of the last five years.
	(42371)

574	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the future of the child heart surgery unit at Leeds General Infirmary.
	(42684)

575 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to consult on the regulation of healthcare professionals.
	(42030)

576 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect which the statutory regulation of clinical physiologists would have on safe and effective practice.
	(42031)

577	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes prevention units he has visited since 12 May 2010.
	(42175)

578	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on licensing for use in the NHS of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's product BacLite to screen against the MRSA bacterium.
	(42876)

579	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the capacity of methods of screening against the MRSA bacterium used by NHS hospitals to detect new strains of the infection; and if he will make a statement.
	(42983)

580	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve methods of screening against the MRSA bacterium; and if he will make a statement.
	(42984)

581 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods of screening against the MRSA bacterium hospitals use; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such methods; and if he will make a statement.
	(43012)

582	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to assist independent midwives with access to professional indemnity insurance provided by the NHS.
	(42057)

583	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to address the variations between trusts in the experience of treatment and care reported by men with prostate cancer in the 2010 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey; and if he will make a statement.
	(42541)

584	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spends per head of population in the South Staffordshire primary care trust area.
	(42825)

585	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's response to raising our sights: services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple services, what additional funding his Department plans to make available for implementation of recommendation 12 on providing protection of body shape.
	(42752)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

586 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that budgets for youth offending and crime prevention services are protected in the light of reductions in the levels of local authority budgets.
	(42026)

587

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which services provided by (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42894)

588	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations her Department introduced between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42080)

589 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on asylum: detainees, for what technical reasons information collection on the reasons for asylum claimants leaving detention was discontinued in September 2006.
	(41862)

590 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on asylum: detainees, how many detainees were held under Immigration Act powers at each such centre in the third quarter of 2010.
	(41863)

591 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on asylum: detainees, how many of the 1,275 individuals granted temporary admission or release had conditions, such as reporting or tagging, applied.
	(41864)

592	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees at Campsfield House Immigration Centre have been held for more than one year; and for what reasons.
	(42705)

593	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the UK Border Agency to release its audit of forms completed in accordance with Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules, on victims of torture and others with special illnesses and conditions.
	(42706)

594	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency plans to publish in full an unedited audit of forms completed in accordance with Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules on victims of torture and others with special illnesses and conditions.
	(42707)

595	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees at Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre have been detained for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) one year and (e) two years.
	(42865)

596	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long each detainee at Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre who has been detained for more than one year has been held.
	(42874)

597 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to protect women with an insecure immigration status from domestic violence.
	(42253)

598	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) were granted in Coventry in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what the most common reason for granting an ASBO was in this period.
	(42870)

599	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted asylum in Coventry in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(42871)

600	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the West Midlands were removed from the UK in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(42872)

601	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of usage of the national non-emergency number.
	(42944)

602 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the likely effects of her proposals to reduce the police grant on the level of crime in Liverpool.
	(41939)

603 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to transferring the work of the Criminal Records Bureau to the private sector.
	(41940)

604	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assumptions her Department has made for business planning purposes of the likely change in the number of police community support officers in each police force area in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
	(42098)

605	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women have reported being stalked or harassed to the police in England and Wales in each year sine 1998.
	(42369)

606	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proportionality of the use of CS gas by police officers against protestors in Oxford Street on 29 January 2011.
	(42964)

607 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the inter-departmental ministerial group on trafficking monitored the progress of anti-trafficking measures in the UK between May 2010 and December 2010; and what reports on activity members of the group received.
	(42680)

608	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent reports she has received on the development of biological weapons by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the Government's preparedness for a biological attack.
	(42330)

609	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to respond to a biological attack by international terrorists; and whether such measures include the stockpiling of vaccines.
	(42331)

610	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what types of biological terrorist threat she has assessed as posing the greatest risk to the UK.
	(42332)

611	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether emergency service personnel are routinely vaccinated against potential biological terrorist threats.
	(42333)

612	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the vaccination of emergency services personnel as part of the preparedness plans for the London 2012 Olympics.
	(42334)

613 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department expects to have cleared all outstanding legacy asylum claims.
	(42992)

614 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) the Football Association and (b) FIFA on the trafficking of minors into Europe from Africa by football agents.
	(42994)

615 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many samples have been added to the DNA database in each police authority area in the last five years; and how many of those samples were for people who were not subsequently convicted of a criminal offence.
	(41727)

616 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 527W, on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, whether the police were involved in either investigation.
	(41948)

617 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force had served 30 or more years as of 1 January 2011.
	(42346)

618	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left her Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42299)

619	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff her Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42380)

620	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by her Department in May 2010.
	(42396)

621	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of (a) long-term crime rates and (b) long-term fear of crime rates.
	(42112)

622	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the effects of trends in youth unemployment on future levels of cocaine use.
	(42121)

623	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the levels of long-term usage of cannabis; what drug classification has been applied to cannabis in each of the last 30 years; and if she will make a statement.
	(42203)

624	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account she has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42601)

625	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of her Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42627)

626	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42643)

627	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of her Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42663)

628 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers are open to the police to take immediate action to prevent a motorist from driving in situations where a person's age or infirmity gives concern as to their competence to drive; and if she will make a statement.
	(41702)

629	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision her Department has made to handle applications for visas from non-EU countries to attend the London 2012 Olympics; and what consideration she has given to allowing extended visas for (a) families of athletes and (b) spectators.
	(42723)

630	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on the Intercept Modernisation Programme; and if she will make a statement.
	(42550)

631	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overstayers were identified (a) on embarkation from the UK and (b) through enforcement action in each of the last five years.
	(42763)

632	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC.
	(42094)

633	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the publication of responses to the consultation on her proposals for student visas.
	(42095)

634	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bogus colleges have been closed in each year since 2007.
	(42159)

635	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports she has received on the use of private investigators by media organisations to follow serving police officers in the course of their duties; and if she will make a statement.
	(42195)

636	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request a report from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on how many current and former hon. Members are listed in the evidence file for the News of the World telephone hacking inquiry held by the Metropolitan Police.
	(42196)

637	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision her Department makes for (a) financial and (b) other support for police officers who take legal action as a result of experiencing defamation in the course of their duties.
	(42199)

638	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data losses have been reported to her Department by the security services as a result of computer hacking by media organisations in the last 12 months.
	(42235)

639 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 19 January 2011 from the hon. Member for Walsall North as part of the ongoing correspondence on matters concerning a resident of his constituency and the UK Border Agency.
	(42799)

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

640
N

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many parliamentary questions for written answer have been tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith since May 2010; what the largest number of such questions tabled in a single day was; and what estimate the Commission has made of the cost associated with tabling of the questions.

(42025)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

641

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42895)

642	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what regulations his Department introduced between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42078)

643	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to (a) contribute to and (b) work with his international counterparts towards closing the gap of $16 billion of external financing annually for Education for All.
	(42742)

644	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to support the replenishment of the Education for All Fast Track initiative to deliver sustainable funding for education in low-income countries.
	(42743)

645
N

Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided for microfinance initiatives in (a) Eastern and Southern Africa, (b) West and Central Africa, (c) North Africa and the Middle East, (d) South Asia, (e) Central Asia, (f) East Asia and the Pacific, (g) the Caribbean, (h) Europe and (i) Latin America in the latest period for which figures are available.

(41943)

646 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) performance and (b) client protection requirements his Department places on recipients of financing provided to apex funds for microfinance projects.
	(41944)

647 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department's funding for microfinance projects is co-ordinated with other policies for the purposes of encouraging an environment for microfinance services.
	(42227)

648
N

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much debt cancellation for the Democratic Republic of Congo has contributed to UK Official Development Assistance in the latest period for which figures are available, and how much has been transferred from his Department to the Export Credits Guarantee Department in respect of such cancellation.

(42266)

649 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much debt cancellation for Togo has contributed to UK Official Development Assistance in the latest period in which figures are available; and how much has been transferred from his Department to the Export Credits Guarantee Department in respect of such cancellation.
	(42267)

650 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to ensure appropriate scrutiny of the recently announced increase in aid to Burma to reduce the risk of misappropriation of funds.
	(42345)

651 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department provides to projects in central America with which the charity Casa Alianza is involved.
	(42234)

652	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to microfinance organisations that are (a) sustainable and (b) not sustainable without donor funding in the last three years.
	(42700)

653	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations in Bangladesh have received funding from his Department and its predecessor for microfinance initiatives between (a) 1990 and 2000 and (b) 2000 and 2010.
	(42701)

654	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided in the last three years to microfinance organisations that have undergone an Initial Public Offering (IPO) (a) before and (b) after the IPO.
	(42704)

655	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the cost of redundancy accruing to his Department in each of the next five financial years.
	(42290)

656	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what provision was made for meeting the costs of redundancies in his Department's Spending Review 2010 settlement letter.
	(42291)

657	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what senior civil service staff moves have taken place in his Department since May 2010; and which staff at what grade were involved in such moves.
	(42292)

658	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior civil servants have left his Department's employ since May 2010; and what (a) contractual and (b) non-contractual payments have been made to such staff upon departure.
	(42293)

659	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent in Afghanistan through (a) the World Bank Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, (b) other multilateral institutions, (c) the Afghan government and (d) non-governmental organisations in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42438)

660	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) name, (b) purpose, (c) staffing level and (d) estimated annual cost was of each new unit or team established in his Department since May 2010.
	(42725)

661	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes in Afghanistan his Department is funding.
	(42879)

662	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) total and (b) average salary is of members of staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department.
	(42883)

663	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of his Department are employed on fixed-term contracts; and what their job titles are.
	(42884)

664	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the most recent previous employment was of senior staff who entered employment with his Department on fixed-term contracts since May 2010.
	(42885)

665 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department requires microfinance initiatives to which it contributes funding to produce a strategic plan outlining how the initiative will become sustainable.
	(41887)

666 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which profit-making microfinance organisations his Department provides funding; and what level of support has been provided to each such organisation in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(41888)

667 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department provides for graduation programmes; and what proportion such support represents of his Department's total spending on microfinance projects.
	(42074)

668	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department is providing to local industries and natural resources projects in Burundi.
	(42427)

669	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided for new TB vaccines in each of the last five years.
	(42329)

670	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on facilitating an agreement on oil revenue between north and south Sudan.
	(42916)

671	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in the Abyei region of Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(42917)

672	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether arrangements are in place to enable claw back or disallowance of aid-related funds that have not been spent appropriately.
	(42935)

673	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will review the allocation of funding provided by the previous administration through his Department to UK-based non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations and trade unions; and if he will disallow or claw back any funds that are identified as having been inappropriately spent.
	(42936)

674	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42298)

675	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42379)

676	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42395)

677	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the 10 largest public donations to national and international disaster relief organisations were for which the Government has provided match funding in the last 15 years.
	(42137)

678	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42608)

679	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42619)

680	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42633)

681	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42654)

682 N	Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) client protection measures and (b) monitoring of effects on poverty levels requirements his Department puts upon microfinance organisations in receipt of funding from his Department.
	(42105)

683 N	Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures his Department uses to evaluate the effect of its support to microfinance programmes on the movement of microfinance clients out of poverty.
	(42106)

684 N	Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria his Department uses to determine which microfinance organisations receive funding from his Department.
	(42107)

685	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings were held during the Minister of State's visit to Yemen; and what the outcomes of those meetings were.
	(42169)

686	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to raise the external financing required for the Education for All Fast Track initiative.
	(42411)

687	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is for the future funding of the Education for All Fast Track initiative.
	(42412)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

688 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve access to mediation services as part of his legal aid reforms.
	(42243)

689 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the costs of establishing the Community Legal Advice Helpline as the single gateway to civil legal aid services.
	(42257)

690 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people resident in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England received legal aid in each of the last five years.
	(42272)

691 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on measures to mitigate the effects on individuals of legal aid reform.
	(42347)

692 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has estimated the effects on the public purse of the provision of early advice to individuals through the legal aid system.
	(42348)

693

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42896)

694	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many hours a week on average prisoners in HM Prison Woodhill had access to education in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42099)

695	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what regulations his Department introduced between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42081)

696	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what regulations his Department removed between 18 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42091)

697 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the letters of (a) 16 December 2010, (b) 13 January 2011 and (c) 1 February 2011 from the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough on Mr Keith Nicholson.
	(42349)

698 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many personnel employed by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) have been subject to disciplinary action by the LSC in each year for which figures are available; and what action was taken in each case.
	(41691)

699
N

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what obligations are placed on personnel of the Legal Services Commission (LSC) to perform their work with reasonable care and skill; what action the LSC may take against any personnel in breach of such obligations and whether the LSC can take action to recover any losses to the LSC and those dealing with it in consequence of such failings.

(41692)

700 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) grievances and (b) complaints were made by personnel at the Legal Services Commission (LSC) to the LSC in each year for which figures are available; how many such complaints were (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed; and what the (A) financial and (B) other consequences for the LSC were in each case.
	(41694)

701
N

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what performance appraisals have been undertaken in respect of (a) the Chair, (b) the Chief Executive, (c) other Commissioners, (d) each Executive Director and (e) each National Relationship Director of the Legal Services Commission since 1 January 2009; (i) when, (ii) how and (iii) by whom each such assessment was carried out; and what the results were in each case.

(41729)

702 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when and by what means the Legal Services Commission assessed the (a) skill and (b) competence of its personnel responsible for the 2010 tenders; and what account that assessment took of the comments on its personnel by the Divisional Court.
	(41734)

703	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid monies relating to the issue of an on-the-spot fine in each of the last five years.
	(42907)

704 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those injured in the London 7/7 bombings have received the maximum payment allowed under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	(42251)

705 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those injured in the London 7/7 bombings and who have claimed compensation have been paid at the level of the cap on such payments.
	(42252)

706	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on recipients of legal aid in Wales of his proposals for legal aid.
	(42210)

707	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the Prison Service was of the deployment of staff on Operation Tornado in each of the last five years.
	(42782)

708	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Tornado (a) units and (b) teams there are at each prison establishment; how many such teams there were at each prison establishment; and if he will make a statement.
	(42783)

709	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Prison Service has been required to deploy staff under Operation Tornado in each of the last 10 years.
	(42784)

710	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Prison Service has been required to deploy staff under Operation Tornado in each of the last 12 months.
	(42785)

711	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Prison Service Gold Command has been opened in each of the last 12 months; what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened; and if he will make a statement.
	(42786)

712 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for offences under (a) section 16, (b) section 17, (c) section 18 and (d) section 19 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each year since those sections same into force; how many of those convicted were teachers in each year; and if he will make a statement.
	(42258)

713 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Claims Management Regulation - Monitoring and Compliance Unit regarding cartel client review; and if he will make a statement.
	(42024)

714	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, column 401W, on the Bribery Act 2010, if he will publish the further representations he has received during the consultation process since the publication of the impact assessment in 2009 on the Bribery Bill.
	(42097)

715
N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) budget for 2010-11 and (b) estimated budget for each of the next three years is for (i) the Legal Services Board, (ii) the Legal Services Commission, (iii) the Legal Services Consultative Panel, (iv) the National Archives, (v) the National Offender Management Service, (vi) the National Probation Service, (vii) the Northern Ireland Court Service, (viii) the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, (ix) the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission, (x) the Offices of Courts Funds, (xi) the Office of the Information Commissioner, (xii) the Office of the Judge Advocate, (xiii) the General Office of the Judicial Committee, (xiv) the Office for Judicial Complaints, (xv) the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman, (xvi) the Office of the Public Guardian, (xvii) the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee, (xviii) the Parole Board, (xix) the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, (xx) the Prison Service Pay Review Body, (xxi) the Scotland Office, (xxii) the Sentencing Council, (xxiii) the Tribunal Procedure Committee, (xiv) the Tribunals Service, (xv) the Victims' Commissioner, (xvi) the Wales Office and (xvii) the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.

(42839)

716
N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) budget for 2010-11 and (b) estimated budget for each of the next three years is for (i) the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council Advisory Committees on General Commissioners of Income Tax (Northern Ireland), (ii) Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace, (iii) the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, (iv) the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, (v) the Assessor for Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice, (vi) the Civil Justice Council, (vii) the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, (viii) the Courts Boards, (ix) the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (x) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, (xi) the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, (xii) the Crown Court Rule Committee, (xiii) the Family Justice Council, (xiv) the Family Procedure Rule Committee, (xv) HM Courts Service, (xvi) HM Inspectorate of Court Administration, (xvii) HM Inspectorate of Prisons, (xviii) HM Inspectorate of Probation, (xix) HM Land Registry, (xx) HM Prison Service, (xxi) the Insolvency Rules Committee, (xxii) the Judicial Appintments Commission, (xxiii) the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman, (xxiv) the Judicial Office for England and Wales, (xxv) the Land Registration Rule Committee and (xxvi) the Law Commission.

(42840)

717	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the amount it will receive from the disposal of Lancaster Prison and Ashwell Prison.
	(42849)

718	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) administrative and (b) front line efficiency savings his Department plans to make in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(42947)

719	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the proposed merger of HM Courts Service and the Tribunals Service.
	(42949)

720	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for (a) HM Courts Service and (b) the Tribunals Service and its predecessor was in (i) 1997-8 and (ii) 2010-11.
	(42950)

721	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department proposes to save from the merger of HM Courts Service and the Tribunals Service in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(42951)

722	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change in staffing levels he expects as a result of the merger of HM Courts Service and the Tribunals Service in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(42952)

723	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of reductions in staff in HM Courts Service in the next four years.
	(42954)

724	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the running costs in each category were for each of the central London buildings operated by his Department in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42955)

725	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the proposed reduction in the number of his Department's properties in central London; and what estimate he has made of the likely savings to accrue from the reduction.
	(42958)

726	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the redundancy costs attributable to his proposals for reductions in posts in his Department in the next four years.
	(42959)

727	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on his proposals for relocation of posts in his Department out of London by 2015.
	(42960)

728	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential total receipts from the disposal of the magistrates' courts and county courts announced on 14 December 2010.
	(42961)

729	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the annual savings to accrue from ceasing the requirement to maintain the magistrates' courts and county courts identified for closure in his announcement on 14 December 2010.
	(42962)

730	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the savings to accrue from the closure of the magistrates' courts and county courts identified for closure in his announcement of 14 December 2010.
	(42963)

731	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was in each week since May 2010.
	(42966)

732	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what category of crimes each foreign national prisoner serving a custodial sentence in England and Wales was convicted.
	(42967)

733	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the aveage sentence length was for persons convicted of harassment under Section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in England and Wales in each year from 1998 to 2010.
	(42370)

734

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 796W, on prisons: asbestos, whether, on 31 December 2010, there remained asbestos in the fabric of the buildings at HM Prison Ford following the comprehensive survey of the estate on 2002-03 and the subsequent programme to remove asbestos that was implemented following the review.

(42903)

735	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 796W, on prisons: asbestos, in which prisons the 2002-03 comprehensive survey of the estate identified the presence of low risk asbestos which was not removed following this review.
	(42904)

736

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 796W, on prisons: asbestos, in which prison establishments the 2002-03 comprehensive survey of the estate identified the presence of high risk asbestos; and when the subsequent programme to remove the asbestos was completed at each establishment.

(42905)

737	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 796W, on prisons: asbestos, whether any planned work programme to remove the asbestos from prison establishments has been (a) postponed, (b) cancelled or (c) delayed.
	(42906)

738	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 796W, on prisons: asbestos, what plans were put in place following the 2002-03 comprehensive survey of the prison estate for the removal of low risk asbestos; and if he will make a statement.
	(42909)

739

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, column 404W, on social impact bonds, what the evaluation criteria will be for assessing whether the programme has delivered sufficient reductions in reconviction events to warrant payment; who will be responsible for carrying out such an evaluation; and if he will make a statement.

(42910)

740

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, column 404W, on social impact bonds, what the commissioning process entailed; what selection criteria were used; which other companies or charities submitted proposals to be considered as potential partners for the pilot project at HM Prison Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

(42911)

741 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the level of reoffending of those convicted of shop theft; and if he will make a statement.
	(42050)

742	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the effects of proposed reforms to disability living allowance on the work of the Tribunals Service.
	(42828)

743	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with private sector organisations on expanding provision of meaningful work and training in prisons.
	(42829)

744	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the merits of providing telephone legal advice on certain family law matters in order to divert individuals away from the courts to alternative routes such as mediation.
	(42830)

745	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to extend initiatives such as that conducted by the Timpson Academy with offenders in HM Prisons Liverpool and Wandsworth.
	(42833)

746	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to support post-release employment for prisoners in order to reduce recidivism.
	(42834)

747	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions he has been asked by prison governors to provide advice on specific cases concerning an application for early release under a home detention curfew in each of the last five years.
	(42922)

748

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for early release under the home detention curfew scheme have been made in each of the last five years; how many such applications were approved; how many applications were made under exceptional circumstances; and how many of the applications made under exceptional circumstances were approved in each such year.

(42923)

749	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of each category of offence and who were released early under the home detention curfew scheme due to exceptional circumstances would not otherwise have been eligible for the scheme in each of the last five years.
	(42924)

750

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in UK prisons who were transferred to the UK under prisoner transfer agreements following convictions abroad were (a) released early, (b) released early under the home detention curfew scheme and (c) released early under exceptional circumstances through the home detention curfew scheme in each of the last five years.

(42925)

751	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred to UK prisons from each country of origin under prisoner transfer agreements in each of the last five years.
	(42926)

752	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the prisoner transfer agreements in respect of the transfer of (a) Michael Binnington and (b) Luke Atkinson from Cyprus to Britain; and what the conditions were of each such transfer.
	(42927)

753	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from the Cypriot authorities on the early release of (a) Michael Binnington and (b) Luke Atkinson.
	(42928)

754	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new (a) beds and (b) mattresses were purchased for use by prisoners in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of such purchases in each such year.
	(42929)

755	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of providing a (a) bed and (b) mattress for each prisoner held in a (i) public prison and (ii) privately-run prison in the last period for which figures are available.
	(42930)

756	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long a (a) bed and (b) mattress is issued for use by prisoners before it is due to be replaced.
	(42931)

757	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on training prison officers on human rights and diversity-related matters in each of the last three years.
	(42932)

758	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42297)

759	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42378)

760	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42394)

761	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42599)

762	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42628)

763	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42639)

764	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42659)

765
N

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2010, Official Report, column 215W, on Chelmsford Prison, for how long the tumble drier on E wing at HM Prison Chelmsford has been out of service; for what reason the action to repair it has not yet been carried out; which officer of HM Prison Service is responsible for the welfare of prisoners at HM Prison Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement.

(42674)

766 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to verify claims to be next of kin of those who die intestate; and if he will make a statement.
	(42166)

767 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he has set for his Department's review of the responses to the recent consultation on proposals for the reform of the legal aid system in England and Wales.
	(42015)

768 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are engaged in reviewing the responses to the recent consultation on proposals for the reform of legal aid in England and Wales; what methodology will be used to analyse those responses; and how many staff will be deployed on analysis at each stage of the process.
	(42016)

769 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department worked primarily on legal aid matters in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42017)

770 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) legal firms, (b) individuals, (c) law centres, (d) citizens advice bureaux, (e) advocacy groups and (f) others responded to his Department's recent consultation on proposals for the reform of legal aid in England and Wales.
	(42018)

771 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals arising from his Department's Green Paper on legal aid reform.
	(42237)

772	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil contracts to provide legal services were awarded by his Department in 2007; and how many such contracts were still active in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42914)

773	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the compliance with competition legislation of existing arrangements for awarding publicly-funded legal services.
	(42915)

774	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who granted authority for the Supreme Court to fly its own flag as well as the Union flag from its building; and if he will make a statement.
	(42049)

775	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Copyright Tribunal and the Competition Appeals Tribunal are to operate under shared administration within the Tribunals Service.
	(42985)

776 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the five highest amounts of legal aid paid in respect of a single case were in the last 10 years; and in which areas of law these cases were brought.
	(42245)

Questions to the Leader of the House

777 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent representations he has received to review the cost arising from the tabling of large numbers of questions for written answers by hon. Members.
	(42678)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

778	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to continue to seek agreement on a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights in addition to a UK Bill of Rights.
	(42902)

779	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42609)

780	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42618)

781	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42634)

782	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42653)

Questions to the Prime Minister

783 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to attend the EU Heads of Government Summit on Economic Governance to be held on 11 March 2011.
	(41865)

784	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will assess the level of public appetite to participate in the Big Society initiative at times of reductions in public expenditure.
	(42122)

785 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Prime Minister, on which dates the Childhood and Families Taskforce has met; which Ministers were in attendance on each such occasion; and who else attended.
	(41866)

786 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of reference of the Childhood and Families Taskforce.
	(41867)

787 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects the Childhood and Families Taskforce to report.
	(41868)

788 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Childhood and Families Taskforce will be taking (a) oral and (b) written evidence in the course of its work.
	(41869)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

789	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has any plans to review the operation of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 as it applies to Scotland.
	(42827)

790	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers in the Scottish Executive, (b) representatives of Universities Scotland, (c) representatives of the University of Glasgow and (d) trade unions on the economic effects of planned reductions in funding for language courses at the University of Glasgow.
	(42803)

791 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) others on support for the life sciences in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(42070)

792	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42610)

793	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42617)

794	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42635)

795	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42652)

Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

796 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the views of its staff prior to their appointment on the adoption of the Alternative Vote System for elections to the House of Commons.
	(42676)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

797	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect cyclists from injury in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles (a) in inner city areas and (b) elsewhere; and if he will make a statement.
	(42724)

798

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42897)

799	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulations his Department introduced between 7 December 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42083)

800	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to answer Question 37390 on the removal of regulations tabled on 26 January 2011 for answer on 31 January 2011.
	(42365)

801	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make an announcement on the tram-train pilot.
	(42980)

802	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will put driver awareness courses on a national footing so that those who elect to go on such courses as an alternative to a driving penalty are able to do so at a local centre rather than in the area where the offence was committed.
	(42165)

803	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 675-6W, on taxis licensing, who is responsible for taxi licensing in London; and whether his Department's best practice guidance extends to London.
	(42325)

804	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ship-to-ship oil transfers were recorded in each year from 2006 to 2010.
	(42765)

805	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 each year from 2006 to 2010.
	(42766)

806 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed connecting line between High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 is intended for use by continental-sized freight trains.
	(41558)

807	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric car charging points were operational in each region of England on the most recent date for which figures are available and what estimate he has made of the number in each such region that will be operational on (a) 31 December 2011 and (b) 1 May 2015.
	(42542)

808 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Liverpool Coastguard Station was not included in the first draft consultation on the future of the Marine and Coastguard Agency; for what reasons it was subsequently included; and if he will make a statement.
	(42337)

809	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of the (a) Road Safety Capital Grant and (b) Road Safety Revenue Grant reduction in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(42822)

810	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what savings Network Rail has identified to date to contribute to its efficiency savings over the regulatory period; and in what areas of its operations such savings are expected to arise.
	(42312)

811	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what savings he expects to accrue to his Department from its internal restructuring programme over the lifetime of the programme.
	(42313)

812	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what projects over what time periods will be funded from the £14 billion funding allocation to Network Rail for capital maintenance and infrastructure.
	(42314)

813	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected capital costs to his Department of extending the Nottingham Tram are.
	(42315)

814	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the savings accruing to his Department from changes to the Bus Service Operators Grant in the next four financial years.
	(42316)

815	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and which staff positions he expects to be removed as part of his Department's programme of internal restructuring.
	(42429)

816	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what revenue from rail fares accrued to (a) each train operating company and (b) his Department in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much he expects to accrue to each in the next four financial years.
	(42431)

817	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in the cost to the public purse of concessionary bus fares arising from changes to eligibility in the next four financial year.
	(42432)

818	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the revenue to accrue to (a) train operating companies and (b) his Department attributable to the increase in rail fares by the retail prices index in the next four financial years.
	(42733)

819	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department plans to spend on Crossrail under each cost category in each financial year until the end of the project.
	(42970)

820	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Brighton and Hove City Council on its proposal to use the Transport and Maintenance (LTP) capital grant to remove cycle lanes along both sides of Grand Avenue and The Drive; and if he will make a statement.
	(42877)

821	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Cycling England on the proposal of Brighton and Hove City Council to remove cycle lanes funded by Cycling England.
	(42878)

822	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) names and (b) relevant experience is of the group of independent advisors who will form part of the assessment process for bids to the sustainable transport fund.
	(42912)

823	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on the provision of cycle training funded by Bikeability of adopting (a) one, (b) two and (c) three year funding cycles.
	(42946)

824	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the A19 on economic growth and employment in the North East.
	(42157)

825	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of road (a) maintenance and (b) improvements on the A14 between junctions 53 and 55 in 2009-10.
	(42826)

826	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42296)

827	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42377)

828	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42393)

829 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Fife Ness coastguard service was called out in the last three years; and for what types of incident.
	(42815)

830	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42606)

831	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42621)

832	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42647)

833	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42666)

834	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bodies are responsible for providing safe crossing routes for (a) school children and (b) other pedestrians at locations where lights-controlled crossings are not operational; and if he will make a statement.
	(42190)

835	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the Civil Aviation Authority's separate and enhanced flight time limitations for airline pilots following the implementation of the European Aviation Safety Agency's Europe-wide regulations in 2012.
	(42058)

836	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on membership of airport security committees for air crew representatives.
	(42059)

837	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans he has to introduce a crew personnel advanced screening system (CrewPASS); and if he will make a statement.
	(42060)

838	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to enable airports to determine their own security procedures for air crew.
	(42061)

839	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess any potential risk to UK air travel posed by the European Aviation Safety Agency's plans to reform flight time limitations.
	(42062)

840	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on installing traffic lights at Junction 2 of the M54 (Coven Heath).
	(42374)

841	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents have occurred at Junction 2 of the M54 (Coven Heath) since the introduction of traffic lights at that junction.
	(42375)

842 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the revenue generated by tolls at the Dartford Crossing in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next four financial years.
	(42269)

843 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what capital expenditure his Department incurred on the Dartford Crossing in 2010-11; and what such expenditure it expects to incur in each of the next four financial years.
	(42270)

844 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on revenue generated of suspending tolls at the Dartford Crossing in periods of severe congestion.
	(42271)

845 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to continue the provision of financial incentives for the purchase of ultra-low carbon cars following the end of funding for the current scheme in 2011-12.
	(42350)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

846	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what account she has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42611)

847	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of her Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42616)

848	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps her Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42636)

849	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of her Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42655)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

850

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 133W, on pay: equal opportunities, what the average salary was of employees of the Equality and Human Rights Commission who were (a) male, (b) female, (c) of each ethnicity and (d) in each category of disability in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42753)

851 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the objectives are of the UK delegation at the forthcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
	(41946)

852 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which UK non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will be represented at the 55th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; and which NGOs participated in the 54th session.
	(41947)

853	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to consult on the new arrangements for the discharge of the functions undertaken by the Women's National Commission.
	(42713)

854	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what account she has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42600)

855	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the Government Equalities Office's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42626)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

856

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for which services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies interpreters provide services in a language or languages other than English; how many interpreters are employed or subcontracted for each non-English language; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interpretation costs incurred in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42898)

857	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations his Department introduced between 22 November 2010 and 8 February 2011.
	(42089)

858	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of limiting increases in women's state pension ages to a maximum of 12 months in addition to the timetable set by the Pensions Act 2005 in each financial year to 2015-16.
	(42066)

859	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of retaining the existing state pension age for women to determine the age of eligibility for pension credit in each financial year to 2015-16.
	(42067)

860 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of tenants in social housing likely to claim housing benefit if rents for new tenants are let at 80 per cent. of market rates (a) in total and (b) in each region.
	(41858)

861 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of social housing rental income supported by housing benefit (a) at current rent levels and (b) with new lettings at 80 per cent. of market levels (i) in total and (ii) in each region.
	(41859)

862	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants of working age in receipt of housing benefit who were under-occupying their social rented property by (a) one bedroom or more, (b) two bedrooms or more and (c) three bedrooms or more in each region in the latest period for which information is available.
	(42777)

863	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of widows and widowers in social rented housing who are of working age and on housing benefit and who were under-occupying their home in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42778)

864 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average reduction in housing benefit for tenants of social-rented housing who are deemed to be under-occupying their homes in each local authority area.
	(42779)

865 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of working age households in receipt of housing benefit that are deemed to be under-occupying their properties and who are (a) local authority tenants and (b) registered social landlord tenants in each region in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42780)

866
N

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of housing benefit in social rented accommodation where the claimant is (a) between the age of 60 years and retirement age, (b) part of a couple aged under 60 years with children, (c) a lone parent under the age of 60 years, (d) part of a couple without children under the age of 60 years and (e) under the age of 60 years and single in each region in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42792)

867
N

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedroom, (c) three bedroom, (d) four bedroom and (e) five bedroom or greater properties in the social rented sector occupied by working age tenants in receipt of housing benefit in each region in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42793)

868
N

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedroom, (c) three bedroom, (d) four bedroom and (e) five bedroom or greater properties in the social rented sector that are occupied by working age tenants in receipt of housing benefit in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.

(42794)

869 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 627-8W, on marriage, whether the steps taken to mark Marriage Week apply to same sex relationships as well as relationships between men and women.
	(42173)

870	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effect on the monetary value of private pensions of the level of inflation.
	(42694)

871	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had on the levels of annuities offered by private pension providers.
	(42697)

872 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist young people in Coventry into employment.
	(41648)

873	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities wishing to pursue (a) UK nationals, (b) A2 nationals and (c) A8 nationals who are suspected of housing benefit or council tax fraud.
	(42410)

874	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the take-up of carer's allowance by those who are eligible; and if he will make a statement.
	(42213)

875	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to assist those who experience delays in benefit payments.
	(42596)

876	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many delays to benefit payments there were in (a) Gloucester, (b) the South West and (c) England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(42712)

877 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure discussions take place between his Department and the recognised trade unions prior to the issuing of any redundancy notices by the management of Remploy.
	(42801)

878 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the level of operating surplus or deficit in each of the factories operated by Remploy in 2010-11.
	(42802)

879 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2011, Official Report, column 148W, on Age UK, whether his Department is considering interim arrangements for the pensions credit and carers allowances, prior to the introduction of the universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	(42023)

880	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of fraudulent disability living allowance claims as a proportion of total claims in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42734)

881	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what calculation his Department made to arrive at the figure of 20 per cent. as a target for the level of savings on disability living allowance expenditure for working age adults.
	(42735)

882	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those eligible to claim the lowest rate of disability living allowance will be eligible for support under the personal independence payment scheme.
	(42736)

883	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Clwyd South constituency claim the lowest rate of disability living allowance.
	(42737)

884 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions have been brought by the Health and Safety Executive for breaches of health and safety law in each region in the last 10 years.
	(43000)

885 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on its policy on the prosecution of firms in the construction industry alleged to be violating the provisions of health and safety legislation; and if he will make a statement.
	(43006)

886 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Health and Safety Executive employed in each region in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of levels of employment in each of the next five years.
	(43008)

887

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 34 of his Department's Two Year Review of the Local Housing Allowance, page 111, showing that 45 per cent. of non-student, single, under 25s in the private rented sector, with no children and who have not declared any housing benefit receipt live in shared accommodation, what the equivalent figure is for people aged 25 to 34.

(42991)

888 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the mobility component of disability living allowance have been made by residents of care homes in Wrexham constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(41690)

889 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been (a) made to and (b) granted by the Independent Living Fund in Wrexham constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(42423)

890
N

Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the change in the amount of benefit payments to individuals in Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency arising from the change in benefits uprating from retail prices index to consumer prices index over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.

(42999)

891	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to process notification of changes of circumstances of benefit claimants (a) resident in Livingston constituency and (b) nationally in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(42981)

892	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adoptive parents are making child support payments to support children who are (a) no longer in their care and (b) in the care of the child's birth parents.
	(42710)

893 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has assessed whether his revised timetable for the increase in the state pension age for women is compliant with the Equalities Act 2010.
	(42232)

894 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has conducted an equality impact assessment of his revised timetable for the increase in the state pension age for women.
	(42233)

895 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made for planning purposes of the expected level of unemployment at the time of the introduction of the Work Programme.
	(42993)

896	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff have left his Department's employ since May 2010.
	(42295)

897	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff his Department employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42376)

898	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in May 2010.
	(42392)

899	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he has taken of the Compact between the Government and Civil Society in policy development.
	(42603)

900	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the Cabinet Office publication Principles of Good Employment Practice.
	(42623)

901	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support the Big Society initiative.
	(42644)

902	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department's involvement in the Big Society initiative.
	(42664)

903	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has undertaken on the merits of using the consumer prices index in uprating benefits for people under pensionable age.
	(42873)

904	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review his Department's public literature on funeral payments to ensure that the information it contains is accurate, concise but comprehensive and readily understood.
	(42421)

905	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bids for Work Programme prime contracts he has received for each Contract Package area.
	(42823)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

906	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency have received jobseeker's allowance consecutively for (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) more than one year and (e) more than two years.
	[Transferred] (42976)

907 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of people who are unemployed in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Cumbria and (d) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
	[Transferred] (42033)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

908	Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of land remediation following the closure of open cast mining operations; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (42211)

909

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of his decision to remove guidance to local authorities on the setting of parking charges to encourage the use of alternative forms of transport on (a) congestion, (b) pollution arising from traffic and (c) the use of alternative forms of transport.

[Transferred] (42150)

910	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism his Department has put in place to measure perceptions of British values and identity.
	[Transferred] (42113)

911	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the level of newspaper readership in each decile of the population and (b) its relationship with levels of civic disengagement.
	[Transferred] (42126)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

912 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage young people to undertake further education.
	[Transferred] (43004)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

913	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to acknowledge the contribution made by miners during the Second World War.
	[Transferred] (42781)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

914	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of terrorist offences in Coventry in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	[Transferred] (42869)

915 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England were a victim of crime in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	[Transferred] (42996)

916 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England were a victim of serious crime in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	[Transferred] (42997)

917	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from foreign governments on the Government's proposals for student visas.
	[Transferred] (42831)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

918	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support he is providng to the UN Women agency; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (42437)

919 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel on the supply of electricity to Gaza and its effect on essential services including water supply, sewage treatment and health services.
	[Transferred] (42226)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

920	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the UK has a treaty for the repatriation of foreign national prisoners.
	[Transferred] (42702)

921	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries he expects the UK to sign treaties on the repatriation of foreign national prisoners in the next three years.
	[Transferred] (42703)

922	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals of each country of origin serving custodial sentences in England and Wales have been repatriated to their home country in the last six months.
	[Transferred] (42956)

923	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the review of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (42832)

924	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners of each nationality were repartriated in (a) January and (b) February 2011.
	[Transferred] (42548)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

925	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce carbon dioxide emissions attributable to (a) shipping and (b) aviation.
	[Transferred] (42861)

926	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support the development of the bioethanol sector.
	[Transferred] (42989)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

927 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans receive (a) disability living allowance and (b) the low care component of disability living allowance.
	[Transferred] (42261)


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