Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 7 March 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 7 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

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

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 7 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 7 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

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

Questions to the Attorney General

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for the Law Officers' Departments that (a) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (b) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 to date.

(45042)

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

2 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with organisations on the reform of intellectual property law in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(44874)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45043)

4 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have been declared insolvent in each (a) region and (b) constituency since May 2010.
	(44860)

5	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on changes to legislation governing intellectual property.
	(44895)

6	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of organisations involved in the East London Tech City development.
	(44896)

7	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements he plans to put in place to determine appointments to the board of the Green Investment Bank.
	(45158)

8	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements he plans to put in place to underwrite the Green Investment Bank.
	(45159)

9	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely number of employees at the Green Investment Bank in its first year of operation.
	(45160)

10	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of salaries for (a) staff and (b) board members of the Green Investment Bank; and what estimate he has made of the administrative costs of the bank's operation.
	(45161)

11	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 960W, on the Office of Fair Trading: complaints, how many of the 985 total complaints made to the Office of Fair Trading were consumer complaints.
	(45151)

12	Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of trends in trade with (a) India and (b) China; and if he will make a statement.
	(44897)

13	Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of (a) training and (b) skills in the automotive electronics sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(45185)

14	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he gave to introducing bursaries rather than tuition fee remission for students from low-income backgrounds attending university under the National Scholarship Scheme.
	(44972)

15	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, column 568W, on higher education: admissions, when he plans to provide further information about the National Scholarship Scheme.
	(44978)

16 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many universities were awarded New University Challenge funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44879)

17 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Royal Mail post boxes there are in (a) the Borough of Kettering, (b) Northamptonshire, (c) England and (d) the UK.
	(44741)

18 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information Royal Mail holds on the (a) geographical location of and (b) Royal monogram borne by each post box in the Borough of Kettering.
	(44742)

19	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45076)

20	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45077)

21 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of bids submitted by the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership as at 21 January 2011 under the auspices of the Regional Growth Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(44441)

22	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to support the re-training and re-skilling of public sector workers.
	(44917)

23 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to research into neuroscience in each of the last five years; and how much such funding will be allocated in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(44725)

24 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which countries arms export licences have been revoked as a result of his Department's review of export licences announced on 18 February 2011; how many (a) individual and (b) open licences were revoked in respect of each country; and what the date of revocation was in each case.
	(44727)

25 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Office for Budget Responsibility on the effects on economic forecasts of average university tuition fee levels exceeding £7,500; and if he will make a statement.
	(44714)

26 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the University Modernisation Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(44715)

27 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been allocated to the University Modernisation Fund in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each of the next four years; and if he will make a statement.
	(44716)

28 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Access to Learning Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(44717)

29 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 600W, on overseas students: EU nationals, how many (a) penalties were charged and (b) other actions were taken in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(44859)

30	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in what paragraphs of the Trade White Paper the role of the Export Credits Guarantee Department in development is addressed.
	(45162)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45044)

32 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what factors he took into account in setting the deadline for applications to the Transition Fund by voluntary organisations; and whether he discussed such factors with representatives of (a) the voluntary sector and (b) local government.
	(44037)

33	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential monetary value of bids to the Mutual Pathfinder Fund.
	(44892)

34	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will have discussions with the Charity Commission on the size of redundancy payments permitted to be made by charities.
	(44953)

35	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will have discussions with the Charity Commission on the requirements for political neutrality of that body.
	(44954)

36	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45064)

37	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45065)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45029)

39 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Newcastle Upon Tyne North of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 39W, how many single parent families in the UK he expects to have their annual income reduced as a result of the proposed changes to child benefit.
	(44574)

40 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single income families will be affected by the removal of child benefit from households containing a higher-rate taxpayer in (a) the UK, (b) each region and (c) each constituency.
	(44861)

41 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were entered into insolvency by HM Revenue and Customs in each (a) region and (b) parliamentary constituency since May 2010.
	(44862)

42	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of bringing charitable providers of health care services within the provisions of Section 41(7) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
	(45130)

43	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to provide funding to voluntary sector providers of NHS services to offset value added tax paid on non-business supplies which they are unable to recover.
	(45131)

44	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45066)

45	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45067)

46	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to assist individuals who have been mis-sold mortgage endowment policies to achieve legal redress for their losses.
	(44913)

47 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the three most common reasons were for staff absence in each HM Revenue and Customs business stream in each of the last five years.
	(43744)

48 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross total was for the number of days lost due to staff sickness in each of HM Revenue and Customs business streams in each of the last five years.
	(43745)

49	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent consideration he has given to extending the provisions of the Developing Countries (Debt Relief) Act 2010.
	(44918)

50	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 41 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 to treat hospices on the same basis as NHS institutions for the purposes of value added tax.
	(45115)

51 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.3.4 Project Merlin - Banks' Statement, what steps he plans to take to determine whether sufficient demand for lending among UK businesses has materialised.
	(44750)

52 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.3.4 of Project Merlin - Banks' Statement, who will determine whether sufficient demand for lending to businesses has materialised.
	(44857)

53 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.3.4 of Project Merlin - Banks' Statement, what process will be used to determine whether sufficient demand for lending to businesses materialises.
	(44858)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45026)

55	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households presented themselves as homeless to the London Borough of Newham in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
	(44965)

56	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable housing units he expects to be completed in the London Borough of Newham in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(45101)

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 835W, and of 10 November 2010, Official Report, column 355W, on regeneration: Newcastle upon Tyne, what recent progress he has made in his meetings on delivering a sustainable long-term future for the Byker estate.

(44919)

58 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential for an increase in (a) arrears and (b) instances of recovery action following arrears arising from (i) the replacement of council tax benefit and (ii) the 10 per cent. reduction in the budget for council tax benefit.
	(44745)

59 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the local delivery of council tax benefit or its replacement will not increase marginal rates of deduction above (a) 65 per cent. before tax and (b) 76 per cent. for taxpayers.
	(44746)

60 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements local authorities will be required to make to implement the replacement for council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	(44747)

61 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the implementation of reductions in council tax benefit for (a) pensioner households, (b) working age households in work, (c) working age households not in work and (d) households with dependent children.
	(44748)

62 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the quantity of milk purchased by each local authority in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how much each local authority spent on (a) milk and (b) other dairy products in that period.
	(44730)

63 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what remit he has set for the Local Government Resource Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(44537)

64 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department expects to (a) begin and (b) publish its Local Government Resource Review.
	(44538)

65	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether national policy on planning applications for gypsy and traveller sites is contained in circular ODPM 01/2006; what plans he has to revoke such guidance; and what consideration he has given to replacing it as a consequence of the abolition of regional spatial strategies.
	(44916)

66	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45086)

67	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45087)

68	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings he has had with (a) English Heritage and (b) the Council for British Archaeology on proposed changes to the national planning policy framework.
	(44914)

69	Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) legislation and (b) guidance issued by his Department determines responsibility for preventing building on greenfield land when brownfield land is available for development; and whether he has any plans to amend such responsibilities following enactment of the Localism Bill.
	(44970)

70 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department uses to determine the number of houses to be built in Mid Sussex constituency.
	(44735)

71	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much housing market renewal funding was allocated to Stoke-on-Trent in the last three years; what transitional relief funding for housing market renewal will be allocated to Stoke-on-Trent in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(45152)

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

72 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what organisations he has met to discuss the East London Tech City development; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each such meeting.
	(44875)

73 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of (a) lending to and (b) financing of the creative industries; and if he will make a statement.
	(44876)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45028)

75	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will meet the Chairman-designate of the BBC Trust to discuss the requirements of that post in respect of the oversight of BBC editorial guidelines relating to the UK's membership of the EU.
	(44955)

76	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45094)

77	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45095)

78 N	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what funding his Department provides for sporting organisations for people with special needs.
	(44863)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

79 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rate of local overseas allowance is payable to personnel based in each overseas location.
	(44721)

80 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 January 2011, Official Report, columns 45-7WS, on armed forces allowances, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the changes to local overseas allowance on the average amount payable to personnel based overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(44722)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45027)

82	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average level of compensation awarded to military amputees was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(45117)

83	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average cost incurred by military amputees for carrying out adaptations to their homes in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45118)

84 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the outcome of the NATO Surge in Afghanistan.
	(44868)

85	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45074)

86	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45075)

87 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fee he expects his Department to pay Ofcom for the use of its spectrum holdings in the financial year 2011-12.
	(44743)

88	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the effect on arrangements for the defence of the (a) UK and (b) Falkland Islands from aerial attack of circumstances where Typhoon aircraft are stationed in an air-to-air role outside that airspace.
	(44996)

89	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the (a) cost to date and (b) future cost of compatibility tests for each type of ground attack weapon deployed from Typhoon aircraft.
	(44997)

90	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the US Government on the sale of Harrier jets; and if he will estimate the per unit value of such aircraft.
	(45004)

91	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the government of (a) Australia and (b) Chile on the purchase by those countries of RFA Largs Bay.
	(45005)

92	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Typhoon aircraft to achieve full ground attack capability.
	(45006)

93	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful firings of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile there have been from each aircraft type since 2009.
	(45007)

94	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which private finance initiative projects sponsored by his Department have been funded from the Exchequer due to a shortfall in funds in each year since 1997; and how much funding was provided in each case.
	(45008)

95	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times cannibalisations of Typhoon aircraft occurred due to a parts supply shortage arising from a collaborative arrangement with partner nations in each of the last four years.
	(45009)

96 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current location is of (a) HMS Ocean, (b) HMS Bulwark and (c) HMS Albion; and what the current duties of each are.
	(44280)

97 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) type is of each (i) frigate and (ii) destroyer to be decommissioned over the next five years.
	(44737)

98 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of ships required to counter (a) immediate and (b) long-term threats to the UK.
	(44738)

99 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) type is of each (i) destroyer and (ii) frigate in service with the Royal Navy and available for operations.
	(44739)

100	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to conduct joint exercises with (a) Indian, (b) Sri Lankan and (c) Indonesian military personnel.
	(45112)

101 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what civilian contractors work at RAF Valley; and in what capacity.
	(44880)

102 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots in training at RAF Valley were served with redundancy notices in the latest period for which figures are available; and what courses they were on.
	(44881)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

103

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45030)

104	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage change he proposes to the Early Intervention Grant allocation for the London Borough of Newham in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
	(44966)

105 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) name, (b) local authority area and (c) book value was of each (i) primary and (ii) secondary school in England that closed in the last eight years.
	(44036)

106 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) name, (b) local authority and (c) book value is of each potential school site which meets the requirements contemplated in (i) paragraph 1 and (ii) paragraph 2 of Schedule 13 of the Education Bill.
	(44039)

107 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer questions (a) 34896, (b) 34897, (c) 34894, (d) 34873 and (e) 34874 tabled on 17 January 2011.
	(44869)

108	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances his Department is authorised to intervene in a local education authority under the provisions of Section 11 of the Education Act 1996.
	(45154)

109

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate the scoping review to draw together data on child injury and safeguarding and to compare the position in England with that in other countries undertaken by the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre with funding from his Department made of the number of children in the UK who died as a result of abuse or neglect between 2005 and 2007.

(45184)

110	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45084)

111	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45085)

112	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.
	(44928)

113	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 were not in full-time education or training in each local education authority area in the East of England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44929)

114	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Bedfordshire, (f) Hertfordshire and (g) England in each year since 1997.
	(44930)

115 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 his Department received between 11 May 2010 and 28 February 2011; and how many such requests received a substantive reply within (a) the statutory deadlines laid down by the Act and (b) the internal performance management targets set by his Department.
	(44723)

116 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many letters from hon. Members his Department received between 11 May 2010 and 28 February 2011; and how many such letters have received a substantive reply to date within the internal performance management targets set by his Department.
	(44724)

117 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many questions for written answer on a named day his Department received between 11 May 2010 and 28 February 2011; and how many such questions have received a substantive answer on the named day specified to date.
	(44728)

118 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many questions for ordinary written answer his Department received between 11 May 2010 and 28 February 2011; and how many have received a substantive answer to date.
	(44729)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

119

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45031)

120 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has any plans to revise his Department's definition of fuel poverty.
	(44575)

121 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on preparations for the recruitment, training and deployment of (a) independent energy surveyors and (b) appropriately qualified installers to assess home energy use in homes participating in the Green Deal.
	(44871)

122 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the need for incentives to encourage households to take part in the Green Deal.
	(44872)

123 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to oversee the work of energy-saving installers under the Green Deal; by what means they will be selected; and what steps he plans to take to measure their cost and performance.
	(44877)

124 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) minimum and (b) maximum rate of interest that will be set on Green Deal finance loans.
	(44878)

125	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what definition of the term green job his Department uses.
	(45155)

126	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of green jobs created since May 2010.
	(45156)

127	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of green jobs created since May 2010 in each (a) company and (b) region.
	(45157)

128	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on industrial electricity prices of his proposals for electricity market reform; and if he will make a statement.
	(45060)

129	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45080)

130	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45081)

131	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) coolant leaks and (b) fires have been recorded at each UK nuclear installation in each of the last five years.
	(45017)

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

132 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take on fish discards and bycatch following the EU high level meeting of 1 March 2011 on fisheries; and if she will make a statement.
	(44718)

133

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the possible inclusion in the Government Buying Standards of a requirement to purchase seafood that is subject to sustainability standards as indicated either by inclusion on the Marine Conservation Society's fish to eat list or by certification by the Marine Stewardship Council.

(44931)

134	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the possible inclusion in Government Buying Standards of a prohibition on the purchase of seafood on the Marine Conservation Society's fish to avoid list.
	(44932)

135

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45025)

136 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2011, Official Report, columns 311-2W, on New Forest, what her policy is on whether drag hunting in the New Forest constitutes a public benefit.
	(44469)

137	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has given in grants to the National Parks in 2010-11; how much she has allocated for funding to the National Parks in 2010-11 as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if she will make a statement.
	(45183)

138
N

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the quantity of (a) pork and (b) pork products purchased by Government bodies in the last 12 months for which figures are available; by whom such products are supplied; what the farms of origin are; and what average price per kilogram was paid in that period.

(44732)

139 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she has issued to public bodies in England on purchasing pork and pork products produced in England; and how much of the pork procured by the public sector in the last 12 months was labelled with the (a) country of origin and (b) name of the supplying farm.
	(44733)

140 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) cost of production for pig farmers supplying pork and pork products to the public sector and (b) price that they received in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44734)

141 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place to ensure diversity of expertise in the membership of the independent panel of experts convened by her Department to examine forestry policy; and whether it will include experts on heritage and archaeology.
	(44726)

142	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assets her Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45090)

143	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45091)

144	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the regulatory burden on small abattoirs.
	(44893)

145 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will examine the effects on the supply of food of contracts with supermarkets which require food that is fit for human consumption to be destroyed; and if she will make a statement.
	(44475)

146	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are available to her Department to control the price per unit paid to milk producers.
	(44968)

147

Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2010, Official Report, column 455W, on the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, whether she plans to introduce in the draft legislation a provision to enable the Groceries Code Adjudicator to ensure that supermarkets pay farmers within a reasonable time for the products they produce.

(44969)

148	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to make an announcement on proposals for implementation of the EU Timber Regulation.
	(44971)

149 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reports she has received on (a) the cost of milk production to farmers and (b) the profit level per litre of milk produced by farmers.
	(44470)

150 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reports she has received on the cost of beef production to farmers.
	(44471)

151 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of predation on the size of the songbird population.
	(44281)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

152

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45033)

153 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make urgent representations to the government of Pakistan on the killing of the Minister responsible for religious minorities in that country and treatment of those who oppose blasphemy laws in that country.
	(44472)

154 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take in conjunction with his international counterparts to deal with the security situation between North Korea and South Korea.
	(44473)

155	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support the national reconciliation process in Sri Lanka.
	(45110)

156	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the effect on national reconciliation in Sri Lanka of the creation of high security zones in the north and east of that country.
	(45111)

157	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance has been provided to New Zealand following the recent earthquake in Christchurch.
	(44956)

158	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45068)

159	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45069)

160	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the government of Nigeria on Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
	(45143)

161	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assist Nigeria in tackling internal corruption.
	(45144)

162	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of India on the provision of assistance to Rohingya refugees recently arrived in the (a) Aceh and (b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
	(44924)

163	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Thailand on reports of forced deportation of Rohingya refugees.
	(44926)

164	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Thailand on provision to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees of unhindered access to Rohingya asylum seekers detained in Thailand.
	(44963)

165	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations British embassies have received on reductions in the BBC World Service.
	(45054)

166 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 1 February 2011 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent whose daughter is in Pakistan.
	(44852)

167 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the hon. Member for Walsall North receives a reply to his letter of 1 February 2011 regarding a constituent whose daughter is in Pakistan, UKBA CTS reference: M2320/11.
	(44853)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

168

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45032)

169	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects on young people of second hand smoke in confined spaces; and whether his Department plans to take steps to protect children from exposure to second hand smoke in cars.
	(44921)

170	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the effects on tobacco smuggling of point of sale display bans; and when he plans to take a decision on the implementation of a tobacco display ban.
	(44922)

171	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Public Health White Paper, what consideration he has given to the recommendations of the Inquiry on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of tobacco control by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health; and if he will make a statement.
	(44923)

172	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the health effects of the use of smokeless tobacco products in the south Asian community; whether he plans to make provision in respect of such effects in the forthcoming tobacco control plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(44927)

173

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of providing information requested under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 since the entry into force of the Act; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of such costs on the competitiveness of public bodies subject to the provisions of the Act compared to those private or voluntary sector providers who are not subject to those provisions.

(44920)

174 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all graduates of medical schools in the UK are able to gain a place on the 2012 Foundation Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(41646)

175 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK Foundation Programme Office on plans for responding to any oversubscription to the 2012 Foundation Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(41647)

176 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the volume of milk purchased by the NHS in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how much the NHS spent on (a) milk and (b) other dairy products in that period.
	(44731)

177 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many personnel his Department has appointed to deal with combat stress; what research studies on this issue are being undertaken; and if he will make a statement.
	(44713)

178 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future of the Standing Commission on Carers; and if he will make a statement.
	(44720)

179 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the merits of the new system for bar coded wrist and ankle bands for babies recently introduced at Kettering General Hospital for the purposes of ascertaining its suitability for wider application across the NHS.
	(44576)

180	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45082)

181	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45083)

182 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he plans to apply to the regulation of unlicensed herbal medicines; and if he will make a statement.
	(43816)

183 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government response to the petition to the Prime Minister which closed on 6 June 2010 on the recommendations of the Science and Technology Committee's evidence check on homeopathy, what evidence his Department has evaluated on the clinical effectiveness of any homeopathic product.
	(44230)

184
N

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the monetary value of payments made to other European countries for healthcare provided to British citizens under the European Health Insurance Card was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the monetary value of payments received from other European countries under the same scheme was in the same period.

(42236)

185 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places for student midwives there were in (a) England and (b) each region in academic year 2010-11.
	(44442)

186
N

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many disputes arising from the receipt of healthcare in the European Economic Area by UK nationals for which a charge was subsequently made have been brought to the attention of his Department in the last five years; whether there are proposals at EU level to reform the European Health Insurance Card system; and if he will make a statement.

(44419)

187 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to hospital in (a) Devon and (b) England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(41552)

188 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to review the safety of sodium valproate.
	(44744)

189	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the average travelling distance to a 24-hour accident and emergency department in the East of England.
	(44973)

190	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals located in towns or cities with populations over 30,000 (a) do and (b) do not have a 24-hour accident and emergency department.
	(44974)

191	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 24-hour accident and emergency departments there are in each primary care trust area.
	(44975)

192	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of running and administering the (a) East of England Strategic Health Authority and (b) Suffolk Primary Care Trust in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) 2010-11.
	(44976)

193	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds per head of population there were in (a) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area and (b) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 2007-08.
	(44977)

194	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments involving people under the age of 18 years there were in the (a) East of England Strategic Health Authority area and (b) Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 2007-08.
	(45147)

195	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospices the NHS operates.
	(45114)

196	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the transfer of health care provision to the charity sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(45116)

197 N	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the external advice received by Ministers in his Department prior to 5 May 2010 on (a) the 2010-11 operating framework - maximum price tariff, published on 16 December 2009, (b) the achievement of efficiency savings and (c) the effects on quality of competition in the NHS.
	(44749)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

198

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45034)

199	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Department of the UK Border Agency is responsible for ensuring that immigration detainees scheduled for removal are able to retrieve personal possessions from their homes before removal.
	(44990)

200	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes there have been to (a) policy and (b) practice on responsibility within her Department and the UK Border Agency for ensuring that immigration detainees scheduled for removal are sent personal possessions before removal.
	(45186)

201 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) purchase, (b) adaptation, (c) delivery and (d) other associated costs of the Jaguar XJ Sentinel vehicle for the use of the Prime Minister.
	(44474)

202	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on sentences given for (a) possession of a knife and (b) possession of a handgun.
	(45120)

203	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the level of (a) knife crime and (b) homicide by use of a knife by people aged under 20 years in (i) London, (ii) England and (iii) Wales.
	(45121)

204	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the Government's policy on human trafficking.
	(45122)

205	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she gave to the EU Directive on human trafficking in formulating her policy on human trafficking.
	(45123)

206	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the outsourcing of services currently undertaken by police officers.
	(45124)

207	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in introducing new charging arrangements for police forces; and if she will make a statement.
	(45125)

208 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were barred from working with children and vulnerable adults by the Independent Safeguarding Authority on the grounds of (a) harm to and (b) risk of harm to 16 and 17 year olds in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.
	(44038)

209	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of the term domestic violence her Department uses for the purposes of official statistics; and which relationships are covered by this term.
	(44936)

210	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police cars carry roadside breath test equipment; and what estimate has been made of the (a) cost and (b) time spent transporting testing equipment for use by officers who do not have such equipment available to them in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44937)

211 N	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow local authorities to access police data systems for the purpose of reducing housing benefit and council tax fraud.
	(44873)

212 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will announce the Government's human trafficking policy by way of an oral statement in the House.
	(44851)

213 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to encourage greater use of automated number plate recognition technology by police forces better to facilitate the policing of (a) offences related to driving while uninsured or untaxed and (b) other road traffic offences.
	(44282)

214	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assets her Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45072)

215	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45073)

216 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Pakistan on the potential danger to Shahid Shabaz Khan should he return to that country; and if she will make a statement.
	(44535)

217	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were prosecuted under the Road Traffic Act 1988 for an offence of failing to stop after an accident in Suffolk in each year since 2005.
	(45140)

218	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were prosecuted for offences under section (a) 3 and (b) 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in Suffolk in each year since 1997.
	(45145)

219	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug-related offences were recorded in each police force area in the East of England in each year since 1997.
	(45146)

220	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders were issued in Suffolk in each year since 1997; and how many such orders were breached in each such year.
	(45149)

221	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police time was spent on frontline duties in each police force area in each year since 1997.
	(45150)

222 N	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to consult on proposals to reduce levels of net migration through routes other than student visas.
	(44049)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

223

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45035)

224	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45092)

225	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45093)

226	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to Nigeria for the purposes of tackling corruption.
	(45141)

227	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission in each year since 2005.
	(45142)

228	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance his Department is providing to (a) Rohingya people in Burma, (b) Rohingya refugees recently arrived in (i) India and (ii) Indonesia and (c) Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
	(44925)

229 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps with his EU and UN counterparts to make improvements to the lives of the people of northern Sudan.
	(44740)

230	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the White Paper on Trade and Investment for Growth for the purposes of ensuring that the Export Credits Guarantee Department supports international development aims.
	(45053)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

231 N	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what disciplinary sanctions are available to the Prison Service against prison governors who do not fulfil requirements to maintain (a) workplace risk assessments and (b) safe systems of work; and if he will make a statement.
	(43875)

232 N	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investigations his Department has undertaken into (a) levels of violence in prisons and (b) the causes of such violence in the last three years; and what the outcome of each such investigation was.
	(43876)

233 N	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Health and Safety Executive has been required to investigate an incident in a prison in each of the last 10 years; which prison was involved in each case; whether an action plan was put in place following each such investigation; and if he will make a statement.
	(43877)

234

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45036)

235	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the change in the (i) number of vulnerable people taking out a lasting power of attorney (LPA) and (ii) levels of protection from fraud in respect of LPA since the coming into force of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
	(45109)

236	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people took out a lasting power of attorney in each year since 2000.
	(45138)

237	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on police officers resulted in (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44933)

238	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions were issued in each of the last three years for triable offences.
	(44934)

239	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who have breached a suspended sentence (a) received and (b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44935)

240	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to allow the Crown Prosecution Service to appeal to the Crown Court against convictions and sentences from magistrates' courts.
	(44938)

241	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who breached their licence conditions or re-offended whilst on licence were (a) returned to prison to serve the full sentence, (b) returned to prison to serve a shorter sentence than the remaining period of their licence and (c) not returned to prison in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44939)

242	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what powers the Crown Court has when considering an appeal from a magistrates' court to vary a sentence by committing it to the Crown Court for a more substantial sentence than was originally handed down by the magistrates' court.
	(44940)

243	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he issues to magistrates and judges on the activation of suspended sentences where an offence is committed inside the operational period but the sentence is handed down after the operational period has ended.
	(44941)

244	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he issues to magistrates on the use of their powers under section 116 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 regarding breaches of licence.
	(44942)

245	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to increase the maximum sentencing powers of magistrates.
	(44943)

246	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what definition of the term domestic violence his Department uses for police and court operational purposes; and which relationships are covered by this term.
	(44944)

247	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to enable magistrates to sentence offenders to six month consecutive sentences for more than one summary-only offence.
	(44945)

248	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circumstances concurrent sentences instead of consecutive sentences may be handed down.
	(44946)

249

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants were sentenced to disposals up to and including six months imprisonment following conviction by way of a jury trial at the Crown Court on (a) offences triable either way sent by magistrates where their sentencing powers were not deemed to be sufficient, (b) offences triable either way where the defendant had chosen to elect jury trial and (c) offences triable only on indictment in the latest period for which figures are available.

(44947)

250	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential effect on prisoner numbers of giving offenders a 50 per cent credit for pleading guilty at a police station rather than one-third for pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity.
	(44948)

251	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he issues to judges and magistrates on suitable disposals on conviction when a community order sentence is appropriate but not possible as the defendant (a) has no address or (b) is due to leave the country immediately.
	(44949)

252

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of (a) a jury trial at the Crown Court for (i) either way offences sent by magistrates where their sentencing powers are not deemed sufficient, (ii) either way offences where the defendant has chosen to elect jury trial and (iii) indictable only offences and (b) a trial by a justice of the peace in a magistrates court for (A) summary only offences and (B) either way offences in the latest period for which figures are available.

(44950)

253	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of offering (a) a reduction by one-third in a sentence to an offender who pleads guilty to an offence at a police station and (b) no reduction in sentence to an offender who does not plead guilty until the case reaches court.
	(44951)

254	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45070)

255	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45071)

256	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its associated public bodies have spent on the preparation of contingency plans for potential industrial action by prison staff in the last two years.
	(45055)

257	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its associated public bodies have spent on training of army personnel to undertake prison officer duties as part of contingency plans for potential industrial action by prison staff in the last two years.
	(45056)

258	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which private companies his Department has agreements to supply staff to undertake prison officer duties as part of contingency plans for potential industrial action by prison staff.
	(45057)

259	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid to private companies in respect of agreements to supply staff to undertake prison officer duties as part of the contingency plans for potential industrial action by prison staff.
	(45058)

260	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is required of those who are nominated to undertake prison officer duties as part of contingency plans for potential industrial action by prison staff.
	(45059)

261	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the procedures for the early release of prisoners transferred to the UK to serve the remainder of their sentences; and if he will make a statement.
	(45163)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

262

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public body for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45037)

263	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45096)

264	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45097)

Questions to the Prime Minister

265 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, columns 296-7 to the hon. Member for New Forest East on the nuclear deterrent, if he will rule out cancellation of the Trident replacement programme from negotiations with the Liberal Democrats in any future hung Parliament.
	(41735)

266	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with representatives of Save the Children since May 2010.
	(45127)

267 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has visited Chequers since his appointment.
	(44279)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

268

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for his Department that (a) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (b) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 to date.

(45038)

269	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45099)

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

270	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many people have terminated their employment at the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority since its inception.
	(45128)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

271

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that was (i) on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45039)

272 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to answer questions (a) 24052, (b) 24053, (c) 24051 and (d) 24054 tabled on 10 November 2010.
	(44870)

273	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45088)

274	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45089)

275 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to raise cycle parking standards for new developments.
	(43812)

276 N	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the Heathrow Airtrack; and what timetable he has set for its implementation.
	(43280)

277 N	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from the aviation industry on the effects of Government policy on that sector.
	(43281)

278 N	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to reduce the costs of motor insurance premiums for drivers who are between 17 and 25 years of age.
	(44468)

279	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on road pricing for the use of roads in Trans European Networks; and if he will make a statement.
	(45113)

280	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of roads are identified as (a) part of Trans European Networks and (b) proposed to be designated as part of Trans European Networks in each (i) local authority area, (ii) county and (iii) region.
	(45164)

281	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he expects to be available for road improvements from EU and other sources in relation to Trans European Networks.
	(45165)

282	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether improvements to the A12 and A120 could be eligible for funding through programmes relating to Trans European Networks.
	(45166)

283 N	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 February 2011 from the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye on the Hastings to Bexhill link road.
	(44854)

284 N	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Statement of 1 March 2011, Official Report, columns 185-87, on Intercity Express and rail electrification, what plans he has for the electrification of the Cardiff to Ebbw Vale line; and if he will make a statement.
	(44536)

285	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the (a) fishing industry and (b) offshore oil and gas industry on proposals to reduce the number of coastguard maritime rescue co-ordinating centres.
	(44998)

286	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times coastguard services have been involved in operations relating to North Sea (a) offshore oil and gas installations and (b) fishing vessels in each of the last five years.
	(44999)

287	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to the Coastguard Marine Rescue Co-ordinating centre at (a) Clyde, (b) Forth, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Shetland and (e) Stornoway in each of the last five years.
	(45000)

288	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what private finance initiative contracts exist in respect of coastguard services in Scotland; and what the monetary value is of such contracts.
	(45001)

289	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what use the Coastguard has made of emergency towing vessels in operations in the last five years.
	(45002)

290	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions coastguard services have worked in conjunction with search and rescue helicoper services in Scotland in the last five years.
	(45003)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

291

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for her Department that (a) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (b) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 to date.

(44952)

292 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to the public purse was of her Department's St David's Day reception at Gwydyr House on 1 March 2011.
	(44572)

293 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, who was invited to her Department's St David's Day reception at Gwydyr House on 1 March 2011.
	(44573)

294	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of invoices from suppliers her Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45098)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

295

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for the Government Equalities Office that (a) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (b) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 to date.

(45040)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

296

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the proportion of the seafood procured for (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible that (i) was on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to avoid and (ii) complied with sustainability standards indicated by inclusion in either the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat or by the list of fish species certified by the Marine Stewardship Council in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011 to date.

(45041)

297	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential effects of his planned changes to disability living allowance on charitable organisations.
	(45100)

298 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of suspected fraud were reported to the National Benefit Fraud hotline in 2009-10; how many such cases (a) were referred to the Fraud Investigation Service and (b) resulted in a (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction with a custodial sentence.
	(44443)

299	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that assessors for the personal independence payment are trained in all aspects of disability.
	[R] (45102)

300	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the assessment process for the personal independence payment takes account of the role of the advocate for people who have difficulties in communicating and undertaking questions, such as those with autism.
	[R] (45103)

301	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that a person with autism who undergoes an assessment for the personal independence payment will have person-centred support when attending an assessment.
	[R] (45104)

302	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that all personal independence payment assessors will have the multi-disciplinary knowledge required to assess the needs of people with autism.
	[R] (45105)

303	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his Department is giving to the needs of people with autism in developing the assessment procedures for the personal independence payment.
	[R] (45106)

304	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which experts involved in the working group developing the assessment process for the personal independence payment have a specialism in the potential problems faced by individuals in communication and planning a journey, as set out in the consultant document.
	[R] (45107)

305	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any specialists on autism are involved in the group developing the assessment process for the personal independence payment.
	[R] (45108)

306	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions his Department made on the (a) employment rate, (b) number of vacancies and (c) claimant count in carrying out the impact assessment for universal credit in each year to 2015.
	(44991)

307	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to table 2 of his Department's impact assessment on universal credit, how many households in receipt of the lower entitlement will be affected in each £10,000 income band.
	(44992)

308	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the expected level of benefit overpayments in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(44993)

309	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions his Department made in its projections for the number of people claiming benefits over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(44994)

310	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects to introduce further primary legislation on welfare reform following the implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill.
	(44995)

311	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who will receive lower household entitlement under universal credit than under their benefit entitlements in 2010 in the first year of operation of universal credit.
	(45061)

312	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions he has made in his estimate that £2 billion from fraud and overpayment will be saved by the introduction of universal credit; and how much he estimates will be saved in each (a) category and (b) year.
	(45062)

313

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the impact assessment on his proposals for universal credit, what estimate he has made of the sums attributable to universal credit to be accounted for in his Department's (a) annually managed expenditure, (b) departmental expenditure limit resource and (c) departmental expenditure limit capital in each year covered by the assessment.

(45063)

314	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the (a) range and (b) maximum amount payable to an individual in council tax benefit.
	(45129)

315	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions underlie his estimate that (a) 950,000 individuals and (b) 350,000 children will be lifted out of poverty through the introduction of universal credit.
	(45134)

316	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what strategy he plans to use to migrate individuals to universal credit.
	(45135)

317	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who will enter work solely as a result of the introduction of universal credit.
	(45136)

318	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cumulative savings to his Department's annually managed expenditure which are attributable to policy decisions confirmed in (a) Budget 2010 and (b) the Comprehensive Spending Review and which will be achieved prior to the implementation of universal credit.
	(45137)

319	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households liable for higher marginal deduction rates he estimates will fall into each £10,000 income band.
	(45139)

320	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of protection for benefit recipients in each year of the transition to universal credit.
	(45153)

321	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which benefits he plans to include within his proposed cap on benefit entitlement; and which benefits will not be included within that cap.
	(45178)

322	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the likelihood of households separating as a result of the implementation of a cap on benefit entitlement.
	(45179)

323	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 59 of his Department's impact assessment on universal credit, how many second earners he expects to reduce the number of hours worked as a consequence of higher participation rates.
	(45180)

324	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 51 of his Department's impact assessment on universal credit, which benefits will be subject to automatic passporting.
	(45181)

325	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 44 of his Department's impact assessment on universal credit, for how long he plans to provide transitional protection to households whose entitlement will be reduced following the introduction of universal credit.
	(45182)

326 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to increase youth employment.
	(43813)

327 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 to 24 year olds in Coventry claimed jobseeker's allowance in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(43814)

328 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will bring forward proposals for a successor scheme to replace the Youth Guarantee from April 2011.
	(43815)

329 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost of assessing and reassessing claimants' incapacity benefits through the Work Capability Assessment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44719)

330	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed industrial injuries disability benefit for osteoarthritis in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire and (c) Scotland.
	(44894)

331	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
	(45078)

332	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in January and February 2011.
	(45079)

333 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in the Jobcentre Plus Social Fund budget areas covering Livingston constituency received the Sure Start maternity grant in 2009-10; and what the total monetary value was of such grants.
	(44710)

334 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of low income families having a second or subsequent baby in the Jobcentre Plus Social Fund budget areas covering Livingston constituency who will not be eligible for the Sure Start maternity grant from 1 April 2011.
	(44711)

335 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 65 years received (i) free bus travel, (ii) free prescriptions and (iii) winter fuel payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44855)

336 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average monetary value of (a) free bus travel, (b) free prescriptions and (c) winter fuel payments to a (i) woman and (ii) man aged 65 years in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(44856)

337 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the implementation of proposals to increase the state pension age on the average monetary value of (a) free prescriptions, (b) free bus travel and (c) winter fuel payments for a (i) woman and (ii) man currently aged 56 years over their lifetime.
	(44865)

338 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the effects on the Exchequer of bringing forward the proposed increase in the state pension age to 67 years old to (a) 2035 and (b) 2034.
	(44866)

339 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the effects on the Exchequer of bringing forward the proposed increase in the state pension age to 68 years old to (a) 2045 and (b) 2046.
	(44867)

340	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether start dates for work programme contracts will be staggered; and by what date he expects all such contracts to have commenced.
	(45132)

341	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he expects to announce the successful work programme bidders for each contract package area.
	(45133)

342	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were enrolled in welfare-to-work schemes (a) in total and (b) in each programme at the start of (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each of the previous five financial years.
	(45148)

343	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to arrangements for the assessment for disability living allowance of people with autistic spectrum disorders who find face-to-face interviews stressful.
	(44967)

344	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what order of precedence Jobcentre Plus has set for rolling out its incapacity benefits reassessment programme.
	(45018)

345	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants who were assessed as being entitled to incapacity benefit in the last (a) 12 months and (b) 6 months will be required to participate in the new reassessment programme.
	(45019)

346	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what private sector organisations he plans to engage to assist Jobcentre Plus with the incapacity benefit reassessment programme; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such engagement.
	(45020)

347	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what time period he has set in which incapacity benefit claimants will be able to appeal reassessment decisions.
	(45021)

348	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional (a) staffing and (b) resources will be provided to Jobcentre Plus to undertake incapacity benefit reassessments in areas where a backlog of appeals exists.
	(45022)

349	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum period will be between an individual receiving notification of their incapacity benefit reassessment and the date of their initial reassessment.
	(45023)

350	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place for incapacity benefit clients who wish to make a complaint about their reassessment.
	(45024)

351	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support he plans to provide to people moving from incapacity benefits onto employment and support allowance and jobseeker's allowance in finding employment.
	(45045)

352	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether individuals reaching their state pension age prior to April 2014 will be affected by the incapacity benefit reassessment programme.
	(45046)

353	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria will be used to decide which incapacity benefit claimants will be required to undergo a work capability assessment in order to determine their future benefit entitlement.
	(45047)

354	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanism his Department plans to put in place to ensure that individuals who are severely disabled or terminally ill are not required to undergo incapacity benefit reassessment.
	(45048)

355	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of monetary value of unclaimed benefits in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much was unclaimed for each benefit and allowance type.
	(45049)

356	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage the take-up of benefits that are unclaimed by pensioners.
	(45050)

357	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce pensioner poverty.
	(45051)

358	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to simplify the benefits claims process for pensioners.
	(45052)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

359	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of public sector employees who are women who will be made redundant from public services in 2011-12.
	[Transferred] (44915)

360	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have appealed against demands for repayment of underpaid tax as a result of recent miscalculations of tax liability made by HM Revenue and Customs in the PAYE system; and how many have been successful.
	[Transferred] (45010)

361	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against tax liability calculations by HM Revenue and Customs were upheld in each month of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (45011)

362	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals liable for underpaid tax as a result of recent miscalculations of tax liability made by HM Revenue and Customs in the PAYE system are over the pension age.
	[Transferred] (45012)

363	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against tax demands by HM Revenue and Customs were (a) received and (b) upheld under extra-statutory concession A19 in each month of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (45013)

364	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers have had their details passed to debt collectors by HM Revenue and Customs in pursuit of underpaid tax as a result of recent miscalculations of tax liability made by HM Revenue and Customs in the PAYE system.
	[Transferred] (45014)

365	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use HM Revenue and Customs makes of credit reference agencies and data-matching services to identify fraud.
	[Transferred] (45015)

366	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigators were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in each month of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (45016)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

367	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the provision of blue badges for drivers responsible for adults with learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (44898)


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