Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 9 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.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 9 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 9 March 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 9 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 Wednesday 9 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 9 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) the agency for which he is responsible were engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45543)

2	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) the agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date that officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45544)

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

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) apprenticeship and (b) advanced apprenticeship starts there were in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) the Southend Borough Council area and (iii) the Essex County Council area (A) in total and (B) in each sector in each of the last five years; and what proportion of each were (1) men and (2) women.

(45514)

4	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) apprenticeship and (b) advanced apprenticeship starts he plans in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) the Southend Borough Council area and (iii) the Essex County Council area in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
	(45518)

5	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) Hertfordshire in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(45576)

6	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship places in Southend West constituency there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011 to date.
	(45577)

7	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that Buckinghamshire is included in a local enterprise partnership; and if he will make a statement.
	(45320)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.

(45545)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date that officer was appointed in each such case.

(45546)

10 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) existing small businesses and (b) to local business start-ups.
	(43283)

11 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department takes to encourage companies to export manufactured products.
	(43284)

12 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department offers to assist start-up companies in the manufacturing sector.
	(43412)

13	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what salary scales apply to staff in local enterprise partnerships; and how many staff working for a local enterprise partnership are paid an annual salary in excess of £50,000.
	(45312)

14 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of students who will apply for deferred places at universities for 2012; and when he expects tuition fees for such courses to be known.
	(45205)

15	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disputes between the Student Loans Company and individuals in (a) Bedford constituency, (b) the East of England and (c) England were pending a resolution in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45392)

16	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships which will be created in (a) Bedford constituency and (b) England in the next 12 months.
	(45393)

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education colleges undertook capital works of a monetary value of more than £1 million in the last 10 years; and which such projects attracted a zero rate of value added tax in respect of (a) less than 10 per cent., (b) between 11 per cent. and 50 per cent., (c) between 51 per cent. and 90 per cent. and (d) 91 per cent. or above of the monetary value of the project.

(45638)

18	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the merits of introducing in the UK a system for Parliamentary prior scrutiny of arms sales.
	(45512)

19	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the decision by Royal Mail to introduce an annual charge for customers of its Collect service.
	(45582)

20	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Royal Mail on its decision to introduce an annual charge to customers using its Collect service.
	(45583)

21	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with groups representing small businesses on the decision of Royal Mail to introduce an annual charge for customers using its Collect service.
	(45584)

22	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) further education colleges and (b) sixth form colleges on the development of an all-age careers service.
	(45391)

23	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has assessed the effects on the independent retail sector of recent trends in the number of supermarket outlets in town and city centres.
	(45442)

24 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of the further and higher education sectors on the setting of local skills strategies and the involvement of local enterprise partnerships in this process.
	(45206)

25 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has issued guidance to prospective local enterprise partnerships regarding the inclusion of further and higher education representatives on their executive boards.
	(45207)

26 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department's review of adult community learning will include (a) eligibility for higher-level learning and (b) access and progression to certificated forms of further and higher education.
	(45208)

27 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account his Department's approval process for local enterprise partnerships takes of the capacity of applicants to reflect the diversity of the geographic areas which they cover.
	(45209)

28	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in respect of which projects in Sudan supported by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) before 1980 debt is owed to ECGD.
	(45330)

29	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Government has revoked arms export licences over the last 12 months; and for what reasons in each case.
	(45611)

30	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which officials of his Department accompanied the Prime Minister on his recent visit to the Gulf region.
	(45612)

31	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has reviewed its policy on the licensed sale of defence equipment as a result of recent unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.
	(45613)

32	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure that arms supplied by UK manufacturers are not sold to other countries for the purpose of use for internal repression; and what recent assessment he has made of their effectiveness.
	(45628)

33	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the merits of requiring arms brokers to register under a code of conduct and of revoking the licences of those who do not comply with the code.
	(45629)

34	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many strategic export licences have been granted in respect of exports to countries in the Middle East and North Africa since October 2010; and what the monetary value was of proposed exports under such licences.
	(45630)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

35	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to an individual being (i) overweight and (ii) underweight in each year since 2009.
	[R] (45595)

36	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) strategic health authority's area died in circumstances attributable to epilepsy in each of the last five years.
	(45600)

37	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45547)

38	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each such officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45548)

39	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of older volunteers.
	(45488)

40	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women in each age group were (i) unemployed and (ii) in receipt of (A) incapacity benefit and (B) employment support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45403)

41	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Stirling of 26 July 2010, Official Report, column 738W, on Government departments: construction, what progress the Office of Government Commerce has made in its review of common minimum standards for construction.
	(45649)

42	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of holding meetings of the Cabinet outside of London in respect of each such meeting held since May 2010.
	(45399)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

43	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on (a) economic activity, (b) trade, (c) tourism and (d) growth in the UK of disparities between levels of aviation taxation in (i) EU and (ii) G20 countries; and if he will make a statement.
	(45349)

44	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45688)

45	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45689)

46	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effectiveness of proposals to be tabled at the United Nations Economic and Social Council intended to strengthen its Committee of Tax Experts; and if he will make a statement.
	(45369)

47	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the multilateral information exchange agreement proposed in recent G20 communiques.
	(45370)

48	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions has he had with the OECD Informal Task Force on Tax and Development on progress on its commitments on tax and development; and if he will make a statement.
	(45371)

49	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development and (b) consultation he has undertaken with (i) developing countries and (ii) non-governmental organisations on proposed changes to the controlled foreign company rules and taxation of foreign branches.
	(45372)

50	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of unrecoverable value added tax paid by further education colleges and sixth form colleges in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(45579)

51	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many shares UK Financial Investments Ltd holds in each financial institution in which it has a stake; and if he will make a statement.
	(45387)

52	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from what date the flat pay rise of £250 for public sector workers earning less than £21,000 per year (a) was paid in 2010-11 and (b) will be paid in 2011-12.
	(45585)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

53	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake a survey to ascertain the prevalence of anti-Semitism in each (a) age group, (b) socio-economic group and (c) region; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45602)

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) synagogues and (b) Jewish cemeteries in each local authority area that have been desecrated in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Jewish community on this issue; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (45604)

55	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to place a duty on local authorities that prohibits the purchase of seafood which is included on the Marine Conservation Society List of fish to avoid.
	(45486)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to purchase seafood that complies with sustainability standards as indicated either by (a) inclusion on the Marine Conservation Society list of fish to eat, (b) certification by the Marine Stewardship Council or (c) the terms of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

(45499)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.

(45551)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45552)

59	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to modify Planning Policy Statement 4 to introduce a test to give local authorities greater powers to control the numbers of small supermarket outlets in town or city centres.
	(45618)

60	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give local authorities greater powers to control the numbers of small supermarket outlets in town or city centres.
	(45619)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2011, Official Report, column 890W, on housing: overcrowding, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of households who approached each local authority for homelessness assistance on the grounds that overcrowding made it unreasonable for them to continue to occupy their property; and if he will collect data on the number of such households for which the main homelessness duty was accepted.

(45541)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2011, Official Report, column 890W, on housing: overcrowding, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the local authorities which award reasonable preference to overcrowded households in their allocations policy where overcrowding is based on the definition of overcrowding set out in the Housing Act 1985.

(45542)

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

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.

(45553)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45554)

65	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support grassroots sport in the London Borough of Bexley.
	(45407)

66	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on his decision on the News Corp bid for BSkyB; and if he will make a statement.
	(45636)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

67	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to explore the widest possible range of private sector defence alternatives for combating piracy on the high seas.
	(45351)

68	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the involvement of the private sector in the Royal Navy in addition to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	(45352)

69	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) difference in cost compared to the original estimate is of the procurement of six commercial Point Class ships under the private finance initiative which are available for use as naval auxiliaries to the British armed forces.
	(45353)

70	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45555)

71	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45556)

72	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure that votes cast by service personnel in Afghanistan for elections to be held on 15 May 2011 reach the UK securely.
	(45431)

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of establishing support facilities in Malta for (a) RAF Tornado aircraft, (b) RAF Typhoon aircraft, (c) RAF AWACS aircraft, (d) RAF air-to-air refuelling tankers and (e) support infrastructure and personnel; and whether any additional costs would be funded from the contingency reserve.

(45381)

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK military assets have been identified for inclusion in contingency plans for the UK to contribute to a no-fly zone over Libya; and how many (a) air-to-air capable aircraft, (b) ground attack aircraft, (c) air-to-air refuelling tankers, (d) AWACS aircraft and (e) other supporting assets and personnel will be included in such plans.

(45382)

75	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the merits of making regular reports to the House on implications for UK veterans of the developments and research carried out by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and its Gulf War Veterans Illness Task Force.
	(45314)

76	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Naval ships have participated in anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia in each of the last five years.
	(45384)

77	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to Question 44880, with which private sector companies his Department holds contracts for work at RAF Valley.
	(45444)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

78	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department (a) has issued to schools since October 2010 and (b) plans to issue to schools in the next six months on reducing obesity among persons under the age of 16; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45594)

79	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) the non-departmental public body and executive agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45549)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public body and exeuctive agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45550)

81	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department uses to determine the allocation of funding to advice lines operated by his Department.
	(45386)

82	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department uses to assess the merits of applications for contracts to provide advice line services; and if he will make a statement.
	(45495)

83	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision his Department (a) makes to and (b) supports for advice lines providing a service to grandparents and extended families.
	(45496)

84	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department did not invite the Grandparents' Association to submit a bid for its proposed advice line.
	(45497)

85	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process he has put in place by which an independent school may become an academy.
	(45633)

86	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, columns 265-6W, on GCSEs, what the average cumulative number of GCSE entries was per student reaching school year 11 amongst students entered for at least one GCSE up to and including year 11 in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2009-10.
	(45525)

87	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students who took GCSE examinations in religious education, religious studies or similar subjects also took GCSE examinations in history or geography in the academic year 2009-10.
	(45580)

88	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) Year 11 students and (b) students in other years took GCSE examinations in religious education, religious studies or similar subjects in each of the last five years.
	(45581)

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which sixth form colleges undertook capital works of a monetary value of more than £1 million in the last 10 years; and which such projects attracted a zero rate of value added tax in respect of (a) less than 10 per cent., (b) between 11 per cent. and 50 per cent., (c) between 51 per cent. and 90 per cent. and (d) 91 per cent. or above of the monetary value of the project.

(45639)

90	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of sixth form colleges in England are registered for value added tax.
	(45641)

91	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the terms of reference for his proposed review of school transport, including transport for 16 to 18 year olds; and on what date he expects the review to be completed.
	(45428)

92 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he has allocated to rebuilding and improvement of primary schools in England in each of the next four years; and if he will make a statement.
	(45272)

93	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children living in severe poverty in Brighton, Pavilion constituency.
	(45450)

94	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the revised guidance on managing medicines in schools will be published; and what steps he plans to take to publicise the guidance to all relevant school staff.
	(45454)

95 N	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 6 January 2011, reference AR/DDS/564, on behalf of her constituent Mr Kilroy.
	(45271)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

96	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the potential effects of developments in hydrogen storage at ambient pressures and temperatures using nano-structures on (a) road vehicles, (b) ships, (c) aircraft, (d) offshore wind turbines and (e) portable devices; and if he will make a statement.
	(45350)

97	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45557)

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45558)

99	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what method his Department uses to calculate food miles incurred by food sold in its refreshment outlets.
	(45487)

100	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department takes to encourage carbon off-setting for air travel undertaken by its Ministers and officials; and what scheme it uses.
	(45489)

101	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of his Department's (a) external and (b) internal meetings were conducted using teleconferencing technology in the latest period in which figures are available.
	(45490)

102	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to install (a) solar panels or (b) renewable heat technologies on buildings occupied by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(45491)

103	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of goods and services supplied directly to his Department were sourced from (a) social enterprises, (b) mutuals and (c) co-operatives in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45492)

104	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contracts his Department has with (a) advertising, (b) opinion polling and (c) marketing agencies or companies; and what the (i) scope, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost is of each such contract.
	(45519)

105	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) press officers, (b) marketing officers, (c) speech writers, (d) website managers and (e) other communications and marketing staff his Department directly employs.
	(45522)

106	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will set out his assessment of the effect on industrial electricity prices of his proposals on electricity market reform in advance of the publication of the White Paper on electricity market arrangements.
	(45484)

107

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the lifetime carbon dioxide emissions in respect of (a) construction, (b) transportation, (c) installation, (d) maintenance, (e) turbine decommissioning of the turbine and (f) associated engineering work in respect of each (i) Siemens 3.6-107 wind turbine in the Greater Gabbard wind farm and (ii) each Vestas V902-3 MW wind turbine in the Thanet wind farm.

(45410)

108	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in the weather station area covering the London Borough of Bexley received a cold weather payment in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(45449)

109	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 241W, on solar power, for what reasons the five megawatt definition of small-scale renewables in the Energy Act 2008 is not being applied to solar photovoltaics for the purposes of his Department's feed-in tariff review.
	(45440)

110

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore of 28 February 2011 Official Report, column 241W, on solar power, whether his Department defines any non-solar photovoltaic renewable energy technology with capacity greater than 50 kilowatts as large-scale for the purposes of his Department's feed-in tariff review.

(45441)

111	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the contribution to the Government's renewables target of burning wood for biomass.
	(45421)

112	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding from the public purse has been provided to biomass projects since the introduction of the Renewables Obligation.
	(45493)

113	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to provide support for communities adversely affected by the proposed Hinkley C connection project.
	(45483)

114	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will provide guidance to National Grid on the application of the 1959 Holford Rules to electricity network infrastructure on overhead lines to ensure that where mitigation measures under these rules cannot be achieved the company is required to utilise other means of connection.
	(45500)

115	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with National Grid the account taken by its consultation exercise on the revised approach to undergrounding cables of the results of the recent studies on the comparative costs of overhead lines, underground cables and sub-sea cable as means of connection of energy sources to the National Grid.
	(45501)

116	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what account he has taken in his revised policy on the generation of power of the methods of the connection for that power to the national grid.
	(45503)

117	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Networks Infrastructure in the light of the recent research on bird strikes on overhead electricity lines.
	(45504)

118	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to amend the draft Overarching Energy National Policy Statement (EN-1) and the draft National Policy Statement (EN-5) on Electricity Networks Infrastructure to ensure that overhead electricity lines are not vulnerable to terrorist attack.
	(45505)

119

Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Networks Infrastructures (EN-5) in accordance with the recent International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection's guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric and magnetic fields (1Hz to 100kHz) in respect of childhood leukaemia.

(45513)

120	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the Simplified Route Map in section 2.10 of the draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Networks Infrastructure (EN-5) to take into account recent research into neurodegenerative diseases of old age.
	(45517)

121	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will consider financial incentives for solar photovoltaics other than feed-in tariffs.
	(45427)

122	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has plans to improve the energy efficiency of listed buildings.
	(45609)

123	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable he has set for the improvement of the energy efficiency of privately-owned housing in bands F and G; and if he will make a statement.
	(45648)

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

124	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the UN and other international agencies on the illegal trade in animals and wildlife.
	(45416)

125	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on issuing a strategy on standards of welfare of domestic animals.
	(45417)

126	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department's food procurement policy takes of compliance with the UN sustainability standard that all wild-caught fish should meet the terms of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
	(45498)

127

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) her Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.

(45559)

128

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) her Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45560)

129 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exempted dogs subject to the provisions of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 her Department has recorded on its exempted register (a) nationally and (b) in Merseyside.
	(45273)

130 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of imports of illegally-logged timber.
	(43285)

131	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered measures to encourage consumers in England to eat (a) dab, (b) coley, (c) flounder and (d) other less popular fish.
	(45413)

132	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Rural Payments Agency is taking to increase the speed with which it processes the claims of applicants whose single farm payment status has changed during the year.
	(45373)

133	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure agricultural workers receive adequate training.
	(45506)

134	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund have been given in grant aid to organisations in North Lincolnshire; and what the value was of each such grant.
	(45587)

135	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many stretches of river in the East of England were closed by the Environment Agency for maintenance in each of the last three years; and what the length of closure was in each case.
	(45632)

136	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the responses to her Department's consultation on private sewer transfers; and if she will make a statement.
	(45414)

137	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the water and sewerage companies on the proposed transfer of private sewers to water companies.
	(45520)

138	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ofwat on the proposed transfer of private sewers to water companies.
	(45521)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

139	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he expects to participate in meetings at the UN to discuss the proposed International Arms Trade Treaty.
	(45317)

140	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned research on the role of (a) social media and (b) satellite television in the recent unrest in the Middle East.
	(45318)

141	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with their Hungarian counterparts on political reform in Hungary.
	(45319)

142	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the likely timing of elections in Egypt.
	(45321)

143	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the government of Morocco.
	(45322)

144	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the decision was taken to hold the COBR meeting on Libya on 24 February 2011.
	(45323)

145	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Bahraini counterpart; and if he will make a statement.
	(45324)

146	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote respect for human rights in Belarus.
	(45325)

147	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on levels of respect for religious freedom in Afghanistan.
	(45326)

148	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his US counterpart on the US veto of the proposed UN Security Council resolution of 18 February 2011 on Israeli settlements.
	(45327)

149	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the appointment of a US special representative to Afghanistan.
	(45354)

150	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to review its programme spending following recent unrest in the Middle East.
	(45375)

151	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to reach trade agreements with other countries following the model of the recent agreement with the government of Qatar.
	(45377)

152	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent progress in reaching local and regional political settlements in Afghanistan.
	(45378)

153	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice on the situation in Libya his Department has provided to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the last 12 months.
	(45379)

154	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of narcotics production in Afghanistan.
	(45389)

155	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what bilateral trade agreements the UK has entered into since May 2010.
	(45390)

156	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to the International Labour Organisation in each of the last four years; and how much such funding he expects to provide in the next four years.
	(45685)

157	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on prosecutions for anti-Semitic comments in France; what recent discussions he has had with the government of France on levels of anti-Semitism in France; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45592)

158	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the likely participation of Iran in the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45593)

159	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in Syria; whether he has made representations to the government of Syria on anti-Semitism in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45642)

160

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.

(45561)

161

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45562)

162 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment on the impact of recent events in Libya on the Israeli and Palestinian peace process; and if he will make a statement.
	(44888)

163 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals have been evacuated by his Department from Libya to date.
	(44889)

164 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons he decided to close the British Embassy in Tripoli.
	(44890)

165 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has any plans to visit Libya.
	(44891)

166	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on proposals for the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution to enable the creation of a mechanism to monitor the situation of the Bahá'i community in Iran.
	(45452)

167	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Russian Federation on the entry into the UK of Russian citizens with criminal records.
	(45328)

168	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of violent attacks targeted against people with a particular religious belief or ethnicity in other countries.
	(45315)

169	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the number of UK nationals in Libya.
	(45397)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

170	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities will maintain its work in respect of sexual health following the transfer to them of responsibility for public health.
	(45494)

171	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on rates of teenage pregnancy of the use of birth control.
	[R] (45426)

172	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children in each age group who were classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese (i) in Southend, (ii) in each borough in (A) Essex and (B) Kent, (iii) in Greater London and (iv) nationally in each year since 2008.
	[R] (45596)

173	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the economy of illness, economic inactivity and premature death associated with obesity since August 2010; what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had on that matter since August 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45597)

174	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to (i) GPs and (ii) hospitals on the treatment of patients suffering with hay fever; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45598)

175	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has received from the British Medical Association on the treatment of patients suffering with hay fever; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45599)

176	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of instances of misdiagnosis of epilepsy in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(45601)

177	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department issues to those with hay fever; how much his Department spent on provision of such advice in the latest period for which figures are available; what mechanisms his Department uses to disseminate such advice to members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45643)

178	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) males and (b) females with hay fever in each age group in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45657)

179	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) health authority area were prescribed medication for the relief of hay fever in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	[R] (45658)

180	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45565)

181	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45566)

182	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place under (a) the Quality and Outcomes Framework and (b) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical standards to address the psychological wellbeing of diabetics.
	(45616)

183	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason is for the time taken for diabetics in Brighton and Hove to receive annual retinotherapy screening; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely delivery of this service.
	(45617)

184	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS foundation trusts held their board meetings in public in the last year for which figures are available.
	(45445)

185	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS foundation trusts publish the (a) agendas, (b) background papers and (c) minutes of their board meetings.
	(45446)

186	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department provides guidance to NHS foundation trusts to encourage transparency and public engagement in the decision-making process at board level.
	(45447)

187

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 660W, on epilepsy: Brighton, what assessment his Department has made of progress towards implementation of the National Service Framework for long-term conditions; when he plans to publish the mid-term review of the framework; and if he will make a statement.

(45614)

188	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on steps to ensure that water and toilet facilities in schools are at a standard sufficient to prevent avoidable negative health outcomes.
	(45455)

189	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure consistency in the commissioning of paediatric continence services.
	(45456)

190	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of secondary infections caused by (a) tissue viability sores and (b) incontinence in the latest period in which figures are available.
	(45457)

191	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tissue viability nurses were working in each primary care trust or predecessor body in each year since 2000.
	(45458)

192	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on (a) expenditure on and (b) empowerment of school nurses authorised to recommend paediatric continence services for pupils.
	(45524)

193	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities Monitor will have in the setting of prices for medicines under his Department's plans for NHS reform.
	(45388)

194	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS takes to assess the risk of patient infection by virus or bacteria in blood platelet transfusion; and if he will make a statement.
	(45432)

195	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood platelet transfusions there were in each region in 2010; how many units of platelets were transfused; and if he will make a statement.
	(45433)

196	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether medicines will be included in his proposed national tariff; and if he will make a statement.
	(45434)

197	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to maintain mandatory funding direction for medicines approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and if he will make a statement.
	(45437)

198	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition on the refortification of wheat flour; and when he plans to issue guidance on that matter.
	(45380)

199	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations by the Food Standards Agency that all flour be fortified with folic acid.
	(45400)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

200	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) her Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45567)

201

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) her Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45568)

202 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects an announcement to be made on redundancies in the Sheffield offices of (a) the UK Border Agency and (b) her Department.
	(45176)

203 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of likely redundancies in the UK Border Agency in the next four years.
	(45177)

204	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many multi-visit visas her Department issued in each of the last three years; and in respect of which 10 countries the greatest number of such visas were granted.
	(45406)

205	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving bogus callers were reported in each London borough in each of the last three years.
	(45408)

206	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in each London borough have been naturalised as UK citizens since 2005.
	(45409)

207	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of inaccurately located crimes on the crime mapping website.
	(45637)

208	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessment she has carried out to determine the effects on the (a) education sector and (b) economy of her proposals to cap non-EU student immigration in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
	(45634)

209	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effect on the administrative burden on police forces of changes to the Code of Practice A under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
	(45422)

210	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify fraudulent student visa applications.
	(45423)

211	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reducing the time taken to determine asylum applications.
	(45424)

212	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits to children in familes seeking asylum of the introduction of the Family Returns Panel.
	(45425)

213

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bristol East of 31 January 2011, Official Report, columns 646-7W, on animal experiments, when she expects to make an announcement on the date for a ban on the testing of households products on aminals; to which ingredients used in households products the ban will extend; and what definition of the term household product her Department uses.

(45398)

214	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the level of paperwork required of police officers dealing with suspected domestic violence incidents.
	(45402)

215	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the amount of duplication in the forms police officers are required to complete when responding to incidents.
	(45510)

216	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made in Brighton and Hove under section 73 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(45418)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

217	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45569)

218

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.

(45570)

219	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding he plans to provide to the United Nations Environment Programme in 2011-12.
	(45435)

220	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated to each UN agency and programme in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(45436)

221	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take together with the World Bank to support the development of renewable energy projects in the developing world.
	(45610)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

222	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons were convicted of offences related to animal trafficking in each of the last four years.
	(45415)

223	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45571)

224	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45572)

225	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a cost-benefit analysis of his Department's funding for legal aid in Rochdale in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45332)

226	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the capacity of the voluntary sector to undertake legal aid work following implementation of his Department's proposed reductions in the legal aid budget in Rochdale.
	(45333)

227	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 294W, on personal injury, how many claims brought against his Department and its agencies were (a) settled (i) before proceedings and (ii) after proceedings, (b) lost at trial by his Department and (c) lost at trial by the claimant.
	(45383)

228	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 294W, on personal injury, how much his Department has paid in damages in respect of personal injury claims in each year since 2007-08.
	(45385)

229	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 46 of his Department's Green Paper on Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, over what time period the calculations made on the effect of a 10 per cent. increase of general damages were based.
	(45679)

230	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how disbursements in clinical negligence cases will be funded when such cases are withdrawn from the scope of legal aid; and if he will make a statement.
	(45680)

231	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had on his Department's Green Paper on Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales since the end of the consultation period.
	(45681)

232	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses have been received to the Green Paper consultation on Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales.
	(45682)

233

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 96 of his Department's Green Paper on Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, whether the estimate of a 10 per cent. uplift in general damages is based exclusively on applying 10 per cent. to those damages representing only pain suffering and loss of amenity.

(45683)

234	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to respond to the consultation on the Green Paper proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales.
	(45684)

235	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there were in Brighton and Hove under section 12a of the Criminal Law Act 1977 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(45394)

236	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interim possession orders were implemented in Brighton and Hove in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(45396)

237	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions a magistrate in a court in Brighton and Hove was asked to hear a sworn statement that a defendant was the rightful occupier of an address given in court in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(45419)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

238	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) the non-departmental public body for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45573)

239	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public body for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date each officer was appointed in each such case.
	(45574)

Questions to the Prime Minister

240	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date his Office finalised the list of individuals to accompany him on his recent visit to the Middle East.
	(45374)

241	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date his recent visit to the Middle East was first proposed.
	(45376)

242	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, what the name is of each person not employed by a Government department who accompanied him on his recent visit to the Middle East.
	(45412)

243	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent meetings he has had with the Board of Deputies of British Jews on levels of anti-Semitism; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45485)

244	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of his speech to the Community Security Trust Annual Dinner; which members of the Government also attended the dinner; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (45507)

245	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he had during his recent visit to the Gulf region to discuss defence equipment sales.
	(45624)

246	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, which representatives from defence industries accompanied him on his recent visit to the Gulf region.
	(45625)

247	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) special advisers and (b) officials accompanied him on his recent visit to the Gulf region.
	(45626)

248	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, what consideration he gave to postponing his recent visit to the Gulf region in light of unrest in Egypt and Libya.
	(45627)

249	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress he has made on the implementation of the new e-petition system on the 10 Downing Street website.
	(45509)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

250	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) 50 million and (c) £100 million his Department was engaged in in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45694)

251	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which procurement projects engaged in by his Department had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
	(45695)

252	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions his Department has had with Scottish representatives of the six largest energy companies on levels of domestic energy bills.
	(45590)

253	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Citizens Advice Scotland, (b) Consumer Focus Scotland and (c) the Scottish Executive on the future of consumer protection and advocacy arrangements in Scotland.
	(45591)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

254	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged in in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45686)

255	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which procurement projects engaged in by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
	(45687)

256	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans to upgrade the A1 north of Newcastle he has considered.
	(45331)

257	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that owners of private hire vehicles are able to transfer liability for penalties imposed for bus lane violations to the driver at the time of the offence; and if he will make a statement.
	(45313)

258	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on safety of the European Aviation Safety Agency's proposals for reform of flight time limitations.
	(45451)

259	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the threat to airport and airline security from air crew.
	(45578)

260	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received representations on the practice of London Midland in displaying a list of individuals who have been prosecuted for seeking to avoid the payment of a rail fare.
	(45411)

261	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the likely cost to the public purse of increasing the motorway speed limit to 80mph and (b) the effect of such an increase on the annual number of road deaths.
	(45329)

262	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable he has set for his proposed reform of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation; how long the consultation is to last; and by when he expects to have implemented the results of the review.
	(45448)

263	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with HM Treasury on the effect on captive fleets of the 20 pence tax differential for biodiesel made from used cooking oil.
	(45453)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

264	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) 50 million and (c) £100 million her Department was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45692)

265	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which procurement projects engaged upon by her Department had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
	(45693)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

266	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million the Government Equalities Office was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45563)

267	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which procurement projects engaged upon by the Government Equalities Office had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
	(45564)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

268	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department provided to the International Labour Organisation in each of the last four years; and how much funding he expects to provide in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	(45588)

269	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria for receiving the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of disability living allowance (i) are and (ii) were in each of the last five years; what changes to such criteria are planned; and if he will make a statement.
	(45515)

270

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women in each age group had their application to receive (i) higher and (b) lower rate disability living allowance rejected in each of the last five years; on what grounds such applications were rejected; how many applicants appealed against the decision; and how many such appeals were (A) upheld and (B) rejected.

(45516)

271	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women in each (i) age group and (ii) local authority area received the (A) higher and (B) lower rate of disability living allowance (1) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (2) in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(45620)

272	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of disability living allowance (i) is and (ii) was in each of the last five years.
	(45621)

273	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants on contributory employment and support allowance in the Work Related Activity Group whose household income exceeds the means-testing threshold will be expected fulfil conditionality after 12 months of being in the Group.
	(45420)

274

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cancer patients were found (a) still to have limited capability for work-related activity and retained in the support group, (b) to have limited capability for work and placed in the work-related activity group and (c) to be fit for work and placed on jobseeker's allowance following reassessment in each of the last four years.

(45523)

275	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45690)

276	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
	(45691)

277 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how parents of a disabled child will be able to acquire the aids and adaptations necessary for the well-being of that child under his proposed reforms to disability living allowance.
	(43282)

278

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving disability living allowance for an indefinite period for (a) low-rate care, (b) low-rate care and low-rate mobility, (c) low-rate care and high-rate mobility, (d) middle-rate care, (e) middle-rate care and low-rate mobility, (f) high-rate care, (g) high-rate care and low-rate mobility and (h) high-rate care and high-rate mobility.

(45650)

279	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Carshalton and Wallington constituency are receiving disability living allowance for an indefinite period in each combination of components.
	(45651)

280	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) disabled people and (b) people with cancer on contributory-based employment and support allowance (ESA) in the Work-Related Activity Group who exceed the means testing threshold for income-based ESA.
	(45575)

281	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential effects of planned reductions to the budget of the Health and Safety Executive on the number of deaths occurring in the workplace.
	(45401)

282	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effect on the number of prosecutions for health and safety offences of reductions in the budget of the Health and Safety Executive.
	(45511)

283	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received the state second pension in each of the last seven years; in how many cases contracted-out deductions were made; and what the total value of such deductions was in each such year.
	(45438)

284	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department uses to determine the level of contracted-out deductions from the state second pension.
	(45439)

285	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the level of contracted-out deductions from the State Second Pension of people whose occupational pension has not increased is increased annually.
	(45615)

286	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people normally resident in Bedford constituency were in receipt of (a) disability living allowance and (b) employment support allowance or incapacity benefit at the commencement of each financial year since 1997-98.
	(45404)

287	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bedford constituency claimed the mobility component of disability living allowance at (a) the higher rate, (b) the lower rate and (c) in total in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45589)

288	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has in respect of the level of understanding of (a) severe learning disabilities and (b) autism spectrum disorder to be required of staff engaged in the training and assessment procedures for personal independence payments.
	(45635)

289	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Livingston constituency will be affected by his proposals to raise the state pension age for women.
	(45647)

290	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the name is of each cross-departmental working group in which officials in his Department have participated (a) since May 2010 and (b) in the last three years.
	(45429)

291	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the name is of each working group his Department has established (a) since May 2010 and (b) in the last three years.
	(45430)

292	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social fund crisis loans were paid in each parliamentary constituency in the last 12 months.
	(45526)

293	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Fund crisis loans were made to (a) individuals registered as disabled, (b) individuals over the pension age and (c) lone parent households in the last 12 months.
	(45527)

294	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Social Fund crisis loan scheme cost to operate in each of the last five years.
	(45528)

295	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) impact assessment and (b) consultation his Department has undertaken on its decision on the future (i) level and (ii) availability of social fund crisis loans.
	(45536)

296	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many defaults there were in social fund crisis loans in the last 12 months.
	(45605)

297	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the number of social fund crisis loans available to an individual in a 12 month period is to be set at three; and whether any discretion is to be available in respect of people facing hardship.
	(45607)

298	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to repay a social fund crisis loan was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(45608)

299	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to allow remote telephone applications to the social fund crisis loan scheme.
	(45644)

300	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he proposes to end the payment of social fund crisis loans for items such as cookers and beds; and which items will no longer qualify for such loans.
	(45645)

301	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidence he plans to provide to individuals who have exceeded the social fund crisis loan cap on accessing alternative sources of emergency financial assistance.
	(45646)

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

302	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what end-user guarantees are sought to ensure that arms manufactured in the UK are not used for internal repression in other countries.
	[Transferred] (45623)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

303	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of further education colleges in England are registered for value added tax.
	[Transferred] (45640)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

304	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons teaching assistants who earn less than £21,000 a year will not receive the guaranteed public sector worker pay increase of £250 in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (45443)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

305	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what planning and development control applies to the connection of electricity supply to the National Grid via (a) overhead cables, (b) underground cables and (c) sub-sea cables; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (45502)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

306	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate whether weapons and riot control equipment sold by UK companies have been used against protesters in (a) Tunisia, (b) Libya and (c) Egypt.
	[Transferred] (45622)

307	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take together with EU partners to strengthen the (a) guidelines and (b) operation of the rules on arms sales.
	[Transferred] (45631)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

308	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy of the Government is on initiating legislative proposals to amend the Abortion Act 1967; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] [Transferred] (45603)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

309	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made in Brighton and Hove under section 6 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	[Transferred] (45395)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

310	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of informing victims of (a) domestic and (b) other violent attacks where the perpetrator has received a custodial sentence of less than one year of the date and location of the perpetrator's release.
	[Transferred] (45316)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

311	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Livingston constituency have a Post Office card account.
	[Transferred] (45586)


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