Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 14 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 Monday 14 March 2011 (the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 14 March 2011
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.
For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 14 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Attorney General, what regulations the Law Officers' Departments introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47055)
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2
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Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46587)
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3
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(46777)
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4
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has allocated to redundancy costs in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15. |
(46188)
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5
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and from what roles he expects such staff to be made redundant. |
(46189)
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6
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate allocated to redundancy costs in 2010-11. |
(46190)
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7
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has spent on redundancy costs in 2010-11 to date. |
(46191)
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8
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has made redundant in 2010-11 to date; and from what roles such staff have been made redundant. |
(46192)
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9
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding the Attorney General's Office has allocated to redundancy costs in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15. |
(46225)
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10
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate is (i) in 2010-11 and (ii) in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46226)
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11
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate expects to employ at the end of (a) March 2011 and (b) each subsequent financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46227)
|
12
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Attorney General's Office expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and from what roles such staff are expected to be made redundant. |
(46228)
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13
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget of the Treasury Solicitors Department (i) is in 2010-11 and (ii) will be in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46229)
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14
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget of the Attorney General's Office (i) is in 2010-11 and (ii) will be in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46230)
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15
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget of HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (i) is in 2010-11 and (ii) will be in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46231)
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16
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff the Treasury Solicitors Department expects to employ at (i) the end of March 2011 and (ii) the end of each subsequent financial year in the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46232)
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17
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Treasury Solicitors Department has spent on redundancy costs in 2010-11 to date. |
(46233)
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18
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Treasury Solicitors Department has made redundant in 2010-11 to date; and from what roles staff have been made redundant. |
(46234)
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19
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Treasury Solicitors Department expects to make redundant in 2010-11; and from what roles staff are expected to be made redundant. |
(46235)
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20
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Treasury Solicitors Department expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in 2010-11. |
(46236)
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21
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding the Treasury Solicitors Department has allocated to meet redundancy costs in 2010-11. |
(46237)
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22
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Treasury Solicitors Department Agency expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and from what roles staff are expected to be made redundant. |
(46238)
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23
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding the Treasury Solicitors Department has allocated to redundancy costs in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15. |
(46239)
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24
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Attorney General's Office expects to employ at the end of (a) March 2011 and (b) each subsequent financial year in the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46240)
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25
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Attorney General's Office has made redundant in 2010-11 to date; and from what roles staff have been made redundant. |
(46241)
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26
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Attorney General's Office has spent on redundancy costs in 2010-11 to date. |
(46242)
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27
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Attorney General's Office expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in 2010-11; and from what roles such staff are expected to be made redundant. |
(46243)
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28
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding the Attorney General's Office has allocated to redundancy costs in 2010-11. |
(46244)
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29
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, under what budget headings reductions in expenditure will be made by the Attorney General's Office following the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and by how much expenditure will be reduced under each heading. |
(46245)
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30
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, under what budget headings reductions in expenditure will be made by the Treasury Solicitors Department following the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and by how much expenditure will be reduced under each heading. |
(46246)
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31
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget of the Treasury Solicitors Department (i) is for 2010-11 and (ii) will be in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46247)
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32
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a copy of each representation the Law Officers' Departments have received on the introduction of deferred prosecution agreements in respect of allegations of fraud and bribery. |
(46249)
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33
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding the Serious Fraud Office has allocated to redundancy costs in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15. |
(46250)
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34
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Serious Fraud Office expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15. |
(46251)
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35
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Serious Fraud Office expects to make redundant in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15; and from what roles staff are expected to be made redundant. |
(46252)
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36
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much funding the Serious Fraud Office allocated to meet redundancy costs in 2010-11. |
(46253)
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37
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Serious Fraud Office expects to make (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in 2010-11. |
(46254)
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38
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Serious Fraud Office expects to make redundant in 2010-11; and from what roles staff are expected to be made redundant. |
(46255)
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39
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on redundancy costs in 2010-11 to date. |
(46256)
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40
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Serious Fraud Office expects to employ (a) at the end of March 2011 and (b) at the end of each subsequent financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46257)
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41
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget of the Serious Fraud Office will be in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46258)
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42
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) resource and (b) capital budget is of the Serious Fraud Office in 2010-11. |
(46259)
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43
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been convicted in cases brought by the Serious Fraud Office in 2010-11; and what the conviction rate for cases brought by the Serious Fraud Office has been in 2010-11 to date. |
(46260)
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44
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been brought by the Serious Fraud Office in 2010-11; and how many defendants have been tried in such cases. |
(46261)
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45
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, what the caseload of the Serious Fraud Office has been in 2010-11 to date. |
(46262)
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46
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many witness care officers the Serious Fraud Office (a) employed at the end of 2009-10 and (b) expects to employ at the end of (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15. |
(46263)
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47
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many people the Serious Fraud Office expects to employ as (a) investigators and (b) lawyers in its Proceeds of Crime Unit at the end of (i) March 2011 and (ii) each subsequent financial year in the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46264)
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48
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many confiscation orders have been obtained by the Serious Fraud Office's Proceeds of Crime Unit in 2010-11 to date; and what the total monetary value is of such orders. |
(46265)
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49
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the Serious Fraud Office has made redundant in 2010-11 to date; and from what roles staff have been made redundant. |
(46266)
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50
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2011, Official Report, column 805W, on public expenditure, by how much the Serious Fraud Office expects to reduce expenditure under each budget heading in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46267)
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51
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, under what budget headings expenditure reductions will be made by HM Crown Prosecution Inspectorate following the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and by how much expenditure will be reduced under each heading. |
(46280)
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52
N
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Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential effects on rape conviction rates of proposals to change the length of time for which DNA of suspects is retained. |
(46671)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
53
N
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of the English language in the UK through the funding of further education courses. |
(46135)
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54
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the mechanism for setting the interest rates for the Green Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement. |
(46273)
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55
N
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons his Department has not permitted the North West Regional Development Agency to publish its recommendations for the future ownership of its assets. |
(46307)
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56
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of citizens advice bureaux in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland which will close as a result of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
(46550)
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57
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will use citizens advice bureaux in each of the next four years. |
(46551)
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58
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals (a) working in a volunteer capacity and (b) in paid employment at citizens advice bureaux in the next four years. |
(46552)
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59
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much grant-in-aid will be allocated to the Citizens Advice by his Department in each of the next four years. |
(46553)
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60
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of further and higher education institutions using biometric systems; and if he will make a statement. |
(46751)
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61
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Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many British-made video games were sold worldwide in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010. |
(46882)
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62
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Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many British-made video games were sold in the UK in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010. |
(46883)
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63
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Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of video games sold in the UK video games industry were British-made in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010. |
(46884)
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64
N
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what regulations affecting business have been removed by his Department in the last 10 months. |
(45932)
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65
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Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46586)
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66
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Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the fee income paid by non-UK students attending UK universities will be spent on promoting access under the proposals outlined by the Director General of the Office for Fair Access. |
(46667)
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67
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Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) levels of family income and (b) other criteria will determine whether students are eligible for bursaries or other financial assistance under the plans set out by the Director General of the Office for Fair Access. |
(46668)
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68
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Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on the relative propensity of students to apply to universities charging higher level tuition fees of (i) outreach projects and (ii) paying an additional £900 in fees as outlined in the plans of the Director General for Fair Access. |
(46669)
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69
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Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the advice given by the Office for Fair Access to universities on the provision of bursaries or other financial assistance to students from lower income families. |
(46670)
|
70
N
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education institutions in the London Borough of Waltham Forest provide courses in English for speakers of other languages; and how many learners are registered at each institution. |
(45673)
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71
N
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his estimate is of the requirement for English for speakers of other languages courses in (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency, (b) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (c) Greater London. |
(45674)
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72
N
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency and (b) the London Borough of Waltham Forest are eligible for a level of fee remission for English for speakers of other languages courses. |
(45675)
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73
N
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his assessment is of the effect of English for speakers of other languages courses funded from the public purse on (a) the contribution to the economy by those whose first language is not English and (b) levels of community cohesion. |
(45676)
|
74
N
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of learners in receipt of fee remission for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses are in receipt of benefits. |
(45677)
|
75
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46561)
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76
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(46778)
|
77
|
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the Green Investment Bank; and on which date each meeting took place. |
(46184)
|
78
|
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in relation to which countries claims were made against the Export Credits Guarantee Department in respect of export transactions in the last three years; and in each case (a) which company was the (i) exporter and (ii) the obliger, (b) what the project was and (c) what the value of the claim was. |
(46182)
|
79
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Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of further education colleges that have carried out zero-rated capital works which have made use of the statutory concessions permitting up to five per cent. business use in the last 10 years. |
(46928)
|
80
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships in Dartford constituency that (a) will be created in the next 12 months and (b) were created in the last 12 months. |
(46420)
|
81
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Brighton, Pavilion constituency, his assessment of the effects of his Department's policy of removing funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages learners for people on benefits other than jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group. |
(46346)
|
82
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) learners who receive benefits in the Brighton and Hove area who received ESOL funding during the current academic year who would not receive funding under the proposals in his Department's Further Education - New Horizon: Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth strategy. |
(46347)
|
83
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the definition is of the cohort referred to by the phrase `co-funding for those who are settled here' in the ESOL section of his Department's strategy document, Further Education - New Horizon: Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth. |
(46348)
|
84
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has sought information from providers of courses of English for Speakers of Other Languages on (a) expected changes in the level of fees for their courses in the next academic year and (b) the reasons for such changes; and if he will make a statement. |
(46349)
|
85
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department of Energy and Climate Change on (i) economic and (ii) employment opportunities in the solar photovoltaic sector; and if he will make a statement. |
(46357)
|
86
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of General Motors on the manufacture of a new model of van at its Luton plant. |
(46894)
|
87
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the UK van manufacturing sector. |
(46895)
|
88
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria his Department applies to the licensing for export of weapons for (a) offensive and (b) defensive purposes. |
(46203)
|
89
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Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of weapons manufactured in the UK were exported in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(46204)
|
90
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Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the UK arms manufacturing sector in (a) 1990, (b) 1995 and (c) in each year since 2000. |
(46205)
|
91
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Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of persons employed in the arms manufacturing sector in the UK who are engaged in the (a) manufacture for sale overseas and (b) the sale (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas of (A) arms systems, (B) other weapons and (C) munitions. |
(46206)
|
92
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value was of the sale of (a) arms systems, (b) weapons and (c) munitions to (i) each other EU member state, (ii) each other member of the Commonwealth and (iii) each other country in each year since 2000. |
(46279)
|
93
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to monitor the numbers of people undertaking medical degrees following the increase in the upper limit on tuition fees; and if he will make a statement. |
(46510)
|
94
|
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average student loan taken out in (a) East Sussex and (b) Hastings and Rye constituency was in each year since 2005. |
(46703)
|
95
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many public consultations his Department and its predecessors have conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse of conducting each consultation was. |
(46588)
|
96
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many regulations affecting businesses have been revoked under his Department's one-in one-out policy since his appointment. |
(46593)
|
97
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of school leavers resident in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Berkshire and (c) South East England entered university in each of the last 10 years. |
(46597)
|
98
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with how many business organisations in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire his Department has had discussions since his appointment. |
(46625)
|
99
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeships in (a) England, (b) Berkshire and (c) Reading West constituency were taken up by women in the last 12 months. |
(46637)
|
100
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46141)
|
101
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will prepare and publish an equality impact assessment on the decision to increase the cap on student fees to (a) £6,000 and (b) £9,000; and if he will make a statement. |
(45994)
|
102
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to regulate the number of part-time students studying degrees at each higher education institution; and if he will make a statement. |
(45995)
|
103
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments were made to each university by each research council in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
(45996)
|
104
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff were employed by the Technology Strategy Board in each of the last three years; how many he expects to be employed in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
(45997)
|
105
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses received funding from the Technology Strategy Board in each of the last three years; how many he expects to receive funding in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
(45998)
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106
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many successful actions the Companies Investigation Branch brought against firms for failure to fully declare overseas subsidiaries under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 to date. |
(45942)
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107
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many investigations the Companies Investigation Branch conducted into firms suspected of failure to fully declare overseas subsidiaries under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 to date. |
(45943)
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108
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department and its agencies are taking to enforce the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 in respect of declaration of overseas subsidiaries. |
(45944)
|
109
N
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms for the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 on the declaration of overseas subsidiaries. |
(45945)
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110
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department is taking steps to increase transparency in the declaration of overseas subsidiaries by UK businesses. |
(45946)
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111
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Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential role of local small business loan funds to provide working capital to small businesses. |
(46685)
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112
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of online business turnover which is dependent on Internet search engines as a means of achieving sales. |
(46758)
|
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
113
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what regulations his Department revoked between 2 February 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(46017)
|
114
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 February 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(46952)
|
115
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) civil servants and (b) other Government staff of (A) his Department and (B) the Department for Communities and Local Government have been engaged in the piloting of each of the Big Society vanguard areas (i) through secondment and (ii) in addition to their usual duties. |
(46540)
|
116
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) residents, (b) groups and (c) organisations who have participated in each of the Big Society vanguard areas. |
(46541)
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117
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) initial start-up and (b) ongoing costs of each of the Big Society vanguard areas. |
(46542)
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118
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms he has put in place to evaluate the performance of his Department's Transition Fund for civil society organisations. |
(46543)
|
119
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the Transition Fund which will be spent on redundancy payments. |
(46544)
|
120
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been engaged in the work of the Big Society Ministerial Group (a) through either secondment and (b) in addition to their usual duties; and how many such people are employed by (i) his Department, (ii) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (iii) the office of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
(46545)
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121
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people he expects to be employed in the charitable and voluntary sector at the end of (a) March 2011 and (b) each subsequent financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46546)
|
122
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people he expects to participate in the National Citizen Service programme following its initial pilot scheme. |
(46547)
|
123
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the operational costs of the Office for Civil Society at the end of (a) March 2011 and (b) each subsequent financial year in the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46548)
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124
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been engaged in work of the Office for Civil Society (a) through secondment and (b) in addition to their usual duties from (i) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (ii) the office of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
(46549)
|
125
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Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Office for Civil Society paid to Timebank in each year since 2007. |
(46948)
|
126
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the Government's ICT strategy. |
(46214)
|
127
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on the proposed G-cloud computing strategy; and when he plans to publish it. |
(46215)
|
128
N
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has set any targets for the (a) number and (b) monetary value of Crown contracts as a proportion of Government contracts. |
(46091)
|
129
N
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Government departments at all levels benefit from the use of Crown contracts. |
(46092)
|
130
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46585)
|
131
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many patients were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each of the last 10 years. |
(46002)
|
132
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the (a) public house and beer sector in each of the last three years. |
(46430)
|
133
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(46779)
|
134
|
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will request the Office for National Statistics to publish its contract with Lockheed Martin UK in respect of the 2011 Census. |
(46276)
|
135
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of setting up and administering the Your Freedom website has been to date. |
(46325)
|
136
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse of the Efficiency and Reform Group has been in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46327)
|
137
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in his Department's Efficiency and Reform Group. |
(46380)
|
138
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many organisations have tendered to deliver the programme of support for public sector mutuals. |
(46425)
|
139
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the recommendations from Sir Philip Green's Efficiency Review have been implemented to date. |
(46426)
|
140
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Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed on two year fixed-term contracts in (a) his Department and (b) the Civil Service. |
(46428)
|
141
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Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the highest salary is of a member of staff working in his Department's Efficiency and Reform Group. |
(46429)
|
142
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts his Department holds with the Big Society Network. |
(46525)
|
143
|
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many birth certificates have been issued for babies born at under 21 weeks of pregnancy in each year from 2005 to 2010. |
(46721)
|
144
|
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates have been issued for babies born at under 21 weeks of pregnancy in each year from 2005 to 2010. |
(46722)
|
145
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the UK Census held in (a) 1981, (b) 1991 and (c) 2001 at 2011 prices. |
(46825)
|
146
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanism has been put in place to ensure the security of data during the 2011 Census process. |
(46951)
|
147
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what options he is considering as an alternative to holding a full UK Census in 2021. |
(46954)
|
148
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Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons other than population growth there has been an increase in the cost to the public purse of administration of the UK Census. |
(47078)
|
149
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department takes into account ethical considerations when tendering contracts for (a) the Census and (b) other UK social statistical tasks. |
(47079)
|
150
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the financial savings which would accrue from holding an alternative to a full UK Census in 2021. |
(47080)
|
151
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration he has given to (a) accuracy, (b) data security and (c) ethics in assessing alternatives to a full UK Census for 2021. |
(47081)
|
152
N
|
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 409W, on public relations, whether any funds from the public purse were spent on legal fees in relation to the incident involving Mr Damian McBride, the Red Rag website and associated emails. |
(46306)
|
153
N
|
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on legal fees in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. |
(46528)
|
154
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average duration of a jobseeker's allowance claim was in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last 10 years. |
(46631)
|
155
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of government departments to East Grinstead; and if he will make a statement. |
(46131)
|
156
N
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of operational charities receive funding from the public purse. |
(45933)
|
157
N
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) charities and (b) operational charities with two or more employees receive funding from the public purse. |
(45934)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
158
|
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reverse the increase in rental prices in the Selby District Council area. |
(46723)
|
159
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the contribution to the UK economy of (a) Google, (b) Yahoo, (c) Facebook and (d) other major internet companies. |
(46136)
|
160
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain received assistance with the cost of childcare under the tax credit system in each of the last four financial years. |
(46893)
|
161
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47044)
|
162
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regulations his Department revoked between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47059)
|
163
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the video games industry made to gross domestic product in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010. |
(46887)
|
164
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the contribution made to the gross domestic product from the video games industry came from (a) London, (b) the North West, (c) the North East, (d) the South East, (e) the South West, (f) the East Midlands, (g) the West Midlands and (h) the East of England in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2010. |
(46888)
|
165
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the tax revenues from the British video gaming industry came from (a) London, (b) the North West, (c) the North East, (d) the South East, (e) the South West, (f) the East Midlands, (g) the West Midlands and (h) the East of England in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2010. |
(46889)
|
166
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the receipts to the Exchequer from taxes on the video games industry in the UK in each year since 2007. |
(46942)
|
167
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46569)
|
168
|
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials of the Ministry of Defence in respect of that Department's RAF basing review. |
(46213)
|
169
|
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women were in receipt of (a) Health in Pregnancy Grant and (b) Sure Start Maternity Grant on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
(46509)
|
170
|
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training staff have undertaken on claiming and payment of working tax credit before assessing individual claims. |
(46876)
|
171
|
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much working tax credit has been overpaid due to fraudulent claims in each of the last five years. |
(46886)
|
172
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the brewing and pub sector to economic growth. |
(46320)
|
173
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the (a) rate of and (b) amount of revenue raised through beer duty on the level of beer consumption in the last three years. |
(46431)
|
174
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what inflation rate his Department assumed in calculating the additional revenue forecast from the beer duty escalator for 2011-12; and what change would be required to the rate of beer duty to raise the same tax revenue using his most recent forecast of inflation. |
(46432)
|
175
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the rate of beer duty on levels of (a) economic activity, (b) tourism and (c) economic growth; and if he will make a statement. |
(46433)
|
176
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of (a) the application of the beer duty escalator and (b) the increase in the rate of value added tax in January 2011 on levels of employment in the beer and pub sector. |
(46434)
|
177
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the beer duty escalator on (a) on-trade beer sales, (b) off-trade beer sales, (c) levels of employment, (d) local economies and (e) tax revenues in (i) the last three years and (ii) 2011-12. |
(46435)
|
178
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of implementation of the planned beer duty escalator on the level of employment in (a) each region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK. |
(46436)
|
179
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which alcoholic attracts the lowest rate of duty per unit; and whether his Department has made an estimate of how much the duty on spirits would need to change to cost the same price per unit as that for beer. |
(46768)
|
180
N
|
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of smuggled fuel detected by HM Revenue and Customs officers in Northern Ireland in each quarter in each of the last five years. |
(46605)
|
181
|
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on reforming the PAYE system to introduce real time collection of payments. |
(46720)
|
182
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to revise the rate of tax relief on mileage allowance set by HM Revenue and Customs. |
(45947)
|
183
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of interest payments arising from the national debt in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12. |
(46617)
|
184
|
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on business confidence of the decision of HM Revenue and Customs to set out details of how they will undertake a new programme of business record checks prior to the completion of the consultation on such checks. |
(46517)
|
185
|
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons it is proposed that business record checks will be undertaken by staff of HM Revenue and Customs using powers to enter a person's business premises under Schedule 36 of the Finance Act 2008. |
(46518)
|
186
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47069)
|
187
|
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the Green Investment Bank; and on which date each meeting took place. |
(46185)
|
188
N
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 40993, on national insurance, tabled on 10 February 2011 for answer on 14 February 2011. |
(46311)
|
189
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on the facilitation of a voluntary scheme for financial institutions and the third sector to contribute to the junior ISAs of children in care. |
(46363)
|
190
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he expects the junior ISA to be operational. |
(46364)
|
191
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations officials in his Department have met to discuss the junior ISA since 1 January 2011. |
(46365)
|
192
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many expressions of interest in the junior ISA had been received via the tax free junior ISA website at 9 March 2011. |
(46366)
|
193
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unique visitors have visited the tax-free junior ISA website since its inception. |
(46367)
|
194
|
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from actions against tax avoidance in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
(46736)
|
195
|
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) North Down constituency were affected by the introduction of the 50 per cent. rate of income tax in April 2010. |
(46781)
|
196
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to align legislation governing co-operatives, community benefit societies and credit unions with that governing other corporate bodies. |
(46424)
|
197
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the Spending Review Challenge. |
(46427)
|
198
|
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that there is sent to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton without further delay a copy of the letter of 21 February 2011 setting out the Government's overall position on fuel duty related risks. |
(46752)
|
199
|
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on UK law of the recent European Court of Justice ruling on gender discrimination in (a) insurance payments and (b) annuities; and whether he plans to take steps to mitigate any potentially adverse effects. |
(46324)
|
200
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department has gathered on the unauthorised (a) disclosure and (b) publication of document CRD3, Briefing on the Committee of European Banking Supervisors Guidance on Remuneration Provisions in Capital Requirements Directive. |
(46342)
|
201
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal advice he has received on the introduction of an (a) voluntary and (b) mandatory minimum price for alcohol. |
(46926)
|
202
N
|
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent in administration costs to assess for the purposes of the Child Trust Fund the needs of children in care living in Scotland in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. |
(46312)
|
203
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the banking industry on reducing the time taken to clear cheques into bank accounts. |
(46950)
|
204
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the future of the UK rebate from the EU budget. |
(46857)
|
205
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received on proposals for the future of the UK rebate from the EU budget made by the Danish government; and if he will make a statement. |
(46858)
|
206
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sites subject to the aggregates levy are registered in Northern Ireland. |
(46877)
|
207
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which sites subject to the aggregates levy in Northern Ireland claimed relief for the extraction of shale material in each of the last four years; what confirmation has been sought from such sites that shale is being extracted; what estimate he has made of the number of false claims made by aggregate companies with respect to shale extraction in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the volume of shale involved in such false claims. |
(46878)
|
208
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the number of single parents in employment of the reduction in the childcare element of working tax credits. |
(47048)
|
209
N
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on charities and voluntary groups of the ending of transitional relief on gift aid. |
(45999)
|
210
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to support the financing of self-build homes. |
(46873)
|
211
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-build home projects there were in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) Sussex and (c) nationally in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. |
(47089)
|
212
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of reducing the rate of value added tax on energy efficiency home improvements in order to help meet the objectives of the Green Deal. |
(47013)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
213
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change in his Department's grant to each precepting fire and rescue authority is between 2010-11 and 2011-12. |
(46018)
|
214
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of the English language in the UK for the purposes of community cohesion; and how much funding he allocated to this objective in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(46134)
|
215
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place measures to ensure that the reduction in funding for local authorities will not result in the closure of local sports and leisure facilities. |
(46270)
|
216
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place measures to ensure that the reduction in funding for local authorities will not result in a rise in (a) discretionary rates paid by sports and leisure clubs (b) charges for entry and (c) fees for hiring facilities. |
(46271)
|
217
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 42092, on regulations, tabled on 17 February 2011 for answer on 28 February 2011. |
(46949)
|
218
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future use of buildings used by the Government Office network. |
(46997)
|
219
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46583)
|
220
|
Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to initiate consultation on the introduction of regulations contemplated under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. |
(46197)
|
221
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to encourage local authorities to increase the provision of family-sized affordable homes. |
(45367)
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222
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46556)
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223
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47075)
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224
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Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2010, Official Report, column 569W, on public expenditure, how many households not in receipt of council tax benefit paid council tax in 2009-10. |
(46208)
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225
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Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what complaints on the frequency of household waste collections the Local Government Ombudsman has considered in the last three years; and what the Ombudsman's finding was in each case. |
(46209)
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226
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Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to review the rules relating to the requirement to pay rates on empty properties. |
(46874)
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227
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Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46220)
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228
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legal advice he has received on the introduction of an (a) voluntary and (b) mandatory minimum price for alcohol. |
(46925)
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229
N
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Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to promote (a) the regeneration of town centres and (b) high street shops; and if he will make a statement. |
(46500)
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230
|
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department paid for (a) external legal advice and (b) consultants in respect of the Cala Homes legal action in the last six months. |
(46318)
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231
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Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which external legal advisers his Government engaged in respect of the Cala Homes legal action. |
(46319)
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232
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Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46150)
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233
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Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the merits of introducing a system of regulation of managing agents of leasehold properties. |
(46507)
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234
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Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have in relation to the management of private rented housing; and what information his Department holds on the use of such powers. |
(46519)
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235
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Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts for electoral administration services of what monetary value his Department and its predecessors had with (a) Electoral Reform Services and (b) each other provider in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2002 and (iv) 2007. |
(46754)
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236
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to encourage self-build home projects. |
(47088)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
237
N
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of (a) lending to and (b) financing of digital technology industries; and if he will make a statement. |
(46130)
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238
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to Ofcom's supplementary written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on expenditure 2009-10, with which companies the £1.8 million expenditure on outsourcing special events was spent; and what services were provided to Ofcom as a result of such expenditure. |
(45770)
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239
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2011, Official Report, column 472W, on Ofcom: consultants, on what services Ofcom's £6.7 expenditure in 2009-10 on consultancy professional specialist was spent; which companies provided each such service; how many hours each such provider worked on the provision of such services; and what estimate he has made of the number of staff involved in provision of such services. |
(45771)
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240
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to Ofcom's supplementary written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on expenditure 2009-10, with which companies the (a) £0.8 million expenditure on legal non-policy and (b) £0.6 million on legal policy was spent; and what services were provided to Ofcom as a result of such expenditure. |
(45773)
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241
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Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46582)
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242
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011. |
(46555)
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243
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 611W, on broadband: public expenditure, what assessment he has made of the effects on the pilot project in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland of restrictions on the use of BT's ducts and poles. |
(45951)
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244
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Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what consultation his Department is undertaking on steps to address levels of internet addiction among young people. |
(46418)
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245
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Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department is taking steps to support grassroots and community sport in Dartford constituency. |
(46419)
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246
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Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46744)
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247
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of local authorities in England which will tender for the provision of high-speed broadband services in each year to 2015. |
(46774)
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248
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has allocated for high-speed broadband provision in each year to 2015. |
(46775)
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249
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Bridgend of 23 November 2010, reference MM/JH/22/11/2010. |
(46275)
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250
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many public consultations his Department has conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse of conducting each consultation was. |
(46592)
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251
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of the funding allocated to broadband programmes in the Comprehensive Spending Review period he expects to be spent on programmes based in Reading West constituency. |
(46630)
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252
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many contracts relating to the London 2012 Olympics have been awarded to businesses and organisations based in (a) Reading West constitency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire; and what the monetary value is of each such contract. |
(46634)
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253
|
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent in Sherwood constituency per head of population in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(47054)
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254
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, what assessment he has made of the likely future availability across the UK of accurate information relating to the facilities and performance of self-catering holiday properties under his proposals for accommodation quality rating schemes. |
(46657)
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255
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, what assessment he has made of the (a) market penetration, (b) accuracy and (c) reliability of information relating to self-catering accommodation posted on visitor accommodation websites with user-generated content. |
(46658)
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256
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, whether he has assessed the potential vulnerability to malware of hotel review websites with user-generated content. |
(46659)
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257
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, what mechanisms he plans to use to set benchmarks for (a) improvements in standards of visitor accommodation and (b) quality comparisons between the UK and its constituent parts and overseas. |
(46660)
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258
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for what reason the Government Tourism Policy published on 4 March 2011 was unavailable on his Department's website on the day of launch; and for what reason his Department has not supplied copies to the Vote Office for distribution to hon. Members. |
(46661)
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259
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, what assessment he has made of the contribution of Hospitality Assured accreditation to the objectives of National Tourist Boards in respect of the visitor economy. |
(46662)
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260
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the potential asymmetrical effects on tourism businesses in different parts of the UK of moving the May Day Bank Holiday to October. |
(46663)
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261
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, what steps he plans to take to measure the (a) visitor preference and (b) projected revenue for the visitor economy associated with the proposed move of the May Day Bank Holiday to October; and whether he plans to market-test the popularity of the proposal and the proposed designations for the October holiday in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland. |
(46664)
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262
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, what the quantitative evidential basis is for the assessment that consumer-led websites offer significant potential to drive up standards; and what measures he plans to use to measure consequent trends in hotel standards. |
(46665)
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263
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government Tourism Policy of March 2011, whether he plans to take account of the traditional pattern of school holidays in the autumn in Scotland when assessing the (a) merits and (b) likely effect on tourism businesses of moving the May Day Bank Holiday to October. |
(46666)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
264
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure his Department (a) allocated to science and technology research in each of the last five years and (b) plans to allocate to science and technology research in each of the next five years. |
(45928)
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265
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect of the implementation of the measures in the Strategic Defence and Security Review on the (a) size, (b) capability and (c) deployability of the Royal Marines; and if he will make a statement. |
(46019)
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266
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior responsible owners have been designated within his Department; and to which project each is assigned. |
(46302)
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267
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47051)
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268
N
|
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to purchase helicopters for the RAF. |
(45930)
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269
N
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Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's fast jet capability; and if he will make a statement. |
(45931)
|
270
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of reference are of the cross-Government task force on Gurkha veterans and their families; and whether the task force is to examine (a) pensions and (b) other welfare payments to Gurkha veterans. |
(46199)
|
271
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Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the date was of the most recent meeting of the cross-Government task force on Gurkha veterans; and on what date the next meeting of the task force is scheduled. |
(46200)
|
272
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Government departments participate in the cross-Government task force on Gurkha veterans and their families. |
(46201)
|
273
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether organisations representing Gurkha veterans have been consulted by the cross-Government task force on issues affecting Gurkha veterans and their families. |
(46714)
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274
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46581)
|
275
|
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 70W, on the Air Force: military bases, what the cost to the public purse was of the work at RAF Leuchars classified as redevelopment. |
(46210)
|
276
|
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library each item of correspondence his Department has received from HM Treasury in respect of its RAF basing review. |
(46211)
|
277
|
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence his Department received from hon. Members in respect of its RAF basing review. |
(46212)
|
278
N
|
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what notice his Department proposes to give to service personnel whose ships are to be transferred under his proposed changes to port-basing. |
(45925)
|
279
N
|
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit cost to the public purse of relocating to the UK families of Army personnel stationed in Germany. |
(45926)
|
280
N
|
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make an announcement on the port-basing of ships and submarines. |
(46000)
|
281
N
|
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable his Department has set for the relocation to the UK of service families resident in Germany. |
(46001)
|
282
N
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel aged under 18 years were serving a sentence in the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester for having gone absent without leave in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many personnel aged under 18 years have been found guilty by court martial in the last two years for having gone absent without leave. |
(46615)
|
283
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46554)
|
284
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the decommissioning of the Nimrod MRA4 fleet. |
(46600)
|
285
N
|
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel (a) on operational development and (b) in total were garrisoned in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(46602)
|
286
N
|
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential effects of deploying electronic countermeasures in military bases on the health of armed forces personnel deployed in those bases. |
(46603)
|
287
N
|
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the incidence of (i) brain tumors and (ii) other forms of cancer amongst (A) armed forces personnel and (B) the civilian population. |
(46604)
|
288
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47073)
|
289
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to (a) record and (b) monitor the subsequent use of arms systems and other weapons sold to foreign governments by UK companies. |
(46202)
|
290
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of the WE.177 missile programme was (a) in cash terms and (b) in 2011 prices up to the date of its withdrawal from service; and what the cost of procurement of each missile was. |
(46277)
|
291
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the proposed UK-France treaty on nuclear weapons co-operation, from what date military flights between the UK and France transporting nuclear materials are to commence; and what the proposed flight path of this transport route will be. |
(46278)
|
292
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-6, on armed forces (redundancies), when he expects his Department's investigation into the notification of redundancy by email of 38 Army personnel to conclude; and whether he expects to publish its conclusions. |
(46084)
|
293
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-6, on armed forces (redundancies), what role (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department is taking in the investigation into the notification of redundancy by email of 38 Army personnel. |
(46085)
|
294
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-6, on armed forces (redundancies), what arrangements have been put in place to ensure that the correct procedure is followed to notify Army personnel facing redundancy; and who is responsible for the implementation of such a procedure. |
(46086)
|
295
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 815-6, on armed forces (redundancies), how many of his Department's staff are taking part in the investigation into the circumstances relating to the notification of redundancy by email of 38 Army personnel. |
(46087)
|
296
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to recover (a) equipment and (b) systems installed in Harrier aircraft for use elsewhere. |
(46284)
|
297
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to (a) sell and (b) dismantle any Harrier aircraft. |
(46285)
|
298
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies to arise from proposed changes to communications and logistics support to Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps; and whether this figure has been reckoned as part of the addition to or part of 25,000 civilian staff redundancies already announced. |
(46286)
|
299
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of Bay-class landing ship docks for humanitarian assistance duties. |
(46287)
|
300
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average lifespan of a Bay-class landing ship dock. |
(46288)
|
301
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the construction cost of RFA Largs Bay was; and what its running cost was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
(46289)
|
302
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of Bay-class landing ship docks for undertaking the duties of Atlantic Patrol Ship (North). |
(46290)
|
303
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department considered the merits of providing naval assistance to New Zealand following the recent earthquake in that country. |
(46291)
|
304
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role RFA Largs Bay undertook in providing humanitarian relief to Haiti following the earthquake in that country in 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
(46292)
|
305
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of (a) RFA Fort George and (b) RFA Largs Bay for counter-piracy operations. |
(46293)
|
306
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of RFA Fort Victoria to counter piracy activities; and whether further such contributions are planned. |
(46294)
|
307
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of HMS Cornwall to international counter-piracy activity. |
(46295)
|
308
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average running cost to a Type-22 batch 3 frigate was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
(46296)
|
309
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trainee pilots on courses of study leading to qualifications for flying Harrier aircraft have been made redundant to date under his Department's recent redundancy programme. |
(46297)
|
310
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities the (a) Type-22 and (b) Type-23 frigate has to act as a flagship. |
(46298)
|
311
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department made to the Government's policy on the deployment of special forces in Libya. |
(46303)
|
312
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what days HMS Cumberland has (a) been docked in Benghazi Port and (b) been deployed in Libyan territorial waters in 2011; and what the cost to the public purse of such actions has been to date. |
(46304)
|
313
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he made of the threat to international shipping from Somali piracy. |
(46457)
|
314
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine which army personnel will be made redundant under its present programme of redundancies. |
(46460)
|
315
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on potential exemption from changes to the indexation of pensions and benefits for (a) service widows and (b) maimed service personnel. |
(46461)
|
316
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 1067, what steps his Department is taking to examine the future pensions of (a) service widows and (b) maimed personnel. |
(46462)
|
317
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential saving to his Department from the reductions in expenditure on (a) food, (b) energy, (c) professional services and (d) other commodities committed to in the Strategic Defence and Spending Review. |
(46463)
|
318
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the saving for his Department as a result of implementation of the commitment in the Strategic Defence and Spending Review to save significant amounts from contract renegotiations with the defence industry; and how much he expects to be saved in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46464)
|
319
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regional brigade headquarters his Department plans to close; how many redundancies he expects to result from such closures; and whether this figure has been reckoned among the 25,000 civilian staff redundancies already announced. |
(46465)
|
320
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many redundancies he estimates there will be a result of the closure of each of the regional divisional headquarters; and whether this figure has been reckoned among the 25,000 civilian staff redundancies already announced. |
(46466)
|
321
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has estimated the potential cost savings from the commitment in the Strategic Defence Spending Review to rationalise wider equipment holdings in the light of experience on operations and fleet management. |
(46467)
|
322
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to his Department of a reduction in defence equipment and support; and whether the proposed reduction will entail redundancies. |
(46468)
|
323
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the contract renegotiations with the defence industry committed to in the Strategic Defence and Security Review have commenced; and if he will make a statement. |
(46469)
|
324
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what professional services to his Department he expects to be reduced as a result of commitments in the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and whether any redundancies will result from such reductions. |
(46470)
|
325
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he anticipates redundancies from the conversion of the second operational divisional headquarters to a force preparation role. |
(46471)
|
326
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the Harrier aircraft deleted from service. |
(46654)
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327
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 815, on the armed forces (redundancies), on what date and at what time (a) the private office of each Minister in his Department and (b) he and each other Minister in his Department was first informed that emails had been sent to service personnel to inform them of the termination of their employment; and by whom each was informed. |
(46655)
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328
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 815, on the armed forces (redundancies), what criteria his Department used to determine which warrant officers were to have their contracts terminated. |
(46656)
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329
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of an active electronically scanned array for the third tranche of Typhoon aircraft. |
(46672)
|
330
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Indian government on the sale of tranche 3 Typhoon aircrafts; and if he will make a statement. |
(46673)
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331
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes to design costs there have been as a result of the decision to combine the C1 and C2 requirements into a single variant for Type 26 Global Combat Ship design. |
(46674)
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332
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the EuroRADAR consortium on the research and development of the Captor-E Active Electronically Scanned Array. |
(46675)
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333
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) current in-service Typhoon aircraft and (b) Typhoon aircraft that have not yet been delivered will be equipped with a Captor-E Active Electronically Scanned Array. |
(46676)
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334
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with EuroRADAR consortium on equipping Typhoon aircraft with the Captor-E Active Electronically Scanned Array. |
(46677)
|
335
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Board of Inquiry to issue its report on the recent grounding of HMS Astute; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that report upon issue. |
(46678)
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336
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of members of the armed forces who will be made compulsorily redundant in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
(46511)
|
337
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment is at all ranks of the Royal Navy Submarine Service. |
(46132)
|
338
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 917W, on submarines and warships, what the (a) name and (b) type is of each (i) destroyer and (ii) frigate not currently part of the operational schedule undergoing deep maintenance. |
(46133)
|
339
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46142)
|
340
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates he discussed the recent diplomatic mission to eastern Libya with the (a) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and (b) Prime Minister. |
(45936)
|
341
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he received the submission outlining the intention of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to send a diplomatic mission to eastern Libya. |
(46372)
|
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
342
N
|
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether electors registered for a permanent postal vote are automatically to be issued with postal ballot papers for the referendum on the use of the alternative vote for elections to the House of Commons. |
(46310)
|
343
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect on the accountability and transparency of Government of the suspension of the facility to submit petitions through the Downing Street website. |
(46998)
|
344
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46565)
|
345
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the UK was consulted in advance of the adoption by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe of its Code of good practice in electoral matters in July 2002; whether the Code has an effect on UK domestic law; and if he will make a statement. |
(46850)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
346
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce his Department's budget for the FRANK service for 2011-12. |
(45929)
|
347
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has set a timetable for its internal review of personal, social, health and economic education. |
(46301)
|
348
|
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which information his Department holds on the number of (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form colleges which are using biometric systems; and if he will make a statement. |
(46750)
|
349
|
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken was for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to (a) process and (b) complete care cases referred to it in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(47045)
|
350
|
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the productivity of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. |
(47082)
|
351
|
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are taken by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to assist children affected by joint custody arrangements which cover more than one local authority area. |
(47083)
|
352
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46584)
|
353
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whens he plans to answer (a) Question 39708, on the harnessing technology grant, and (b) Question 39707, on the pupil premium, tabled on 7 February 2011 for named day answer on 10 February 2011. |
(46607)
|
354
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47074)
|
355
|
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the likely cost to the public purse of introducing one-to-one tuition for all people aged 16 to 18 years who do not have at least a GCSE grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics. |
(46918)
|
356
|
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what proportion of students measured as having obtained five or more GCSEs at grade C or above or equivalent of that achievement included a non-GCSE qualification in the last academic year for which figures are available. |
(46927)
|
357
|
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of sixth form colleges that have carried out zero-rated capital works which have made use of the statutory concessions permitting up to five per cent. business use in the last 10 years. |
(46929)
|
358
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England and Wales providing specialist services for students with disabilities provide such services exclusively for children aged 16 to 18 years. |
(46820)
|
359
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons he has made it his policy to make the list of barred teachers publicly available. |
(46821)
|
360
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46221)
|
361
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future funding of post-16 education; what assessment he has made of the average change in budgets of (a) 13-18 high schools and (b) 11-18 secondary schools in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. |
(46897)
|
362
|
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allow academies access to his Department's eligibility checking service. |
(46780)
|
363
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people at each age up to 19 in (a) North Somerset, (b) Bath and North East Somerset, (c) Somerset, (d) the City of Bristol and (e) Dorset have a disability or a special educational need. |
(46731)
|
364
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people at each age up to 19 in (a) North Somerset, (b) Bath and North East Somerset, (c) Somerset, (d) the City of Bristol and (e) Dorset (i) have a statement of special educational need and (ii) have a statement of special educational need which was made at the request of a parent or carer; and on what date each such statement was issued. |
(46732)
|
365
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education Council's conclusions on the role of education and training in the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, how often the UK will be required to report progress in implementing its national reform programme; and what assessment he has made of the (a) burdens and (b) costs attributable to this measure. |
(47011)
|
366
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many public consultations his Department and its predecessors have conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse of conducting each consultation was. |
(46589)
|
367
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46148)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
368
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47041)
|
369
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what regulations his Department revoked between 9 to 28 February 2011. |
(47056)
|
370
N
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of senior civil servants employed directly by his Department hold degrees in a scientific discipline. |
(46308)
|
371
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46580)
|
372
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his special advisers on climate change have met representatives of (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) other organisations in Northern Ireland since their appointment. |
(46601)
|
373
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with UK port companies his simplification review of the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme. |
(46715)
|
374
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to conclude the simplification review of the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme. |
(46716)
|
375
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what priorities he has set for the issues to be considered in his review of the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme. |
(46717)
|
376
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much additional revenue he expects to receive as a result of the changes he has made to the carbon reduction commitment scheme. |
(46718)
|
377
N
|
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the level of Arctic ice melt in the summer of 2011 in comparison to the summer of 2010. |
(45365)
|
378
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011. |
(46557)
|
379
|
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effect on UK ports of his Department's carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
(46737)
|
380
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47072)
|
381
|
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the Green Investment Bank; and on which date each meeting took place. |
(46183)
|
382
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department holds records of the number of local authorities which operate nuclear-free zones. |
(46274)
|
383
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met representatives from the UK solar photovoltaic industry; and how many meetings he has had with representatives of solar photovoltaic companies since October 2010. |
(46440)
|
384
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's estimate is of the number of jobs created in the solar photovoltaic industry since February 2010. |
(46441)
|
385
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department published the trigger for the fast-track solar photovoltaic feed-in tariff review; and if he will make a statement. |
(46442)
|
386
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): 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: feed-in tariffs, how many megawatts of solar photovoltaic generating capacity currently registered for feed-in tariff payments (a) were installed between July 2009 and April 2010 and (b) are historic transfers from the Renewables Obligation. |
(46443)
|
387
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 242W, on solar power: feed-in tariffs, whether his Department's decision to cap uptake under the feed-in tariff scheme was taken in consultation with the solar photovoltaic industry; and if he will make a statement. |
(46444)
|
388
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the revised treatment of combined heat and power plant, what assessment he has made of the effects of the carbon price floor mechanism on the international competitiveness of the UK's chemical and petroleum industries. |
(46529)
|
389
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of a new carbon price floor mechanism on reductions in carbon dioxide levels delivered from combined heat and power plants. |
(46530)
|
390
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the financial effects on combined heat and power plants of the introduction of a new carbon price floor mechanism. |
(46531)
|
391
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons the first meeting of the Transitional Committee of the Green Climate Fund was postponed; and what communications (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with the Secretariat of the UNFCCC to resolve outstanding organisational matters in respect of the Green Climate Fund. |
(46345)
|
392
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of including hot water efficiency measures in the Green Deal. |
(46350)
|
393
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the (i) economic and (ii) employment opportunities in the solar photovoltaic sector; and if he will make a statement. |
(46354)
|
394
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff are employed full-time by his Department to undertake work on or relating to (a) nuclear energy, (b) coal, including carbon capture and storage, (c) natural gas, including carbon capture and storage, (d) renewable gas, biomethane injection, (e) solar photovoltaic, (f) onshore wind, (g) offshore wind, (h) wave and tidal, (i) deep geothermal, (j) solar thermal, (k) heat pumps, (l) biomass boilers and combined heat and power, (m) hydroelectric power, (n) biomass power and (o) anaerobic digestion; and if he will make a statement. |
(46355)
|
395
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had to discuss electricity market reform proposals with UK electricity supply companies which are not one of the six major UK electricity suppliers; and if he will make a statement. |
(46356)
|
396
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 704W, on solar power: feed-in tariffs, (a) for what reasons he does not collect and (b) if he will make it his policy to collect data on the revenue provided to the Exchequer from (i) tax and (ii) national insurance contributions attributable to the solar photovoltaic industry since the date of implementation of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
(46361)
|
397
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the measures on the Energy 2020 Strategy adopted by the Energy Council on 28 February 2011. |
(47010)
|
398
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the risk of vector-borne diseases infecting the UK blood supply was discussed during his recent discussions at the UN climate change conference in Cancun; and if he will make a statement. |
(46923)
|
399
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46145)
|
400
|
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable he has set for taking decisions on consent on Round 2 offshore wind farm applications which have not yet been approved. |
(46268)
|
401
|
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the time taken by his Department was to process each application for consent for Round 2 offshore wind developments which have so far been approved. |
(46269)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
402
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set targets to limit the use of high grade timber for energy production. |
(46726)
|
403
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the use of high grade timber for energy production. |
(46727)
|
404
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set limits on the use of energy crops in anaerobic digestion programmes. |
(46728)
|
405
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the use of energy crops in anaerobic digestion programmes. |
(46729)
|
406
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the quantity of crops used in anaerobic digestion programmes in each of the last three years. |
(46730)
|
407
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations her Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47047)
|
408
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46579)
|
409
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (a) was in each of the last five years and (b) will be in each of the next four years. |
(46769)
|
410
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (a) was in each of the last five years and (b) will be in each of the next four years. |
(46770)
|
411
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Japanese counterpart on whaling. |
(45508)
|
412
|
Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions she has raised the issue of cotton subsidies in the EU Council of Ministers; and if she will make a statement. |
(46181)
|
413
|
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what process she plans to follow to establish an independent forest advisory panel; and what timetable she has set for this process. |
(46090)
|
414
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47068)
|
415
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 768W, on Forestry Commission: lands, what the (a) name and (b) location is of the leasehold public forest estate in Kettering constituency. |
(45927)
|
416
|
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the number of supermarket refrigeration display cabinets disposed of in landfill sites. |
(46140)
|
417
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the size of her Department's estate; and if she will make a statement. |
(46218)
|
418
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the composition of her proposed panel to consider the future of forestry in England will be; and what consideration she has given to appointing to this panel members of environmental and charitable organisations with expertise in the issue. |
(46322)
|
419
|
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote animal welfare standards in abattoirs. |
(46323)
|
420
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with (a) Ofwat and (b) the Department for Energy and Climate Change on the potential for water companies to fund the marginal cost of delivering cold water efficiency measures so that they can be offered for free to householders as part of the Green Deal. |
(46351)
|
421
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which rivers are being investigated under the Environment Agency's Restoring Sustainable Abstraction Scheme; and in respect of which rivers (a) preliminary investigations have been completed and restoration solutions have been recommended and (b) preliminary investigations are ongoing. |
(46352)
|
422
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 30 November 2010, Official Report, column 68WS, on greenhouse gas emissions, when she expects to make an announcement on her Department's plans for the introduction of mandatory carbon reporting for businesses. |
(46358)
|
423
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of her Department's ability to meet the deadline for the introduction of regulations on carbon reporting for businesses set out in Section 85 of the Climate Change Act. |
(46359)
|
424
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential benefits for companies and investors of comprehensive and transparent company reporting on carbon emissions. |
(46360)
|
425
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the regulations for the transfer of private drains and sewers to come into force. |
(46315)
|
426
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to lay before Parliament the regulations to authorise the transfer of private drains and sewers to statutory sewer companies. |
(46368)
|
427
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish her proposals for the transfer of private drains and sewers to statutory sewer companies. |
(46520)
|
428
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the consultation on the Walker review of charging and metering for water and sewerage services; and if she will make a statement. |
(46521)
|
429
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of supermarkets on the proportion of the retail price of milk paid to dairy farmers; and if she will make a statement. |
(46832)
|
430
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the draft Regulation on food labelling adopted by the Council of Ministers on 21 February 2011; and whether it reflects the Government's policies on country of origin food labelling. |
(46855)
|
431
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the amount of plastic waste which was recycled in 2009-10. |
(47052)
|
432
|
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on labelling of retail products containing monosodium glutamate. |
(46412)
|
433
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46143)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
434
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what regulations his Department revoked between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47058)
|
435
N
|
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution his Department has made to the Government's review of human trafficking. |
(46309)
|
436
|
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Chinese government on the arrests and imprisonment of Tibetans involved in the 2008 protests. |
(46702)
|
437
|
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47046)
|
438
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46578)
|
439
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the successful bidder was for the provision of a patrol vessel for the British Indian Overseas Territory. |
(47000)
|
440
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart in relation to the arrest of Naji Tamimi on 7 March 2011. |
(46088)
|
441
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47070)
|
442
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of a new Palestinian state comprising both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |
(46305)
|
443
|
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the 648 kHz medium radio wave frequency has been allocated to a body other than the BBC. |
(46826)
|
444
|
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate has been made of the financial saving to be achieved by the BBC World Service ceasing transmission on the 648 kHz medium radio wave frequency; and what proportion of the total planned budget reduction for the BBC World Service this amount represents. |
(46827)
|
445
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) function and (b) remit of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe is; when that Group is expected to complete its report on the Living together in 21st century Europe project; what discussions Ministers have had with the Group; and if he will make a statement. |
(46846)
|
446
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK has participated in the Council of Europe's project on Living together in 21st century Europe; and what discussions Ministers have had with (a) the Council of Europe and (b) their member state counterparts on the project. |
(46847)
|
447
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken at the United Nations in respect of the use of force against civilians by the government of Libya. |
(46413)
|
448
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to support rebel forces in Libya. |
(46414)
|
449
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Somalia; and what reports he has received of the (a) capture of Bulo Hawo and (b) recent deaths of African Union peacekeepers. |
(46415)
|
450
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to apply for funding for maritime patrol aircraft under the EU External Borders Fund. |
(46416)
|
451
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the risks of weapons seized from the Libyan armed forces being used in conflicts outside of Libya. |
(46417)
|
452
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any (a) British and (b) non-British citizens who were evacuated by the Royal Navy from Libya paid for their passage. |
(46705)
|
453
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals who used the flights from Libya chartered by his Department have not paid for those flights. |
(46706)
|
454
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what charge his Department made to each (a) British and (b) non-British national who was evacuated from Libya on aeroplanes chartered by his Department. |
(46707)
|
455
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff of his Department are based in (a) Libya and (b) Tripoli. |
(46708)
|
456
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff of his Department have been (a) sent to and (b) evacuated from Libya in the last three weeks. |
(46709)
|
457
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on United Nations reform. |
(46710)
|
458
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the United Nations; and if he will make a statement. |
(46829)
|
459
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of humanitarian conditions in the Abyei region of Sudan on prospects for resolution of the status of the region. |
(45774)
|
460
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the burning of villages in the Abyei region of Sudan. |
(45775)
|
461
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the judgment by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the borders of the Abyei region of Sudan. |
(45776)
|
462
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the US government on the abolition of American cotton subsidies; and if he will make a statement. |
(46767)
|
463
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on the death of Salman Taseer; and if he will make a statement. |
(46756)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
464
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in producing a protocol for the recording and sharing of information on adults with autism; and if he will make a statement. |
(46772)
|
465
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and the NHS spent on contraceptive (a) services and (b) provision through primary care in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
(46773)
|
466
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons people with autism are not included in the draft social care outcomes framework; whether he plans to address social care outcomes for people with autism; and if he will make a statement. |
(47065)
|
467
|
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to remove the one mile residency requirement applying to pharmaceutical dispensaries operated by GP surgeries. |
(46524)
|
468
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) Suffolk Primary Care Trust and (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority spent on (i) management and (ii) other consultants in each of the last five years. |
(47031)
|
469
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47049)
|
470
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations his Department revoked between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47060)
|
471
|
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) prevention and (b) management, (c) rehabilitation of strokes in children with sickle cell disease. |
(46880)
|
472
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department provided to Timebank for its Shoulder to Shoulder programme in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010. |
(46881)
|
473
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the (a) number of and (b) cost to the public purse of the treatment of ex-servicemen and women diagnosed with mental health issues in 2010. |
(46944)
|
474
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS budget of the Timebank Shoulder to Shoulder programme. |
(46996)
|
475
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46576)
|
476
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appliance use reviews have been provided by the NHS since the introduction of such reviews. |
(45937)
|
477
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS stoma care nursing posts were funded through industry support in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the value to the NHS of this support. |
(45938)
|
478
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of primary care-led commissioning. |
(45366)
|
479
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of structural reorganisation on (a) service delivery in the NHS, (b) the efficiency of the NHS and (c) quality improvement in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
(45405)
|
480
N
|
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement there is for NHS hospitals to set charges for the treatment of private patients at a level which results in a surplus over the cost of the treatment. |
(45540)
|
481
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46558)
|
482
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47071)
|
483
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS pharmaceuticals budget of prescribing (a) buprenorphine and (b) subutex was in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(46451)
|
484
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential rehabilitation centres for (a) drugs, (b) alcohol and (c) drugs and alcohol there were in England in each year since 2005. |
(46472)
|
485
N
|
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the evidential basis of the RAND Europe Study, Assessing the Impacts of Revising the Tobacco Products Directive. |
(46082)
|
486
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on sex and relationship education; and if he will make a statement. |
(46606)
|
487
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who contracted hepatitis C virus from contaminated blood products administered by the NHS have now been cleared of the virus while in (a) stage 1 and (b) stage 2. |
(46452)
|
488
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those who contracted HIV from contaminated blood products administered by the NHS are now clear of the virus. |
(46453)
|
489
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish (a) each written submission, (b) each minute of meetings and (c) all other information he received from each of the expert working groups consulted during his Department's review of the treatment of those infected with contaminated blood products. |
(46454)
|
490
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what form he received the submissions of each of the five expert working groups who contributed to his Department's review of the treatment of those infected with contaminated blood products. |
(46455)
|
491
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the financial needs of those infected with contaminated blood during his Department's recent review of the treatment of those infected with contaminated blood products. |
(46456)
|
492
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46222)
|
493
|
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 907W, on streptococcus: screening, what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of group B streptococcus. |
(46527)
|
494
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the report of the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group on radiosurgery to be published. |
(47076)
|
495
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in establishing a national tariff for stereotactic radiosurgery. |
(47077)
|
496
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason is for the time taken to publish the report of the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group on radiosurgery. |
(47087)
|
497
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to increase the number of single rooms available to hospital patients in the NHS. |
(46523)
|
498
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the European Directive on cross-border healthcare. |
(47006)
|
499
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients from other EU member states who will use NHS services in the 12 months following implementation of the European Directive on cross-border healthcare. |
(47007)
|
500
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of each (a) EU member state and (b) non-EU country were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of such treatment in each such year. |
(47008)
|
501
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing national contact points under the provisions of the European Directive on cross-border healthcare. |
(47009)
|
502
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a non-electronic alternative to the online ImmForm system for the ordering of vaccines. |
(46712)
|
503
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account the NHS takes of a patient's age when deciding whether a patient can receive an organ transplant. |
(46814)
|
504
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are awaiting a lung transplant in (a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) London; and how many such patients are over the age of 65 years. |
(46815)
|
505
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS will be subject to Government buying standards for food; and if he will make a statement. |
(46129)
|
506
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP surgeries and (b) single-handed GP surgeries there were in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 1997. |
(46916)
|
507
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists are operating under (a) general dental services contracts and (b) personal dental services agreements in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England. |
(46917)
|
508
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses per 100 beds there were in (a) England, (b) West Suffolk Hospital and (c) Ipswich Hospital in each year since 2009. |
(46935)
|
509
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by (a) West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust and (b) Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust on salaries and wages for (i) general and senior managers, (ii) nurses and midwives, and (iii) administrative and clerical staff in each year since 2009-10. |
(46936)
|
510
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Suffolk Primary Care Trust spent on salaries and wages for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives, and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each year since 2009-10. |
(46937)
|
511
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many knife wound injuries were treated in hospitals in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 1997. |
(46943)
|
512
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average distance travelled for an out-of-hours GP appointment was in in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each of the last 10 years; and what the average waiting time for an out-of-hours GP appointment was in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each of the last 10 years. |
(47029)
|
513
|
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to safeguard the meals on wheels service. |
(46499)
|
514
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public consultations his Department has conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse was of conducting each consultation. |
(46594)
|
515
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare-acquired infections there were in each NHS facility in Berkshire in each of the last 10 years. |
(46626)
|
516
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46149)
|
517
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stoma care nurses there were in the NHS in (a) 2001, (b) 2006 and (c) the most recent year for which figures are available. |
(46216)
|
518
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with representatives of the specialist nursing sector to discuss the work of frontline staff in stoma care. |
(46217)
|
519
|
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take under his NHS reforms to ensure redress for patients who suffer injury as a result of negligent medical treatment in an NHS hospital; and if he will take steps to ensure that such rights of redress are no less than those that would apply to a patient suffering injury in a privately-run hospital. |
(46684)
|
520
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's Catch It, Kill It, Bin It respiratory hand hygiene campaign in each of the last five years. |
(46618)
|
521
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates his Department's annual Catch It, Kill It, Bin It respiratory hand hygiene campaign was launched in each of the last five years. |
(46619)
|
522
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made in October 2010 of the merits of the proposed launch date for his Department's Catch It, Kill It, Bin It respiratory hand hygiene campaign in 2011. |
(46620)
|
523
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the merits of extending the range of conditions which qualify parents for prescription charge exemptions. |
(46755)
|
524
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the proportion of accidental falls suffered by patients in NHS facilities which are the result of poor vision; and if he will make a statement. |
(46757)
|
525
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to establish specialist myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome services in parts of the country where there are none. |
(46759)
|
526
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of patients who are able to choose implantable lens technology on the NHS for the treatment of cataracts under his proposals for the reform of NHS commissioning. |
(46761)
|
527
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to increase access to insulin pumps for people with Type 1 diabetes. |
(46762)
|
528
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs have been incurred by the NHS in each region as a result of (a) treatment for and (b) payments to patients who have suffered accidental falls in NHS facilities; and if he will make a statement. |
(46804)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
529
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations her Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(46955)
|
530
N
|
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were subject to a discretionary bar by the Independent Safeguarding Authority in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. |
(46006)
|
531
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of illegal migrants working in the UK who (a) pay tax and (b) make national insurance contributions. |
(46409)
|
532
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46575)
|
533
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to facilitate the granting of work permits and visas to foreign professional musicians invited to perform at concerts in the UK. |
(46719)
|
534
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of written questions tabled to her for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46559)
|
535
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 519-20W, on police: investigations, what procedural and interpretational advice and guidance the Office of Surveillance Commissioners has given regarding the type of organisations that should be subject to covert surveillance by undercover police officers; and if she will make a statement. |
(47036)
|
536
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 519-20W, on police: investigations, if she will review her Department's codes of practice in relation to the types of organisations which should be subject to undercover police operations; and if she will make a statement. |
(47037)
|
537
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2011, Official Report, columns 519-20W, on police: investigations, when she expects HM Inspectorate of Constabulary to complete its review of operational accountability of undercover work by the National Public Order Intelligence Unit; and if she will make a statement. |
(47038)
|
538
|
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the incidence of burglary. |
(46764)
|
539
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47067)
|
540
N
|
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to open an office of the UK Border Agency to process claims relating to asylum seekers resident in Scotland in (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh and (c) Aberdeen. |
(46004)
|
541
N
|
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of processing initial applications for asylums in Scotland. |
(46005)
|
542
N
|
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations her Department has received from (a) police organisations, (b) medical professionals and (c) others on legislation on the sale, ownership and use of BB guns. |
(45940)
|
543
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of individuals barred under the Vetting and Barring scheme also have a criminal record for sex offences. |
(44964)
|
544
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau checks were issued in 2010 to those working in the gaming industry. |
(46813)
|
545
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) schools, (b) children's activities providers, (c) service providers for vulnerable adults and (d) care homes will be required to obtain (i) a standard Criminal Records Bureau check and (ii) an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check on a potential employee (voluntary or otherwise); when they will be able to exercise discretion in obtaining (A) a standard Criminal Records Bureau check and (B) an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check following implementation of proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill. |
(46817)
|
546
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to enable (a) schools, (b) providers of young people's services and (c) providers of services to vulnerable adults to gain access to the non-criminal information held by the Independent Safeguarding Authority on potential employees conducting non-regulated activities. |
(46818)
|
547
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) the minutes of meetings her Department has had with and (b) written submissions her Department has received from (i) the NSPCC, (ii) Barnardos, (iii) Sir Roger Singleton and (iv) the Children's Commissioner during preparation of the Protection of Freedoms Bill. |
(46819)
|
548
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to assess the risk of human trafficking in the period before the London 2012 Olympics. |
(46326)
|
549
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allocate resources to the Metropolitan Police for work to counter the risk of human trafficking during the period of the London 2012 Olympics. |
(46379)
|
550
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Security and Counter-Terrorism plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood of 16 February 2011 . |
(46423)
|
551
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the size of her Department's estate; and if she will make a statement. |
(46223)
|
552
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess trends in the number of cautions issued by police officers in Lewisham and Croydon during the payment-by-results pilots in those boroughs undertaken by the Ministry of Justice. |
(46012)
|
553
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits she expects to be issued to non-EEA nationals in each of the five years from 2011. |
(46446)
|
554
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits have been issued to non-EEA foreign nationals. |
(46447)
|
555
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of issuing biometric residence permits to non-EEA foreign nationals. |
(46448)
|
556
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will state (a) how and (b) where biometric data from residence permits issued to non-EEA foreign nationals will be stored. |
(46449)
|
557
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal advice she has received on the introduction of (a) a voluntary and (b) a mandatory minimum price for alcohol. |
(46924)
|
558
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the effects on refugees of reductions in the budget for advice services for refugees at the end of financial year 2011-12; and if she will make a statement. |
(46186)
|
559
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure refugees can access (a) employment, (b) housing and (c) financial assistance from 1 April 2011; and if she will make a statement. |
(46187)
|
560
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of reductions in the budget for the UK Border Agency on refugee charities in Scotland in receipt of funding from that body. |
(46421)
|
561
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days on average employees of the UK Border Agency have taken in sick leave in each year since its inception. |
(46522)
|
562
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overtime hours were paid to (a) warranted officers and (b) civilian staff of Northumbria Police Force in each of the last three years; and what the total cost to the public purse was of such overtime in each such year. |
(46537)
|
563
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the potential effects of a reduction in the number of police officers employed by Northumbria Police on the level of crime in the Northumbria Police Force area. |
(46538)
|
564
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a stun gun was (a) deployed and (b) fired by officers of Northumbria Police in each of the last three years. |
(46539)
|
565
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK of the proposals in the EU Agenda for new skills and jobs in respect of migration; what assessment she has made of likely trends in migration to the UK from (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries; and if she will make a statement. |
(46853)
|
566
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide support for the Missing Rights campaign; and if she will make a statement. |
(46128)
|
567
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by (a) police forces and (b) local authorities for offences of (i) fly-tipping, (ii) graffiti, (iii) dog fouling, (iv) dropping of litter and (v) parking in each year since 2006. |
(46938)
|
568
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) convictions, (b) cautions and (c) fixed penalty notices were issued to people arrested for speeding offences in each police force area in each year since 1997. |
(46940)
|
569
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public consultations her Department has conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse was of conducting each consultation. |
(46591)
|
570
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the circumstances of Mr Avi Benayahu's entry into the UK in 2010; and what her policy is on the use by foreign nationals of false names on entry into the UK. |
(46622)
|
571
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department was first informed of the intention of Mr Avi Benayahu to enter the UK under a false identity. |
(46623)
|
572
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46144)
|
573
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2011, Official Report, column 44W, on police: retirement, if she will review the operation of Rule A19 following the report of Lord Hutton on public sector pensions. |
(46890)
|
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
574
|
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many Questions for oral answer were entered into the shuffle for each of the three most recent question times for each Government department and other answering body; and if the Commission will make arrangements for the routine publication of these figures. |
(46624)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
575
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what regulations his Department revoked between 27 January 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(47032)
|
576
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47043)
|
577
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46574)
|
578
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the costs to developing countries of the proposed relaxation of the controlled foreign company rules and taxation of foreign branches proposals. |
(46089)
|
579
|
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on programmes where businesses participate in corporate social responsibility initiatives in developing countries in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(46733)
|
580
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46745)
|
581
N
|
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the outcome of his Department's funding for humanitarian work in Pakistan following the floods in that country. |
(46010)
|
582
|
David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) the UK and (b) multilateral organisations have spent on each category of development activity in Afghanistan since 2001. |
(46224)
|
583
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the effects of EU cotton subsidies on West African cotton farmers; and if he will make a statement. |
(46766)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
584
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47053)
|
585
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what regulations his Department revoked between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47057)
|
586
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 942W, on legal aid: prisoners, if he will direct the Legal Services Commission to break down expenditure on judicial reviews between practice areas. |
(45772)
|
587
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46573)
|
588
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46560)
|
589
|
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Youth Rehabilitation Orders. |
(46763)
|
590
|
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Youth Rehabilitation Orders have been issued in (a) the London Borough of Bexley, (b) London and (c) England since their creation. |
(46765)
|
591
N
|
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on access to justice for lower income groups of his Department's proposed changes to the civil litigation costs regime. |
(45266)
|
592
N
|
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken on the effects of its proposed civil litigation costs regime on the propensity of individuals to make a legitimate claim for compensation in personal injury cases. |
(45267)
|
593
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47066)
|
594
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the planned expenditure is for each probation trust in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14. |
(46459)
|
595
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that those referred to the Peterborough prison social impact bond scheme are representative of all short-term prisoners released. |
(46919)
|
596
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to implement further social impact bond schemes based on the model used at HM Prison Peterborough. |
(46920)
|
597
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure all offenders sentenced to 12 months or less take part in a social impact bond scheme. |
(46921)
|
598
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of reoffending of prisoners who are not referred to the social impact bond scheme at HM Prison Peterborough. |
(46922)
|
599
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letter of 18 February 2011 from the right hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood, on retrospective limited compensation to victims of terrorism abroad, including Nigel Pike. |
(46422)
|
600
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010/11, HC 790, for what reasons there is proposed a reduction of £770,000 in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding from the Parole Board. |
(46822)
|
601
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010/11, HC 790, for what reasons there is proposed a reduction of £175,000 in voted expenditure offset by an increase in non-voted expenditure in relation to an internal movement in funding to the Legal Services Commission. |
(46824)
|
602
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions the UK Supreme Court has declared an incompatibility between domestic legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 since the Court's inception; and what the Government's response was in each such case. |
(46900)
|
603
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for HM Courts Service in each financial year from 2005-06 to date. |
(46901)
|
604
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates he has met the Secretary of State for (a) Education and (b) Communities and Local Government to discuss the resettlement of young offenders since May 2010. |
(46902)
|
605
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much compensation was paid out by the criminal injuries compensation scheme for each type of injury in each financial year since 1997. |
(46903)
|
606
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department allocated to the criminal injuries compensation scheme in each financial year since 1997. |
(46904)
|
607
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which injuries are covered by the criminal injuries compensation scheme; and what level of compensation is attached to each such injury. |
(46905)
|
608
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much capital funding his Department has allocated for prison building for each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46906)
|
609
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much capital funding his Department and its predecessor allocated to prison building in each financial year between 1994-95 and 2010-11. |
(46907)
|
610
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the role of Chief Inspector of Prisons is politically restricted under Civil Service guidelines. |
(46908)
|
611
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries were sustained by (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each prison disturbance for each category of injury in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
(46909)
|
612
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of damage caused to each prison affected by disturbances in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
(46910)
|
613
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons experienced any kind of disturbance in the last 12 months; and what the nature was of each such disturbance. |
(46911)
|
614
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for staff training in each prison was in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. |
(46912)
|
615
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is provided to staff employed on the new prison officer contract. |
(46913)
|
616
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days of training is provided to staff employed on the new prison officer contract. |
(46914)
|
617
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff have been appointed on the new prison officer contract in each prison since September 2009. |
(46915)
|
618
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1166-7W, on rape: victim support schemes, what funding he has allocated to rape crisis centres in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and what proportion of such funding will come from the victim surcharge. |
(46931)
|
619
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 40185, tabled on 8 February 2011 for named day answer on 11 February 2011. |
(46932)
|
620
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of introducing the victims of overseas terrorism compensation scheme in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46933)
|
621
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants that would be eligible under the victims of overseas terrorism compensation scheme during the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46934)
|
622
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will monitor trends in the issue of fixed penalty notices during the duration of the payment-by-results pilots in Lewisham and Croydon. |
(46011)
|
623
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the potential effect of reductions in rates of benefit on re-offending and conviction rates during the payment-by-results pilots in Lewisham and Croydon. |
(46013)
|
624
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of reductions in Probation Service budgets on reoffending rates in Lewisham and Croydon during the payment-by-results pilots. |
(46014)
|
625
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of reductions in probation, police and court budgets in Lewisham and Croydon on rates of (a) arrest and (b) conviction over the next two years. |
(46015)
|
626
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2011, Official Report, column 578W, on prisoners: gender recognition, which (a) internal and (b) external stakeholders were consulted on Prison Service Instruction 07/2011 on the care and management of transsexual prisoners; and how the external stakeholders were selected. |
(46343)
|
627
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2011, Official Report, column 578W, on prisoners: gender recognition, what plans he has for the implementation of Prison Service Instruction 07/2011 on the care and management of transsexual prisoners, including associated training for staff; and what timetable he has set for implementation. |
(46344)
|
628
|
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders held in a cell designed for one inmate shared it with (a) one other inmate and (b) two other inmates in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
(46828)
|
629
|
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what work he has undertaken in his role as the UK's international anti-corruption champion; and if he will make a statement. |
(46248)
|
630
|
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme were awarded the maximum award of compensation available in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
(46536)
|
631
|
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority concluded in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
(46621)
|
632
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent in each category of expenditure on (a) advertising for and (b) recruiting for the position of Prisons and Probation Ombudsman; how many applications his Department has received; and when he expects an appointment to be made. |
(46834)
|
633
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has given to prisoner support groups in each year since its inception. |
(46835)
|
634
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on the (a) basic, (b) standard and (c) enhanced tier of the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme (IEP) in each of the last five years; what the cost to the public purse was of operating the scheme in each such year; and how many prisoners were (a) not on, (b) ineligible for and (c) removed from the scheme in each such year. |
(46836)
|
635
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1055-6W, on prisoners: mass media, what consideration was given to consulting victims of crime or their representatives on the preparation of Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 37/2010 on prisoner access to the media; which persons and organisations his Department consulted in preparing the instruction; and if he will consult victims of crime and their representatives on the contents of PSI 37/2010 and amend it accordingly. |
(46843)
|
636
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1056-7W, on prisoners: publications, with which publishers and newspapers (a) prisons and (b) National Offender Management Service hold subscriptions; and what the title is of each publication for which subscriptions are paid for its use in prisons. |
(46844)
|
637
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government was consulted in advance of the adoption by the Committee of Ministers of Recommendation (87)3 on European prison rules; whether the European Prison Rules have effect in UK domestic law; and if he will make a statement. |
(46848)
|
638
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the UK was consulted in advance of the adoption by the Committee of Ministers of Recommendation (2003)23 on the management by prison administrations of life sentence and other long-term prisoners; whether the Recommendation has effect in UK domestic law; and if he will make a statement. |
(46849)
|
639
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17 year olds were given custodial sentences in each police force area since 2007; and what the average length of sentence was. |
(46833)
|
640
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought by (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) local authorities for offences of (i) fly-tipping, (ii) graffiti, (iii) dog fouling, (iv) dropping of litter and (v) parking in each year since 2006. |
(46939)
|
641
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much revenue was received from fixed penalty notices issued in respect of speeding offences in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. |
(46941)
|
642
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are being held in police cells; at what cost; and how many were so held in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years. |
(46945)
|
643
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was allocated to the daily cost of food for a prisoner in (a) a prison cell and (b) a police station cell in each of the last five years. |
(46946)
|
644
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of using videolink equipment installed in prisons to record interviews between police officers and witnesses in prison. |
(46947)
|
645
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders are registered; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to persistent young offenders in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. |
(47003)
|
646
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of each category of fixed penalty notices were (a) issued and (b) paid in each month since their introduction in each police force area; and how many on-the-spot fines have been issued in each police area since their introduction. |
(47023)
|
647
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of shoplifting led to a (a) caution and (b) conviction resulting in (i) probation and (ii) custodial sentences in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England in each year since 1999. |
(47024)
|
648
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to lay before Parliament an Order to provide for the merging of magistrates benches in England. |
(47084)
|
649
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for offenders resident in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last 10 years. |
(46596)
|
650
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders released from prison who are resident in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading, (c) Berkshire and (d) England (i) entered employment and (ii) claimed out-of-work benefits within six months of release in each of the last 10 years. |
(46598)
|
651
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people arrested and charged for drug-related offences in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and how many such cases resulted in (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a non-custodial penalty, (iii) the case being dropped due to a lack of evidence and (iv) the defendant being cleared of all charges. |
(46599)
|
652
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people arrested and charged for drink- and drug-related driving offences in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and how many of those cases resulted in (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a non-custodial penalty, (iii) the case being dropped due to a lack of evidence and (iv) the defendant being cleared of all charges. |
(46627)
|
653
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people arrested and charged for firearm-related offences in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire were prosecuted in each of the last five years; how many of those cases resulted in (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a non-custodial penalty, (iii) the case being dropped due to a lack of evidence and (iv) the defendant being cleared of all charges. |
(46628)
|
654
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeal tribunal cases relating to disability living allowance were heard in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last 10 years. |
(46629)
|
655
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for burglary in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last five years; and how many cases resulted in (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a non-custodial penalty, (iii) the case being dropped because of a lack of evidence and (iv) the defendant being cleared of all charges. |
(46635)
|
656
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for possession of a knife in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last five years; and how many cases resulted in (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a non-custodial penalty, (iii) the case being dropped because of a lack of evidence and (iv) the defendant being cleared of all charges. |
(46636)
|
657
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons he has not accepted the recommendations of Sir Rupert Jackson and others to abrogate the indemnity principle in response to the consultation on the Green Paper, Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales; and if he will reverse his decision. |
(46207)
|
658
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements the Land Registry places on developers relating to the provision of accurate information on the price of new properties. |
(46137)
|
659
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what powers the Land Registry has to take action in instances where the registered price of a new property is higher than the sale price. |
(46138)
|
660
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances a price other than the sale price of a property may be registered with the Land Registry. |
(46139)
|
661
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been charged with an offence under section 45 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 since its entry into force. |
(47042)
|
662
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers received a (a) caution and (b) reprimand for providing prisoners with mobile telephones in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010. |
(47085)
|
663
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms he has put in place to prevent the use of mobile communication devices within prison. |
(47086)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
664
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46572)
|
665
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46564)
|
666
|
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the operation of the Big Society Bank in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. |
(46740)
|
667
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46743)
|
668
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support his Department is providing to the Northern Ireland Executive in preparing for the (a) Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) local elections in 2011. |
(46711)
|
669
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to reduce departmental expenditure. |
(46811)
|
670
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many days in each of the last three years (a) he and his predecessors and (b) Ministers of State have been in Northern Ireland on official business. |
(46812)
|
Questions to the Prime Minister
671
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was informed of the intention to send a diplomatic mission to eastern Libya. |
(45935)
|
672
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 740W, on Chequers: official visits, how many days he has spent at (a) Downing Street and (b) Chequers since his appointment. |
(46194)
|
673
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of the annual grant from the Cabinet Office for the operation of Chequers for each category of cost in 2011-12. |
(46369)
|
674
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he received the submission outlining the intention of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to send a diplomatic mission to eastern Libya. |
(46371)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
675
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what regulations his Department introduced between 3 February 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(47034)
|
676
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what regulations his Department revoked between 3 February 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(47035)
|
677
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46571)
|
678
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46562)
|
679
N
|
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his contribution of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 716, on the Scotland Bill, whether BB guns fall within the definition of air weapons which the Scottish Parliament will have the power to ban under the provisions of the Scotland Bill. |
(45941)
|
680
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010/11, HC 790, for what reasons there is proposed a reduction of £15 million in non-voted expenditure in relation to Scottish Parliament elections. |
(46823)
|
681
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46741)
|
682
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many days (a) he and (b) his predecessors have spent in Scotland on official business in each of the last three years. |
(46956)
|
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
683
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on what date the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority expects to publish budget limits for 2011-12. |
(46885)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
684
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(47050)
|
685
N
|
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the costs and benefits that would arise from the introduction of double-deck passenger trains on the West Coast Mainline. |
(45939)
|
686
|
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of (a) potential opportunities for income generation from advertising on passenger rail services and (b) mechanisms available under franchises to enable income from such advertising to be used to reduce rail fares charged by train operating companies. |
(46321)
|
687
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46570)
|
688
|
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how long he expects the Severn Tunnel to be closed during electrification of the Great Western Main Line; and at what stage during the electrification process this will take place. |
(46316)
|
689
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46566)
|
690
|
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he has allocated to meeting current requirements for search and rescue helicopters in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
(46362)
|
691
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of rail services each day which will be slowed down by the proposed High Speed 2 interchange at Old Oak Common; and how many passenger journeys this will affect. |
(46152)
|
692
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the change will be in the number of fast trains to London from (a) Coventry, (b) Liverpool, (c) Manchester, (d) Stoke-on-Trent, (e) Wolverhampton, (f) Tamworth and (g) Nuneaton as a result of the High Speed 2 line. |
(46153)
|
693
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger journeys on conventional trains are projected to be (a) slower and (b) disrupted by the High Speed 2 line. |
(46154)
|
694
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train services would be (a) slower and (b) cancelled due to High Speed 2 being built; and which routes would be affected. |
(46155)
|
695
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the timescales for the realisation of economic benefits from High Speed 2 in (a) Birmingham, (b) Manchester and (c) Leeds. |
(46156)
|
696
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what economic analysis his Department has undertaken on the anticipated ticket pricing plan for travelling at (a) peak and (b) off-peak periods on High Speed 2. |
(46157)
|
697
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs of a full recast of the West Coast Main Line timetable as a result of High Speed 2. |
(46158)
|
698
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that (a) highways, (b) rail and (c) local transport schemes that his Department is committed to build before 2015 are completed before the opening of High Speed 2. |
(46159)
|
699
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations which may offer third party funding for High Speed Rail 2; and what estimates he has made of the level of third party funding for the construction of High Speed 2. |
(46160)
|
700
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish further information on funding arrangements for the cost of High Speed 2. |
(46161)
|
701
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual passenger numbers using the proposed link between the High Speed 2 and High Speed 1 lines. |
(46162)
|
702
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, over what time period the construction cost of the link between High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 will be paid off. |
(46163)
|
703
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of ticket price on modal shifts to other forms of transport following the introduction of High Speed 2. |
(46164)
|
704
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of potential delays in completion of the High Speed 2 line to Birmingham beyond the target date. |
(46165)
|
705
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of potential carbon emissions expected to be generated during the construction of High Speed 2. |
(46166)
|
706
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the annual reduction in carbon emissions which sum to 23 million tonnes as a result of modal shifts following the introduction of the High Speed London to West Midlands line. |
(46167)
|
707
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what increase in capacity would result from (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17 and (e) 18 new train paths per hour from High Speed 2. |
(46168)
|
708
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of buildings that will be demolished during the construction of High Speed 2; and what the location is of each of those buildings. |
(46169)
|
709
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic benefits to (a) Northampton, (b) Rugby and (c) Milton Keynes as a result of High Speed 2. |
(46170)
|
710
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the proportion of the jobs to be created by High Speed 2 (a) as a result of the proposed station at Old Oak Common, (b) in the West Midlands and (c) around Euston that will be (i) permanent and (ii) part-time. |
(46171)
|
711
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual revenue the High Speed 2 will generate once the line has reached (a) Birmingham, (b) Leeds and (c) Manchester. |
(46172)
|
712
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proposed cost of travel between (a) London and Manchester, (b) London and Leeds and (c) London to Birmingham on High Speed 2; and what proportion of the ticket revenue is expected to be used for expenditure on (i) the High Speed 2 line and (ii) conventional rail improvements. |
(46173)
|
713
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the socio-economic composition of passengers expected to use the new High Speed 2 line. |
(46174)
|
714
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the monetary value of the benefits of High Speed 2 in each financial year from 2026-27 until completion of the line. |
(46175)
|
715
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on the economic output of (a) Birmingham, (b) Leeds, (c) Manchester, (d) London, (e) the North West, (f) the North East, (g) the East Midlands and (h) the South East of completion of the High Speed 2 line to (i) Birmingham, (ii) Leeds and (iii) Manchester. |
(46176)
|
716
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs to be created by High Speed 2; and what estimate he has made of the (i) location and (ii) type of such jobs. |
(46177)
|
717
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of annual passenger numbers travelling between (a) London and Birmingham, (b) London and Leeds and (c) London and Manchester. |
(46178)
|
718
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the cost to his Department of compensation to be paid to (a) individuals, (b) private companies and (c) local authorities affected by construction of the High Speed 2 line. |
(46179)
|
719
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the carbon emissions expected to be produced by High Speed 2 annually and (b) the expected change in national carbon emissions as a result of High Speed 2 being operational. |
(46180)
|
720
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Crossrail carriages will be delivered in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15; and how many full train length equivalent diagrams will be completed in each of those years. |
(46328)
|
721
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many carriages are plannned to be built for Crossrail in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15; and what the projected costs are of such construction in each of those years. |
(46329)
|
722
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Intercity Express Programme carriages will be delivered in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15; and how many full train length equivalent diagrams will be completed in each year. |
(46330)
|
723
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Intercity Express Programme carriages will be built in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15; and what the cost of such construction will be in each such year. |
(46331)
|
724
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments of Bus Service Operators Grant were made to each operator in 2009-10; and what estimates he has made of the payments to be made to each such operator in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. |
(46332)
|
725
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provision his Department has made for the cost of the private finance initiative project for Intercity Express Programme trains in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15. |
(46333)
|
726
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the London transport grant revenue budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved by each such action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46334)
|
727
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the general Transport for London revenue budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved by each such action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46335)
|
728
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the local private finance initiative revenue budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved through each action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46336)
|
729
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment in respect of the reduction in local government resource grants. |
(46337)
|
730
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) full train length equivalent diagrams and (b) carriages will be built for (i) Crossrail, (ii) Thameslink, (iii) the Intercity Express Programme and (iv) other rail services in each of the next 10 years. |
(46338)
|
731
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail carriages will be built during the Comprehensive Spending Review period for (a) Crossrail, (b) Thameslink, (c) the Intercity Express Programme and (d) other services; and which train operating companies will receive those carriages provided for other services. |
(46339)
|
732
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many carriages will be built for the Thameslink project in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what the cost to his Department of such construction will be in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15 |
(46340)
|
733
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Thameslink carriages will be delivered in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and how many full train length equivalent diagrams will be completed in each such year. |
(46341)
|
734
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs of implementing staff reductions in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46473)
|
735
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what functions and responsibilities have been transferred from his Department and the non-departmental bodies responsible to him to other bodies since 11 May 2010; (a) from and (b) to whom the functions and responsibilities were transferred in each case; and what transfer of funds was made in each case. |
(46474)
|
736
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the jobs that will be created by High Speed 2 will be in (a) London, (b) the North West, (c) the North East, (d) the South East, (e) the South West, (f) the East Midlands, (g) the West Midlands and (h) the East of England. |
(46475)
|
737
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) costs will be incurred and (b) savings will be made from abolishing the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46476)
|
738
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what residual functions will remain following the abolition of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; which organisations will carry out each such function; what the estimated costs of each such function are; and what transfer of funds will be made to each organisation to carry out each such function. |
(46477)
|
739
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) costs will be incurred and (b) savings will be made from abolishing the Renewables Fuel Agency in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46478)
|
740
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what residual functions will remain following the abolition of the Renewables Fuel Agency; which organisation will carry out each such function; what the estimated costs of each such function are; and what transfer of funds will be made to each organisation to carry out each such function . |
(46479)
|
741
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) savings will be made and (b) costs will be incurred from abolishing BRB (Residuary) Ltd in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46480)
|
742
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) costs will be incurred and (b) savings will be made from abolishing the Railway Heritage Committee in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46482)
|
743
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what residual functions will remain following the abolition of the Railways Heritage Committee; which organisation will carry out each such function; what the estimated costs of each such function are; and what transfer of funds will be made to each organisation to carry out each such function . |
(46483)
|
744
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) costs will be incurred and (b) savings will be made from abolishing Cycling England in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46484)
|
745
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) costs will be incurred and (b) savings will be made from abolishing the Commission for Integrated Transport in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46485)
|
746
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what residual functions will remain following the abolition of Cycling England; which organisation will carry out each such function; what the estimated costs of each such function are; and what transfer of funds will be made to each organisation to carry out each such function. |
(46486)
|
747
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what residual functions will remain following the abolition of the Commission for Integrated Transport; which organisation will carry out each such function; what the estimated costs of each such function are; and what transfer of funds will be made to each organisation to carry out each such function. |
(46487)
|
748
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the High Speed 2 line will be a dedicated high speed track for the route between Manchester and Liverpool. |
(46488)
|
749
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in the numbers of staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of the non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15. |
(46489)
|
750
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provision his Department has made for the private finance initiative contract for highways maintenance in the Isle of Wight for the period beyond 2014-15; and what proportion this represents of his Department's provision for private finance initiative projects in that period. |
(46490)
|
751
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provision his Department has made for the private finance initiative contract for highways maintenance in the London Borough of Hounslow for the period after 2014-15; and what proportion this constitutes of his Department's provision for private finance initiative projects in that period. |
(46491)
|
752
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's budget is for the private finance initiative project for highways maintenance in the Isle of Wight in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15. |
(46492)
|
753
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's budget is for the private finance initiative project for highways maintenance in the London Borough of Hounslow in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. |
(46493)
|
754
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provision his Department has made for the private finance initiative contracts for highways maintenance in Sheffield for the period after 2014-15; and what proportion this constitutes of his Department's provision for private finance initiative projects in that period. |
(46494)
|
755
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget is for his Department's private finance initiative project for highways maintenance in Sheffield in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15. |
(46495)
|
756
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial provisions his Department has made for private finance initiative contracts for Thameslink for the period after 2014-15; and what proportion this constitutes of his Department's provision for private finance initiative projects in that period. |
(46496)
|
757
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's budget for Thameslink is for each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. |
(46497)
|
758
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial saving there will be to his Department from allowing train operating companies to have flexible regulated rail fares in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. |
(46498)
|
759
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue budget has been allocated to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund in 2010-11; and what measures this allocation will be used to fund. |
(46638)
|
760
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the rail revenue budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved by each such action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46639)
|
761
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the Highways Agency revenue budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved by each such action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46640)
|
762
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the level of savings arising from better management of Highways Agency contracts in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15. |
(46641)
|
763
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are planned to reduce the cost of contracts for the Highways Agency; and what estimate has been made of the level of savings that will arise from each planned action in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46642)
|
764
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the revenue budget was for the general Transport for London grant as allocated (a) for 2010-11 by the previous administration and (b) in the March 2010 budget. |
(46643)
|
765
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the revenue budget for departmental administration was as allocated (a) for 2010-11 by the previous administration and (b) in the March 2010 budget. |
(46644)
|
766
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the budget for the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15. |
(46645)
|
767
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he has allocated to the capital budget for London transport grants in 2014-15. |
(46646)
|
768
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the London transport grants capital budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved by each such action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46647)
|
769
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for BRB (Residuary) Ltd (a) was for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 and (b) will be for (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14 and (D) 2014-15. |
(46648)
|
770
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for Cycling England (a) was in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 and (b) will be for (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14 and (D) 2014-15. |
(46649)
|
771
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the savings Network Rail will make as a result of widening the pool of suppliers involved in infrastructure work in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15. |
(46650)
|
772
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the vehicle excise duty collection and enforcement revenue budget; how much each action he plans to take will save; and how much will be saved by each such action in each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(46651)
|
773
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for the Railways Heritage Committee (a) was in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 and (b) will be for (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14 and (D) 2014-15. |
(46652)
|
774
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for Commission for Integrated Transport (a) was in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 and (b) will be for (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14 and (D) 2014-15. |
(46653)
|
775
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for the Renewables Fuel Agency (a) was in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 and (b) will be in (A) 2011-12, (B) 2012-13, (C) 2013-14 and (D) 2014-15. |
(46679)
|
776
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with representatives of Network Rail on the upgrading of the electrified third rail on south east rail lines; and if he will make a statement. |
(46979)
|
777
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that Network Rail take steps to reduce delays and cancellations caused by the freezing of the third electrified rail on South East franchise rail lines. |
(46980)
|
778
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Mayor for London and (b) train operators on the overcharging of passengers using Oyster pay-as-you-go cards; and if he will make a statement. |
(46981)
|
779
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Mayor for London and (b) train operators on the reliability of Oyster card readers at ticket barriers at mainline rail stations; and if he will make a statement. |
(46982)
|
780
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers using Oyster pay-as-you go cards have been overcharged on London rail services in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
(46983)
|
781
|
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the effect on UK shipping of the incidence of piracy off the coast of the Horn of Africa. |
(46738)
|
782
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47064)
|
783
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to reduce the size of his Department's estate; and if he will make a statement. |
(46219)
|
784
|
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made in securing funding for the four-tracking of the rail lines between Copper Mill Junction and Broxbourne set out in the Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy. |
(46526)
|
785
|
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent (a) correspondence and (b) meetings he has had with the Mayor of London on the implementation of the Greater Anglia Rail Utilisation Strategy. |
(46532)
|
786
|
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent (a) correspondence and (b) meetings he has had with Network Rail on the implementation of the Greater Anglia Rail Utilisation Strategy. |
(46533)
|
787
|
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent (a) correspondence and (b) meetings he has had with the National Express East Anglia group on the implementation of the Greater Anglia Rail Utilisation Strategy. |
(46534)
|
788
|
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from hon. Members on the Greater Anglia Rail Utilisation Strategy. |
(46535)
|
789
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed full-time in his Department to undertake work on or relating to (a) fossil fuels, (b) biofuels and (c) electric vehicles. |
(46353)
|
790
|
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the merits of introducing an exemption from requirements to wear seatbelts in motor vehicles for staff of ambulance services. |
(46508)
|
791
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he made of the effects on the UK economy of piracy launched from the coast of Somalia. |
(46458)
|
792
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of (a) the Eurovignette Directive and (b) whether it will entail any cost to (i) the public purse and (ii) motorists; whether he has considered proposals for the introduction of further road tolls; and if he will make a statement. |
(46856)
|
793
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department was of funding free bus passes for the elderly in the latest period in which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
(46512)
|
794
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the take-up rate was by elderly people of free bus passes in the latest period in which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
(46515)
|
795
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of availability of services to provide free bus passes to elderly people in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. |
(46516)
|
796
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he considered operating models in other countries when developing the proposed operating model for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and whether he had discussions with corresponding agencies in other countries. |
(46999)
|
797
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the merits of a five-year transition period between the current and proposed operating models of HM Coastguard. |
(47004)
|
798
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has conducted a risk assessment in respect of the transition period for the re-configuration of HM Coastguard. |
(47022)
|
799
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken in respect of (a) staff and (b) administration of on-going operations in Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres that are due to be closed after the re-configeration of HM Coastguard. |
(47040)
|
800
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) payroll and (b) running costs of (i) Brixham and (ii) Falmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (A) were in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 and (B) are estimated to be in 2010-11. |
(47061)
|
801
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were applied by his Department when taking the decision to place an HM Coastguard sub-centre at Falmouth rather than Brixham. |
(47062)
|
802
|
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals took the practical driving test in the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how many in each such year failed the number plate test and were required to be examined by the competent medical authority. |
(46198)
|
803
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46146)
|
804
N
|
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the future of Bembridge Harbour. |
(46313)
|
805
N
|
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responsibilities he has with respect to the operation of ports and harbours which enter into bankruptcy. |
(46314)
|
806
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcome was of the review of pavement parking conducted in 1988. |
(46196)
|
807
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects his Department's report on potential measures to reduce the congestion caused by road incidents to be published; and what the reason is for the time taken to publish the report. |
(46007)
|
808
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable he has set for the process of consultation and communication on the introduction of a road user charging scheme for heavy goods vehicles. |
(46008)
|
809
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work his Department has undertaken on (a) consultation and (b) communication with road users on the introduction of a road user charging scheme for heavy goods vehicles. |
(46009)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
810
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what regulations her Department introduced between 4 February 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(47028)
|
811
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what regulations her Department revoked between 4 February 2011 and 28 February 2011. |
(47030)
|
812
N
|
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 744W, on St David's Day, what criteria she used to determine which hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies to include on her invitation list to attend her St David's Day event at Gwydyr House on 1 March 2011. |
(46613)
|
813
N
|
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 744W, on St David's Day, who attended her St David's Day reception on 1 March 2011. |
(46614)
|
814
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46568)
|
815
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of written questions tabled to her for answer on a named day between 27 May 2010 and 9 March 2011 did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer. |
(46563)
|
816
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will take steps to reduce the size of her Department's estate; and if she will make a statement. |
(46742)
|
817
N
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when she last met the Secretary of State for Justice to discuss proposals for a prison in North Wales. |
(46616)
|
818
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the name is of each member of the Business Advisory Group for Wales. |
(46776)
|
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
819
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what regulations the Government Equalities Office has (a) introduced and (b) revoked between 2 February and 28 February 2011. |
(46016)
|
820
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46577)
|
821
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to lay before Parliament regulations to provide for the new public sector equality duty. |
(46875)
|
822
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to introduce (a) the recommendations of the recent meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council and (b) the European Pact for Gender Equality; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse in implementing each. |
(47005)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
823
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means disability living allowance assessments will take into account the needs of patients with (a) sickle cell disease, (b) thalassaemia, (c) multiple sclerosis, (d) mental health conditions and (e) other fluctuating conditions; and if he will make a statement. |
(46896)
|
824
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether self-employed persons will be eligible for universal credit payments. |
(46725)
|
825
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the application of his proposed reform of disability living allowance to people under the age of 16. |
(46739)
|
826
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost in administration incurred in dividing payments of universal credit between both partners in two-couple households in the first two years of its operation. |
(46771)
|
827
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department attributable to the operation of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commision in each of the next four financial years. |
(46830)
|
828
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings his Department proposes to make in respect of the reform of the mobility component of disability living allowance in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15. |
(46831)
|
829
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of savings which will arise from the reform of the mobility component of disability living allowance in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15. |
(46879)
|
830
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the proportion of the cost of childcare to be funded by the recipients under each of the options set out in his proposals for universal credit in each of the next four financial years. |
(46891)
|
831
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of families in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain who will receive assistance with the costs of childcare under each of the options set out in his proposals for universal credit in each of the next four financial years. |
(46892)
|
832
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) number of families on incomes between £16,000 and £24,000 who will be affected by the introduction of universal credit and (b) likely effect on average annual incomes in this group of the implementation of universal credit. |
(46898)
|
833
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) number of families with savings (i) above £16,000 and (ii) between £6,000 and £16,000 who will be affected by the introduction of universal credit and (b) the likely effect on average annual incomes in each group of the implementation of universal credit. |
(46899)
|
834
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain who will be affected by the change in the under-occupancy rules affecting 25 to 35 year olds over the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will estimate the average change to their annual incomes. |
(46930)
|
835
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of splitting payments under the universal credit to partners in two person couples with children. |
(47001)
|
836
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on savings to be made through reform of the mobility component of disability living allowance. |
(47002)
|
837
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to his Department of requiring employment and support allowance claimants who are cancer patients in receipt of oral chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment to undertake work capability assessments in each of the next four years. |
(47014)
|
838
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of persons in (a) Glasgow, (b) Scotland and (c) Great Britain who will participate in the Work Programme in each of the next four financial years. |
(47015)
|
839
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Glasgow, (b) Scotland and (c) Great Britain participated in (i) New Deal programmes, (ii) the Flexible New Deal and (iii) the Future Jobs Fund in each of the last four financial years. |
(47016)
|
840
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to integrate the payments of universal credit and council tax benefit in the next four years. |
(47017)
|
841
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of claim made by recipients of employment and support allowance who were cancer patients in receipt of oral chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment was in each of the last four financial years. |
(47018)
|
842
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the potential savings to his Department of setting the maximum length of claim for employment and support allowance at (a) one and (b) two years. |
(47019)
|
843
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance were cancer patients in receipt of oral chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment in each of the last two years; how much his Department paid to such persons in employment and support allowance in each such year; and if he will estimate (a) the number of such claimants and (b) the expenditure on them in employment and support allowance in each of the next two years |
(47020)
|
844
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the potential savings to his Department arising from implementation of his proposals on employment and support allowance in respect of cancer patients in receipt of oral chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment in each of the next two years. |
(47021)
|
845
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that a person with autism who undergoes an assessment for the proposed personal independence payment will have the appropriate support to attend an assessment. |
(47039)
|
846
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations his Department introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
(46953)
|
847
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will issue guidance to residential care homes on best practice in distributing cold weather payments to their residents. |
(46724)
|
848
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 31 of his Department's impact assessment on conditionality measures in the Welfare Reform Bill what assessment he has made of potential future trends in the number of (a) sanctions and (b) disentitlement decisions. |
(46381)
|
849
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on conditionality measures in the Welfare Reform Bill, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people who will claim jobseeker's allowance hardship payments in each of the next four years and (b) the average sum to be claimed in each such year. |
(46382)
|
850
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on conditionality measures in the Welfare Reform Bill, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of lone parents who will enter work in each year to 2015-16 and (b) the average number of hours a lone parent will work in each such year. |
(46383)
|
851
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on conditionality measures in the Welfare Reform Bill, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed conditionality measures on levels of child poverty. |
(46384)
|
852
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on conditionality measures in the Welfare Reform Bill, how many people he estimates will receive a benefit sanction under each level of financial penalty in each year to 2015-16. |
(46385)
|
853
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on proposed amendments to payment on account provisions, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of his proposals on the number of successful applicants for the proposed loans to replace crisis loans. |
(46386)
|
854
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on amendments to payment on account provisions, when he expects to publish the details of his proposals for new arrangements for payments on account. |
(46387)
|
855
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to (a) the NHS, (b) the Department of Health, (c) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (d) local authorities of implementation of his proposed reforms. |
(46388)
|
856
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 7 of his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his proposed reforms of disability living allowance on the willingness of residents of care homes to travel outside their care home. |
(46389)
|
857
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 7 of his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the proportion of residential care homes which do not fulfil their responsibilities for the provision of mobility support. |
(46390)
|
858
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 6 of his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the savings to accrue from (a) a facility to regularly review all awards and (b) the establishment of rates of allowance based on (i) ability to carry out daily life activities and (ii) ability to get around in each year to 2015-16. |
(46391)
|
859
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the disability living allowance budget which was spent on claims which were fraudulent in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(46392)
|
860
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 6 of his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the potential savings which will arise from a move away from automatic entitlement in each year to 2015-16. |
(46393)
|
861
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 6 of his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from (a) the new assessment process and (b) the deferred eligibility periods proposed by his Department in each year to 2015-16. |
(46394)
|
862
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 16 of his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the cash savings arising from the application of his policy to the persons in each (a) care rate and (b) mobility rate band in each year to 2014-15. |
(46395)
|
863
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the potential savings of implementation of the policy if present entitlement conditions continue for (a) one year, (b) 18 months, (c) 24 months and (d) 36 months. |
(46396)
|
864
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on reform of disability living allowance, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of disability living allowance in each income decile who will have their allowance reduced in each year to 2015-16. |
(46397)
|
865
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on proposals for the localisation of crisis loans and community grants; what estimate he has made of the potential effect of his proposals on the number of crisis loans; and what assumptions he has made of changes to the budget for crisis loans in each of the next five years. |
(46398)
|
866
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on proposals for the localisation of crisis loans and community grants, when he expects to publish his Department's assessment of the costs and benefits of the proposals. |
(46399)
|
867
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on the proposed benefit cap, how many people he expects to (a) have benefits capped and (b) lose benefits in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area under his proposals. |
(46400)
|
868
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on the proposed benefit cap, what proportion of those who are to lose benefit under his proposals he expects to take up work. |
(46402)
|
869
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on the proposed benefit cap, what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposed policy on levels of child poverty. |
(46403)
|
870
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on welfare services and housing benefit, what safeguards he plans to establish to prevent the inappropriate disclosure of customer information. |
(46404)
|
871
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 14 of his Department's impact assessment on fraud penalties and sanctions, how many (a) cases leading to three-year loss of benefit for organised fraud and (b) cases of longer one to three strike loss of benefit sanction he expects there to be as a result of his proposed measures in each year to 2014-15. |
(46405)
|
872
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects to receive payments for childcare from the public purse to cover (a) 90 per cent. or more, (b) 80 per cent. or more and (c) 70 per cent. or more of the cost of childcare in each of the next four years. |
(46406)
|
873
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential change in (a) the average disability living allowance payment and (b) the number of claimants of the allowance as a result of his proposed reforms in each year to 2014-15. |
(46407)
|
874
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what appeal mechanisms he proposes in respect of the sanctions arrangements proposed in the Welfare Reform Bill. |
(46408)
|
875
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on fraud penalties and sanctions, how many cases resulting in (a) a £350 minimum fine and (b) a £50 civil penalty he expects there to be in each year to 2014-15. |
(46410)
|
876
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on requiring consideration of revision before appeal, whether this policy is to apply to (a) appeals against sanctions and (b) appeals about claimant conditions. |
(46411)
|
877
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. |
(46567)
|
878
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people move from jobseekers' allowance into secure employment. |
(45368)
|
879
|
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are entitled to travel first class by rail within the UK. |
(47063)
|
880
|
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what occasions he has met the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development since his appointment. |
(46735)
|
881
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has engaged Unum in the (a) design and (b) administration of the (i) work capability assessment and (ii) appeals process. |
(46816)
|
882
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on proposals to improve the tracing of employers liability insurance policies and establish a fund of last resort to make payments in cases where employers are insolvent and insurers cannot be traced. |
(46437)
|
883
|
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has commissioned on the availability of affordable homes in (a) Bristol East constituency, (b) Bristol, (c) the South West and (d) nationally following implementation of his proposed changes to local housing allowances. |
(46713)
|
884
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the UK of the EU Agenda for new skills and jobs proposals for the future of social security systems; whether such proposals will entail (a) costs to the public purse and (b) transfers of powers from the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
(46851)
|
885
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK of EU proposals to maximise the potential contribution of migration to full employment; and if he will make a statement. |
(46852)
|
886
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the conclusions of the 3037th Employment, Social, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting on the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the UK of the implementation of the European framework for social and territorial cohesion. |
(46854)
|
887
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Employment Council conclusions on the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion require the UK to finalise national targets on social inclusion and poverty; what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK of the actions expected of member states; and if he will make a statement. |
(46860)
|
888
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason he has proposed that six months must elapse before a person can claim the personal independence payment; and if he will make a statement. |
(46370)
|
889
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of cancer patients who return to work (a) within and (b) after a year from starting treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
(46438)
|
890
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements he plans to put in place for people receiving (a) oral chemotherapy and (b) radiotherapy treatment for cancer to (i) undergo medical assessments and (ii) participate in work-related activities in order to receive benefits under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill; and if he will make a statement. |
(46439)
|
891
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department plans to give to people who will be making future assessments on the entitlement to disability living allowance for people with autism; and if he will make a statement. |
(46513)
|
892
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for future requirements for people with autism to undergo assessments when claiming disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement. |
(46514)
|
893
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many public consultations his Department and its predecessors have conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse of conducting each consultation was. |
(46590)
|
894
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for winter fuel payments were made by households in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last 10 years. |
(46595)
|
895
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed housing benefit in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire in each of the last 10 years. |
(46632)
|
896
|
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Financial Assistance Scheme values for the Norman Longley Pension Scheme will be made available to members of that scheme. |
(46445)
|
897
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. |
(46147)
|
898
|
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to provide assistance to local authorities on the abolition of transitional arrangements for A8 workers; and whether his Department plans to provide guidance on this issue. |
(46272)
|
899
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what criteria working families would be exempted from the proposed overall benefit cap. |
(46281)
|
900
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects to place constraints on the (a) taper rate and (b) other features of the future council tax benefit scheme offered by local authorities. |
(46282)
|
901
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish his Department's plan for the transition to the Work Programme. |
(46283)
|
902
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change he expects in the number of people working (a) one to five, (b) six to nine, (c) 10 to 19, (d) 20 to 29 and (e) 30 or more hours per week following introduction of the universal credit. |
(46501)
|
903
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons there was a reduction in the number of flexible new deal starts between May and November 2010. |
(46502)
|
904
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants were in (a) the work-related activity group and (b) the support group in (i) February and (ii) May 2009. |
(46503)
|
905
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families currently receiving child tax credit would be excluded from universal credit by the proposed capital rules; and whether their entitlement will be protected in the period of transition. |
(46504)
|
906
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis is for his estimate that universal credit will lead to a reduction of 300,000 in the number of workless households. |
(46505)
|
907
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish his Department's estimates of the combined effects of (a) the proposed universal credit and (b) other announced changes in welfare benefits on model benefit recipients. |
(46506)
|
908
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people in the UK with private pensions which provide an income of between £17,500 and £30,000 per year. |
(46760)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
909
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1054W, on prisoners: education, what the cost to the public purse of providing Open University courses to prisoners was in each of the last five years. |
[Transferred]
(46837)
|
910
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1054W, on prisoners: education, how many and what proportion of Open University courses prisoners have (a) completed and (b) passed in the latest period for which figures are available. |
[Transferred]
(46838)
|
911
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1054W, on prisoners: education, what level of education or qualifications prisoners are required to hold before they are accepted on an Open University course. |
[Transferred]
(46839)
|
912
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1054W, on prisoners: education, what Open University courses prisoners are undertaking. |
[Transferred]
(46840)
|
913
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1054W, on prisoners: education, how many prisoners on Open University courses are not UK nationals. |
[Transferred]
(46841)
|
914
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1054W, on prisoners: education, if he will consider the merits of amending the system for funding Open University courses for prisoners to bring it into line with funding, loan and tuition fee arrangements for university study by those not in prison; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred]
(46842)
|
915
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized businesses in Reading West constituency which employed apprentices in the latest period for which figures are available. |
[Transferred]
(46633)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
916
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many premises licence applications have been made through the Business Link website to date; and how many such applications Business Link has forwarded to local authorities. |
[Transferred]
(46450)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
917
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total public expenditure per head of population was on (a) capital and (b) running costs of the NHS in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) each of the English regions in each year since 1997. |
[Transferred]
(47025)
|
918
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults were (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index in (A) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (B) Suffolk County Council area, (C) the East of England and (D) England in the latest period for which figures are available. |
[Transferred]
(47026)
|
919
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of practising dentists in each county in the East of England are taking on new NHS patients. |
[Transferred]
(47027)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
920
|
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements his Department places on highway authorities for repairs to traffic lights and lights at pedestrian crossings; within what time period they are required to undertake such repairs; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred]
(46753)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
921
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the comprehensive review of health and safety legislation by 2014 proposed in the EU Agenda for new skills and jobs; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of conducting the review; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred]
(47012)
|
|