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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 18 March 2011

Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 18 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 18 March 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 18 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 Friday 18 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 18 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress he has made in improving incentives for angel investors.
(47954)
2
N 		Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the progress of implementation of the Government's one-in, one-out policy in respect of domestic legislation affecting business and the third sector.
(47375)
3
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many medical students graduated from institutions in Greater London in each of the last five years.
(47978)
4
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time lecturers were employed in the further education sector in Greater London in each of the last three years.
(47980)
5
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in universities in (a) Greater London and (b) England graduated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(48030)
6
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column711W, on entry clearances: India, what the maximum number of such natural persons is that could be admitted to the UK each year in accordance with any such EU-India Free Trade Agreement; and what minimum salary would be required of them.
(47859)
7
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which institutions capital grants have been made from the (a) Strategic Development Fund and (b) University Modernisation Fund to date; and what the monetary value of each such grant was.
(47860)
8
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what equality impact assessment he has commissioned in respect of the proposed changes to English for Speakers of Other Languages funding for adults; and when he plans to make that assessment available to the House.
(47754)
9
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on public houses of the operation of the beer tie.
(48058)
10
N 		Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to inform applicants to the Regional Growth Fund of the outcome of their application.
(47756)
11
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the method used by his Department to estimate the number of public sector jobs for the purposes of the Regional Growth Fund includes members of the armed services.
(47991)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
12
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers receive a salary of more than £64,000.
(48033)
13
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to issue the invitation to tender for the Mutual Support Programme.
(47977)
14
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the likely number of bidders to operate the Mutual Support Programme.
(48053)
15
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to release funding in addition to the initial proposed expenditure on the Mutual Support Programme.
(48054)
16
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role he expects the Mutual Support Programme to play in supporting mutual pathfinders.
(48055)
17
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of callers to the Mutual Information Service were from (a) public and (b) private sector bodies in the latest period for which figures are available.
(48056)
18
N 		Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Cabinet committees and sub-committees have had responsibility for sustainable development since 6 May 2010; and for what periods.
(47870)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
19
N 		Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which half of the income distribution of UK families a single earner family with two children in receipt of an annual income of £42,500 will fall from April 2013 after implementation of changes to taxation and child benefit.
(46681)
20
N 		Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentile of income distribution into which a single earner family with three children and in receipt of an annual income of £42,500 will fall from April 2013 after implementation of proposed changes to taxes and child benefit.
(46682)
21
N 		Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentile of income distribution into which a single earner family with two children and in receipt of an annual income of £40,000 will fall from April 2013 after implementation of proposed changes to taxes and child benefit.
(46683)
22
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to create a more competitive banking industry in order to improve the availability of loans for (a) consumers and (b) small businesses.
(47955)
23
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for the proposed legislation to establish arrangements for the body to succeed the Financial Services Authority.
(48063)
24
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his response to his Department's consultation on financial regulation.
(48065)
25
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether liquefied petroleum gas will be included in his application to the European Commission for a rural fuel duty rebate pilot scheme.
(48085)
26
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many expressions of interest in his proposed junior ISA his Department has received via the direct.gov portal.
(48111)
27
N 		Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the decision by Betfair to relocate offshore.
(47553)
28
N 		Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been repaid to the public purse by each bank that has been lent money from the public purse since the collapse of Northern Rock.
(47552)
29
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in the level of beer duty on the consumption of beer (a) in public houses and (b) in general in the UK.
(48057)
30
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buildings on his Department's estate were occupied by squatters in each year between 2006 and 2010; and on how many occasions his Department sought interim possession orders to remove squatters from such buildings in each of those years.
(47662)
31
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Tax Credit Office, Preston plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 14 February 2010 on a constituent, ref. 2011/02 001420.
(47649)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
32
N 		Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority received from each (a) revenue and (b) capital funding stream from his Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; what the total funding allocated by such streams was in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(46810)
33
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help first-time home buyers.
(47958)
34
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing (a) in Oxford and (b) nationally.
(47959)
35
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he provides guidance to local authorities on the proportion of their top-tier budgets that should be held as a reserve over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(47372)
36
N 		Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what responsibility landlords have to ensure that their tenants do not grow cannabis in rented premises.
(47821)
37
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on arrangements to improve liaison between fire services and other blue-light responders; what assessment he has made of the preparedness of fire services to handle major incidents; and if he will make a statement.
(48151)
38
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential demand for disabled facilities grants.
(47985)
39
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department distributed in disabled facilities grants in each year since 1995.
(47986)
40
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for self-build homes were approved in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) Sussex and (c) England in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.
(47893)
41
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the community right to build programme will include (a) renovations and (b) continuations of previously halted building projects.
(47895)
42
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the community right to build programme to begin operation.
(47896)
43
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for self-build homes were submitted in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) Sussex and (c) England in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.
(47897)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
44
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer on 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1087W, on Ofcom: finance, with reference to note 30 to the accounts on page 103 of the Ofcom Annual Report for 2009-10, for what reasons Ofcom owes £29.3 million to central Government bodies; what plans there are to recover those funds; and for what reasons such liabilities arose.
(47658)
45
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on the future of BBC local radio.
(47373)
46
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the potential effect of the proposals in the Government Tourism Policy on (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London.
(47981)
47
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department budgeted for humanitarian assistance to people in the UK affected by major incidents in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(48073)
48
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many staff his Department's Humanitarian Assistance Unit employed in (a) April 2010 and (b) February 2011.
(48074)
49
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any resources have been allocated to his Department's Humanitarian Assistance Unit to support UK nationals affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
(48075)
50
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any resources have been allocated to his Department's Humanitarian Assistance Unit to support UK nationals affected by the situation in Libya.
(48076)
51
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will work with representatives of the creative industries to produce a joint action plan for jobs and growth in that sector by the end of 2011.
(47576)
52
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward his proposed Communications Bill in the next Parliamentary session.
(47577)
53
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the likely extent of broadband coverage in the UK in each of the next 10 years.
(48009)
54
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost of installing fibre networks to reach every household in the UK.
(48117)
55
N 		Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effects on the horseracing industry of the decision by Betfair to relocate offshore.
(47548)
56
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much funding Arts Council England allocated per head of population in the Skipton and Ripon constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
(47898)
57
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much funding Arts Council England allocated per head of population in the (a) Craven local authority area, (b) Harrogate local authority area and (c) North Yorkshire County Council authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
(47899)
58
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department allocated to promoting digital television switchover in North Yorkshire in the latest period for which figures are available.
(47900)
59
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on implementation of the Olympic Truce.
(48083)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
60
N 		Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the recruitment age for the armed forces.
(47549)
61
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Royal Navy has for the purchase of maritime patrol aircraft.
(47975)
62
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to seek contributions from reserve forces to his Department's Reserve Forces study.
(48113)
63
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's Reserve Forces study is to examine the merits of greater integration of reservists with regular forces.
(48116)
64
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of customer satisfaction was most recently recorded by his Department in respect of Ministry of Defence Police in defence community police officer roles.
(48031)
65
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency functions is in respect of (a) defence business continuity, (b) defensive armed policing, (c) uniformed policing, (d) guarding and (e) crime investigation in each of the last five years.
(48032)
66
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the new runway at Camp Bastion to enter into service; and what types of aircraft he expects it to be able to accommodate.
(48069)
67
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF aircraft movements there were between Camp Bastion and Kandahar Airbase for each type of aircraft in each of the last 12 months; what cargo was shipped in each such case; and what the cost to the public purse was of such movements in each such month.
(48070)
68
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AWACS aircraft are declared ready for operations; and at what level of readiness such aircraft are held.
(47753)
69
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Typhoon squadrons are declared ready for operations; and at what level of readiness such aircraft are held.
(47755)
70
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings on his Department's estate were occupied by squatters in each year between 2006 and 2010; and on how many occasions his Department sought interim possession orders to remove squatters from such buildings in each of those years.
(47659)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
71
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish his proposals to enable electors in a Parliamentary constituency to recall their elected hon. Member.
(47650)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
72
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1224W, on academies, what authority will be responsbile for (a) ensuring each academy's compliance with its funding agreement, (b) providing day-to-day advice to academies on operational matters and (c) management of the performance of academies after 2012.
(48003)
73
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Green Paper on special educational needs, which items of guidance to schools and local authorities he plans to withdraw.
(47285)
74
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Green Paper on special educational needs, when he plans to publish the national special educational needs and disabilities voluntary and community sector prospectus.
(47286)
75
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to establish a free school in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England his Department has received since May 2010.
(47655)
76
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2011, Official Report, column 867W, on the North East, what method of transport he used to travel to the three schools and colleges; and what the cost of the transport was.
(48011)
77
N 		Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the policy of Ofsted is on disclosing to police forces on request information on the names and addresses of children's homes in a police force area; and if he will make a statement.
(47657)
78
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibilities have been transferred from the Qualifications Curriculum and Development Authority; and which bodies have assumed each of those responsibilities.
(47998)
79
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibilities the Qualifications Curriculum and Development Authority will retain in financial year 2011-12.
(47999)
80
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff were employed by the Qualifications Curriculum and Development Authority in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how many he expects to be employed at that body at the end of financial year 2011-12.
(48000)
81
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the reduction by April 2012 in jobs which will result from his proposed changes to non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible; and what proportion and number of those reductions are to staff based in Coventry.
(48001)
82
N 		Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals for the reimbursement to local authorities in outer London boroughs of the full cost of payment of inner London salary scales to teachers.
(47647)
83
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for discretionary learner support his Department plans to allocate for schools in Southwark in academic year 2011-12.
(48029)
84
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the (a) volume and (b) monetary value of services provided by his Department and its predecessors which have been contracted out to (a) the third sector and (b) the private sector between January 2005 and December 2010.
(48153)
85
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce national funding formula for schools for 2012.
(47965)
86
N 		Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on plans for a university technical college in Houghton Regis; when it will open; and if he will make a statement.
(47862)
87
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of family breakdown since his appointment.
(48124)
88
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1117-8W, on Westminster Academy, what the total (a) travel and (b) accommodation costs were in respect of each of the international speakers.
(47867)
89
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to include emergency life skills in the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
(48010)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
90
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of megawatts of offshore wind development required to meet (a) UK and (b) EU targets for renewable energy.
(48062)
91
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of electricity generation came from (a) renewable sources and (b) offshore wind in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of electricity that will be generated from each such source in 2020.
(48105)
92
N 		Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will consider the merits of proposals to (a) consolidate and (b) license potential port sites for support for wind farm construction to wind farm contractors for use as staging areas for the construction, installation and operation of wind farms.
(47648)
93
N 		Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) matters were discussed and (b) decisions were taken at the special meeting of EU member state energy ministers, nuclear safety regulators and operators and vendors of nuclear power plants convened by the European Energy Commissioner on 15 March 2011 in Brussels.
(47868)
94
N 		Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has requested the chief nuclear safety inspector to conduct a review of the measures in place to mitigate a loss of coolant accident, in respect of (a) operating and (b) planned nuclear power plants in the UK; and what advice he has sought on the implications for the UK nuclear power programme of the nuclear accidents in Japan.
(47869)
95
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) solar energy and (b) tidal energy projects in British Overseas Territories in each of the last three years.
(48037)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
96
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department provided for the National Wildlife Crime Unit in each of the last three years.
(48100)
97
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the future of the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
(48101)
98
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential health risks associated with siting a petrol station within 50 yards of a residential area.
(47865)
99
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce regulations to prevent petrol stations from being sited within 50 yards of residential areas.
(47866)
100
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money her Department plans to allocate to International Climate Financing in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
(47887)
101
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet representatives of the British Horseracing Authority to discuss the use of the whip in horseracing; and if she will make a statement.
(47976)
102
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many buildings on her Department's estate were occupied by squatters in each year between 2006 and 2010; and on how many occasions her Department sought interim possession orders to remove squatters from such buildings in each of those years.
(47663)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
103
N 		Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 841W, on Libya: British nationals abroad, whether he plans to publish the report of the review of his Department's arrangements for leading the evacuation of British nationals in a crisis.
(47578)
104
N 		Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1044W, on Muammar al-Gaddafi, whether he has received representations from the government of Venezuela on his comments that Colonel Gaddafi had travelled to that country.
(47579)
105
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who will represent the Government at the Srebrenica anniversary commemorations in Bosnia on 11 July 2011.
(48104)
106
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of the survivors of the Srebrenica massacre; and if he will make a statement.
(48169)
107
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Serbian counterpart on the extradiction of Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic; and if he will make a statement.
(48170)
108
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on the treatment of Christians in that country.
(48012)
109
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) representations and (b) submissions he has received on his Department's procedures for arranging visitor tours of the White House; and what role the British Embassy in Washington plays in arranging such tours for UK nationals.
(48068)
110
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on steps to counter sexual violence against women and children in that country.
(48114)
111
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist women and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are at risk of sexual violence.
(48115)
112
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by his international partners to ensure that the views of the Egyptian people are fully taken into account before any change to the constitution of that country is made.
(47984)
113
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent consideration he has given to the recommendations of the Seventh Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, HC 147, on the Overseas Territories, in respect of the Government's oversight responsiblity for the Overseas Territories.
(48008)
114
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority on the Authority's commitment to ending incitement to violence against Israel.
(48078)
115
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of cash awards made by the Palestinian Authority to the family of an individual who sought to kill Israeli soldiers in December 2010.
(48079)
116
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the naming of a youth football tournament in the West Bank in honour of Wafa Idris.
(48081)
117
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indonesian counterpart on (a) freedom of religion and (b) violence against religious minorities.
(48119)
118
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of his recent visit to Syria; whether he discussed (a) the progress of and (b) Syrian support for the Middle East peace process with his Syrian counterpart; and if he will make a statement.
(48087)
119
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made provision for UK nationals who have elected to stay in Libya to receive consular advice should they require it.
(48118)
120
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the Turks and Caicos Natural Trust in each of the last five years.
(48036)
121
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the situation in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe.
(48039)
122
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Department for International Development on projects to be taken forward under the London 2012 Olympic Truce.
(48084)
123
N 		Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy has been on the collection of information on the educational background of its staff in the last 20 years.
(47748)
124
N 		Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on the role of the SADC in monitoring progress towards the 24 goals in the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe.
(47873)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
125
N 		Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body will make the final decision on the Safe and Sustainable Review of Children's Congenital Cardiac Services in England.
(47550)
126
N 		Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what professional expertise members of the body making the decision on the Safe and Sustainable Review of Children's Congenital Cardiac Services in England will be required to possess.
(47551)
127
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding will be available for drug and alcohol services after April 2011; and what bodies will be responsible for such services.
(47953)
128
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the London Borough of Bexley were diagnosed with epilepsy in each of the last 10 years.
(47979)
129
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the change in the (a) volume and (b) monetary value of services provided by his Department which have been contracted out to (i) the third sector and (ii) the private sector between January 2005 and December 2010.
(48163)
130
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to support professional societies in surgery and medicine in the development of surgical audits and patient outcome data.
(48050)
131
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that guidelines of the European Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery on when patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease should be recommended for coronary artery surgery or a percutaneous coronary intervention are implemented in the NHS.
(48051)
132
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop outcome measures for lung cancer treatment.
(48052)
133
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS funding to treat morbid obesity which is provided for (a) medical solutions and (b) holistic approaches.
(47962)
134
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to enable obese individuals to take control of their own weight loss management.
(47963)
135
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place in the NHS to support charities concerned with childhood obesity.
(47964)
136
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on arrangements to improve liaison between ambulance services and other emergency responders; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cooperation between blue-light services; and if he will make a statement.
(48149)
137
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of spending per head of population was in the (a) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area, (b) Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust area and (c) area covered by the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority in the latest period for which figures are available.
(47902)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
138
N 		Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of policing and security for the 2011 Liberal Democrat Spring Conference.
(47374)
139
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the roundtable on crime involving cash and valuables in transit convened by her Department last met.
(47987)
140
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the theft of cash from vehicles in transit.
(47988)
141
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the transport industry on the future of the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service.
(47989)
142
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department provided to the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(47990)
143
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd of 7 March 2011, Official Report, columns 862-3W, on police services, whether the policing tasks associated with football matches are included in the policing functions she defines as those undertaken by frontline officers.
(48004)
144
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of metal theft in each of the last three years.
(48013)
145
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the British Transport Police on metal theft.
(48077)
146
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd of 7 March 2011, Official Report, columns 862-3W, on police services, whether warranted police officers working (a) in or (b) with (i) the Serious Organised Crime Agency, (ii) the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, (iii) the National Wildlife Crime Unit, (iv) the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service and (v) public protection units perform tasks which fall within her definition of frontline policing.
(48102)
147
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since May 2010 the Inter-departmental Ministerial Group on Missing Persons has met; who chairs the group; and which departments are represented in the group.
(48103)
148
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on contact between the Police Commissioner for the Metropolis and News of the World editors during the time the Commissioner was responsible for investigating telephone tapping.
(47875)
149
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers living in Scotland were (a) granted asylum and (b) refused asylum and returned to their home country in each of the last five years.
(47960)
150
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers living in Scotland have live appeal rights.
(47961)
151
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers living in Scotland have (a) returned voluntarily to their country of origin and (b) been removed in each of the last five years.
(48080)
152
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 December 2010, Official Report, columns 94-6WS, on forensic science, what evidence she evaluated to determine that the size of the forensic science market would fall over the next few years.
(48064)
153
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure an adequate level of competition in the forensic market following the closure of the Forensic Science Service.
(48154)
154
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements she plans to put in place to ensure consistent standards across police forces in the conduct of in-house forensic work following the closure of the Forensic Science Service.
(48155)
155
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cost to police forces of spending on forensic laboratories and associated accreditation following the closure of the Forensic Science Service during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(48156)
156
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forensic laboratories were in operation in the last period for which figures are available; and how many such laboratories were professionally accredited.
(48157)
157
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of police forces to conduct a greater proportion of forensic science work in-house.
(48158)
158
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of forensic work that will be conducted in-house by police forces following the closure of the Forensic Science Service; and what assessment she has made of the potential effects of the Police Act 1996 (Equipment) Regulations 2011 on the level of forensic science work that will be outsourced to the private sector during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(48159)
159
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) funding and (b) staff she plans to allocate for the removal of DNA profiles from the National DNA Database following the closure of the Forensic Science Service.
(48160)
160
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the availability of expertise in terrorism events in the commercial forensic science sector.
(48161)
161
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which commercial providers will be responsible for the provision of forensic science for terrorism cases following the closure of the Forensic Science Service; and what process she plans to use to determine the selection of such providers.
(48162)
162
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the change in the (a) volume and (b) monetary value of services provided by her Department which have been contracted out to (i) the third sector and (ii) the private sector between January 2005 and December 2010.
(48164)
163
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on speeding up the processing of asylum applications.
(48005)
164
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures her Department has in place to combat the trafficking of (a) people, (b) weapons and (c) drugs.
(48006)
165
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have left each police force in England and Wales during 2010-11 to date.
(48024)
166
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recruits to police forces in England and Wales in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 had university degrees.
(48025)
167
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average amount paid in overtime to police constables in each police force in England and Wales was in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09, (d) 2009-10 and (e) 2010-11.
(48026)
168
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on arrangements to improve liaison between police services and other emergency responders; what assessment she has made of the preparedness for major incidents requiring close working between blue-light services and other responders; and if she will make a statement.
(48150)
169
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) meetings were held with whom and (b) other consultations took place on the closure of the Ripon Identity and Passport Service office.
(47901)
170
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date she expects her Department to have resolved all older unresolved asylum cases.
(47903)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
171
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons Service has undertaken a pay audit to determine whether there is a pay gap between the men and women employed in the House Service.
(47822)
172
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of (a) members of the House of Commons Management Board, (b) heads of department of the House of Commons and (c) heads of each office or service in each House of Commons department are women.
(47823)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
173
N 		Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which year his Department's bilateral aid programme with Angola will close; what arrangements he has made for phasing in the closure of that programme; what discussions he held with the government of Angola prior to his decision on the future of the programme; and what proportion of the official development assistance received by Angola his Department's bilateral aid comprised in the latest period for which figures are available.
(47651)
174
N 		Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which International Labour Organisation projects and programmes his Department provided funding in the last four years.
(47652)
175
N 		Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's bilateral aid he plans to allocate to British Overseas Territories from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
(47653)
176
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the official development assistance received by Niger his Department's bilateral aid comprised in the latest period for which figures are available.
(48027)
177
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the official development assistance received by Vietnam his Department's bilateral aid comprised in the latest period for which figures are available.
(48028)
178
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he next plans to discuss the World Bank energy strategy review with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
(47888)
179
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1094W, on development countries: energy, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submissions to the World Bank energy strategy review.
(47967)
180
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Turks and Caicos Natural Trust in each of the last five years.
(48035)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
181
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity at the Tribunals Service in order to reduce the backlog of appeals awaiting hearing.
(47543)
182
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the likely effects of the introduction of universal credit on the workload of the Tribunals Service.
(47544)
183
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average it took the Tribunals Service to administer a First-Tier Tribunal social security and child support appeal in 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure for 2010-11.
(47545)
184
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals regarding (a) disability living allowance, (b) employment support allowance, (c) income support, (d) jobseeker's allowance and (e) tax credits the Tribunals Service heard in 2009-10; and how many such appeals in each category he expects it to hear in 2010-11.
(47546)
185
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish revised guidelines for immigration judges; and if he will make a statement.
(47956)
186
N 		Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what specific guidance his Department plans to issue to (a) businesses and (b) ticketing agents on the sale of London 2012 Olympics hospitality packages.
(47874)
187
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against decisions made on applications for employment and support allowance are outstanding in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) Great Britain.
(47863)
188
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken is to determine an appeal for employment and support allowance.
(47864)
189
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many buildings on his Department's estate were occupied by squatters in each year between 2006 and 2010; and on how many occasions his Department sought interim possession orders to remove squatters from such buildings in each of those years.
(47661)
Questions to the Leader of the House
190
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Leader of the House, when he expects the transfer of e-petitions to the Direct.gov portal to be completed.
(48067)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
191
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister of Northern Ireland on levels of cross-border human trafficking.
(47656)
192
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the Northern Ireland Executive on the (i) funding of credit unions in Northern Ireland and (ii) allocation of funding through the Growth Fund.
(48165)
193
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the funding allocated to encourage the growth of credit unions will be spent in Northern Ireland.
(48166)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
194
N 		Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of an accident involving a foreign registered heavy goods vehicle in each of the last five years; and in how many such accidents a blind spot in the off-side mirror of the vehicle was found to be a causal factor.
(47749)
195
N 		Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of heavy goods vehicles registered overseas which used roads in England in each of the last five years.
(47750)
196
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 106W, on the West Coast Railway Line: rolling stock, what assessment his Department has made of the costs and benefits of the introduction of double deck passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line compared to those of constructing a new high speed rail line.
(47861)
197
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the rate of return on the Government's capital in each trust port.
(48066)
198
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of fare evasion on passenger rail services operated by London Midland Trains for each of the last five years.
(47992)
199
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on any relationship between the levels of fare evasion on passenger rail services and the opening hours of ticket offices at rail stations.
(47993)
200
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of crime at each rail station in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Solihull constituency were reported in each of the last five years.
(47994)
201
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on the provision of search and rescue helicopters.
(47889)
202
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on potential long-term procurement options for search and rescue helicopters; and if he will make a statement.
(47891)
203
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Pontypridd of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 835W, on the Great Western Railway: electrification, when he plans to place in the Library details of the business case work which assisted his Department in determining the further extension of electrification of the Great Western Main Line.
(48086)
204
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail undertakes of the local economic benefits of rail electrification projects.
(48107)
205
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of passengers using the Ebbw Valley Line over the next Network Rail control period.
(48108)
206
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department received from Network Rail on electrification of the Ebbw Valley Line.
(48109)
207
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) nature and (b) scale is of the work his Department plans to carry out with the Welsh Assembly Government on electrification of commuter rail lines in the South Wales valleys in the period before the commencement of the next control period.
(48110)
208
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in driving test pass rates since the introduction of the approved driving instructor test.
(48071)
209
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the pass rates for (a) Part 1, (b) Part 2 and (c) Part 3 of the approved driving instructor test.
(48072)
210
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to meet officials of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
(48038)
211
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the European Aviation Safety Agency's Notice of Proposed Amendment on flight time limitations; and by what date he expects the Authority to have published its response to the Agency's proposals.
(48061)
212
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the re-instatement costs of closing the Falmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre if it is not transformed into a sub-centre under the proposed operating model.
(48059)
213
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed potential trends in the impact rate of systemic risks under the future operating model for HM Coastguard; and what plans his Department has to mitigate any increased impact from the systemic risks of mission failure caused by (a) inadequate monitoring and (b) delayed or missed intervention resulting from (i) insufficient staff, (ii) insufficient qualified personnel and (iii) skills fade.
(48060)
214
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that resurfacing of the A19 near Elwick, Teesside is undertaken with materials that help to reduce the noise of traffic.
(47904)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
215
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency have been in receipt of incapacity benefits for more than (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months, (d) two years, (e) three years and (f) five years.
(47957)
216
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost in 2011 prices of guaranteeing transitional protection to notional losers from the introduction of universal credit in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
(47751)
217
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition of change of circumstances will apply to determine whether claimants have transitional protection for universal credit after 2014.
(47752)
218
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of ensuring that childcare is provided for families affected by the total cap on benefit entitlement.
(47757)
219
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of ensuring that childcare is provided for families affected by the total cap on benefit entitlement where childcare costs are covered up to (a) 60 per cent., (b) 70 per cent. and (c) 80 per cent.
(47758)
220
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints ATOS Healthcare has received in relation to assessments of eligibility for disability living allowance in the last period for which figures are available; and how many such complaints related to assessments in respect of autism and related conditions.
(48049)
221
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants at the (a) standard and (b) enhanced rate of the proposed personal independence payment will be eligible for (i) blue badges and (ii) road tax exemption.
(48034)
222
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department proposes to move children from disability living allowance to the proposed personal independence payment; and if he will make a statement.
(48040)
223
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts he expects to award for delivery of the Access to Work Programme.
(48041)
224
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to award separate contracts to deliver the Access to Work Programme in England, Scotland and Wales.
(48042)
225
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on allowing prospective prime contractors for the new Access to Work contract to require small charities to sign exclusivity clauses when seeking to participate under the tender.
(48043)
226
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to require contractors for the Access to Work Programme to promote assistance for people with (a) a mental health condition and (b) a learning disability; and if he will make a statement.
(48044)
227
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the likely effect on carers of his proposed reform to disability living allowance.
(48112)
228
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value was of loans and grants from the Social Fund on (a) white goods and (b) bedding in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10; and how many recipients there were in each such category.
(47871)
229
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the Remploy factory in Spennymoor; and if he will make a statement.
(47872)
230
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the proposed new charging regime for use of the statutory child maintenance service proposed in the Strengthening Families, promoting parental responsibility Green Paper, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of children who live in separated families for whom effective arrangements are in place for the purposes of determining the potential effects of the new charging regime on the number of such children with effective arrangements.
(47905)
231
Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of disability living allowance aged over 65 will be eligible for the personal independence payment.
(48120)
232
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on giving people greater flexibility in early access to part of a personal pension fund.
(48007)
233
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding for the Growth Fund has been allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive over the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and whether such funding is ring-fenced for the use of credit unions.
(48167)
234
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Northern Ireland Executive will receive a proportion of the £73 million allocated by his Department for the modernisation and growth of credit unions.
(48168)
235
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential for Remploy factories to become independent social enterprises.
(47966)
236
N 		Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure Atos Healthcare has in place champions with additional expertise in mental, cognitive and intellectual conditions, as recommended by the Harrington Review of the work capability assessment; and when he expects such champions to be in place.
(47314)
237
N 		Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Atos Healthcare is subject to a financial penalty in the event that a claimant is found to have been incorrectly deemed fit for work following an appeal.
(47547)
238
N 		Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income was of those in the (a) bottom 90 per cent., (b) top five to 10 per cent., (c) top one to five per cent. and (d) top one per cent. of income in each of the last 30 years.
(47654)
239
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many buildings on his Department's estate were occupied by squatters in each year between 2006 and 2010; and on how many occasions his Department sought interim possession orders to remove squatters from such buildings in each of those years.
(47660)
240
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with autism in receipt of the middle rate of disability living allowance.
(47894)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
241
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workless households in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley.
[Transferred] (48106)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
242
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which Minister is to propose the Olympic Truce resolution at the General Assembly of the United Nations.
[Transferred] (48082)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
243
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many search and rescue helicopters are in operation (a) nationally and (b) at each base; on which date each helicopter was first used; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (47890)
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Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) payroll and (b) running costs of the HMS Gannet search and rescue flight were in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10; and what the estimate is of such costs in 2010-11 is.
[Transferred] (47892)
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