Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 22 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 Tuesday 22 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 22 March 2011
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 22 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 Tuesday 22 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 22 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): 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 (i) nationally and (ii) in the West Midlands in each of the last three years. |
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(47878)
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2
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many medical students graduated in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
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(47879)
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3
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Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department provides financial assistance to his officials for boarding school fees for their children. |
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(48515)
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4
N
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Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women are employed in businesses with fewer than 10 employees excluding sole proprietors. |
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(48218)
|
5
N
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Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of savings to the public purse which will result from a reduction in administration costs through exempting micro businesses from regulations on (a) maternity rights, (b) right to request flexible leave, (c) removal of the default retirement age and (d) flexible parental leave. |
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(48219)
|
6
N
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Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employees would lose the right to (a) request flexible leave, (b) statutory maternity rights and (c) shared parental leave if an exemption from such rights is introduced for micro-businesses. |
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(48221)
|
7
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with (a) representatives of (i) pub companies, (ii) breweries, (iii) pub licensees and (iv) consumers, (b) the Campaign for Real Ale and (c) other interested parties on the (A) beer tie and (b) voluntary reform of the pub industry. |
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(48375)
|
8
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to the implementation of a statutory industry code of practice for the pub industry. |
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(48376)
|
9
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the position of the UK in international comparator tables for the length of paid (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave. |
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(48505)
|
10
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the relative position of the UK in international comparator tables measuring parental leave; and if he will make a statement. |
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(48507)
|
11
N
|
John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage businesses to invest in environmental projects. |
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(47288)
|
12
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential students were reached by Aim Higher in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(48377)
|
13
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential students were reached under University Access Agreements in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(48378)
|
14
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) Apollo Group Inc and (ii) the University of Phoenix to discuss higher education in England since his appointment. |
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(48457)
|
15
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to address the level of attrition between education and employment for women in (a) engineering, (b) science and (c) other technology disciplines. |
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(48023)
|
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
16
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether funds allocated and not spent on the National Citizen Service by the end of March 2011 can be carried over into the following financial year. |
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(48259)
|
17
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides financial assistance to his officials for boarding school fees for their children. |
|
(48516)
|
18
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on increasing liaison between blue-light services for the purposes of improving response to civil contingency emergencies; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(48503)
|
19
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which charities applied for but did not receive funding from the Transitional Fund. |
|
(48473)
|
20
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been allocated from the Transitional Fund (a) to charities operating in each region and (b) to each type of charity. |
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(48474)
|
21
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the position of England in international comparator tables on levels of (a) volunteering and (b) State support for the voluntary sector. |
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(48486)
|
22
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of social enterprise activity in each region. |
|
(48487)
|
23
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rates per 10,000 were for (a) each region and (b) parliamentary constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(48498)
|
24
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of (a) registration and (b) closure of charities was in each of the last five years. |
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(48508)
|
25
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many registered charities ceased operation in each of the last five years; and what his policy is on monitoring the rate of such closures in the next five years. |
|
(48509)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
26
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides financial assistance to his officials for boarding school fees for their children. |
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(48517)
|
27
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether money from the Growth Fund in relation to credit unions has been allocated to devolved institutions under the provisions of the Barnett formula. |
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(48493)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
28
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from the London Borough of Islington on its level of central Government support for 2011-12; what assessment he has made of the effects of the settlement; and if he will make a statement. |
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(48454)
|
29
N
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Local Government Resource Review will be concluded. |
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(48217)
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30
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of local authorities on (a) waste management and (b) waste prevention. |
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(47192)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
31
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Arts Council England has put in place arrangements to (a) assess and (b) publish an assessment of the effects on arts and cultural organisations of (i) local government, (ii) regional development agency and (iii) higher education spending reductions. |
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(48451)
|
32
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he last met the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of Arts Council England to discuss their future funding decisions. |
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(48452)
|
33
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the membership is of his Department's Creative Economy Programme Ministerial Board; and when that Board last met. |
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(48453)
|
34
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has any plans to meet representatives of other media organisations before reaching a final decision on NewsCorp's proposed acquisition of BSkyB. |
|
(48458)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
35
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department are eligible for assistance for boarding school fees for their children; how many officials receive such assistance; and what the (a) mean and (b) median levels of assistance provided in respect of each child were in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(48520)
|
36
N
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial savings his Department expects to make from the abolition of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. |
|
(48315)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
37
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1002-06W, on children in care, from what source the information in the Answer was derived; and what factors he took into account when compiling the information given in the Answer. |
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(48260)
|
38
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) maintained and (b) private, voluntary and independent full day childcare settings in the West Midlands were deemed (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) satisfactory and (iv) inadequate by Ofsted in each of the last three years. |
|
(47880)
|
39
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children were excluded permanently from schools in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in 2010. |
|
(47881)
|
40
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of language teachers in primary and secondary schools. |
|
(47882)
|
41
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which body is responsible for arbitrating disputes over responsibility for payments under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in cases where a school constructed or improved under a PFI Project subsequently becomes an academy. |
|
(48262)
|
42
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department was notified of the proposal to use the Downshall Centre in Ilford as a location for a free school. |
|
(48379)
|
43
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department had with representatives of (a) Redbridge Council and (b) Partnership for Schools prior to the decision on the location of a free school in Ilford. |
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(48380)
|
44
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation (a) his Department and (b) Partnership for Schools conducted on the location of a free school in Ilford. |
|
(48381)
|
45
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet representatives of Redbridge Council to discuss the potential effects on local community groups of the establishment of a free school at the Downshall Centre in Ilford. |
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(48382)
|
46
N
|
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department was first informed that E-Act wished to purchase the Downshall Centre in Ilford. |
|
(48383)
|
47
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in schools in the Leeds School Sports Partnership West area accessed three hours per week of physical education and school sport in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. |
|
(48490)
|
48
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people in schools in the Leeds School Sports Partnership West area participated in sports leadership courses in (a) 2004 and (b) 2010. |
|
(48491)
|
49
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in years 1 to 11 in schools in the Leeds School Sports Partnership West area participated in at least one inter-schools sports competition in (a) 2004 and (b) 2010. |
|
(48494)
|
50
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff hours were funded by the Leeds School Sports Partnership West in academic year 2010-11; and how many such hours he expects to be funded in academic year 2011-12. |
|
(48495)
|
51
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in schools in the Leeds School Sports Partnership West area accessed two hours per week of physical education in curriculum time in (a) 2006 and (b) 2010. |
|
(48496)
|
52
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of children in schools in the Leeds School Sports Partnership West area accessed two hours per week of physical education and school sport in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2007-08. |
|
(48497)
|
53
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UK Resilience Programme in developing children's values. |
|
(48470)
|
54
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in care were recorded as having physical disabilities in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(48483)
|
55
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children (a) in care and (b) not in care (i) gained five GCSEs and (ii) subsequently went to university in each year of the last 10 years. |
|
(48484)
|
56
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the position of England in international comparator rates for truancy. |
|
(48485)
|
57
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of placement for looked after children was in each local authority area in each of the last three years. |
|
(48499)
|
58
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many youth clubs received funding from his Department and its predecessors in each of the last five years. |
|
(48504)
|
59
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the issue of conflicts in the family. |
|
(48506)
|
60
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) initial teacher training places and (b) Teach First places there were at each higher education institution in the academic year (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11; how many he expects there to be in the academic year 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(48456)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
61
|
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the plans of the UK's nuclear industry to respond to a natural disaster. |
|
(48512)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
62
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department issues to bird ringers on the number of rings which should be fitted per bird. |
|
(48316)
|
63
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of birds which were ringed in the latest period for which figures are available; and what assessment she has made of the health risks posed to birds by excessive ringing. |
|
(48317)
|
64
|
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the cheese industry. |
|
(48489)
|
65
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the variation in the cost to the public purse in each local authority of (a) waste prevention and (b) recycling. |
|
(47189)
|
66
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage the use of products which prevent waste. |
|
(47190)
|
67
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the potential saving to the public purse of 10 per cent. of parents switching from use of disposable nappies for their children to re-usable nappies. |
|
(47191)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
68
N
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist spouses of UK nationals seeking to leave Libya who have not yet received entry clearance to enter the UK. |
|
(48021)
|
69
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are eligible for assistance for boarding school fees for their children; how many officials receive such assistance; and what the (a) mean and (b) median levels of assistance provided in respect of each child were in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(48519)
|
70
N
|
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain on the protection of human rights during periods of unrest; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(48347)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
71
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce barriers to the award of NHS contracts to small and medium-sized enterprises. |
|
(48257)
|
72
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of screening those infected with hepatitis C for the extra-hepatic manifestations identified in the Government's recent review of contaminated blood products. |
|
(46375)
|
73
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of screening for pathogens for those at greater risk of being infected with such pathogens as a result of having received pooled blood products for the treatment of bleeding disorders. |
|
(46376)
|
74
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason he has maintained the classification of the hepatitis C virus in two stages; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46377)
|
75
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of introducing two stages of classification of HIV; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46378)
|
76
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to end the two-stage system of classification of Hepatitis C for patients who suffer from a bleeding condition or a condition which increases the risks arising from the liver biopsy required to ascertain whether a patient is in stage 1 or stage 2 of the disease. |
|
(47306)
|
77
N
|
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on cardiac surgical outcomes; and if he will take steps to maintain adequate time for the collection and benchmarking of data related to such outcomes in the job plans of consultants. |
|
(48134)
|
78
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the incidence of smoking among (a) adults, (b) children and (c) young people among (i) men and (ii) women in each socio-economic group in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(48471)
|
79
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of looked after children were diagnosed with mental illness in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(48477)
|
80
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the incidence of (a) cirrhosis of the liver and (b) chronic liver disease in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(48480)
|
81
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) adults, (b) children and (c) young people were recorded as smokers in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent numbers and proportions for each of the next five years. |
|
(48481)
|
82
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on the number of children living in households in which a parent is dependent on (a) alcohol and (b) hard drugs. |
|
(48482)
|
83
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what levels of obesity in each (a) income and (b) age decile were in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(48492)
|
84
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of local authorities offer (a) parenting classes and (b) pre-natal classes which are free at the point of use. |
|
(48511)
|
85
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 16 to 19 and (b) 12 to 15 in each region were alcohol dependent in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(48521)
|
86
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for medical students there were in each higher education institution in the academic year (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; how many he expects there to be in the academic year 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(48455)
|
87
N
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to extend the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to GP pathfinder consortia. |
|
(48216)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
88
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the level of overtime payments to full-time police officers at basic command unit level. |
|
(48215)
|
89
N
|
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of Azure cards issued in (a) the City of Manchester, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the UK. |
|
(48384)
|
90
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effects on university (a) science and (b) engineering departments of proposals to limit the number of non-EU students studying in UK universities. |
|
(48022)
|
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
91
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Service gave to each charity it funds in each of the last five years; and how much it plans to allocate in funding to each such charity in each of the next five years. |
|
(48514)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
92
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department provides financial assistance to his officials for boarding school fees for their children. |
|
(48518)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
93
|
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to (a) make Remembrance Day poppy burning a hate crime and (b) amend sentencing guidelines for those sentenced in respect of such actions. |
|
(48468)
|
94
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints of unjustifiable discipline by a trade union were (a) heard and (b) upheld by an employment tribunal in each year since 1996. |
|
(48261)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
95
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on the contents of Ministerial drinks cabinets since 12 May 2010. |
|
(48469)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
96
N
|
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the increased capacity that would be created on the West Coast Main Line through introduction of the European Rail Traffic Management System and in-cab signalling technology. |
|
(48373)
|
97
N
|
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the net number of jobs that will created by the High Speed 2 project; over what time period such jobs will be created; and where such jobs will be located. |
|
(48374)
|
98
N
|
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of passengers expected to leave the UK by air in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15. |
|
(48220)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
99
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of Lord Freud in the Grand Committee of the House of Lords of 15 March 2011, Official Report, column GC57, what progress the Government has made on its comprehensive action plan for reinvigorating private pensions saving; what the elements of this action plan are; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(48532)
|
100
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether recipients of jobseekers' allowance who are attending interviews and work trials receive assistance from the public purse with the cost of travel and meals. |
|
(48256)
|
101
N
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with Ministers in the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Welsh Assembly Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive on the members they propose to appoint to the Child Poverty Commission. |
|
(48348)
|
102
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of clients on each fit for work pilot scheme has been diagnosed with each type of illness. |
|
(48475)
|
103
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in each ethnic group were living in poverty in each of the last 10 years. |
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(48478)
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104
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has arrangements to (a) measure and (b) assess mental stress in the workplace. |
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(48479)
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105
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department gave to each charity it funds in each of the last five years; and how much it has allocated in funding to each such charity in each of the next five years. |
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(48513)
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106
N
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Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases where couples made a joint claim for jobseeker's allowance the nominated recipient was (a) a man and (b) a woman in the last year for which figures are available. |
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(48092)
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107
N
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Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases where couples made a joint claim for (a) income-related jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support and (c) income-related employment and support allowance the claim was made by (a) a man and (b) a woman in the last year for which figures are available. |
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(48093)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
108
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of rate of turnover of staff social workers in childrens' homes on the level of care for looked after children. |
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[Transferred]
(48472)
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109
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on early childhood development of (a) flexible working and (b) maternity and paternity leave. |
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[Transferred]
(48488)
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110
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in care are from an ethnic minority background. |
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[Transferred]
(48500)
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111
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of girls (a) in care and (b) not in care aged between 13 and 19 gave birth in each of the last 10 years. |
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[Transferred]
(48501)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
112
N
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Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to issue an invitation for expressions of interest in the Healthy Schools Programme. |
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[Transferred]
(48258)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
113
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made any assessment of the effects on workplace stress of trends in the use of performance-related pay. |
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[Transferred]
(48476)
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114
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department and its predecessors have (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on levels of stress in the workplace in each of the last 10 years. |
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[Transferred]
(48510)
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