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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 24 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 Thursday 24 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 24 March 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 24 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 Thursday 24 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 24 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department provided for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and (c) London in each of the last five years.
(49220)
2
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency and (b) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in each of the last five years.
(49221)
3
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students there are enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and (c) London.
(49222)
4
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for future funding of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and (c) London.
(49223)
5
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the Green Investment Bank issuing bonds within the next five financial years.
(49300)
6
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the Green Investment Bank sourcing capital from small investors through dedicated individual savings accounts in the next five financial years.
(49301)
7
N 		Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan of 16 March 2011, Official Report, column 433W, on business: regulations, how many of the regulations were revoked in the period between 4 and 28 February 2011.
(49031)
8
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49252)
9
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Department's staff have taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department in each such year.
(49309)
10
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase levels of employment in the process and manufacturing sector.
(49118)
11
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encouarge employers in the process and manufacturing sector to employ apprentices.
(49119)
12
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he had had with (a) industry boards, (b) employers and (c) trade unions in the process and manufacturing sector.
(49120)
13
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to help raise the profile of careers in the process and manufacturing sector.
(49121)
14
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encouarge growth in the process and manufacturing sector.
(49122)
15
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department takes to ensure that individuals who are proposed for vacancies by employment agencies or businesses are made aware of their rights to refuse such vacancies under the provisions of regulations 18 and 19 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
(49154)
16
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49190)
17
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many children of Turkish workers who have received help with tuition fees since 2006 have not made scheduled repayments in each of the last five years.
(49088)
18
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from other EU member states have received living cost support from the Student Loans Company in each of the last five years.
(49089)
19
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March, Official Report, column 1180W, on overseas students: loans, how many Swiss national students did not make a scheduled student loan repayment in each of the last five years.
(49090)
20
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March, Official Report, column 1180W, on overseas students: loans, how much has been written off as bad debt from EEA students in arrears; what the monetary value of pending payments is; and if he will make a statement.
(49091)
21
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Student Loans Company is owed in arrears by students from (a) EEA countries, (b) Switzerland and (c) Turkey.
(49092)
22
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs incurred by the Student Loans Company on prosecuting those from (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA states who did not repay a student loan (i) wholly and (ii) partially in the latest period for which figures are available.
(49115)
23
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people from (a) EEA countries, Switzerland and Turkey and (b) the UK have ceased making scheduled repayments against outstanding student loans after being declared bankrupt in the latest period for which figures are available.
(49116)
24
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much is owed by former students from EEA countries to the Student Loans Company (a) in total and (b) arising from repayments due but not made in each year since 2007.
(49117)
25
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, columns 718-9W, on students: loans, how much was owed by those people prosecuted for non-repayment of their student loan; and what the cost to his Department was of raising such judgments.
(49234)
26
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve skills in IT across the workforce.
(49280)
27
N 		Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what policy measures he has introduced since his appointment which reduce the incidence of family breakdown; and if he will make a statement.
(48892)
28
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to his Department of the information campaign on the increase in annual tuition fees in 2012-13; what the cost will be of hiring an advertising agency to undertake the campaign; what the budget will be for the production of press, radio and online advertisements; and if he will make a statement.
(48702)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
29
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49255)
30
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what date he expects the Mutual Support Programme tender process to be completed.
(49125)
31
N 		Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been recruited during the period of the Civil Service recruitment freeze.
(48699)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
32
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on the effect on economic forecasting of the operation of food and agricultural commodity markets.
(49165)
33
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the taxation of employer-financed retirement benefit schemes.
(49268)
34
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue that would accrue to the Exchequer if contributions to employer-financed retirement benefit schemes were subject to taxation at the rate of 50 per cent. in each of the next four years.
(49269)
35
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal incentives he plans to put in place to promote growth in the marine energy industry in each of the next four financial years.
(49277)
36
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential costs to the public purse of merging income tax and national insurance.
(49285)
37
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential effects of recent trends in inflation on the value of spending allocations to Government departments in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(49286)
38
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue his Department will raise through asset sales in each of the next four financial years; and how much of such revenue will be directed to capitalisation of the Green Investment Bank.
(49299)
39
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the (a) short and (b) long-term effects of quantitative easing on levels of employment.
(49083)
40
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department used to determine which energy-saving materials would qualify for the lower rates of value added tax.
(48791)
41
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2010, Official Report, column 471W, on debts: developing countries, what criteria he plans to use to determine whether to extend the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010.
(49177)
42
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward fiscal measures to support the (a) operating costs and (b) fuel costs of cars under the Motability scheme.
(49072)
43
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49186)
44
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of Government debt.
(49075)
45
N 		John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on instances of alleged abuse of low value consignment relief.
(48790)
46
N 		John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the government of (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey on potential abuse of low value consignment relief.
(48798)
47
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 762W, on Members: correspondence, when the Child Benefit Office, Preston, plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 14 February 2011.
(49026)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
48
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential effects on economic growth of implementation of his plans for more localised decision-making by planning authorities.
(49284)
49
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has had discussions with local authorities on the future-ring fencing arrangements for the Housing Revenue Account following the introduction of self-financing.
(49176)
50
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to revise guidance issued to local authorities on the treatment of planning applications from mobile telephone operators.
(49260)
51
N 		Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the promotion of social mobility through reducing levels of under-occupation of social housing.
(48890)
52
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has (a) made to and (b) received from local authorities in respect of local authority staff salaries.
(49078)
53
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has received any recent representations on the provisions of the Brighton Marina Act 1968.
(49175)
54
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49181)
55
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to reduce the number of public bodies within his Department's area of responsibility.
(49155)
56
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to enable non-executive council members to limit the remuneration of local authority chief executives.
(49095)
57
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to introduce greater regulation of the activities of private landlords.
(49100)
58
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis was for his assessment that the (a) community right to challenge and (b) community right to buy scheme would provide greater opportunities for community and voluntary groups to have a greater say over what happens in their local areas.
(49102)
59
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2011, Official Report, column 593W, on departmental public expenditure, whether income from the disposal of the assets of regional development agencies in 2013-14 will be directed to the geographic localities in which such assets were situated.
(49030)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
60
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49253)
61
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49195)
62
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has carried out an impact assessment on the effects of reductions in his Department's administration costs on frontline services.
(48794)
63
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what (a) costs and (b) savings he expects to result from the abolition of the (a) UK Film Council and (b) Museum, Libraries and Archives Council.
(48795)
64
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) arts and cultural performances and (b) competitive sports events he has attended in an official capacity since his appointment.
(48796)
65
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many events and visits outside London (a) he and (b) each Minister in his Department has undertaken in an official capacity in each region since his appointment.
(48797)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
66
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many late entry commissioned officers reached the rank of full colonel or above, or its equivalent in each of the three services in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(48779)
67
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK serving commissioned officers are working in NATO Headquarters; and how many of these are (a) direct entry and (b) late entry commissioned officers.
(48780)
68
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK serving commissioned officers are working in British embassies and high commissions; and how many of these are (a) direct entry and (b) late entry commissioned officers.
(48781)
69
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many commissioned officers including direct entry and late entry commissioned officers appointed to roles in the Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall are (a) of or above and (b) below the rank of lieutenant colonel or its equivalent.
(48782)
70
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) commissioned officers excluding late entry and (b) late entry commissioned officers were appointed to roles based in the Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(48783)
71
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff have taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department in each such year.
(49310)
72
N 		Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many call-outs were attended by (a) RNAS Prestwick, (b) RAF Boulmer, (c) RAF Chivenor, (d) DST Leconfield, (e) RAF Valley, (f) RAF Wattisham, (g) RNAS Culdrose, (h) HMCG Lee-on-the-Solent, (i) HMCG Portland, (j) HMCG Stornoway, (k) HMCG Sumburgh and (l) RAF Lossiemouth in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(48263)
73
N 		Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects the staffing level of (a) RNAS Prestwick, (b) RAF Boulmer, (c) RAF Chivenor, (d) DST Leconfield, (e) RAF Valley, (f) RAF Wattisham, (g) RNAS Culdrose, (h) HMCG Lee-on-the-Solent, (i) HMCG Portland, (j) HMCG Stornoway, (k) HMCG Sumburgh and (l) RAF Lossiemouth to be in the next five years.
(48264)
74
N 		Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in replacing the capability formerly provided by HMS Endurance.
(49027)
75
N 		Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to provide the capability usually provided by HMS Scott whilst she is fulfilling the role of Antarctic patrol vessel.
(49028)
76
N 		Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the relationship is between his Department and the British Antarctic Survey.
(49029)
77
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49189)
78
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the outcomes of planning round 11 in respect of capability are consistent with the policy objectives set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
(49096)
79
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of the effects on UK defence assets of the re-routing of internet traffic by servers belonging to China Telecom on 8 April 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(49103)
80
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for future deployment of the Royal Navy in (a) collaborative operations and (b) core responsibilities.
(49104)
81
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to examine future proposals for capability reductions consistent with the level of scrutiny applied to such proposals in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
(49105)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
82
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to (a) encourage and (b) increase levels of electoral registration in Great Britain.
(49134)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
83
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49259)
84
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's staff have taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department in each such year.
(49308)
85
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were permanently excluded from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Dartford constituency in each of the last five years.
(49082)
86
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49183)
87
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made of the evidence cited in footnote 32, paragraph 2.20 of the Schools White Paper, The Importance of Teaching, on the teaching of systematic synthetic phonics; and whether officials of his Department have discussed the research findings cited with the authors.
(49272)
88
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 10 of the executive summary of the Schools White Paper, if he will assess the potential effects of introducing a Year 1 phonics screening test on his Department's aim to give teachers renewed freedom and authority; and if he will make a statement.
(49304)
89
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposed Year 1 phonics screening test.
(49305)
90
N 		Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants his Department has recruited during the period of the Civil Service recruitment freeze.
(48698)
91
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for implementation of the Better Communication Action Plan; and if he will make a statement.
(49233)
92
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on admissions policies for free schools.
(49123)
93
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to improve (a) assessments and (b) access to support for children with epilepsy and related conditions in mainstream schools.
(49124)
94
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to promote the teaching of science in schools.
(49146)
95
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proposals he has for the (a) requirements of and (b) standards to be met by teachers in (i) free schools and (ii) academies.
(49148)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
96
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will request energy companies to introduce a uniform basic tariff for electricity and gas costs incurred by consumers.
(49163)
97
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many carbon sequestration and storage projects his Department expects to support in the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
(49276)
98
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria he plans to put in place to monitor the emissions performance standards for new power plants.
(49278)
99
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the implementation of the Green Deal of the application of variable rates of value added tax to different energy-saving materials.
(48792)
100
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49257)
101
N 		Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the provisions of Standard Licence Condition 7a on the sale of energy contracts to micro businesses and small business to bring them into line with the licence conditions governing sales to residential consumers.
(49024)
102
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49192)
103
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the reliability of renewable energy generation; and if he will make a statement.
(49074)
104
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what objectives set for his Department are designed to secure the lowest fuel costs for domestic consumers.
(49094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
105
N 		Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the size of the budget for the Common Agricultural Policy in the five years from 2013.
(48800)
106
N 		Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the effects on the level of support available to smallholder farms of payments made to large-scale farms in the UK under the Common Agricultural Policy.
(48801)
107
N 		Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the value for money of payments made to large-scale farms under the Common Agricultural Policy.
(48802)
108
N 		Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on establishing a cap on the payments made to farms under the Common Agricultural Policy.
(48803)
109
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to meet retailers and producers who have not committed to source tuna fished without the use of fish aggregating devices in purse seine nets.
(49161)
110
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on fishing for tuna using fish aggregating devices in purse seine nets.
(49164)
111
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the contribution of food waste to greenhouse gas emissions in each of the last four years.
(49238)
112
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of food waste over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(49239)
113
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of levels of food waste in each of the last four years.
(49242)
114
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a national strategy for the reduction of food waste.
(49243)
115
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to measure the level of water used in each stage of the food supply chain.
(49265)
116
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of water used in the food supply chain.
(49266)
117
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the level of avoidable food waste in the domestic food supply chain.
(49267)
118
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers have attended each Green Breakfast meeting hosted by her Department.
(49271)
119
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each local authority received from each (a) revenue and (b) capital funding stream from her Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; how much funding her Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49258)
120
N 		Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of funding her Department provided to the National Wildlife Crime Unit in each of the last four years; and what level of funding it plans to provide to the Unit in each of the next four years.
(49025)
121
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in her Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if she will make a statement.
(49193)
122
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to share her Department's expertise on (a) wildlife conservation and (b) protection of the natural environment with the government of Mongolia as it develops conservation laws.
(49235)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
123
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of negotiations for the potential accession to the EU of Croatia.
(49270)
124
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the export of (a) arms and (b) crowd control devices to foreign governments which his Department identifies as non-democratic or oppressive.
(49084)
125
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the human rights of individuals in that country.
(49232)
126
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49185)
127
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the policy of the Government is on the examination of the scientific evidence presented by the European Commission in support of legislative proposals presented to the Council of Ministers.
(49143)
128
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) his Department and (b) the British Embassy in Japan was first contacted in regard to documentation for International Rescue Corps work in Japan; when the documentation requested was issued; and what the time taken was from initial request to issue of the documentation.
(48693)
129
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to posts overseas on procedures to follow to authorise entry to a country for UK rescue teams which represent a registered charity.
(48897)
130
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 16 March 2011, HC 881-i, Q2, what the evidential basis was for his statement that the International Rescue Corps team in Japan did not have logistical, transport or language support.
(48898)
131
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the British Embassy in Japan did not provide authorisation for the International Rescue Corps to carry out rescue operations in that country.
(48899)
132
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had in the UN Security Council on (a) the supply of weapons to the Taliban and (b) the application of international pressure on Iran to prevent such supply; and if he will make a statement.
(49097)
133
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had (a) with the US administration and (b) at international fora on conditions at Camp Ashraf.
(49098)
134
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the conditions of those detained in Iran following the demonstrations in that country in early March 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(49099)
135
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will put in place diplomatic measures to improve bi-lateral relations with Sri Lanka.
(49237)
136
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the political situation in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
(49135)
137
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the role of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
(49136)
138
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include human rights monitoring in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara's mandate when it is renewed in April.
(49219)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
139
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children of ethnic minority background have been diagnosed with the eye condition anirida.
(49224)
140
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to ophthalmologists on the diagnosis of anirida in children from ethnic minority backgrounds.
(49225)
141
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been transfused with prion-filtered red cells as part of the prion-filtered red cells in surgery and multi-transfused patients trial.
(48784)
142
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the interim report on the prion-filtered red cells in surgery and multi-transfused patients (PRISM) study trial to be published; and when he expects the PRISM trial study to be completed.
(48785)
143
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the prion-filtered red cells in surgery and multi-transfused patients study trial.
(48786)
144
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures his Department uses to assess the safety of medical devices.
(48787)
145
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are enrolled in the National Prion Disease Monitoring Cohort; and how many of those are (a) in the group of symptomatic patients with confirmed prion disease, (b) in the group of asymptomatic individuals with confirmed pre-clinical prion infection or disease, (c) in the group of asymptomatic individuals without a confirmed diagnosis but at increased risk and (d) in the control group without prion disease.
(48788)
146
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49250)
147
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department made of the merits of the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report on Major Trauma Care in England.
(49173)
148
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has taken steps to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report on Major Trauma Care in England.
(49174)
149
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has considered the merits of amending the list of services to GP practices funded by the NHS to cover the provision of letters written to refer patients to private practices.
(49141)
150
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has considered the merits of reviewing the professional fees charged by GP practices for letters written to refer patients to private practices.
(49142)
151
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to provide additional funding to the hereditary breast cancer helpline.
(48893)
152
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's staff have taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and at what cost to his Department in each such year.
(49311)
153
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of spending on NHS services per head of population in the (a) Bexley Primary Care Trust area, (b) NHS Greenwich area and (c) NHS West Kent area was in the last three years for which figures are available.
(49079)
154
N 		Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to consult on the development of the Breast Cancer Quality Standard; and what form this consulation will take.
(48696)
155
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the (a) economic effects and (b) effects on patients of uterine fibroid embolisation as an alternative to hysterectomy.
(49228)
156
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve GP training on uterine fibroid embolisation to enable women with fibroids to choose such therapy as an alternative to hysterectomy.
(49229)
157
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he plans to make available to patients with fibroids to enable them to make an informed decision about their treatment and care based on the different options available.
(49230)
158
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to encourage GPs to offer uterine fibroid embolisation to women with fibroids as an alternative to hysterectomy in line with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline 44 on heavy menstrual bleeding.
(49231)
159
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the potential effect on donor goodwill of any proposal to remove NHS Blood and Transplant from the public sector.
(49166)
160
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49182)
161
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with (a) patient, (b) clinical and (c) industry representatives during the consultation period on his Department's proposals for introducing value-based pricing.
(49274)
162
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to consult with (a) patient, (b) clinical and (c) industry representatives on the development of his Department's proposals for value-based-pricing following the close of the public consultation.
(49275)
163
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Gold File for Ativan tablets (refs: PL00011/0034R and PL00011/0036R).
(49086)
164
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which regulatory authorities sponsored by his Department Professor Malcolm Lader (a) has served in the last 30 years and (b) is serving; and on what date each such appointment (i) commenced and (ii) ended.
(49226)
165
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments there were in (a) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area and (b) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 2008-09.
(49139)
166
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to allow NHS patients greater access to their health records.
(49137)
167
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the British Medical Association on his Department's proposals for GP consortia.
(49138)
168
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS received from prescription charges in each of the last five years.
(49147)
169
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths (a) directly attributable to alcohol consumption, (b) where alcohol consumption was an attributable factor and (c) where alcohol consumption was named on the death certificate as a contributory cause in each of the last three years.
(49281)
170
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of deaths from (a) oesophageal cancer, (b) colorectal cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) pancreatic cancer and (e) liver cancer that were attributed to alcohol consumption in the last year for which figures are available.
(49282)
171
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) suicides and (b) accidental deaths that were attributed to alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.
(49283)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
172
N 		Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what method her Department used to calculate the immigration cap figure of 21,700.
(48793)
173
N 		Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications for intra-company transfers were (a) approved and (b) rejected in each year since 2009.
(49023)
174
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each local authority received from each (a) revenue and (b) capital funding stream from her Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; how much funding her Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49251)
175
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, Official Report, columns 862-63W, on public services, whether she includes the attendance of warranted police officers at community safety partnership meetings within the categories of activity carried out by frontline police officers.
(49152)
176
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to prohibit payments in cash for supplies of scrap metal.
(49153)
177
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the proportion of time spent on frontline policing duties by officers in the Nottinghamshire Police Force in the latest period for which figures are available.
(49144)
178
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers living in Greater London (a) returned voluntarily and (b) were deported to their country of origin in each of the last five years.
(49080)
179
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if she will make a statement.
(49188)
180
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the probationary period of settlement for spouses beyond two years.
(49101)
181
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people identified as having been actively engaged in the activities at the Trawniki concentration camp in Poland between 1939 and 1944 and now reside in the UK are known to her Department.
(49263)
182
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will use her powers under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 to ensure early deprivation of British citizenship in cases where it is beyond reasonable doubt that individuals have previously engaged in crimes against humanity.
(49264)
183
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to each local authority in the East of England in respect of asylum seeker support in each year since 1997.
(49140)
184
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal knives each police force seized or otherwise received in each year since 2007.
(49159)
185
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications her Department received from students wishing to enter higher education in the UK in each year since 2001; and how many such applications were (a) approved and (b) rejected.
(49022)
186
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to the letter of 21 February 2011, on visas for overseas students.
(48891)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
187
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Service spent on wine in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(49085)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
188
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral aid his Department plans to provide to increase access to running water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa in the next four financial years.
(49279)
189
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the reform of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
(49287)
190
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will assess the progress made in sub-Saharan Africa in achieving the millennium development goal on water provision and sanitation.
(49288)
191
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department provided to UNICEF's sanitation and water relief for all campaign in the latest period for which figures are available.
(49289)
192
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has with his international counterparts to encourage donor countries to support UNICEF's sanitation and water relief for all campaign.
(49290)
193
N 		Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will establish a mechanism to record information on (a) recipients of remittance payments from the UK, (b) the purposes to which remittance payments are put and (c) the number of people in the UK who send remittance payments abroad.
(48695)
194
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49180)
195
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will allocate funding to reduce leprosy in the developing world.
(49236)
196
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1254-5W, on Export Credits Guarantee Department, for which Export Credits Guarantees Department transactions his Department has provided case-by-case assessment in each of the last five years.
(49149)
197
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1254-5W, on the Export Credits Guarantee Department, what definition of poorest countries his Department uses to determine when to provide a case-by-case assessment of an Export Credits Guarantee Department transaction.
(49150)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
198
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital costs of and (b) potential savings arising from building a single perimeter fence and gate block as part of the merger of HMP Acklington and HMP Castington; and what assessment he has made of the potential for using HMP Castington for prisoners in categories which need to be kept separately from those in HMP Acklington.
(49087)
199
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49256)
200
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the potential for fraud arising from putting land registry deeds online; and if he will make a statement.
(48894)
201
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date and in what manner the Commissioners of the Legal Services Commission were informed of (a) the Commission's 2010 tender for family law services and (b) the decision of the Commission not to appeal against the judgment in respect of the judicial review of that tender; if he will place in the Library a copy of (i) the minutes of each meeting of the Commission at which the matters were discussed and (ii) any papers on the matters provided to the Commissioners.
(48535)
202
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information the Legal Services Commission (a) published on its website and (b) otherwise disseminated in respect of (i) its 2010 family law tender exercise after the hearing in the Divisional Court on the matter in September 2010 and (ii) the steps the Commission planned to take in consequence; on what dates subsequent modifications were made to that information; what modifications were made; and for what reason.
(48536)
203
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Services Commission has spent on the 2010 family law tender exercise to date; how much it has paid to each counsel instructed in respect of the action taken against the Commission; and how much it paid (a) to the Law Society of England and Wales and (b) to other parties in costs following the conclusion of the action.
(48537)
204
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison Service has spent (a) on each establishment and (b) in each region in 2010-11 to date; and what it has allocated to each for 2011-12.
(48896)
205
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in the Prison Service staff complement in each (a) region and (b) establishment in 2011-12.
(49020)
206
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Prison Service redundancies in each (a) region and (b) establishment in 2011-12.
(49021)
207
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49187)
208
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take other than through the Juvenile Awareness Staff Programme to support the provision of services to young people in young offender institutions who have complex (a) mental health and (b) substance misuse issues.
(49093)
209
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Counselling Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare drug treatment scheme for prisoners at HMP Lancaster Castle; and if he will make a statement.
(49170)
210
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have authorised access to mobile telephones; and for how many hours per week such prisoners had such access on average in the latest period for which figures are available.
(49077)
211
James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he made of the cost to the public purse of the creation of the office of Chief Coroner.
(49076)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
212
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49196)
Questions to the Prime Minister
213
N 		John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons the transparency pages in respect of Ministers' meetings and hospitality on the 10 Downing Street website have not been updated since September 2010; and what procedures he has put in place to ensure that the pages are regularly updated.
(48799)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
214
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49194)
215
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on steps to reduce the level of youth unemployment in Scotland.
(49178)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
216
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department next plans to review rail operator franchise agreements.
(49227)
217
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanism his Department has put in place to ensure passenger safety at unstaffed train stations.
(48265)
218
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with London Midland on its plans to close ticket offices.
(48266)
219
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the adequacy of the assistance available for disabled passengers to board trains at unstaffed train stations.
(48267)
220
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what budget headings the subsidy for London Midland train operating company was spent in the latest period for which figures are available.
(48268)
221
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49184)
222
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees the Renewable Fuels Agency has; and what the cost to his Department of that body was in each of the last three years.
(48171)
223
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department travelled on rail services between Norwich and London in the course of their official duties in each of the last 10 years.
(49156)
224
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent from the public purse on rebranding (a) engines and (b) rolling stock used on rail services between Norwich and London in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2010-11.
(49157)
225
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department gave to the local transport authority in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk (i) in total, (ii) per mile of road in the local authority area and (iii) per head of population in that area in each year since 1997.
(49158)
226
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions bus services replaced passenger rail services for all or part of the journey between Norwich and London Liverpool Street owing to (a) routine and (b) non-routine maintenance in each year since 2007.
(49160)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
227
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Secretary for State for International Development on reductions to the budget of Cyfanfyd; and if she will make a statement.
(48697)
228
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 1W, on St David's Day, what the name is of each person who was invited to her St David's Day event at Gwydyr House on 1 March 2011.
(48700)
229
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in her Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if she will make a statement.
(49179)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
230
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account arrangements in the Work Programme for rewarding providers for retaining people in work take of the predominance of seasonal employment in some areas.
(49168)
231
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Work Programme providers will be permitted to provide basic numeracy and literacy skills training to participants where such skills are deemed necessary workplace skills.
(49261)
232
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer or 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 739W, on disability living allowance, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) the devolved administrations on (i) the introduction of a single assessment process for a child's social care, health and special educational needs and (ii) the use of such a process for personal independence payments.
(49162)
233
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 869W, on universal credit, in which instances it would be appropriate to split payments of universal credit between partners or spouses in shared households.
(49240)
234
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 869W, on universal credit, what his policy is concerning situations where a couple household requests that the payment of universal credit be split between the two partners or spouses.
(49241)
235
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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; how much funding his Department allocated from each such stream in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in each such stream between those years in (A) cash and (B) real terms.
(49254)
236
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who will have their disability living allowance (i) reduced and (ii) removed as a result of his Department's planned welfare reforms.
(49306)
237
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to equalise the eligibility of survivors of (a) cohabiting couples and (b) married couples for bereavement benefits and payments.
(49151)
238
Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues on the compatibility with equalities legislation of the practice of awarding bereavement benefits and other such payments to the survivors of (a) married and (b) cohabiting couples.
(49167)
239
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether single mothers being moved from income support to jobseeker's allowance will experience any interruption in payments due to the change in benefit status.
(48694)
240
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 750W, on the Social Fund, what the monetary value of loans and grants from the Social Fund was for cookers and washing machines in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
(48701)
241
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's budget for crisis loans he proposes to devolve to local authorities under his plans for reform of the Social Fund; and if he will make a statement.
(49171)
242
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department have been offered voluntary redundancy since April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(49191)
243
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department did not accept the recommendations of the Social Security Advisory Committee on the introduction of the Work Capability Assessment Regulations (S.I., No 228, 2011).
(49262)
244
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of bringing in the Work Capability Assessment Regulations (S.I. No. 228, 2011).
(49302)
245
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with organisations representing people with (a) autistic spectrum disorders, (b) Tourette's syndrome and (c) depression on the system of face-to-face assessments proposed for the personal independence payments scheme.
(49172)
246
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision he plans to put in place for people recovering from cancer who remain unable to return to work for longer than a year from the start of their treatment under his proposals for welfare reform; and if he will make a statement.
(49145)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
247
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for solar farms have been made in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency in each of the last five years; and what the size of the proposed solar farms was in each case.
[Transferred] (49081)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
248
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce a decision on the implementation of the EU Directive on human trafficking.
[Transferred] (49273)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
249
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward proposals to use the powers in section 9 (5) (a) of the Equality Act 2010 to make caste an aspect of race for the purposes of the Act.
[Transferred] (49073)
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