Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 12 January 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 11 January 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 12 January 2011

For Written Questions for answer on the day of issue of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

*1	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What funding his Department plans to provide for aid to north and south Sudan in 2011-12.
	(32712)

*2	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(32713)

*3	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): What programmes funded by his Department support the education of women in developing countries.
	(32714)

*4	Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What his Department's policy is on reducing poverty in Africa.
	(32715)

*5	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): What funding his Department plans to provide for aid to north and south Sudan in 2011-12.
	(32716)

*6	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): If he will bring forward legislative proposals to make binding the 0.7 per cent. target for official development assistance as a proportion of gross national income.
	(32717)

*7	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on financial contributions to support climate change mitigation for developing countries through the Green Climate Fund.
	(32718)

*8	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): What steps his Department is taking to support the work of governments in developing countries to increase the size of their tax base.
	(32719)

*9	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the work of the UN Commission on Population and Development on fertility, reproductive health and development in 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(32720)

*11	John Howell (Henley): What recent progress he has made on his review of emergency humanitarian response capability.
	(32722)

*12	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What efforts his Department has made to support good governance in the field of tax collection in developing countries.
	(32723)

*14	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What recent progress he has made on his review of emergency humanitarian response capability.
	(32725)

*15	Tony Baldry (Banbury): How much his Department has allocated in development assistance to southern Sudan in the last year for which figures are available.
	(32726)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.

*1	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12 January.
	(32727)

*2	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
	(32728)

*3	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):
	(32729)

*4	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe):
	(32730)

*5	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):
	(32731)

*6	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):
	(32732)

*7	Ian Lucas (Wrexham):
	(32733)

*8	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton):
	(32734)

*9	Nick de Bois (Enfield North):
	(32735)

*10	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth):
	(32736)

*11	Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
	(32737)

*12	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):
	(32738)

*13	Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):
	(32739)

*14	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes):
	(32740)

*15	Richard Graham (Gloucester):
	(32741)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 16 December

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish details of his Department's plans for the proposed Big Society Bank; and if he will make a statement.
	(32170)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide information to the public on the Asset Transfer Unit; and if he will make a statement.
	(32169)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase adult participation in sport in (a) the West Midlands, (b) London and (c) nationally prior to the London 2012 Olympics.
	(32081)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for future funding for youth centres; and if he will make a statement.
	(32079)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Early Intervention Grant will fund community activities for young people; and if he will make a statement.
	(32080)

Notices given on Monday 20 December

1 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital as a result of injuries sustained in fires that were electrical in origin in each of the last five years; and for what injuries such people were treated.
	(32537)

2 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for benefit appeals at the Tribunal Service in (a) Great Britain and (b) Scotland in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.
	(32446)

3 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest time period was for which an appellant had to wait for a Tribunal Service hearing for a benefit appeal in Scotland in 2010.
	(32447)

4 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place to take into account the financial circumstances of those waiting for a Tribunal Service hearing for a benefit appeal; and if he will make a statement.
	(32448)

5 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Regulatory Policy Committee made of the impact assessment on the implementation of the dual discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010.
	(32538)

Notices given between Wednesday 22 December and Friday 7 January

1 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of remittances sent by UK residents to developing countries in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(32724)

2 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to increase representation from UK Financial Investments Ltd on the boards of banks in receipt of public funding.
	(33036)

3 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from businesses operating in Scotland on the effects of the VAT increase.
	(33183)

4 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for East Lothian of 12 October and 8 December 2010 in relation to National Insurance contributions for stay-at-home parents who will no longer receive child benefit.
	(33186)

6 N	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of Suffolk for designation as a pilot area in the next round of Government broadband pilots.
	(33181)

7
N

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to his letter of 20 October 2010 to the Chairman of the BBC Trust on the 2010 Spending Review, what his policy is on requesting the BBC to take on additional responsibilities or activities for the duration of the period of the Spending Review settlement; and if he will make a statement.

(33025)

8 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received books from the Booktime scheme in (a) England, (b) West Midlands and (c) Dudley Borough in each year since 2007.
	(33042)

9 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received books from the Bookstart scheme in (a) England, (b) West Midlands and (c) Dudley Borough in each year since 2004.
	(33043)

10 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received books from the Booked Up scheme in (a) England, (b) West Midlands and (c) Dudley Borough in each year since 2004.
	(33044)

11 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department will provide to national dance centres for advanced training from April 2011 onwards.
	(33038)

12 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with oil companies on trends in the price of (a) heating and (b) other fuels.
	(33191)

13 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include a ban on the use of enriched cages in her Department's Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes.
	(33037)

14 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK's policy on election monitoring of the decision of the government of Belarus to withdraw facilities from the election monitoring team sent by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and if he will make a statement.
	(33187)

15 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Belarus on the arrest and detention of candidates in the presidential election in that country.
	(33188)

16 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the recent presidential election in Belarus.
	(33189)

17 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment machines are available in each region.
	(33039)

18 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost to the NHS of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment of a patient was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(33040)

19 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) intensive care and (b) high dependency beds there were in the NHS in England in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the average daily cost of each such type of bed was in that year.
	(33041)

20
N

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the preparedness of the NHS for influenza from (a) Asthma UK, (b) the British Medical Association, (c) the Royal College of General Practitioners, (d) the Royal College of Nurses, (e) the Royal College of Midwives, (f) the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians, (g) UNISON, (h) Diabetes UK and (i) the British Heart Foundation.

(33190)

21 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient appointments requiring a temporary non-overnight use of a hospital bed were cancelled in December 2010 for reasons attributable to recent changes to policy on reporting procedures for mixed-sex wards.
	(33185)

22 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to report to the House the outcome of her Department's review of extradition.
	(33184)

23 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will provide support for steps to reinstate the education sector Community Accountability and Transparency Initiative in Nigeria.
	[R] (33224)

29 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile telephones have been confiscated from prisoners at HM Prison Ford in the last six months.
	(33045)

30 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners formerly held in Category A, B or C prisons were held at HM Prison Ford on 31 December 2010.
	(33046)

31 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were being held at HM Prison Ford at the time of the disturbance in December 2010 and January 2011; and how many of these were prisoners with convictions for violent offences.
	(33047)

32 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) wardens (i) were scheduled to be on duty and (ii) were on duty at HM Prison Ford on (A) 30 December 2010, (B) 31 December 2010 and (C) 1 January 2011.
	(33048)

33 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers and wardens (a) were scheduled to be on duty and (b) were on duty at each open prison in England on (i) 30 December 2010, (ii) 31 December 2010 and (iii) 1 January 2011.
	(33049)

34 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has formal representation on the working group established by the Scottish Executive in December 2010 on UK reform of consumer and enforcement bodies.
	(33225)

35 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the East Coast Mainline train services from Edinburgh Waverley to London Kings Cross which were (a) cancelled and (b) delayed due to severe weather from 27 November 2010 to 21 December 2010.
	(33180)

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account will be taken of individuals' previous experience of charitable and community work in the recruitment of Community Organisers to work as part of the Big Society initiative.
	[Transferred] (33182)

2 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals made by benefit claimants to the First-tier Tribunal were attended by an official of the Ministry of Justice in each year since 2005; and what proportion of appeals at which that Department (a) was and (b) was not represented were allowed in each year.
	[Transferred] (33026)

3 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals made by jobseeker's allowance claimants to the First-tier Tribunal were attended by an official of the Ministry of Justice in each year since 2005; and what proportion of appeals at which that Department (a) was and (b) was not represented were allowed in each year.
	[Transferred] (33027)

4 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals made by incapacity benefit claimants to the First-tier Tribunal were attended by an official of the Ministry of Justice in each year since 2005; and what proportion of appeals at which that Department (a) was and (b) was not represented were allowed in each year.
	[Transferred] (33028)

5 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals made by employment support allowance claimants to the First-tier Tribunal were attended by an official of the Ministry of Justice in each year since 2005; and what proportion of appeals at which that Department (a) was and (b) was not represented were allowed in each year.
	[Transferred] (33029)

6 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals made by child support claimants to the First-tier Tribunal were attended by an official of the Ministry of Justice in each year since 2005; and what proportion of appeals at which that Department (a) was and (b) was not represented were allowed in each year.
	[Transferred] (33030)

7	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of loan facilities for small businesses.
	(33279)

8	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to exempt small businesses from employment regulations.
	(33430)

9	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of the planned increase in tuition fees on graduate level entry into medicine.
	(33304)

10	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 9 November 2010, Official Report, columns 297-8W, on the Green Investment Bank, what asset sales the Government is considering to provide funding for the proposed Green Investment Bank.
	(33363)

11	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that graduates have both practical and academic skills.
	(33271)

12	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which areas in the North East are not proposed to be covered by a local enterprise partnership; and what assessment he has made of the effect on such areas of exclusion from such partnerships.
	(33338)

13	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made a forecast of the number of local enterprise partnerships that it expects to be established in (a) the North East and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
	(33508)

14	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department (a) commissioned and (b) reviewed when taking the decision not to proceed with the creation of a Postbank.
	(33343)

15	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional public sector services he expects to be delivered through the Post Office network by 2015.
	(33344)

16	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no geographical zonal pricing for Royal Mail services results from implementation of the provisions of the Postal Services Bill.
	(33517)

17	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) governance and (b) management structures for the operation of the Green Investment Bank he plans to establish.
	(33417)

18	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria the Green Investment Bank will use for the allocation of funding to projects.
	(33418)

19	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of arrangements for information sharing between the Student Loans Company and HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
	(33419)

20	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of payments taken in error by the Student Loans Company in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(33420)

21	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements he plans to make to fund the Green Investment Bank; and from which of his Department's budgets its funding will be drawn.
	(33425)

22	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance and effectiveness of the Student Loans Company; and if he will make a statement.
	(33503)

23	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what processes the proposed Green Investment Bank will use to (a) evaluate applications for funding and (b) allocate funds.
	(33511)

24	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to apply for Government contracts.
	(33519)

25	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps to (a) simplify and (b) standardise the pre-qualification procedure for small businesses wishing to tender for public contracts he is considering; and when he expects to announce the outcome of his consideration.
	(33510)

26	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the likely effects of changes to the claimant count forecast in the November Economic and Fiscal Outlook on projections for expenditure on (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) housing benefit.
	(33369)

27	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of additional value added tax to be paid by charities, voluntary organisations, and the third sector in each financial year to 2015-16 attributable to the increase in the base rate of this tax on 4 January 2011.
	(33345)

28	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) inflation and (b) economic growth of likely increases in (i) oil and (ii) food prices in 2011.
	(33354)

29	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2010, Official Report, column 209W, on the renewables obligation, if he will estimate the contribution of the renewables obligation to the total tax burden; and if he will estimate the sum attributed from the renewables obligation to public expenditure.
	(33365)

30	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will be taken out of income tax as a result of the £1,000 increase in the personal allowance in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) Parliamentary constituency.
	(33367)

31	Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many basic rate taxpayers will pay less tax as a result of the £1,000 increase in the personal allowance in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
	(33368)

32	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people had tax debts of under £10,000 in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many and what proportion of these cases he estimates will be referred to private sector debt collection agencies.
	(33481)

33	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to allow private sector debt collection agencies to undertake door-to-door visits to taxpayers to recover debts.
	(33482)

34	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many windows of his Department's premises in Whitehall were broken in (a) November and (b) December 2010; and on what dates such breakages occured.
	(33407)

35	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department assessed the merits of increasing the rate of value added tax to 22.5 per cent. prior to May 2010.
	(33272)

36	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual turnover of staff in his Department was in each of the 15 years up to 2005.
	(33409)

37	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of delivering independent financial advice through the Post Office network.
	(33516)

38	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from (a) Visit Britain and (b) other interested bodies on the effect on businesses in the (i) restaurant and (ii) hotel sectors of the level of value added tax.
	(33524)

39	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the regulation of commodity derivative markets.
	(33421)

40	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency in commodity derivative markets for (a) regulators, (b) market participants and (c) the public.
	(33424)

41	James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to allow Alternative Investment Market listed stocks to be held in ISAs.
	(33426)

42	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax information exchange agreements the Government has established with other countries; and whether he has any plans to review such agreements.
	(33384)

43	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of introducing a fuel price stabiliser for the price of petrol.
	(33405)

44	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have had with the Local Government Association Selector Panel on the proposals by councils to be implemented under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007; and what the outcomes were of those meetings.
	(33486)

45	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on recruitment advertising in each national newspaper in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(33274)

46	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allow those who purchased their home through the Homebuy scheme to apply for the Mortgage Rescue Scheme.
	(33520)

47	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess for benchmarking purposes the effect on the tourist industry in (a) France, (b) Spain and (c) the Netherlands of reduced levels of value added tax for (i) hotel accommodation and (ii) restaurant meals in developing policies to assist the tourism industry.
	(33523)

48	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the annual amount of carbon emissions arising from travel of personnel between 15 Brigade headquarters and the units under its command at (a) its current location in York and (b) a new location at Catterick.
	(33513)

49	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many disabled service and ex-service personnel work at (a) 15 Brigade headquarters and (b) other locations at Imphal Barracks, York.
	(33514)

50	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission an equality and diversity report to assess the suitability of (a) the 15 Brigade headquarters premises at York and (b) Bourlon Barracks at Catterick for employment of disabled service and ex-service personnel.
	(33515)

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the capital cost of bringing Bourlon Barracks at Catterick up to the standard required for use as a brigade or garrison headquarters; if he will estimate the staff redundancy and recruitment costs which would arise from moving 15 Brigade headquarters from York to Catterick; and if he will carry out a full investment appraisal before deciding where to locate the 15 Brigade headquarters.

(33518)

52	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much rest and recuperation a soldier serving in Afghanistan has received on average in each of the last three years.
	(33366)

53	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers serving in Afghanistan assigned to home leave for Christmas 2010 did not return to the UK by 25 December 2010.
	(33436)

54	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF aircraft of each type were (a) in service, (b) in the forward fleet and (c) fit for purpose on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(33446)

55	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the suitability of the Nimrod MR4A for conversion to the role planned for the RC-135W.
	(33447)

56	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flight hours there are on each of the three KC-135 airframes due to be converted to the RC-135W.
	(33448)

57	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flight hours there are on each airframe in the (a) VC-10, (b) TriStar and (c) Nimrod R 1 fleets.
	(33449)

58	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many planned flying training missions have been cancelled as a result of the recent grounding of the TriStar fleet in its role as an air-to-air refueller.
	(33450)

59	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many prisoners in Scotland he estimates will receive the right to vote in Parliamentary elections as a conseqence of his plans to extend the franchise to those serving custodial sentences of up to four years.
	(33361)

60	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his review of the law of libel in England and Wales will include an assessment of whether the families of deceased persons should be able to bring defamation actions in respect of their deceased relatives.
	(33362)

61	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regulatory requirements apply to teachers wishing to take their class on a visit out of school.
	(33264)

62	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of his Department's funding settlement for the Comprehensive Spending Review period on expenditure in new school sports equipment.
	(33267)

63	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the long-term effects of his Department's changes to school sports funding on public health.
	(33268)

64	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department allocated for schools sport in Rochdale in each of the last two financial years; and how much he plans to allocate for such purposes in each of the next two financial years.
	(33301)

65	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department isues to local authorities on the criteria for, and monitoring of, private and voluntary sector providers of children's centres.
	(33289)

66	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with Hammersmith and Fulham Council on funding for children's centres.
	(33290)

67	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) undertaken, (b) commissioned and (c) evaluated on the relationship between food intolerances and the behaviour of children in the last 10 years.
	(33291)

68	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he intends to inform providers of Postgraduate Certificate of Education courses of the (a) funding and (b) criteria for funding for the year beginning in September 2011.
	(33292)

69	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty; and what financial resources it has allocated to those steps in each of the next four financial years.
	(33370)

70	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who are home-schooled in Dartford constituency.
	(33280)

71	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outturn budget for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in Wales (a) was for each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11 and (b) will be for 2011-12.
	(33512)

72	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that parents with more than one eligible child who fulfil admissions criteria are able to send younger children to the same school as their older siblings.
	(33287)

73	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the funding of education business partnerships in South Yorkshire.
	(33283)

74	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the rate of adherence by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools to the requirement to hold a daily act of collective Christian worship.
	(33521)

75	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to remove the requirement on headteachers to apply to the local authority Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education in order to enable their school to opt out of the requirement to provide a daily act of collective worship of a wholly or mainly Christian character.
	(33522)

76	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on global warming of an expansion of the extraction of gas from shale; and what the policy of his Department is on such extraction.
	(33414)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his Answer of 21 October 2010, Official Report, columns 863-4W, on energy policy, whether he plans to issue guidance to his officials on the definition of appropriate compensation and corresponding benefits for the purpose of reviewing cases in line with the policy set out in the written Ministerial statement of 18 October 2010, Official Report, columns 42-46WS, on energy policy; and if he will make a statement.

(33364)

78	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the contents of Chapter 3 of the International Energy Agency's report on the World Energy Outlook for 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(33389)

79	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to equalise the price of electricity for customers on (a) pre payment meters and (b) standard credit tariffs.
	(33276)

80	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's high level radioactive waste is held at (a) Sellafield and (b) other nuclear facilities.
	(33309)

81	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to locate (a) historic and (b) future high-level radioactive wastes at (i) Sellafield and (ii) West Cumbria.
	(33437)

82	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the current and future storage of Scottish radioactive wastes of all categories in (a) Sellafield and (b) West Cumbria.
	(33438)

83	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made on modifying the conditions of supply licences to ensure that domestic consumers are notified by energy companies of changes to their gas and electricity tariffs within a specified period.
	(33386)

84	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the expenditure required in the UK in order to meet renewable energy obligations.
	(33422)

85	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the uniform implementation of the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive.
	(33306)

86	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made recent representations to the European Commission on implementation of the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive in each member state.
	(33307)

87	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff of the Sustainable Development Commission will be (a) transferred elsewhere in her Department and (b) released following its abolition.
	(33308)

88	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals her Department has to increase net levels of biodiversity on national nature reserve land in England in each of the next four financial years.
	(33346)

89	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the use of skipjack tuna in the food supply and retail industry.
	(33347)

90	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria for assessing levels of net biodiversity her Department will apply to the transfer of national nature reserve land from Natural England to the charitable, voluntary and third sectors.
	(33348)

91	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what options for the (a) funding, (b) ownership and (b) management of national nature reserves in England her Department is discussing with the charitable, voluntary and third sectors.
	(33349)

92	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department plans to make for (a) pensions arrangements and (b) terms and conditions of employment of employees in national nature reserves managed by Natural England, should such reserves be transferred to charities, voluntary groups, or the third sector.
	(33350)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) funding and (b) other support her Department plans to provide to (i) the National Trust, (ii) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (iii) the Wildlife Trusts Partnership, (d) the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, (iv) the Woodland Trust, (v) Butterfly Conservation and (vi) Plantlife in each of the four financial years from 2011-12.

(33351)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the national nature reserves maintained by Natural England are to be transferred to (a) the National Trust, (b) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (c) the Wildlife Trusts Partnership, (d) the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, (e) the Woodland Trust, (f) Butterfly Conservation, and (g) Plantlife.

(33352)

95	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests she has received from wildlife charities to acquire the national nature reserves maintained by Natural England.
	(33353)

96	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of her Department's policies on the number of trees per hectare in woodland areas in each of the next four years.
	(33356)

97	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which proposals for restoration of woodland in England (a) have been confirmed since May 2010, (b) are under review and (c) are not to be proceeded with.
	(33357)

98	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of savings she expects to make from the transfer of national nature reserves from Natural England to the charitable, voluntary or third sector in each of the next four financial years.
	(33507)

99	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on farmed salmon.
	(33385)

100	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the Spread of Sudden Oak Disease in England; and what steps (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are taking to curtail the spread of the disease.
	(33284)

101	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote responsible dog ownership; if she will bring forward proposals to consolidate existing legislation regulating the ownership of dangerous dogs; and if she will make a statement.
	(33285)

102	James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is considering taking steps to regulate the use of Chinese lanterns.
	(33427)

103	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports on the arrangements made for the conduct of the referendum on the independence of southern Sudan.
	(33358)

104	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the deaths of protesters in Arusha, Tanzania.
	(33495)

105	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Tanzanian counterpart; and if he will make a statement.
	(33496)

106	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact the British High Commission in Tanzania has had with opposition leaders in that country since their arrest in January 2010.
	(33497)

107	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in each of the last five years.
	(33310)

108	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in each of the last five years.
	(33315)

109	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to the government of Kuwait to combat terrorist organisations in the Middle East.
	(33273)

110	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work his Department is undertaking with the government of Kuwait to encourage democratic reform amongst Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
	(33278)

111	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what rights diplomatic representatives accredited to the UK have to employ in the UK domestic workers entitled to work in their home countries.
	(33319)

112	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet his Turkish counterpart to discuss the religious (a) rights and (b) properties of the Greek Christian minority in Turkey.
	(33402)

113	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made by the UN inquiry panel chaired by Geoffrey Palmer investigating the interception on 31 May 2010 of the Free Gaza movement flotilla.
	(33294)

114	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2010, Official Report, column 515W, on Palestinians: international assistance, what recent progress he has made together with his EU counterparts on further EU action for peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis.
	(33371)

115	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 14 June 2010, Official Report, column 301W, and 12 July 2010, Official Report, column 515W, on Palestinians: international assistance, what recent progress has been made on lifting the Gaza blockade; and if he will make a statement.
	(33372)

116	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Sudanese counterpart on the registration of voters prior to the referendum on independence on 9 January 2011.
	(33410)

117	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Sudanese counterpart on the payment of oil revenues to southern Sudan.
	(33411)

118	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Sudanese counterpart to ensure that the referendum on independence for southern Sudan took place as planned on 9 January 2011.
	(33412)

119	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the succession of the leadership of North Korea by Kim Jong-un.
	(33406)

120	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent scientific advice he has received is on the effects on the health of (a) children, (b) the elderly and (c) pregnant women of exposure to dioxins through the food chain.
	(33355)

121	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days' mandatory training those working in the NHS are required to undertake each year; and for what purpose in each case.
	(33261)

122	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of recruiting staff as a consequence of the implementation of the European Working Time Directive.
	(33262)

123	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost to dentists' practices of introduction of the HTM01-05 control regulations.
	(33263)

124	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent bed blocking in NHS facilities.
	(33265)

125	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who are in hospital because of difficulty in determining a discharge destination.
	(33266)

126	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what modification criteria are applied by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence when appraising drugs with patient numbers of less than 500.
	(33501)

127	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that patients with rare cancers have equitable access to funding for their treatment through the Interim Cancer Drugs Fund.
	(33502)

128	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of doses of flu vaccines available for use in NHS facilities in (a) the London Borough of Newham and (b) London.
	(33387)

129	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned in the last 10 years on food ingredients and their effect on children's behaviour; and whether he has any plans to (i) undertake and (ii) commission any such research.
	(33293)

130

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the paper deposited in the Library consequent on the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 567, on what dates since 14 October 2010 Ministers or officials in his Department have had discussions on blood product contamination with their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland.

(33335)

131

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2010, Official Report, column 630W, on blood: contamination, how many patients in respect of whom freedom of information requests are outstanding because of patient confidentiality issues have been contacted by his Department to determine whether they wish to waive patient confidentiality in the interests of disclosure.

(33383)

132

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to (a) end the ban on homosexual and bisexual males donating blood, (b) increase the opportunities for blood screening for those wishing to donate blood and (c) fund a public education programme for homosexual and bisexual males for the purposes of raising awareness of opportunities for blood donation and screening.

(33487)

133

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for prohibiting (a) homosexual and bisexual males, (b) male homosexual couples in long-life monogamous relationships, (c) celibate homosexual and bisexual males, (d) heterosexual males who have had homosexual relations at school, (e) males who last had homosexual sex in the 1960s and (f) males in the aforementioned categories who have had a blood test to show they are HIV negative from giving blood.

(33488)

134	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs will publish its review to determine whether the ban on homosexual and bisexual men donating blood should remain in place; and what the reasons are for the delay in the completion and publication of the review.
	(33489)

135	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) New Zealand, (b) Spain, (c) Italy, (d) Japan and (e) Australia on their polices of allowing some homosexual and bisexual males to donate blood in certain circumstances.
	(33490)

136	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the potential effects of his policy of banning homosexual and bisexual males from donating blood on the supply of donated blood available to the National Blood Service.
	(33491)

137	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal of 21 December 2010, Official Report column 1288W, on primary care trusts: prisoners, how much was paid to GPs for drug treatment in Ranby prison in each of the last three years.
	(33336)

138	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal of 21 December 2010, Official Report, column 1288W, on primary care trusts: prisoners, for what reason no figures were reported at Ranby prison in the last three years.
	(33337)

139	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to launch the new suicide prevention strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(33439)

140	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on advertising in 2010 for the purposes of (a) public health promotion and (b) raising awareness of its services.
	(33277)

141	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage NHS healthcare trusts to provide funding and support for insulin pump therapy for children with diabetes.
	[R] (33339)

142	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of calls police forces received concerning a missing person diagnosed with a form of dementia in the latest period for which figures are available; and the cost to the public purse of responding to such calls.
	(33305)

143	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who participated in the protests on (a) 10 November 2010, (b) 24 November 2010, (c) 30 November 2010 and (d) 9 December 2010 were subsequently arrested; and how many were detected from CCTV images.
	(33434)

144	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential effects of abolishing the Forensic Science Service Ltd on the forensic science sector.
	(33303)

145	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities provide homes to people seeking asylum in the UK under contracts with the UK Border Agency; how many homes each such local authority has provided under such contracts in each of the last five years.
	(33483)

146	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homes were provided to people seeking asylum in the UK in each local authority area, for each type of tenancy in each of the last five years.
	(33484)

147

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide housing to people seeking asylum in the UK who are at risk of losing their current homes following the decision by some city councils not to renew their contracts with the UK Border Agency from June 2011 to house people seeking asylum; and if she will make a statement.

(33485)

148	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of her Department work outside the UK.
	(33282)

149	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many offices in Norman Shaw North were heated for all or part of the Christmas recess 2010-11; what the cost was of such heating; and if he will make a statement.
	(33428)

150	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps were taken to ensure the level of heating was reduced in offices on the Commons estate during the Christmas recess 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(33429)

151	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has provided in development aid to Tanzania in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such aid was funded (a) centrally and (b) for specific projects.
	(33492)

152	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has provided in development aid to Tanzania for (a) democracy building, (b) training police and (c) strengthening the judiciary in each of the last five years.
	(33493)

153	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has plans to review the level of aid to Tanzania.
	(33494)

154	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in each of the last five years.
	(33311)

155	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in each of the last five years.
	(33312)

156	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to UNICEF in each of the last five years.
	(33313)

157	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the UN Development Programme in each of the last five years.
	(33314)

158	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in each of the last five years.
	(33316)

159	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department provides funding to diaspora organisations based in the UK.
	(33317)

160	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary agreements have been made in respect of funding for his Department's programmes in Ghana in advance of the publication of the Bilateral Spending Review.
	(33473)

161	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary guidance on (a) existing and (b) future spending programmes has been issued to his Department's office in Ghana since his appointment.
	(33474)

162	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary agreements have been made in respect of funding for his Department's programmes in Malawi in advance of the publication of the Bilateral Spending Review.
	(33475)

163	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary guidance on (a) existing and (b) future spending programmes has been issued to his Department's office in Malawi since his appointment.
	(33476)

164	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary agreements have been made in respect of funding for his Department's programmes in Tanzania in advance of the publication of the Bilateral Spending Review.
	(33477)

165	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary guidance on (a) existing and (b) future spending programmes has been issued to his Department's office in Tanzania since his appointment.
	(33478)

166	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary agreements have been made in respect of funding for his Department's programmes in Zambia in advance of the publication of the Bilateral Spending Review.
	(33479)

167	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budgetary guidance on (a) existing and (b) future spending programmes has been issued to his Department's office in Zambia since his appointment.
	(33480)

168	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the operation of commodity index funds on food supply in the developing world.
	(33423)

169	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for (a) kerb crawling, (b) soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in a public palce, (c) keeping a brothel and (d) control of prostitution for offences committed in the London Borough of Newham in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.
	(33388)

170	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of serving prisoners of each sex who have a diagnosed personality disorder.
	(33431)

171	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners at HM Prison Ford have had all privileges withdrawn as a result of participation in the recent disturbances.
	(33432)

172	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners involved in the recent disturbances at HM Prison Ford have been transferred to other prisons (a) temporarily and (b) for the remainder of their sentence; and to which prisons.
	(33433)

173	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to HM Prison Service is of the contract with HP Enterprise Services for the provision of (a) desktop computers, (b) printers and (c) telephones in respect of each participating prison.
	(33435)

174	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to issue guidance to prisons on the location and treatment of transgender prisoners.
	(33509)

175	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the governor of HM Prison Ford in the last six months.
	(33302)

176	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed at Ranby prison.
	(33408)

177	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of implementing guidelines on the division of the estates of co-habiting couples who separate.
	(33275)

178	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 126W, on squatting: crime, under what circumstances squatting in residential properties may be considered an act of peaceful protest.
	(33342)

179	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are circumstances in which prisoners are permitted consumption of alcohol; and if he will make a statement.
	(33403)

180	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations concerning the use of alcohol by prisoners have taken place in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(33404)

181	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has assessed the value for money of the Grand Committee system of the House.
	(33440)

182	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received from groups representing the victims of sexual offences or violent crime in Scotland on the Government's plans to extend the franchise in Parliamentary elections to those serving prison sentences of up to four years.
	(33359)

183	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has held with the Scottish Prison Service on the Government's plans to extend the franchise to prisoners serving sentences of up to four years.
	(33360)

184	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Government's aviation policy on the competitiveness of Heathrow airport as a hub for international air travel over the next decade.
	(33413)

185	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which ownership models his Department is considering for the sale of the remaining state-owned shares in National Air Traffic Services.
	(33415)

186	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what response he made to the representations by the Airline Group on proposals for the sale of the remaining state-owned shares in National Air Traffic Services.
	(33416)

187	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent safety assessments his Department has made of the use of trief kerbs.
	(33286)

188	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds his Department makes available for improvememts in rail station access and infrastructure; and whether Silverdale Station in Lancashire is eligible to receive such funding.
	(33318)

189	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to lift the temporary restrictions on the transportation of toner cartridges by air.
	(33401)

190	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies to improve the compliance of railway stations with legal requirements for access for disabled passengers.
	(33525)

191	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department evaluated to determine maximum payments to work programme providers for supporting different client groups.
	(33390)

192	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent work Jobcentre Plus has undertaken with the Department for Communities and Local Government to assess local employment levels.
	(33391)

193	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research Jobcentre Plus has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of public sector expenditure reductions on employment levels in different parts of the UK.
	(33392)

194	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the extension of the New Enterprise Allowance scheme.
	(33393)

195

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in lifetime pension incomes of retired households in each income decile that will result from his Department's plans to accelerate the increase in the age at which (a) people become entitled to guarantee credit and (b) women become entitled to the basic state pension.

(33394)

196	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the potential effects on employment levels of the planned increase in the tax credit taper rate.
	(33395)

197	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the cost to the Exchequer of long-term youth unemployment.
	(33396)

198	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forecast of annual unemployment amongst individuals aged 18 to 24 years his Department used to inform the Work Programme prospectus forecast of client caseloads for Work Programme providers.
	(33397)

199	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library an analysis of the £320 million of estimated savings to the public purse arising from the cancellation of the Young Person's Guarantee.
	(33398)

200	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department made in the March 2010 Budget of the level of (a) caseload and (b) expenditure on each of the main benefits in each year from 2010 to 2015.
	(33399)

201

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 3 November 2011, Official Report, columns 820-1W, on housing benefit: poverty, if he will place in the Library a copy of the initial assessment of the effects on child poverty of his Department's planned changes to housing benefit.

(33400)

202	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what timetable he has set for the roll-out of the new enterprise allowance to (a) targeted areas and (b) the rest of the UK.
	(33498)

203	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the number of people expected to be affected by the planned changes in housing benefit for the long-term unemployed in determining the policy cost estimate in the June 2010 Budget.
	(33499)

204	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which elements of the new enterprise allowance will be introduced in Merseyside from January 2011.
	(33500)

205	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the role of child maintenance in tackling child poverty; and if he will make a statement.
	(33281)

206

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2010, Official Report, columns 167-8W, on mortgages: Government assistance, what progress he has made on exploring the scope for mortgage lenders to freeze benefit claimants' mortgage accounts and apply a standard interest rate for a fixed period; and if he will make a statement.

(33340)

207

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2010, Official Report, column 167W, on mortgages: Government assistance, when he expects to publish the results of the model to estimate the effects of changes to support for mortgage interest on the number of repossessions; and for what purposes his Department plans to utilise this model.

(33341)

208	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has set for the benefits reassessment trial programme in Aberdeen; and whether an interim report on its operation has been produced.
	(33504)

209	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies have registered an interest in tendering for the Work Programme.
	(33505)

210	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any private partners have been engaged as part of the benefits reassessment trial programme in Aberdeen.
	(33506)

211	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that digitalisation of the benefits system does not disadvantage older claimants.
	(33288)

THURSDAY 13 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer

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

*1	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What steps he plans to take to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to gain access to finance.
	(33226)

*2	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): What assessment he has made of the likely effects on businesses of introducing daylight saving time.
	(33227)

*3	Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): What plans he has for the future of his Department's provision of business support.
	(33228)

*4	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What steps he is taking to increase employment levels in the manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(33229)

*5	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): How many universities he expects to charge £9,000 in tuition fees in 2012-13.
	(33230)

*6	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): What assistance he expects small and medium-sized businesses to receive from the Regional Growth Fund in the next 12 months.
	(33231)

*7	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What assessment he has made of the prospects of establishing a single local enterprise partnership in the North East; and if he will make a statement.
	(33232)

*8	John Glen (Salisbury): What steps he plans to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to gain access to finance.
	(33233)

*9	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What steps he plans to take to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to gain access to finance.
	(33234)

*10	Ian Austin (Dudley North): When he expects the independent advisory panel to meet to consider applications to the Regional Growth Fund.
	(33235)

*11	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): How many universities he expects to charge £9,000 in tuition fees in 2012-13.
	(33236)

*12	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): What recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Citizens Advice Bureau on the future management of Consumer Direct.
	(33237)

*13	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What his policy is on the retention of commercial, retail and business assets owned by regional development agencies for potential use by local enterprise partnerships.
	(33238)

*14	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What his policy is on support for independent banking businesses serving local communities.
	(33239)

*15	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): What discussions he has had with representatives of the banking industry on payment of bonuses since 21 December 2010.
	(33240)

*16	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): Whether arrangements for the privatisation of Royal Mail will enable it to discontinue the use of post offices in favour of other outlets.
	(33241)

*17	David Wright (Telford): What recent steps he has taken to increase access to finance for small businesses.
	(33242)

*18	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What progress he has made on preparations for the Higher Education White Paper; and if he will make a statement.
	(33243)

*19	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): What plans he has to provide support for manufacturing industries.
	(33244)

*20	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What progress he has made on preparations for the Higher Education White Paper; and if he will make a statement.
	(33245)

*21	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): What progress he has made on preparations for the Higher Education White Paper; and if he will make a statement.
	(33246)

*22	Michael Ellis (Northampton North): What representations he has received on his Department's policy on the future of the Post Office network; and if he will make a statement.
	(33247)

*23	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): When he expects the independent advisory panel to meet to consider applications to the Regional Growth Fund.
	(33248)

*24	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth through the provision of assistance for small businesses.
	(33249)

*25	Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey): What steps he plans to take to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to gain access to finance.
	(33250)

At 11.15 am

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

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(33251)

*2	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):
	(33252)

*3	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys):
	(33253)

*4	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):
	(33254)

*5	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent):
	(33255)

*6	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire):
	(33256)

*7	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham):
	(33257)

*8	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East):
	(33258)

*9	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire):
	(33259)

*10	Michael Ellis (Northampton North):
	(33260)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 13 December

1 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of education maintenance allowance granted to students in each constituency since the inception of the scheme.
	(31035)

2 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) in total and (b) in year 12 resident in each parliamentary constituency were in receipt of education maintenance allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(31046)

Notices given on Tuesday 21 December

1 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employee status inspectors were employed by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor organisations (a) in each of the last 10 years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(32832)

2 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employee status enquiries were opened by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five financial years; and how many of these were found to be fraudulent in each year.
	(32833)

3 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Construction Industry Services team in HM Revenue and Customs was discontinued; and where responsibility for the duties previously performed by the team is now allocated.
	(32834)

4 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed in the HM Revenue and Customs Security and Business Continuity directorate (a) in each of the last five years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(32835)

5
N

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on ultra mobile personal computers (UMPCs) for staff in its Debt Management and Banking Business unit undertaking outdoor debt recovery visits; and what estimate he has made of the (a) unit cost, (b) development cost of the Fieldforce Interactive Link (FIL) computer application, (c) monetary value of the IT support and maintenance contract for the (i) UMPCs and (ii) FIL application and (d) monetary value of the accessories procured for use by staff in conjunction with the UMPCs.

(32836)

6 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units have been built in (a) Stafford constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each year since 1997; and how many social housing units his Department estimates will be built in each such area in each of the next two years.
	(32837)

7 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2010, Official Report, columns 719-20W, on ambulance services: standards, when he expects the review of the publication of information on service operational issues in respect of winter pressures to be completed.
	(32893)

8 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of council tax debt cases funded through legal aid resulted in (a) liability contested successfully, (b) debt written off and (c) debt reduced in the last 12 months.
	(32620)

9 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid clients were assessed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(32621)

10 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to ensure that volunteers and lay advisers who provide legal advice have a minimum qualification level; and if he will make a statement.
	(32622)

11 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of credit debt cases funded by legal aid closed with (a) liability contested successfully, (b) debt written off and (c) debt reduced in the last 12 months.
	(32623)

Notices given between Wednesday 22 December and Friday 7 January

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the level of the income threshold for passported entitlement to free prescriptions under his plans for welfare reform; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will lose their entitlement.
	(32624)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from Coventry local authority area entered each higher education institution in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(33034)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to provide a redacted copy of the contract for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier Project and the BAE System Surface Ships Terms of Business Agreement for consideration by the Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement.
	(33035)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands are in receipt of free school meals.
	(33033)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the outcome of the Plugged-In Places scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(33031)

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support education for 16 to 19 year olds in further education colleges in areas where there is no sixth form provision.
	[Transferred] (33032)

2 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of graduates who completed a second degree in medicine received NHS sponsorship in each of the last five years.
	(33327)

3 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people completed degrees in forensic science in each year since 2005.
	(33328)

4
N

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of tax receipts for (a) business services, (b) education, health and social work, (c) financial intermediation, (d) manufacturing and (e) other wholesale and retail trade from (i) personal tax, (ii) direct business tax, (iii) consumption tax, (iv) property tax and (v) environmental tax in (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05, (C) 2005-06, (D) 2006-07 and (E) 2007-08.

(33269)

5 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the data for the chart on housing and financial sector receipts on page 187 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report for each year set out in that chart.
	(33323)

6 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a breakdown in cash terms of receipts to the Exchequer for the chart on housing and financial sector receipts on page 187 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report for each year set out in that chart.
	(33324)

7 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 December 2010 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on the merger between HBOS and Lloyds.
	(33460)

8 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the local housing markets of housing market renewal programme before taking the decision to cancel the programme.
	(33296)

9 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to announce his decision on whether to refer News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BskyB to the Competition Commission within the timescale outlined in Government guidance for such referrals.
	(33537)

10 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department met senior executives from News Corporation prior to his decision on whether to refer News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BskyB to the Competition Commission.
	(33538)

11 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department plan to meet representatives of media organisations opposed to News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BskyB prior to his decision on whether to refer the proposed acquisition to the Competition Commission.
	(33539)

12
N

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to publish in full Ofcom's report to him on the public interest considerations raised by News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BskyB (a) at the same time as, (b) in advance of or (c) after the announcement of his decision on referral of the proposed acquisition to the Competition Commission.

(33540)

13 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will publish the report by Ofcom on BSkyB and media plurality; and if he will make a statement.
	(33373)

14 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to his Department's consultation on HMS Victory 1744: Options for the Management of the Wreck Site.
	(33377)

15 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 10 November 2010, Official Report, column 391W, on the armed forces: private education, what proportion of serving service personnel in receipt of the continuity of education allowance are serving overseas.
	(33322)

16 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many schools his Department pays school fees for serving personnel; what the name and location of each is; and how much was paid to each in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(33451)

17 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the use of chartered aircraft to transport service personnel from Afghanistan to the UK in each of the last two months.
	(33441)

18 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the availability rate was of each TriStar aircraft in each of the last 12 months.
	(33442)

19 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the grounding of the TriStar fleet to be lifted; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the grounding of the TriStar fleet on air-to-air refuelling operations.
	(33443)

20 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans his Department has put in place to maintain airbridges in the case of the A330 Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft not being delivered on time.
	(33444)

21 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take a decision on signing the search and rescue harmonisation contract with Soteria.
	(33463)

22 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has of the average number of sports clubs a secondary school has worked with in each of the last five years.
	(33297)

23 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the European Commission and her EU counterparts on reviewing regulations to prevent waste from biodiesel production being included in animal feed; and if she will make a statement.
	(33374)

24 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which proposals for restoration of woodland are under review by her Department following the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(33375)

25 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that food products made with contaminated egg do not enter the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
	(33457)

26 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) advice and (b) information she received from the Food Standards Agency on the entry into the UK food chain of food products made with contaminated egg; and if she will make a statement.
	(33458)

27 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals for a review of mercury abatement legislation.
	(33464)

28 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to industry of compliance with the provisions of mercury abatement legislation.
	(33465)

29 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to introduce a moratorium on the requirement for any further crematoria to comply with the provisions of mercury abatement legislation.
	(33466)

30 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the total amount of mercury abated since the provisions of mercury abatement legislation came into force.
	(33467)

31 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the benefit to the economy from the farmed salmon industry; and what estimate she has made of the number of jobs associated with that industry in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.
	(33452)

32 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) stakeholders and (b) the Scottish Government on her policy on farmed salmon.
	(33453)

33 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the environment in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK of practices involved in the farming of salmon.
	(33454)

34 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days of food stocks at current consumption levels are held in reserve.
	(33544)

35 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department made representations at UN level on the proposed composition of the executive board of UN Women.
	(33329)

36 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the issue of rights of women and girls in Afghanistan was discussed at the NATO summit in Lisbon in November 2010.
	(33331)

37 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he had to discuss the NHS's planning and preparation for winter influenza in each month since May 2010.
	(33526)

38 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he had to discuss the Government's proposals for GP commissioning and the NHS White Paper in each month since May 2010.
	(33527)

39 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings the Acting Chief Medical Officer had to discuss the Government's plans for Public Health England in each month since May 2010.
	(33535)

40 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings the Acting Chief Medical Officer had to discuss the NHS's preparations for winter influenza in each month since May 2010.
	(33536)

41 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with pharmacy companies on the provision of private flu vaccinations to children under the age of 16 years.
	(33320)

42 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to extend free NHS flu vaccinations to children under the age of five years.
	(33321)

43 N	Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people infected with (a) hepatitis C, (b) HIV/AIDS and (c) both hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS as a result of receiving contaminated blood or blood products in NHS facilities reside in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(33376)

44 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 December 2010 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent.
	(33462)

45 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been subject to a control order since the implementation of the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005; and how many of those were subsequently charged with acts relating to terrorism.
	(33326)

46 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on heating for the House of Commons estate in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(33459)

47 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in the Ivory Coast; and if he will make a statement.
	(33330)

48 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Haiti; and if he will make a statement.
	(33378)

49 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to assign staff in his Department to support the International Violence Against Women Champion.
	(33455)

50 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees have taken their employer to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal where no grounds for dismissal have been given and where the dismissal took place after the employee had been employed for more than 12 months but less than two years in each of the last five years.
	(33270)

51 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons have been released on parole licence in each of the last 10 years.
	(33528)

52 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to (a) build new prisons or (b) add accommodation in existing prisons in the period to the end of the financial year 2014-15.
	(33529)

53 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered disputes there were between the recognised trade unions and probation trusts in England and Wales on the most recent dates for which figures are available.
	(33530)

54 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage more small business owners to sit on employment tribunal panels.
	(33531)

55 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of charging a fee to people likely to bring a case to the employment tribunal service.
	(33532)

56 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to steps to avoid spurious claims being taken to the employment tribunal service.
	(33533)

57 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the running cost of the Employment Tribunal Service was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(33534)

58 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights of his proposed reforms to disability living allowance.
	(33456)

59 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the time taken in listing Mr John McGlone's appeal against loss of benefit; and when he expects the case to be listed.
	(33295)

60 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of pensioners that would be lifted out of poverty if take-up of means-tested benefits was 100 per cent.; and if he will make a statement.
	(33325)

61 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 December 2010 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent, which was transferred to his Department from HM Treasury.
	(33461)

MONDAY 17 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 14 December

1 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to increase the priority given to programmes relating to children within his Department's work; and if he appoint an individual to champion children within his Department.
	(31513)

2
N

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendation in Lord Young's report on health and safety that the UK should take the lead in co-operating with other member states to ensure the EU health and safety rules for low risk businesses are not overly prescriptive, are proportionate and do not attempt to achieve the elimination of all risk.

(31512)

Notices given on Wednesday 15 December

1 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent under each budget heading on the discretionary learner support awards in the last 12 months.
	(32112)

Notices given between Wednesday 22 December and Friday 7 January

1
N

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 150-2WS, on voting entitlement, what the evidential basis was for the distinction made between serious and other offences for the purposes of sentencing in respect of proposals to allow convicted prisoners the right to vote; and if he will make a statement.

(33192)

2 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 December 2010, Official Report, columns 150-2WS, on voting entitlement, what assessment he made of the merits of setting a sentence guideline lower than four years in respect of proposals to allow convicted prisoners to vote; and if he will make a statement.
	(33193)

3 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many automatic number plate recognition cameras are in use by each (a) police force and (b) of her Department's agencies in (i) England and (ii) Wales.
	(33222)

4 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the number of non-EEA residents who entered the UK after having gained (a) citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain in other EU member states in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(33194)

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the merits of introducing a training wage for interns; and if he will make a statement.
	(33470)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were entered for A Level theology in each of the last five years.
	(33471)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to the implementation of the findings of its low carbon capacity assessment studies; and if he will make a statement.
	(33541)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average change in electricity bills arising from the implementation of his proposals for reform of the energy market in each of the next five years.
	(33542)

5 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were notified to the police in England and Wales in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2008-09.
	(33298)

6 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on what dates the Speaker's Committee on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has met; and what the date is of its next meeting.
	(33332)

7 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects to take a decision on the extension of the Southeastern rail franchise by a further two years as provided for under the Integrated Kent Franchise.
	(33333)

8 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to undertake a public consultation before deciding whether to extend the Southeastern rail franchise by a further two years.
	(33334)

9 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include child tax credit and childcare tax credit within his proposed universal credit.
	(33299)

10 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to exempt families with children from his proposed reduction in housing benefit for people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for more than one year.
	(33300)

11 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department is making on the determination of (a) targets and (b) indicators to measure its contribution to the EU strategy against poverty.
	(33468)

12 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on the implementation in the UK of the EU strategy against poverty.
	(33469)

TUESDAY 18 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 22 December and Friday 7 January

1 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to support localism and decentralisation in respect of the role of parents in determining the sex and relationships curriculum in primary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(33195)

2 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to increase parental involvement in planning the Personal Social and Health Education curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
	(33196)

3 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of installing automatic number plate recognition cameras in each police patrol car in each police force.
	(33223)

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which companies his Department has contracted to carry out consultancy work on the Intercity Express Programme; what the total monetary value is of each such contract; and how much each such company has been paid to date.
	[R] (33379)

THURSDAY 20 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has put in place a communications plan in respect of civil service redundancies.
	(33380)

2 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken an equalities impact assessment in respect of his policy on tapered redundancy payments for civil servants over 60.
	(33381)

3 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on redeployment of civil servants to prevent involuntary redundancy; and if he will make a statement.
	(33382)

MONDAY 24 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals of each original nationality have been deprived of British citizenship in each year since the Immigration and Asylum Act 2006 came into force.
	(33472)

TUESDAY 25 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 10 January

1 N	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has put in place to prevent deaths of young people from Sudden Death Syndrome.
	(33445)


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