Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 19 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 18 January 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 19 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 19 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

*1	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What recent progress the Big Society Ministerial Group has made in its work.
	(34280)

*2	Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey): What steps he is taking to prevent fraudulent charity collections.
	(34281)

*3	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What proportion of the budget of the National Citizen Service he expects to be spent in the 50 per cent. least disadvantaged areas of the country.
	(34282)

*4	Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): What progress his Department's behavioural insight team has made in its work.
	(34283)

*5	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What recent discussions he has had with the civil society organisations on the implementation of the Big Society initiative.
	(34284)

*6	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): What savings have been achieved under the Government's programme of rationalisation and abolition of public bodies to date.
	(34285)

*7	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): What assessment he has made of the effect on public expenditure of his proposals for non-departmental public bodies.
	(34286)

*8	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): What assessment he has made of the likely effects on the social enterprise sector of reductions in Government expenditure.
	(34287)

*9	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): What assessment he has made of the likely effects on the social enterprise sector of reductions in Government expenditure.
	(34288)

*11	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What steps he is taking to ensure that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds participate in the National Citizen Service.
	(34290)

*12	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What assessment he has made of the likely effects on the social enterprise sector of reductions in Government expenditure.
	(34291)

*13	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What assessment he has made of the effects on the Big Society initiative of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(34292)

*14	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What recent progress he has made on the implementation of his proposals for the reform of public bodies.
	(34293)

*15	Guy Opperman (Hexham): What objectives he set for his Department's review of public bodies.
	(34294)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1	Andrew George (St Ives): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 19 January.
	(34265)

*2	Chris Bryant (Rhondda):
	(34266)

*3	David Simpson (Upper Bann):
	(34267)

*4	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):
	(34268)

*5	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):
	(34269)

*6	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans):
	(34270)

*7	Grahame M. Morris (Easington):
	(34271)

*8	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes):
	(34272)

*9	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby):
	(34273)

*10	Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):
	(34274)

*11	Tony Baldry (Banbury):
	(34275)

*12	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent):
	(34276)

*13	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
	(34277)

*14	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon):
	(34278)

*15	Clive Efford (Eltham):
	(34279)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on his Department's target of creating 50,000 additional apprenticeship places by April 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(33680)

2 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its target of creating 50,000 additional apprenticeship places by April 2011 will be achieved; and if he will make a statement.
	(33681)

3 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the abolition of the Train to Gain programme does not reduce the number of apprenticehip places available; and if he will make a statement.
	(33682)

4 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what (a) discussions he held with and (b) submissions his Department made to HM Treasury as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review process over the valuation of the Government Art Collection; and if he will make a statement.
	(33814)

5 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are on the Daily Ration Roll at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport.
	(33811)

6 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the Missed Meals and Meals Out allowance at the Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, Portsmouth in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(33812)

7
N

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 278W, on departmental art works, what budgetary provision he has made for covering the insurance costs of damage or loss of his Department's collection of fine arts and antiquities; and what proportion of the settlement for his Department for each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period this comprises.

(33813)

8 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 8W, on departmental art works, what consideration was given to the value of his Department's art collection in his Department's submission to the Treasury as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review process.
	(33815)

9 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to address the situation of failed asylum claimants who are neither legally settled nor under notice of removal.
	(33642)

Notices given on Wednesday 12 January

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the adequacy of the level of training available for apprentices in the housing industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(34260)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) the West Midlands and (b) nationally are on social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.
	(33985)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of new homes which are required to meet demand in (a) the West Midlands and (b) nationally.
	(33986)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to discuss the development of skills and technology for zero-carbon homes with the (a) Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and (b) National Housing Federation.
	(33987)

5 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of local authority libraries where (a) closure and (b) a reduction in opening hours is proposed.
	(34151)

6 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the safety of foreign journalists in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.
	(34086)

7 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of levels of health and safety awareness amongst construction businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	(34259)

Notices given on Thursday 13 January

1 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid to pupils in payments for reaching pre-agreed targets in addition to education maintenance allowance payments in each year for which figures are available; and how many pupils received such payments in each such year.
	(34349)

2 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young offenders received education maintenance allowance payments in each year for which figures are available; and how much was paid to young offenders in such payments in each such year.
	(34350)

3 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of First Capital Connect's compliance with committed obligations under its franchise agreement in the most recent four-weekly assessment period.
	(34352)

4 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had with representatives of First Capital Connect between 5 May 2010 and 31 December 2010.
	(34353)

5 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions First Capital Connect had with his Department on franchise obligations between 1 April 2006 and 3 December 2010.
	(34354)

6 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which four-weekly assessment periods his Department concluded that First Capital Connect is not in compliance with its franchise agreement between 1 April 2006 and 31 December 2010.
	(34355)

7 N	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department collects as part of its four-weekly performance review of First Capital Connect.
	(34356)

8 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on assessing the effects of the proposed changes to the administration of child benefit, with particular reference to the accrual of national insurance credits.
	(34351)

Notices given on Friday 14 January

1 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the likely effect on the Livingston and Bathgate sorting offices of implementation of his proposal to privatise Royal Mail.
	(34695)

2 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the likely effect on the Post Office network in Livingston constituency of implementation of his proposal to privatise Royal Mail.
	(34696)

3 N	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless households were in temporary accommodation in Stoke-on-Trent in each quarter since 2005.
	(34689)

4 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the most recent previous employment was of each senior member of staff who has been employed on a fixed-term contract in his Department since May 2010.
	(34690)

5 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff are employed on a fixed-term contract in his Department; and what the job title of each is.
	(34691)

6 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) total and (b) average annual salary was of staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34692)

7 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each NHS mental health hospital are recorded as using (a) cannabis, (b) methadone and (c) other controlled substances.
	(34693)

8 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of drug treatment patients who have been in treatment for three years or more are resident in each English region; and how many such patients are being prescribed substitute drugs.
	(34694)

9 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the level of debt or surplus held by each primary care trust (a) in 2009-10 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(34697)

10 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding each primary care trust allocated to treating and preventing sexually transmitted infections in (a) each of the last five financial years and (b) 2010-11.
	(34698)

11
N

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement of 52 GP Commissioning Pathfinders, what the (a) name, (b) management board members, (c) planned operational date, (d) NHS bodies involved in planning, management or operations, (e) independent or private sector organisations involved in planning, management or operations, (f) NHS bodies expected to be involved in future planning, management or operations, (g) independent or private sector organisations expected to be involved in future planning, management or operations, (h) organisational code and name of each (i) GP practice and (ii) primary care organisation which are active members and (i) number and proportion of (A) GP practices and (B) primary care organisations within the area which are not currently active members are for each GP Commissioning Pathfinder; whether each Pathfinder has appointed a (1) qualified or accredited senior finance manager, (2) organisational development expert, (3) individual with expertise in corporate affairs or governance and (4) commissioning expert; from which organisations such individuals were recruited; and if he will publish a copy of this information in machine-readable form.

(34699)

12 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department expects to publish its multilateral aid review.
	(34684)

13 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department expects to publish its bilateral aid review.
	(34685)

14 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether university scholarships provided by his Department for students from developing countries will be classified as Official Development Assistance (a) this year and (b) in subsequent years.
	(34686)

15 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether exenditiure by his Department on overseas students and refugees will be classified as Official Development Assistance (a) this year and (b) in subsequent years.
	(34687)

16 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to Sri Lanka following the floods in that country in January 2011.
	(34688)

Notices given on Monday 17 January

1 N	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for the future of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and the devolved administrations.
	[Question Unstarred][Transferred] (34289)

2	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Attorney General, what information the Law Officers' Departments hold on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing their Departments who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34827)

3	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department plans to provide for research on food security and sustainable crop yields in each of the next four financial years.
	(34795)

4	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of his proposals on employment rights reform on (a) the availability of work placements within degree programmes and (b) employment between periods of undergraduate and postgraduate study.
	(34865)

5	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese government on technology sharing agreements and technology transfer to China.
	(35073)

6	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34826)

7	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to reduce the burden of regulation for small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(34805)

8	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people normally resident in (a) Hastings and Rye constituency, (b) Hastings Borough Council area, (c) East Sussex, (d) the South East and (e) England applied to attend university to start in academic year (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
	(35011)

9	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applicants to university from (i) Hastings and Rye constituency, (ii) Hastings Borough Council area, (iii) East Sussex, (iv) the South East and (v) England were from each socio-economic background in each of the last five years.
	(35016)

10	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the barriers to participation in further education for people (a) up to the age of 19 years and (b) over the age of 19 years.
	(34967)

11	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether those aged 25 or more (a) on low incomes and (b) in receipt of benefits will be eligible to receive assistance from the National Scholarship Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(34932)

12	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of employers' needs for postgraduate skills; and if he will make a statement.
	(34933)

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to establish a working group with the Higher Education Statistics Authority and higher education funding councils to consider what additional information should be collected on postgraduates to inform future policy decisions on widening access to postgraduate study; and if he will make a statement.

(34934)

14	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which regional development agencies have funded (a) wholly and (b) partially postgraduate courses in the last five years; what subject matter such courses have covered; what the duration of study was for each such course; and if he will make a statement.
	(34935)

15	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to identify further ways to promote postgraduate education at universities in England overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(34936)

16	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Quality Assurance Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(34937)

17	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Quality Assurance Agency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(34938)

18	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an estimate of the savings which would accrue from reducing the number of postal deliveries to five per week.
	(34782)

19	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the change in public sector employment in Brighton and Hove in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(34857)

20	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to encourage government departments to adopt flexible working practices which would allow disabled staff to work from home.
	(34755)

21	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34825)

22	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the number and proportion of (a) young people and (b) pensioners involved in volunteering in each year for which figures are available.
	(35057)

23	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of volunteering amongst unemployed people in each year for which data is available.
	(35058)

24	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of non-profit organisations operating in each region of the UK.
	(35079)

25	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on levels of volunteering in each (a) local authority and (b) socio-economic group.
	(35081)

26	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the working age population of (a) Hastings and Rye constituency, (b) Hastings Borough Council area, (c) East Sussex, (d) the South East and (e) the UK are (i) employed in the public sector, (ii) employed in the private sector and (iii) unemployed.
	(35012)

27	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of receipts which will accrue from (a) value added tax and (b) excise duty on petrol, diesel and other automotive fuels in each of the next four financial years.
	(34738)

28	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of receipts from the sale of petrol, diesel and other automotive fuels which will result from increase in the rate of value added tax in each of the next four financial years.
	(34739)

29	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes in automotive fuel prices on (a) inflation and (b) growth in each of the next four financial years.
	(34740)

30	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely level of net accruals to the Exchequer arising from the sale of Forestry Commission land accounting for (a) income tax, (b) capital gains tax and (c) inheritance tax forgone through such sales during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(34743)

31	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on the purchase and ownership of woodland and forests in each of the (a) last and (b) next four financial years.
	(34744)

32	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of levels of fuel duty on (a) output and (b) growth in the road haulage industry in each of the next four financial years.
	(34801)

33	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effects on income of households in each income decile of the proposed reduction in the (a) child care element of working tax credit and (b) family element of child tax credit (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a proportion of income in each of the next five financial years.
	(34802)

34	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effects on income of families with (a) one child and (b) two or more children in each income decile of his proposed changes to the administration of child benefit (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a proportion of income in each of the four financial years from April 2012.
	(34803)

35	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a fuel duty stabiliser.
	(34914)

36	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to announce the outcome of decisions on the structure of an economic crime agency.
	(34876)

37	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects compensation payments under the Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010 to eligible with-profits annuitants to be made.
	(34747)

38	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of paying compensation to Equitable Life with-profits annuitants who started their annuities before 1 September 1992.
	(35070)

39	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Equitable Life with-profits annuitants who are ineligible for compensation will be able to claim some compensation if part of their annuities started after 1 September 1992.
	(35071)

40	Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects compensation payments to eligible Equitable Life with-profits annuitants to commence.
	(35072)

41	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to allow charities to reclaim value added tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(34868)

42	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with charities about the effect of the increase in the rate of value added tax on the services they provide.
	(34869)

43	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the process for the distribution of the childcare element of tax credit to ensure that direct payment may be made to carers on whose behalf the element is claimed.
	(34793)

44	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on introducing a fuel duty escalator for petrol prices (a) in rural areas and (b) nationally; and if he will make a statement.
	(34878)

45	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of the aggregates levy.
	(34959)

46	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34818)

47	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the tax settlement between HM Revenue and Customs and Vodafone Group plc on the operation of anti-avoidance rules for controlled foreign companies.
	(34972)

48	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make if his policy to refer all tax disputes concerning liabilities greater than £500 million for Parliamentary scrutiny prior to action by HM Revenue and Customs.
	(34973)

49	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is considering to address short-termism in the banking sector.
	(34780)

50	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will assess the affordability of the admission charge to visit Westminster Abbey in comparison to other attractions in London.
	(35000)

51	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on updating ODPM circular 01/2006 (Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites); when he expects an updated or replacement circular to be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(34915)

52	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether financial assistance from (a) his Department and (b) the EU is available to fund the restructuring of terms and conditions of employment for licensed porters at Billingsgate Fish Market.
	(34788)

53	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regulations with national extent govern the licensing arrangements for porters at Billingsgate Fish Market.
	(34789)

54	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the City of London Corporation on the licensing arrangements of the porters at Billingsgate Fish Market; and if he will make a statement.
	(34790)

55	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees of his Department who have been appointed since 10 May 2010 have annual salaries greater than (a) £100,000, (b) £134,565 and (c) £142,500.
	(34884)

56	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many petitions to local authorities were made in each local authority area in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
	(34885)

57	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on redundancy costs since May 2010.
	(34922)

58	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34824)

59	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has made to Thames Water on the Thames Tideway Tunnel; and if he will publish each item of correspondence between his Department and Hammersmith and Fulham Council on this matter.
	(34804)

60	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely level of savings which will accrue from ending empty property business rate relief on all buildings with a rateable value higher than £2,600 from 1 April 2011.
	(34783)

61	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in Brighton and Hove were subject to an Empty Dwellings Management Order in (a) 2007, (b) 2008, (c) 2009 and (d) 2010.
	(34859)

62	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help local authorities to bring derelict buildings back into use following changes in the administration of Empty Dwellings Management Orders.
	(34860)

63	Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the arts sector in each local authority area in the East Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(34746)

64	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to introduce a second round of broadband pilots.
	(34989)

65	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce the determination of the horseracing levy for 2011.
	(34883)

66	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the deadline for digital radio switchover.
	(34887)

67	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the arts sector in each of the local authority areas in the East of England; and if he will make a statement.
	(34994)

68	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2010, Official Report, columns 588-9W, on broadband: Scotland, by what date he expects the West Lothian local authority area to begin to benefit from greater availability of superfast broadband.
	(34792)

69	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34823)

70	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the contribution of YouView to television in the UK.
	(34999)

71	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects on UK competitiveness of the change in the target date for universal broadband service from 2012 to 2015.
	(34872)

72	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will request that the Gambling Commission publishes separately the incidence of problem gambling relating to each of the eight types of gaming machine and the premises in which the type of gaming machine is located in its British Gambling Prevalence Survey of February 2011.
	(34773)

73	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will request that the Gambling Commission publishes separately the incidence of problem gambling relating to poker games in (a) casinos and (b) online in its British Gambling Prevalence Survey of February 2011.
	(34774)

74	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on making future home Ashes test matches available on free-to-air television.
	(34775)

75	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the merits of taking steps to assist towns and cities that have a significant number of media businesses to upgrade their communication infrastructure using dark fibre.
	(34993)

76	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate of the level of future expenditure on work classified as redevelopment at each RAF base in the UK was made in his Department's annual planning round in 2010.
	(35076)

77	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2010, Official Report, column 221W on Air Force: military bases, when he expects the data for RAF stations in Scotland to be available.
	(35077)

78	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times each (a) VC10, (b) C-17 and (c) Tristar that has operated in the Afghan theatre landed at the Camp Bastion Aerial Port of Debarkation in each month since January 2010.
	(34956)

79	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flights each (a) VC10, (b) C-17 and (c) Tristar that has operated in the Afghan theatre made in each month since January 2010.
	(34957)

80	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) C-17s, (b) Tristars and (c) VC10-s are owned and operated by the RAF; how many are serviceable at any one time; and how many have operated in the Afghan theatre in each month since January 2010.
	(34958)

81	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times service personnel have been delayed returning to the UK on Rest and Recuperation from Afghanistan since January 2010; and what the reasons were for the delay in each case.
	(34960)

82	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) military and (b) civilian personnel had extended deployments due to the unavailability of air transport to return them from Afghanistan since January 2010.
	(34961)

83	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what repair or reconstruction work has taken place on the Camp Bastion Aerial Port of Debarkation runway since January 2010; and what the cost to his Department of such work has been.
	(34962)

84	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times each Tristar that has operated in the Afghan theatre has been repaired since January 2010.
	(34963)

85	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34822)

86	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of work on tank crossings as part of the project to provide safe access for military vehicles across the Salisbury Plain Training Area.
	(34923)

87	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of extending the franchise to people serving a custodial sentence of four years or less in the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(34799)

88	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of the provision of election communications by freepost to prisoners serving custodial sentences to whom the franchise is to be extended at the next general election.
	(34800)

89	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department's review of the National Curriculum will include the status of religious education.
	(34862)

90	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his letter of 9 September 2010 to Alison Wolf, what plans he has to publish Alison Wolf's interim report on vocational education.
	(34873)

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, column 1245W, on school sport partnerships: finance, whether his Department made an assessment of the capacity of partnership development managers to co-ordinate voluntary sports club work with local schools prior to the decision to end funding for school sport partnerships.

(34874)

92	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff working in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges will be given anonymity when accused of an offence by students aged 18 and under as proposed for school teachers in paragraph 3.6 of the White Paper, The Importance of Teaching.
	(34986)

93	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future participation of sixth form students in AS level examinations; and if he will make a statement.
	(34987)

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges will be eligible to submit applications (i) to the Education Endowment Fund as proposed in paragraph 7.12 of the White Paper, The Importance of Teaching and (ii) for a share of the £35 million collaboration incentive fund as set out in paragraph 7.13 of the same document.

(34988)

95	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of additional funding for schools in Nuneaton constituency he expects to be provided through the introduction of the proposed pupil premium.
	(34745)

96	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34821)

97	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools have a parent teacher association in each local education authority.
	(35080)

98	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has held with the (a) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential effects on child poverty of the rules concerning eligibility to child and other benefits for separated parents with joint custody arrangements.
	(34971)

99	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the merits of convergence for (a) Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills and (b) Qualified Teacher status.
	(35001)

100	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to enable teachers with Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills status to teach vocational subjects in schools at the same salary level as teachers with Qualified Teacher status.
	(35002)

101	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary schools had more than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as an additional language in each year since 1997.
	(34996)

102	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils there were with English as an additional language in the last 12 months.
	(35021)

103	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanism he has put in place to (a) train and (b) monitor the performance of Ofsted inspectors.
	(34770)

104	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Deparmtent spent on school meals in each year since 2007 (a) in the City of Brighton and Hove and (b) nationally.
	(34861)

105	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals for regulation of the heating oil market by Ofgem.
	(34888)

106

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department commissioned its cost-benefit analysis of a constructing a new mixed oxide plutonium fuels plant in Sellafield; who is conducting the analysis; when the contract for the analysis was put out to tender; where the tender was advertised; what the value of the contract is; and when he expects to receive the analysis.

(34754)

107

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) licensing, (b) planning and (c) environmental consents need to be secured by developers before any exploratory drilling for (i) coalbed methane and (ii) shale gas proceeds; and whether the Climate Change Committee will consider the effects of the extraction of (A) shale gas and (B) coalbed methane.

(34851)

108	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effects of (a) shale gas and (b) coalbed methane exploration on the development of low-carbon energy.
	(34852)

109	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the potential effects of exploration of (a) shale gas and (b) coalbed methane on meeting UK climate change targets.
	(34853)

110	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the proposed moratorium on shale gas exploration pending the report of the US Environmental Protection Agency on risks to humans and the environment.
	(34854)

111	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to apply a cap to the member of new entrant reserve applications for carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.
	(34916)

112	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the next phase of carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects will include pre-combustion CCS.
	(34917)

113	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to announce the next phase of carbon capture and storage projects.
	(34918)

114	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made a recent assessment of the (a) legislative, (b) regulatory and (c) guidance framework for the safe exploration of (i) coalbed methane and (ii) shale gas as an energy source.
	(34955)

115	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 981W, on solar power, what possible approaches to setting the trigger for an early review of feed-in tariffs were considered.
	(35005)

116

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 981W, on Sheffield Forgemasters, what the dates of his discussions with Ministerial colleagues were; which Ministers were involved; whether the discussions were part of a formal meeting; whether minutes or notes were taken; what the outcomes of the discussions were; and whether the discussions are ongoing.

(35006)

117	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, column 259W, on solar energy, whether he intends to intervene to prevent any (a) applications for solar farms currently in planning and (b) future applications to the feed-in tariffs scheme from proceeding.
	(35007)

118

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2011, Official Report, column 259W, on solar energy, what proportion of feed-in tariff funds for solar photovoltaics have been allocated to (a) individual households, (b) community schemes, (c) non-community based solar farms and (d) other schemes in each quarter since the scheme began; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of funding to be allocated to each such category of scheme in each quarter until the review date of the scheme.

(35008)

119	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the wood panel industry to the production of renewable heat in each of the last five years.
	(34761)

120	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has made an assessment of the life-cycle carbon balance of (a) processing wood and (b) electricity generation from wood; and if he will make a statement.
	(34762)

121	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) mechanism and (b) criteria his Department plans to apply to assess the sustainability of large-scale wood biomass energy plants of 50 megawatts and over; and if he will take into account the potential effects on (i) UK wood processing industries and (ii) UK wood markets.
	(34766)

122	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) the effect on existing wood industries and (b) the sustainability of wood as a feedstock is taken into account in deciding whether to grant planning permission for large-scale biomass energy projects of 50 megawatts and over.
	(34767)

123	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons the Renewables Obligation does not require minimum energy efficiency standards in respect of eligibility for biomass energy support; and if he will make a statement.
	(34768)

124	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the conversion efficiency of combined heat and power installations; and if he will make a statement.
	(34769)

125	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on cost of domestic household heating oil; and if he will make a statement.
	(35018)

126	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to request oil companies to deliver amounts of domestic heating oil in smaller quantities to enable the most vulnerable to pay.
	(35054)

127	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote the use of combined heat and power schemes in NHS hospitals and (b) improve energy efficiency in the healthcare sector.
	(34919)

128	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34820)

129	Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to reduce the cost of heating for rural communities.
	(34927)

130	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons figures for direct carbon emissions from the combustion of fuel sources were removed from the Biomass Energy Centre website.
	(34763)

131	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the development of crops for biomass energy generation; and whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that the cultivation of energy crops meets demand for biomass fuels.
	(34764)

132	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to bring forward proposals to introduce a ban on wood going to landfill.
	(34765)

133	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mapping of (a) private lateral drains and sewers and (b) private pump stations her Department has undertaken.
	(34877)

134	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many field flood engineers the Environment Agency employed in each of the last three years.
	(34879)

135	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the livestock industry of the charging proposals envisaged by the Food Standards Agency; what assessment she has made of the impact of such charges on slaughterhouses; and if she will make a statement.
	(35019)

136	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure the Food Standards Agency complies with EU Regulation 882/2004 that member states publish how the charges for meat hygeine are made; and if she will make a statement.
	(35020)

137	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (a) raised and (b) cost to administer in each of the last four years.
	(34928)

138	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to provide funding for (a) community and (b) archaeological projects which had been funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund grant scheme.
	(34929)

139	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing her Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34819)

140	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons unused cod quota held by produce organisations is not reallocated to the Under 10 Metre Fleet in Area V11D.
	(35010)

141

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2010, Official Report, column 704W, on common land, if she will assess the effects of provisions in adminstrative law that prevent administrations acting in a way which is motivated by the desire to bind its successors on the voluntary dedication of town or village greens; and if she will assess the merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to enable local authorities to designate town or village greens.

(35074)

142	Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that national water suppliers and utilities companies are prioritising for reconnection of services and repairs for the elderly and vulnerable during the recent water shortages.
	(34926)

143	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Moroccan government on infiltration of Polisario by Al-Qaeda in Maghreb.
	[R] (35013)

144	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their Algerian counterparts on proposals by the Moroccan government to offer limited autonomy to Western Sahara.
	[R] (35014)

145	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34817)

146	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the merits of opening a consulate office in Chandigrad, Punjab, India.
	(34781)

147

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of people diagnosed with (a) sickle cell anaemia and (b) thalassaemia to access the welfare system, including cold weather payments and free prescriptions; if he will assess the merits of increasing the assistance available to such people to access the welfare system; and if he will make a statement.

(34880)

148

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote the professional development of sickle cell anaemia practitioners; if he will assess the merits of making the Sickle Cell Adult and Child Care Standards a minimum requirement for practitioners with penalties in place for non-compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(34881)

149	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of people diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia to access appropriate treatment; whether he has assessed the merits of increasing the level of resources available for such purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	(34882)

150	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on the (a) spending and (b) outcomes of measures to tackle Swine Flu in Council of Europe states.
	(34930)

151	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the mis-use of neuroleptic drugs in residential homes.
	(34931)

152	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to exempt paediatric wards from his proposals to eliminate mixed-sex wards in NHS hospitals.
	(35078)

153	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Welsh Assembly Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive on the outcome of the review of support for those affected by contaminated blood products in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(34991)

154	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors he took into consideration in the determination of the annual payment at £12,800 for people infected by contaminated blood products who have gone on to develop serious liver disease.
	(34992)

155	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the effects of differences in healthcare commissioning in practices between England and the devolved administrations.
	(34758)

156	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the cross-border commissioning protocol is ensuring adherence to the principle that no commissioner shall be disadvantaged by providing services to the other country's residents.
	(34759)

157	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the expiration of the cross-border commissioning protocol; and if he will make a statement.
	(34760)

158	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34816)

159	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the potential effects on the regulatory burden of proposals by the Care Quality Commission to charge registration fees; and if he will make a statement.
	(35059)

160	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to review the electronic transmission of prescriptions project.
	(35063)

161	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the provision of support services for children and adults with learning difficulties in (a) the West Midlands and (b) nationally.
	(34771)

162	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanism the review of the Cancer Reform Strategy will seek to improve men's cancer outcomes.
	(34772)

163	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs in Wolverhampton received over £100,000 from the NHS in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
	(34791)

164	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of her policy to reduce levels of immigration on the further education sector.
	(34863)

165	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her strategy for reducing the incidence of human trafficking is.
	(35056)

166	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that increasing the speed of decision-making on family asylum cases will not affect the fairness and effectiveness of such decisions.
	(34875)

167	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the threat to UK security from Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb.
	(35015)

168	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of (a) rape and (b) murder through use of the DNA database.
	(35083)

169	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to reduce the incidence of alcohol-related crime and disorder.
	(34903)

170	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the Freedom Bill.
	(34990)

171	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter sent to her by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 6 December 2010 with regard to Mr T Tinsley.
	(34750)

172	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter sent to the Minister for Immigration by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 6 December 2010 with regard to Mrs Attia Akhtar.
	(34751)

173	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter sent to her by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 2 December 2010 with regard to Mrs B H Hamah-Ahmeen.
	(34752)

174	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to removing (a) women and (b) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons from the detained fast track procedure.
	(34910)

175	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to adding complex sexuality-related persecution claims to the list of claims unlikely to be accepted in the suitability guidance note for routing into the detained fast track procedure.
	(34911)

176	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women entered the detained fast track procedure in each year since 2005; and what proportion of (i) men and (ii) women entering the detained fast track procedure were granted leave to remain in each such year.
	(34912)

177	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum cases were removed from the detained fast track procedure in each year since 2005.
	(34913)

178	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for the future budget allocation for recruitment and retention of police community offices in the West Mercia Police.
	(34954)

179	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community police officers were assigned to duties in Redditch constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34995)

180	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing her Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34815)

181	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to make funding available for voluntary sector organisations working with children and young people.
	(34756)

182	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the relationship between (a) levels of public spending and (b) police numbers and the incidence of crime.
	(34757)

183	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to monitor the number of people leaving the UK.
	(34776)

184	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on the e-Borders programme.
	(34777)

185	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to enable (a) students and (b) other visitors from abroad to submit applications for visas entirely online.
	(34778)

186	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether entry clearance decisions for visitors from the Punjab, India are taken by officials in Delhi or in London.
	(34779)

187	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed the merits of introducing compulsory fingerprinting for visitors to the UK with visas.
	(34858)

188	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the operation of the World Bank's Global Food Crisis Response Program.
	(34741)

189	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has given to the World Bank's Global Food Crisis Response Program in the last two financial years.
	(34742)

190	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department plans to provide for research on (a) the sustainability of global food supply chains and (b) food security in each of the next four financial years.
	(34794)

191	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on levels of global food production.
	(34796)

192	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to support the development of civic society in South Sudan.
	(34870)

193	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department plans to provide to refugees in South Sudan.
	(34871)

194	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34814)

195	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the findings of the review of police pensions.
	(34979)

196	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he has set for the implementation of changes to the police service pension scheme.
	(34980)

197	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate will writing for the purposes of ensuring that all testamentary documents prepared for reward are prepared by qualified professionals.
	(35065)

198	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to (a) limit the amount charged by banks for the administration of estates and (b) ensure that those seeking to appoint a bank as an executor receive independent professional advice as to the likely costs of such actions.
	(35066)

199	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals in respect of divorce settlements.
	(34921)

200	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to answer the letter sent to him by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 29 November 2010 with regard to Ms O Osei.
	(34753)

201	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was on 31 December at HM Prison Ford in each of the last 10 years.
	(34981)

202	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average prison population was at HM Prison Ford in each of the last 10 years.
	(34982)

203	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions an offender has been sent to HM Prison Ford who would fall outside of the normal selection criteria for placement there in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(34983)

204	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions an offender has been sent to HM Prison Ford without a full risk assessment having been carried out in the last 12 months.
	(34984)

205	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to (a) assess the level of risk posed by a prison and (b) determine an offender's suitability for placement at HM Prison Ford.
	(34985)

206	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the amount of unpaid fines and fees was in each justice region of Wales in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10.
	(35009)

207	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged for possession of (a) Class A and (b) Class B drugs in 2009-10.
	(34748)

208	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visitors to prisons in England and Wales were found in possession of (a) Class A and (b) Class B drugs in financial years 2009-10.
	(34749)

209	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34813)

210	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many finds of (a) Class A and (b) Class B drugs there were in jails in England and Wales in 2009-10.
	(35069)

211	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process he has put in place for private employers seeking to establish an employment project within a prison.
	(34904)

212	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which private employers provide prisoners with work in prisons.
	(34905)

213	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly wage is for those who undertake work in prison.
	(34906)

214	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many paid work schemes are operating in the prison estate.
	(34907)

215	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) income support have a partner in prison.
	(34908)

216	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have vacant prison workshop spaces.
	(34909)

217	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of those convicted of drug-related offences in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 had a previous conviction of any sort.
	(34856)

218	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34812)

219	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Prime Minister, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Office who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34811)

220	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with colleges in Scotland on the effects of the Government's immigration policy on the further education sector in Scotland.
	(34864)

221	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions has he had with Universities Scotland on the effects in Scotland of the Government's proposals on employment rights for (a) work placements within degree programmes and (b) employment between periods of undergraduate and postgraduate study.
	(34866)

222	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions has he had with the Scottish further and higher education sector on the effects of the Government's immigration policy on (a) numbers of students and (b) economic and employment growth in Scotland.
	(34867)

223	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the involvement of Petrochina in the refinery and petro-chemical operations at Grangemouth.
	(35055)

224	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Barnett formula.
	(35082)

225	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34810)

226	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the monetary value was of contingent labour contracts funded by Network Rail in each of the last five financial years.
	(34797)

227	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Network Rail plans to allocate to (a) track maintenance, (b) overhead lines maintenance and (c) contingent labour in each of the next four financial years.
	(34798)

228	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the funding required for the upgrade of the Great Western Main Line between London Paddington and (a) Bristol, (b) Newport, (c) Cardiff, (d) Swansea and (e) lines west of Swansea his Department is required to meet.
	(35017)

229	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable he has set for operation of the first Crossrail trains; when he expects the whole line service to be operational; and when he plans to publish the tender for the first trains.
	(35084)

230	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to undertake a consulation on the proposal to end the provisions of emergency towing vessels by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
	(35085)

231

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the existing system for owners of vehicles licensed in the Historic Vehicle Taxation Class to make a Statutory Off Road Notification ; and if he will bring forward proposals to reintroduce a rolling exemption from vehicle excise duty for vehicles constructed before 1 January 1973.

(34920)

232	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34809)

233	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the democratic accountability of Network Rail; and if he will make a statement.
	(34968)

234	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the expected savings to the public purse over the next 10 years of his proposals to reform HM Coastguard.
	(35060)

235	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the possibility of using tax increment financing to fund regional transport infrastructure projects.
	(35061)

236	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish the (a) findings of the review and (b) subsequent report prepared in advance of the announcement of the closure of the Driving Standards Agency office in Cardiff.
	(34975)

237	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he took the decision to close the Driving Standards Agency office in Cardiff.
	(34976)

238	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent (a) discussions and (b) correspondence Ministers and officials of his Department have had with the Wales Office on the closure of the Driving Standards Agency in Cardiff.
	(35075)

239	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what price of oil per barrel his Department used in his estimates of congestion in the next five years.
	(34925)

240	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information her Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing her Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34808)

241	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent (a) discussions and (b) correspondence she has had with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport responsible for the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) on the proposed closure of the DSA office in Cardiff.
	(34977)

242	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when she was informed of the decision to close the Driving Standards Agency in Cardiff; and by whom she was informed of that decision.
	(34978)

243	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information she holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing the Government Equalities Office who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34807)

244	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance Jobcentre Plus provides to jobseekers who do not have an internet connection at home on how to access information on job vacancies.
	(34787)

245	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to vary the rate of interest used for calculating payments under the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme for individuals who have fixed rate mortgages.
	(34886)

246	Rebecca Harris (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) fire and (b) public health risks of sky lanters; and if he will make a statement.
	(34924)

247	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff posts have been lost in Jobcentre Plus offices in (a) West Lothian and (b) Scotland in each month of 2010.
	(34997)

248	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claimants have been assisted into employment through Jobcentre Plus offices in (a) West Lothian and (b) Scotland in 2010.
	(34998)

249	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing his Department who were not paid at a rate equivalent to or above the London living wage in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34806)

250	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has assessed the potential effects of planned reductions in benefits in England and Wales on projected crime rates.
	(35068)

251	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on lone parents of the introduction of a universal credit.
	(35022)

252	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to reform the benefits available to separated parents with shared custody arrangements as part of his proposals to develop a universal credit.
	(34969)

253	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the compliance of child benefit eligibility rules for separated couples with shared custody with the rights of the child as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement.
	(34970)

254	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance in reducing unemployment of (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) private companies contracted by his Department.
	(34974)

255	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of reductions in housing benefit payments on rent levels in the private sector.
	(35062)

256	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the effectiveness of the process by which child tax credit and child benefit are transferred to other family members when they assume guardianship of a child.
	(35003)

257	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with learning difficulties (a) are given appropriate support or (b) are exempted from completing benefit entitlement forms.
	(35004)

THURSDAY 20 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

*1	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): What recent progress his Department has made on the promotion of the UK as a tourist destination.
	(34700)

*2	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What proportion of sport governing bodies have committed to spend 30 per cent. of their broadcast income on grassroots sports.
	(34701)

*3	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent progress his Department has made on the promotion of the UK as a tourist destination.
	(34702)

*4	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): What assessment he has made of the effects of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review on his Department's levels of financial support for sport.
	(34703)

*5	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): What discussions he plans to have with News Corporation on its proposed takeover of BSkyB.
	(34704)

*6	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Greater London Authority on the economic legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	(34705)

*7	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): What recent progress he has made on the roll-out of community broadband; and if he will make a statement.
	(34706)

*8	Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What plans his Department has to enable Scotland to benefit from the London 2012 Olympics.
	(34707)

*9	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): What steps his Department is taking to support jobs and economic growth in the creative industries and leisure sectors.
	(34708)

*10	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the telecommunications industry on the delivery of high-speed broadband.
	(34709)

*11	Jessica Lee (Erewash): What plans he has to bring forward proposals on football governance; and if he will make a statement.
	(34710)

*12	Paul Flynn (Newport West): What assessment he has made of the potential legacy for Newport of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(34711)

*13	Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the governance arrangements for the BBC; and if he will make a statement.
	(34712)

*14	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): What recent discussions he has had on future funding of the BBC World Service.
	(34713)

*15	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What proportion of his Department's expenditure for 2010-11 supports access to culture for young people; and if he will make a statement.
	(34714)

*16	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): When he expects to reach a decision on whether to refer to the Competition Commission the News Corporation bid for BSkyB.
	(34715)

*17	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): What steps he has taken to promote the development of local television services.
	(34716)

*18	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): What steps he plans to take to support the development of the tourism industry in the North East; and if he will make a statement.
	(34717)

*19	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What assessment he has made of the effect on national sporting performance at elite level of levels of participation in sport among young people.
	(34718)

*20	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What plans he has to bring forward proposals on football governance; and if he will make a statement.
	(34719)

At 11.05 am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

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

*1	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(34720)

*2	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):
	(34721)

*3	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase):
	(34722)

*4	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington):
	(34723)

*5	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire):
	(34724)

*6	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot):
	(34725)

*7	Alison McGovern (Wirral South):
	(34726)

*8	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East):
	(34727)

At 11.15 am

Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

*1	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what progress has been made on the creation of a liaison group between hon. Members and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	(34728)

*2	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the House of Commons Commission has made of the effects of its savings programme on the ability of committees of the House to scrutinise the work of the Executive.
	(34729)

*3	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress he has made on the Government's plans to link petitions to debates in the House.
	(34730)

*4	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the format of the pre-adjournment debate held on 21 December 2010.
	(34731)

*5	Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress he has made on the Government's plans to link petitions to debates in the House.
	(34732)

*6	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress he has made on the Government's plans to link petitions to debates in the House.
	(34733)

*7	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the format of the pre-adjournment debate held on 21 December 2010.
	(34734)

*8	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress the Procedural Data Programme has made on the provision in electronic form to the Official Report of the text of answers to Parliamentary questions.
	(34735)

*9	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Leader of the House, what progress has been made on the creation of a liaison group between hon. Members and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
	(34736)

*10	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent progress he has made on the Government's plans to link petitions to debates in the House.
	(34737)

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether voluntary redundancy settlements have been reached with the (a) Cabinet Office Chief Information Officer, (b) Chief Executive of DirectGov and (c) Director General of the Office for Civil Society in the last three months.
	(33683)

2 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants in his Department have taken (a) voluntary redundancy and (b) early retirement since November 2010; and what the (i) job title and (ii) financial settlement was in each such case.
	(33684)

3 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) local and (b) county council executives receive salaries greater than that of the Prime Minister.
	(33643)

Notices given on Thursday 13 January

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with gas and electricity suppliers on trends in energy supply costs to domestic consumers; and if he will make a statement.
	(34631)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects on implementation of the proposals in his consultation document on electricity market reform on inward investment in the UK energy sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(34632)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with representatives of business organisations on the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme.
	(34633)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many planning approvals for wind farms in England over the last year have not been proceeded with; and if he will make a statement.
	(34634)

5 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in response to the recommendations of the NHS Blood and Transplant Strategic Forum on stem cell transplantation published in December 2010.
	(34499)

6 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the NHS Blood and Transplant Strategic Forum report on stem cell transplantation published in December 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(34500)

7 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the likely effects of the proposed coastguard station closures announced on 16 December 2010.
	(34496)

Notices given on Monday 17 January

1 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the budget for knowledge transfer networks was spent on administration in the last year for which figures are available.
	(35047)

2 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what is the salary of the chief executive of each knowledge transfer network.
	(35048)

3 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed by the Office of Fair Access; how many were so employed in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(34945)

4 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to give new powers to the Office of Fair Access to monitor access to university agreements.
	(34946)

5 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the monetary value of the loan his Department provides to each higher education institution to cover the costs of graduate contributions in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(34947)

6 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to extend the duration of the operation of the Science and Innovation Framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(34948)

7 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to extend the duration of the operation of the Research Excellence Framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(34949)

8 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he plans to apply to determine which members of HM Revenue and Customs staff are selected for compulsory relocation as a result of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(34784)

9 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of compulsory relocations of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff between different tax offices which will arise from planned changes to HMRC's funding and organisation during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(34785)

10 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate of the budget deficit is.
	(35040)

11 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to enable local authorities to retain a local standards committee if they wish to do so.
	(35032)

12 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers he has to oversee mergers of housing associations for the purposes of ensuring due diligence.
	(35064)

13 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements are in place to govern the voting of (a) chief executives and (b) finance directors of housing associations on the merger of housing associations.
	(35067)

14 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports he has received on recent incidences involving the proposed merger of two housing associations where the chief executive of one of the housing associations concerned has retired and received a redundancy settlement; and if he will investigate such incidences.
	(35086)

15 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure that the New Homes Bonus reflects the strategic priority for brownfield development before greenfield in Planning Policy Statement 3, Housing; and what consideration he has given to providing an additional incentive for supporting brownfield redevelopment.
	[R] (34855)

16 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether National Park Authorities will be eligible to receive the New Homes Bonus.
	(34889)

17 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what he policy is on the future of public libraries; and if he will make a statement.
	(34844)

18 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to meet representatives of (a) News Corporation and (b) media organisations opposed to News Corporation's acquisition of BSkyB prior to taking a decision on whether to refer the proposed acquisition of BSkyB to the Competition Commission.
	(34964)

19 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation has been paid to service personnel injured in Afghanistan in each regiment in each of the last nine years.
	(35027)

20 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of his Department's requirement for Royal Marine recruits in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(34942)

21 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on advertising for Royal Marine recruitment in the last six months for which figures are are available.
	(34943)

22 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people joined the Royal Maines in the last six months for which figures are available.
	(34944)

23
N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in the level of (a) disablement pension, (b) disablement gratuity for a specified minor injury, (c) unemployability allowance and (d) invalidity allowance for a member of the armed forces at each rank in each of the three forces who lived to (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix) 100 years and had (A) 10, (B) 20, (C) 25, (D) 30 and (E) 35 years' service as a result of the proposal to link pensions to consumer prices index rather than the retail price index.

(34965)

24 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who served in World War Two were in receipt of both an armed forces pension and a compensation scheme payment.
	(35023)

25 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, column 1244W, on school sport partnerships: finance, whether his Department took account of the economies of scale for schools arising from school sport partnerships prior to (a) the decision to end funding of such partnerships and (b) the review of that decision.
	(34893)

26
N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, column 1244W, on school sport partnerships: finance, whether his Department made an assessment of the capacity of school sport partnerships to co-ordinate the work of national governing bodies of sport with schools in a local area prior to his decision to end funding for school sport partnerships from April 2011.

(34894)

27 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the most recent previous employment was of each senior staff member employed on a fixed-term contract in his Department since May 2010.
	(34839)

28 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) total and (b) average annual salary of staff employed on fixed-term contracts in his Department was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34840)

29 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in his Department are employed on fixed-term contracts; and what the job title of each is.
	(34841)

30
N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average funding per school pupil in (a) Cambridgeshire County Council area, (b) Surrey County Council area, (c) Peterborough City Council area, (d) Essex County Council area, (e) Buckingshire County Council area, (f) Bedfordshire County Council area, (g) Hertfordshire County Council area and (h) nationally in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.

(35029)

31 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 17 and 25 November and 12 December 2010, on the abolition of education maintenance allowance.
	(34842)

32 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate his Department has made of the full system cost to the public purse of meeting the EU renewable energy target for 2020 through (a) nuclear, (b) carbon capture and storage coal, (c) onshore wind, (d) offshore wind, (e) tidal and (f) solar technologies.
	(34836)

33 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the level of renewable energy needed to meet its EU 2020 target; and how much such energy it aims to generate from (a) nuclear, (b) carbon capture and storage coal, (c) onshore wind, (d) offshore wind, (e) tidal and (f) solar sources.
	(34837)

34 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual amount of energy to be generated by a wind turbine built under a round 3 deep water licence.
	(34838)

35 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what independent scientific advice he has sought on the environmental implications of drilling for shale gas.
	(35046)

36 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the proportion of biomass used in heating and electricity generation in the UK which is imported; and how much biomass was imported from each country in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(34832)

37 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his classification of biomass as a zero-carbon technology includes consideration of emissions arising from the drying of biolass prior to the combustion of the fuel.
	(34833)

38 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will undertake a study of the (a) quantity, (b) origins and (c) contribution to global warming of black carbon emissions from the UK.
	(34834)

39 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of changes in the level of access to rights of way over Forestry Commission land that has been sold by her Department in each of the last four years.
	(35087)

40 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the policy of her Department on the extension to cycling and horse-riding of rights of way access over land.
	(35088)

41 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his contribution of 7 December 2010, Official Report, columns 40-44WH, on the detention of Palestinian children, what steps his Department has taken to raise the issue of the detention of Palestinian children since 7 December 2010.
	(34966)

42 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes he plans for UK representation in Souh Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(35024)

43 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy that the EU arms embargo on China should be maintained.
	(35039)

44 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2010, Official Report, column 955W, on conflict prevention, whether he plans to lay a draft of the Building Stability Overseas Strategy before Parliament for consultation before publishing the final strategy.
	(35028)

45 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of redundancy payments to staff of primary care trusts under his proposals for reform of the NHS.
	(34892)

46 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the difference is in the number of projected deaths from swine flu between the Government's vaccination policy and a policy to vaccinate all those aged under five.
	(34940)

47 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with non-governmental organisations working on the Thai-Burmese border on (a) numbers and (b) treatment of Burmese refugees; and if he will make a statement.
	(34835)

48 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with enforcement agencies on the procedures and regulatory framework for the collection of (a) fines and (b) outstanding debts; and if he will make a statement.
	(35025)

49 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there was any change in the level of resources provided to HM Prison Ford as a result of the £325 million reduction in his Department's budget for 2009-10 announced in May 2010.
	(35030)

50 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he took on receiving the last Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board on HM Prison Ford.
	(35031)

51 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of proposed court closures on the level of fines and fees imposed and collected.
	(35034)

52 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the level of savings likely to accrue as a result of the closure of courts in Wales announced on 14 December 2010.
	(35035)

53 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many representations he received on his proposed closure of courts in Wales; and how many such representations supported his proposals.
	(35036)

54 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he has set for closure of the courts in Wales which were the subject of his announcement of 14 December 2010.
	(35037)

55 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the maintenance backlog was for each court in Wales included in the consultation for court closures as at 14 December 2010.
	(35038)

56 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make provision for days for the consideration of Private Members' Bills in the 2010-11 session beyond the number set out in Standing Orders commensurate with the expected length of the session.
	(34843)

57 N	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he or officials from his Office first discussed with the Secretary of State for Wales the decision to close the Cardiff office of the Driving Standards Agency.
	(35041)

58 N	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons the Secretary of State for Wales was not involved in the decision to close the Cardiff office of the Driving Standards Agency.
	(35042)

59 N	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Prime Minister, which officials his Office were involved in the decision to delay the announcement of the closure of the Cardiff office of the Driving Standards Agency; and for what reasons the decision was taken to delay the announcement until 18 January 2011.
	(35043)

60 N	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Prime Minister, what involvement his Office had in the decision to delay the announcement of the closure of the Cardiff office of the Driving Standards Agency.
	(35044)

61 N	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Prime Minister, what the extent of the involvement of his Office was in the decision to close the Cardiff office of the Driving Standards Agency.
	(35045)

62 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2010, Official Report, column 348W, on large goods vehicles: excise duties, what progress has been made on the introduction of HGV road user charging; and by what date he expects a scheme to be operational.
	(34941)

63 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional toll revenues at the Dartford Crossing attributable to the 2012 Olympics.
	(34828)

64 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents have been recorded at the Dartford crossing in each of the last eight years.
	(35026)

65 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on discussions with his counterparts on proposed EU restrictions on the height of commercial vehicles.
	(34829)

66 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to register commercial vehicle trailers for the purposes of reducing crime through theft or misuse of such trailers.
	(34830)

67 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to the use of Heavy Rescue Partnership vehicles to keep major roads open during severe weather.
	(34831)

68 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the difference was between actual congestion levels and those projected by his Department in each of the last five years.
	(34939)

69 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on his proposal not to pay the mobility component of disability living allowance to young people in residential care; and if he will make a statement.
	(35033)

70
N

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will defer implementation of the Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity) Amendment Regulations 2011 until he has received recommendations from (a) Mind, (b) Mencap and (c) the National Autistic Society on the mental, intellectual and cognitive descriptors for the work capability assessment.

(34890)

71 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementation of the Employment and Support Allowance (Limited Capability for Work and Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity) Amendment Regulations 2011.
	(34891)

FRIDAY 21 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of local council employees who receive salaries higher than that of the Prime Minister.
	(33644)

2 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) long-term and (b) short-term plans he has for the disused married quarters in and around Shackleton Road, Gosport.
	(33645)

Notices given on Wednesday 12 January

1 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to enable charities to reclaim value added tax on the same basis as limited companies.
	(34072)

2 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences of less than four years have been convicted of (a) violent and (b) sexual offences.
	(34073)

Notices given on Thursday 13 January

1 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on plans to ease congestion on the A65 corridor between Leeds and Bradford.
	(34501)

Notices given on Monday 17 January

1 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage large companies to offer apprenticeships.
	(34950)

2 N	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to discuss trade tariffs on Scotch whisky with his international counterparts for the purposes of increasing the level of exports.
	(34845)

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals his Department has for the future funding of residential care home places.
	(33816)

Notices given on Thursday 13 January

1 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) proportion of student loans which will be irrecoverable for the purposes of his Department's annually managed expenditure estimates for each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(34502)

Notices given on Monday 17 January

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many libraries offer reading groups for young families; and if he will make a statement.
	(34951)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he (a) has visited theatres in an official capacity since his appointment and (b) has held discussions with theatre management on the effects of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the theatre industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(34952)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many theatres are in receipt of Government funding; how much each such theatre received in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(34953)

4 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources his Department has allocated to responding to legal challenges from the local authorities who have had their Building Schools for the Future funding withdrawn.
	(35049)

5 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he made of the ability of other organisations to perform the role allocated to the New Schools Network.
	(35050)

6 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the financial implications of introducing the first free schools by September 2011.
	(35051)

7 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has allocated resources to groups who have made applications for free schools.
	(35052)

8 N	Dr Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent to date on supporting and promoting applications for free schools.
	(35053)

9 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he had with (a) the Sixth Form College Forum, (b) the Association of Colleges and (c) other bodies representing post-16 education providers before making his decision to reduce the funding for entitlement to 30 funded learning hours.
	(34896)

10
N

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he undertook an assessment of the likely effect on the (a) curriculum, (b) enrolment advice, (c) on-programme support, (d) mentoring, (e) counselling, (f) health advice, (g) progression guidance, (h) careers guidance and (i) provision of non-certificated enrichment activities of post-16 students in his discussion to reduce the funding for entitlement to 30 funded learning hours.

(34897)

11 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that no US health organisation indicted for defrauding doctors, patients or taxpayers will be allowed to enter into contracts with (a) GP consortia and (b) the NHS.
	(34895)

12 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff left the coatguard service (a) voluntarily and (b) involuntarily in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the level of (i) internal and (ii) external staff turnover was in each such year.
	(34846)

13 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for emergency ship towing after the removal of tugboats as a result of his proposed new structure for the coastguard service.
	(34847)

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of fuel duty on small business.
	(33819)

2 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support building societies and mutuals.
	(33647)

3 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the reduction in value of Capita's contract for education maintenance allowance; and whether his Department is liable for penalty payments under that contract as a result of the reduction.
	(33775)

4 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are in place on the use of 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers by (a) GP surgeries, (b) hospitals and (c) dental practices.
	(33818)

5 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the £10 Christmas bonus for the latest year in which figures are available.
	(33817)

6 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living in care homes received winter fuel payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(33646)

Notices given on Monday 17 January

1 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when mechanism he plans to put in place to identify households which will no longer be eligible for child benefit payments under his proposals for welfare reform where the claimant is not a higher rate taxpayer and their partner's income is unknown.
	(34848)

2 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a single parent living in a household with (a) a parent and (b) a child who is a higher rate taxpayer will be eligible for child benefit payments under his proposals for welfare reform.
	(34849)

THURSDAY 27 JANUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average cost of the recent increase in the rate of value added tax to voluntary services and charities in each of the next three years.
	(33820)

Notices given on Thursday 13 January

1 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of unused medicines which were subsequently destroyed in the latest year for which figures are available; and for what reason such drugs returned to the NHS are not reissued to patients requiring prescriptions.
	(34504)

2 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many projects funded through UK official development aid were halted due to misuse of such funds by the recipients in each year since 2007-08.
	(34503)

3 N	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the aid classified as official development assistance (ODA) provided by UK non-governmental organisations funded through Gift Aid contributions in each year since 2007-08; and what method he used to estimate the proportion of UK ODA attributable to gift aided contributions.
	(34635)

4 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) in Leeds and (b) nationally applied for disability living allowance citing schizophrenia or a psychosis as their disability in each of the last five years; and how many such applications were refused in each such year.
	(34506)

Notices given on Monday 17 January

1 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for GR9 Harrier aircraft to be retained in reserve after their withdrawal from service; and if he will make a statement.
	(34898)

2 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what techniques exist for the maintenance in long-term storage of aircraft which have been withdrawn from service.
	(34899)

3 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with officers of the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Airforce on the potential of Harrier aircraft which have been mothballed to be utilised in the event of an emergency.
	(34900)

4 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to prevent any dismantling of Harrier aircraft withdrawn from service; and if he will make a statement.
	(34901)

5 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of mothballing (a) each and (b) all of the Harrier aircraft after they have been withdrawn from service.
	(34902)

6 N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what response he plans to make to the report of the Henley Review of Music Education.
	(34786)

TUESDAY 8 FEBRUARY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 11 January

1 N	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has made to pay local housing allowance directly to landlords if directed to do so by tenants.
	(33821)


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