Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Friday 21 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 Thursday 20 January 2011
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Friday 21 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.
FRIDAY 21 JANUARY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 11 January
1
N
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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. |
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(33644)
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2
N
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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. |
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(33645)
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Notices given on Wednesday 12 January
1
N
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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. |
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(34072)
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2
N
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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. |
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(34073)
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Notices given on Thursday 13 January
1
N
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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. |
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(34501)
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Notices given on Monday 17 January
1
N
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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. |
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(34950)
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2
N
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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. |
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(34845)
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Notices given on Tuesday 18 January
2
N
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of (a) exports and (b) imports, including the monetary value of tourism, between the UK and (i) Lebanon, (ii) Syria, (iii) Jordan, (iv) Egypt and (v) Israel in the last year for which figures are available. |
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(35164)
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3
N
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Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Office of Fair Trading to conclude its investigation into the use of contract terms requiring the owners of retirement homes to pay fees on the sale or disposal of their properties; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35165)
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4
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Higher Education Innovation Fund funding (a) has been allocated to each higher education institution in each of the last five years and (b) he expects to allocate to each higher education institution in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35488)
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5
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many postgraduate researchers in each subject were funded by each higher education institution in each of the last 10 years; how many postgraduate researchers he expects to be funded by each higher education institution in the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35489)
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6
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to link future allocations of research degree supervision grant to research quality rather than volume; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35490)
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7
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many doctoral training centres his Department has funded in each of the last five years and at which institutions; how many such centres he expects to fund in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35491)
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8
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places for full-time equivalent students to study (a) life sciences (b) low-carbon technologies (c) digital technology and (d) advanced manufacturing at each university (i) there were in the last five years for which figures are available and (ii) he expects there to be in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35525)
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9
N
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research his Department has commissioned on social capital in communities in the last five years. |
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(35231)
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10
N
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the change in the level of social capital over the last 30 years. |
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(35232)
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11
N
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms his Department has in place to assess the level of social capital within communities. |
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(35233)
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12
N
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire to the Prime Minister of 3 November 2010, transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 16 November 2010 and to the Treasury on 29 November 2010. |
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(35492)
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13
N
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Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effectiveness of a fuel price stabiliser for petrol calculated on the basis of (a) value added tax, (b) fuel duty and (c) value added tax and fuel duty; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35175)
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14
N
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Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants of (a) social landlords and (b) private landlords are resident in Liverpool, West Derby constituency. |
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(35284)
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15
N
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his proposed local media action plan. |
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(35380)
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16
N
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Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households without access to the internet in England and Wales. |
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(35364)
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17
N
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Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which libraries in London are (a) proposing to close and (b) proposing to reduce their opening hours. |
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(35487)
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18
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of the measures contained in the Strategic Defence and Security Review on the (a) size, (b) capability and (c) deployability of the Royal Marines; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35186)
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19
N
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Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the order of a second tranche of the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle Foxhound. |
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(35187)
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20
N
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Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who served in World War Two are in receipt of the armed forces pension. |
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(35365)
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21
N
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Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated change is in the level of the benefit for unmarried dependents living as a spouse to be paid annually as a result of the change to link such pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index. |
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(35366)
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22
N
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Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated change is in the level of the orphans' pension to be paid annually (a) for the first child and (b) for subsequent children as a result of the change to link such pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index. |
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(35367)
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23
N
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Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimate change is in the level of the annual rent allowance as a result of the change to link that allowance to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index. |
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(35368)
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24
N
|
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated change is in the level of an adult orphan's pension to be paid annually as a result of the change to link such pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index. |
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(35369)
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25
N
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what salary bands were applied in each rank in each of the armed forces in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(35179)
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26
N
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in mobility supplement payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
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(35271)
|
27
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in comfort allowance payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
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(35272)
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28
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in constant attendance allowance payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
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(35273)
|
29
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in exceptionally severe disablement allowance payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
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(35274)
|
30
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in severe disablement occupational allowance payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years following (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 and (v) 35 years of service arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
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(35275)
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31
N
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Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in (a) compensation benefit and (b) pension payments per annum a 27 year-old corporal who lost both legs in Afghanistan would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix) 100 years old and if in each such case he or she had served for (A) 10 and (B) 15 years. |
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(35285)
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32
N
|
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in pension a widow of a senior NCO would receive in total as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if she was widowed at the age of 40 and if she lived until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years old and if, in each such case, her spouse had served for (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (iv) 30 amd (v) 35 years. |
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(35286)
|
33
N
|
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in widows' pension (a) a widow and (b) a widower with children of members of each rank of each armed service would receive per annum as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix)100 years old and if, in each such case, their spouse had served for had served for (A) 10, (B) 20, (C) 25, (D) 30 and (E) 35 years. |
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(35287)
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34
N
|
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in widows' pension (a) a widow and (b) a widower with no children of each armed service would receive per annum as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer price index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix) 100 years old and if, in each such case, their spouse had served for had served for (A) 10, (B) 20, (C) 25, (D) 30 and (E) 35 years. |
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(35288)
|
35
N
|
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in clothing allowance a member of each rank of the armed forces would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index if he or she lived until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years old; and if, in each such case, they had served for (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 25, (v) 30 and (v) 35 years. |
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(35289)
|
36
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on decompression of employees who had served in Afghanistan in each year since 2002. |
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(35522)
|
37
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits in an official capacity (a) he and (b) each other minister in his Department have made to (i) the North East, (ii) the North West, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside, (iv) Scotland, (v) Wales, (vi) London, (vii) the South East, (viii) the South West, (ix) the East Midlands and (x) the West Midlands since May 2010. |
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(35523)
|
38
N
|
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel (a) in total and (b) who have served in Afghanistan have been through decompression in each year since 2002. |
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(35524)
|
39
N
|
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the terms of reference of his review of the creation of a National Defence Medal. |
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(35292)
|
40
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Iraq are in receipt of both an armed forces pension and a compensation scheme payment. |
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(35373)
|
41
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Iraq are in receipt of an armed forces pension. |
|
(35374)
|
42
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment was to service personnel who served in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(35375)
|
43
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment was to service personnel who served in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(35376)
|
44
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment made by his Department to service personnel who have served in Iraq has been in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(35377)
|
45
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel who have served in Northern Ireland are in receipt of the armed forces pension. |
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(35290)
|
46
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment made to service personnel who served in World War Two was in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(35291)
|
47
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel who served in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Bosnia are in receipt of both an armed forces pension and a compensation payment. |
|
(35371)
|
48
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual pension payment is in respect of former service personnel who served in Bosnia in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35372)
|
50
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) names and (b) salaries are of each senior civil servant who has (i) joined, (ii) moved posts within and (iii) left his Department since May 2010. |
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(35370)
|
51
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the redundancy bill for his Department in each of the next five financial years. |
|
(35378)
|
52
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what date he expects to have determined teacher training allocations for the 2011-12 academic year. |
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(35234)
|
53
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for religious education in the proposed English Baccalaureate. |
|
(35493)
|
54
N
|
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department expects to reply to the letter sent by Mr Brian Gates, Chair of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, dated 29 November 2010, on religious education and the national curriculum review. |
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(35362)
|
55
N
|
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received from faith groups on the forthcoming national curriculum review. |
|
(35363)
|
56
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on taking into account a decision to enter into an agreement with teaching unions on the pay and conditions of staff when determining whether a school is granted academy status; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35459)
|
57
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice which informed Lord Hill's letter of 15 December 2010 to head teachers of schools that have applied to convert to academy status. |
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(35460)
|
59
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to (a) the use of near-surface nuclear waste repositories, (b) retrieval of waste from such repositories for processing and (c) processing of waste previously stored in such repositories. |
|
(35180)
|
60
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from farmers' unions on her Department's plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy. |
|
(35156)
|
61
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to allocate funding for flood defences to (a) the North West, (b) Cumbria and (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013. |
|
(35157)
|
62
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to (a) issue and (b) revise guidance to farmers and individuals who work with poultry since the first case of swine influenza transfer from human to bird occurred in January 2011; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(35159)
|
64
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS hospitals in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Cumbria spent on hospitality in each year since 2005. |
|
(35158)
|
65
N
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Quality, Innovation, Prevention and Productivity plans he has received from NHS trusts in the East of England; and if he will publish those plans. |
|
(35194)
|
66
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from her Department's drugs budget is allocated to (a) the criminal justice system, (b) drug treatment services and (c) drugs education. |
|
(35184)
|
67
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of acquisitive crime attributable to (a) heroin addicts, (b) crack cocaine addicts, (c) cocaine addicts and (d) cannabis users in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35185)
|
68
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions by the competent authority regarding the National Referral Mechanism have been subsequently reversed through judicial review. |
|
(35226)
|
69
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions by the competent authority regarding the National Referral Mechanism have been reversed since 1 April 2009; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(35227)
|
70
N
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of reported crime (a) overall and (b) for each category of crime in each of the (i) 100 most deprived wards and (ii) 100 least deprived wards in each of the last five years. |
|
(35229)
|
71
N
|
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what scope the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Trafficking has to examine policies and practices on human trafficking across Government. |
|
(35276)
|
72
N
|
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Trafficking has issued since its inception. |
|
(35277)
|
73
N
|
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost of the tribunal case into the appeal made by Mr Robert Oxley held in Colchester on 13 December 2010. |
|
(35176)
|
74
N
|
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid to each person who sat on the appeals tribunal in Colchester on 13 December 2010 which considered cases including that of Mr Robert Oxley in respect of their attendance. |
|
(35178)
|
75
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners had an address in Liverpool, West Derby constituency immediately prior to committal. |
|
(35521)
|
76
N
|
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in real terms of the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1981 and (ii) 1997. |
|
(35486)
|
77
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of levels of grit supplies held by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities. |
|
(35160)
|
78
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of grit used by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities since 1 November 2010. |
|
(35161)
|
79
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of the strategic reserve of grit which has been drawn down for use by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities since 1 November 2010. |
|
(35162)
|
80
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultation on Amendment to the Charges for Unreasonably Prolonged Occupation of the Highways. |
|
(35163)
|
81
N
|
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has set a target for reducing the number of calls to the Highways Agency public helpline which are unanswered. |
|
(35225)
|
82
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people of each (a) age, (b) sex, (c) employment status and (d) disability in receipt of the lowest care component of disability living allowance. |
|
(35278)
|
83
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) independent specialists are referred to in his Department's consultation document on the reform of disability living allowance in respect of the development of the new assessment for disability living allowance. |
|
(35279)
|
84
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in receipt of the lowest care component of disability living allowance. |
|
(35280)
|
85
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of an indefinite award for disability living allowance in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(35379)
|
87
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of carrying out a medical assessment on all recipients of disability living allowance. |
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(35188)
|
88
N
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has an economic model which can be used to evaluate trends in youth unemployment. |
|
(35454)
|
89
N
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods his Department uses to forecast likely levels of youth unemployment. |
|
(35455)
|
90
N
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of each economic model his Department uses to predict trends in youth employment. |
|
(35456)
|
91
N
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) people of working age in work, (c) people of working age who are unemployed, (d) social sector tenants and (e) private sector tenants receiving housing benefit in (i) Wirral South constituency and (ii) the Wirral local authority area. |
|
(35457)
|
92
N
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Wirral South constituency are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) unemployment allowance, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) widow's benefit and/or bereavement benefit and (f) other income support. |
|
(35458)
|
93
N
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women whose state pension age will increase by exactly two years under the proposed new timetable for state pension age. |
|
(35361)
|
94
N
|
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of the recovery of the Motability car from the home of Mr Robert Oxley of Colchester on 17 January 2011. |
|
(35177)
|
95
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward of Liverpool, West Derby constituency claim disability living allowance. |
|
(35282)
|
96
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward of Liverpool, West Derby constituency claim jobseekers allowance. |
|
(35283)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 19 January
1
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in higher education are normally resident in Liverpool, West Derby constituency. |
|
[Transferred]
(35281)
|
2
N
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of electoral registration was in each of the (a) 100 most deprived wards and (b) 100 least deprived wards in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
[Transferred]
(35230)
|
3
N
|
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to lodge a formal objection to the request made by the Bolivian government to amend the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing. |
|
[Transferred]
(35183)
|
4
N
|
Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on (a) the operations of the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the timetable for implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 of the review of the provisions of that Act announced by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. |
|
[Transferred]
(35181)
|
5
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to make all people aged over 65 eligible for the Blue Badge scheme. |
|
[Transferred]
(35182)
|
6
|
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has discussed with Ministers in the government of (a) Canada and (b) Quebec the investment of cash in the mining of asbestos for export to developming countries. |
|
(35607)
|
7
|
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students normally resident in England were enrolled on full-time (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) vocational sub-degrees and (c) foundation degrees on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
|
(35695)
|
8
|
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students aged between 18 and 24 were enrolled on full-time (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) vocational sub-degrees and (c) foundation degrees on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
|
(35696)
|
9
|
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults in England are on apprenticeships; and what proportion are aged between 19 and 24 years. |
|
(35697)
|
10
|
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults in England are in full-time further education; and what proportion are aged between 19 and 24 years. |
|
(35698)
|
11
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the policy review relating to his Department's Learning Together to be Safe document will be completed; and what plans he has to publish the results of that review. |
|
(35726)
|
12
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to replace the Learning Together to be Safe document withdrawn by Ofsted. |
|
(35727)
|
13
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects on businesses of moving clocks forward by one hour in England and Wales, but not in Scotland. |
|
(35620)
|
14
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from representatives of the Lighter Later campaign. |
|
(35621)
|
15
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average number of hours worked per week by (a) men and (b) women in full-time employment was in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35748)
|
16
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35779)
|
17
|
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed national scholarship programme on (a) universities which recruit higher than average numbers of disadvantaged students and (b) the propensity of universities to recruit disadvantaged students. |
|
(35733)
|
18
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the manufacturing industry. |
|
(35622)
|
19
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the fashion industry. |
|
(35624)
|
20
|
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria the Export Credits Guarantee Department uses to decide whether a project which it supports requires a sovereign counter-guarantee from the importing country's government. |
|
(35731)
|
21
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for funding the Financial Inclusion Fund after April 2011. |
|
(35851)
|
22
|
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who he expects to meet the costs of criminal records bureau checks for those working on the 2011 Census. |
|
(35744)
|
23
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of families with children were headed by a single parent in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35797)
|
24
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the trends of the public's involvement in the political process in the last 30 years. |
|
(35804)
|
25
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the long-term trends of altruism in the UK. |
|
(35805)
|
26
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the trends in charitable giving by (a) corporations and (b) individuals in the last 30 years. |
|
(35806)
|
27
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of giving levels as a proportion of income for each socio-economic grouping. |
|
(35807)
|
28
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been paid from the Big Lottery fund to projects in (a) the most deprived 100 wards and (b) the least deprived 100 wards in each year for which data is available. |
|
(35808)
|
29
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken since May 2010 to encourage citizen engagement. |
|
(35809)
|
30
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of social capital levels within each socio-economic grouping. |
|
(35812)
|
31
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures he uses to measure the well being of (a) individuals and (b) communities. |
|
(35813)
|
32
|
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role he expects civic societies to play as potential capacity builders in support of the Big Society initiative. |
|
(35549)
|
33
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the difference in effects of inflation between (a) the elderly and (b) other age groups. |
|
(35564)
|
34
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of persons in (a) Glasgow North East, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (f) Wales, (g) Northern Ireland, and (h) the United Kingdom who did not have a basic bank account in each of the last four years. |
|
(35898)
|
35
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on relief for fuel costs for haulage companies registered in the United Kingdom. |
|
(35906)
|
36
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects that replacing the amusement machine licence duty with a gross profits tax will have on businesses in North Wales. |
|
(35567)
|
37
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the likely level of the cyclically-adjusted budget deficit in cash terms in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16. |
|
(35881)
|
38
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of tax credits in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the subsequent five years. |
|
(35882)
|
39
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the removal of end of year flexibility on the block grant for Northern Ireland. |
|
(35568)
|
40
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the development of a fuel duty stabiliser. |
|
(35569)
|
41
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the variation in the effects of fuel price increases on different regions; and whether he plans to bring forward proposals to address this matter. |
|
(35570)
|
42
|
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to publish details of each UK project in receipt of over £25,000 of EU funds. |
|
(35600)
|
43
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the trends in the number of credit unions in the last 20 years. |
|
(35820)
|
44
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the financial services industry. |
|
(35625)
|
45
|
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of expenditure by local authorities on meeting the mobility needs of under-65s living in residential care in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35672)
|
46
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in housing benefit to individuals in (a) Leeds City Council area and (b) Leeds Central constituency in each year from 1996-97 to 2009-10. |
|
(35529)
|
47
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library copies of submissions made by London borough councils on the provisional 2011-12 financial settlement. |
|
(35814)
|
48
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were placed in private rented accommodation under the prevention and relief of homelessness provisions (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each English local authority area in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) the first two quarters of 2010-11. |
|
(35815)
|
49
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an independent review of the effectiveness of elected mayors; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35899)
|
50
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an independent review of the effectiveness of the strong Leader and Cabinet model of local authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35900)
|
51
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an independent review of the effectiveness of the committee system for running local authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35901)
|
52
|
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether people wishing to work for the 2011 Census campaign will be required to pay for their own Criminal Records Bureau check. |
|
(35705)
|
53
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35794)
|
54
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units were built as part of each publicly-funded affordable housing scheme in Reading West constituency in each of the last 13 years; and how many such units in each scheme are reserved for key workers. |
|
(35849)
|
55
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of North Wales as a designated area in the next round of broadband pilots. |
|
(35743)
|
56
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on arrangements for policing the European Football Championships in 2012. |
|
(35722)
|
57
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to hold the proposed Ministerial seminar on hate on the internet. |
|
(35723)
|
58
|
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to alleviate the difficulties which many households in certain areas of Rochester and Strood constituency experience with digital television signal reception following analogue switch off in 2012. |
|
(35603)
|
59
|
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to assist (a) the elderly and (b) people on lower incomes in Rochester and Strood constituency with the transition to digital television in 2012. |
|
(35604)
|
60
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35793)
|
61
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the main areas of (a) strength and (b) weakness of the creative industries. |
|
(35623)
|
62
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will unertake an assessment of the safety benefits of the Kombi seating system for football stadia. |
|
(35557)
|
63
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what correspondence he has had with Rupert Murdoch on News Corporation's proposed takeover of BSkyB. |
|
(35561)
|
64
|
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed by the Defence Vetting Agency (a) in York and (b) elsewhere in (i) May 2010 and (ii) December 2010. |
|
(35821)
|
65
|
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in his consideration of merging the Defence Vetting Agency with the vetting services of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and when a decision on this matter will be reached. |
|
(35822)
|
66
|
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Chief Executive of the Defence Vetting Agency has made of possible reductions in the (a) budget and (b) staffing levels of her agency; and what level of reductions are under assessment. |
|
(35823)
|
67
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimate is of the cost of purchasing long-lead items required for the Vanguard submarine replacement programme assessment phase ahead of the Main Gate decision. |
|
(35746)
|
68
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made towards producing a decommissioning and disposal strategy for the defence nuclear programme; and when he expects such a strategy document to be published. |
|
(35747)
|
69
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, column 37W, on the Atomic Weapons Establishment, by what date he expects to place in the Library the post redaction reports from the Astral Bend 10 nuclear weapons emergency exercise. |
|
(35817)
|
70
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2010, Official Report, column 503, on AWE Aldermaston: fires, by what date he expects to place in the Library a copy of the Atomic Weapons Establishment emergency plan for dealing with incidents in the AWE Aldermaston conventional explosives area. |
|
(35818)
|
71
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work has been commissioned to date on spatial arrangements covering boat compartments under the assessment phase of the Vanguard submarine replacement for Trident programme; and what the monetary value is of each contract for such research and design work. |
|
(35907)
|
72
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what enabling work has been contracted on (a) value engineering and (b) the management of design margins under the assessment phase of the Vanguard submarine replacement for Trident programme; what the monetary value is of each such contract; and how much has been spent under each such contract to date. |
|
(35908)
|
73
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preparatory work for the assessment phase for the replacement programme for Trident has been commissioned on (a) the hull structure and structural fittings, including on castings and forgings and on steel and control surfaces, (b) primary and secondary propulsion systems and (c) electrical generation, conversion and distribution, including turbo generators, platform management system software, main switchboards, internal communications, diesel generators, main static converters, main DC distribution, distribution convertors, cathodic protection system, degaussing system, computer information systems, main battery, and remote visual surveillance system; from which companies such work has been commissioned in each case; and what the value is of each such contract. |
|
(35910)
|
74
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been placed to undertake research and development work on (a) combat system design and engineering and (b) primary and secondary propulsion design and engineering for the assessment phase of the replacement programme for Trident; and what the value is of each such contract. |
|
(35911)
|
75
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on the re-kit programmes for (a) the A45 and (b) the A90 facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston over the lifetime of the programmes. |
|
(35884)
|
76
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on the desirability of storing radioactive waste from decommissioned submarines at AWE sites. |
|
(35885)
|
77
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Newport West of 12 November 2010, Official Report, column 503W, on nuclear weapons, what (a) findings, (b) safety improvement notices and (c) immediate safety requirements were issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in the period 2005 to 2010. |
|
(35886)
|
78
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each regiment of the (a) Royal Artillery, (b) Royal Engineers, (c) Royal Signals and (d) Household Cavalry is stationed. |
|
(35889)
|
79
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for task strength is of each corps of the Army. |
|
(35890)
|
80
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type in each armed service were (a) in service and (b) available for operations on the latest date for which figures are available. |
|
(35891)
|
81
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) logistics and (b) engineering vehicles of each type were (i) in service and (ii) available for operations on the latest date for which figures are available. |
|
(35892)
|
82
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are deployed at each overseas location on operations. |
|
(35893)
|
83
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of flights of (a) military aircraft and (b) aircraft chartered by his Department to and from Afghanistan have been delayed by more than six hours in each month since December 2009. |
|
(35894)
|
84
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each infantry battalion is stationed. |
|
(35902)
|
85
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35783)
|
86
|
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if, during the recent visit of Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang he raised the issue of human rights on Tibet. |
|
(35566)
|
87
|
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the number of students in Rochdale schools participating in schools sports in each of (a) the last two financial years and (b) next two financial years. |
|
(35606)
|
88
|
Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the likely effect on students from poorer backgrounds in Wallasey constituency of the withdrawal of education maintenance allowance. |
|
(35605)
|
89
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Barnett consequentials are of the funding arrangements announced in his statement on 19 January 2011, on capital funding for sixth form colleges and 16 to 19 years basic need; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35844)
|
90
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in his discussions with Ofsted on future (a) registration and (b) inspection of part-time educational provision. |
|
(35725)
|
91
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which trade unions are involved in discussions on the establishment of the College of Social Work. |
|
(35707)
|
92
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has reached an agreement with UNISON on membership of the College of Social Work. |
|
(35708)
|
93
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Social Care Institute for Excellence will have a role in the running of the College of Social Work. |
|
(35709)
|
94
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had on the establishment of the College of Social Work. |
|
(35710)
|
95
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure provision of 15 hours of free nursery education for disadvantaged children aged two years. |
|
(35532)
|
96
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department is making in developing an alternative to education maintenance allowance. |
|
(35617)
|
97
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on hospitality since May 2010. |
|
(35819)
|
98
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on consultancy since May 2010. |
|
(35827)
|
99
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on photography since May 2010. |
|
(35828)
|
100
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on film production, including the filming of speeches, since May 2010. |
|
(35829)
|
101
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were educated out of mainstream education in the latest period in which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35878)
|
102
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people aged between 16 and 19 years did not attend school or were not in employment in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35711)
|
103
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made in the long-term trends in (a) availability of and (b) participation in extra curricular activities in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35800)
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104
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 18 to 24 years olds went to university in each socio-economic group in each year for which figures are available. |
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(35810)
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105
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools in each local education authority operate (a) breakfast and (b) after school clubs. |
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(35811)
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106
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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have received education maintenance allowance in Torbay local authority area since the scheme's inception. |
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(35563)
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107
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
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(35792)
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108
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Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each ward in Kingswood constituency are eligible for free school meals. |
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(35692)
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109
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that every child receives a balanced and healthy school lunch. |
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(35558)
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110
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase the age limit for eligibility for free school meals to 18 years following the increase in the participation age. |
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(35562)
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111
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with energy supply companies on the inclusion of families with children in the eligibility criteria for social tariffs. |
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(35565)
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112
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the number of children living in households with inadequate heating. |
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(35684)
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113
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department has provided to raise awareness of social tariffs among low-income households in each of the last four financial years. |
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(35685)
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114
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department plans to provide to raise awareness of social tariffs among low-income households in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35686)
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115
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the systems for data matching between energy supply companies and the Government on those eligible for the warm home discount. |
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(35687)
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116
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of elderly people eligible for the warm home discount in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) Wales in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35688)
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117
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of elderly people who will not be eligible for the warm home discount in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) Wales in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35689)
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118
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to require energy supply companies to include low-income families with children within the warm home discount. |
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(35690)
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119
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average difference has been between the average annual cost of electricity to low-income families paying for electricity (a) through pre-payment meters and (b) direct debit in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of the likely average differences in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35736)
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120
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in fuel poverty are eligible for social tariffs provided by energy supply companies. |
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(35737)
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121
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of progress by energy companies on eliminating additional charges and costs on those paying for electricity through pre-payment meters. |
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(35738)
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122
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what is the policy of his Department on the provision of adequate and prior notice by energy supply companies to people who pay for electricity through pre-payment meters. |
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(35739)
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123
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from Ofgem on the extent of their powers to regulate tariffs and prices in the domestic energy supply sector. |
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(35740)
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124
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent advice he has received from Ofgem on levels of profits achieved by companies in the domestic energy supply sector. |
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(35741)
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125
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people in fuel poverty who will be eligible for his Department's Warm Home discount in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35845)
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126
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of families with children aged under 16 years in fuel poverty which will be eligible for his Department's Warm Home Discount in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35847)
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127
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Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many submissions were received during the warm home discount consultation; how many of those submissions called for terminally ill people to be included in the core group to receive the warm home discount automatically; and when his Department plans to publish its response to the warm home discount consultation. |
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(35691)
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128
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
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(35787)
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129
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Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his objectives are at the European Council meeting on energy security in February 2011. |
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(35626)
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130
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what geographical circumstances and characteristics of areas at risk of flooding she plans to take into account in determining financial allocations to local authorities for flood prevention and protection; and if she will make a statement. |
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(35750)
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131
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future provision of flood prevention services previously provided through the Government Office Network; and what estimate she has made of the effects on flood prevention services of the closure of that network. |
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(35751)
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132
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the National Wildlife Crime Unit will receive from her Department in the next four years. |
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(35753)
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133
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of her Department's expenditure on matched funding for Rural Development Fund payments to farmers in England in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next four years. |
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(35754)
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134
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to implement the provisions of the EU Illegal Timber (Due Diligence) Regulation. |
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(35755)
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135
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has budgeted for (a) print press, (b) television, (c) internet and (d) poster material to raise awareness among the general public of the potential risks from illegal imports of products of animal origin in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) each of the next four years. |
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(35756)
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136
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much will be distributed to local authorities for flood prevention and protection through the local government formula grant in each of the next four financial years. |
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(35757)
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137
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department plans to provide to the Rural Community Buildings Loan Fund in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next four years. |
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(35758)
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138
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the development of an agreed UK negotiating position on Common Agricultural Policy reform which takes into account the opinions of the devolved Administrations. |
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(35896)
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139
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on Common Agricultural Policy reform. |
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(35897)
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140
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Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horses registered with passports she estimates on average die each year; and how many passports for dead horses were surrendered or cancelled in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
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(35574)
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141
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Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of (a) horse passports and (b) the National Equine Database; and if she will make a statement. |
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(35575)
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142
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Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to improve the welfare standards of animals used in tests for household cleaning products and their ingredients. |
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(35854)
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143
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Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to enhance the powers of local councils to take action against noisy neighbours. |
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(35537)
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144
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
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(35791)
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145
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with businesses to reduce the amount of packaging used to distribute and retail goods. |
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(35846)
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146
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Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department uses in determining flood risks to each geographical area of England. |
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(35544)
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147
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of leaks from (a) sewers and (b) water pipes in each region; and if she will make a statement. |
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(35868)
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148
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to encourage British farmers to use home grown animal feed rather than imported animal feed. |
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(35559)
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149
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Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were employed on his Department's security vetting services in (a) May 2010 and (b) December 2010; and where those staff were based. |
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(35824)
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150
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Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration his Department is giving to merging its security vetting services with those of the Ministry of Defence; and when a decision on this matter will be reached. |
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(35825)
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151
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Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues were discussed at the recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue; and whether any commitments were given on human rights in Tibet by the Chinese delegation. |
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(35670)
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152
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Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the (a) security and (b) likely effect on nuclear disarmament of a consignment of partially-enriched uranium abandoned in Kinshasa, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
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(35730)
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153
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Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. |
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(35534)
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154
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Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterparts on the work of the UN Advisory Panel. |
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(35535)
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155
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Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his (a) American and (b) Chinese counterpart on the de-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35909)
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156
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
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(35785)
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157
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct the British High Commissioner in Pakistan to make representations to the government of Pakistan on the treatment of Christians in that country. |
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(35560)
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158
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Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of efforts made by the UN to secure negotiations between (a) the government of Burma, (b) Aung San Suu Kyi and representatives of her party and (c) representatives of ethnic groups in Burma. |
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(35703)
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159
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Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent visits HM Ambassador to Burma has made to (a) Chiang Mai and (b) Mae Sot to meet refugees and exiled political activists from Burma. |
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(35704)
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160
|
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of expenditure by primary care trusts on meeting the mobility needs of under-65s living in residential care in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(35673)
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161
|
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Cancer Network on his proposed reform of NHS structures. |
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(35530)
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162
|
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future relationship between cancer networks and (a) the NHS Commissioning Board, (b) Public Health England and (c) GP consortia. |
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(35531)
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163
|
Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS Trusts that are not primary care trusts are members of the NHS Litigation Authority's Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts. |
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(35555)
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164
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations he has undertaken on increasing the limit on reimbursement for egg donors. |
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(35667)
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165
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital managers were employed in (a) Edgware Community Hospital, (b) Barnet Primary Care Trust and (c) the NHS in Hendon constituency in each of the last five years. |
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(35550)
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166
|
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2010, Official Report, columns 1265-8W, on benzodiazepines, what is meant by the term not confirmed given as the legislative basis for 17 generic lorazepam licenses. |
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(35855)
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167
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Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his review of prescription drug addiction; and what consultation on that review he proposes to undertake following publication. |
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(35856)
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168
|
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 1285W, on departmental manpower, what are the (a) organisations and (b) job titles of the six members of the Steering Group below Senior Civil Service level. |
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(35857)
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169
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many infants have suffered (a) allergic, (b) serious, (c) critical and (d) fatal reactions to the MMR vaccine in each of the last five years. |
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(35841)
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170
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilities are available for infants to have single vaccines for mumps, measles and rubella instead of the MMR Vaccine. |
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(35843)
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171
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the infant mortability rate was in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) contituency in each year in which figures are available. |
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(35616)
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172
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of births involved low birth weight infants in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) constituency in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35749)
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173
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of (a) childhood and (b) adult obesity was in each (i) local authority area, (ii) health authority area and (iii) constituency in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35796)
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174
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess long-term trends in rates of suicide among those aged (a) 15 to 19, (b) 20 to 24 and (c) 65 years and over. |
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(35798)
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175
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess long-term trends in rates of depresssion among those aged (a) 15 to 19, (b) 20 to 24 and (c) 65 years and over. |
|
(35799)
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176
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the long-term trends in prescriptions for medicine for (a) headaches, (b) indigestion and (c) sleeping disorders; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35801)
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177
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the long-term trends in hospital admittance for teenage alcohol consumption. |
|
(35802)
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178
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 16 to 19 and (b) 20 to 24 were registered (i) alcoholics and (ii) drug addicts in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35803)
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179
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of mortality for children aged one to 14 years was in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) constituency in the latest year for which figures are available. |
|
(35839)
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180
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of death of young people aged 15 to 19 years by (a) accident, (b) homicide and (c) suicide was in each (i) local authority area, (ii) health authority area and (iii) constituency in the latest year for which figures are available. |
|
(35840)
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181
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of births with mothers aged 15 to 17 years was in each (a) local authority area, (b) health authority area and (c) constituency in the latest year for which figures are available. |
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(35842)
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182
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35786)
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183
|
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of costs (a) incurred to date and (b) to be incurred in the remaining period of the private finance initiative contract for the Worcestershire Royal Hospital. |
|
(35816)
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184
|
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking in response to recent announcements by primary care trusts that they plan to suspend or restrict funding for IVF services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35678)
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185
|
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had on the acquisition of community assets by foundation trusts which have taken over community services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35734)
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186
|
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had on integration between hospital consultants and GPs in order to improve patient pathways; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35735)
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187
|
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the level of expenditure by the NHS on treating victims of dog attacks in the latest year for which figures are available. |
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(35694)
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188
|
Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned any research on a potential link between closing passport offices and instances of identity theft. |
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(35671)
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189
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has allocated under the Preventing Violent Extremism scheme in (a) South Swindon constituency and (b) each parliamentary constituency. |
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(35556)
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190
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to launch a successor to Operation Pentameter II for the purposes of reducing the incidence of human trafficking. |
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(35551)
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191
|
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of operations Pentameter I and II in reducing the incidence of human trafficking. |
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(35552)
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192
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of implementation of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review on the UK Border Agency's ability to enforce anti-smuggling controls at UK ports of entry on the importation of products of animal origin. |
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(35752)
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193
|
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) the Trades Union Congress (TUC) concerning preparations for the TUC demonstration on 26 March 2011; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(35702)
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194
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): 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. |
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(35528)
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195
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the threat from far-right activists to British fans attending the European Football Championships in 2012. |
|
(35724)
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196
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the juvenile violent crime arrest rate was in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(35712)
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197
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures she has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
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(35784)
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198
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the completion of the review into the future of criminal record checks and the vetting of volunteer workers. |
|
(35627)
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199
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Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protected and endangered animals were seized at UK airports and ports in each year since 2008-09. |
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(35543)
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200
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 10 to 16 years were (a) arrested for an offence, (b) charged with an offence, (c) cautioned for an offence and (d) convicted of an offence in 2009. |
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(35880)
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201
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether international students enrolled at UK institutions will be eligible to remain in the UK under Tier 1 post-study work arrangements for two years after completion of their studies. |
|
(35875)
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202
|
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department contributed to the UN Division for the Advancement of Women in each of the last four years. |
|
(35874)
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203
|
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department contributed to the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues in each of the last four years. |
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(35887)
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204
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Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department contributed to the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women in each of the last four years. |
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(35888)
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205
|
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received from the World Food Programme on the effect on food rations in Sri Lanka of insufficient donor funding in 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
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(35721)
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206
|
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from UNICEF on the effect on the schooling of children in Sri Lanka of the use of school property in the Northern Provinces for military or rehabilitation purposes. |
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(35728)
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207
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the provision of shelter cash grants to internally-displaced families being resettled in Sri Lanka. |
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(35876)
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208
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made on the level of involvement of (a) Tamil community groups and (b) independent politicians in the process of resettlement in Sri Lanka. |
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(35877)
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209
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Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
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(35790)
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210
|
Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding was allocated to (a) the Mao Tao Clinic and (b) Backpack Health Worker teams operating in Burma in the last year for which figures are available. |
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(35614)
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211
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Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has allocated aid to ethnic Karen refugees in response to the current political situation in Karen State, Burma. |
|
(35615)
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212
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Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the Legal Aid budget for advice and representation in private family law cases involving (a) ancillary relief disputes and (b) children and family disputes where domestic violence (i) was and (ii) was not present in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35713)
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213
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the Legal Aid budget for legal help and representation in debt cases where the client's home (a) was and (b) was not at immediate risk in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35714)
|
214
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the Legal Aid budget for legal help and representation relating to pursuing actions for clinical negligence in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35715)
|
215
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal help and representation relating to consumer law and general contract issues in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35716)
|
216
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal help and representation relating to education law issues in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35717)
|
217
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal help and representation relating to the provision of welfare benefits in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35718)
|
218
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal help and representation in housing matters in cases involving homelessness and housing disrepair (non-damages) in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35719)
|
219
|
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission provided from the legal aid budget for legal help and representation in housing matters other than cases involving homelessness and housing disrepair (non-damages) in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35720)
|
220
|
Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Prison Officers Association on the role of prison officers in the rehabilitation of offenders. |
|
(35853)
|
221
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Judicial Diversity Taskforce to report its findings; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35903)
|
222
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on diversity in the Judiciary. |
|
(35904)
|
223
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community on judicial diversity. |
|
(35905)
|
224
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the recent conclusions made by the Chief Inspector of Prisons on the mental health of prisoners in HM Prison Brixton. |
|
(35619)
|
225
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners who had no fixed address when they (a) entered custody and (b) left custody in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35706)
|
226
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35782)
|
227
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost, in each cost category, of closing each courthouse scheduled for closure under his proposals. |
|
(35545)
|
228
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of staff (a) in each courthouse to be closed and (b) in total who will be made redundant under his proposals for courthouse closures. |
|
(35548)
|
229
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people, (b) disabled people and (c) people of pensionable age in (i) Wales, (ii) Greater Manchester, (iii) the Humber and South Yorkshire, (iv) Kent, Surrey and Sussex, (v) London, (vi) Staffordshire and West Mercia, (vii) Warwickshire and the West Midlands, (viii) Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, (ix) Cheshire and Merseyside, (x) Bedfordshire, Herefordshire and the Thames Valley, (xi) Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria, (xii) Cumbria and Lancashire, (xiii) Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset and Gloucestershire; (xiv) Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and Wiltshire and (xv) the East Midlands who will live further than one public transport commute from their local court following implementation of his proposals for courthouse closures. |
|
(35553)
|
230
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on improvements to each court identified for closure under his recent proposals in respect of the (a) building, (b) interior and (c) facilities in the last 10 years. |
|
(35554)
|
231
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many representations he received in respect of each proposed court closure (a) before and (b) after the close of the consultation; and how many of these (i) supported, (ii) opposed and (iii) were neutral on the court closure in each case. |
|
(35895)
|
232
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's cumulative equalities impact assessment, what steps he plans to take to ensure that (a) women, (b) disabled and (c) black and minority ethnic people are not disproportionately affected by reductions in the legal aid budget. |
|
(35538)
|
233
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal support available for victims of domestic violence who have more than £8,000 of equity in their home. |
|
(35879)
|
234
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent repesentations he has received on the consideration of Private Members Bills on days other than Fridays. |
|
(35618)
|
235
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the responses received to the consultation, A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Next Steps; and whether he plans to produce a summary report. |
|
(35546)
|
236
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress he has made on the development of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; and what discussions he has had with (a) political parties in Northern Ireland and (b) other Stakeholders on that matter. |
|
(35547)
|
237
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35781)
|
238
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, whether there have been any changes to the Wilson doctrine since May 2010. |
|
(35701)
|
239
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35795)
|
240
|
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that plans to tax clamping and towing on private land do not leave property owners unable to tackle illegal parking on their land. |
|
(35693)
|
241
|
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of students to travel of the abolition of education maintenance allowance. |
|
(35669)
|
242
|
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage local authorities to develop highways asset management plans. |
|
(35533)
|
243
|
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to introduce a levy on deep trenching by utility companies. |
|
(35699)
|
244
|
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have a highways asset management plan. |
|
(35700)
|
245
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to consult on changes to the Trans-Pennine Rail Franchise. |
|
(35668)
|
246
|
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people paid vehicle excise duty for less than 12 months in each of the last five years. |
|
(35852)
|
247
|
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many emergency response ambulances have been involved in a road traffic accident in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
|
(35536)
|
248
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35789)
|
249
|
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to make speed camera data (a) in Sussex and (b) nationally more accessible to the public. |
|
(35729)
|
250
|
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the acknowledged stopping time is for heavy goods vehicles travelling within each legal speed limit; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35732)
|
251
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Executive of Eurostar since 1 December 2010; what the outcomes were of such discussions; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35867)
|
252
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many written representations she has received on the issue of court closures in Wales. |
|
(35539)
|
253
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Welsh Assembly Government on the electrification of the South Wales main line. |
|
(35540)
|
254
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the issue of proposed court closures in Wales. |
|
(35541)
|
255
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions she has met with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the issue of the electrification of the South Wales main line railway line. |
|
(35542)
|
256
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans she has to visit Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency on official business in the next six months. |
|
(35571)
|
257
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates and at what locations she has met Cabinet colleagues to discuss proposed changes to the number of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales. |
|
(35608)
|
258
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many press officers her Department employs (a) in London and (b) in Cardiff; and how many press officers it employed in each location in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10. |
|
(35609)
|
259
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many official engagements she undertook in Wales in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2010. |
|
(35610)
|
260
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates and at what locations she has held meetings to discuss the Severn Barrage scheme since her appointment. |
|
(35611)
|
261
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff her Department employs; and how many it employed in 2009. |
|
(35612)
|
262
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions she has visited Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in an official capacity since her appointment. |
|
(35613)
|
263
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures she has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35780)
|
264
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings to the public purse his Department expects to make (a) as a result of using the consumer prices index for the uprating of benefits and (b) public sector pensions in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) each of the subsequent five years. |
|
(35883)
|
265
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he has undertaken to reduce jargon and promote plain English in Departmental communications. |
|
(35788)
|
266
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Reading West constituency and (b) Berkshire who have post office card accounts. |
|
(35826)
|
267
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in workless households in Reading West constituency in each year from 1997. |
|
(35848)
|
268
|
Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Reading West constituency were in receipt of (a) disability living allowance and (b) employment support allowance or incapacity benefit at the commencement of each financial year since 1997-98. |
|
(35850)
|
269
|
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the single room rate is to be applied to housing benefit. |
|
(35742)
|
270
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made in negotiations with mortgage lenders on averaging out mortgage rates under the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme. |
|
(35838)
|
MONDAY 24 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
*1
|
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What steps she plans to take to amend the licensing regime affecting the sale of alcohol. |
|
(35089)
|
*2
|
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): What steps she plans to take to amend the licensing regime affecting the sale of alcohol. |
|
(35090)
|
*3
|
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What assessment she has made of the effects on Scotland of the limit on immigration. |
|
(35091)
|
*4
|
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What funding her Department plans to provide for youth services during the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(35092)
|
*6
|
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What assessment she has made of the challenges faced by police forces required to police large rural areas. |
|
(35094)
|
*7
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): What recent progress has been made towards the Government's commitment to reduce net migration. |
|
(35095)
|
*8
|
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What steps she plans to take to control student immigration from non-EU states. |
|
(35096)
|
*9
|
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What estimate she has made of the change in the level of crime since 1997. |
|
(35097)
|
*10
|
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): What factors she took into account in reaching her decision to merge the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre and the National Crime Agency. |
|
(35098)
|
*11
|
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): What estimate she has made of the number of police forces which have frozen their recruitment. |
|
(35099)
|
*12
|
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What steps she is taking to control levels of student immigration from non-EU states. |
|
(35100)
|
*13
|
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): What steps she plans to take to reduce the burden of regulation on police forces. |
|
(35101)
|
*14
|
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent estimate she has made of the effects of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review on police numbers in South Wales. |
|
(35102)
|
*15
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What funding her Department will make available during the spending review period for implementation of family intervention projects. |
|
(35103)
|
*17
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): What estimate she has made of the likely change in the number of UK Border Agency staff as a result of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
|
(35105)
|
*18
|
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): What estimate she has made of the number of police officers in Bolton (a) on the latest date for which figures are available and (b) at the end of 2014-15. |
|
(35106)
|
*19
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): What recent assessment she has made of the extent of the activities of the English Defence League. |
|
(35107)
|
*20
|
Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): What steps she plans to take to reduce the burden of regulation on police forces. |
|
(35108)
|
*21
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps she is taking to ensure the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of criminal offences. |
|
(35109)
|
*22
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): What recent assessment she has made of the level of gang-related youth violence in London. |
|
(35110)
|
*23
|
Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What steps she plans to take to reduce the incidence of alcohol-related crime and disorder. |
|
(35111)
|
*24
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): How many staff work for the UK Border Agency. |
|
(35112)
|
*25
|
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): What estimate she has made of the likely number of police community support officers in Nottinghamshire Police at the end of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(35113)
|
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. |
|
(35114)
|
*2
|
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): |
|
(35115)
|
*3
|
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): |
|
(35116)
|
*4
|
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): |
|
(35117)
|
*5
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): |
|
(35118)
|
*6
|
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): |
|
(35119)
|
*7
|
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): |
|
(35120)
|
*8
|
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): |
|
(35121)
|
*9
|
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): |
|
(35122)
|
*10
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): |
|
(35123)
|
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 cost to the public purse 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 decision 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 HM Coastguard 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 HM Coastguard. |
|
(34847)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 18 January
1
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many grants were made to students resident in each local authority area to facilitate study for National Vocational Qualifications or other qualifications to obtain registration on the Approved Driving Instructor Register in each of the last five years; and what the total monetary value of those grants was in each such year. |
|
(35383)
|
2
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many professional and career development loans were made to students resident in each local authority area to facilitate study for national vocational qualifications or other qualifications to obtain registration on the Approved Driving Instructor Register in each of the last five years. |
|
(35384)
|
3
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many enquiries were received by Business Link from applicants who expressed an interest in obtaining registration on the Approved Driving Instructor Register with a view to establishing a driving school in each of the last five years. |
|
(35385)
|
4
N
|
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the monetary value of amounts paid by prospective air passengers to carriers but not then paid to HM Revenue and Customs as air passenger duty as a result of cancelled or missed flights in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010. |
|
(35293)
|
5
N
|
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a fuel duty escalator for the road haulage industry; and what representations he has received on this matter. |
|
(35494)
|
6
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2011, Official Report, column 387W on HMS Victory 1744, what steps he has taken to monitor and protect the wreck site of HMS Victory pending the publication of the joint response. |
|
(35294)
|
7
N
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company will be responsible for dismantling the Nimrod MR4A aircraft; if he will estimate the cost of dismantling; and whether such dismantling will include the aircraft Nimrod PA04. |
|
(35382)
|
8
N
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contacts between UK forces and the Taliban there have been in Helmand province in each month since April 2009. |
|
(35526)
|
9
N
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many improvised explosive device attacks there have been on UK forces in Afghanistan in each month since April 2009. |
|
(35527)
|
10
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on the Air Quality Strategy for London. |
|
(35189)
|
11
N
|
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to assist the Australian government in its response to the flooding in Queensland; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35381)
|
12
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the operating cost of each coastguard station operated by the Marine and Coastguard Agency (a) was for (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 and (b) is for 2010-11. |
|
(35295)
|
13
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the residential location is of each entrant on the Approved Driving Instructor Register according to the Rural/Urban Local Authority Classification. |
|
(35386)
|
14
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the residential location is of each relevant entrant on the Approved Driving Instructor Register according to the Scottish Executive Rural/Urban Local Authority Classification. |
|
(35387)
|
15
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of expenditure by the Driving Standards Agency on the design, promotion and implementation of the programme of continuing professional development for driving instructors in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35388)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 19 January
1
N
|
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to control illegal immigration. |
|
[Question Unstarred]
(35093)
|
2
N
|
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of new businesses ceased trading in their first year in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35917)
|
3
N
|
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of new businesses ceased trading in their first five years in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35918)
|
4
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether social work will be treated as a priority subject in his proposed changes to arrangements for higher education funding. |
|
(35675)
|
5
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to receive the report of the cross-departmental review of employment legislation. |
|
(35585)
|
6
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people applied to enter higher education in 2011-12 in England and Wales (a) in total and (b) in full-time equivalent terms; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35869)
|
7
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many funded places he expects there to be in higher education institutions for entry in 2011-12 in England and Wales (a) in total and (b) in full-time equivalent terms; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35870)
|
8
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of university education in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35871)
|
9
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from other EU member states he expects to attend English universities in each of the next three years; how many attended each university in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35872)
|
10
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students from other EU member states he estimates will not repay their loans in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35873)
|
11
N
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the local economic effects of the closure of his Department's offices in Runcorn; if he will place in the Library the cost benefit review conducted by his Department on that closure; and what the cost to the public purse was of reviewing the implications of closing his Department's offices in Runcorn. |
|
(35631)
|
12
N
|
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) take up and (b) operation of the regional employers' national insurance contributions holiday for new businesses since its inception as a result of the June 2010 Budget. |
|
(35759)
|
13
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation the Government plans to undertake on potential changes to the classification of duty on ready-to-drink beverages. |
|
(35769)
|
14
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment in respect of any proposed change to the classification of duty on ready-to-drink beverages. |
|
(35770)
|
15
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussion HM Revenue and Customs has had with the European Commission on the classification of duty on ready-to-drink beverages. |
|
(35771)
|
16
N
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements he has put on place for his Department's internal review of local government finance; what timescale he has set for the review; with whom his Department plans to consult; from whom it plans to take advice as part of its evidence-based approach; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35584)
|
17
N
|
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on legal advice in December 2010. |
|
(35777)
|
18
N
|
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer the question tabled by the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on external legal fees paid by his Department in November 2010. |
|
(35778)
|
19
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the funding allocation in respect of concessionary bus travel was to (a) Oxfordshire district councils for 2010-11 and (b) Oxfordshire County Council for 2011-12. |
|
(35676)
|
20
N
|
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who served in Bosnia are in receipt of an armed forces pension. |
|
(35912)
|
21
N
|
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment is to service personnel who served in Bosnia. |
|
(35913)
|
22
N
|
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment is to service personnel who served in Sierra Leone. |
|
(35914)
|
23
N
|
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the change in the level of annual compensation for a single amputee is in each (a) rank and (b) force as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index. |
|
(35915)
|
24
N
|
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the change in the level of annual compensation for a double amputee is in each (a) rank and (b) force as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index from the retail prices index. |
|
(35916)
|
25
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate, on the basis of the 2010 figures for the retail prices index and the consumer prices index, the change in unemployability allowance payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90 (h) 95 and (i) 100 years as a result of the use of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
|
(35760)
|
26
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate, on the basis of the 2010 figures for the retail prices index and the consumer prices index, the change in disablement gratuity for each specified minor injury to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90 (h) 95 and (i) 100 years as a result of the use of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
|
(35761)
|
27
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made, on the basis of the 2010 figures for the retail prices index and the consumer prices index, of the savings which will accrue to his Department from the change in pension indexation from the retail prices index to the consumer prices index in each financial year to 2019-20. |
|
(35762)
|
28
N
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate, on the basis of the 2010 figures for the retail prices index and the consumer prices index, the change in disability pension payable to a member of each of the armed forces at each rank living until (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years as a result of the use of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
|
(35763)
|
29
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in the level of pension payable to a widow of a senior NCO widowed at age 40 years and living to (a) 60, (b) 65, (c) 70, (d) 75, (e) 80, (f) 85, (g) 90, (h) 95 and (i) 100 years old arising from a calculation on the basis of the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index. |
|
(35581)
|
30
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the change in the level of (a) compensation benefit and (b) pensions payments per annum a 27-year-old corporal who lost both legs in Afghanistan would receive as a result of the change to link pensions to the consumer prices index if he or she lived until (i) 60, (ii) 65, (iii) 70, (iv) 75, (v) 80, (vi) 85, (vii) 90, (viii) 95 and (ix) 100 years old. |
|
(35582)
|
31
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest annual compensation payment was to service personnel who served in Bosnia in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35583)
|
32
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools had school sports partnerships with links to professional rugby league clubs in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35679)
|
33
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools had school sports partnerships with links to professional rugby union clubs in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35680)
|
34
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools had school sports partnerships with links to professional football clubs in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35681)
|
35
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Academy schools have had their revenue funding reduced in lieu of a sponsor's contribution. |
|
(35858)
|
36
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Academy schools have been assessed as having received an over-payment of grant; and what the amount concerned was in each such case. |
|
(35859)
|
37
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total allocation of funding from all public sources was for each Academy school in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. |
|
(35860)
|
38
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) grants and (b) funding streams for schools are not included in the definition of core funding; and what their total value was in the financial year 2010-11. |
|
(35861)
|
39
N
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will rank all secondary schools within each local authority area according to the proportion of children eligible for free school meals in January 2010 and indicate the category of school in each such case. |
|
(35862)
|
40
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons Latin has been disallowed as a GCSE examination by the Welsh Joint Education Committee. |
|
(35572)
|
41
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons GCSE Classical Civilisation is not recognised as one of the humanities within the new English baccalaureate. |
|
(35573)
|
42
N
|
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, column 89W, on academies: VAT, whether sixth form colleges will be able to recover VAT incurred to support their non-business activities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35772)
|
43
N
|
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) school sixth forms will receive (i) an increase or (ii) a decrease in overall funding per 16-19 year old as a result of implementation of the funding settlement issued by the Young People's Learning Agency on 20 December 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35773)
|
44
N
|
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of entitlement funding was in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 for (i) England, (ii) Greater London, (iii) Islington and (iv) City and Islington College. |
|
(35776)
|
45
N
|
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential contribution of sub-critical reactors to energy production. |
|
(35768)
|
46
N
|
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a meeting at her Department to discuss the abolition of 80 equine passport issuing authorities on 24 January 2011 was convened by (a) officials or (b) Ministers of her Department; and what outcomes she expects there to be from that meeting. |
|
(35576)
|
47
N
|
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to her Department was of the National Equine Database in the last year for which figures are available; and what plans she has for the future funding of that database. |
|
(35577)
|
48
N
|
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horses were slaughtered in UK abattoirs in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(35578)
|
49
N
|
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many equids she estimates are in the UK; and how many horse passports have been issued to date. |
|
(35579)
|
50
N
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of (a) 29 November and (b) 16 December 2010 regarding a constituent, Mrs Lodemore. |
|
(35775)
|
51
N
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of (a) 29 November and (b) 16 December 2010 regarding a constituent, Miss Tizzard. |
|
(35837)
|
52
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the political situation in Burma concerning the government of Burma and armed groups on ceasefire. |
|
(35830)
|
53
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the compliance of the government of Burma with UN General Assembly Resolutions on Burma. |
|
(35831)
|
54
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects his Department funds to promote (a) democracy and (b) human rights in Burma. |
|
(35832)
|
55
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on which areas of Burma have the highest rates of malaria. |
|
(35833)
|
56
N
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35587)
|
57
N
|
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence develops a specific quality standard for pain as a stand-alone condition. |
|
(35834)
|
58
N
|
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether licences, authorities or permissions were required for Professor Nutt to possess and inject the Class A drug psilocybin into human subjects on the BBC programme, The Brain, A Secret History. |
|
(35745)
|
59
N
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase whistleblower rights and protections for NHS staff. |
|
(35629)
|
60
N
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have escalated to Resource Escalation Action Plan level 4 since 1 November 2010; and on how many occasions such an escalation has occurred in each NHS trust in that period. |
|
(35630)
|
61
N
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of (a) 2 November, (b) 7 December and (c) 9 December 2010 regarding a constituent, Mr Miah. |
|
(35835)
|
62
N
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of (a) 23 November, (b) 20 December and (c) 21 December 2010 regarding the comprehensive spending review. |
|
(35836)
|
63
N
|
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which the UK complies with the provisions of the Council of European Convention against human trafficking. |
|
(35628)
|
64
N
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received requesting consideration of banning the proposed English Defence League march in Luton on 5 February 2011; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(35580)
|
65
N
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of (a) 17 November and (b) 14 December 2010 regarding a constituent, Mr Allison. |
|
(35774)
|
66
N
|
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Prime Minister, what wine was served at the reception at 10 Downing Street on 18 January; and at what cost to the public purse. |
|
(35920)
|
67
N
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2011, Official Report, columns 348-9W, on motorways: M1, which part of the M1 North and Southbound was closed on Monday 6 December 2010 and which part was closed on Sunday 28 November 2010 between 2pm and 10 pm. |
|
(35586)
|
68
N
|
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that the forthcoming consultation on High Speed 2 will be open to responses from constituencies not only directly along the line of the proposed route, but also those adjacent to it; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35677)
|
69
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date Ministers in his Department last met (a) Remploy, (b) trade unions and (c) officials of his Department to discuss the announcement of voluntary redundancies at Remploy factories. |
|
(35764)
|
70
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date Ministers in his Department last met those leading his Department's consultation on specialist disability employment programmes to discuss the announcement of voluntary redundancies at Remploy factories. |
|
(35765)
|
71
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has announced voluntary redundancies at Remploy factories in advance of the close of its consultation on specialist disability employment programmes. |
|
(35766)
|
72
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to examine alternatives to voluntary redundancies at Remploy factories. |
|
(35767)
|
73
N
|
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of unemployed disabled people in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(35863)
|
74
N
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Birkenhead Jobcentre Plus actively helped into work in each of the last 12 months. |
|
(35919)
|
75
N
|
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what types of work will be undertaken by jobseekers required to participate in the Mandatory Work Activity programme. |
|
(35674)
|
TUESDAY 25 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
*1
|
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): What recent progress he has made in introducing GP commissioning consortia. |
|
(35632)
|
*2
|
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What steps he plans to take to increase cancer survival rates. |
|
(35633)
|
*3
|
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent progress he has made in introducing GP commissioning consortia. |
|
(35634)
|
*4
|
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): What steps he is taking to improve co-ordination of social care and health care for the benefit of patients. |
|
(35635)
|
*5
|
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What recent steps he has taken to reduce levels of alcohol misuse among young people. |
|
(35636)
|
*6
|
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What recent progress he has made in introducing GP commissioning consortia. |
|
(35637)
|
*7
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): What recent representations he has received on his plans for the internal reorganisation of the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35638)
|
*8
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): What recent progress he has made in introducing GP commissioning consortia. |
|
(35639)
|
*9
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of videolink medical consultations in prisons. |
|
(35640)
|
*10
|
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What assessment he has made of the effects on survival rates of his Department's cancer strategy. |
|
(35641)
|
*11
|
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What recent progress he has made in introducing GP commissioning consortia. |
|
(35642)
|
*12
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): If he will take steps to increase availability of the BCG vaccine for children. |
|
(35643)
|
*13
|
Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): What assessment he has made of the likely effects on waiting times of his proposed reorganisation of the NHS. |
|
(35644)
|
*14
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent discussions he has had with primary care trusts on their policies on halting elective treatments in cases where such treatment has been demonstrated to be effective. |
|
(35645)
|
*15
|
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of medical aids issued to patients by hospitals and not returned in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35646)
|
*16
|
Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): If he will assess the potential of StartHere to contribute to savings in the NHS. |
|
(35647)
|
*17
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent representations he has received on his plans for the internal reorganisation of the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35648)
|
*18
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): Which organisations have indicated to him their support for plans for the internal reorganisation of the NHS. |
|
(35649)
|
*19
|
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): What consultation he undertook prior to publication of his proposals for GP commissioning. |
|
(35650)
|
*20
|
David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What recent discussions he has had on the statutory regulation of herbal medicine, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35651)
|
*21
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): What assessment he has made of the potential effects on the variation in the cost of prescription drugs of the proposals in the Health White Paper; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35652)
|
*22
|
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): What steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for cancer patients. |
|
(35653)
|
*23
|
Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): What recent representations he has reecived on the operation of the interim cancer drugs fund; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35654)
|
*24
|
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): How many elective surgical procedures have been (a) postponed and (b) cancelled since 1 October 2010. |
|
(35655)
|
*25
|
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of obesity; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35656)
|
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
David Rutley (Macclesfield): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
|
(35657)
|
*2
|
Margot James (Stourbridge): |
|
(35658)
|
*3
|
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): |
|
(35659)
|
*4
|
John Stevenson (Carlisle): |
|
(35660)
|
*5
|
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): |
|
(35661)
|
*6
|
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): |
|
(35662)
|
*7
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): |
|
(35663)
|
*8
|
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): |
|
(35664)
|
*9
|
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): |
|
(35665)
|
*10
|
Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): |
|
(35666)
|
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, what 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)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 18 January
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to use the expansion of Teach First to primary school level to increase the proportion of teachers who are male. |
|
(35237)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students in Coventry who will qualify for the pupil premium; and how many students in Coventry have received education maintenance allowance payments in each of the last five years. |
|
(35238)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of year 11 academy school pupils were entered for (a) physics GCSE, (b) geography GCSE and (c) modern foreign language GCSE in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35239)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure hospitals observe its guidance on car park charges. |
|
(35236)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanism he plans to put in place to measure the effects on vulnerable groups of the implementation of his proposals for welfare reform. |
|
(35235)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 19 January
1
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of housing associations which offer final salary pension schemes; and if he will estimate the deficits on the funds of such schemes (a) for each association and (b) in total. |
|
(35682)
|
2
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed at each courthouse in Wales identified for closure under his proposals of 14 December 2010; and how many such staff will be transferred. |
|
(35588)
|
3
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the disposal or alternative use of each court building in Wales identified for closure under his proposals of 14 December 2010. |
|
(35589)
|
4
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions she has visited Ceredigion constituency on official business since her appointment. |
|
(35590)
|
5
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whan plans she has to visit Montgomeryshire constituency on official business in the next six months. |
|
(35591)
|
6
N
|
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many written representations she has received on the future of S4C. |
|
(35592)
|
WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
*1
|
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What recent steps he has taken to promote business growth and inward investment in Scotland. |
|
(35124)
|
*2
|
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What progress the Government has made on implementation of recommendations of the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35125)
|
*3
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect in Scotland of the increase in the basic rate of value added tax. |
|
(35126)
|
*4
|
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What assessment he has made of recent trends in business confidence in Scotland. |
|
(35127)
|
*5
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): What assessment he has made of the likely effect on universities in Scotland of the increase in the maximum fees chargeable by universities in England. |
|
(35128)
|
*6
|
David Mowat (Warrington South): What progress the Government has made on implementaiton of recommendations of the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35129)
|
*7
|
John Stevenson (Carlisle): What assessment he has made of recent trends in business confidence in Scotland. |
|
(35130)
|
*8
|
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): What discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the level of employee bonuses to be paid by banks based in Scotland. |
|
(35131)
|
*9
|
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What assessment he has made of trends in business confidence in Scotland. |
|
(35132)
|
*10
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): What recent discussions he has had with the Driving Standards Agency on its operations in Scotland. |
|
(35133)
|
*11
|
Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): What assessment he has made of the effects of the outcomes of the recent state visit to Edinburgh and London of the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China on the renewable and low-carbon energy industries in Scotland. |
|
(35134)
|
*12
|
Eric Joyce (Falkirk): What discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the level of employee bonuses to be paid by banks based in Scotland. |
|
(35135)
|
*13
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What recent representations he has received on the boundaries between devolved and reserved policy matters; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35136)
|
*14
|
Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent representations he has received from the Scottish Executive on the financial accountability of the Scottish Parliament. |
|
(35137)
|
*15
|
Mel Stride (Central Devon): What the outcome was of the recent visit to Scotland of the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35138)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 18 January
1
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the medical advice on vaccination against swine influenza in view of the death of Lana Ameen. |
|
(35166)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 19 January
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure disabled people are not disproportionately affected by job losses; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35593)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will meet trade union representatives from Remploy to discuss issues facing the Remploy work force; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35594)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the plan to reduce costs within Remploy recently presented to his Department by trade union members; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35595)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Jobcentre Plus on the levels of employment vacancies available to jobseekers with (a) a physical disability and (b) other disabilities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35596)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to improve career progression for agency workers; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(35597)
|
6
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library an update to the estimated value of assets set out in table 2.2 of Budget 2010: the economy and public finances, supplementary material for the latest period in which figures are available. |
|
(35864)
|
7
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential savings to the Exchequer of withdrawing child benefit from families with a higher rate tax payer if the higher rate threshold were adjusted to negate the increase in the personal allowance to £10,000. |
|
(35921)
|
8
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential savings to the Exchequer of withdrawing child benefit from families with a higher rate tax payer if the higher rate threshold were £38,600. |
|
(35922)
|
9
N
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been contracted to date (a) to deliver System Drawings and Equipment Technical Specifications and (b) to demonstrate system performance and compliance with system functional requirements under the assessment phase for the Vanguard submarine replacement for Trident programme; and what the monetary value is of his Department's contract with each such company. |
|
(35923)
|
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)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 19 January
1
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to minimise the cost of interpretation in the court system. |
|
(35598)
|
2
N
|
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of housing benefit paid by tenure in East Lothian constituency was in the latest period for which figures are available; what the average amount of local housing allowance paid by tenure in East Lothian constituency was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance recipients in (i) local authority, (ii) housing association and (iii) private sector housing in East Lothian constituency were also in receipt of (A) jobseeker's allowance and (B) employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35865)
|
3
N
|
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the medium household income was of a family in (a) social rented sector, (b) private rented sector and (c) owner-occupied accommodation in East Lothian consitutency (i) before and (ii) after housing costs in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(35866)
|
MONDAY 31 JANUARY
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 19 January
1
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's reviews of the (a) vetting and barring scheme and (b) criminal records regime will take account of (i) the findings and recommendations of the Bichard Inquiry and (ii) statutory provisions safeguarding children and vulnerable people. |
|
(35599)
|
2
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what savings to the public purse in monetary terms she expects as a result of planned changes to the Criminal Records Bureau budget in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(35601)
|
3
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the criteria the Criminal Records Bureau is using to determine the reduction in staffing levels over the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(35602)
|
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 to pay local housing allowance directly to landlords if directed to do so by tenants. |
|
(33821)
|
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