Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 9 March 2011

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.


Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 8 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 9 March 2011


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

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


WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

*1
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and Ministers in the Scottish Executive on funding for higher education institutions in Scotland.
(44075)
*2
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implementation of a fuel duty derogation for rural areas.
(44076)
*3
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): How many small businesses in Scotland (a) applied for and (b) received research and development tax credits in the latest period for which figures are available.
(44077)
*4
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of employment in Scotland.
(44078)
*5
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): When he expects next to discuss with Ministerial colleagues trends in the level of youth unemployment in Scotland.
(44079)
*6
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What assessment he has made of the likely effect on families in Scotland of the changes to benefits proposed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(44080)
*7
Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): What discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions prior to the publication of the Welfare Reform Bill on the likely effect on Scotland of the measures in that Bill.
(44081)
*8
Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of employment in Scotland.
(44082)
*9
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the operation of the Green Investment Bank in Scotland.
(44083)
*10
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): When he last met anti-poverty campaigners in Scotland to discuss the potential effect in Scotland of the measures in the Welfare Reform Bill.
(44084)
*11
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect on the economy in Scotland of the increase in the standard rate of value added tax.
(44085)
*12
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): What discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on the establishment of a commission to examine the West Lothian Question.
(44086)
*13
John Stevenson (Carlisle): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on support for private sector employment in Scotland.
(44087)
*14
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent assessment he has made of levels of bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(44088)
*15
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on levels of cross-border human trafficking.
(44089)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 9 March.
(45187)
*2
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):
(45188)
*3
Neil Carmichael (Stroud):
(45189)
*4
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):
(45190)
*5
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):
(45191)
*6
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):
(45192)
*7
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty):
(45193)
*8
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):
(45194)
*9
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):
(45195)
*10
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East):
(45196)
*11
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):
(45197)
*12
Jessica Morden (Newport East):
(45198)
*13
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
(45199)
*14
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):
(45200)
*15
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington):
(45201)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Friday 18 February and Friday 25 February
1
N
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) existing small businesses and (b) to local business start-ups.
(43283)
2
N
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department takes to encourage companies to export manufactured products.
(43284)
3
N
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department offers to assist start-up companies in the manufacturing sector.
(43412)
4
N
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of imports of illegally-logged timber.
(43285)
5
N
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how parents of a disabled child will be able to acquire the aids and adaptations necessary for the well-being of that child under his proposed reforms to disability living allowance.
(43282)

Notices given on Wednesday 2 March
1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment on the impact of recent events in Libya on the Israeli and Palestinian peace process; and if he will make a statement.
(44888)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals have been evacuated by his Department from Libya to date.
(44889)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons he decided to close the British Embassy in Tripoli.
(44890)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has any plans to visit Libya.
(44891)

Notices given on Thursday 3 March
1
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects an announcement to be made on redundancies in the Sheffield offices of (a) the UK Border Agency and (b) her Department.
(45176)
2
N
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of likely redundancies in the UK Border Agency in the next four years.
(45177)

Notices given on Friday 4 March
1
N
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of students who will apply for deferred places at universities for 2012; and when he expects tuition fees for such courses to be known.
(45205)
2
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of the further and higher education sectors on the setting of local skills strategies and the involvement of local enterprise partnerships in this process.
(45206)
3
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has issued guidance to prospective local enterprise partnerships regarding the inclusion of further and higher education representatives on their executive boards.
(45207)
4
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department's review of adult community learning will include (a) eligibility for higher-level learning and (b) access and progression to certificated forms of further and higher education.
(45208)
5
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account his Department's approval process for local enterprise partnerships takes of the capacity of applicants to reflect the diversity of the geographic areas which they cover.
(45209)
6
N
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he has allocated to rebuilding and improvement of primary schools in England in each of the next four years; and if he will make a statement.
(45272)
7
N
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 6 January 2011, reference AR/DDS/564, on behalf of her constituent Mr Kilroy.
(45271)
8
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exempted dogs subject to the provisions of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 her Department has recorded on its exempted register (a) nationally and (b) in Merseyside.
(45273)

Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) its agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45543)
2
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Attorney General, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) the agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45544)
3
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) apprenticeship and (b) advanced apprenticeship starts there were in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) the Southend Borough Council area and (iii) the Essex County Council area (A) in total and (B) in each sector in each of the last five years; and what proportion of each were (1) men and (2) women.
(45514)
4
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) apprenticeship and (b) advanced apprenticeship starts he plans in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) the Southend Borough Council area and (iii) the Essex County Council area in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
(45518)
5
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) Hertfordshire in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2011 to date.
(45576)
6
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship place in Southend West constituency there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011 to date.
(45577)
7
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that Buckinghamshire is included in a local enterprise partnership; and if he will make a statement.
(45320)
8
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45545)
9
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45546)
10
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what salary scales apply to staff in local enterprise partnerships; and how many staff working for a local enterprise partnership are paid an annual salary in excess of £50,000.
(45312)
11
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disputes between the Student Loans Company and individuals in (a) Bedford constituency, (b) the East and (c) England were pending a resolution in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45392)
12
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships which will be created in the next 12 months in (a) Bedford constituency and (b) England.
(45393)
13
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education colleges undertook capital works of a monetary value of more than £1 million in the last 10 years; and which such projects attracted to a zero rate of value added tax in respect of (a) less than 10 per cent., (b) between 11 per cent. and 50 per cent., (c) between 51 per cent. and 90 per cent. and (d) 91 per cent. or above of the monetary value of the project.
(45638)
14
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of further education colleges in England are registered for value added tax.
(45640)
15
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the merits of introducing in the UK a system for Parliamentary prior scrutiny of arms sales.
(45512)
16
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the decision by Royal Mail to introduce an annual charge for customers of its Collect service.
(45582)
17
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Royal Mail on its decision to introduce an annual charge to customers using its Collect service.
(45583)
18
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with groups representing small businesses on the decision of Royal Mail to introduce an annual charge for customers using its Collect service.
(45584)
19
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) further education colleges and (b) sixth form colleges on the development of an all-age careers service.
(45391)
20
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has assessed the effects on the independent retail sector of the increase in the number of supermarket outlets in town and city centres.
(45442)
21
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Livingston constituency have a Post Office card account.
(45586)
22
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in respect of which projects in Sudan which were supported by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) before 1980 debt is owed to ECGD.
(45330)
23
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Government has revoked arms export licences over the last 12 months; and for what reasons in each case.
(45611)
24
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which officials of his Department accompanied the Prime Minister on his recent visit to the Gulf region.
(45612)
25
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has reviewed its policy on the licensed sale of defence equipment as a result of recent unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.
(45613)
26
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that British arms are not sold to other countries for the purpose of use for internal repression.
(45628)
27
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the merits of requiring arms brokers to register under a code of conduct and of revoking the licences of those who do not comply the code.
(45629)
28
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many strategic export licences have been granted to Middle Eastern and North African countries since October 2010; and what the value was of such licences.
(45630)
29
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take together with EU partners to strengthen the (a) guidelines and (b) operation of the rules on arms sales.
(45631)
30
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to an individual being (i) overweight and (ii) underweight in each year since 2009.
[R] (45595)
31
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) health authority died in circumstances attributable to epilepsy in each of the last five years.
(45600)
32
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45547)
33
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45548)
34
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of older volunteers.
(45488)
35
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women in each age group were (i) unemployed and (ii) in receipt of (A) incapacity benefit and (B) employment support allowance.
(45403)
36
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Stirling of 26 July 2010, Official Report, column 738W, on Government departments: construction, what progress the Office of Government Commerce has made in its review of common minimum standards for construction.
(45649)
37
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of holding Cabinet meetings outside of London for each such meeting since May 2010.
(45399)
38
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on (a) economic activity, (b) trade, (c) tourism and (d) growth in the UK of disparities in the level of aviation taxation in (i) EU and (ii) G20 countries; and if he will make a statement.
(45349)
39
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45688)
40
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45689)
41
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effectiveness of proposals to be tabled at the United Nations Economic and Social Council in strengthening its Committee of Tax Experts; and if he will make a statement.
(45369)
42
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the multilateral information exchange agreement proposed in G20 communiques.
(45370)
43
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the OECD Informal Task Force on Tax and Development on progress on its commitments on tax and development; and if he will make a statement.
(45371)
44
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development and (b) consultation he has undertaken with (i) developing countries and (ii) non-governmental organisations on the proposed changes to the controlled foreign company rules and taxation of foreign branches.
(45372)
45
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of unrecoverable value added tax paid by further education colleges and sixth form colleges in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(45579)
46
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many shares UK Financial Investments Ltd holds in each financial institution; and if he will make a statement.
(45387)
47
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from what date the flat pay rise of £250 for public sector workers earning less than £21,000 per year (a) was paid in 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
(45585)
48
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake a survey to ascertain the prevalence of anti-Semitism in each (a) age group, (b) socio-economic group and (c) region; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45602)
49
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) synagogues and (b) Jewish cemeteries that have been desecrated in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Jewish community about this issue; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45604)
50
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to place a duty on local authorities that prohibits the purchase of seafood which is included on the Marine Conservation Society List of fish to avoid.
(45486)
51
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to purchase seafood that complies with sustainability standards as indicated either by (a) inclusion on the Marine Conservation Society list of fish to eat, (b) certification by the Marine Stewardship Council or (c) the terms of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
(45499)
52
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45551)
53
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45552)
54
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to modify Planning Policy Statement 4 to introduce a test to give local authorities greater powers to control the numbers of small supermarket outlets in town or city centres.
(45618)
55
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give local authorities greater powers to control the numbers of small supermarket outlets in town or city centres.
(45619)
56
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2011, Official Report, column 890W, on housing: overcrowding, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of households who approached each local authority for homelessness assistance on the grounds that overcrowding made it unreasonable for them to continue to occupy their property; and if he will collect data on the number of such households for which the main homelessness duty was accepted.
(45541)
57
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2011, Official Report, column 890W, on housing: overcrowding, if he will make it his policy to collect data on which local authorities award reasonable preference to overcrowded households in their allocations policy where overcrowding is based on the definition of overcrowding set out in the Housing Act 1985.
(45542)
58
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning and development control applies to connection of electricity supply to the National Grid via (a) overhead cables, (b) underground cables and (c) sub-sea cables; and if he will make a statement.
(45502)
59
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45553)
60
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45554)
61
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support grassroots sport in the London Borough of Bexley.
(45407)
62
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on his decision on the News Corp bid for BSkyB; and if he will make a statement.
(45636)
63
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will explore the widest possible range of private sector defence alternatives for combating piracy on the high seas.
(45351)
64
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the involvement of the private sector in the Royal Navy in addition to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
(45352)
65
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) difference in cost compared to the original estimate is of the six commercial Point Class ships procured under a private finance initiative under the previous administration and available for use as naval auxiliaries to the British armed forces.
(45353)
66
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45555)
67
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45556)
68
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure that votes cast by service personnel in Afghanistan for elections to be held on 10 May 2011 reach the UK securely.
(45431)
69
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the cost of establising support facilities in Malta for (a) RAF Tornados, (b) RAF Typhons, (c) RAF AWACS, (d) RAF air-to-air refuelling tankers and (e) other necessary support infrastructure and personnel; and whether any additional costs would be funded from the Treasury Reserve.
(45381)
70
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK military assets have been identified for inclusion in contingency plans for the UK to contribute to a Lybian no-fly zone; and how many (a) air-to-air capable aircraft, (b) ground attack aircraft, (c) air-to-air refuelling tankers, (d) AWACS aircraft and (e) other supporting assets and personnel will be included in such plans.
(45382)
71
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the merits of making regular reports to the House on the developments and research carried out by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and its Gulf War Veterans Illness Task Force.
(45314)
72
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Naval ships have participated in anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia in each of the last five years.
(45384)
73
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to Question 44880, with which private sector companies his Department holds contracts for work at RAF Valley.
(45444)
74
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department (a) has issued to schools since October 2010 and (b) plans to issue to schools in the next six months on reducing obesity among person aged under 16; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45594)
75
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) the non-departmental public body and executive agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45549)
76
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public body and exeuctive agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45550)
77
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department uses to determine the allocation of funding for advice lines operated by his Department.
(45386)
78
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department uses to assess the merits of applications for contracts to provide advice line services; and if he will make a statement.
(45495)
79
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision his Department (a) makes or (b) supports for advice lines providing a service to grandparents and extended families.
(45496)
80
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department did not invite the Grandparents' Association to submit a bid for its proposed advice line.
(45497)
81
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons teaching assistants who earn less than £21,000 a year will not receive a pay increase of £250 in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
(45443)
82
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process he has put in place to enable an independent school to become an academy.
(45633)
83
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, columns 265-6W, on GCSEs, what the average cumulative number of GCSE entries was per student reaching school year 11 amongst students entered for at least one GCSE up to and including year11 in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2009-10.
(45525)
84
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students which took GCSE Religious Education, Religious Studies or similar subjects also took GCSE History or GCSE Geography in the academic year 2009-10.
(45580)
85
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) Year 11 students and (b) students in other years took GCSE Religious Education, Religious Studies or similar subjects in each of the last five years.
(45581)
86
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which sixth form colleges undertook capital works of a monetary value of more than £1 million in the last 10 years; and which such projects attracted a zero rate of value added tax in respect of (a) less than 10 per cent., (b) between 11 per cent. and (50 per cent., (c) between 51 per cent. and 90 per cent. and (d) 91 per cent. or above of the monetary value of the project.
(45639)
87
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of sixth form colleges in England are registered for value added tax.
(45641)
88
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the terms of reference for his proposed review of school transport, including transport for 16 to 18 year olds; and on what date he expects the review to be completed.
(45428)
89
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children living in severe poverty in Brighton, Pavillion constituency.
(45450)
90
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the revised guidance on managing medicines in schools will be published; and what steps he plans to take to publicise the guidance to all relevant school staff.
(45454)
91
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the potential effects of developments in hydrogen storage at ambient pressures and temperatures using nano-structures on (a) road vehicles, (b) ships, (c) aircraft, (d) offshore wind turbines and (e) portable devices; and if he will make a statement.
(45350)
92
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45557)
93
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45558)
94
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what method his Department uses to calculate food miles incurred by food sold in its refreshment outlets.
(45487)
95
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department takes to encourage carbon off-setting for air travel undertaken by its Ministers and officials; and what scheme it uses.
(45489)
96
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of his Department's (a) external and (b) internal meetings were conducted using teleconferencing technology in the latest period in which figures are available.
(45490)
97
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to install (a) solar panels or (b) renewable heat technologies on buildings occupied by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(45491)
98
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of goods and services supplied directly to his Department were from (a) social enterprises, (b) mutuals or (c) co-operatives in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45492)
99
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contracts his Department has with (a) advertising, (b) opinion polling and (c) marketing agencies or companies; and what the (i) scope, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost is of each such contract.
(45519)
100
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) press officers, (b) marketing officers, (c) speech writers, (d) website managers and (e) other communications and marketing staff his Department directly employs.
(45522)
101
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will set out his assessment of the effect on industrial electricity prices of his proposals on electricity market reform in advance of the publication of the White Paper on electricity market arrangements.
(45484)
102
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the lifetime carbon dioxide emissions in respect of (a) construction, (b) transportation, (c) installation, (d) maintenance, (e) turbine decommissioning of the turbine and (f) associated engineering work in respect of each (i) Siemens 3.6-107 wind turbine in the Greator Gabbard wind farm and (ii) each Vestas V902-3 MW wind turbine in the Thanet wind farm.
(45410)
103
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in the weather station area covering the London Borough of Bexley received a cold weather payment in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.
(45449)
104
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 241W, on solar power, for what reasons the five megawatt definition of small-scale renewables in the Energy Act 2008 is not being applied to solar photovoltaics for the purposes of his Department's feed-in tariff review.
(45440)
105
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011 to the hon. Member for Ogmore, Official Report, column 241W, on solar power, whether the Department defines any non-solar photovoltaic renewable energy technology with capacity greater than 50 kilowatts as large-scale for the purposes of his Department's feed-in tariff review.
(45441)
106
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the contribution of burning wood for biomass to the Government's renewables target.
(45421)
107
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding from the public purse has been provided to biomass projects since the introduction of the Renewables Obligation.
(45493)
108
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to provide support for communities affected by the proposed Hinkley C connection project.
(45483)
109
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will provide guidance to National Grid on the application of the 1959 Holford Rules to electricity networks' infrastructure on overhead lines to ensure that where mitigation measures under these rules cannot be achieved the company is required to utilise other means of connection.
(45500)
110
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will have discussions with National Grid on the account taken by its consultation exercise on the revised approach to undergrounding cables of the results of the IET/KEMA study on the comparative costs of overhead lines, underground cables and sub-sea cable as means of connection of energy sources to the National Grid.
(45501)
111
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what account he has taken in his revised policy on the generation of power of the methods of the connection for that power to the national grid.
(45503)
112
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Networks Infrastructure in the light of the recent research by Reading University on bird strikes on overhead electricity lines.
(45504)
113
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to amend the draft Overarching Energy National Policy Statement (EN-1) and the draft National Policy Statement (EN-5) on Electricity Networks Infrastructure to ensure that overhead electricity lines are not vulnerable to terrorist attack.
(45505)
114
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Networks Infrastructures (EN-5) in accordance with the recent International Commission n Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric and Magnetic Fields (1Hz to 100kHz) in respect of childhood leukaemia.
(45513)
115
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the Simplified Route Map in section 2.10 of the draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Networks Infrastructure (EN-5) to take into account recent research into neurodegenerative diseases of old age in a longitudinal study on the Swiss population entitled Residence Near Power Lines and Mortality From Neurodegenerative Diseases by Huss et al.
(45517)
116
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will consider financial incentives for solar photovoltaics other than feed-in tariffs.
(45427)
117
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has plans to improve the energy efficiency of listed buildings.
(45609)
118
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable he has set for the improvement of the energy efficiency of privately-owned housing in bands F and G; and if he will make a statement.
(45648)
119
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the UN and other international agencies on the illegal trade in animals and wildlife.
(45416)
120
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on issuing a strategy on standards of welfare of domestic animals.
(45417)
121
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's food procurement policy is regarding compliance with the UN sustainability standard that all wild-caught fish should meet the terms of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
(45498)
122
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) her Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45559)
123
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) her Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45560)
124
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered measures to encourage consumers in England to eat (a) dab, (b) coley, (c) flounder and (d) other less popular fish.
(45413)
125
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Rural Payments Agency is taking to increase the speed with which it processes the claims of applicants whose single farm payment status has changed during the year.
(45373)
126
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure agricultural workers receive adequate training.
(45506)
127
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants have been given in grant aid through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund to organisations in North Lincolnshire; and what the value was of each such grant.
(45587)
128
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many stretches of river were closed by the Environment Agency for maintenance in the East of England in each of the last three years; and what the length of closure was in each case.
(45632)
129
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the responses to her Department's consultation, on private sewers transfer which closed on 18 November 2010; and if she will make a statement.
(45414)
130
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the water and sewerage companies on the proposed transfer of private sewers to water companies.
(45520)
131
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ofwat on the proposed transfer of private sewers to water companies.
(45521)
132
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when meetings are scheduled at the UN to discuss the proposed International Arms Trade Treaty.
(45317)
133
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned research on the role of (a) social media and (b) satellite television in the recent unrest in the Middle East.
(45318)
134
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with their Hungarian counterparts on political reform in Hungary.
(45319)
135
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the likely timing of elections in Egypt.
(45321)
136
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the government of Morocco.
(45322)
137
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the decision was taken to hold a COBRA meeting on Libya on 24 February 2011.
(45323)
138
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Bahraini counterpart; and if he will make a statement.
(45324)
139
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote respect for human rights in Belarus.
(45325)
140
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on respect for religious freedom in Afghanistan.
(45326)
141
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his US counterpart on the US veto of the UN Security Council resolution of 18 February 2011.
(45327)
142
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the appointment of a US special representative to Afghanistan.
(45354)
143
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to review its programme spending following recent unrest in the Middle East.
(45375)
144
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to reach trade agreements with other countries following his Department's recent agreement with the government of Qatar.
(45377)
145
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent progress in reaching local and regional political settlements in Afghanistan.
(45378)
146
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department has provided to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills on the situation in Libya in the last 12 months.
(45379)
147
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of narcotics production in Afghanistan.
(45389)
148
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of bilateral trade agreements made by the Government since May 2010.
(45390)
149
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to the International Labour Organisation in each of the last four years; and how much such funding he expects to provide in the next four years.
(45685)
150
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on prosecutions for anti-Semitic comments in France; what recent discussions he has had with the government of France on levels of anti-Semitism in France; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45592)
151
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the likely participation of Iran in the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45593)
152
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in Syria; whether he has made representations to the government of Syria on anti-Semitism in that country; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45642)
153
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45561)
154
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45562)
155
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on proposals for the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution to enable the creation of a mechanism to monitor the situation of the Bahá'í community in Iran.
(45452)
156
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Russian Federation on the entry to the UK of Russian citizens with crimanal records.
(45328)
157
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of violent attacks targeted against people with a particular religious belief or ethnicity in other countries.
(45315)
158
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the number of Britons remaining in Libya.
(45397)
159
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities will maintain its work in respect of sexual health following the transfer to them of responsibility for public health.
(45494)
160
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on rates of teenage pregnancy of the use of birth control.
[R] (45426)
161
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children in each age group who were classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in (i) Southend, (ii) each borough in (A) Essex and (B) Kent, (iii) Greater London and (iv) nationally in each year since 2008.
[R] (45596)
162
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the economy of illness, economic inactivity and premature death associated with obesity since August 2010; what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had on that matter since August 2010; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45597)
163
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to (i) GPs and (ii) hospitals on the treatment of patients suffering with hay fever; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45598)
164
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has received from the British Medical Association on the treatment of patients suffering with hay fever; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45599)
165
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of instances of misdiagnosis of epilepsy in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(45601)
166
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department issues to those with hay fever; how much his Department spent on provision of such advice in the latest period for which figures are available; what mechanisms his Department uses to disseminate such advice to members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45643)
167
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) males and (b) females with hay fever in each age group in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45657)
168
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) health authority area were prescribed medication for the relief of hay fever in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
[R] (45658)
169
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45565)
170
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45566)
171
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place under (a) the Quality and Outcomes Framework and (b) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical standards to address the psychological wellbeing of diabetics.
(45616)
172
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason is for the time taken for diabetics in Brighton and Hove to receive annual retinotherapy screening; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely delivery of this service.
(45617)
173
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS foundation trusts held their board meetings in public in the last year for which figures are available.
(45445)
174
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS foundation trusts publish the (a) agendas, (b) background papers and (c) minutes of their board meetings.
(45446)
175
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department provides guidance to foundation trusts to encourage transparency and public engagement in the decision-making process at board level.
(45447)
176
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 660W, on epilepsy: Brighton, what assessment his Department has made of progress towards implementation of the National Service Framework for long-term conditions; when he plans to publish the mid-term review of the framework; and if he will make a statement.
(45614)
177
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on steps to ensure that water and toilet facilities in schools are at a standard sufficient to prevent avoidable negative health outcomes.
(45455)
178
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure consistency in the commissioning of paediatric continence services.
(45456)
179
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of secondary infections caused by (a) tissue viability sores and (b) incontinence in the latest period in which figures are available.
(45457)
180
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tissue viability nurses were working in each primary care trust and predecessor body in each year since 2000.
(45458)
181
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on (a) expenditure on school nurses and (b) empowerment of school nurses authorised to recommend paediatric continence services for pupils.
(45524)
182
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities Monitor will have in the setting of prices for medicines under his Department's plans for NHS reform.
(45388)
183
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS takes to assess the risk of patient infection by virus or bacteria in blood platelet transfusion; and if he will make a statement.
(45432)
184
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood platelet transfusions there were in each region in 2010; how many units of platelets were transfused; and if he will make a statement.
(45433)
185
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether medicines will be included in his proposed national tariff; and if he will make a statement.
(45434)
186
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to maintain mandatory funding direction for medicines approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and if he will make a statement.
(45437)
187
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition on the refortification of wheat flour; and when he plans to issue guidance on that matter.
(45380)
188
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations by the Food Standards Agency that all flour be fortified with folic acid.
(45400)
189
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) her Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45567)
190
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) her Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which she is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45568)
191
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many multi-visit visas her Department issued in each of the last three years; and in respect of which 10 countries the potential number of such visas were granted.
(45406)
192
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving bogus callers were reported in each London borough in each of the last three years.
(45408)
193
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in each London borough have been naturalised as UK citizens since 2005.
(45409)
194
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of inaccurately located crimes on the crime mapping website.
(45637)
195
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of informing victims of (a) domestic and (b) other violent attacks where the perpetrator has been sentenced for less than one year of the date and location of the perpetrator's release.
(45316)
196
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessment she has carried out to determine the effects on the (a) education sector and (b) economy of her proposals to cap non-EU student immigration in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
(45634)
197
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effect on the administrative burden on police forces of changes to the code of practice under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
(45422)
198
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify fraudulent student visa applications.
(45423)
199
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reducing the time taken to determine asylum applications.
(45424)
200
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits to children in familes seeking asylum of the introduction of the Family Returns Panel.
(45425)
201
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bristol East of 31 January 2011, Official Report, columns 646-7W, on animal experiments, when she expects to make an announcement on the date for a ban on the testing of households products on aminals; to which ingredients used in households products the ban will extend; and what definition of the term household product her Department uses.
(45398)
202
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the level of paperwork required of police officers when dealing with suspected domestic violence incidents.
(45402)
203
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the amount of duplication in the forms police officers are required to complete when responding to incidents.
(45510)
204
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made in Brighton and Hove under section 73 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
(45418)
205
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45569)
206
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45570)
207
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding he plans to provide to the United Nations Environment Programme.
(45435)
208
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the level of funding allocated to each UN agency and programme in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
(45436)
209
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take together with the World Bank to support the development of renewable energy projects in the developing world.
(45610)
210
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons were convicted of offences related to animal trafficking in each of the last four years.
(45415)
211
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45571)
212
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45572)
213
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a cost-benefit analysis of his Department's funding for legal aid in Rochdale in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45332)
214
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the capacity of the voluntary sector to undertake legal aid work following implementation of his Department's proposed reductions in the legal aid budget in Rochdale.
(45333)
215
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 294W, on personal injury, how many claims brought against his Department and its agencies were (a) settled (i) before proceedings and (ii) after proceedings, and (b) were lost at trial by the Department; and how many claims were lost at trial by the claimant.
(45383)
216
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2010, Official Report, column 294W, on personal injury, how much his Department has paid in damages in respect of personal injury claims in each year since 2007-08.
(45385)
217
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 46 of his Department's consultation on the Green Paper Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, over what time period the calculations made on the effect of a 10 per cent. increase of general damages were based.
(45679)
218
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how disbursements in clinical negligence cases will be funded when such cases are withdrawn from the scope of legal aid; and if he will make a statement.
(45680)
219
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had on his Department's Green Paper on Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales since the end of the consultation period.
(45681)
220
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses have been received to the Green Paper consultation on Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales.
(45682)
221
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 96 of his Department's consultation on the Green Paper Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, whether the estimate of a 10 per cent. uplift in general damages is based exclusively on applying 10 per cent. to those damages representing only pain suffering and loss of amenity.
(45683)
222
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to respond to the consultation on the Green Paper Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales.
(45684)
223
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there were in Brighton and Hove under section 12a of the Criminal Law Act 1977 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
(45394)
224
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many arrests were made in Brighton and Hove under section 6 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
(45395)
225
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interim possession orders were implemented in Brighton and Hove in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
(45396)
226
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a magistrate in Brighton and Hove was asked to hear a sworn statement that defendants are the rightful occupiers of the address given in court in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
(45419)
227
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) the non-departmental public body for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45573)
228
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public body for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45574)
229
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, when his Office finalised the list of individuals to accompany him on his recent visit to the Middle East.
(45374)
230
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, when his recent vist to the Middle East was first proposed.
(45376)
231
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Prime Minister, what the name is of each person not employed by a Government department who accompanied him on his recent visit to the Middle East.
(45412)
232
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent meetings he has had with the Board of Deputies of British Jews on levels of anti-Semitism; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45485)
233
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of his speech to the Community Security Trust Annual Dinner; which members of the Government also attended the dinner; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45507)
234
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what the policy of the Government is on initiating legislative proposals to amend the Abortion Act 1967; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (45603)
235
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will investigate whether weapons and riot control equipment sold by the UK have been used against protesters in (a) Tunisia, (b) Libya and (c) Egypt.
(45622)
236
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, what end-user guarantees are sought to ensure that British arms are not used for internal repression in other countries.
(45623)
237
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he had during his recent visit to the Gulf region to discuss defence equipment sales.
(45624)
238
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, which representatives from defence industires accompanied him on his recent visit to the Gulf region.
(45625)
239
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) special advisers and (b) officials accompanied him on his recent visit to the Gulf region.
(45626)
240
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, what consideration he gave to postponing his recent visit to the Gulf region in light of unrest in Egypt and Libya.
(45627)
241
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress he has made on the implementation of the new e-petition system on the 10 Downing Street website.
(45509)
242
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) 50 million and (c) £100 million his Department was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45694)
243
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which procurement projects engaged upon by his Department had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45695)
244
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions his Department has had with Scottish representatives of the six largest energy companies on levels of domestic energy bills.
(45590)
245
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Citizens Advice Scotland, (b) Consumer Focus Scotland and (c) the Scottish Executive on the future of consumer protection and advocacy arrangements in Scotland.
(45591)
246
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45686)
247
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45687)
248
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans to upgrade the A1 north of Newcastle he has considered.
(45331)
249
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that owners of private hire vehicles are able to transfer liability for penalties imposed for bus lane violations to the driver at the time of the offence; and if he will make a statement.
(45313)
250
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on safety of the European Aviation Safety Agency's proposals for reform of flight time limitations.
(45451)
251
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the threat to airport and airline security from air crew.
(45578)
252
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received representations on the practice of London Midland trains in displaying a list of individuals who have been prosecuted for seeking to avoid the payment of a rail fare.
(45411)
253
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the likely cost to the public purse of increasing the motorway speed limit to 80mph and (b) the effect of such an increase on the annual number of road deaths.
(45329)
254
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable he has set for his proposed reform of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation; how long the consultation is to last; and by when he expects to have implemented the results of the review.
(45448)
255
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his officials in his Department have had with HM Treasury on the effect on captive fleets of the 20 pence tax differential for biodiesel made from used cooking oil.
(45453)
256
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) 50 million and (c) £100 million her Department was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45692)
257
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which procurement projects engaged upon by her Department had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45693)
258
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million the Government Equalities Office was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45563)
259
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which procurement projects engaged upon by the Government Equalities Office had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45564)
260
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the International Labour Organisation in each of the last four years; and how much funding he expects to provide in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(45588)
261
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria for receiving the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of disability living allowance (i) are and (ii) were in each of the last five years; how this compares with each of the last five years for which are available; what changes to such criteria are planned; and if he will make a statement.
(45515)
262
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group had their application to receive (i) higher and (b) lower rate disability living allowance rejected in each of the last five years; on what grounds such applications were rejected; how many applicants appealed against the decision; and how many such appeals were (A) upheld and (B) rejected.
(45516)
263
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women in each (i) age group and (ii) local authority area received the (A) higher and (B) lower rate of disability living allowance (1) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (2) in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(45620)
264
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of disability living allowance (i) is and (ii) was in each of the last five years.
(45621)
265
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants on contributory employment and support allowance in the Work Related Activity Group whose household income exceeds the means-testing threshold will be expected fulfil conditionality after 12 months of being in the Group.
(45420)
266
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cancer patients were found (a) still to have limited capability for work related activity and retained in the support group, (b) to have limited capability for work and placed in the work-related activity group and (c) to be fit for work and placed on jobseeker's allowance following reassessment in each of the last four years.
(45523)
267
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100 million (i) his Department and (ii) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible was engaged upon in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45690)
268
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he is responsible had a designated senior responsible owner in the latest period for which figures are available; and on what date they were appointed in each such case.
(45691)
269
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving disability living allowance for an indefinite period for (a) low-rate care, (b) low-rate care and low-rate mobility, (c) low-rate care and high-rate mobility, (d) middle-rate care, (e) middle-rate care and low-rate mobility, (f) high-rate care, (g) high-rate care and low-rate mobility and (h) high-rate care and high-rate mobility.
(45650)
270
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Carshalton and Wallington constituency are receiving disability living allowance for an indefinite period in each combination of components.
(45651)
271
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) disabled people and (b) people with cancer on contributory-based employment and support allowance (ESA) in the Work-Related Activity Group who exceed the means testing threshold for income-based ESA.
(45575)
272
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential effects of planned reductions to the budget of the Health and Safety Executive on the number of deaths occurring in the workplace.
(45401)
273
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effect on the number of prosecutions for health and safety offences of reductions in the budget of the Health and Safety Executive.
(45511)
274
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received the state second pension in each of the last seven years; in how many cases contracted-out deductions were made; and what the total value of such deductions was in each such year.
(45438)
275
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department uses to determine the level of contracted-out deductions from the state second pension.
(45439)
276
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the level of contracted-out deductions from the State Second Pension of people whose occupational pension has not increased is increased annually.
(45615)
277
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people normally resident in Bedford 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.
(45404)
278
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bedford constituency claimed the mobility component of disability living allowance at (a) the higher rate, (b) the lower rate and (c) in total in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45589)
279
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has in respect of the understanding of (a) severe learning disabilities and (b) autism spectrum disorder to be required of staff engaged in the training and assessment procedures for personal independence payments.
(45635)
280
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Livingston constituency will be affected by his proposals to raise the state pension age for women.
(45647)
281
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the name is of each cross-departmental working group in which officials in his Department have participated (a) since May 2010 and (b) over the last three years.
(45429)
282
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the name is of each working group his Department has established (a) since May 2010 and (b) over the last three years.
(45430)
283
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social fund crisis loans were paid in each parliamentary constituency in the last 12 months.
(45526)
284
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Fund crisis loans were made to (a) individuals registered as disabled, (b) individuals over the pension age and (c) lone parent households in the last 12 months.
(45527)
285
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Social Fund crisis loan scheme has cost to operate in each of the last five years.
(45528)
286
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) impact assessment and (b) consultation his Department has undertaken on its decision on the future (i) level and (ii) availability of Social Fund crisis loans.
(45536)
287
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many defaults there were in social fund crisis loans in the last 12 months.
(45605)
288
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it takes for individuals to pay back social fund crisis loans.
(45606)
289
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the number of social fund crisis loans available to an individual in a 12 month period is to be set at three; and whether any discretion is to be available in respect of people facing hardship.
(45607)
290
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to repay a social fund crisis loan was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(45608)
291
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to allow remote telephone applications to the social fund crisis loan scheme.
(45644)
292
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he proposes to end the payment of social fund crisis loans for items such as cookers and beds; and which items will no longer qualify for such loans.
(45645)
293
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidence he plans to provide to individuals who have exceeded the social fund crisis loan cap on accessing alternative sources of emergency financial assistance.
(45646)

THURSDAY 10 MARCH 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

*1
Richard Graham (Gloucester): What recent representations he has received on the sustainability criteria in the Renewable Energy Directive related to transport fuels; and if he will make a statement.
(45274)
*2
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): What recent representations he has received on his proposals for reform of the Blue Badge scheme.
(45275)
*3
Lorely Burt (Solihull): What recent progress he has made on implementation of the high speed rail link between London and Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.
(45276)
*4
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): What cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken of ultra light rail.
(45277)
*5
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): What steps his Department is taking to improve rail transport in the South East.
(45278)
*6
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What assessment he has made of the role of branch lines on the rail network in stimulating growth and employment.
(45279)
*7
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): What recent steps he has taken to encourage cycling as a means of transport.
(45280)
*8
Robert Halfon (Harlow): What criteria he proposes to use to determine his Department's spending on local authority major transport schemes.
(45281)
*9
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What recent representations he has received on the removal of bus service operators grant from free bus services.
(45282)
*10
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What recent representations he has received on consistency in the setting of speed limits in rural areas.
(45283)
*11
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What recent progress he has made on plans to electrify the Midland Main Line.
(45284)
*12
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What recent representations he has received on the electrification of rail lines between Cardiff and Swansea and west of Swansea.
(45285)
*13
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): What assessment he has made of the potential for satellite navigation systems to increase the proportion of journeys undertaken by haulage companies using major routes.
(45286)
*14
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): If he will carry out a risk assessment of his proposals for the re-organisation of the Marine and Coastguard Agency.
(45287)
*15
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What recent discussions he has had on the future of trust ports.
(45288)
*16
Stephen Timms (East Ham): By what date he expects international passenger rail services on the High Speed 1 route to stop at Stratford International Station.
(45289)
*17
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent representations he has received on the sustainability criteria in the Renewable Energy Directive related to transport fuels; and if he will make a statement.
(45290)
*18
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): What plans he has to ensure that transport infrastructure is sufficient to meet the anticipated volume of traffic for major sporting events in 2012 and beyond.
(45291)
*19
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): What information his Department holds on trends in bus and tram fares.
(45292)
*20
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): What representations he has received on planned changes to bus services receiving grants from his Department in the financial year 2011-12.
(45293)

At 11.05 am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

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

*1
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(45294)
*2
Naomi Long (Belfast East):
(45295)
*3
Margot James (Stourbridge):
(45296)
*4
Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth):
(45297)
*5
Claire Perry (Devizes):
(45298)
*6
Paul Flynn (Newport West):
(45299)
*7
John Mann (Bassetlaw):
(45300)
*8
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough):
(45301)

At 11.15 am

Oral Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

*1
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What recent progress she has made in combating violence against women and girls.
(45302)
*2
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): What discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the support available to women trafficked to the UK.
(45303)
*3
Mark Menzies (Fylde): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on discrimination in sport on the grounds of sexual orientation.
(45304)
*4
Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on parental leave for maternity and paternity.
(45305)
*5
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What her latest estimate is of the gender pay gap.
(45306)
*6
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What recent progress has been made on the strategy to combat trafficking of women and girls.
(45307)
*7
Esther McVey (Wirral West): What recent representations she has received on the regulation of airbrushed images of women in the media.
(45308)
*8
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): What plans she has to support women in balancing their caring responsibilities with work.
(45309)
*9
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): When she expects to publish plans to allow civil partnerships on religious premises.
(45310)
*10
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): When she expects Lord Davies to make recommendations on the removal of barriers to women serving on corporate boards.
(45311)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Friday 18 February and Friday 25 February
1
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcomes were of his Department's expenditure on problems in the musculoskeletal system in 2009-10.
(43286)
2
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of variations in levels of expenditure by primary care trusts on problems of the musculoskeletal system; and if he will make a statement.
(43287)

Notices given on Monday 28 February
1
N
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for UK-wide environmental policy of the introduction of a levy on single-use carrier bags in Wales.
(42534)

Notices given on Wednesday 2 March
1
N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid to each local authority in planning grant in financial year 2010-11.
(44539)

Notices given on Thursday 3 March
1
N
Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he made of the potential energy, economic and environmental effects of construction of a Severn barrage.
(42528)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of his Department's plans for local authority funding on private sector companies which hold contracts with the public sector.
(44908)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received from individuals and organisations in the West Midlands on the employment and support allowance work capability assessment.
(44909)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents on income support there were in (a) 1997, (b) 2005 and (c) 2010 in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) nationally.
(44910)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the difference in the pay of high and low earners in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
(44911)
6
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the difference in the pay gaps between men and women in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
(44912)

Notices given on Friday 4 March
1
N
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism he proposes for the resolution of a dispute over a planning issue between a county council and a borough council under his legislative proposals for the planning system.
(45241)
2
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for an inquest in each coroners' district.
(45268)
3
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was in each coroners' district for an inquest held in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the reasons were for the time taken in each case.
(45269)
4
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) inquests into deaths in custody and (b) other inquests requiring a jury are outstanding in each coroners' district; and what the reasons are for the time taken to hold the inquests.
(45270)

Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Export Credits Guarantee Department has received any applications for guarantees in respect of explorations in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(45465)
2
N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Export Credits Guarantee Department has given guarantees to UK companies in respect of oil exploration in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(45466)
3
N
Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value is of guarantees (a) applied for and (b) granted under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme since October 2010.
(45464)
4
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to other Government departments on the minimum monetary value for a procurement project for which a senior responsible owner is required.
(45663)
5
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training is offered by the National School of Government for senior responsible owners; and how many senior responsible owners have completed such training in each of the last three years.
(45664)
6
N
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) officers in other positions with a communications remit his Department employed on the most recent date for which figures are available.
(45537)
7
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) employment agencies and (b) other private sector contractors on contingency plans to operate services in the event of industrial action by public sector workers.
(45468)
8
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans his Department is developing to operate services in the event of industrial action by public sector workers; how many staff of his Department are engaged in such planning; and what the name is of each unit or working group established for this purpose.
(45469)
9
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with industry on the prospect of strengthening the due diligence requirements for companies that are listed on the London Stock Exchange engaged in mineral extraction in developing countries.
(45660)
10
N
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department provides to other Government departments on the minimum monetary value for a procurement project for which a senior responsible owner is required.
(45662)
11
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 11 January 2011 regarding the hon. Member's constituents Mr Ehren and Mr Maguire.
(45340)
12
N
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Secretaries of State the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has met to discuss (a) implementation of the departmental business plans and (b) instances when actions stated in such plans as due for completion have not been completed by the due date since November 2010; and on what date each such meeting took place.
(45357)
13
N
Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Exchequer received in duty from fuel sales (a) in the UK and (b) in the Northern Isles, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the islands of the Clyde and the Isles of Scilly in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(45462)
14
N
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the effect of global oil prices on the cost of fuel.
(45665)
15
N
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect opn the cost of motoring of the January 2011 increase in (a) the standard rate of value added tax and (b) fuel duty.
(45666)
16
N
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total revenue accruing to the Exchequer from motoring in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the level of such revenue in each of the next five years.
(45672)
17
N
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 3 December 2010, reference AR/LS/688, to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, transferred to his Department on 7 January 2011.
(45670)
18
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his legislative proposals to allow petitions for local referenda are intended to allow for a referendum in (a) individual boroughs and (b) individual borough wards.
(45459)
19
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their (i) EU, (ii) NATO and (iii) UN counterparts on the establishment of international frameworks to deal with cyber-attacks.
(45335)
20
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take a decision on which aircraft carrier to fit with cats and traps.
(45336)
21
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to make budgetary savings in addition to those identified in the Strategic Defence and Security Review in each of the next four years.
(45337)
22
N
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Secretaries of State he has met to discuss (a) implementation of the departmental business plans and (b) instances when actions stated in such plans as due for completion have not been completed by the due date since November 2010; and on what date each such meeting took place.
(45356)
23
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of the proposal he has received for the Three Valleys Independent Academy, Rotherham.
(45360)
24
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of each (a) letter and (b) email his Department has received of support for the Three Valleys Independent Academy, Rotherham.
(45361)
25
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on motorcycle or bicycle couriers since his appointment.
(45530)
26
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings each of his special advisers have had with each member of the Parliamentary Lobby since their appointment.
(45531)
27
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) car, (b) taxi, (c) rail, (d) aeroplane, (e) helicopter, (f) ferry and (g) minibus or coach travel since his appointment.
(45538)
28
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) special advisers and (b) policy advisers work for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department; and what the salary of each is.
(45671)
29
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2011, Official Report, column 520W, on waste management, which stakeholders (a) Ministers and (b) officials have met in connection with the review of waste policies.
(45342)
30
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department takes to ensure that imported timber has been obtained from legal sources; and if she will make a statement.
(45364)
31
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice he received from the Law Officers' Departments prior to authorising the diplomatic mission to eastern Libya.
(45653)
32
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations the diplomatic mission to eastern Libya had planned to meet; and what the circumstances were that gave rise to their arrest and detention.
(45654)
33
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons members of the diplomatic mission to eastern Libya were issued with (a) multiple identities and (b) false passports.
(45655)
34
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the practice of his Department is in issuing (a) multiple identities and (b) false passports to members of diplomatic missions; and if he will make a statement.
(45659)
35
N
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on strengthening due diligence reporting for EU-registered companies working in mineral extraction in developing countries.
(45334)
36
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of preventable deaths from epilepsy and convulsions amongst people with learning difficulties in the latest period for which figures are available; what steps he plans to take to improve access to epilepsy specialists for people with learning difficulties and epilepsy; and whether he plans to review the provision of health services for people with learning difficulties and epilepsy.
(45661)
37
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with their EU counterparts on establishing international law in the area of cyber-attack.
(45339)
38
N
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to publish the report into police leadership commissioned from Peter Neyroud.
(45460)
39
N
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects her Department's review of the CONTEST programme indicated in its business plan to begin.
(45461)
40
N
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether ministers in her Department authorised the issue of false passports to members of the diplomatic mission to eastern Libya.
(45656)
41
N
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for future funding of the Quilliam Foundation by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(45344)
42
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress the House of Commons Commission has made on plans to erect a memorial to (a) Robert Bradford and (b) Sir Anthony Berry within the House of Commons.
(45529)
43
N
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to co-ordinate and support corporate social responsibility programmes of UK businesses operating in the developing world.
(45463)
44
N
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on administration costs of his proposals to assess in full the eligibility of all legal aid claimants.
(45338)
45
N
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Prime Minister, which Secretaries of State he has met to discuss (a) implementation of the departmental business plans and (b) instances when actions stated in such plans as due for completion have not been completed by the due date since November 2010; and on what date each such meeting took place.
(45355)
46
N
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to prevent the closure of the Quilliam Foundation.
(45343)
47
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people normally resident in England live within (a) an hour's and (b) two hours' travel time of the Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow.
(45345)
48
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occassions he or the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland have attended meetings of COBRA or its sub-group to discuss the Government's response to the situation in Libya.
(45532)
49
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions he has been collected from a London airport and driven to (a) the Houses of Parliament or (b) Government offices in central London by (i) ministerial car, (ii) private hire vehicle paid for by Government or (iii) hackney cab reimbursed by Government since May 2010.
(45652)
50
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects construction of the Isham bypass to be completed.
(45535)
51
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made better to facilitate the adoption by local authorities of residential roads in new housing developments since June 2010.
(45668)
52
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the number of women victims of human traffickers who are subsequently re-trafficked.
(45533)
53
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government's legislative proposals for the registration of civil partnerships in religious settings will include protection in law against suits brought against a minister of religion under human rights legislation for refusing to conduct a civil partnership ceremony in a place of worship.
(45667)
54
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason he has laid Statutory Instrument 2011/228 in advance of the publication of reports from the review group led by Professor Malcolm Harrington considering (a) mental health conditions and (b) fluctuating conditions.
(45470)
55
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from autism experts during the assessment process for his proposed personal independence payment.
(45471)
56
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what stepshe plans to take to ensure that the needs of people with autism are taken into account when designing the assessment procedure for his proposed personal independence payment.
(45472)
57
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are eligible for disability living allowance; and how many such people he expects to be eligible for his proposed personal independence payment.
(45473)
58
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on (a) mental health services, (b) primary care services and (c) employment levels of changes to entitlement for disability living allowance.
(45474)
59
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to support people with autism who lose their eligibility for (a) his proposed personal independence payment and (b) disability living allowance.
(45475)
60
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide additional support to pensioners and other vulnerable customers to assist them in the change to their means of benefit collection from bank giro to collection via Paypoints.
(45362)
61
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on pensioners of ending the bank giro contract with the Post Office.
(45363)
62
N
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of providing the successor to the Green Giro service through Citibank and Paypoint in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(45539)
63
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by (a) the National Benefit Fraud Hotline, (b) the Fraud Investigation Service and (c) Customer Compliance in each of the last five years.
(45467)
64
N
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department has set for the maximum time taken for calls referred by the National Benefit Fraud Helpline to (a) the Fraud Investigation Service and (b) Customer Compliance to be (i) allocated to a caseworker and (ii) dealt with and closed.
(45534)
65
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance is available for people with disabilities to move from jobseekers allowance into paid employment; and if he will make a statement.
(45669)

MONDAY 14 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 3 March
1
N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of individuals barred under the Vetting and Barring scheme also have a criminal record for sex offences.
(44964)

Notices given on Friday 4 March
1
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on access to justice for lower income groups of his Department's proposed changes to the civil litigation costs regime.
(45266)
2
N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken on the effects of its proposed civil litigation costs regime on the propensity of individuals to make a legitimate claim for compensation in personal injury cases.
(45267)

Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education institutions in the London Borough of Waltham Forest provide courses in English for speakers of other languages; and how many learners are registered at each institution.
(45673)
2
N
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his estimate is of the requirement for English for speakers of other languages courses in (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency, (b) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (c) Greater London.
(45674)
3
N
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency and (b) the London Borough of Waltham Forest are eligible for a level of fee remission for English for speakers of other languages courses.
(45675)
4
N
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his assessment is of the effect of English for speakers of other languages courses funded from the public purse on (a) the contribution to the economy by those whose first language is not English and (b) levels of community cohesion.
(45676)
5
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to encourage local authorities to increase the provision of family-sized affordable homes.
(45367)
6
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the level of Arctic ice melt in the summer of 2011 in comparison to the summer of 2010.
(45365)
7
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Japanese counterpart on whaling.
(45508)
8
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of primary care-led commissioning.
(45366)
9
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of structural reorganisation on (a) service delivery in the NHS, (b) the efficiency of the NHS and (c) quality improvement in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
(45405)
10
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement there is on NHS hospitals to set charges for the treatment of private patients at a level which results in a surplus over the cost of the treatment.
(45540)
11
N
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of learners in receipt of fee remission for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses are in receipt of benefits.
(45677)
12
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people move from jobseekers' allowance into secure employment.
(45368)

TUESDAY 15 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 1 March
1
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to consult on the implementation of the transport elements of the Renewable Energy Directive.
(44405)
2
N
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the UK will transpose into UK law the sustainability criteria for biofuels as set out in the Renewable Energy Directive.
(44406)

Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what audits his Department has carried out of primary care trusts (PCTs) which received Government funds ring-fenced for the provision of improved access to psychological therapy (IAPT) to determine whether such PCTs removed funding from non-IAPT services which were to have been replaced by IAPT.
(45476)
2
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of improved access to psychological therapies as (a) an addition to and (b) a substitute for existing mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
(45477)
3
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issued to primary care trusts on continued commissioning of non-improved access to psychological therapy (IAPT) services when IAPT services were introduced; and if he will make a statement.
(45478)
4
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what range of therapies his Department expects to be included within the designation of improved access to psychological therapy.
(45479)
5
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which pre-existing mental health services have been discontinued on the grounds that improved access to psychological therapy has superceded them; and which services have been discontinued.
(45480)

WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 2 March
1
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of those who received treatment at the Glasgow Children's Heart Surgery Unit were normally resident in England in the last three years.
(44864)

THURSDAY 17 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were subject to detention or incarceration for going absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18 at the time of the offence.
(45481)
2
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) trained strength and (b) in training armed forces personnel went absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18.
(45482)

MONDAY 21 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychology posts there were in March 2010; and what estimate he has made of the level of such posts in March 2011.
(45678)
2
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former Prison Service staff worked for the Prison and Probation Ombudsman in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008, (e) 2009 and (f) 2010.
(45347)
3
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service staff were seconded from the Prison Service to the Prison and Probation Ombudsman in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008, (e) 2009 and (f) 2010.
(45348)
4
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, columns 125-8W, on secure training centres: restraint techniques, what the nature was of the minor injuries that resulted from the use of control and restraint procedures in each young offender institute juvenile unit in each month since April 2008.
(45358)
5
N
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, columns 125-6W, on secure training centres: restraint techniques, what the nature was of the serious injuries that resulted from the use of control and restraint procedures in each young offender institute juvenile unit in each month since April 2008.
(45359)

WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE

THURSDAY 10 MARCH 

[sitting at Westminster]

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 

*1
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What recent discussions he has had on future use of tidal power in the Severn Estuary.
(42519)
*2
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What plans he has for the provision of nuclear power in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(42520)
*3
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What assessment he has made of the effect of the feed-in tariff on the (a) manufacturing and (b) training sector in Wales.
(42521)
*4
Hywel Williams (Arfon): What account was taken of his Department's policy on the delivery of offshore wind farms in the decision on the applicability of the UK Ports Fund to Wales.
(42522)
*5
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): What consultation and collaboration on energy policy his Department has undertaken with the Welsh Assembly Government.
(42523)
*6
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): What discussions he has had on the effects in Wales of the discontinuance of the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
(42524)
*7
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What steps he is taking to promote development of renewable energy projects in Wales.
(42525)
*8
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What plans he has for the provision of nuclear power in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(42526)
*9
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What plans he has to develop marine energy in Welsh waters.
(42527)
*11
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on improving the energy efficiency of the least energy-efficient homes in Wales.
(42529)
*12
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): What consideration he has given to alternative methods of energy production including wave and tidal power in Wales for the purposes of tackling increasing energy costs and demand.
(42530)
*13
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What assessment his Department has made of the potential for development of marine energy projects in Wales.
(42531)
*14
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What plans he has for tidal power in the Severn Estuary; and if he will make a statement.
(42532)
*15
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the provision of training and skills development programmes in the energy sector in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(42533)
*17
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): What steps he plans to take to support communities affected by the development of onshore wind energy projects in Wales.
(42535)
*18
Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): What discussions he has had on the relationship between the Infrastructure Planning Commission and the Welsh Assembly Government in relation to major energy projects; and if he will make a statement.
(42536)
*19
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): What assessment he has made of the merits of reform of the electricity market.
(42537)
*20
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): What recent assessment he has made of security of supply in electricity generation; and if he will make a statement.
(42538)
*21
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What recent representations he has received on changes to the feed-in tariff regime.
(42539)