Part 2: Oral and Written Questions beginning on
Monday 28 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 Monday 28 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')
Items (e.g. Private Members' Bills set down for Fridays) formerly listed in this paper can be found in the Future Business paper, section D.
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.
MONDAY 28 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
*1
|
Claire Perry
(Devizes):
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on gender equality of the implementation of his proposals for universal credit. |
|
(49037)
|
*2
|
Sheryll Murray
(South East Cornwall):
When he plans to respond to the outcomes of his Department's consultation on disability living allowance. |
|
(49038)
|
*3
|
Mrs Linda Riordan
(Halifax):
What estimate he has made of the number of people in Halifax who will be affected by planned changes to disability living allowance. |
|
(49039)
|
*4
|
Iain Stewart
(Milton Keynes South):
When he plans to respond to the review of employment support services for disabled people conducted by Liz Sayce. |
|
(49040)
|
*5
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
Whether he plans to review the timetable for the raising of the state pension age for women born between December 1953 and October 1954. |
|
(49041)
|
*6
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset and North Poole):
What recent progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Harrington review of work capability assessment. |
|
(49042)
|
*7
|
Andrew Bridgen
(North West Leicestershire):
What steps he is taking to reduce the level of benefit fraud. |
|
(49043)
|
*8
|
Damian Hinds
(East Hampshire):
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on incentives to work of implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. |
|
(49044)
|
*9
|
Nick de Bois
(Enfield North):
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on incentives to work of implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. |
|
(49045)
|
*10
|
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
What support his Department provides for mothers who wish to stay at home to care for their children. |
|
(49046)
|
*11
|
Jane Ellison
(Battersea):
When he plans to respond to the review of employment support services for disabled people conducted by Liz Sayce. |
|
(49047)
|
*12
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
What steps he is taking to ensure that pensions are funded on a sustainable basis. |
|
(49048)
|
*13
|
Mr David Evennett
(Bexleyheath and Crayford):
What recent progress his Department has made in reducing pensioner poverty. |
|
(49049)
|
*14
|
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on pensioners of the uprating of pensions using the Consumer Prices Index. |
|
(49050)
|
*15
|
Mr Stephen Hepburn
(Jarrow):
What recent representations he has received on the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. |
|
(49051)
|
*16
|
Jo Swinson
(East Dunbartonshire):
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on women of his proposals on pensions. |
|
(49052)
|
*17
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
What progress his Department has made on delivering New Enterprise Allowance support in Merseyside. |
|
(49053)
|
*18
|
Jesse Norman
(Hereford and South Herefordshire):
What recent progress his Department has made in reducing pensioner poverty. |
|
(49054)
|
*19
|
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
What recent progress his Department has made in reducing pensioner poverty. |
|
(49055)
|
*20
|
Sheila Gilmore
(Edinburgh East):
What recent progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Harrington review of work capability assessment. |
|
(49056)
|
*21
|
Sajid Javid
(Bromsgrove):
What estimate he has made of the likely effects on welfare expenditure of implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. |
|
(49057)
|
*22
|
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
What plans he has for the future of disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49058)
|
*23
|
Nicky Morgan
(Loughborough):
What steps he is taking to improve the ICT systems operated by the Child Support Agency and its successor. |
|
(49059)
|
*24
|
Graham Evans
(Weaver Vale):
What progress his Department has made on delivering New Enterprise Allowance support in Merseyside. |
|
(49060)
|
*25
|
Angie Bray
(Ealing Central and Acton):
What assessment he has made of the potential effects on incentives to work of implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. |
|
(49061)
|
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Laura Sandys
(South Thanet):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
|
(49062)
|
*2
|
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
|
|
(49063)
|
*3
|
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
|
|
(49064)
|
*4
|
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
|
|
(49065)
|
*5
|
Chi Onwurah
(Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
|
|
(49066)
|
*6
|
Simon Hughes
(Bermondsey and Old Southwark):
|
|
(49067)
|
*7
|
Karl McCartney
(Lincoln):
|
|
(49068)
|
*8
|
Teresa Pearce
(Erith and Thamesmead):
|
|
(49069)
|
*9
|
Mr Steve Brine
(Winchester):
|
|
(49070)
|
*10
|
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
|
|
(49071)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 15 March
1
N
|
Steve McCabe
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on teaching of citizenship in the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(47582)
|
2
N
|
John Stevenson
(Carlisle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much compensation was paid by the Land Registry due to fraud in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. |
|
(47886)
|
Notices given on Monday 21 March
1
N
|
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircraft stationed at RAF Marham were in a fit condition to participate in the first air strike against targets in Libya on 19 March 2011. |
|
(48900)
|
2
N
|
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reverse the decision to withdraw HMS Ark Royal and its Harrier aircraft. |
|
(48901)
|
3
N
|
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of retaining HMS Ark Royal and its Harrier aircraft for the next four years. |
|
(48902)
|
4
N
|
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of retaining the Tornado aircraft fleet for the next four years. |
|
(48903)
|
5
N
|
Frank Dobson
(Holborn and St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missiles were fired at targets in Libya from (a) RAF Tornado aircraft and (b) Royal Navy ships and submarines on 19 March 2011. |
|
(48904)
|
6
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage people to pay into pension schemes. |
|
(49032)
|
7
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage employers to provide pensions for their staff. |
|
(49033)
|
8
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to to assist pensioners in the current economic climate. |
|
(49034)
|
9
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist pensioners in reducing their households bills. |
|
(49035)
|
10
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the workforce in the UK is over 60 years of age. |
|
(49036)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 22 March
1
N
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements he has put in place for areas to apply for enterprise zone status; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49111)
|
2
N
|
Bill Esterson
(Sefton Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses which have failed in each of the last three years in circumstances directly attributable to the actions of officials in Government departments. |
|
(49109)
|
3
N
|
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many investigations the Office of Fair Trading has conducted in relation to NHS-funded health care provision under its powers under the Competition Act 1998; and what remedies were imposed where such investigations identified breaches of prohibitions under that Act. |
|
(49313)
|
4
N
|
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many market references to the Competition Commission the Office of Fair Trading has made in relation to NHS-funded health care provision under its powers under the Enterprise Act 2002; and what remedies were recommended by the Competition Commission following each such reference. |
|
(49314)
|
5
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, columns 876-81W, on higher education, what the monetary value is of university spin-offs established with funding from his Department and its predecessors in the last five years; how many jobs have been created in such spin-offs in that period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49291)
|
6
N
|
Michael Fallon
(Sevenoaks):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 16 to 24 years were out of work for more than 12 months in Sevenoaks constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49249)
|
7
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson
(Peterborough):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward legislation to facilitate the reform of the postal voting system for local, national and European elections; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49112)
|
8
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) graduate and (b) post-graduate level jobs with starting salaries of £20,000 or more per annum there were in each region in the most recent year for which figures are available. |
|
(49294)
|
9
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on granting the Green Investment Bank power to raise capital through borrowing during the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(49203)
|
10
N
|
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total savings to the public purse as a result of ending the (a) health in pregnancy grant and (b) baby element of the child tax credit in 2010-11. |
|
(49248)
|
11
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many men and how many women over the state pension age paid tax on income from employment in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49245)
|
12
N
|
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce his Department's consultation on amending the exemptions from regulation under Section 2 of the Video Recordings Act 1984. |
|
(49200)
|
13
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what non-executive appointments he has made to his Department's board since May 2010; and what the selection process was for each such appointment. |
|
(49211)
|
14
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of funds received by (a) arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage causes as a result of the implementation of his planned changes to the distribution of National Lottery funds over the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(49212)
|
15
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to announce the preferred candidate to provide the new national spine for local television. |
|
(49213)
|
16
N
|
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of one Storm Shadow missile; and what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Storm Shadow missile. |
|
(49247)
|
18
N
|
Jon Trickett
(Hemsworth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1009W, on departmental procurement, what responsibilities Professor Dylan Wiliam, Professor Andrew Pollard and Professor Mary James were allocated on the expert panel for the National Curriculum Review; what were the periods of their contracts; whether they were contracted on a full-time basis; and what criteria were used to appoint the members of this expert panel. |
|
(49202)
|
19
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the provision of financial incentives for teacher training in shortage subjects. |
|
(49127)
|
20
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effects of higher tuition fee rates on the propensity of individuals to take up teaching careers. |
|
(49130)
|
21
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to improve (a) quality and (b) quantity of chemistry teachers. |
|
(49131)
|
22
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the placing of a levy on energy supply companies to fund carbon capture and storage projects. |
|
(49297)
|
23
N
|
Dr Phillip Lee
(Bracknell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that power utility companies auction power contracts for renewable sources for the purpose of aiding stability in future revenues to investors in wind farm projects. |
|
(49106)
|
24
N
|
Dr Phillip Lee
(Bracknell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take to support the UK offshore wind industry in the next (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 years. |
|
(49107)
|
25
N
|
Dr Phillip Lee
(Bracknell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals for a main cluster or region to serve as a main support area for offshore wind farms. |
|
(49108)
|
26
N
|
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to implement the European Parliament's proposal to ban the sale of meat and dairy products from cloned animals and their descendants; and if she will make representations in support of this proposal at the EU Agriculture Council. |
|
(49207)
|
27
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which bodies her Department has consulted as part of the preparation of its Water White Paper. |
|
(49205)
|
28
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish
her Department's Water White Paper. |
|
(49206)
|
29
N
|
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Palestinian Authority's adherence to its road map commitment to end incitement against Israel. |
|
(49169)
|
30
N
|
Jo Swinson
(East Dunbartonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on Afghan human rights activist Malalai Joya. |
|
(49126)
|
31
N
|
Bill Esterson
(Sefton Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he plans to make to reimburse GPs who meet quality standards under his proposals for GP commissioning. |
|
(49110)
|
32
N
|
John Healey
(Wentworth and Dearne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment carried out by the private sector on behalf of the NHS in respect of (a) learning difficulties, (b) mental illness, (c) maternity care, (d) general and acute care, (e) accident and emergency service provision, (f) community health services and (g) other contracted services in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49312)
|
33
N
|
Gregg McClymont
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the support available to individuals with autism and their carers. |
|
(49218)
|
34
N
|
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of any relationship between the size of population covered by a GP commissioning consortium and the running costs per head of population of commissioning healthcare. |
|
(49315)
|
35
N
|
Grahame M. Morris
(Easington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the per patient management allowance budget for GP consortia will be uniform across England. |
|
(49316)
|
36
N
|
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(North East Somerset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, columns 769-70W, on epilepsy: drugs, if he will discuss with representatives of Bath and North East Somerset Primary Care Trust the use of stiripentol for the treatment of Dravet syndrome. |
|
(49246)
|
37
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he estimates is owed to NHS bodies (a) in London and (b) nationally by overseas visitors. |
|
(49295)
|
38
N
|
Ian Swales
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many urgent operations on the NHS were cancelled in each year since 1997. |
|
(49204)
|
39
N
|
Jo Swinson
(East Dunbartonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many allergy (a) consultants and (b) training posts there are in the NHS. |
|
(49208)
|
40
N
|
Jo Swinson
(East Dunbartonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people with a condition that requires the help of an allergy specialist for diagnosis and management. |
|
(49209)
|
41
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures have been cancelled in (a) Walsall Manor Hospital and (d) hospitals in Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust area since May 2010. |
|
(49128)
|
42
N
|
Valerie Vaz
(Walsall South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to protect patient confidentiality under his proposed changes to the structure of the NHS. |
|
(49129)
|
43
N
|
Martin Vickers
(Cleethorpes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of staff who will be made redundant as a result of the abolition of primary care trusts. |
|
(49317)
|
44
N
|
Martin Vickers
(Cleethorpes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff employed by primary care trusts who will be transferred to positions within GP consortia. |
|
(49318)
|
45
N
|
Martin Vickers
(Cleethorpes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of redundancy payments arising from the closure of primary care trusts. |
|
(49319)
|
46
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the number of police officers who will be made compulsorily redundant in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49201)
|
47
N
|
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which Government departments the UK Border Agency has a memorandum of understanding for the sharing of information. |
|
(49296)
|
48
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 22 March 2011, Official Report, on student visas, what her definition is of a graduate-level job; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49292)
|
49
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she expects universities to have in determining whether language requirements under the new overseas students visa regime are being met; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49293)
|
50
N
|
Helen Goodman
(Bishop Auckland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East of 15 November 2010, Official Report, columns 540-1W, on the Corston Report, if he will estimate the total level of funding for projects arising from the recommendations of the Corston Report from local commissioning arrangements in 2011-12. |
|
(49113)
|
51
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Ministers in the Scottish Government on the closure of the end year flexibility scheme. |
|
(49214)
|
52
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met with the Secretary of State for Transport to discuss the potential effects in Scotland of the outcome of the consultation on the future of HM Coastguard. |
|
(49215)
|
53
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has met representatives of (a) the Shetland Islands and (b) Stornoway to discuss the Government's consultation on the future of HM Coastguard. |
|
(49216)
|
54
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he plans to have with representatives of (a) Scottish Gas, (b) Scottish Power and (c) Scottish and Southern Energy following the publication of Ofgem's review of competition in the energy sector. |
|
(49217)
|
55
N
|
Peter Aldous
(Waveney):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the principal causes of unintentional deposits of oil into the sea by oil tankers in (a) UK and (b) East Anglian coastal waters. |
|
(49210)
|
56
N
|
Andrew Percy
(Brigg and Goole):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) British and (b) non-British citizens have received the community care grant in each of the smallest geographic areas for which figures are available in each of the last five years. |
|
(49244)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 23 March
1
N
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the alleged child abuse suspects identified by the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre in March 2011 would not have been subject to the proposed revision to the regime for criminal record checks. |
|
(49298)
|
2
N
|
Gordon Banks
(Ochil and South Perthshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, from which domestic regulations he proposes to exempt micro-businesses and start-ups in the next three years as a result of the moratorium introduced in the 2011 Budget. |
|
(49419)
|
3
N
|
Gordon Banks
(Ochil and South Perthshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the evidence taken into account in the determination of the locations of the first 10 proposed Enterprise Zones announced in the 2011 Budget. |
|
(49423)
|
4
|
Mr James Clappison
(Hertsmere):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the proportion of students graduating from (i) Oxford and (ii) Cambridge University who attended (A) independent, (B) state, (C) grammar and (D) comprehensive schools and obtained first class honours degrees in the last 20 years. |
|
(49468)
|
5
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to promote (a) employment and (b) economic growth in the brewing and public house sector. |
|
(49471)
|
6
N
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations the Secretary of State has received from hon. and right hon. Members in the last three years on the operation of Diamond Resorts International; and what the purpose was of each such representation. |
|
(49494)
|
7
|
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the implementation of the Agency Worker Regulations and their effect on labour market flexibility one year after they enter into force. |
|
(49384)
|
8
|
Mark Garnier
(Wyre Forest):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of flexibility in the UK labour market; and if he will make it his policy to maintain such flexibility in future negotiations on EU legislation. |
|
(49467)
|
9
|
Esther McVey
(Wirral West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1180W, on overseas students: loans, what procedures are in place to recoup the outstanding debt of those former students from European Economic Area countries who are in arrears. |
|
(49417)
|
10
|
Priti Patel
(Witham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, columns 720-2W, on trade unions: training, under what budget headings Union Learn spent funding provided by (a) the Union Learning Fund, (b) the Skills Funding Council, (c) the Learning and Skills Council, (d) the European Social Fund and (e) regional development agencies. |
|
(49534)
|
11
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for future funding of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) Bolton and (c) Greater Manchester. |
|
(49593)
|
12
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has provided for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) Bolton borough and (c) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years. |
|
(49594)
|
13
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Reducing Regulation Committee has discussed proposals for the future display of tobacco products in shops. |
|
(49459)
|
14
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2011, Official Report, column 604W, on Technology Strategy Board, on what date he plans to publish the core budget for the Technology Strategy Board for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49537)
|
15
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to how many businesses the Technology Strategy Board has provided funds in each of the last five years; and to how many businesses he estimates it will provide funds in each of the next three years. |
|
(49538)
|
18
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the provisions of the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill. |
|
(49561)
|
19
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what action the Cabinet Office is taking to co-ordinate the sale of property assets across the government estate. |
|
(49379)
|
20
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a time limit within which Government departments must identify a regulation for removal following the introduction of a new regulation under the one-in, one-out rule. |
|
(49462)
|
21
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the future of Community Matters in the Office of Civic Society strategic partners programme. |
|
(49633)
|
22
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial support he plans to provide to savings accounts for looked-after children in each of the next four financial years. |
|
(49491)
|
23
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) devolved administrations on the implementation of savings accounts for looked-after children. |
|
(49492)
|
24
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) charities and (b) non-governmental organisations he has met to discuss the provision of savings accounts for looked-after children. |
|
(49493)
|
25
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements he plans to make for the sale of the UK shareholding in Urenco; what estimate he has made of the potential proceeds from the sale; by what date he plans to issue a prospectus; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49612)
|
26
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans he has made should the sale of the UK
shareholding in Urenco not realise the sum identified as necessary to fund the Green Investment Bank. |
|
(49613)
|
27
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any (a) individual, (b) organisation and (c) state will not be invited to purchase those shares in Urenco held by the UK. |
|
(49614)
|
28
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held with trade unions representing UK nationals employed by Urenco; and what steps have been taken to inform UK-based employees of Urenco of the decision to sell the UK's shareholding. |
|
(49615)
|
29
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account he has taken of the review of the UK nuclear energy programme in assessing the potential market for shares in Urenco. |
|
(49616)
|
30
N
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he issues to local authorities on obtaining savings from contractual requirements on outsourced services undertaken by the private sector; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49512)
|
31
N
|
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to announce his decision in respect of the Ministry of Defence's Planning Round 11. |
|
(49630)
|
32
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue to the Exchequer to accrue from the application of a surcharge of 15 per cent. on unearned investment income over £7,000 in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. |
|
(49488)
|
33
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to support the adoption of EU Directives 92/83 and 92/84 on Alcohol Excise Duty to achieve (a) favourable tax treatment for beer and (b) an increase in the threshold below which a reduced rate of duty can be applied to beer. |
|
(49387)
|
34
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effect of (a) levels on employment and (b) revenue to the Exchequer of (i) retaining beer duty at the level in force on 22 March 2011 and (ii) changing it in line with the 2011 Budget proposals. |
|
(49472)
|
35
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the effect of (a) price elasticity in the (i) on-trade and (ii) off-trade and (b) pass-through rates of alcohol duty on (A) levels of employment and (B) receipts to the Exchequer. |
|
(49473)
|
36
N
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 851, on the Debt Relief (Development Countries) Act 2010, on what date he will bring forward proposals; and when he expects to lay before Parliament the necessary statutory instrument to make provisions in the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010, permanent. |
|
(49498)
|
37
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Pre-Budget Report 2009, paragraph 5.45, whether the age at which pensioner benefits can be received will increase in line with his proposed increase in the state pension age. |
|
(49544)
|
38
|
Mr Roger Gale
(North Thanet):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the quantity of counterfeit branded spirits sold in the UK in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of that quantity which (a) is manufactured within the UK and (b) enters the UK as imported or contraband alcohol and is subsequently re-bottled for sale as branded goods. |
|
(49466)
|
39
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on fuel duty differentials for liquid petroleum gas. |
|
(49526)
|
40
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions were placed on the loan facility extended to the government of the Republic of Ireland relating to the sale or release of property assets in the UK owned by the National Asset Management Agency. |
|
(49377)
|
41
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on the sale and release of assets in the UK owned by the National Asset Management Agency. |
|
(49378)
|
42
N
|
Mr David Hamilton
(Midlothian):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the forecast of future oil prices on which he based his assessment of the fiscal effects of his proposed changes to fuel duty. |
|
(49422)
|
43
|
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department will provide for the proposed junior independent savings account for looked-after children in each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. |
|
(49371)
|
44
|
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed level of contribution from the public purse to the proposed junior individual savings account for looked-after children will be in its first year of operation. |
|
(49372)
|
45
|
Mr David Laws
(Yeovil):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the revenue yield of restricting pensions tax relief to (a) 20, (b) 30 and (c) 35 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49433)
|
46
|
Mr David Laws
(Yeovil):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cost savings would accrue to the Exchequer from restricting (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit to three children only for children born after 1 January 2012 in each year from 2012-13 to 2020-21; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49434)
|
47
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the job title is of each member of staff of HM Revenue and Customs who attended the meeting of the Treasury Sub-Committee on 16 March 2011 other than as witnesses. |
|
(49424)
|
48
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether staff of HM Revenue and Customs are entitled to claim overtime for attendance at Treasury Select Committee hearings after 5.30pm. |
|
(49425)
|
49
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much time in staff hours HM Revenue and Customs spent in preparing for Treasury Select Committee hearings in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49541)
|
50
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the National Insurance and PAYE Service holds a computer record for every individual for whom a national insurance number has been issued. |
|
(49599)
|
51
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual records have been added to the National Insurance and PAYE Service system since it went online. |
|
(49600)
|
52
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees on temporary contracts (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental bodies for which he is responsible had in each of the last five years. |
|
(49601)
|
53
|
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
(Bridgwater and West Somerset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent assessment is of progress in the introduction of a real-time information system to the National Insurance and PAYE Service computer system; and whether he expects it to be in operation by Spring 2012. |
|
(49602)
|
54
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the rules that prevent pay as you earn employees who have been taxed at an incorrect code transferring the overpayment and setting it against their self-assessment liabilities. |
|
(49548)
|
55
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49581)
|
56
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of his Department are participating in the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49408)
|
57
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the dispatch box he used on 23 March 2011. |
|
(49505)
|
58
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has allocated to each local authority in England under each category of homelessness grant for 2011-12; and what criteria were used in determining such allocations. |
|
(49485)
|
59
|
Mr David Evennett
(Bexleyheath and Crayford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received in respect of filming at public meetings of local councils. |
|
(49383)
|
60
|
Jack Lopresti
(Filton and Bradley Stoke):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on requiring the compulsory installation of sprinkler systems in all newly-built domestic properties. |
|
(49530)
|
61
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees of his Department are participating in the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49406)
|
62
|
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has any plans to work in partnership with (a) the National House Building Council and (b) other organisations to provide consumer protection for new home owners. |
|
(49381)
|
63
N
|
Tony Baldry
(Banbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has received notification of any proposed application for judicial review of his decision not to refer the proposed News Corporation acquisition of BSkyB to the Competition Commission. |
|
(49511)
|
64
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to engage young people from Lancashire in the London 2012 Olympics. |
|
(49559)
|
65
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to integrate events to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen with events to mark the London 2012 Olympics. |
|
(49607)
|
66
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what account he took of the requirements of the Authorisation Directive before laying before Parliament the Online Infringement of Copyright (Initial Obligations) (Sharing of Cost) Order 2011. |
|
(49507)
|
67
|
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has undertaken any surveys of the composition of the commercials production market. |
|
(49382)
|
68
N
|
Gordon Banks
(Ochil and South Perthshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made with proposals to introduce a veterans identity card. |
|
(49632)
|
69
|
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the SharpEye Solid-State Radar system to operate C-704 missiles. |
|
(49582)
|
70
|
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work he expects to be undertaken on ships and submarines in each region in accordance with his Department's Terms of Business Agreement with (a) Babcock and (b) BAe. |
|
(49566)
|
71
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the increase in the cost of the Trident replacement programme as a result of delays introduced by project extensions. |
|
(49604)
|
72
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent operational requirement requests were made in each of the last five years; how many such requests resulted in an equipment purchase; and what the total cost of such purchases was in each year. |
|
(49542)
|
73
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much rent for void properties his Department paid Annington Homes in Colchester constituency in financial year 2010-11. |
|
(49570)
|
74
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many family houses on the defence estate in the Colchester constituency are unoccupied. |
|
(49571)
|
75
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid for renting accommodation in the private sector for those military personnel for whom there is no accommodation available at Merville Barracks, Colchester in financial year 2010-11. |
|
(49572)
|
76
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of HM Armed
Forces based at Colchester Garrison are living in private sector accommodation rented by his Department. |
|
(49573)
|
77
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision was made in the design of Merville Barracks, Colchester to allow for the construction of additional blocks of single person accommodation; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49574)
|
78
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the (a) availability of and (b) adequacy of supply to British forces in Afghanistan of equipment support materials for protected military platforms; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49625)
|
79
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that the level of the food and incidentals allowance to which military personnel who are required to live in private rented accommodation because of lack of accommodation within military bases are entitled to is maintained. |
|
(49628)
|
80
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much additional single accommodation would be required at Merville Barracks, Colchester to accommodate all those currently living in private sector housing rented by his Department. |
|
(49629)
|
81
|
Mr Lee Scott
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of meat served to the armed forces which is produced in Britain. |
|
(49439)
|
82
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the International Maritime Organisation, (b) Shrivenham Defence College, (c) the International Institute for Strategic Studies, (d) Newport News and (e) other external bodies on naval doctrine concerning the threat of piracy. |
|
(49461)
|
83
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the relevance of the UK maritime doctrine to the situation of piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the western Indian Ocean. |
|
(49476)
|
85
|
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total level of resources the UK will provide to the implementation of the no-fly zone in Libya. |
|
(49380)
|
86
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 31 January and 21 February 2011 on his constituent Ms K. Evans. |
|
(49357)
|
87
|
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether free schools will be obliged to adopt fair admissions criteria which place emphasis on increasing access to high quality education for children from all backgrounds. |
|
(49578)
|
88
|
Rehman Chishti
(Gillingham and Rainham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration he has given to the development of an alternative parental complaints mechanism following the abolition of the Young Persons Learning Agency so as to ensure that academies are not required to use their resources defending litigation claims for want of an effective statutory complaints process. |
|
(49579)
|
89
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's announcement of 11 December 2010 on short breaks for disabled children, whether the funding proposed for short breaks for families with disabled children in England will have a consequential effect on the funding for services for families with disabled children living in Scotland. |
|
(49486)
|
90
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) process and (b) timetable he has put in place for allowing qualified further education lecturers to teach in school classrooms on the same basis as qualified school teachers; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49454)
|
92
|
Mr David Laws
(Yeovil):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to set a GCSE floor target for secondary schools for (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49438)
|
93
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons no mention was made of transphobic bullying in sections 3.6, 3.19 and 3.20 of the Schools White Paper, the Importance of Teaching; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49367)
|
94
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that information on where to seek guidance on how to deal with transphobic bullying will be included in the proposed new anti-bullying in schools guidance; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49368)
|
95
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has withdrawn any previously allocated Sure Start funding in (a) Brighton Pavilion constituency, (b) the Brighton and Hove area and (c) England for (i) 2010-11 and (ii) the next four financial years. |
|
(49369)
|
96
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start places were provided in (a) Brighton Pavilion constituency, (b) the Brighton and Hove area and (c) England in 2009-10; and how many such places he expects to be provided in 2010-11. |
|
(49370)
|
97
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of school children diagnosed with each type of special educational need resident in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) Bolton, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) England. |
|
(49596)
|
98
|
Henry Smith
(Crawley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether an announcement will be made before 31 March 2011 on the amount of funding his Department expects to make available in the Learner Support fund for 16 to 19 year olds in 2011-12; what rules govern the operation of the fund; and whether college principals and school heads will have complete discretion as to how this fund is used. |
|
(49595)
|
99
|
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had on the introduction of a certificated English Baccalaureate qualification. |
|
(49535)
|
100
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of funding for carbon sequestration and storage projects which will be provided by (a) his Department and (b) other sources in the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(49428)
|
101
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 109W, on departmental procurement, on what date the project for carbon capture and storage commenced. |
|
(49503)
|
102
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 109W, on departmental procurement, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost to the public purse of and (b) services to be provided under the contract for legal support, advice and claims handling associated with the former British Coal Corporation; and what services he expects to be provided. |
|
(49504)
|
103
N
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the extent of the remaining unexploited landfill gas resources in the UK. |
|
(49618)
|
104
N
|
Martin Horwood
(Cheltenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the level of methane generated by landfills which is converted into renewable energy. |
|
(49619)
|
105
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change for electricity market reform to deliver a close to zero-carbon power sector by 2030; and what definition of close to zero-carbon his Department uses. |
|
(49364)
|
106
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with energy suppliers on price differentials for those with pre-payment meters; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49557)
|
107
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to support the development of the solar technology manufacturing sector. |
|
(49463)
|
108
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on social landlords acting as electricity generators; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49464)
|
109
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the provision of support for small-scale photovoltaic generators using feed-in tariffs to enter the below 10KW market; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49465)
|
110
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether each owner of a flat in a property with array capacity which may exceed 4KW in total who have separate electricity supply and meters are individually eligible for the 4.3 pence feed-in tariff. |
|
(49539)
|
111
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will establish a carbon timeline in respect of housing stock to plan and monitor carbon reduction targets. |
|
(49540)
|
112
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to designate National Policy Statement EN-5 in respect of electricity networks infrastructure. |
|
(49585)
|
113
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will remove the site at Hinckley Point in Somerset from the list of locations for siting of the new generation of nuclear reactors. |
|
(49610)
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114
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the contribution of more effective management of food waste to reducing water use in each of the last four years. |
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(49429)
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115
N
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Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the environmental assessment of the Ouse washes on which her Department based its conclusion that there was a risk of a breach of European law without action including the purchase of farmland. |
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(49421)
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116
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Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the London Air Quality Network monitoring stations at (a) Brent (Neasden Lane), (b) Bexley (Erith), (c) Ealing (Horn Lane) and (d) Lambeth (Bondway Interchange) will meet the criteria for the assessment of air quality set out in Annex III of EU Directive 2008/50/EC. |
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(49479)
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117
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Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what annual mean concentration of PM10 particulates (a) before and (b) after adjustment for natural sources her Department's time extension reapplication in May 2010 predicts for the calendar year 2011 at the London Air Quality Network monitoring stations at (i) Brent (Neasden Lane), (ii) Bexley (Erith), (iii) Ealing (Horn Lane) and (iv) Lambeth (Bondway Interchange). |
|
(49480)
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118
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Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what review (a) process and (b) criteria her Department plans to use to decide which monitoring stations will be included in the Automatic Urban and Rural Network from 2011; and what opportunities for independent scrutiny of the process there will be. |
|
(49481)
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119
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Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what review (a) process and (b) criteria her Department plans to use to decide which monitoring stations will be included in future reports to the European Commission on compliance with the EU limit values for ambient air quality from 2011; and what opportunities for independent scrutiny of the process there will be. |
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(49482)
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120
|
Mr Alan Campbell
(Tynemouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department plans to provide to the National Wildlife Crime Unit in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. |
|
(49531)
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121
|
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Management Board of her Department have had on the designation of Candidate Special Areas of Conservation. |
|
(49568)
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122
|
Oliver Colvile
(Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the process is for the designation of marine protected areas; how her Department monitors the operation of the process; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49569)
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123
|
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations implemented arrangements for horse passports; and what objectives were set for the effects of the introduction of such passports at the time of their implementation. |
|
(49373)
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124
|
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials of her Department have discussed with Euroepan Commission the possibility of a UK derogation in respect of horse passport regulations. |
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(49374)
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125
|
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the likely compliance with EU requirements of a regulation stipulating that horse passports should be voluntary, save that horses presenting at an abattoir should have a document listing recent veterinary medicines administered. |
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(49375)
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126
|
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1218-19W, on horse passports, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of horses which died in each of the last three years and (b) the proportion of such deaths which were not reported to the authority issuing horse passports. |
|
(49564)
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127
|
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1218-19W, on horse passports, whether the 1.3 million equine passports currently issued matches (a) her Department's and (b) independent estimates of the UK equine population. |
|
(49565)
|
128
|
Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1218-19W, on horse passports, for how long she plans to extend the current contract with National Equine Database (NED) Ltd; what plans she has for the future of (a) NED and (b) horse passports; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49575)
|
130
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of biofuel production on grain costs. |
|
(49452)
|
131
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to prohibit the sale of food from cloned animals and their descendants; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49365)
|
132
|
Caroline Lucas
(Brighton, Pavilion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence she has assessed on the effects of cloning on animal (a) health and welfare and (b) death rates for (i) cloned animals and (ii) surrogate mothers that carry them to birth; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49366)
|
133
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of vaccinating cattle against bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49580)
|
134
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking in relation to the price for milk paid to dairy farmers. |
|
(49550)
|
135
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage the recycling of plastics. |
|
(49532)
|
136
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to consult on the application to regions other than the South West of her proposals on water affordability. |
|
(49621)
|
137
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to consult farmers on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49545)
|
138
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of nitrates in rivers; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49546)
|
139
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to farmers of establishing new nitrate vulnerable zones; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49547)
|
140
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage farmers to participate in local enterprise partnerships; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49549)
|
141
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of modulation payments collected in the UK which were spent in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49552)
|
142
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to simplify the applications process for claiming funding under the Rural Development Programme; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49554)
|
143
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on farmers establishing co-operatives. |
|
(49556)
|
144
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) increase the hen harrier population. |
|
(49404)
|
145
|
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms she has put in place to ensure that advice given by the Rural Payments Agency is accurate. |
|
(49444)
|
146
|
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to improve the Rural Payments Agency's IT systems. |
|
(49445)
|
147
|
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the spread of bovine tuberculosis among cattle; and what proposals she plans to bring forward to prevent any further such spread. |
|
(49446)
|
148
|
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what target the Rural Payment Agency has set for time taken to deal with enquiries; and how long it took the Rural Payment Agency to respond to enquiries on average in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49536)
|
149
|
Julian Smith
(Skipton and Ripon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2011, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on the Single Payment Scheme, what steps are being taken to support farmers facing delays in payments from the Single Payment Scheme. |
|
(49609)
|
150
N
|
Mr Charles Walker
(Broxbourne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to maintain arrangements for supervision of recreational fisheries after the removal of that discrete function from the Environment Agency; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49513)
|
151
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Basildon and Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 19 January and 18 February 2011 on his constituent Mr R. Mackey. |
|
(49356)
|
152
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his Commonwealth counterparts to increase progress towards democracy in Swaziland. |
|
(49441)
|
153
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian authorities on the need to reduce tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip. |
|
(49385)
|
154
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell
(East Londonderry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterpart in Yemen the actions of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the need to avoid disorder and violence in the region. |
|
(49386)
|
155
|
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Israeli, (b) Palestinian and (c) Syrian counterpart on reports that British-made Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radars were intercepted by Israeli forces on board the vessel Victoria in March 2011. |
|
(49583)
|
156
|
Mr Douglas Carswell
(Clacton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the discovery of Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radars on board the vessel Victoria in March 2011; whether this represents a violation of the terms of relevant UN Security Council Resolutions in respect of Iran; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49584)
|
157
N
|
Gemma Doyle
(West Dunbartonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the government of Pakistan on the blasphemy laws in that country. |
|
(49497)
|
158
|
Kwasi Kwarteng
(Spelthorne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to offer (a) financial and (b) other support to Egypt for the purposes of managing political transition. |
|
(49403)
|
160
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of his Department are participating in the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49409)
|
161
N
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason he announced that additional funding would be provided to tackle piracy by issuing a press release rather than in a written Ministerial Statement or in a written answer to a Parliamentary Question. |
|
(49506)
|
162
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department (a) sought and (b) received legal advice before authorising the diplomatic mission to eastern Libya. |
|
(49501)
|
163
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the proposed meat hygiene inspection charges will be allocated to the payments in respect of pensions of staff of the Food Standards Agency. |
|
(49389)
|
164
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Board and the VTE Three Professions Group were consulted on the development of VTE indicators in the NHS Safety Thermometer recently published by the Quality, Innovation, Prevention and Productivity Safe Care Safety Express workstream. |
|
(49586)
|
165
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS acute trusts presenting no data or a nil-return in his Department's mandatory Venous Thromboembolism risk assessment data collection have received payments as part of the CQUIN National Goal. |
|
(49587)
|
166
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trust CQUIN schemes have agreed with providers that sampled non-UNIFY data is acceptable as evidence towards the achievement of the Venous Thromboembolism CQUIN National Goal. |
|
(49588)
|
167
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS acute trusts have received CQUIN payments for meeting the Venous Thromboembolism National Goal to date. |
|
(49589)
|
168
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS acute trusts have received CQUIN payments for meeting the Venous Thromboembolism National Goal to date. |
|
(49590)
|
169
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reasons were given by (a) Derbyshire County, (b) Dorset, (c) Leicestershire County and Rutland, (d) Newham, (e) North East Essex, (f) Portsmouth City Teaching, (g) Sandwell, (h) Somerset, (i) South Birmingham, (j) South Staffordshire, (k) Tower Hamlets, (l) Walsall Teaching and (m) Worcestershire primary care trusts for not complying with the requirements of his Department's mandatory Venous Thromboembolism risk assessment data collection; and what steps he is taking to rectify this non-compliance. |
|
(49591)
|
170
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reasons were given by (a) Milton Keynes Hospital, (b) Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, (c) South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare and (d) University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts for not complying with the requirements of his Department's mandatory Venous Thromboembolism risk assessment data collection; and what steps he is taking to rectify this non-compliance. |
|
(49592)
|
171
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the monetary value of medication which has gone missing or been stolen from NHS hospitals in each of the last three years. |
|
(49449)
|
172
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the monetary value of (a) computer and (b) other equipment which has gone missing or been stolen from NHS hospitals in each of the last three years. |
|
(49450)
|
173
|
Mr John Leech
(Manchester, Withington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence on its role in assessing new medicines under his value-based pricing proposals. |
|
(49418)
|
174
|
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the merits of allowing those who are newly-eligible for compensation for contaminated blood to claim funds from the Skipton Fund on an ongoing basis instead of imposing a deadline of 31 March 2011. |
|
(49412)
|
175
|
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he undertook any consultation before establishing a deadline of 31 March 2011 for claims by those newly-eligible for compensation in respect of contaminated blood to claim funds from the Skipton Fund. |
|
(49430)
|
176
|
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the deadline for claimants of compensation for contaminated blood to the Skipton Fund in cases where it can be demonstrated that it was not possible to make claimants aware of new arrangements within the time allowed. |
|
(49431)
|
177
|
Jason McCartney
(Colne Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he established a deadline of 31 March 2011 for claims to the Skipton Fund by those affected by contaminated blood. |
|
(49432)
|
178
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to enable sealed and unused surplus medicines which are returned by patients to be provided for use in developing countries rather than being destroyed. |
|
(49426)
|
179
|
Stephen Mosley
(City of Chester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will amend the guidance on the use of methylphenidate for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in order to reduce levels of prescribing of methylphenidate. |
|
(49457)
|
180
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 6.12 of his Department's publication, Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer, January 2011, how much additional funding his Department expects to make available to maintain radiotherapy services in the next four years; and whether some of this additional funding can be used to install the South West CyberKnife in Plymouth Derriford Hospital. |
|
(49562)
|
181
|
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 6.13 of his Department's publication, Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer, January 2011, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS patients have access to the most recent radiotherapy techniques comparable to those used in other European countries, including CyberKnife. |
|
(49563)
|
182
|
John Pugh
(Southport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has any plans to require (a) foundation trusts and (b) acute trusts to measure the incidence of pressure sores; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49398)
|
183
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical operations were carried out in (a) Bolton South East constituency and (b) Bolton in each of the last three years. |
|
(49597)
|
184
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for a hip replacement operation in (a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(49605)
|
185
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Defence the adoption in NHS hospitals of life-saving techniques developed in military conflict in Afghanistan for the treatment of trauma injuries; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49626)
|
186
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the National Institute of Health Research Centre for Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49627)
|
187
N
|
Jo Swinson
(East Dunbartonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to improve knowledge of allergies among GPs in order to implement guidelines of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the effective diagnosis of food allergy in a primary care setting. |
|
(49514)
|
188
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have indicated to his Department that they have a shortage of wheelchairs. |
|
(49440)
|
189
|
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2010, Official Report, column 1074W, on NHS: surveys, when he expects data from the findings of the Ipsos MORI six-monthly surveys from March 2008 to March 2010 on public perceptions of the NHS to be published on his Department's website; and when he expects data from the December 2010 survey to be made available. |
|
(49603)
|
190
|
Mr Alan Campbell
(Tynemouth):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department plans to provide for the National Wildlife Crime Unit in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. |
|
(49543)
|
191
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passenger name record data her Department expects to capture from passenger movements by December 2013. |
|
(49388)
|
192
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether serving police officers will be awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49577)
|
193
|
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults on a police constable in England and Wales were reported in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, (d) 2009 and (e) 2010. |
|
(49436)
|
194
|
Kelvin Hopkins
(Luton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of potential changes to police numbers over the next two years on arrangements for policing the London 2012 Olympics. |
|
(49527)
|
195
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has in place to identify cars registered in Great Britain which are stolen and subsequently offered for sale in other European countries. |
|
(49551)
|
196
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to enable international organisations to access the criminal records checking procedures of UK institutions. |
|
(49400)
|
197
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on establishing joint investigation teams to investigate abuse and exploitation of children overseas. |
|
(49401)
|
198
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to review the effectiveness of legislation governing the prosecution of British nationals who commit sexual offences against children overseas. |
|
(49402)
|
199
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were arrested on suspicion of crimes of sexual abuse and exploitation of children overseas in the last five years. |
|
(49437)
|
200
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the proportion of time spent on frontline policing duties by officers in the Greater Manchester Police force in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49598)
|
201
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in her Department are participating in the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49410)
|
202
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of illegal killing of birds of prey have been investigated by the police in each of the last five years. |
|
(49555)
|
203
|
Mr Lee Scott
(Ilford North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on measures to make illegal the (a) distribution and (b) sale of legal highs which are harmful to human health. |
|
(49529)
|
204
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the House of Commons Commission expects employees of the House of Commons Service to be able to participate in the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49405)
|
205
N
|
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated for humanitarian purposes to assist people (a) in Libya and (b) seeking to leave Libya since 1 January 2011; for what purposes any sums over £100,000 were allocated; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49499)
|
206
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will review his decision on the reprioritisation of aid to Swaziland in light of the rate of HIV prevalence and low life expectancy in that country. |
|
(49443)
|
207
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources his Department is providing for development of diagnostic tools to detect tuberculosis at the point of care in (a) rural and (b) other communities in developing countries. |
|
(49447)
|
208
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has plans to share the best practice on tackling tuberculosis and HIV in maternal care arising from its work in Rwanda with international counterparts. |
|
(49448)
|
209
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department plans to undertake on the effects of tuberculosis on children and families in the developing world in the next 12 months. |
|
(49453)
|
210
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman
(Camberwell and Peckham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 844W, on overseas aid, when he plans to publish the operational plans for each country receiving bilateral aid from his Department. |
|
(49634)
|
211
N
|
Mr Peter Bone
(Wellingborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce his allocation of funding for the protection of adult victims of human trafficking. |
|
(49617)
|
212
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1283W, on sentencing, what advice the Sentencing Guidelines Council issues to magistrates and judges in circumstances where an offender (a) has no fixed abode and a curfew or unpaid work would be appropriate and (b) has advised the court of plans to leave the UK for a long time or permanently. |
|
(49415)
|
213
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1280-1W, on sentencing, how many of the offenders recalled and returned to custody in the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 September 2010 were recalled to serve (a) their full sentence and (b) a shorter sentence. |
|
(49442)
|
214
N
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many murder convictions have been secured under the common law doctrine on joint enterprise in each of the last 30 years. |
|
(49495)
|
216
|
Yvonne Fovargue
(Makerfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid from civil legal aid budgets in disbursements in the last three years for which figures are available. |
|
(49435)
|
217
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's impact assessment on the Green Paper on legal aid reform, in which year the total number of legal aid cases cited as the baseline figure for this assessment were brought. |
|
(49358)
|
218
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will calibrate the figures in his Department's impact assessment on proposed changes to legal aid on the basis of March 2010 data. |
|
(49359)
|
219
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions W.S. Atkins have breached the terms of the contract for maintenance and cleaning of and catering in the probation estate in each year of the contract; and what subsequent action was taken in each case. |
|
(49360)
|
220
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people will lose access to civil legal aid as a result of the proposals in the Green Paper, Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales. |
|
(49361)
|
221
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department used to calculate the number of people that would lose access to legal aid under the proposals in the Green Paper, Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales. |
|
(49362)
|
222
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people will be affected by changes proposed in the November 2010 Green Paper, Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales. |
|
(49363)
|
223
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of terminating the contract with W.S. Atkins for maintenance, cleaning and catering in the probation estate. |
|
(49455)
|
224
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for letting the next contract for
maintenance, cleaning and catering in the probation estate. |
|
(49456)
|
225
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the existing contract for maintenance, cleaning and catering on the probation estate is due to end. |
|
(49458)
|
226
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to ensure diversity in the judiciary. |
|
(49500)
|
227
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) ethnic background and (b) gender was of those serving custodial sentences in each year from 1997 to 2010. |
|
(49620)
|
228
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the (a) ethnic background and (b) gender of the judiciary in each year from 1997 to 2010. |
|
(49622)
|
229
N
|
Sadiq Khan
(Tooting):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the (a) ethnic background and (b) gender of justices of the peace in each year from 1997 to 2010. |
|
(49623)
|
230
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's Family Justice Review will address disparities in the way courts deal with residency and access requests for mothers and fathers; and when he expects the Review to report. |
|
(49427)
|
231
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for the illegal killing of birds of prey in each of the last five years. |
|
(49606)
|
232
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his assessment is of (a) current and (b) future demand for First Tier social security tribunal services in (i) Torbay and (ii) Devon. |
|
(49460)
|
233
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the outcome of his Department's review of Compensation for Victims of Overseas Terrorism. |
|
(49478)
|
234
N
|
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with representatives of police forces on the enforcement of the law to reduce instances of squatting. |
|
(49390)
|
236
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he requires members of staff at No. 10 Downing Street to inform him when they are subject to criminal investigation. |
|
(49502)
|
237
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 31W, on Chequers: operating costs, in which year a grant was first made from the Cabinet Office to the independent trustees. |
|
(49508)
|
238
N
|
Mr Tom Watson
(West Bromwich East):
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make proposals to the independent trustees responsible for Chequers for Chequers to be open to the public. |
|
(49509)
|
239
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which hon. Members are included in his classification of (a) Scottish MPs and (b) hon. Members with an interest in Scottish affairs in correspondence sent to hon. Members by his office. |
|
(49510)
|
240
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 3W, on employment, whether the three members of staff received any payment on their departure from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. |
|
(49474)
|
241
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 2W, on departmental publications, what assessment the board has made of Mr Ken Olisa's remarks. |
|
(49475)
|
242
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the merits of introducing quotas for part 3 of the Approved Driving Instructors test. |
|
(49489)
|
243
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will conduct an investigation into the causes of recent trends in pass rates over the course of a year for part 3 of the Approved Driving Instructors test. |
|
(49490)
|
244
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 786W, on rolling stock, what the source is of the base data on which the net present value calculation was made; and what the assumed (a) procurement and (b) maintenance costs are of the electric trains and locomotives. |
|
(49411)
|
245
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the West Coast Mainline is available to different operators. |
|
(49558)
|
246
|
Jonathan Reynolds
(Stalybridge and Hyde):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to reduce overcrowding on the railways in Greater Manchester. |
|
(49533)
|
247
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees in his Department are participating in the Cycle to Work scheme. |
|
(49407)
|
248
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department reached the calculation that 70 per cent. of households affected by the proposed overall cap on benefit entitlement will be in social housing. |
|
(49483)
|
249
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department used to determine the allocation of discretionary housing payments to local authorities in England for 2011-12; and how much has been allocated to each. |
|
(49484)
|
250
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the childcare support needed in the universal credit to make work pay for a lone parent earning £6 an hour for 25 hours a week who has a child aged (a) one and (b) six. |
|
(49515)
|
251
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of households entitled to help with childcare costs under the universal credit on the basis of less than 16 hours work. |
|
(49516)
|
252
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of lone parents who (a) earn no more than the minimum wage, (b) receive up to (i) 60, (ii) 70 and (iii) 80 per cent. of childcare costs and (c) work (A) 10, (B) 16, (C) 20 and (D) 30 hours per week who will receive more for working than being on benefits under his proposals for universal credit. |
|
(49517)
|
253
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 9 March 2011, Official Report, columns 236-37WH, on disability living allowance, what steps he plans to take to review the responsibilities of care homes to provide mobility for disabled people; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49469)
|
254
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether recipients under the age of 65 in receipt of the proposed personal independent payment will be eligible to receive the benefit after they reach pension age. |
|
(49470)
|
255
N
|
Margaret Curran
(Glasgow East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with (a) cancer and (b) a stroke-related condition are in receipt of disability living allowance. |
|
(49631)
|
256
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of the National Benefit Fraud Hotline cases closed in each of the last five years (a) claims were found to be fraudulent, (b) claimants were found to be claiming erroneously and (c) callers were found to be mendacious. |
|
(49414)
|
257
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many open cases the National Benefit Fraud Hotline has in the (a) Fraud Investigation Service and (b) Customer Compliance Unit; and how many cases it has closed in each of the last five years. |
|
(49416)
|
258
N
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston of 14 March 2011, Official Report, columns 123-4W, on housing benefit, for what reasons his Department decided to cap housing benefit payments for both couple and lone parent households at £500 per week. |
|
(49624)
|
259
|
Dr Hywel Francis
(Aberavon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent assessment is of the extent to which adults with autism are able to access appropriate services provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49576)
|
260
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the eligibility criteria for road tax exemptions for vehicles adapted for use by disabled people. |
|
(49487)
|
261
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review legislation on the exemption from road tax of adapted vehicles for disabled people over the age of 65 years who are ineligible for disability living allowance. |
|
(49525)
|
262
|
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to receive the next report from Professor Malcolm Harrington on the work capability assessment. |
|
(49413)
|
263
|
Mr David Laws
(Yeovil):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance in each (i) month, (ii) quarter and (iii) year since January 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49611)
|
264
|
Nick Smith
(Blaenau Gwent):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of local housing allowance in Blaenau Gwent constituency (a) are making additional payments to cover the difference between benefit received and rent paid and (b) will be required to make an additional payment to cover the difference between benefit received and rent paid from April 2011. |
|
(49608)
|
Notices given on Thursday 24 March
1
N
|
Stephen Barclay
(North East Cambridgeshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the treatment of grant-in-aid given to a public body sponsored by a government department as money owed to central government in the public body's accounts. |
|
[Transferred]
(49420)
|
2
|
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Prime Minister of 16 March 2011, Official Report, columns 299-300, on law-making powers in Wales, what the statistical basis is for the forecast difference in spending. |
|
[Transferred]
(49399)
|
3
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff employed by the Cabinet Office work on the administration of the electoral system. |
|
[Transferred]
(49560)
|
4
|
Mr John Spellar
(Warley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has assessed the merits of seeking international agreement to declare the sea off the coast of Somalia a conflict zone. |
|
[Transferred]
(49477)
|
5
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for future funding for the provision of free fruit in primary schools. |
|
[Transferred]
(49376)
|
6
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an estimate of the quantity of processed food sold in Britain which is not labelled as genetically modified (GM) but has been produced using GM food. |
|
[Transferred]
(49451)
|
7
N
|
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many murders there have been for which there has been no conviction in each of the last 30 years. |
|
[Transferred]
(49496)
|
8
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries in Europe nationals require a visa to enter the UK. |
|
[Transferred]
(49553)
|
9
|
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases presented in magistrates' courts by the Crown Prosecution Service (a) resulted in a conviction and (b) have been discontinued in 2010-11 to date. |
|
(49799)
|
10
|
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
To ask the Attorney General, how many pre-charge decisions the Crown Prosecution Service has made in 2010-11 to date. |
|
(49800)
|
11
|
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown Courts the Crown Prosecution Service has presented in 2010-11 to date; and what proportion did not result in a conviction. |
|
(49801)
|
12
|
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for cases involving allegations of (a) domestic violence, (b) rape and (c) other sexual offences in 2010-11 to date; and what proportion of such cases have resulted in a conviction. |
|
(49854)
|
13
|
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many organisations in Yorkshire have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded funding from the Regional Growth Fund. |
|
(49683)
|
14
|
Hugh Bayley
(York Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which York-based organisations have applied for funding from the Regional Growth Fund; how much was sought in each case; whether the applications (i) were successful, (ii) were unsuccessful and (iii) are under consideration; and how much was awarded in respect of each successful application. |
|
(49684)
|
15
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) qualifications and (b) apprenticeships available in ornamental horticulture; and whether it has made an assessment of the change in the number of such (i) qualifications and (ii) apprenticeships in the last 10 years. |
|
(49764)
|
16
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many degree courses in horticulture there were in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2010-11. |
|
(49765)
|
17
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people aged 16 to 24 who are employed in the gardening industry; and whether he has assessed trends in the levels of employment of young people in the gardening industry in the last 10 years. |
|
(49766)
|
18
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the level of skills deficit in the (a) gardening industry and (b) ornamental horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49767)
|
19
|
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many licences were granted for the export of controlled goods to Saudi Arabia where the Saudi Arabian National Guard was the end user in each year since 2007. |
|
(49823)
|
20
|
Nia Griffith
(Llanelli):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to increasing funding for apprenticeships in the process and manufacturing sector. |
|
(49814)
|
21
|
Pauline Latham
(Mid Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in Mid-Derbyshire constituency on the effects of proposed new regulations since his appointment. |
|
(49769)
|
22
|
Alison McGovern
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much financial support was provided to (a) agricultural companies, (b) manufacturing, (c) universities and education, (d) financial services companies and (e) professional services in each region by UKTI in 2011-12; and how much support he expects to be provided in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14. |
|
(49836)
|
23
|
Esther McVey
(Wirral West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that student loans are repaid in full following implementation of the increased maximum chargeable amount in tuition fees. |
|
(49824)
|
24
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 14 December 2010 on behalf of the Devon Education Business Partnership regarding work experience placements. |
|
(49690)
|
25
|
Alok Sharma
(Reading West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students aged 16 to 19 years who are normally resident in the Reading West constituency were in further and higher education in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(49720)
|
26
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether individuals who donate their homes to charitable bodies but continue to reside within them as tenants will be eligible for the reduction in the rate of inheritance tax on their estates payable on their death should the value of such donations exceed 10 per cent. of the value of their estates. |
|
(49681)
|
27
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the level of revenue accruing to the Exchequer from taxation on oil production companies in (a) the last four financial years and (b) the next four financial years. |
|
(49719)
|
28
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Financial Statement, of 23rd March 2011, Official Report, column 955, if he will publish the evidence on which or his decision not to implement the dual discrimination rules under the Equality Act 2010 were based. |
|
(49728)
|
29
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to introduce (a) bonds and (b) individual savings accounts designed for small investors to invest capital into (i) environmental industries and (ii) the Green Investment Bank. |
|
(49763)
|
30
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the average annual level of income tax payable by an individual in the (a) 20 per cent., (b) 40 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. band of income tax if personal taxation allowances were linked to the retail prices index instead of the consumer prices index in each of the next four financial years. |
|
(49770)
|
31
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of linking personal taxation allowances to the Retail Price Index in each of the next four financial years. |
|
(49795)
|
32
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to restrict the ability of British-based companies to use tax avoidance schemes based in the Channel Islands. |
|
(49775)
|
33
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from seaside arcades on the likely effects of the introduction of a machine gaming duty in place of the amusement machine licence duty and value added tax; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49840)
|
34
|
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Assembly Government, (b) the Scottish Executive and (c) the Northern Ireland Assembly on the proposed junior individual savings account for looked after children; what arrangements he plans to make for the funding of the programme outside England; and whether the Barnett formula is to be applied to any new money allocated to the programme. |
|
(49816)
|
35
|
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Government contributions to the proposed junior ISA for looked-after children are to be backdated to 3 January 2011. |
|
(49817)
|
36
|
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the content of (a) the website taxfreejuniorisa.co.uk and (b) other commercial websites purporting to present information as if it were the policy of his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49818)
|
37
|
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 17 February 2011 with regard to Mr J Taylor. |
|
(49774)
|
38
|
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the perfomance of projects funded by the Landfill Communities Fund; what plans he has for the future of the Fund; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49682)
|
39
|
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer in tax forgone of the reduction in the main rate of corporation tax to 26 per cent. in the period from 1 April 2011 to 1 January 2012. |
|
(49696)
|
40
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 17 September 2010 on behalf of his constituent Ms Claire Harding regarding the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign. |
|
(49688)
|
41
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 14 December 2010 regarding measures taken by HM Treasury to reduce printing and postage costs. |
|
(49689)
|
42
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism he proposes to use to introduce a presumption of sustainable development in the local planning system. |
|
(49680)
|
43
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors he plans to take into account in developing a definition of sustainable development for use in the planning system. |
|
(49721)
|
44
|
Sir Alan Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Northern Way project spent; and what evaluation he has made of the project's performance in meeting its objectives. |
|
(49744)
|
45
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether pensioner households will be subject to his Department's planned reduction to council tax benefit. |
|
(49678)
|
46
|
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect on formula grant funding to each local authority of allowing such authorities to return the receipts from business rates. |
|
(49794)
|
47
|
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of superfast broadband in rural areas; and what timetable has been set for increasing such coverage. |
|
(49810)
|
48
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has received representations from (a) the gambling industry and (b) GamCare on the administrative burden placed upon GamCare by the regime implemented by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board and the Responsible Gambling Fund; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49841)
|
49
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has received representations from (a) the gambling industry and (b) GamCare on risks to GamCare's provision of treatment services due to delays in funding arrangements. |
|
(49842)
|
50
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will review the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) administrative burden resulting from the creation of the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board and the Responsible Gambling Fund to determine whether research, education and treatment in respect of problem gambling could be more effectively delivered through GamCare; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49843)
|
51
|
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council on entry prices for non-national museums and galleries that are in receipt of funding from his Department. |
|
(49677)
|
52
|
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many works of art in the Government Art Collection are (a) on display and (b) in storage. |
|
(49756)
|
53
|
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many short-term training teams have been sent to the Saudi Arabian National Guard in each year since 2007; and how many courses taught by such teams covered (a) internal security training, (b) public order training and (c) sniper training. |
|
(49808)
|
54
|
Jonathan Edwards
(Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Military Mission to the Saudi Arabian National Guard is still in operation. |
|
(49825)
|
55
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 947W, on radioactive waste, if he will send for publication in the Official Report the text of the letter sent to the hon. Member for Newport West. |
|
(49789)
|
56
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent operational requirements have been implemented for platforms serving in Afghanistan (a) with and (b) without a support and maintenance contract in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49736)
|
57
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any helicopters and their crews deployed in Afghanistan will be redeployed as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49737)
|
58
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will report to the House on a monthly basis on the adherence of each service to harmony guidelines, including instances of breaches and their extent. |
|
(49738)
|
59
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of personnel in each armed service are in breach of their harmony guidelines; what assessment he has made of the effect of Operation Odyssey Dawn on the number of such people; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49739)
|
60
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether armed forces personnel who are currently at lower readiness level will be deployed during Operation Odyssey Dawn; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49740)
|
61
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 6 December 2010 regarding work placement pay. |
|
(49685)
|
62
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 18 August 2010 on behalf of his constituent Mr Russell James regarding reform of the public sector. |
|
(49686)
|
63
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 22 July 2010 on behalf of his constituent Mr Keith Richardson regarding intrusive and unnecessary laws. |
|
(49687)
|
64
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 15 June 2010 on behalf of his constituent Mr Christopher Bunker regarding intrusive and unnecessary laws. |
|
(49691)
|
65
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 15 June 2010 on behalf of his constituent Jenny Hall regarding the Protection of Freedoms Bill. |
|
(49692)
|
66
|
Mr Adrian Sanders
(Torbay):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 16 July 2010 on behalf of his constituent Mr David Love regarding the statutory requirement for schools to hold acts of daily collective worship. |
|
(49693)
|
67
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the English Baccalaureate; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49694)
|
68
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the teaching of cookery in schools. |
|
(49695)
|
69
|
Mr David Laws
(Yeovil):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2011, Official Report, column 951W, on further education: student numbers, whether it is his policy to increase the number of 14 and 15 year olds spending part of their week studying in a further education college; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49734)
|
70
|
Mr David Laws
(Yeovil):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his policy that all university technical colleges will (a) enrol children aged 11 to 18 years, (b) be established in partnership with a university and a further education or sixth form college and (c) offer a curriculum which consists of a maximum of 20 per cent. of vocational education. |
|
(49735)
|
71
|
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much he has allocated for level 2 apprenticeships in Wolverhampton North East constituency in 2011-12. |
|
(49757)
|
72
|
Alok Sharma
(Reading West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils in (a) Berkshire, (b) Reading and (c) Reading West constituency who will qualify for the pupil premium. |
|
(49676)
|
73
|
Alok Sharma
(Reading West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the rate of truancy is for secondary schools in (a) Berkshire, (b) Reading and (c) Reading West constituency; and what steps he is taking to reduce levels of truancy. |
|
(49771)
|
74
|
Alok Sharma
(Reading West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size is for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Berkshire, (ii) Reading and (iii) Reading West constituency. |
|
(49772)
|
75
|
Alok Sharma
(Reading West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were excluded permanently from schools in (a) Berkshire, (b) Reading and (c) Reading West constituency in each of the last five years. |
|
(49829)
|
76
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to simplify the administration of the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme by removing or minimising the administrative (a) cost and (b) burden for business. |
|
(49845)
|
77
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the nature is of the stress tests of operational nuclear power plants agreed at the special meeting of EU member state energy ministers, nuclear safety regulators and operators and vendors of nuclear power plants on 15 March 2011. |
|
(49733)
|
78
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hartlepool of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 757W, if he will direct the Chief Nuclear Inspector to the evidence from experts (a) within and (b) outside the nuclear industry in preparing his report on the situation in Japan and the lessons to be learned; and if he will request the Chief Nuclear Inspector to hold in public any sessions held for the purpose of taking oral evidence. |
|
(49792)
|
79
|
Anna Soubry
(Broxtowe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of greater utilisation of (a) hydropower and (b) water wheel turbines on rivers. |
|
(49702)
|
80
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much additional funding will be available to reduce water bills in the South West region in each of the next four financial years; and what her estimate is of the average reduction in affected household bills in each of those financial years. |
|
(49679)
|
81
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take in response to the recommendation from the Sustainable Development Commission that it should produce a strategy to increase fruit production. |
|
(49718)
|
82
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to respond to the recommendation from the Sustainable Development Commission that her Department should produce a strategy for sustainable food production. |
|
(49760)
|
83
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to respond to the recommendation from the Sustainable Development Commission that her Department should produce a strategy to reduce the levels of grain foodstuffs used in the meat and dairy industry. |
|
(49761)
|
84
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to respond to the recommendation from the Sustainable Development Commission that her Department should work to create local food partnerships to meet local sustainability targets. |
|
(49762)
|
85
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the capacity of the farming industry to participate in the small companies research and development tax credit scheme. |
|
(49852)
|
86
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish her Department's White Paper on the Natural Environment. |
|
(49853)
|
87
|
Neil Carmichael
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he she has reviewed the Environment Agency's flood risk assessment of homes in England; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49819)
|
88
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage links between the UK and Israel in the fields of science and technology. |
|
(49804)
|
89
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the work of (a) Israeli medical organisations and (b) joint Arab-Israeli medical projects. |
|
(49851)
|
90
|
Justin Tomlinson
(North Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 694W, on USA: cotton, what the US Ambassador's response was to Lord Brittain's representations; what steps he plans to take in respect of US cotton subsidies as a result of that response; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49698)
|
91
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he last spoke to the President of Yemen. |
|
(49730)
|
92
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for UK policy of the departure from office of President Saleh of Yemen before any transfer of power to a new administration. |
|
(49732)
|
93
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with members of the Friends of Yemen group; and what proposals have been discussed. |
|
(49809)
|
94
|
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to the then hon. Member for Chesterfield of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 539W, on incinerators: health hazards, whether his Department has assessed the effect on public health of emissions from functioning incinerators since the date of that Answer. |
|
(49717)
|
95
|
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on public health of emissions from incinerators since 2008. |
|
(49742)
|
96
|
Graeme Morrice
(Livingston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure has been incurred by his Department on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each month since 1 January 2010; what surveys were commissioned; what the purpose was of each survey, and if he will publish the findings.
|
|
(49839)
|
97
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of deaths in care homes were attributable to (a) MRSA, (b) clostridium difficile infections, (c) malnutrition and (d) dehydration in each of the last 13 years. |
|
(49797)
|
98
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of emergency readmissions to hospital in each NHS hospital trust in England occurred within 30 days of discharge in each of the last 13 years. |
|
(49805)
|
99
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations in each acute hospital trust were cancelled in each of the last 13 years. |
|
(49806)
|
100
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were treated in each overseas country for each type of condition in each of the last three years; and what the cost to the NHS of such treatment was. |
|
(49807)
|
101
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) cases of and (b) deaths where the death certificate refers to healthcare acquired infections there were in care homes for each type of (i) infection and (ii) care home in each of the last 13 years. |
|
(49828)
|
102
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy not to consent to the deployment of the European Gendarmerie force on British territory. |
|
(49844)
|
103
|
Ben Gummer
(Ipswich):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what strategy her Department has to tackle prostitution; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49788)
|
104
|
Sir Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 17 February 2011 with regard to Mrs Saima Noreen Rashid. |
|
(49773)
|
105
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of persons convicted of offences of (a) murder of and (b) actual bodily harm against a woman in England and Wales in each year since 1998 who had previously stalked or harassed this victim. |
|
(49856)
|
106
|
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the measures in the original text of the EU Directive on Human Trafficking she considered to be contrary to the UK's interest; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49741)
|
107
|
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 52WS, on the UN Directive (Human Trafficking), what the main risk associated with the text was which has now been overcome. |
|
(49793)
|
108
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an estimate has been made of the number of those who experience domestic violence who have committed suicide; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49745)
|
109
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the UK Border Agency's gender-based guidelines; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49747)
|
110
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women who apply for indefinite leave to remain as a result of alleged domestic violence had their applications refused in the latest period for which figures are available; what the grounds were for such refusals; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49748)
|
111
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for indefinite leave to remain made by women accepted on to the Sojourner Project are determined within the 20 day limit; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49749)
|
112
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to undertake a review of the Sojourner Project; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49750)
|
113
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Sojourner Project; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49751)
|
114
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the merits of extending the 20 day limit for applications for indefinite leave to remain from women accepted on the Sojourner Project; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49752)
|
115
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain were made within the 20 day limit by women accepted on to the Sojourner Project; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49753)
|
116
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases the UK Border Agency met the 20 day target for the processing of applications for indefinite leave to remain in domestic violence cases in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(49754)
|
117
|
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many works of art in the Parliamentary Art Collection are (a) on display and (b) in storage. |
|
(49790)
|
118
|
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost is to the House of Commons Commission of insuring the Parliamentary Art Collection in respect of works (a) on display and (b) in storage. |
|
(49791)
|
119
|
Guto Bebb
(Aberconwy):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the provision of assistance by Israel to refugees from Sudan. |
|
(49850)
|
120
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on its provision of projects to (a) treat and (b) prevent maternal tuberculosis of the absence of an indicator for the incidence of maternal tuberculosis in the maternal health strategy. |
|
(49723)
|
121
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the additional costs incurred by the courts in the pursuit of separate actions in cases before tribunals or courts where the same litigant raised issues of discrimination against another litigant on any two of the grounds of (a) gender, (b) race, (c) nationality, (d) sexual orientation, (e) religious belief and (f) disability in each of the last four years. |
|
(49731)
|
122
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases before tribunals or courts to the same litigant raise issues of discrimination against another litigant on any two of the grounds of (a) gender, (b) race, (c) nationality, (d) sexual orientation, (e) religious belief and (f) disability in each of the last four years. |
|
(49796)
|
123
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the likely effect of not implementing the dual discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 on the number of separate claims for discrimination before tribunals or courts in each of the next four years. |
|
(49811)
|
124
|
Tom Brake
(Carshalton and Wallington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2011, Official Report, column 577W, on prisoners, how many projects in prisons run by the private sector remunerate prisoners for work they do; and how many prisoners are participating in each such project. |
|
(49768)
|
125
|
Philip Davies
(Shipley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 796W, on the Prison Service: IC7, whether the Director of Corporate Affairs of HM Prison Service received a bonus in respect of performance in 1999-2000 (a) in that year and (b) subsequently. |
|
(49802)
|
126
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department raised from investors in order to run the Peterborough Social Impact Bond payment by results pilot. |
|
(49826)
|
127
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has underwritten the Social Impact Bond payment by results pilot at Peterborough prison. |
|
(49827)
|
128
|
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Orpington of 15 February 2011, Official Report, columns 750-1W, on what date he expects (a) guidance on the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 to be published and (b) the Bribery Act 2010 to be implemented. |
|
(49701)
|
129
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the outcomes of the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49743)
|
130
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of restorative justice in cases of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49746)
|
131
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49755)
|
132
|
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Wolverhampton North East constituency and (b) the West Midlands received legal aid in each of the last five years. |
|
(49758)
|
133
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he last spoke to the President of Yemen. |
|
(49729)
|
134
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with travel companies in Scotland on the likely effect on them of the Government's proposed reforms to the Air Travel Organisers Licensing scheme. |
|
(49722)
|
135
|
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
(Banff and Buchan):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on the implications of the 2011 Budget for the provisions of the Scotland Bill. |
|
(49846)
|
136
|
Ms Angela Eagle
(Wallasey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals to improve driver testing and training processes he is considering for those aged between 17 and 25. |
|
(49812)
|
137
|
Ms Angela Eagle
(Wallasey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made in allowing insurers to gain access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency drivers' database. |
|
(49813)
|
138
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to assist police forces and insurers to address motor vehicle insurance fraud. |
|
(49798)
|
139
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the restructuring of Network Rail in 2011. |
|
(49831)
|
140
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the likely (a) cost and (b) revenue arising from restructuring of the Anglia region's track and signalling infrastructure. |
|
(49832)
|
141
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken on proposals for restructuring of rail and signalling infrastructure in (a) Scotland, (c) the South Western region, (c) the South Central region and (d) the South Eastern region. |
|
(49833)
|
142
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the draft Local Authority Basic Carbon tool in evaluating the carbon impact of whole area interventions including those delivered through the Sustainable Travel Town programme prior to the introduction of the tool. |
|
(49834)
|
143
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the equality impact assessment in respect of the abolition of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee. |
|
(49835)
|
144
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate has been made of the book value of Waterloo International railway terminal. |
|
(49847)
|
145
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken in respect of re-opening Waterloo International railway terminal for (a) domestic and (b) international rail services. |
|
(49848)
|
146
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle fraud in the motor insurance industry. |
|
(49849)
|
147
|
Fiona O'Donnell
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) trade unions and (b) HM Coastguard staff on the consultation on proposals for modernisation of HM Coastguard. |
|
(49699)
|
148
|
Fiona O'Donnell
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans to visit Fife Ness coastguard station. |
|
(49700)
|
149
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on women (a) in work, (b) in training and (c) in the provision of services of the decision not to implement the dual discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010. |
|
(49787)
|
150
|
Fiona Mactaggart
(Slough):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, who will be responsible for preparing the UK's seventh periodic report under Article 18 of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and what plans she has for consultation with civil society organisations in the preparation of this report. |
|
(49759)
|
151
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measure of inflation will be used for the annual uprating of cash payments made to individuals with a potentially lower entitlement under universal credit than under current tax credit and benefit arrangements. |
|
(49803)
|
152
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, if he will estimate the number of families with annual incomes between (a) £16,000 and £17,000, (b) £17,000 and £18,000, (c) £18,000 and £19,000, (d) £19,000 and £20,000, (e) £20,000 and £21,000, (f) £21,000 and £22,000, (g) £22,000 and £23,000 and (h) £23,000 and £24,000 which will have (i) a lower and (ii) a higher entitlement under universal credit operating in steady state; and what the average change in entitlement will be for families in each group. |
|
(49820)
|
153
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, in how many families with savings (a) between £16,000 and £20,000, (b) between £20,000 and £25,000, (c) between £25,000 and £30,000 and (d) £30,000 and above will have a lower entitlement under universal credit in steady state; and what the average loss in incomes will be for families in each group attributable to this lower entitlement. |
|
(49821)
|
154
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, how many families with savings between (a) £6,000 and £7,000, (b) £7,000 and £8,000, (c) £8,000 and £9,000, (d) £9,000 and £10,000, (e) £10,000 and £11,000, (f) £11,000 and £12,000, (g) £12,000 and £13,000, (h) £13,0000 and £14,000, (i) £14,000 and £15,000 and (j) £15,000 and £16,000 will have (i) a lower and (ii) a higher entitlement under universal credit operating in steady state; and what the average change in income will be for families in each group attributable to this change entitlement. |
|
(49822)
|
155
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether transitional cash payments to individuals with a lower entitlement under universal credit will continue until there is a change in the financial circumstances of such individuals. |
|
(49855)
|
156
|
Jonathan Evans
(Cardiff North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the trends in levels of unemployment in (a) Wales, (b) Cardiff and (c) Cardiff North constituency since January 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49815)
|
157
|
Ian Lavery
(Wansbeck):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the costs of implementing the Work Capability Assessment Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No 228) are reflected in his latest estimates of net savings from the implementation of his welfare reforms. |
|
(49697)
|
158
|
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wolverhampton North East constituency received support for mortgage interest payments in each of the last five years. |
|
(49830)
|
159
|
Emma Reynolds
(Wolverhampton North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Wolverhampton North East constituency who (a) were affected by his Department's changes to entitlement to mortgage interest payments and (b) will be affected in the 12 months following the change. |
|
(49838)
|
TUESDAY 29 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
*1
|
Liz Kendall
(Leicester West):
What plans he has for the future of the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49321)
|
*2
|
Tony Baldry
(Banbury):
What steps he is taking to increase educational opportunities in prisons. |
|
(49322)
|
*3
|
Yasmin Qureshi
(Bolton South East):
What the evidential basis is for his proposals on the future of universal jurisdiction. |
|
(49323)
|
*4
|
Stephen Gilbert
(St Austell and Newquay):
What plans he has for the use of innovative community sentences as an alternative to custody; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49324)
|
*5
|
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
What level of resources his Department plans to provide to the Prison Service in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49325)
|
*6
|
Lorraine Fullbrook
(South Ribble):
What proportion of the cost of accommodating foreign national prisoners awaiting deportation after serving their sentences is provided by his Department. |
|
(49326)
|
*7
|
Andrew Gwynne
(Denton and Reddish):
What plans his Department has for the future of the Probation Service. |
|
(49327)
|
*8
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
What progress he has made on his proposed reform of legal aid. |
|
(49328)
|
*9
|
Jessica Lee
(Erewash):
Which organisations he has met to discuss the draft Defamation Bill. |
|
(49329)
|
*10
|
Lindsay Roy
(Glenrothes):
How many foreign national prisoners he expects to have repatriated in 2011. |
|
(49330)
|
*11
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
What discussions he has had with representatives of the Serious Fraud Office on his proposed guidance in respect of the Bribery Act 2010. |
|
(49331)
|
*12
|
Mike Weatherley
(Hove):
What progress he has made on reform of legislation on squatting. |
|
(49332)
|
*13
|
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
How many prisoners convicted of violent offences and released under the early release scheme between 2007 and 2010 have since been returned to prison. |
|
(49333)
|
*14
|
Margot James
(Stourbridge):
What steps he is taking to support drug rehabilitation in prisons. |
|
(49334)
|
*15
|
Kate Green
(Stretford and Urmston):
What progress he has made on his proposed reform of legal aid. |
|
(49335)
|
*16
|
John Pugh
(Southport):
If he will assess the extent of regional variation in the rate of custodial sentencing of offenders under the age of 17; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49336)
|
*17
|
Mark Lancaster
(Milton Keynes North):
How many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection have been released to date. |
|
(49337)
|
*18
|
Mark Menzies
(Fylde):
How much was paid to convicted criminals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. |
|
(49338)
|
*19
|
Anna Soubry
(Broxtowe):
What progress has been made on proposed changes to the payment of fees to criminal law barristers through the Legal Services Commission. |
|
(49339)
|
*20
|
Cathy Jamieson
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
What progress his Department has made in its review of the work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. |
|
(49340)
|
*21
|
Bob Blackman
(Harrow East):
What plans he has for reform of the payment of expenses to and compensation for time given by magistrates; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49341)
|
*22
|
Andrew George
(St Ives):
What plans he has to ensure equal access to legal redress. |
|
(49342)
|
*23
|
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
If he will take steps to increase the length of sentences which may be handed down for public order offences. |
|
(49343)
|
*24
|
Karen Bradley
(Staffordshire Moorlands):
How many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection have completed their tariffs. |
|
(49344)
|
*25
|
John Glen
(Salisbury):
How many responses he has received to the Legal Aid Green Paper. |
|
(49345)
|
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
|
(49346)
|
*2
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
|
|
(49347)
|
*3
|
Mike Freer
(Finchley and Golders Green):
|
|
(49348)
|
*4
|
Stuart Andrew
(Pudsey):
|
|
(49349)
|
*5
|
Jeremy Lefroy
(Stafford):
|
|
(49350)
|
*6
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
|
|
(49351)
|
*7
|
Mr David Crausby
(Bolton North East):
|
|
(49352)
|
*8
|
Karen Lumley
(Redditch):
|
|
(49353)
|
*9
|
Glyn Davies
(Montgomeryshire):
|
|
(49354)
|
*10
|
Mark Tami
(Alyn and Deeside):
|
|
(49355)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 22 March
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide training for non-facility owning sports clubs to assist in the transfer of publically-owned facilities to community-owned facilities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49197)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many successful community asset transfers there have been in each of the last six months; and which assets have been so transferred. |
|
(49198)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effects of local authority planning fees on the development of community sports facilities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49199)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what financial support his Department provides for non-facility-owning sports clubs. |
|
(49132)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to simplify the provision of information to sports clubs on making grant applications. |
|
(49133)
|
6
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) purpose and (b) outcome was of his Department's meeting with Governor Suebu of Papua at Wilton Park in May 2010. |
|
(49114)
|
7
N
|
Mr Andrew Smith
(Oxford East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2010, Official Report, column 711W, on West Papua: overseas investment, what contact the UK Ambassador to Indonesia has had with the government of Indonesia on the effects of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estates projects on sustainable land use and local communities in West Papua since 2 November 2010. |
|
(49320)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 23 March
1
N
|
Mr Tom Harris
(Glasgow South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow South of 8 December 2010 on behalf of his constituent, Ms Sandie Boyd. |
|
(49391)
|
2
N
|
Bob Stewart
(Beckenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of parliamentary questions for written answer were answered by his Department (a) within one week of, (b) within two weeks of, (c) within three weeks of, (d) within four weeks of, (e) within five weeks of and (f) more than five weeks after the date on which they were set down for answer since May 2010. |
|
(49639)
|
3
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the proportion of agriculture in the UK that provides biofuels in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49635)
|
4
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Yemen on the treatment of anti-government protestors on 18 March 2011. |
|
(49518)
|
5
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of toxins from food packaging on food. |
|
(49636)
|
6
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in each of the past three years illicit drugs have been discovered inside HM Prison Full Sutton. |
|
(49637)
|
7
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in UK prisons have cases (a) before and (b) pending at the European Court of Human Rights. |
|
(49638)
|
Notices given on Thursday 24 March
1
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) adult and (b) youth apprenticeships were offered in the (i) public and (ii) private sector in London in each of the last five years. |
|
(49866)
|
2
N
|
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many enrolments there were in midwifery courses at Northumbria University in each academic year between 2005-06 and 2010-11. |
|
(49712)
|
3
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Post Office Ltd on the future of sales of (a) insurance, (b) foreign currency and (c) vehicle excise duty through the Post Office network; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49858)
|
4
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much capital funding his Department allocated to each university in each of the last five years; how much it plans to allocate in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49873)
|
5
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential students the Aimhigher programme reached in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49895)
|
6
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of (a) the number of British-based companies which use tax avoidance schemes in Jersey and (b) the amount of taxation avoided through use of such schemes per year. |
|
(49780)
|
7
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions he has had with Central Europe Trust. |
|
(49781)
|
8
N
|
Chris Bryant
(Rhondda):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met Lord Lawson of Blaby in the course of his official duties since his appointment. |
|
(49857)
|
9
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which measures in Budget 2011 consequential allocations through the Barnett formula are to be made to (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northen Ireland. |
|
(49860)
|
10
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he plans to allocate to (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Welsh Assembly Government and (c) the Northern Ireland Executive in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, (iv) 2014-15 and (v) 2015-16 as a result of the measures announced in the 2011 Budget. |
|
(49861)
|
11
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he plans to allocate to the Scottish Executive under the Barnett formula in respect of each item from which consequential allocations arise in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16. |
|
(49862)
|
12
N
|
Tom Greatrex
(Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what years the Scottish Executive will be able to claim the sums underspent in previous years which are identified in the 2011 Budget; and whether any restrictions are to apply to the use of such sums. |
|
(49863)
|
13
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effects of tax credit changes in the 2011 Budget on the video games industry. |
|
(49724)
|
14
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas
(Harrow West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential for small and medium-sized businesses to acces funds from the corporate bond market; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49872)
|
15
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation his Department undertook with (a) environmental groups and (b) the construction industry prior to the announcement that new homes will not be required to be zero carbon. |
|
(49837)
|
16
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions the Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce has met; what the (a) composition and (b) remit of the Taskforce is; what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of the Taskforce since May 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49878)
|
17
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence (i) he and (ii) Ministers in his Department had with members of the Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce prior to the announcement that new homes will no longer be required to be zero carbon. |
|
(49879)
|
18
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to Question 44110, on the answer to Question 35814, tabled on 1 March 2011 for answer on 3 March 2011. |
|
(49867)
|
19
N
|
Ms Gisela Stuart
(Birmingham, Edgbaston):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Audit Commission plans to publish the report of its stategic inspection of the housing stock of Birmingham City Council unit rates in November 2009. |
|
(49645)
|
20
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 900W, on Arts Council England: expenditure, on what date he last met the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of Arts Council England. |
|
(49779)
|
21
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, who the (a) members and (b) Chair will be of the Creative Industry Council announced in the 2011 Budget; and what its remit will be. |
|
(49883)
|
22
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis
(Bury South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the Creative Industry Council announced in the 2011 Budget will be led by industry or Government. |
|
(49884)
|
23
N
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon
(Bridgend):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the start date is for training exercise Cougar. |
|
(49778)
|
24
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs have been engaged by each of the armed services in (a) the UK, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iraq, (d) Germany and (e) other overseas locations in each of the last five years; what roles such dogs fulfil; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49869)
|
25
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs engaged by each armed service have been retired from service in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what provision was made for each such dog after leaving service. |
|
(49870)
|
26
N
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the treatment of dogs no longer required by the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49871)
|
27
N
|
Hywel Williams
(Arfon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what area of land in (a) public and (b) private ownership his Department uses for military purposes in (i) Wales, (ii) England and (iii) Scotland. |
|
(49868)
|
28
N
|
Andrew Selous
(South West Bedfordshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether parents of children with statements of special educational needs (SEN) are restricted in seeking to send such children to Academy special schools; whether local authorities are entitled to direct all children with SEN in this area to an area special school; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49859)
|
29
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the proportion of household carbon emissions which arise from (a) lighting, (b) heating, (c) cooking and (d) electrical appliances. |
|
(49880)
|
30
N
|
Mr William Bain
(Glasgow North East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the effects on domestic energy bills of the introduction of a carbon floor price of £16 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted from 2013. |
|
(49882)
|
31
N
|
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of removing the requirement for new homes to be zero carbon on the Government's carbon reduction strategy; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49881)
|
32
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the (a) level and (b) types of fly-tipped waste recovered from (i) public and (ii) private land which was (A) recycled and (B) sent to landfill in 2010-11. |
|
(49886)
|
33
N
|
Mr Jamie Reed
(Copeland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of fly-tipping were recorded on (a) public and (b) private land in each local authority area in 2010-11. |
|
(49887)
|
34
N
|
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of European arrest warrants issued to the UK were in respect of serious organised crime or terrorism offences in each year for which figures are available between 2004 and 2010. |
|
(49703)
|
35
N
|
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to her counterpart in Poland on the high number of European arrest warrants issued by that country. |
|
(49704)
|
36
N
|
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the UK was of the European Arrest Warrant regime in each year from 2004 to 2010. |
|
(49705)
|
37
N
|
Richard Drax
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the likely future change in the number of European arrest warrants received by the UK as a result of proposals to implement the Schengen Information System II during 2012. |
|
(49706)
|
38
N
|
Gordon Banks
(Ochil and South Perthshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish guidance on corporate hospitality under the Bribery Act 2010. |
|
(49875)
|
39
N
|
Ann McKechin
(Glasgow North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Lord Advocate on the compatibility with human rights legislation of the evidence requirements in Scottish criminal law. |
|
(49725)
|
40
N
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has paid to LEK Consulting in 2011 to date. |
|
(49876)
|
41
N
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with representatives of LEK Consulting in 2011 to date. |
|
(49877)
|
42
N
|
Maria Eagle
(Garston and Halewood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with members of the McNulty Review on value for money in the rail industry in 2011; and on what dates such meetings took place. |
|
(49885)
|
43
N
|
Tim Farron
(Westmorland and Lonsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement the value added tax refund for Mountain Rescue. |
|
(49776)
|
44
N
|
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered the merits of including a direct link to Heathrow Airport in Stage 1 of the proposed High Speed 2 scheme. |
|
(49707)
|
45
N
|
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to further electrification of the UK's existing rail infrastructure. |
|
(49708)
|
46
N
|
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) reliability and (b) capacity of the UK's existing rail network. |
|
(49709)
|
47
N
|
Andrea Leadsom
(South Northamptonshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by HS2 Ltd; what roles they undertake; and what remuneration they receive. |
|
(49710)
|
48
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson
(Tewkesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the fitting of silencers to small planes. |
|
(49777)
|
49
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether discretionary housing payments are to be included in the calculation for the total household benefits cap. |
|
(49864)
|
50
N
|
Ms Karen Buck
(Westminster North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for discretionary housing payments in each local authority area in England in each of the last five years; and how many (a) were granted and (b) want to appeal in each such year. |
|
(49865)
|
51
N
|
Gloria De Piero
(Ashfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people placed in employment in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire through the Future Jobs Fund. |
|
(49874)
|
52
N
|
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to Question 10614 on access to work tabled on 17 July 2010 for answer on 21 July 2010. |
|
(49711)
|
53
N
|
Jenny Willott
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances a single person with no children would be affected by the housing benefit cap; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49782)
|
WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
*1
|
Lisa Nandy
(Wigan):
What criteria he plans to use to assess the strategic plan for UN Women when determining the funding to be allocated to it. |
|
(49661)
|
*2
|
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
What support his Department plans to give to development of the infrastructure of South Sudan in 2011-12. |
|
(49662)
|
*3
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
What estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of Official Development Assistance to Lesotho following the closure of his Department's bilateral aid programme in that country. |
|
(49663)
|
*4
|
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle Upon Tyne North):
What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice about his role as the UK's international anti-corruption champion on the implications for development of his role. |
|
(49664)
|
*5
|
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
What recent representations he has received on the effects of corruption on the economies of developing countries. |
|
(49665)
|
*6
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
What recent representations he has received on the effects of corruption on the economies of developing countries. |
|
(49666)
|
*7
|
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
What objectives he has set for the outcomes for his Department's policies of the World Bank Spring Meetings. |
|
(49667)
|
*8
|
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
What plans he has for future levels of development aid to India. |
|
(49668)
|
*9
|
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
How many organisations have (a) applied for and (b) been granted funds from his Department's Global Action Poverty Fund. |
|
(49669)
|
*10
|
Ann Clwyd
(Cynon Valley):
What humanitarian aid his Department is providing to the people of Libya. |
|
(49670)
|
*11
|
David Morris
(Morecambe and Lunesdale):
What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation on Libya's borders with Tunisia and Egypt. |
|
(49671)
|
*12
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
What discussions he has had with his EU and UN counterparts on the development implications of the state of emergency in Yemen. |
|
(49672)
|
*13
|
Joseph Johnson
(Orpington):
What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation on Libya's borders with Tunisia and Egypt. |
|
(49673)
|
*14
|
Katy Clark
(North Ayrshire and Arran):
What recent representations he has received on the effect on the economies of developing countries of the tax avoidance practices of UK companies. |
|
(49674)
|
*15
|
Mr Dominic Raab
(Esher and Walton):
What steps he is taking to alleviate the humanitarian situation in Darfur. |
|
(49675)
|
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.
*1
|
Jackie Doyle-Price
(Thurrock):
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 March. |
|
(49646)
|
*2
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie
(South Down):
|
|
(49647)
|
*3
|
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
|
|
(49648)
|
*4
|
Peter Aldous
(Waveney):
|
|
(49649)
|
*5
|
Greg Mulholland
(Leeds North West):
|
|
(49650)
|
*6
|
Mr David Burrowes
(Enfield, Southgate):
|
|
(49651)
|
*7
|
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
(Belfast South):
|
|
(49652)
|
*8
|
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
|
|
(49653)
|
*9
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
|
|
(49654)
|
*10
|
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
|
|
(49655)
|
*11
|
Tony Baldry
(Banbury):
|
|
(49656)
|
*12
|
Yvonne Fovargue
(Makerfield):
|
|
(49657)
|
*13
|
Heidi Alexander
(Lewisham East):
|
|
(49658)
|
*14
|
Fiona Bruce
(Congleton):
|
|
(49659)
|
*15
|
Helen Jones
(Warrington North):
|
|
(49660)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 16 March
1
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with officials in her Department on the process of loading batches of samples to the National DNA Database; how many samples are contained in each batch loaded to the database; whether such batches can be split retrospectively after loading; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(48098)
|
2
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her proposals to remove certain DNA profiles from the National DNA Database. |
|
(48099)
|
3
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will be responsible for (a) taking possession of DNA profile material and (b) supervising the destruction of records following the closure of the Forensic Science Service. |
|
(48172)
|
4
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effects of the closure of the Forensic Science Service on the Government's plans to remove profiles from the National DNA Database. |
|
(48173)
|
Notices given on Monday 21 March
1
N
|
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her proposals for removal of DNA profiles from the National DNA Database contemplate the removal from the database of all records associated with a DNA sample. |
|
(48905)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 23 March
1
N
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department allocated for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in 2010-11; and how much it plans to allocate in 2011-12. |
|
(49519)
|
2
N
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in receipt of (a) housing benefit, (b) working tax credit, (c) income support, (d) council tax credit and (e) pension credit are enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages courses with (i) full and (ii) partial fee remission provided by his Department. |
|
(49520)
|
3
N
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses on adult and community learning. |
|
(49521)
|
4
N
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of financial barriers on participation in English for Speakers of Other Languages courses. |
|
(49522)
|
5
N
|
John Cryer
(Leyton and Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment on proposed changes to funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses. |
|
(49523)
|
6
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life. |
|
(49642)
|
7
N
|
Sheryll Murray
(South East Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many solar photovoltaic schemes exceeding 1 megawatt in (a) Cornwall and Devon and (b) the UK have received planning permission since the inception of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
|
(49397)
|
8
N
|
Mr David Blunkett
(Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1034-35W, on departmental telephone services, what steps are being taken within the specification outlined to facilitate the qualification of small voluntary sector organisations under the terms for contracted services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49641)
|
9
N
|
Sheryll Murray
(South East Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will produce an impact assessment on Cornwall as part of the fast-track review of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
|
(49393)
|
10
N
|
Sheryll Murray
(South East Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many megawatts of solar photovoltaic generating capacity have been installed in Cornwall and Devon since the launch of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
|
(49394)
|
11
N
|
Sheryll Murray
(South East Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the expenditure by the solar power industry in all stages of planning and development into solar photovoltaic installations above 1 megawatt since the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
|
(49395)
|
12
N
|
Sheryll Murray
(South East Cornwall):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the potential number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs to be created in solar photovoltaic farms in Cornwall under the feed-in tariff scheme by 2015; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect on this estimate of the outcome of the fast-track review of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
|
(49396)
|
13
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn
(Islington North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Western Sahara was discussed during his recent meeting with the Moroccan Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
|
(49392)
|
Notices given on Thursday 24 March
1
N
|
Caroline Flint
(Don Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of each civil servant appointed to his Department since 11 May 2010. |
|
(49713)
|
2
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the poorest country is to which the UK provides development aid; and what form such aid takes. |
|
(49888)
|
3
N
|
Fiona O'Donnell
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements have been put in place in respect of lone working at (a) Fife Ness and (b) other coastguard stations in Scotland. |
|
(49714)
|
4
N
|
Fiona O'Donnell
(East Lothian):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vacancies there are for watchmen at Fife Ness Coastguard station. |
|
(49715)
|
5
N
|
Stella Creasy
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) capacity and (b) propensity of applicants for support from the Social Fund to access credit from (i) mainstream providers, (ii) high-cost credit lenders and (iii) credit unions. |
|
(49783)
|
THURSDAY 31 MARCH
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 17 March
1
N
|
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to the recommendation of the Pitt Report that flood defences should be allocated an above-inflation funding settlement. |
|
(48323)
|
2
N
|
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to establish a mechanism to measure the Government's commitment to be the greenest administration ever. |
|
(48324)
|
3
N
|
Tom Blenkinsop
(Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist the farming industry in preparing for the ban on battery cages for laying hens. |
|
(48349)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 23 March
1
N
|
Sir John Stanley
(Tonbridge and Malling):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1173W, on arms trade: exports, for which countries arms export licences have been revoked as a result of his Department's review of export licences announced on 18 February 2011 since 15.00 on 3 March 2011; how many (a) individual and (b) open licences were revoked in respect of each country; and what the date of revocation was in each case. |
|
(49524)
|
Notices given on Thursday 24 March
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the effect of the reduction in funding for local authorities on the cost to patients of placements with independent social care providers; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49785)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on monitoring the quality of independent social care providers. |
|
(49786)
|
3
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England. |
|
(49889)
|
4
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse of the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England was in each of the last three years. |
|
(49890)
|
5
N
|
Mr Greg Knight
(East Yorkshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2011, Official Report, column 452W, on tattoos, whether it is his Department's policy to fund the removal of tattoos on the NHS. |
|
(49784)
|
6
N
|
Caroline Dinenage
(Gosport):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with South West Trains on improving the provision of rolling stock on Portsmouth to London services. |
|
(49716)
|
7
N
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met representatives of (i) the Association of Train Operating Companies and (ii) rail trade unions since 8 May 2010. |
|
(49892)
|
8
N
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes and Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 23 March 2011, Official Report, columns 958-9, on ways and means: financial statement, whether the £200 million additional investment in regional railways is for the financial year 2011-12; when he expects to allocate this funding to individual projects; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49893)
|
9
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effects on the ability of care home residents to participate in community activities of removing the mobility component of disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(49891)
|
MONDAY 4 APRIL
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 23 March
1
N
|
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2011, Official Report, columns 284-5W, on roads: snow and ice, whether he has informed local authorities of their allocations; and how much has been allocated to each local authority. |
|
(49640)
|
Notices given on Thursday 24 March
1
N
|
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much from the sum announced in the 2011 Budget for costs of road maintenance arising from adverse weather conditions is to be paid to each highway authority. |
|
(49894)
|
TUESDAY 5 APRIL
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 23 March
1
N
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women who will have their state pension age increased by 18 months or more as a result of his proposed change in the state pension age for women. |
|
(49643)
|
2
N
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average monetary value of pension payments which will not be paid to women born between December 1953 and October 1954 as a result of his proposed change in the state pension age for women. |
|
(49644)
|
Notices given on Thursday 24 March
1
N
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the deadweight cost to the public purse of operating the child benefit system in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(49726)
|
2
N
|
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely annual deadweight cost to the public purse of the exemption from national insurance for new businesses setting up outside the South East. |
|
(49727)
|
|
