Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 30 March 2011

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 29 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 30 March 2011

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

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

WEDNESDAY 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 on the implications for development of his role as the UK's international anti-corruption champion.
	(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 coastguard station 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)

Notices given on Friday 25 March

1 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Cabinet Office Briefing Room has met in 2011 to date; on what date each meeting was held, and for what duration; which Ministers attended each meeting; and what the agenda was of each meeting.
	(49947)

2 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) job title on departure and (b) payband was of each senior civil servant in HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors who resigned to take up a position with (i) Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG or Ernst and Young and (ii) a FTSE 100 company in each of the last six years.
	(49959)

3 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been dealt with under HM Revenue and Customs' high-risk corporate programme in each year since its inception.
	(49960)

4 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met representatives of the oil and gas industry to discuss the taxation arrangements for oil and gas production.
	(49952)

5 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on (a) employment in Scotland and (b) investment in new oil production of his changes to taxation of the oil and gas industries.
	(49953)

6 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any taper will apply to the supplementary charge on oil and gas profits if the price per barrel is between $75 and $100.
	(49956)

7 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will put in place mechanisms to monitor the effect on admission charges to local and regional museums of changes in funding to (a) local authorities, (b) regional development agencies and (c) higher education institutions; and if he will publish the outcomes of such monitoring.
	(49948)

8 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have participated in Operation Ellamy to date.
	(49920)

9 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date HMS Cumberland is due to be decommissioned.
	(49921)

10 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment and capabilities from (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Army have been deployed in Operation Ellamy.
	(49922)

12 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to local authorities in Greater Manchester for capital expenditure (a) in 2010-11 and (b) in each of the last five years.
	(49958)

13 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was to be allocated to schools in Nottinghamshire in 2011-12 before the allocations from the fourth round of Standards Fund payments; and how much is now to be allocated.
	(49961)

14 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to reinstate the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.
	(49951)

15
N

Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with their counterparts in (i) the Department for Energy and Climate Change and (ii) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the introduction of regulations to require mandatory carbon reporting by businesses by April 2012.

(49962)

16 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are notified of any contract tendered for by NHS Trusts.
	(49950)

17 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request the Metropolitan Police to publish the report of its internal investigation into the use of CS gas at the protest at the Boots store on Oxford Street, London on 30 January 2011.
	(49957)

18 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met representatives of the oil and gas industries in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(49954)

19 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the role and responsibilities are of Mr Ian Jordan, Project Sponsor of HS2 Ltd; and what remuneration he receives.
	(49923)

20 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many households along the High Speed 2 route were sent a letter by HS2 Ltd dated 2 March 2011 in respect of roadshows.
	(49924)

21 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis households and businesses along the proposed High Speed 2 route were selected to receive a letter from HS2 Ltd notifying them of forthcoming roadshows.
	(49925)

22 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that the High Speed Rail consultation roadshow locations are held (a) in accessible venues and (b) at times of the day likely to maximise public participation.
	(49926)

23
N

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department was of (a) printing the High Speed 2 (HS2) personalised envelopes sent to households along the proposed HS2 scheme route, (b) printing the letters sent to households along the HS2 scheme route and (c) postage for the letters sent to households along the HS2 route in order to notify inhabitants of the forthcoming roadshows.

(49927)

Notices given on Monday 28 March

1 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates the National Security Council has met in 2011 to date; and in each such case (a) how many Ministers attended, (b) which Ministers attended, (c) for how long the Council met and (d) what items were on the agenda.
	[Transferred] (49949)

2 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the merits of providing additional assistance to persons aged over 65 who cannot apply for automatic qualification for the Blue Badge scheme because they are not eligible for the mobility component of disability living allowance.
	[Transferred] (49955)

3	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Attorney General, if he will direct the Crown Prosecution Service to apply for remand in custody in the case of those charged with public order offences following the disturbances in central London on 26 March 2011.
	(50142)

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Attorney General, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in the Law Officers' Departments last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in the Law Officers' Departments has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50092)

5	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Attorney General, whether he has been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by the Law Officers' Departments for use while travelling on government business.
	(50181)

6	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Attorney General, on what date he last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times he has travelled to his constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50184)

7	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50218)

8	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(50239)

9	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to higher education authorities about invitations to speakers with a history of promoting anti-Semitism on campus; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (50269)

10	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of undergraduate places that will be available at UK universities in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; what recent discussions he has had with key universities about university places; and if he will make a statement.
	(50281)

11	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship places he plans to allocate funding for in 2012-13; what recent discussions he has had on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(50282)

12	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the population of England is now covered by local enterprise partnerships; what plans there are to extend coverage; and if he will make a statement.
	(50303)

13	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the UK's share of world trade in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.
	(50306)

14	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to employ staff; and if he will make a statement.
	(50307)

15	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received about referring the Re-Export Control Bill [Lords] to a Second Reading Committee; what his policy is on such reference; and if he will make a statement.
	(50308)

16	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department is making on achieving the Government's aim of making the UK the best place in the world to start a business; what recent discussions he has had with the Confederation of British Industry on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
	(50309)

17	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to support British manufacturing industry; what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Confederation of British Industry on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
	(50310)

18	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what scientific advice he has received on the alternative testing techniques available to the cosmetics industry following the introduction of the prohibition on the testing of cosmetic products on animals in 2013.
	(50128)

19	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from representatives of the cosmetics industry on the preparedness of that industry for the prohibition on the testing of cosmetic products on animals in 2013.
	(50129)

20	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has made to the European Commission on the implementation in 2013 of the seventh amendment to Council Directive 76/768/EEC and Regulation (EC) No 1223/200 on the testing of cosmetics on animals.
	(50136)

21	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what role local enterprise partnerships will play in applications for funding from the European Regional Development Fund.
	(50229)

22	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what role his Department has set for Local Enterprise Partnerships in promoting (a) the automotive industry, (b) low-carbon technologies, including offshore wind farms and (c) biotechnology and the life sciences in their areas.
	(50324)

23	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in further and higher education are studying courses in forensic science in 2010-11.
	(50009)

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50075)

25	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50163)

26	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50185)

27	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50219)

28	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the use of the Enterprise Zone model in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(50121)

29	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking (a) to increase awareness of private sector approaches and (b) ensure the Department make effective use of private sector expertise with UK Trade and Investment; and if he will make a statement.
	(50314)

30	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with (a) the European Commission, (b) members of the European Parliament and (c) his EU counterparts the environmental and social effects of the proposed EU free trade agreement with Mercosur.
	(50027)

31	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects of implementation of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement on future levels of illegal logging in the Amazon.
	(50133)

32	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men in each age group were diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last five years; and what proportion (a) died and (b) recovered in each such year.
	(50311)

33	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on the number of employees of each Government department and their agencies; and if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on the number of such employees.
	(50227)

34	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workless households in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency, (b) Medway Council area and (c) Tonbridge and Malling constituency.
	(50048)

35	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths in the Medway area were (a) alcohol and (b) drug related and how many of those who died were aged (i) under 18, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 40 and (iv) over 40 years old in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(50049)

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50074)

37	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish central government guidance issued to Ministers on modes of transport to use whilst on government business.
	(50093)

38	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50164)

39	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50186)

40	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50220)

41	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications to the Transition Fund from each parliamentary constituency have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
	(50233)

42	Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for North East Hampshire of 21 July, 11 October and 20 December 2010 on his constituent, Mr Harris, Treasury reference 3/13766/2010.
	(50024)

43	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of individuals likely to benefit from the exemption whereby trusts established by firms for the payment of bonuses in the banking industry may defer paying tax on such bonuses for between three to five years in each of the next four financial years.
	(50020)

44	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effects on the long-term value of holdings in individual savings accounts of the policy to link personal tax allowances to the consumer price index measure of inflation.
	(50021)

45	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential effects on capital gains tax allowances of the policy to link personal tax allowances to the consumer price index measure of inflation.
	(50022)

46	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential effects on the portion of a deceased's estate which is exempt from inheritance tax of the policy to link personal tax allowances to the consumer price index measure of inflation.
	(50025)

47	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of new jobs created to which the national insurance holiday has applied since its inception.
	(50026)

48	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of businesses trading in the UK and subject to corporation tax who will pay the tax in each of the next four financial years.
	(50033)

49	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of avoidance of corporation tax by businesses trading in the UK.
	(50034)

50	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the national insurance holiday in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
	(50099)

51	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that persons of pensionable age do not incur additional tax liabilities arising from any merger of income tax and national insurance; and what estimate he has made of the transitional costs which would arise from managing such arrangements.
	(50101)

52	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on continuing the ability of trusts established by firms in the banking industry to pay bonuses to defer paying tax on such bonuses for between three and five years.
	(50124)

53	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of the exemption whereaby trusts established by firms in the banking industry to pay bonuses may defer paying tax on such bonuses for between three and five years.
	(50125)

54	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the savings to his Department from the reduction in sums payable under the childcare element of Working Tax Credit in each of the next four financial years.
	(50127)

55	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to retain the 50p rate of income tax on incomes over £150,000 for the duration of the current Parliament.
	(50130)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of households in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain in which the childcare element of working tax credit payable will fall in each of the next four financial years; and if he will estimate the average annual change in income attributable to such a reduction in each case.

(50134)

57	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the likely effect on annual incomes of households to which the childcare element of working tax credit is to be reduced in circumstances where one spouse or partner is required to reduce their hours of employment in order to provide additional childcare in person.
	(50135)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the likely annual loss of income to affected households attributable to the reduction in the childcare element of working tax credit in (a) Glasgow North East constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain for individuals earning (i) up to £16,000, (ii) between £16,000 and £24,000, (iii) between £24,000 and £30,000, (iv) between £30,000 and £40,000, (v) between £40,000 and £50,000 and (vi) £50,000 and above in each of the next four financial years.

(50138)

59	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 2011 Budget whether he has assessed the likely extent of fluctuation in the level of revenue accruing from the tax on oil production levied on companies operating within the UK in the next four financial years.
	(50316)

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50089)

61	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50170)

62	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50192)

63	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50214)

64	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the merits of bringing forward proposals to assist homeowners who are unable to move house due to (a) the state of the property market and (b) difficulty in securing lending; and if he will make a statement.
	(50119)

65	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) mortgage providers and (b) the Council for Mortgage Lenders on the FirstBuy programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(50120)

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the level of exposure of companies regulated by the Financial Services Authority to defaults relating to (a) government debt within the euro-zone, (b) household lending, (c) commercial property, (d) US residential and commercial property and (e) emerging markets; and if he will make a statement.

(50248)

67	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place to assess whether the banks meet their commitment on levels of new credit to be made available to business in 2011; and what steps he plans to take if these commitments are not met.
	(50312)

68	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to rebalance the Welsh economy.
	(50313)

69	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what agreements were made on climate finance at the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting on 15 March 2011.
	(50029)

70	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 884W, on Post Office: Bank services, from whom research was commissioned on exploring the options for all customers to have the opportunity to benefit from direct debit discounts; and when he plans to publish such research.
	(50321)

71	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in the Office of Budget Responsibility are employed to undertake economic forecasting; and how many of them have previously worked in HM Treasury.
	(50100)

72	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that financial services companies which operate in the UK and are not covered by the Project Merlin agreement make a greater contribution to regional economies.
	(50122)

73	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.5 of Project Merlin-Banks' Statement, whether a banking institution may be released from its obligations if it is deemed necessary by its board.
	(50123)

74	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the implications of combining national insurance and income tax will be for the income tax powers contained in the provisions of the Scotland Bill.
	(50109)

75	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what the average stipend is for rural priests; and if he will make a statement.
	(50243)

76	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on fire service pension schemes of the recommendations of the Independent Public Sector Pensions Commission.
	(50277)

77	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the findings from Exercise Watermark national emergency flooding exercise that affect the Fire and Rescue Service.
	(50323)

78	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the introduction of a presumption of sustainable development in the local planning system with his Department's policies on localism.
	(50320)

79	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what public consultation his Department conducted prior to the creation of the North East Economic Partnership.
	(50228)

80	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria he plans to use to assess value for money in the new local enterprise partnership arrangements.
	(50230)

81	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which organisations are members of the North East Economic Partnership.
	(50244)

82	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to (a) Medway Council and (b) Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council in each of the last five years.
	(50046)

83	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Financial Statement of 23 March 2011, Official Report, column 956, what steps he plans to take to ensure protection from development for green spaces.
	(50110)

84	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in Rochdale received business rate hardship relief in 2010.
	(49999)

85	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in Rochdale were (a) eligible for and (b) received small business rate relief in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50000)

86	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in each region of England received business rate hardship relief in 2010.
	(50001)

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50076)

88	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50165)

89	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50187)

90	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50221)

91	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the retention of receipts from the sale of council house sales to deliver services locally through the housing revenue account business plan.
	(50322)

92	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, under what powers the White List has been suspended.
	(50037)

93	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any applications have been made to join the White List since its suspension.
	(50038)

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50077)

95	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50166)

96	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50188)

97	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50222)

98	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the Royal Parks Agency is taking steps to address trends in acute oak decline in trees in Richmond Park.
	(50036)

99	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions each Minister of State in his Department was present to welcome returning submariners following a tour of duty of a Vanguard-class submarine in each year between 1996 and 2000.
	(50262)

100	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by London Underground on Government business; how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by London Underground on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(50078)

101	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50167)

102	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50189)

103	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50223)

104	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date he last travelled by ministerial car whilst on government business; and how many times he has travelled by ministerial car to his constituency since May 2010.
	(50094)

105	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date he last travelled by public bus whilst on government business; and how many times he has travelled by public bus whilst on government business since becoming Deputy Prime Minister.
	(50095)

106	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date he last travelled by London Underground whilst on government business; and how many times he has travelled by London Underground whilst on government business since becoming Deputy Prime Minister.
	(50096)

107	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has been issued at public expense with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travelcard valid on London Underground for use when travelling on government business.
	(50097)

108	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Office has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50224)

109	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children received free school meals in each ward in the (a) Medway Council and (b) Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50043)

110	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to integrate education for children with special educational needs into mainstream schools.
	(50044)

111	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children received education maintenance allowance in the (a) Medway Council and (b) Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50045)

112

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50091)

113	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50168)

114	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50190)

115	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50225)

116	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what educational materials, other than information produced by Frank, warning of the changes attached to drug use his Department supplies to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(50031)

117

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50090)

118	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50169)

119	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50191)

120	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50226)

121	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of households in the South West region which will be affected by the measures in respect of water bills announced in the 2011 Budget in the next four financial years.
	(50315)

122	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she plans to adopt to measure the effectiveness of the operation of the presumption in favour of sustainable development in the planning system.
	(50317)

123	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterpart on implementation of the EU directive on the abolition of tethering at sow stalls.
	(50318)

124	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the definition of the sustainable development presumption to be introduced into the planning system.
	(50319)

125

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) she and (B) each other Minister in her Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(50088)

126	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of her Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by her Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50171)

127	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) she and (ii) each other Minister in her Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50193)

128	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50213)

129	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on measures to combat acute oak decline; and whether she has made an assessment of the likely effects of the condition on woodland in England in the next 10 years.
	(50126)

130	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the timetable for the transfer of ownership of private sewers and lateral drains to sewerage undertakers following the passage of proposed legislation.
	(50278)

131	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether funding for the implementation of proposals to support households who face water affordability pressures and households in areas with particularly high water bills will be from within her Department's existing allocation for the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(50106)

132	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance he has provided to the goverrnment of Israel to prevent terrorism in Israel in each of the last three years; what assistance he plans to provide over the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (50231)

133

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on (a) suicide bombings and (b) terrorist incidents in (i) Jerulsalem and (ii) Tel Aviv since January 2011; how many British citizens were (A) killed, (B) seriously injured and (C) injured in each incident; what the sex and age group of each such British citizen was; what recent discussions he has had with (1) the government of Israel, (2) the Palestinian Authority, (3) the government of Egypt, (4) the Arab League, (5) the government of Jordan, (6) his EU counterparts and (7) the United Nations Secretary General on such incidents; what steps he has taken and plans to take in the next six months at the United Nations in respect of this issue; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (50300)

134	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in Latvia since July 2010; what discussions he has had since then with the government of Lativia about anti-Semitism in Latvia; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (50301)

135	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on attitudes to Jews in the Arab world; what recent discussions he has had with the Arab League about this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (50302)

136

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50087)

137	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50172)

138	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50194)

139	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50212)

140	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Cote d'Ivoire.
	(50234)

141	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterpart on disturbances in Cote d'Ivoire; and if he will make a statement.
	(50235)

142

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what input he plans for the UK to make to the Council of Europe Committee of Minister's informal meeting on 5 April 2011 on preparing a draft declaration for adoption at the High Level Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the representations the Government has made on this matter.

(50271)

143	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what input he plans for the UK to make to the Council of Europe Committee of Minister's informal meeting on 7 April 2011 of the Drafting Group of the Istanbul Declaration; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the representations the Government has made on this declaration.
	(50272)

144

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2011, Official Report, column 367W, on European Court of Human Rights, whether the UK's representative at the high level conference will address the conference; and if he will place in the Library a copy of representations the Government has made to the Council of Europe on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights since May 2010.

(50273)

145	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet the UN Special Envoy to Western Sahara.
	(50147)

146	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to promote Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; and if he will make a statement.
	(50298)

147	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to improve men's awareness of prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(50299)

148	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sleep clinics there are in each primary care trust.
	(50023)

149	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with alcohol-related dementia in each of the last five years in each primary care trust area.
	(50051)

150

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50086)

151	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50173)

152	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50195)

153	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50204)

154	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the future of Barnes Hospital.
	(50028)

155	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last reviewed the appropriateness of leprosy remaining a notifiable disease under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.
	(50143)

156	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with his Scottish counterpart the different approaches taken in Great Britain to notification of leprosy and their health effects.
	(50144)

157	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has any plans to review the position of leprosy as a notifiable disease.
	(50145)

158	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will maintain funding for hospital chaplaincy as part of his Palliative Care Funding Review.
	(50040)

159	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which regulations have been identified for (a) adoption and (b) revocation by his Department under the Government's one-in, one-out policy between May 2010 and May 2015.
	(50035)

160	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Forensic Science Service spent on research and development in each of the last three years.
	(50010)

161	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts the Forensic Science Service has been awarded in each of the last three years.
	(50011)

162	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful matches there have been between DNA profiles taken and crime scenes and DNA profiles stored on the National DNA Database in each of the last five years.
	(50012)

163	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches of the National DNA Database there have been in each of the last five years.
	(50013)

164	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the running cost of the National DNA Database was in each of the last five years.
	(50014)

165	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples police forces submitted to the National DNA Database in each of the last three years.
	(50015)

166	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the National DNA Database was inaccessible owing to system error in each of the last five years.
	(50017)

167	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future management of the National DNA Database.
	(50102)

168	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her latest estimate is of the cost of removing records from the National DNA Database following implementation of proposals for such removal.
	(50103)

169	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the DNA samples and exhibits on the National DNA Database following the winding down of the Forensic Science Service.
	(50104)

170	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the level of spending by each police force on providing their own forensic science support in each of the last three years; and what estimate she has made of levels of such expenditure in 2011-12.
	(50146)

171

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) she and (B) each other Minister in her Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(50085)

172	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by her Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50174)

173	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) she and (ii) each other Minister in her Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50196)

174	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50205)

175	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Passport Agency took in respect of the 14 employees at its Liverpool Office incorrectly recruited under the IPS Friends and Family scheme between the time at which the mistake was discovered and 21 March 2011.
	(50098)

176	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of vehicles seized for unpaid vehicle excise duty following information from the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system in the last three years were later shown to have been legally taxed and insured.
	(50032)

177	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future of Common Travel Area; and if she will make a statement.
	(50263)

178	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what health risks associated to the use of skunk cannabis her Department has identified; and if she will make a statement.
	(50030)

179	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what species of non-human primates imported for the purposes of scientific research were categorised as (i) captive-born (or F1 generation) and (ii) captive-bred (F2+ generation) in 2010.
	(50237)

180	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what species of non-human primates were imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research in 2010; from which countries; and what the species was in each case.
	(50238)

181

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2010, Official Report, column 960W, on motions: audio recordings, what progress the House of Commons Commission has made on placing on the Parliamentary website a sound recording of the debate held on a motion of no confidence in the Government on 28 March 1979; and if he will make a statement.

(50240)

182	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) stakeholders on the timetable for publication of guidance on implementation of the Bribery Act 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(50267)

183	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what timetable he has set for implementation of the Bribery Act 2010; if he will make it his policy to bring the Act into force no later than May 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(50268)

184

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50084)

185	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50175)

186	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50197)

187	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50206)

188	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the level of humanitarian aid to Japan; and if he will make a statement.
	(50247)

189	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of changes in the adequacy of food supply in Mali since 2010.
	(50279)

190	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to support (a) diversified lending and investment, (b) debt relief and (c) the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Mali.
	(50280)

191	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the law on trespass; what recent representations he has received on review of the law on trespass; and if he will make a statement.
	(50266)

192	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employers and (b) employees were prosecuted for evading national insurance contributions in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(50039)

193	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged in connection with disturbances in central London on 26 March 2011 have been remanded in custody.
	(50141)

194

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50083)

195	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50180)

196	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50182)

197	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50215)

198	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders have been issued in each year since 2000 by each court division which prohibit parties from mentioning the existence of proceedings to hon. Members.
	(50105)

199	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the use of restorative justice for shop theft offences.
	(50246)

200	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel who exercised their right to vote in the May 2010 General Election (a) in person, (b) by post and (c) by proxy; and what percentage this represents of armed forces personnel on electoral rolls.
	(50107)

201	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he is issued with an Oyster card paid for by the Office of the Leader of the House for the purposes of travelling on official business.
	(50139)

202	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he is issued with an annual or monthly travel card paid for by the Office of the Leader of the House for the purposes of travelling on official business.
	(50140)

203	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Leader of the House, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50203)

204	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50216)

205	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Leader of the House, on what date he last travelled by London Underground whilst on government business; and how many times he has travelled by London Underground whilst on government business since May 2010.
	(50274)

206	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Leader of the House, on what date he last travelled by public bus whilst on government business; and how many times he has travelled by public bus whilst on government business since May 2010.
	(50275)

207

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50082)

208	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50179)

209	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50202)

210	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50211)

211	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what Government facilities have been made available to Tony Blair at his request since June 2007; what the cost has been for each facility; and if he will make a statement.
	(50304)

212	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what funds the Government has provided to Tony Blair since May 2010; for what purpose; and if he will make a statement.
	(50305)

213

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50081)

214	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50178)

215	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50201)

216	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50210)

217	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce a road user charging system for foreign heavy goods vehicles.
	(50050)

218	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of levels of overcrowding on commuter rail services between Rochdale and Manchester.
	(50018)

219

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Luton North of 9 June 2010, Official Report, column 39W, on railways: overcrowding, what his policy is on managing crowding on passenger rail services; and what consideration he has given to the merits of introducing (a) targets and (b) incentives to encourage train operating companies to reduce overcrowding on such services.

(50137)

220

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50073)

221	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50162)

222	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50183)

223	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50217)

224	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which radioactive materials were carried on the ship Captain Yakovlev which departed from Hull on 25 February 2011 for St Petersburg; and which company owned the cargo.
	(50242)

225	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that a direct rail service between Shropshire and London is included within the new West Coast franchise.
	(50041)

226	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the cost to passengers of rail travel.
	(50016)

227

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) she and (B) each other Minister in her Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(50080)

228	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of her Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by her Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50177)

229	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) she and (ii) each other Minister in her Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50200)

230	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50209)

231	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date (a) she and (b) each other Minister in her Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) she and (ii) each other Minister in her Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50199)

232	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50208)

233	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date she last travelled by (a) London Underground and (b) public bus in her capacity as Minister for Women and Equality; and how many times she travelled on each such form of transport whilst on government business in such a capacity since May 2010.
	(50276)

234	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much was spent from the public purse on consultation on the public sector equality duty draft specific duties regulations which took place between August and November 2010.
	(50003)

235	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much staff time was spent on the consultation on the public sector equality duty draft specific duties regulations which took place between August and November 2010.
	(50004)

236	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the cost to the public purse was of preparing the draft specific regulations published by the Government Equalities Office on 12 January 2011.
	(50005)

237	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much staff time was spent on the draft specific regulations published by the Government Equalities Office on 12 January 2011.
	(50006)

238	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of consultation on the policy review paper on proposals for draft specific duties regulations announced on 17 March 2011.
	(50007)

239	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will estimate the amount of staff time which will be spent on the consultation on the policy review paper on proposals for draft specific duties regulations announced on 17 March 2011.
	(50008)

240	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Medway (b) Tonbridge and Malling and (c) Chatham and Aylesford constituency had been in receipt of benefits for (i) less than six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 18 months and (iv) 18 months and over on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(50047)

241

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus on Government business; how many times (A) he and (B) each other Minister in his Department has travelled by each such form of transport on Government business since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(50079)

242	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London Transport and paid for by his Department for use while travelling on government business.
	(50176)

243	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a Ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many times (i) he and (ii) each other Minister in his Department has travelled to their constituency in a Ministerial car since May 2010.
	(50198)

244	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial travel by (a) Ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft since May 2010.
	(50207)

245	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for which types of goods and services his Department provided community care grants in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50232)

246	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of community care grants were awarded to single people or couples without children in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(50236)

247

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of provision of winter fuel allowance to those (a) aged 60 to 79 at the rate of (i) £200 and (ii) £250 per year and (b) aged 80 or over at the rate of (A) £300 and (B) £400 per year in (1) Brighton Pavilion consittuency and (2) the City of Brighton and Hove in each of the next four calendar years.

(50241)

248	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of reduction in expenditure will result from implementation of his proposed changes to winter fuel payments in the winter 2011-12.
	(50264)

249	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he plans to spend on the Warm Home Discount Care Group in the winter of 2011-12.
	(50265)

250	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single people aged between 25 and 34 are claiming the one bedroom local housing allowance rate in each (a) local authority area and (b) broad rental market area.
	(50270)

251	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to his Department of retaining the winter fuel payment at the enhanced rate for households in receipt of pension credit in the winter 2011-12.
	(50296)

252

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the average winter fuel bill for pensioner households represented by the (a) £100 reduction and (b) £50 reduction in winter fuel payments proposed over winter 2011-12; and what assessment he has made of the effects on fuel poverty of the proposed removal of the enhanced rate of the winter fuel payment in 2011-12 for (i) pensioners under 80 and (ii) pensioners over 80 years; and if he will make a statement.

(50297)

253	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the length of time taken to settle child support claims; and if he will make a statement.
	(50245)

254	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates he consulted the Child Poverty Commission in accordance with the Child Poverty Act 2010 in advance of proposals to publish a Child Poverty Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(50108)

THURSDAY 31 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer

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

*1	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What plans he has to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices.
	(49964)

*2	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): What steps he is taking to promote expenditure on the manufacture of low carbon technologies in each region.
	(49965)

*3	Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What steps he is taking to increase the UK's share of world trade.
	(49966)

*4	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What discussions he has had with the North East of England Local Enterprise Partnership on the location of proposed enterprise zones; and if he will make a statement.
	(49967)

*5	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): What plans he has to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices.
	(49968)

*6	Priti Patel (Witham): What steps he is taking to reduce the level of regulation of businesses.
	(49969)

*7	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the future levels of Government funding to Citizens Advice; and if he will make a statement.
	(49970)

*8	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): What his policy is on requirements for oil, gas and mining companies based in the UK to disclose payments made in other countries in which they operate.
	(49971)

*9	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): What recent assessment he has made of the attitudes of employers to taking on apprentices.
	(49972)

*10	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What steps he is taking to increase the status and prestige of adult vocational learning.
	(49973)

*11	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): What steps he is taking to support the commercial development of life sciences through industry partnerships.
	(49974)

*12	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the effects on businesses of trends in the cost of fuel.
	(49975)

*13	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): What steps he is taking to reduce the level of regulation of businesses.
	(49976)

*14	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): What discussions he has had with his international counterparts on steps to increase transparency in the reporting of company profits.
	(49977)

*15	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What recent representations he has received on the operation of the national minimum wage in the hospitality industry.
	(49978)

*16	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): What recent assessment he has made of the administrative efficiency of the student loans system.
	(49979)

*17	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): What recent representations he has received on the future funding of science and research.
	(49980)

*18	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): How many universities he expects to charge less than £7,500 in tuition fees from 2012.
	(49981)

*19	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): What steps he is taking to reduce the level of regulation of businesses.
	(49982)

*20	David Rutley (Macclesfield): What plans he has to increase levels of employment in small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(49983)

*21	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): What steps he is taking to promote the manufacturing of alternative energy technology in the UK.
	(49984)

*22	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What recent discussions he has had with his G20 counterparts on corporate social responsibility.
	(49985)

*23	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): When he plans to publish a business plan for the Green Investment Bank.
	(49989)

*24	Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What progress he has made on the implementation of his proposals for a groceries code adjudicator.
	(49986)

*25	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What plans he has to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices.
	(49987)

At 11.15 am

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

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

*1	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(49988)

*2	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East):
	(49990)

*3	David Rutley (Macclesfield):
	(49991)

*4	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield):
	(49992)

*5	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire):
	(49993)

*6	Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk):
	(49994)

*7	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):
	(49995)

*8	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East):
	(49996)

*9	Bob Blackman (Harrow East):
	(49997)

*10	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley):
	(49998)

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

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 passenger rail 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 Financial Statement of 23 March 2011, Official Report, columns 958-9, 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)

Notices given on Friday 25 March

1 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that the findings of the review of work capability assessment will be considered in the development of a new assessment for the personal independence payment.
	(49928)

2 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a face-to-face assessment for the personal independence payment will be necessary for all people with autism, including those with significant paper evidence such as a comprehensive diagnostic report.
	(49929)

Notices given on Monday 28 March

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.
	[Transferred] (49785)

2 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Arts and Humanities Research Council on funding research into the Big Society; what assessment he has made of the compatibility of his proposals with the Haldane Principle; and if he will make a statement.
	(50063)

3 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the role of Chief Scientific Advisor to his Department.
	(50150)

4 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for ownership of the land on which the SPark Bristol and Bath Science Park is located other than the National Corporate Centre Site following the closure of the South West Regional Development Agency.
	(50149)

5 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) he or (b) Ministers in his Department met Novartis in the period 12 May 2010 to 16 March 2011.
	(50288)

6 N	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding will be allocated to (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow North West constituency and (c) Glasgow city under the StartUp Britain initiative.
	(50052)

7 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 838W, if he will publish the departmental estimates that were collated to arrive at the stated estimates of savings.
	(50289)

8 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income the Treasury will receive from the auction of permits under the Aviation EU Emissions Trading Scheme in each of the next five years.
	(50060)

9 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a oral statement to the House after the Easter Recess on the interim findings of the Independent Commission on Banking.
	(50131)

10 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 16 of Project Merlin - Banks' Statement, whether the chief executive of each banking institution will forfeit their right to (a) a bonus and (b) an annual increase in base salary if the relevant lending targets are not met.
	(50161)

11 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation his Department undertook with the Department of Energy and Climate Change prior to the announcement that new homes will not be required to be zero carbon.
	(50283)

12 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on amending the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to allow local authorities to determine whether to host motor sports events on public roads in a local authority area.
	(50061)

13 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to promote its Home on the Farm scheme.
	(50053)

14
N

Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 910W, on departmental official hospitality, and with reference to paragraph 74 of the Third Report of the Procedure Committee, Session 2008-09, on Written Parliamentary Questions, HC 952, if he will make it his policy to disclose in answers to parliamentary questions the information on expenditure by his Department on Ministerial meals and restaurants between 2008 and 2010 that would have been disclosed had a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for this information had been submitted to his Department.

(50148)

15 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2011, Official Report, column 1227W, on departmental theft, whether he has taken steps to ensure that equipment with a military use stolen from his Department does not fall into enemy hands.
	(50154)

16 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2011, Official Report, column 1227W, on departmental theft, from which of his Department's sites items of a monetary value of £100 or more have been taken without authorisation since his appointment.
	(50155)

17 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2011, Official Report, column 1227W, on departmental theft, from which site or sites the money intended as compensation was taken; what sums were to be disbursed from this money; and who the intended recipients of such compensation were.
	(50156)

18
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of A-level students in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) selective schools, (c) independent schools and (d) sixth form colleges in each local education authority area were entered for at least three A-levels from (i) mathematics, (ii) English literature, (iii) further mathematics, (iv) biological sciences, (v) physics, (vi) chemistry, (vii) geography and (viii) a modern foreign language in the latest period for which figures are available.

(50158)

19 N	Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of A-level students in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) selective schools, (c) independent schools and (d) sixth form colleges in each local education authority area were entered for A-level mathematics examinations in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50159)

20
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of A-level students at (a) comprehensive schools, (b) selective schools, (c) independent schools and (d) sixth form colleges in each local education authority area were entered for one or more A-level examination in a foreign language in the latest period for which figures are available.

(50160)

21 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what methods his Department is using to deliver class-based drug prevention programmes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(50057)

22 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on introducing pilot voluntary drug testing programmes in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(50058)

23 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact of the use of skunk cannabis on the academic performance of adolescents; and if he will make a statement.
	(50069)

24 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on any potential link between academic underperformance and the use of drugs; and if he will make a statement.
	(50070)

25
N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1295-6W, on energy: housing, what research he has commissioned to assess the impact that pricing could have on consumer demand; which companies or organisations have been commissioned to undertake the work; what the overall cost to the public purse of the research is; what deadline has been set for completion of the research; and what the terms of reference and payments level for the research are.

(50157)

26 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what responsibility he has for issuing policy guidance and directions on shale gas mining in Wales.
	(50153)

27 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 111W, on devolution: Northern Ireland, for what reason no meetings have taken place.
	(50249)

28 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has for the future of the role of Chief Scientific Advisor to his Department.
	(50151)

29
N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on meeting any shortfall which may arise as a result of (a) failure of renewable heat technologies to deliver adequate carbon savings and (b) premature product failure of renewable heat technologies by securing additional resources from (i) consumers, (ii) the public purse, (iii) manufacturers and (iv) Green Deal providers.

(50116)

30 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the safety of radiation levels of seawater in which the UK fishing fleet fish; and if she will make a statement.
	(50254)

31 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what ministers attended each of the last three Green Breakfast meetings.
	(50115)

32 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effects of a badger cull on tourism revenues in each region.
	(50327)

33 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish her consultation document on proposals to address water affordability in the South West.
	(50255)

34 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funds will be made available to address water affordability in the South West.
	(50286)

35 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the likely change in level of water charges for the average household in the South West as a result of implementation of the Government's Budget proposals on water bills.
	(50287)

36 N	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the evidence presented by the European Commission on whether the Saharawi people were consulted on their wishes in relation to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
	(50326)

37 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide support to the work of (a) Malalai Joya and (b) other Afghan human rights activists in publicising the situation of women in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(50068)

38 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many internal operations were carried out on NHS patients in each year since 1996-97.
	(50114)

39 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has a target for the treatment of cataract patients within three months of referral.
	(50250)

40 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what allocations were included in the estimate for NHS (a) Resource and (b) Capital Departmental Expenditure limits for 20/11 in the June 2010 Budget but not in the limits in the 2010 Spending Review; and what the mounting value is of each such allocation.
	(50055)

41 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the outturn expenditure of the NHS in England in each of the last five financial years on a basis directly comparable with the estimate he has made for its outturn expenditure in 2010/11.
	(50056)

42 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on amendments to the NHS Summary Care Record System that will enable the addition of living wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney to a record; and whether such amendments will enable supporting information concerning a patient's wishes to be included on their records.
	(50062)

43 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the retention of the UK's role hosting a WHO collaborating centre as part of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network.
	(50256)

44 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of regulating health competition in each of the next five years in each category of expenditure.
	(50284)

45 N	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of (a) levels of expenditure by Monitor on staff and (b) the number of staff to be employed by Monitor in each of the next five years.
	(50285)

46 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of allergy specialists in the NHS.
	(50042)

47 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the change in the number of staff employed by Walsall primary care trust or its successor as a result of inplementation of proposed changes to the NHS.
	(50111)

48 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who gave the instruction to terminate the employment of those employees of Liverpool Passport Office whose employment was terminated on 21 March 2011.
	(50064)

49 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union on the termination of employment of employees at Liverpool Passport Office on 21 March 2011.
	(50065)

50 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she was informed of the decision to terminate the employment of those employees of Liverpool Passport Office whose employment ended on 21 March 2011.
	(50066)

51 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken in the light of the termination of employment of employees at Liverpool Passport Office to determine whether contract errors have been made by the Identity and Passport Service in relation to other offices.
	(50067)

52 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the error in relation to the recruitment of those employees of Liverpool Passport Office whose employment was terminated on 21 March 2011 was discovered.
	(50112)

53 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter form the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 17 February 2011 on her constituent Rasam Aliaziz.
	(50054)

54 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many out of country applications for intra company transfer work permits her Department approved in each year since 2007.
	(50290)

55 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average THC content of seized skunk cannabis was in the latest period for which figures are available; what the average THC content of cannabis seizures was (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years ago; and if she will make a statement.
	(50071)

56
N

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many passes to enter the Palace of Westminster have been issued in each category since May 2010; how many of these were issued to hon. Members' staff acting (a) as secretaries, (b) as research assistants and (c) in other capacities; and what estimate the Commission has made of the number of research assistants in possession of a valid pass at the latest date for which figures are available.

(50113)

57 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will provide advice to UK charities operating in Botswana on the use of terminology in publications that does not cause offence to sections of the local population.
	(50253)

58 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that the work of the family courts is not affected by the closure of family court venues.
	(50251)

59 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether family court proceedings will be kept separate from proceedings on criminal cases following the completion of planned court closures in Wales and England.
	(50252)

60 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to ensure a debate on the interim findings of the Independent Commission on Banking after 11 April 2011.
	(50132)

61 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to the merits of amending Section 12 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to permit a local authority to close roads for the purpose of holding a motor racing event; and if he will make a statement.
	(50059)

62 N	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the East Coast Trains timetable due to be introduced in May 2011 to be published.
	(50002)

63 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the role of Chief Scientific Advisor to his Department.
	(50152)

64 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the performance and (b) the level of customer service under the franchise agreement provided by First Capital Connect on the Thameslink rail route.
	(50019)

65 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the level at which the winter fuel allowance will be paid to people aged (a) over 60 and (b) over 80 years in each of the next five financial years.
	(50325)

FRIDAY 1 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 25 March

1 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on its consultation on ship-to-ship oil transfers.
	(49963)

Notices given on Monday 28 March

1 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) wholetime firefighter, (b) retained firefighter, (c) fire control room and (d) total posts there were in each Fire and Rescue Service in England on 1 April 2010; and how many posts in each category there were on 1 April 2011.
	[R] (50257)

2 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of inherrent passive safety systems in nuclear reactor design.
	(50117)

3 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of third generation nuclear reactors that are in operation around the world.
	(50258)

4 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has assessed the suitability of boiling water nuclear reactors for deployment in the UK.
	(50259)

5 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of boiling water nuclear reactor designs.
	(50260)

6
N

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of core damage frequency for the (a) GE Hitachi (i) Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor and (ii) Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, (b) Westinghouse AP1000 and (c) Areva European Pressurised Reactor; and what assessment he has made of the implications of those figures for reactor safety.

(50261)

7 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of water bill payers in the South West who will receive reduced bills as a result of implementation of the Government's proposals in the Budget; and for how many years such reductions will apply.
	(50118)

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)

Notices given on Monday 28 March

1 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ask the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to accredit the leakage rates of fluorocarbons from heat pumps supplied by the heat pump industry.
	(50291)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effects of reductions in Royal Air Force service personnel.
	(50292)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken in response to his Department's report, SDSR: Lessons Identified; and if he will make a statement.
	(50293)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made towards achieving the non-frontline savings identified in the Stategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(50294)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the deployment of helicopters to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(50295)

6
N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in respect of the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons on the heat pump industry; and on what date he expects hydrofluorocarbons to be phased out from the heat pump industry.

(50328)

7 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the UK committed to spend as a result of each international conference on combatting (a) climate change and (b) poverty, in the last 10 years; and how much such funding has been spent in each case.
	(50072)

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)


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