Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Monday 4 April 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 Friday 1 April 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Monday 4 April 2011

From Monday 4 April 2011, the Questions Book will not be circulated in printed form. It will continue to be available on the Parliamentary Website in both HTML and PDF format at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/question-book/, alongside a new document giving separate notice of questions for oral answer on a future day.

Paper copies will be available to parliamentary users from the Vote Office on request.

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.

MONDAY 4 APRIL
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

*1	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): What recent assessment he has made of the likely change in the provision of services by local authorities as a result of reductions in the level of Government funding to such authorities.
	(50339)

*2	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): What assessment he has made of the potential benefits to Kirklees district of the New Homes Bonus.
	(50340)

*3	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What assessment he has made of the potential benefits to Rugby of the New Homes Bonus.
	(50341)

*4	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment he has made of the likely effect on the community and voluntary sectors of reductions in the level of Government funding for local authorities.
	(50342)

*5	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): What assessment he has made of the equity of the distribution of Government funding for local authorities.
	(50343)

*7	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): What plans his Department has to establish trusts to assist communities in providing homes for local people.
	(50345)

*8	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What steps his Department is taking to support home ownership and first-time buyers.
	(50346)

*9	Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): If he will bring forward proposals to increase the powers of local authorities to tackle unauthorised development.
	(50347)

*10	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on levels of homelessness of the proposed changes to rules on the changes in the treatment of tenancies in under-occupied social housing.
	(50348)

*11	Richard Graham (Gloucester): What assessment he has made of the potential benefits to Gloucester of the New Homes Bonus.
	(50349)

*12	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): What steps his Department is taking in respect of levels of pay of senior staff in local authorities.
	(50350)

*13	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps his Department is taking to protect green spaces from development.
	(50351)

*14	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on regions in England of the New Homes Bonus.
	(50352)

*15	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What assessment he has made of the likely effects of reductions in Government funding on the number of people employed by local authorities in 2011-12.
	(50353)

*16	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What steps his Department is taking to support home ownership and first-time buyers.
	(50354)

*17	Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): What recent representations he has received on local authority funding for leisure facilities.
	(50355)

*18	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent representations he has received on the levels of remuneration for local government executives.
	(50356)

*19	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What change in Band D council tax he expects (a) on average in local authorities in England and (b) in Tamworth borough between 2010-11 and 2011-12.
	(50357)

*20	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): What plans he has for the future of rules governing the use of section 106 monies collected by local authorities.
	(50358)

*21	Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent estimate he has made of the average change to council tax bills for households in (a) Harlow, (b) Epping Forest and (c) Essex between 2010-11 and 2011-12.
	(50359)

*22	David Rutley (Macclesfield): What mechanisms his Department is using to achieve efficiency savings in its budget for 2011-12.
	(50360)

*24	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What estimate his Department has made of the likely number of new social housing starts between May 2010 and April 2015.
	(50362)

*25	Jane Ellison (Battersea): What steps his Department is taking to increase the flexibility of access to shared ownership schemes for first-time buyers.
	(50363)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

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

*1	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(50329)

*2	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale):
	(50330)

*3	John Mann (Bassetlaw):
	(50331)

*4	Tony Baldry (Banbury):
	(50332)

*5	Duncan Hames (Chippenham):
	(50333)

*6	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire):
	(50334)

*7	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):
	(50335)

*8	Charlie Elphicke (Dover):
	(50336)

*9	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North):
	(50337)

*10	Karen Lumley (Redditch):
	(50338)

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 effects on the economy 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 the recommendations of 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 Strategic 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)

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 (a) climate change and (b) poverty in the last 10 years; and how much such funding has been spent in each case.
	(50072)

Notices given on Tuesday 29 March

1
N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she 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 she expects hydrofluorocarbons to be phased out from the heat pump industry.

(50328)

2 N	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue he expects to accrue to the Exchequer in each year from value added tax on pilot training.
	(50470)

3 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to allow venues that currently do not have a television licence to receive one at no charge solely for the purposes of showing via a television receiver the broadcast of the Royal Wedding on 29 April 2011.
	(50455)

4 N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger rail services on High Speed One will run between London and points east of (a) Ashford and (b) Faversham under the new timetable for Southeastern passenger rail services.
	(50579)

Notices given on Wednesday 30 March

1 N	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of flexible tenancies on older people and the disabled.
	(50361)

2 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, what guidance is provided to the Crown Prosecution Service on the prosecution of men who use prostitutes who subsequently report to the police that such people might have been trafficked.
	(51006)

3 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities the Director of Fair Access has to assess a higher education institution's access agreement with reference to specific courses deemed most likely to encourage social mobility.
	(50855)

4
N

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Director of Fair Access to (a) fulfill his statutory duty to protect the academic freedom of higher education institutions and (b) adhere to his Department's guidance that the Director should ensure that each such institution is making sustained progress towards a more balanced and representative student body.

(50857)

5 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure differentiation in the level of tuition fees between higher education institutions whilst protecting the autonomy of those institutions.
	(50858)

6 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the chief executive of each regional development agency (RDA) on their proposals for the disposal of assets held by each such RDA.
	(50901)

7
N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in the (A) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (B) HM Treasury on the options for the disposal of the assets owned by the regional development agencies; and on what dates such meetings took place.

(50905)

8 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has undertaken on measures to evaluate for the purposes of taxation the monetary value of domestic properties.
	(50819)

9 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received of petrol stations which have not reduced the price of fuel following his Budget Statement on 23 March 2011.
	(51008)

10 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many security incidents were recorded by the Security and Business Continuity Directorate in HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2007.
	(51015)

11 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed in the Security and Business Continuity Directorate in HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2007.
	(51016)

12 N	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with banking institutions in which the Government has a stake on planned expenditure on corporate hospitality in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
	(50853)

13
N

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that expressions of interest in the provision of public services under his proposed community right to challenge may not be accepted from groups with extreme political or social agendas; and if he will take steps to assist relevant authorities in identifying and excluding such groups from the bidding process.

(50899)

14 N	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legislative and other provisions provide that religious organisations which win contracts to deliver public services under his proposed community right to challenge do not discriminate in the provision of such services.
	(50900)

15 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the implications of the local levy for flood defences for the holding of referendums under the provisions of the Localism Bill.
	(51017)

16 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of any potential relationship between the armed opposition to the Libyan government and combatants who have previously fought against coalition forces in Iraq.
	(50896)

17 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of any potential relationship between the armed opposition to the Libyan government and terrorist groups proscribed (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
	(50897)

18 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of any potential relationship between the armed opposition to the Libyan government and persons who (a) are fighting and (b) have previously fought against NATO forces in Afghanistan.
	(50898)

19 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what constitutional powers he would adopt were the Prime Minister prevented from exercising his functions and duties.
	(51005)

20 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of a general election held in 2015 under (a) the first past the post system and (b) the alternative vote system.
	(50799)

21 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) in England, (b) in the West Midlands, (c) in Dudley Borough and (d) enrolled at Dudley College who started courses in the academic year 2010-11 received education maintenance allowance at a rate of (i) £30, (ii) £20 and (iii) less than £20 a week.
	(50801)

22
N

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the statement of 28 March 2011, Official Report, columns 51-53, on post-16 education funding, what estimate he has made of the number of students (a) in the West Midlands, (b) in Dudley Borough and (c) enrolled at Dudley College who will be eligible for (i) the 16 to 19 bursary and (ii) the additional post-16 bursary of £1,200.

(50809)

23 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the (a) funding and (b) availability of places to study for the International Baccalaureate in maintained schools and colleges.
	(50856)

24 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the likely effects on quality of education of proposed reductions in teaching assistant pay in Cumbria.
	(50861)

25 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students in Blackpool who were in receipt of education maintenance allowance in academic year 2010-11 who will be ineligible for the new bursary scheme for students aged 16 to 19 in academic year 2012-13.
	(50902)

26 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the administrative burden on (a) school sixth forms and (b) further education colleges of the operation of the new bursary scheme for students aged 16 to 19.
	(50903)

27 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the Association of Colleges, (b) the Association of School and College Leaders, (c) the 157 Group and (d) others on the administration of his Department's bursary scheme for students aged 16 to 19.
	(50904)

30
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students were entered for A-level examinations in (a) English literature, (b) history, (c) further mathematics, (d) biological sciences and (e) physics in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) selective schools, (iii) independent schools and (iv) sixth form colleges (A) nationally and (B) in each local education authority area in the last year for which figures are available.

(50851)

31 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that the paper industry is not adversely affected by his policies on climate change and energy usage.
	(50859)

32 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made on the progress of the mitigation research programme for the Raytheon radar.
	(51011)

33 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he expects the mitigation research programme for the Raytheon radar to be completed by the target date of summer 2011.
	(51012)

34 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the development of export markets for UK dairy producers (a) in the Far East and China and (b) elsewhere.
	(50862)

35 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Syria.
	(51013)

36 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospital projects exceeding £50 million (a) started and (b) were completed in each year since 1997.
	(50756)

37 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an impact assessment in respect of proposals to discontinue night sisters in NHS hospitals.
	(50860)

38 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in households receiving working-age benefits have been prescribed Ritalin in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	(51038)

39 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were prescribed Ritalin to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	(51039)

40 N	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future role of private healthcare providers in the NHS following implementation of his proposed structural reforms.
	(50757)

41 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public opinion surveys are commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS Information Centre; and if he will ensure the continuation of these surveys.
	(51018)

42 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms he plans to put in place for (a) GP consortia and (b) foundation trusts at risk of financial failure; and if he will make a statement.
	(51019)

43 N	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to put in place any (a) criteria and (b) limits on performance-related payments to GP consortia.
	(51020)

44 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) dental practices of the Care Quality Commission registration process for dental practitioners.
	(51014)

45 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of electing a police and crime commissioner for the (a) South Wales, (b) Gwent, (c) Dyfed Powys and (d) North Wales police authority.
	(50806)

46 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to regulate the funding of election campaigns for police and crime commissioners in England and Wales.
	(50807)

47 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) launch and (b) fund public information campaigns in (i) England and (ii) Wales on the proposed supplementary voting system to be used where an election of a police and crime commissioner has three or more candidates.
	(50808)

48 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many overseas visits each select committee has made in the course of the present Parliament; and what cost to the House Service each committee has incurred on such visits.
	(50820)

49 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid his Department is providing to the people of the Ivory Coast.
	(50863)

50 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided to Gaza in each of the last five years.
	(50895)

51 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hyndburn of 29 March 2011, Official Report, columns 155-6, on prison service (resources), how much was spent in each (a) prison service establishment and (b) region in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11; and what the funding settlement is for 2011-12.
	(50906)

52
N

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hyndburn of 29 March 2011, Official Report, columns 155-6, on prison service (resources), what the complemented staffing numbers were in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and what estimates his Department has made of the change in complemented staffing numbers in each (i) region and (ii) Prison Service establishment in 2011-12.

(50907)

53
N

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hyndburn of 29 March 2011, Official Report, columns 155-6, on prison service (resources), how many Prison Service staff were employed in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the likely number of redundancies among Prison Service staff in each (i) region and (ii) Prison Service establishment in 2011-12.

(50908)

54 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding he plans to allocate for female offender rehabilitation centres in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(51003)

55 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of the accommodation of a (a) male offender, (b) female offender and (c) female offender in a women's rehabilitation centre in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51004)

56 N	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals concerning incapacity benefit claims were awaiting listing by the Tribunals Service in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average time was from the admission of an appeal to the case being heard by a tribunal in the last year for which figures are available.
	(50854)

57 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Prime Minister, on which occasions he has met the First Minister of (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland since his appointment.
	(50852)

58 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in awarding a contract for sub-surface signalling on the London Underground.
	(51007)

59 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to which public libraries his Department has sent hard copies of the consultation documents on the proposals for High Speed Two.
	(50821)

60 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for which benefits a household with a child who is prescribed Ritalin qualifies.
	(51021)

61 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children qualified for disability living allowance as a result of being prescribed Ritalin in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	(51022)

62 N	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 575W, on social security benefits: fraud, if he will estimate the number of investigations of individuals suspected of benefit fraud which have taken more than nine months in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50818)

Notices given on Thursday 31 March

1 N	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of women studying part-time of his decision that the liability to repay student loans commences prior to the completion of the course.
	[Transferred] (51009)

2 N	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons he has determined that part-time students should be liable to begin repaying their student loans before they have completed their course.
	[Transferred] (51010)

3	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that further education institutions provide places for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(51276)

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Young People's Learning Agency and (b) Skills Funding Agency on monitoring and assessing the quality of further education provision for people (i) with learning disabilities and (ii) with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.

(51359)

5	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to reduce administrative burdens for further education colleges.
	(51142)

6	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51379)

7	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51403)

8	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51414)

9	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the relative performance of private companies which have women on their board; and if he will make a statement.
	(51128)

10	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has plans to promote mentoring and sponsorship of women in the (a) private and (b) public sector in order to increase the number of female senior executives.
	(51129)

11	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of his Department's provison of support for business start-ups in Kent.
	(51130)

12	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Kent.
	(51131)

13	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises located in Maidstone and the Weald on their access to credit.
	(51133)

14	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to encourage public companies to have a gender-balanced boardroom.
	(51134)

15	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 833W, on the Post Office: bank services, what estimate he has made of the minimum cost of establishing a Post Bank.
	(51100)

16	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Post Office financial services are not offered by a Post Office essentials service.
	(51101)

17	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what access criteria he has agreed with Post Office Ltd for the 4,000 main post offices it has committed to provide by the end of the current Parliament.
	(51102)

18	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which post offices will be main post offices by the end of the current Parliament; and what assessment he has made of the proportion of the UK population which will be within (a) three miles and (b) six miiles of a main Post Office.
	(51103)

19	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which post offices will will be converted into Post Office Locals by the end of the current Parliament; and how many of these will offer a narrower range of products as a result of the conversion.
	(51104)

20	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which services offered by (a) Crown Post Offices and (b) sub-post offices are not offered by a Post Office essentials service.
	(51105)

21	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments are made to (a) sub-postmasters and (b) providers of Post Office essentials services by Post Office Ltd.
	(51106)

22	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what compensation payments have been made to sub-postmasters for converting to Post Office Locals services as part of the Post Office Locals trial.
	(51107)

23	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential to provide new Government services at Post Office essentials branches.
	(51108)

24	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 742W, on the Post Office: modernisation, when he anticipates Post Office Ltd's implementation plans for modernisation of the network will be complete.
	(51109)

25	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 742W, on the Post Office: modernisation, whether there are any additional conditions on the use of the funding package for 2011-15; and what these are.
	(51110)

26	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) packets, (b) parcels and (c) large letters were posted in the UK in each of the last five years.
	(51111)

27	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the additional apprenticeships announced in the 2011 Budget will be allocated to New College in Redditch.
	(51099)

28	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met (i) trade associations, (b) charities and (c) non-governmental organisations to discuss free trade agreements since his appointment.
	(51126)

29	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) non-governmental organisations, (b) trade associations and (c) charities ministers in his Department have met to discuss the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and India.
	(51127)

30	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts there were for (a) men and (b) women in (i) the North West, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) Wirral and (iv) Wirral South constituency in (A) 2007-08, (B) 2008-09 and (C) 2009-10.
	(51236)

31	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were participating in apprenticeship schemes in City of Chester constituency (a) in April 2010 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(51157)

32	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has asked the National Physical Laboratory to take steps to support (a) the assessment of low carbon technology, (b) carbon trading and (c) the validation of climate change measurement.
	(51265)

33	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to the Technology Strategy Board for each of the next three years.
	(51268)

34	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the funding allocated to the high value manufacturing technology and innovation centre by his Department will be distributed between the constituent organisations.
	(51269)

35	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department provided to each of the partners in the High Value Manufacturing technology and innovation centre in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(51366)

36	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the (a) allocation and (b) funding of the apprenticeships announced in the 2011 Budget in each region.
	(51232)

37	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to the merits of introducing a moratorium from creditor action for financially distressed individuals to increase the likelihood that they are able to enter an appropriate insolvency solution.
	(51087)

38	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the merits of introducing Simplified Individual Voluntary Arrangements for simple consumer debt cases.
	(51088)

39	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of raising the bankruptcy level under section 267(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986 to prevent bankruptcy petitions being made on very low level debts.
	(51089)

40	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average final salary pension of civil servants in each region was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(51310)

41	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on propoals to extend the Simplified PAYE Deduction Scheme to include non-profit community member organisations; and what assessment he has made of such representations.
	(51137)

42	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on ending the charging of value added tax on payments of Government grants to sports clubs; and what assessment he has made of such representations.
	(51211)

43	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on measures to end the charging of value added tax on construction costs for all schools which open sports facilities out of hours; and what assessment he has made of such representations.
	(51212)

44	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on exempting community amateur sports clubs from value added tax on capital expenditure.
	(51220)

45	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the likely yield from the 50 pence rate of income tax in each of the next four financial years.
	(51067)

46	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the level of avoidance of stamp duty on the purchase of homes through the use of companies, partnerships, or limited liability partnerships in (a) each of the last four financial years and (b) the next four financial years.
	(51068)

47	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capital requirement rules within the Basel III accord in respect of financial institutions based in the UK.
	(51070)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 366W, on personal taxation, if he will estimate the difference in the personal taxation payable by an individual in each tax band attributable to indexation of personal tax allowance by (a) the consumer price index and (b) the Retail Prices Index in each year from 2012-13 to 2015-16.

(51295)

49	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51388)

50	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51396)

51	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51420)

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): 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) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) England 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.

(51354)

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, columns 759-60W, on departmental public appointments, for what reason the answer referred to a website that cannot be found; and how many (a) women and (b) men no longer serve on public bodies sponsored by his Department because of decisions to close, merge or reorganise such bodies taken since his appointment.

(51436)

54	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the fuel price stabliliser proposed in the 2011 Budget on (a) motorists, (b) the logistics industry and (c) oil companies operating in the North Sea.
	(51367)

55	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken research on the effects of using the Consumer Prices Index when uprating benefits for army invalid pensioners and war widows under pensionable age.
	(51368)

56	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his evidential basis was for setting the base oil price for the return of the fuel duty escalator at $75 per barrel.
	(51369)

57	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to promote the Community Amateur Sports Club scheme.
	(51218)

58	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education in encouraging greater use of school facilities by community sports clubs.
	(51219)

59	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has assessed the merits of taking steps to encourage local authorities to allow voluntary organisations to clear rights of way.
	(51221)

60	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will require Housing Options to give a copy of its advice to applicants in writing.
	(51255)

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) other organisations on the dissemination of good practice in the provision of access to public swimming pools for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.

(51273)

62	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that local authorities' area development plans recognise the needs and interests of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(51361)

63	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Growth, March 2011, paragraph 2.11 - 2.12, what definition his Department uses of sustainable developments.
	(51132)

64	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Growth, March 2011, paragraph 2.17, what plans he has to table amendments to the Localism Bill to make provision to enable businesses to bring forward neighbourhood plans and neighbourhood development orders.
	(51138)

65	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Growth, March 2011, paragraph 2.17, whether businesses will be required to have a local connection to an area in which they wish to bring forward a neighbourhood plan.
	(51139)

66	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Growth, March 2011, paragraph 2.17, by what mechanism businesses bringing forward neighbourhood plans will be required to gain the agreement of the local community.
	(51140)

67	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference for the Plan for Growth, March 2011, paragraph 2.22, when he expects to publish the consultation on proposals to make it easier to convert commercial properties to residential use; and when he expects the consultation to close.
	(51143)

68	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference for the Plan for Growth, March 2011, paragraph 2.15, by what mechanims he intends to require local authorities seeking to introduce the community infrastructure levy to assess the economic viability of the rates they set; and what criteria will be used to assess economic viability.
	(51144)

69	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51380)

70	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51402)

71	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51415)

72	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to Northumberland County Council in each of the last five years.
	(51353)

73	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that funding it has provided to local authorities for adult social care is used for that purpose.
	(51148)

74	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) level and (b) type of financial support which will be offered to the second tranche of local enterprise zones will be the same as that for those in the first round of bids.
	(51146)

75	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the cost to his Department is of operating the Government Indemnity Scheme in respect of the works of art held by the Government Art Collection (a) on display and (b) in storage.
	(51080)

76	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51393)

77	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51401)

78	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the (a) direct and (b) prospective financial effects on London's hospitality and tourism businesses of the disturbances of 26 March 2011.
	(51223)

79	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, columns 764-5W, on departmental public appointments, how many (a) women and (b) men no longer serve on public bodies sponsored by his Department because of decisions to close, merge or reorganise such bodies taken since his appointment.
	(51438)

80	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2011, Official Report, column 424W, on smart elecricity grid, how the market will establish the communications system that will best serve the needs of the electricity system if spectrum is not made available.
	(51262)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2011, Official Report, column 537W, on smart elecricity grid and the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, columns 289-90W, on business: electricity, whether his Department plans to discuss (a) spectrum and (b) smart meters with the Department for Energy and Climate Change as part of the monitoring process.

(51263)

82	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what timetable has been set for Ofcom's further analysis of the potential to allocate spectrum in the 872/917 MHz band.
	(51264)

83	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which private air fields, flight schools and leisure flight operators will be within the exclusion zone during the London 2012 Olympics.
	(51230)

84	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether steps will be taken to compensate private air fields, flight schools and leisure flight operators who are within the exclusion zone during the London 2012 Olympics.
	(51231)

85	Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to protect community sports clubs from excessive music licence fees ahead of planned changes to the music licensing regime.
	(51209)

86	Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will meet representatives of the Sport and Recreation Alliance to discuss the implications of its review of the regulatory burdens on sports clubs.
	(51210)

87	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Trident replacement Initial Gate report will include details of the (a) cost and (b) technical matters considered for each of the four successor design options during the concept phase.
	(51175)

88	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost differential between each of the four design options considered during the concept phase of the Trident replacement programme.
	(51176)

89	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the assessment of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator on (a) loss of depth control and (b) loss of coolant accidents on Vanguard-class submarines.
	(51177)

90	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department considered purchasing reactors for any Trident replacement submarines from the US; and if he will make a statement.
	(51457)

91	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected budget is for design and technology development during the Trident replacement programme assessment phase.
	(51458)

92	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology of 1 March 2011, Official Report, column 65WH, which categories of long-lead items are to be purchased ahead of Main Gate.
	(51459)

93	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51392)

94	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51400)

95	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51416)

96	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support his Department provided to cadet forces in the (a) independent and (b) state school sector in 2010-11; and what financial support he plans to allocate for 2011-12.
	(51365)

97	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of sea-going commands for Royal Navy officers of the rank of captain in (a) 2015 and (b) 2020.
	(51118)

98	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors he took into account in deciding to decommission RFA Fort George rather than an older fleet replenishment ship.
	(51119)

99	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capability the Royal Navy has to regenerate the ability to lift a brigade-sized force by sea.
	(51120)

100	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational tasking is of (a) HMS Albion, (b) HMS Bulwark, (c) RFA Lyme Bay, (d) RFA Cardigan Bay and (e) RFA Mounts Bay.
	(51121)

101	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to review his decision to place one landing platform dock in reserve in light of recent events in North Africa and the Middle East.
	(51122)

102	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships were tasked with maritime security in UK waters in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and which ships were so tasked.
	(51123)

103	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in disposing of one Bay class ship; and if he will make a statement.
	(51124)

104	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Harrier aircraft failed to respond to close air support requests during its deployment to Afghanistan.
	(51125)

105	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what payload reductions were necessary for the (a) Harrier and (b) Tornado to operate in Afghanistan during summer operations.
	(51182)

106	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of staff hours required in maintenance per flying hour was for the (a) Tornado GR4 and (b) Harrier GR9 in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(51183)

107	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what air asset has had the highest reliability for close air support missions in Afghanistan since 2002.
	(51184)

108	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average response time was for close air support missions in Afghanistan for the (a) Tornado and (b) Harrier in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(51185)

109	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much notice of planned close air support missions in Afghanistan the Royal Air Force requires.
	(51186)

110	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the full regeneration of the naval air warfare capability.
	(51187)

111	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for the full regeneration of the naval air warfare capability.
	(51188)

112	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected date is at which the RAF E-3D AWACS will cease to be interoperable with (a) US and (b) NATO air assets.
	(51189)

113	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reduce the number of combat-trained troops required for ceremonial duties; and if he will make a statement.
	(51190)

114	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to implement his proposals that the naval air warfare capability will be fully regenerated.
	(51191)

115	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Tornado aircraft have failed to respond to close air support requests in Afghanistan since its deployment.
	(51192)

116

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Coventry North East of 21 January 2011, Official Report, column 1022W, on marines, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions to the size of the (a) Royal Marines and (b) Parachute Brigade on the overall size and recruitment pool of special forces units; and if he will make a statement.

(51193)

117	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for East Renfrewshire of 16 March 2011, Official Report, column 354W, on amphibious vehicles, how much aid was delivered by RFA Largs Bay; and how many people received medical treatment facilitated by RFA Largs Bay and her crew.
	(51257)

118	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Storm Shadow has been used during operations in Afghanistan in the last 12 months.
	(51300)

119	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent operational requirements have been commissioned for the Tornado GR4 in the last 12 months.
	(51302)

120	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the planned primary roles of the Nimrod MR4 can be carried out by (a) unmanned aerial vehicles and (b) satellite surveillance.
	(51306)

121	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much the Tornado GR4 has exceeded its planned fatigue life expectancy.
	(51307)

122	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which role within the command structure of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF has responsibility for investigating allegations of (i) domestic violence and (ii) sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement.
	(51371)

123	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which welfare organisations are responsibile for dealing with domestic violence and sexual abuse within the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	(51372)

124	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether service families federations were consulted on the content of the Tri-Service Policy on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (JSP 913); and if he will make a statement.
	(51373)

125	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts on the future lease of (a) Poseidon-8 and (b) RC-135 Rivet Joint.
	(51374)

126	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) MR1 and (b) MR2 Nimrod aircraft have been withdrawn from service and destroyed in the last 12 months.
	(51375)

127	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support is available for armed forces personnel and their families (a) accommodated in services living accommodation and (b) on an overseas posting who experience incidents of (i) domestic violence and (ii) sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement.
	(51430)

128	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to raise awareness amongst (a) service personnel and (b) civilians subject to service discipline of the Tri-Service Policy on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (JSP 913); and if he will make a statement.
	(51431)

129	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training commanding officers receive on dealing with allegations and incidents of (a) domestic violence and (b) sexual violence; and if he will make a statement.
	(51466)

130	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in solar energy on the Sovereign Base Areas of (a) Akrotiri and (b) Dehekelia.
	(51249)

131	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he is taking steps to increase volunteering opportunities in his office.
	(51044)

132

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Special Educational Needs Green Paper, Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability, what steps he plans to take to enable people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to participate in further education; and if he will make a statement.

(51274)

133	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities who participate in further education; and if he will make a statement.
	(51275)

134	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide incentives for specialist colleges to partner with non-specialist further education colleges to improve the quality and provision of education for people with profund and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(51360)

135	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he will determine free school meal eligibility in sixth form and further education colleges for the purposes of allocating discretionary funding for 16 to 19 education.
	[R] (51057)

136	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding for discretionary learner support for 16 to 19 education will be allocated only for the purposes of student support or can be used to support administration of the system.
	[R] (51058)

137	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in funding on student support services in (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth forms and (c) schools.
	[R] (51059)

138	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements will be placed on training providers to report on the (a) number and (b) size of awards administered through discretionary funding for 16 to 19 education.
	(51060)

139	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has made of the relative merits of a nationally administered 16 to 19 student finance system and a localised system.
	(51061)

140	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will work with the Department for Work and Pensions to identify those young people who do not stay in education and training due to financial barriers.
	(51062)

141	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to further education providers of administering a discretionary support fund for 16 to 19 learners.
	(51063)

142	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding for discretionary learner support for 16-19 education will be ring-fenced.
	(51064)

143

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Statement of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 53, on post-16 education funding, how many pupils in year 11 are eligible for free school meals in England; and how much funding will be required in discretionary funding in order to ensure that each student who was eligible for free school meals in year 11 could receive up to £800 in discretionary learner support for 16-19 education.

(51081)

144	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of students in receipt of education maintenance allowance who will receive funding under the new bursary and discretionary payment system.
	(51082)

145	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to develop and issue national guidelines for providers who will award 16-19 education discretionary funds.
	(51083)

146	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the funding allocated to (a) the continuation of education maintenance allowance for some students and (b) discretionary learner support will be transferred from any other project or scheme in his Department.
	(51084)

147	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he has allocated to the continuation of funding for the education maintenanc allowance for those who commenced study in academic year 2010-11; and from which budget this funding was allocated.
	(51085)

148	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that each young person who was in receipt of free schools meals in year 11 and progresses to post-16 education between the ages of 16-19 will receive £800 in funding from discretionary learner support.
	(51086)

149	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51391)

150	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51399)

151	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51417)

152	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the In-Harmony music pilots in (a) Liverpool, (b) London and (c) Norwich; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each (i) report and (ii) assessment prepared for his Department on the effectiveness of these pilots.
	(51282)

153	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the free school meals pilots operating in (a) the London Borough of Newham, (b) County Durham and (c) Wolverhampton; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each interim report produced on the pilots for his Department.
	(51283)

154	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Greater Manchester Challenge, (b) London Challenge and (c) Black Country Challenge; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each (i) report and (ii) assessment prepared for his Department on the effectiveness of these projects.
	(51284)

155	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support his Department provided to cadet forces in the (a) independent and (b) state school sector in 2010-11; and what financial support he plans to allocate for 2011-12.
	(51364)

156	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints his Department has received about childrens' services in Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.
	(51208)

157	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Nottinghamshire County Council in 2011 on the adequacy of its children's services department in 2011.
	(51246)

158	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students in receipt of a 16-19 education bursary will be required to sign a learner agreement.
	(51340)

159	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timetable he has set for consultation on the award of payments through the new 16-19 education bursary and discretionary fund.
	(51341)

160	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department holds in reserve; and for what purpose such funding is held.
	(51342)

161	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the funding for his Department's 16-19 education bursaries will come from departmental reserves.
	(51343)

162	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of staff employed in student support in (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) schools in each of the last five years.
	(51344)

163	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which 16 to 19 year-old students in (a) sixth form and (b) further education colleges who received education maintenance allowance he met when developing his proposals for 16-19 student finance.
	(51345)

164	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date he plans to inform education and training providers of the level of funding they will be allocated for discretionary learner support.
	(51346)

165	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he plans to issue to young people on the new 16-19 student finance arrangements; and whether the cost of issuing such information will be met by his Department.
	(51347)

166	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which private training providers will have access to discretionary learner support funding.
	(51348)

167

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral Answer to the hon. Member for Scunthorpe of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 59, on post-16 education funding, what estimate he has made of the number of further education colleges that have a canteen or catering facilities on site; and how many further education facilities he has visited since his appointment.

(51349)

168	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average household income is of those who will receive a full bursary from his Department's 16 - 19 education fund who are (a) severely disabled, (b) a care leaver and (c) from a family in receipt of income support in the next academic year.
	(51363)

169	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will press local authorities to encourage more applications for free schools.
	(51455)

170	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation he has undertaken on his decision not to include religious education as a humanities subject in the English Baccalaureate.
	(51047)

171	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the commissioning of services under the Better Communication Action Plan will include services for children requiring communication aids; and if he will make a statement.
	(51313)

172	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) secondary and (b) primary schools are grant maintained; and which such schools had the (i) highest and (ii) lowest number of pupils.
	(51194)

173	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the World Bank's energy strategy review.
	(51151)

174	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last discussed the World Bank's energy strategy review with the Secretary of State for International Development; and what the outcome of the discussion was.
	(51152)

175	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has made on raising of international climate finance from the regulation of shipping emissions at the (a) International Maritime Organisation and (b) G20.
	(51233)

176	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether defence nuclear activities will be included within the scope of the review into the safety of UK nuclear plants by the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate.
	(51460)

177	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51390)

178	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51398)

179	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51418)

180	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many megawatts of solar photovoltaic generating capacity have been installed in Northumberland since the launch of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(51352)

181	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to provide information to the public on (a) creating low-carbon energy, (b) matching supply and demand, (c) securing value for money for consumers and (d) other major energy challenges over the next decade.
	(51112)

182	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of proposals announced in the 2011 Budget to increase the climate change levy discount for energy intensive businesses exposed to international competition.
	(51113)

183	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department expects to announce the details of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme.
	(51153)

184	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on consumers of provisions in the Energy Bill to increase the information provided on domestic energy bills.
	(51154)

185	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with industry representatives on support for commercial-scale marine technology to produce energy from wave power.
	(51155)

186	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made on the effects of removing the ban on local authorities selling electricity generated from renewable energy.
	(51156)

187	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate the price of heating oil for (a) business and (b) domestic use.
	(51301)

188	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of her criteria for monitoring sustainable development across government with the statutory responsibilities on environmental protection placed on (a) the Environment Agency and (b) Natural England.
	(51043)

189	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture of alterations in the feedstuffs provided to livestock.
	(51065)

190	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the value of shooting to (a) conservation and (b) the rural economy.
	(51066)

191	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the factors leading to an increase in farmgate prices for feed wheat in the last 12 months.
	(51069)

192	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the authorisation of trials for the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(51287)

193	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requests the Environment Agency has received for an environmental impact assessment of the proposal by E.ON for a waste incineration facility at Harper Lane, Radlett.
	(51181)

194	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on human health of the release of (a) dioxins, (b) nanoparticles and (c) other particulate matter as a result of waste incineration energy waste facilities; and what research she has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on this issue.
	(51370)

195	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the sale of publicly-owned forests in Kent.
	(51311)

196	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the staff vacancy rate in her Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in her Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51389)

197	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51397)

198	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much her Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51419)

199

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 807W, on public appointments, for what reasons the answer referred to a website address that is not operational; and how many (a) women and (b) men no longer hold appointments in public bodies sponsored by her Department as a result of decisions to merge, close or reorganise such bodies taken since her appointment.

(51445)

200	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has put in place to ensure that compliance with EU Council Directive 99/74/EC on the Welfare of Laying Hens does not put farms in England at a commercial disadvantage.
	(51045)

201	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have further discussions on fish discards with the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
	(51448)

202	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to restrict the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in the UK immediately instead of waiting for the European Commission to complete its research and issue recommendations on tackling the decline in the bee population.
	(51046)

203	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of potential links between neonicotinoid use and honey bee performance; and what recent field studies have assessed the effects of systemic pesticides on honey bee performance.
	(51048)

204	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of potential links between the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and bee colony collapse disorder; and what scientific evidence she took into account in making this assessment.
	(51049)

205	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of arable cropland are regularly treated with neonicotinoid pesticides; where such croplands are located; and what studies her Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on bee population levels in those areas.
	(51050)

206	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of neonicotinoids in bodies of water; and with what regularity such levels are monitored.
	(51051)

207	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a moratorium on the use of neonicotinoids on those plants which provide nectar and pollen.
	(51052)

208	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish a national monitoring system for pollinators and pollinating rates.
	(51053)

209	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research into the effects of neonicotinoids on bees and other invertebrate pollinators has been completed by the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme.
	(51054)

210	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on research into pesticides and pollinators in financial year (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11; and how much such funding will be allocated in financial year 2011-12.
	(51055)

211	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Ministers in her Department last met with Advisory Committee on Pesticides; and what the outcome of that meeting was.
	(51056)

212	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has provided for research into the dairy farming sector in each of the last five years.
	(51237)

213	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote the reduction of methane emissions from cows; what assessment she has made of the effects on levels of methane emitted by cows of feeding cows linseed; and if she will make a statement.
	(51238)

214	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of Bovine TB were reported in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years.
	(51239)

215	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many eligible claims for the Single Payment Scheme are outstanding to farmers in Pendle constituency; and what the combined value of such claims is.
	(51240)

216	Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she gave to appointing a representative of dog walkers to the Independent Panel on Forestry Policy.
	(51299)

217	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51387)

218	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51395)

219	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51421)

220

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 956W, on departmental public appointments, for what reasons the answer referred to a website address that is not operational; and how many (a) women and (b) men who held public appointments in bodies sponsored by his Department are no longer in those roles as a result of decisions to merge, close or reorganise such bodies taken since his appointment.

(51444)

221	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials from his Department are currently based in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	(51242)

222	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Sudanese counterpart and (b) officials of the Sudanese government on the borders of Abyei.
	(51244)

223	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Abyei border in Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(51245)

224	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials from his Department are currently based in the British Antarctic Territory.
	(51248)

225	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made by the Special Investigaiton and Prosecution Team in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	(51250)

226	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on measures to ensure any (a) closures, (b) changes in entry prices and (c) changes in opening hours of local sport and leisure facilities do not affect advesely public health outcomes.
	(51213)

227	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the potential effects on public health outcomes of the (a) closure, (b) reduced opening hours and (c) increase in entry price of local sport and leisure facilities.
	(51214)

228	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the role of grassroots sport in achieving public health objectives.
	(51215)

229	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS in each of the next five years of financing the hospital contracts entered into under the private finance initiative in the last 15 years.
	(51454)

230	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on designation of community pharmacies as qualified providers of this regulation by the General Pharmaceutical Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(51041)

231	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to public swimming pools for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(51270)

232	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) other organisations on the dissemination of good practice in the provision of access to public swimming pools for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(51271)

233	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure public swimming pools play a role in the delivery of place-shaping for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(51272)

234	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of Professor Mansell's report, Raising Our Sights; and if he will make a statement.
	(51277)

235	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on Professor Mansell's report, Raising Our Sights; and if he will make a statement.
	(51278)

236	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department for Education, (b) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (c) other organisations on Professor Mansell's report, Raising Our Sights; and if he will make a statement.
	(51279)

237	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) assess and (b) implement the recommendations of Professor Mansell's report, Raising Our Sights; and if he will make a statement.
	(51280)

238

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking in response to recommendation 26 of the report by Professor Mansell, Raising Our Sights, the importance of local authorities providing a base from which adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities can attend activities during the day; and if he will make a statement.

(51362)

239	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51386)

240	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51394)

241	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51422)

242	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of midwives working in the NHS in England worked (a) part-time and (b) full-time in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what definition of (i) part-time and (ii) full-time were used for these purposes.
	(51224)

243	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the age profile is of the midwives employed by the NHS.
	(51225)

244	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) standalone midwife-led maternity units and (b) midwife-led maternity units situated alongside consultant-led maternity units there are in each strategic health authority area; and what the location of each such unit is.
	(51226)

245	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) individuals and (b) full-time equivalents were employed in the NHS in 2010.
	(51227)

246	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on materntiy services in 2009-10; and what proportion of total NHS spending this represented.
	(51228)

247	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis was for each of the 100 largest settled claims awarded under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts; how much was paid in each case; and which of these claims arose from maternity care.
	(51229)

248	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places for student midwives will be commissioned in each region in the 2011-12 academic year.
	(51410)

249	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant midwives there were in each region in 2010.
	(51432)

250	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternity support workers there were in each NHS trust on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(51433)

251	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in the 2009-10 academic year; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in that year; and what the cost to his Department was of bursaries paid to student midwives in that year.
	(51434)

252	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid out in respect of (a) settled claims and (b) settled claims arising from maternity care under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts since 31 August 2010.
	(51435)

253	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the numbers of primary care trusts which restrict access to cataract treatments.
	(51178)

254	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients assessed as requiring cataract treatment who have been refused treatment by (a) Portsmouth NHS and (b) primary care trusts in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(51179)

255

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 668W, on departmental public appointments, for what reasons the answer referred to a website address that is inaccessible; and how many (a) women and (b) men who held public appointments in bodies sponsored by his Department are no longer in those roles as a result of decisions to merge, close or reorganise such bodies taken since his appointment.

(51442)

256	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that funding it has provided to the NHS for adult social care is used for that purpose.
	(51147)

257	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued in Bassetlaw in 2010.
	(51378)

258	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the number of doctors employed by the NHS.
	(51135)

259	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis points were allocated to price in the human papillomavirus vaccine tender criteria; according to what criteria the effects of price were calculated; and how price effected the total points score allocated to each vaccine.
	(51195)

260	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 775W, on tobacco: sales, with which representatives of retailers his Department is working to develop guidance.
	(51357)

261	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 775W, on tobacco: sales, whether the appropriate Government Ministers included the Reducing Regulation Committee.
	(51358)

262	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent from the public purse on the establishment of the Office of Health Professions Adjudicator.
	(51355)

263	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish each submission to his Department's consultation on the abolition of the Office of Health Professions Adjudicator.
	(51356)

264	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the legal advice to Ministers on the compatibility of the investigatory and adjudications processes of the General Medical Council with the European Convention of Human Rights.
	(51451)

265	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effects of the introduction of any willing provider model within the NHS on access to physiotherapy services for people recovering from fragility fractures.
	(51090)

266	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of introducing GP-led commissioning on access to (a) physiotherapy and (b) community-based therapeutic exercise for people recovering from fragility fractures.
	(51091)

267	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to put in place a mechanism to inform patients automatically when their GP refers them for treatment by a provider in which the GP has a commercial interest under his proposals for NHS reform.
	(51149)

268	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure that GPs do not inappropriately refer patients for treatment to companies in which they are shareholders under his proposals for NHS reform.
	(51150)

269	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether GPs will be required to register any interests they have in companies to which they can refer patients for treatment.
	(51258)

270	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to implement the provisions of Commission Directive 2011/LEU restricting the production, import and retail of polycarbonate infant bottles manufactured using Bisphenol A; and if he will make a statement.
	(51259)

271	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed the meritis of introducing measures to ensure that community amateur sports clubs are not subject to the same licensing laws as commercial venues.
	(51136)

272	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the potential effects of licensing laws on sports clubs.
	(51217)

273	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amendments the UK has (a) proposed and (b) supported in the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on the draft Convention on Prevention and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; and if she will make a statement.
	(51235)

274	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted under section 1 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in relation to public protests.
	(51303)

275	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staff vacancy rate in her Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in her Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51385)

276	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51404)

277	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much her Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51423)

278	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) level and (b) source of funding is for each sexual assault referral centre in 2011-12; and what the location is of each such centre.
	(51281)

279	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on (a) funding provided by primary care trusts (PCTs) for sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) and (b) future plans for funding SARCs following the abolition of PCTs.
	(51285)

280	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what domestic violence refuges her Department funded in each region in 2010-11; and what the (a) level and (b) source of funding was in each case.
	(51286)

281	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of police officers who are assigned to work on (a) sexual violence and (b) domestic violence cases.
	(51288)

282	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding she plans to allocate to new positions supporting women who are victims of domestic or sexual violence in the next four years.
	(51289)

283	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current provision for multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators or equivalent positions.
	(51290)

284	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many independent (a) sexual violence advisers, (b) domestic violence advisers and (c) multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators or equivalent positions were in post on the most recent date for which figures are available; and in which regions they are located in.
	(51291)

285	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications her Department received for funding for independent sexual violence advisers; how many groups made applications; and from which regions these applications came.
	(51292)

286	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications her Department received for funding for multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators; how many groups made applications; and from which regions these applications came.
	(51293)

287	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications her Department received for funding for independent domestic violence advisers; how many groups made applications; and from which regions these applications came.
	(51294)

288	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 777W, on departmental public appointments, how many (a) women and (b) men no longer serve on public bodies sponsored by her Department because of decisions to close, merge or reorganise such bodies taken since her appointment.
	(51437)

289

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) (i) pay, (ii) expenses and (iii) contributions made to environmental protest groups by Mark Kennedy and (b) the (i) pay and (ii) expenses of police officers assigned to protect him; what arrangements were made to account for such costs; and how these costs were accounted for.

(51247)

290	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints against British citizens alleged to have been active Wachmänner guards during the Second World War her Department has received in the last five years.
	(51449)

291	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she issues to police forces on the time period for which potential police recruits' assessment results are valid during a period when police recruitment is suspended.
	(51261)

292	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 3 September 2010 on consultation on the change in indexation of public service pensions.
	(51180)

293	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average annual number of deaths which will be avoided through implementation of her proposals for a minimum price for alcohol.
	(51312)

294

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent to promote awareness in the UK of global poverty in 2010-11; which organisations his Department has consulted in its review of using aid funds for this purpose; when he expects to publish the report of this review; what assessment he has made of the work of the review team to date; and if he will make a statement.

(51461)

295	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to publicise its reasons for increasing official development assistance to 0.7 per cent. of gross national income by 2013.
	(51494)

296	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's aid budget was spent assisting Commonwealth countries in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion he expects to be spent assisting Commonwealth countries in the next three years.
	(51141)

297	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51384)

298	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51406)

299	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51424)

300	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action his Department is taking to reduce the (a) effects of and (b) number of deaths from congenital syphilis in developing countries around the world.
	(51297)

301	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) women and (b) men no longer serve on public bodies sponsored by his Department because of decisions to merge, reorganise or abolish such bodies since May 2010.
	(51440)

302	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials from his Department are currently based in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	(51243)

303	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has assessed the merits of extending data protection exemptions currently conferred on charities to include sports clubs.
	(51216)

304	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the financial effects on his Department of the non-implementation of the dual discrimination rules in the Equality Act 2010.
	(51296)

305	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted under section 1 of the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 in relation to public protests.
	(51304)

306	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for injunction were made under section 3 of the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years; on what grounds the injunctions were sought; and in how many cases the injunction was granted.
	(51305)

307	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms have been considered as means of enabling the voluntary sector to implement innovative approaches to that ensuring offenders complete community orders as part of his Department's review of sentencing policy.
	(51158)

308	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration has been given to means of ensuring probation trusts increase the involvement of the voluntary sector in managing offenders as part of his Department's review of sentencing policy.
	(51159)

309	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from private and voluntary sector providers interested in providing alternatives to custody as part of his Department's review of sentencing policy.
	(51160)

310	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration has been given to the use of recent technology in developing innovative alternatives to custody as part of his Department's review of sentencing policy.
	(51161)

311	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51383)

312	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51407)

313	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51425)

314	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have been operational under the private finance initiatives since 1997.
	(51450)

315	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative analysis he has undertaken of the reports on prison standards in (a) private sector and (b) public sector prisons undertaken by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(51456)

316	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the report from Lord Carlile on his inquiry into the death of Kieran Doherty; and if he will make a statement.
	(51241)

317	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51413)

318	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51426)

319	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51412)

320	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51427)

321	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the behavioural impact analysis report by the Cycle to Work Alliance on the effects on the cycling industry of the financial incentives provided by the cycle to work scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(51145)

322	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on raising international climate finance from the regulation of shipping emissions.
	(51234)

323	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made prior to the introduction of the draft local authority basic carbon tool of its suitability for calculating non-road-based transport carbon emissions.
	(51092)

324	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to removing responsibility for rail and signalling infrastructure from Network Rail in (a) Scotland, (b) the South Western region, (c) the South Central region and (d) the South Eastern region.
	(51093)

325	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to removing Anglia area rail track and signalling infrastructure from the responsibility of Network Rail in 2011.
	(51094)

326	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to provide more affordable access to public transport for 17 to 25 year olds affected by rising motor insurance premiums.
	(51095)

327	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to fund research on international experience in reducing the number of personal injury claims relating to motor insurance.
	(51096)

328	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of deploying and publicising new technology to assess how cars are driven by young drivers for the purposes of reducing casualty rates.
	(51097)

329	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the feasibility of replacing the Pass Plus advanced driving course with other means of proving competence to insurers.
	(51098)

330	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of applications for renewal of vehicle excise duty tax discs were made (a) online and (b) at post offices by (i) all residents and (ii) residents over the age of 65 years of Finchley and Golders Green constituency in the latest period in which figures are available.
	(51222)

331	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51382)

332	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51408)

333	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51428)

334

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1218-9W, on departmental public appointments, for what reason the answer referred to a document that cannot be accessed from the website address given; and how many (a) women and (b) men no longer serve on public bodies sponsored by his Department because of decisions to close, merge or reorganise such bodies taken since his appointment.

(51439)

335	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians were (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents in Oxford Street, London, in each of the last five years.
	(51042)

336	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to provide for enforcement of disabled parking bays.
	(51252)

337	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to support and attract investment to (a) mechanical engineering, (b) metals, (c) minerals, (d) chemicals and (e) business services sectors of the Welsh economy; and if she will make a statement.
	(51446)

338	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Welsh economy keeps pace with the rest of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(51447)

339	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department spent on staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51411)

340	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in her Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much her Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51429)

341	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 2W, on departmental public bodies, how many (a) women and (b) men are no longer members of public bodies for which she is responsible as a result of mergers, reorganisations and abolitions resulting from decisions taken since May 2010.
	(51441)

342	Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with (a) representatives of equality organisations and (b) public sector bodies on her decision to re-draft and re-consult on the specific duties of the Equality Act 2010 public sector equality duty.
	(51251)

343	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the number of people in (a) Stockton North constituency and (b) Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council area who would qualify for assistance under the Warm Front scheme (a) before and (b) after the changes to the qualification criteria.
	(51196)

344	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people whose claim for Support for Mortgage Interest ceased as a consequence of the rules on the two year limit on awards in each month of 2011 to date.
	(51376)

345	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
	(51381)

346	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51409)

347	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile telephones and related data services in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51493)

348	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of proposed changes to winter fuel payments on the future level of excess winter deaths; and if he will make a statement.
	(51040)

349

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of providing 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) Wansbeck constituency and (2) the county of Northumberland in each of the next four calendar years.

(51350)

350	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): 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.
	(51351)

351

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 856W, on departmental public appointments, for what reasons the answer referred to a website which does not provide current information; and how many (a) men and (b) women who held public appointments in bodies sponsored by his Department are no longer in those roles as a result of decisions to merge, close or reorganise such bodies taken since his appointment.

(51443)

352	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of working age in Bassetlaw constituency his Department recognises as having a disability.
	(51253)

353	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date a Minister last visited the Remploy site in Worksop.
	(51254)

354	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the land occupied by the Remploy site in Worksop.
	(51256)

355	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former service personnel Remploy has employed since 1981.
	(51298)

356	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the private sector about the sale of Remploy facilities in Worksop.
	(51377)

357	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many places on employment schemes other than Remploy supported by his Department are available in Bassetlaw constituency.
	(51452)

358	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has discussed with Bassetlaw Council any potential change of use for the site occupied by Remploy in Worksop.
	(51453)

359	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit was paid to claimants in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the level of payments in 2011-12.
	(51260)

360	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the level of disability living allowance payments in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in (a) April 2011 and (b) April 2012.
	(51266)

361	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much housing benefit was paid to claimants in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the level of such payments.
	(51267)

362	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency will be subject to objective assessment in 2011-12.
	(51308)

363	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the reduction in monetary value of disability living allowance paid to claimants in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency as a result of the consumer prices index replacing the retail prices index for uprating of benefits and tax credits in 2011-12.
	(51309)

364	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the weekly cost to the public purse of payments of disability living allowance in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(51314)

TUESDAY 5 APRIL
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

*1	Esther McVey (Wirral West): What progress he has made on establishing a Commission on a Bill of Rights.
	(50758)

*2	Tony Baldry (Banbury): What progress he has made on establishing a Commission on a Bill of Rights.
	(50759)

*3	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): When he expects to bring forward legislation on the enfranchisement of prisoners.
	(50760)

*5	Mr John Spellar (Warley): What meetings he has scheduled in his official capacity for Friday 6 May 2011.
	(50762)

*6	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): When he expects to bring forward proposals on the funding of political parties.
	(50763)

*7	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of holding a UK-wide referendum.
	(50764)

*8	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What steps he is taking to increase the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register.
	(50765)

*9	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): What progress he has made on preparations for the referendum on the use of the alternative vote system for elections to the House of Commons.
	(50766)

*10	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): Whether his proposals for the recall of elected representatives will apply to local councillors.
	(50767)

At 2.45 pm

Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

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

*1	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(50768)

*2	Stephen Pound (Ealing North):
	(50769)

*3	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):
	(50770)

*4	Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk):
	(50771)

*5	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):
	(50772)

*6	Duncan Hames (Chippenham):
	(50773)

*7	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):
	(50774)

*8	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby):
	(50775)

*9	John Robertson (Glasgow North West):
	(50776)

*10	Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):
	(50777)

At 3.00 pm

Oral Questions to the Attorney General

*1	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): When he expects the Crown Prosecution Service to publish its public policy statement on the prosecution of cases involving human trafficking.
	(50788)

*2	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to increase the prosecution rate for child trafficking offences.
	(50789)

*3	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What steps the Crown Prosecution Service plans to take to achieve its planned expenditure reductions over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(50790)

*4	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): How many specialist rape prosecutors the Crown Prosecution Service employed in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(50791)

*5	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What recent representations he has received on the effect on prosecution rates of the provision of specialist domestic violence services.
	(50792)

*6	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What steps he is taking to ensure that people recognised as trafficked under the National Referral Mechanism procedure are not prosecuted for criminal offences related to their trafficking.
	(50793)

*7	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to increase the rate of conviction for rape offences.
	(50794)

*8	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): What progress the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Serious Fraud Office have made on guidance on the prosecution of cases under the Bribery Act 2010.
	(50795)

*9	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to encourage victims of human trafficking to engage with the criminal justice system.
	(50796)

*10	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): When he expects the Crown Prosecution Service to publish its public policy statement on the prosecution of cases involving human trafficking.
	(50797)

At 3.15 pm

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners and the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

*1	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church of England has made on the death of Shahbaz Bhatti in Pakistan.
	(50778)

*2	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners plan to encourage the flying of the St George Cross flag by churches on St George's Day.
	(50779)

*3	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of the number of (a) clergy and (b) laity who joined the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church in the last 10 years.
	(50780)

*4	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent representations the Church Commissioners have received on the role of the Church of England in education.
	(50781)

*5	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the Church Commissioners have had with Ministers on the future of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
	(50782)

*6	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church of England has made on the death of Shahbaz Bhatti in Pakistan.
	(50783)

*7	Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what research the Electoral Commission has commissioned and evaluated on the enfranchisement in other countries of their non-residents.
	(50784)

*8	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what consultation the Church Commissioners have undertaken on the future of the Zurbarán paintings in Auckland Castle.
	(50785)

*9	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to mark St George's Day.
	(50786)

*10	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church Commissioners have made of the potential contribution of Church of England schools to social cohesion between faith communities and between ethnic groups.
	(50787)

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)

Notices given on Tuesday 29 March

1 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department first announced that air passenger duty would be increased by the rate of inflation each year.
	(50640)

2 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income from (a) air passenger duty and (b) the inclusion of aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme he expects to accrue to the Exchequer in each year to 2015-16.
	(50641)

3 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the advice he received on the legality of a per plane duty.
	(50642)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will encourage local authorities to offer rate relief to voluntary community organisations.
	(50639)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of closing the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency.
	(50456)

7 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost of transferring staff working on the National Curriculum Assessment at the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency into his Department.
	(50457)

8 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to avoid compulsory redundancies among staff working at the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency.
	(50458)

Notices given on Wednesday 30 March

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many utility companies offer concessionary schemes for surface water drainage charges for community organisations; and how many community organisations are using such schemes.
	(50638)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effects of the (a) frequency and (b) cost of public transport services on (i) commuters and (ii) job seekers in (A) Coventry and (B) the West Midlands.
	(51023)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to unskilled agency workers in the construction industry aged 16 to 24 to assist them in furthering their careers; and if he will make a statement.
	(51024)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the effects of reductions in funding for local authorities on the level of private sector contracts with the construction industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(51025)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has been made of the likely level of savings that will arise from transferring responsibilities from the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency to the Standards and Testing Agency.
	(51026)

6 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of passengers travelled by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) rail and (d) air transport in each year since 2000.
	[R] (50864)

7 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the change in the real terms cost of a passenger journey by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) rail and (d) air since 2000.
	[R] (50865)

Notices given on Thursday 31 March

1 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Deputy Prime Minister to discuss funding for police services.
	[Question Unstarred][Transferred] (50761)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the contribution of vocational training and apprenticeships to the economy; and if he will make a statement.
	(51164)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with private sector training colleges on provision of car mechanic apprenticeships in (a) the West Midlands and (b) nationally.
	(51165)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the number of (a) men and (b) women aged 16 to 24 who are seeking (i) work and (ii) training in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(51166)

5 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring into force the provision of the Easter Act 1928 fixing the date of Easter.
	(51197)

6 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what methods he plans to use in his Department's equality impact assessment on the changes to English For Speakers of Other Languages funding; and what the name is of each group with which officials of his Department will consult as part of this process.
	(51482)

7 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to page 26 of the Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth strategy, what the evidential basis is for the assumption that one student place on the Apprenticeships programme is equivalent to three Train to Gain places.
	(51483)

8 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department plans to contribute to funding the 50,000 apprenticeship places announced in the 2011 Budget; and from which of his Department's budgets such funding will be drawn.
	(51484)

9 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to consult with institutions that provide English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses on his Department's equality impact assessment on changes to ESOL course funding.
	(51485)

10 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to fund initial teacher training for teachers in further education colleges.
	(51486)

11 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with (a) Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) Ministers in HM Treasury since his appointment.
	(51328)

12 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations his Department received on the role of the Technology Strategy Board in each month since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51469)

13 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations his Department received on the role and powers of the Office for Fair Access in each month since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51470)

14 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with external organisations on the role of the Higher Education Funding Council in England in each month since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51471)

15 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has had with external bodies to discuss allocation of the higher education budget in each month since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51472)

16 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has had with external bodies to discuss university and business partnerships in 2011-12 and 2012-13 in each month since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(51473)

17 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the proposed Public Data Corporation is to take over the work of the Land Registry.
	(51322)

18 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department received from Statoil or its representatives or agents prior to the 2011 Budget.
	(51477)

19 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from Lord Lawson of Blaby on tax loopholes operated through the Channel Islands.
	(51167)

20 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice he has received on closing tax loopholes used by British companies in the Channel Islands to avoid paying tax in the UK.
	(51168)

21 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the first compensation payments to be made to Equitable Life policyholders.
	(51334)

22 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to introduce the Faster Payments system; and what cost-benefit analysis of the system has been conducted.
	(51335)

23 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Exchequer has received from Land Registry operations in each of the last 10 years.
	(51321)

24 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials (a) in his Department and (b) of the Financial Services Authority are engaged on policy development in respect of the EU's Solvency II proposals.
	(51202)

25 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made for benchmarking purposes of the size of (a) the UK annuity market and (b) similar product markets in each other EU member state.
	(51203)

26 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the Solvency II approach to capital for insurers.
	(51204)

27 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumer prices of implementation of the capital requirements under consideration in the Solvency II process.
	(51205)

28 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the decisions on Solvency II proposals in the Council of Ministers will be subject to (a) unanimous consent of member states or (b) agreement via the qualified majority decision process or (c) another form of majority decision-making; and if he will make a statement.
	(51327)

29 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the effect on child benefit payments in real terms in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 of freezing such payments at the existing level.
	(51073)

30 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection for business planning purposes HM Revenue and Customs has made of the number of 16 to 24 year-olds in employment in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15, (e) 2015-16 and (f) 2016-17.
	(51071)

31 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he plans to sell the Government's stake in (a) Northern Rock, (b) Bradford and Bingley, (c) RBS and (d) Lloyds TSB Bank.
	(51320)

32 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate UK Financial Investments Ltd has made of the monetary value of each of the financial institutions in which it has a stake.
	(51324)

33 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future mutual status of Northern Rock.
	(51487)

34 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on using proceeds from any future sale of the stake UK Financial Investments Ltd holds in UK financial institutions for payment of the national debt.
	(51488)

35 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will work with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Review Group to examine alternative reforms to achieve long term sustainability of the LGPS.
	(51478)

36 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the funding raised by additional employee contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme will not be used to improve the financial security of the scheme.
	(51479)

37 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to produce a new Fire and Rescue Services National Framework following the expiry of the Framework for 2008-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(51317)

38 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contribution he has given to the establishment of a Greater Peterborough enterprise zone; and if he will make a statement.
	(51318)

39 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether domestic cleaning contracts for the occupied Royal palaces are paid for from the grants-in-aid paid to the Monarchy for upkeep of occupied Royal palaces.
	(51474)

40 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the use of depleted uranium weapons; and how that policy (a) is applied and (b) will apply in operations in Libya.
	(51481)

41 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the use of school facilities for sport.
	(51319)

42 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with what frequency payments to those awarded 16 to 19 bursaries will be made.
	[R] (51315)

43 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education college and sixth form cafeterias he has visited in 2011.
	[R] (51316)

44 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to consult on the development of a discretionary fund for 16 to 19 student finance.
	[R] (51325)

45
N

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1009-11W, on departmental procurement, what process was used to determine the value of the contract with Professors Wiliam Pollard and James for an expert panel for the National Vurriculum review; and who was involved in the appointment process of the expert panel.

(51329)

46
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of all GCE A-level students were entered for GCE A-level (a) chemistry, (b) geography, (c) French, (d) German and (e) Spanish in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) selective schools, (iii) independent schools and (iv) sixth form colleges (A) nationally and (B) in each local education authority.

(51114)

47 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any (a) special advisers, (b) parliamentary assistants and (c) Ministers' spouses or partners took part in the green trade mission to the US.
	(51475)

48 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) names and (b) job titles are of the members of the green trade mission to the US.
	(51476)

49 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the members of the green trade mission to the US from private sector companies were selected.
	(51480)

50 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the effect of the fast-track review of the feed-in tariff scheme on farmers in Cornwall who have signed contracts with solar photovoltaic developers.
	(51116)

51 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with the banking industry future funding for solar photovoltaic developers affected by the outcome of the fast-track review of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(51117)

52 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she expects the Independent Panel on Forestry to hold its first meeting; and on what dates the Panel's subsequent meetings are scheduled to take place.
	(51170)

53 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has received on the number and proportion of UK listed companies which have reported on their greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with her Department's guidance in 2009-10.
	(51330)

54 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will require the forestry panel to publish agendas in advance of its meetings.
	(51331)

55 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Health and Safety Executive's Chemicals Regulation Directorate Advisory Committee on Pesticides to complete its review of the report by Buglife on the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides; and if she will publish the review upon completion.
	(51074)

56 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will suspend existing outdoor approvals for the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and commission a review of the use of systemic pesticides and sub-lethal effects on invertebrates.
	(51075)

57 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the effects of financial sanctions on Libya on Libyan students who are living and studying in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(51162)

58 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with banks to ensure that Libyan students who are living and studying in the UK are not disadvantaged as a result of financial sanctions on Libya; and if he will make a statement.
	(51163)

59
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he had discussions with his Italian counterpart on the (a) physical condition and (b) human rights of refugees from North Africa who have arrived in Lampedusa in the last three months; and whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on (i) resettlement capacity, (ii) resettlement programmes, (iii) assessment of needs, (iv) resources for the processing of applications and resettlement needs, (v) resources for (A) children, (B) women at risk of physical, sexual or psychological violence or exploitation, (C) survivors of torture, (D) people with urgent medical or other special needs and (E) disabled people and (vi) integration support and services for resettlement in respect of refugees from North Africa; and if he will make a statement.

(51326)

60 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has any plans to amend the right of patients to have access to drugs and therapies recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence set out in the NHS Constitution.; and if he will make a statement.
	(51463)

61 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of the NHS research budget was spent on research into surgical procedures in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(51464)

62 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the progress of the National Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure in removing barriers to research and innovation within the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(51465)

63 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to encourage the innovative use of medical technologies in the NHS.
	(51467)

64 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanism his Department proposes to measure progress on the Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention agenda; and if he will make a statement.
	(51468)

65 N	Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions he plans to make to provide for adequate low volume services for (a) Inflammable Bowel Disease and (b) other chronic conditions.
	(51462)

66 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers she plans to give the Electoral Commission in relation to the funding of election campaigns by (a) a political party and (b) independent candidates for Police and Crime Commissioner in England and Wales.
	(51169)

67 N	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) women and (b) children were deported to eastern European countries outside the EU in each year since 2000; and how many of those deported were victims of human trafficking.
	(51198)

68 N	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) victims of human trafficking were deported to eastern European countries outside the EU in each year from 2000 to 2005.
	(51199)

69 N	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors were taken into account in assessing whether a woman had been trafficked into the UK in the period from 2000 to 2005.
	(51200)

70 N	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of her Department were trained to identify victims of trafficking in the period from 2000 to 2005.
	(51201)

71 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many university students who entered the UK on study visas in each of the last three years were enrolled on (a) science and (b) humanities courses.
	(51333)

72 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the post is of each person employed in the House of Commons Service with a salary higher than that of an hon. Member.
	(51072)

73 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many laws have been repealed since May 2010.
	(51332)

74 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he next expects to meet staff representatives to discuss the future of the Land Registry.
	(51323)

75 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1053, on the European Aviation Safety Agency, what his policy is on lowering flight time limitations as a result of the proposed European Aviation Safety Agency legislation.
	(51115)

76 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has recovered from payments of fraudulent claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in each of the last two years.
	(51336)

77 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) guidance and (b) training his Department provides to staff on eligibility and processing of interim claims under the Social Security (Payment on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 in respect of delayed crisis loans.
	(51076)

78 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether advice and information on Sure Start Maternity Grants for second and third children is still being provided to eligible mothers.
	(51077)

79 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Sure Start Maternity Grants were awarded in respect of second and third children in (a) March 2011 and (b) March 2010.
	(51078)

80 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy was on payment of more than three Crisis Loans in one year to a claimant prior to the implementation of the cap on the number of awards from April 2011.
	(51079)

TUESDAY 26 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 30 March

1 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women did not have a breast scan until more than one year after their 50th birthday in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and how many such women were subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer.
	(51027)

2 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to tender a replacement contract for the provision of emergency towing vessels.
	(50909)

Notices given on Thursday 31 March

1 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the withdrawal of funding for the Maritime Incident Response Group by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(51171)

2 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact assessment he has undertaken in respect of the abolition of the Maritime Incident Support Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(51172)

3 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation was undertaken with the Fire and Rescue Service on withdrawal of funding for the Maritime Incident Response Group by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(51173)

4 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reduction in the level of funding for the Maritime Incident Response Group has been authorised by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(51174)

5 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislative proposals to prevent local authorities from setting scales of the fees for parking permits based solely on vehicle emissions.
	(51206)

6 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports the Civil Aviation Authority has received of airline pilots or other air crew using oxygen masks in circumstances where poisonous fumes were released into passenger aircraft in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(51337)

7 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the merits of introducing regulations to require the operation of air quality detection systems on commerical aircraft carrying fee-paying passengers.
	(51338)

8 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the incidences of exposure of aircraft passengers to the organophosphate known as TCP in the last three years; ; and if he will make a statement.
	(51339)

THURSDAY 28 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 31 March

1 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Post Office branches have been subject to long-term temporary closure since May 2010.
	(51207)


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