Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 5 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 Monday 4 April 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 5 April 2011

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

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

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.
	(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 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 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 their counterparts in (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) 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 in policy development in respect of the 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, (b) agreement via qualified majority voting or (c) another form of 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 plans he has 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 consideration 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 to 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 Curriculum 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 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 in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(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 her Department holds 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 (a) suspend existing outdoor approvals for the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and (b) 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 NHS Constitution to include a right of patients to have access to drugs and therapies recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; 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) inflammatory 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) political party and (b) independent candidates for posts of 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)

Notices given on Friday 1 April

1	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise last visited Salford in a Ministerial capacity.
	(51497)

2	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the principal differences in functions are between regional development agencies and local enterprise partnerships.
	(51501)

3	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that the expertise built up by specialists working in One North East is retained in the North East of England.
	(51503)

4	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51531)

5	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2011, Official Report, column 306W, on local enterprise partnerships (LEPs), what the role of LEPs is in skills and training issues.
	(51610)

6	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2011, Official Report, column 1119W on regional development agencies: finance, whether he has identified assets which would potentially be suitable for transfer from regional development agencies to the Homes and Communities Agency.
	(51623)

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 150W, on departmental offices, for what reasons he proposes to collect hard evidence relevant to his Department's activities through regional offices; and what consideration he has given to the central collection of such evidence.

(51629)

8	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on the development of the East London Tech City to date.
	(51577)

9	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the development of the East London Tech City initiative; and if he will make a statement.
	(51578)

10	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs attributable to the East London Tech City initiative.
	(51579)

11	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial incentives he plans to put in place to attract investment to the East London Tech City area.
	(51580)

12	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what shared service agreements his Department has with other Government departments.
	(51581)

13	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what machinery of government changes relating to his Department there have been since 12 May 2010.
	(51582)

14	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the staff (a) costs of and (b) complement his Department, its agencies and its associated public bodies over the Spending Review period
	(51583)

15	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the job title is of each member of staff in each division of his Department and paid by his Department payroll who (a) is on loan from another Government department and (b) his shared responsibilities with another Government department.
	(51584)

16	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff from his Department are on loan to other Government departments.
	(51585)

17	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which regulations sponsored by his Department due to be commenced in the next three years are derived from legislation already enacted.
	(51586)

18	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what dates (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met representatives of oil and gas companies to discuss investment in North Sea oil and gas fields since his appointment.
	(51590)

19	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date he or other Ministers in his Department most recently met representatives of the oil and gas industry to discuss investment in North Sea oil and gas fields.
	(51592)

20	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what dates he met Treasury Ministers to discuss the implications for investment in North Sea oil and gas fields of proposed changes to taxation.
	(51601)

21	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the implications for investment in North Sea oil and gas fields of changes to taxation.
	(51602)

22	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have notified his Department of a commitment to locate to the East London Tech City.
	(51607)

23	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of investment committed to businesses in the East London Tech City area subsequent to the announcement of the East London Tech City initiative.
	(51608)

24	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which regulations implementing EU obligations due to be commenced in the next three years are derived from EU legislation already enacted.
	(51611)

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which agencies and non-departmental public bodies his Department was responsible on the date of his appointment; which such bodies have subsequently been (a) closed and (b) identified for closure; what provision for redundancy costs has been made in respect of each body in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iiii) 2012-13; and what estimate he has made of the likely savings to the Exchequer from closures of such bodies over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.

(51618)

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what units of his Department in place on the date of his appointment are shared with other Government departments; how many staff at each grade from Executive Officer to grade 3 are assigned to each such unit; and which departments meet the staff costs of each member of staff in such units.

(51624)

27	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) job title is and (b) responsibilities are of each member of staff seconded to his Department from the private sector; from which company each is seconded; and who is responsible for meeting the staff costs of each secondee.
	(51627)

28	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to take steps to raise the profile amongst graduates of the process and manufacturing industry.
	(51508)

29	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings his Department has had on the creation of a fund to allow the allocation of student places to for-profit institutions since his appointment.
	(51548)

30	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51530)

31	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many business start-ups there were in Gateshead constituency (a) in each year between June 2005 and May 2010 and (b) since May 2010.
	(51597)

32	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the short and medium-term valuation of Sterling.
	(51535)

33	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51517)

34	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 38W, on tax allowances, what information his Department holds on the distributional effect of tax reliefs and allowances relating to (a) pensions and (b) individual savings accounts.
	(51605)

35	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of unemployment in (a) the UK, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland of the increases in duty under the beer duty escalator.
	(51547)

36	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that changes to the gift aid scheme announced in the 2011 Budget will bring maximum benefit to genuine charities; and what steps he plans to take to prevent diverting resources away from genuine charities.
	(51536)

37	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of charitable donations as a result of the reduction in the level of inheritance tax on donations in each year from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
	(51537)

38	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the level of attrition into new avoidance schemes in calculating the revenue he estimates will accrue from the disguised remuneration avoidance measure announced in the 2011 Budget for each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16.
	(51538)

39	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the deadweight cost of the change in the rate of the research and development tax credit for small and medium-sized enterprises announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(51539)

40	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the deadweight cost of proposed changes to (a) the Enterprise Investment Scheme, (b) Venture Capital Trusts and (c) capital gains tax Entrepreneurs' Relief announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(51540)

41	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of revenue which will accrue to the Exchequer from changes in non-domiciled taxation announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(51541)

42	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals he expects to be affected by the increase in the capital gains tax entreprenuers' relief lifetime limit in each year to 2015-16.
	(51542)

43	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new businesses he expects to be established as a result of the changes to (a) the enterprise investment scheme, (b) adventure capital trusts and (c) capital gains tax entreprenuers' relief announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(51543)

44	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of revenue accruing to the Exchequer as a result of companies moving profits outside the UK in response to the changes to controlled foreign company rules announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(51544)

45	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the level of research and development activity which will result from the tax credit rate increase for small and medium-sized enterprises announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(51545)

46	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the reduction in the inheritance tax rate for charitable donations in each year to 2016.
	(51546)

47	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of UK exports directly attributable to measures in the 2011 Budget in each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16.
	(51604)

48	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the sums to be invested in UK businesses directly attributable to the measures announced in the 2011 Budget in each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16.
	(51606)

49	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has received any representations on the purchase by Newcastle City Council of the Northern Rock Tower and its effects on the market for office space in Newcastle upon Tyne.
	(51498)

50	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which tax increment financing projects are being monitored by his Department.
	(51502)

51	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51528)

52	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to Gateshead Council in each of the last five years.
	(51593)

53	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account he took in his Department's business planning processes for future years of the use of former regional development agency assets; and what the net financial effect is of the use of such assets.
	(51594)

54	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential benefits to Crawley Borough Council area of the New Homes Bonus.
	(51617)

55	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will have discussions with the British Library on plans to display the Lindisfarne gospels in the North East of England.
	(51504)

56	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51527)

57	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the future regulation of power line telecommunication devices; and if he will make a statement.
	(51507)

58	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51526)

59	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many litres of Avgas the armed forces used in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(51549)

60	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future use of Avgas by the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	(51550)

61	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of aircraft fuel used by the Royal Air Force is Avgas.
	(51596)

62	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51529)

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 47W, on education maintenance allowance, what steps he plans to take to (a) monitor the effect of the replacement of education maintenance allowance with a targeted support payment and (b) evaluate any difference in effect between the two schemes.

(51628)

64	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people in further education received education maintenace allowance at the higher level in (a) Gateshead, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year from 2006 to 2010.
	(51588)

65	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people entered formal post-16 education in (a) further education colleges and (b) school sixth forms in each of the last five academic years.
	(51591)

66	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children received free school meals in each ward in the Gateshead Borough Council area in the last year for which figures are available.
	(51603)

67	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in each region of England he has visited since May 2010.
	(51620)

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Statement of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 51, on post-16 education funding, what plans he has to allow further education and sixth form colleges to access information on students enrolling in September 2011 who were in receipt of free meals whilst in compulsory schooling; and if he will make a statement.

(51505)

69	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51525)

70	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will consult the Environment Agency on the potential implications of seismic tremors for onshore drilling for unconventional gases.
	(51621)

71	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff from which organisations have been seconded to his Department to work on electricity market reform.
	(51622)

72	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to repeal rules prohibiting the sale of meat and milk products from the offspring of cloned animals.
	(51534)

73	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for her Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps she plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51524)

74	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the introduction of compulsory microchipping for dogs.
	(51495)

75	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the permanent identification of dogs.
	(51496)

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the damage caused to (a) the environment and (b) natural life following the collision of MS Olivia with Nightingale Island on 16 March 2011; what (i) equipment and (ii) personnel he plans to send to Nightingale and Inaccessible islands; what bird life he has assessed as being at risk in the region; and if he will make a statement on any assistance he plans to send to the population of Tristan da Cunha in coping with the crisis.

(51516)

77	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 961W, on USA: visits, what information his Department holds on the involvement of other countries' embassies to the United States in facilitating visitor tours of the White House for their nationals.
	(51499)

78	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51523)

Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 187W, on health services: freedom of information, what steps he is taking to prevent any potential misuse by private and voluntary providers of healthcare of information secured from public sector competitiors under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

(51573)

80	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the outcome of the pilot studies on accident and emergency and urgent care centre nomenclature in (a) East Lancashire, (b) Manchester and (c) Salisbury to be published.
	(51598)

81	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken in the NHS in the (a) North West and (b) South West to standardise the definitions of Accident and Emergency and Urgent Care Centre for the purposes of assisting commissioners and creating clarity for patients; and if he will make a statement.
	(51599)

82	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with HIV-related tuberculosis in (a) England, (b) the Brighton and Hove primary care trust area and (c) East Sussex Downs and Weald primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(51630)

83	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of collaborative tuberculosis and HIV services to reducing rates of co-infection.
	(51631)

84	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that relevant commissioning expertise will be available for the provision of integrated tuberculosis and HIV services by GP consortia under his proposed new structures for the NHS.
	(51632)

85	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for her Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps she plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51522)

86	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 11W, on location, who the intended user is of each unit of sleeping accommodation.
	(51609)

87	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51521)

88	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51520)

89	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid from residents in (a) Gateshead constituency and (b) Gateshead Borough were granted in each of the last three years.
	(51572)

90	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to disseminate its recent guidance on the law in respect of squatting.
	(51595)

91	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will request the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to publish the highest amount claimed by an hon. Member for staff costs over the financial year 2010-11.
	(51619)

92	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what extent (a) regional input into transport policy and (b) funding decisions on projects in regions are devolved in England.
	(51500)

93	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51519)

94	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 98W, on ports, for what purposes the proceeds from the proposed sale of the Port of Dover will be used.
	(51625)

95	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorcycle examiners have worked with the Transport Research Laboratory on trials of the proposed new motorcycle test since June 2010.
	(51574)

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many submissions he has received since June 2010 from (a) motorcycle trainers and (b) provisional motorcycle licence holders on (i) the national network of multi-purpose test centres and (ii) a single motorcycle test event; and what arrangements he has made for representation of the views of motorcycle trainers and provisional motorcycle licence holders on the Motorcycle Test Review Working Group.

(51575)

97	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the name is of each current and former member of the Motorcycle Test Review Working Group.
	(51576)

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trials of the proposed new motorcycle test Transport Research Laboratory has been conducted on the public highway since June 2010; at what location in each case; and how many more such trials he expects to be conducted before the proposals for a single motorcycle test event are put out to public consultation.

(51587)

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total monetary value is of the contract between his Department and Transport Research Laboratory for the trial of a new motorcycle test; how many motorcycle examiners are required to work on the trial at each stage; and what estimate he has made of the total number of working hours motorcycle examiners will have spent on the trial at its conclusion.

(51589)

100

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member of Ceredigion of 23 June 2010, Official Report, columns 245-46W, on motorcycles: driving tests, what the location is of each multi-purpose test centre; how many are (a) leased and (b) publicly owned; what the length of each lease agreement is; what the break options in each case are; and what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of termination of each such case.

(51600)

101	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the next 24 months; and what steps he plans to take to meet such targets.
	(51518)

102	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential savings to the Exchequer of means testing the winter fuel allowance such that no one with an income of more than £35,000 is entitled to claim the benefit.
	(51506)

103	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress is being made on implementing the recommendations of the Harrington Review into workplace capability assessments; and if he will make a statement.
	(51532)

104	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any workplace capabiltiy assessments have been conducted on existing incapacity benefit claimants in the Sunderland area in place of personal capability assessments to date.
	(51626)

105	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 125W, on the Independent Living Fund, when his Department plans to launch its consultation on the Independent Living Fund; whom it plans to consult; and what issues it plans to consult on.
	(51533)

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 commercial 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 TCP in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(51339)

Notices given on Friday 1 April

1 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what net change in the number of businesses he expects attributable to the introduction of Enterprise Zones.
	(51559)

2 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings his Department has had with (a) the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (b) Universities UK, (c) the Qualifications and Assessment Authority and (d) the Confederation of British Industry in each month since 1 January 2011.
	(51566)

3 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received on the future of postgraduate (a) taught and (b) research degrees in each week since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51567)

4 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received on his plans to improve access to university for those from disadvantaged backgrounds in each month since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51568)

5 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received on the future of research funding in each month since 1 January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(51569)

6 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has held with outside bodies in each month since 1 January 2011 to discuss universities which have not met the access benchmarks agreed with the Office of Fair Access; and if he will make a statement.
	(51570)

7 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire of 17 November 2010 with reminders sent on 16 December 2010 and 13 January 2011 on mortgage regulation.
	(51612)

8 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire of 15 October 2010 with reminders sent on 26 November 2010, 12 January 2011 and 10 February 2011 on Crown Currency Exchange.
	(51613)

9 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire of 16 September 2010 with reminders sent on 26 October 2010, 25 November 2010, 11 January 2011 and 10 February 2011 on deregulated commodity speculation.
	(51614)

10 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the benefit to businesses employing fewer that 10 people and all genuine start-ups from reduced administrative burdens and compliance costs arising from the moratorium exempting such businesses from new domestic regulations for the next three years.
	(51558)

11 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of the upward revision in claimant count unemployment as shown on table 4.15 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook on social security benefit spending.
	(51560)

12 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to table 4.15 of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook of the OBR, what expenditure on each tax credit scheme is represented by the figure given for overall tax credit expenditure.
	(51561)

13 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions he made in his revision of the forecast of war pensions payments between November 2010 and March 2011.
	(51562)

14 N	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the monetary value to each sector of (a) reform of the controlled foreign company rules, (b) reform of taxation of foreign branches, (c) interim changes to controlled foreign company rules and (d) reform of corporate capital gains simplification.
	(51555)

15 N	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue which was raised by the 50 pence rate of income tax in 2010-11.
	(51556)

16 N	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the terms of reference are for the HM Revenue and Customs review of the 50 pence rate of income tax.
	(51557)

17 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received from representatives of the UK oil and gas industry between the June 2010 Budget and the 2011 Budget; and on what dates.
	(51564)

18 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of changes to the carbon price floor on the number of households in fuel poverty in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
	(51565)

19 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on investment in oil and gas production in the North Sea of the announcement made in the 2011 Budget.
	(51615)

20 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation he untertook with the oil and gas industries on the increase in the North Sea oil supplementary charge; and on what dates such consultation took place.
	(51616)

21
N

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will notify the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe of (a) the decision of the House and (b) the results of the division on the motion on Voting by Prisoners of 10 February 2011, Votes and Proceedings, No. 115; and if he will register with (i)the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, (ii) the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and (iii) the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe the Government's objection to the contents of press release 283(2011) issued by the Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg.

(51571)

22 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has received notification of any proposal by the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe to make a third party intervention under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case of Greens and MT v UK pending judgement in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.
	(51633)

23 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of press release 283(2011) issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the enfranchisement of prisoners; whether the Government was (a) consulted and (b) notified in advance of its publication; and what steps he plans to take in response to the comments made.
	(51636)

24 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he has allocated to (a) £1,200 bursaries, (b) students currently in receipt of education maintenance allowance and (c) students eligible for free school meals from the discretionary learner support fund.
	[R] (51642)

25 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor participation in post-16 education by 16 to 19 year olds in future academic years; and what plans he has to publish the results of such monitoring.
	[R] (51643)

26 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges which do not have (i) kitchens and (ii) cafeterias.
	[R] (51644)

27 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) sixth forms and (b) further education colleges he has visited in 2011.
	[R] (51645)

28 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often representatives of the UK raised issues relating to Burma in meetings of the UN Security Council in 2010.
	(51553)

29 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cataract operations were carried out on NHS patients in each year since 1996-97.
	(51635)

30
N

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treatment carried out by (a) the private sector, (b) independent sector treatment centres, (c) the voluntary sector and (d) other sectors including local authorities on behalf of the NHS in each financial year since 1997; and what proportion of NHS expenditure payments to each sector represented in each year.

(51646)

31 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process was used to assess child labour in the UK prior to making the Government's report to the International Labour Organisation under ILO Convention 182.
	(51634)

32 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of non-governmental organisations on the Government's obligations under International Labour Organisation Convention 182.
	(51640)

33 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of industry on ensuring that child labour is not used during the preparation and manufacture of goods.
	(51641)

34 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 374W, on development aid, how much aid his Department provided to Burundi in the last year for which figures are available; and how much aid he plans to provide in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(51510)

35 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the richest country is to which the UK provides development aid; and what form such aid takes.
	(51511)

36 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the government of Burma on restrictions on the delivery of aid to Burma.
	(51551)

37 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of the policy of Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on funding projects in Karen state, Burma; and if he will make a statement.
	(51552)

38 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received on changes made to aid delivery by the government of Burma in order to enable the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to operate in that country.
	(51554)

39 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected monetary value is of the contract to provide a replacement emergency towing vessel service; and when he expects the contract to be let.
	(51509)

40
N

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North East of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the Exchequer of top-up funds paid to families who see their entitlement decrease as a result of the introduction of the universal credit.

(51512)

41 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North East of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, whether people who see a decrease in their annual entitlement will receive a cash amount in order to make up the difference for one year only or for subsequent years.
	(51513)

42
N

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North East of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, if he will estimate how many families with savings between £6,000 and £16,000 will see an average reduction of £210 in their annual entitlement as a result of the introduction of the universal credit in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region.

(51514)

43
N

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North East of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 970W, on universal credit, if he will estimate how many families with savings above £16,000 will see an average reduction in their annual entitlement by £2,720 as a result of the introduction of the universal credit in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region.

(51515)

44 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) his Department's expenditure on and (b) the number of people claiming each benefit for which his Department is responsible in each year to 2015.
	(51563)

45 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency and its successor in ensuring appropriate maintenance payments are made; and what changes he proposes to make under the reformed statutory child maintenance system.
	(51637)

46 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) efficiency and (b) effectiveness of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
	(51638)

47 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the reformed statutory child maintenance system will provide resident parents with an (a) efficient and (b) coherent service.
	(51639)

WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 1 April

1 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to use funding provided to the Office for Civil Society which has not yet been allocated to other purposes to fund strategic partners in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(51647)

2 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the funding allocation proposed by the Office for Civil Society for strategic partners has now been allocated for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14; and what proportion remains unallocated in each such year.
	(51648)

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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