Order Book Part 2

House of Commons

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 28 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 29 March 2011

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

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

TUESDAY 29 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

*1	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): What plans he has for the future of the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.
	(49321)

*2	Tony Baldry (Banbury): What steps he is taking to increase educational opportunities in prisons.
	(49322)

*3	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): What the evidential basis is for his proposals on the future of universal jurisdiction.
	(49323)

*4	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): What plans he has for the use of innovative community sentences as an alternative to custody; and if he will make a statement.
	(49324)

*5	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What level of resources his Department plans to provide to the Prison Service in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(49325)

*6	Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What proportion of the cost of accommodating foreign national prisoners awaiting deportation after serving their sentences is provided by his Department.
	(49326)

*7	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What plans his Department has for the future of the Probation Service.
	(49327)

*8	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What progress he has made on his proposed reform of legal aid.
	(49328)

*9	Jessica Lee (Erewash): Which organisations he has met to discuss the draft Defamation Bill.
	(49329)

*10	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): How many foreign national prisoners he expects to have repatriated in 2011.
	(49330)

*11	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What discussions he has had with representatives of the Serious Fraud Office on his proposed guidance in respect of the Bribery Act 2010.
	(49331)

*12	Mike Weatherley (Hove): What progress he has made on reform of legislation on squatting.
	(49332)

*13	Karen Lumley (Redditch): How many prisoners convicted of violent offences and released under the early release scheme between 2007 and 2010 have since been returned to prison.
	(49333)

*14	Margot James (Stourbridge): What steps he is taking to support drug rehabilitation in prisons.
	(49334)

*15	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What progress he has made on his proposed reform of legal aid.
	(49335)

*16	John Pugh (Southport): If he will assess the extent of regional variation in the rate of custodial sentencing of offenders under the age of 17; and if he will make a statement.
	(49336)

*17	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): How many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection have been released to date.
	(49337)

*18	Mark Menzies (Fylde): How much was paid to convicted criminals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(49338)

*19	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): What progress has been made on proposed changes to the payment of fees to criminal law barristers through the Legal Services Commission.
	(49339)

*20	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What progress his Department has made in its review of the work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
	(49340)

*21	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What plans he has for reform of the payment of expenses to and compensation for time given by magistrates; and if he will make a statement.
	(49341)

*22	Andrew George (St Ives): What plans he has to ensure equal access to legal redress.
	(49342)

*23	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): If he will take steps to increase the length of sentences which may be handed down for public order offences.
	(49343)

*24	Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands): How many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection have completed their tariffs.
	(49344)

*25	John Glen (Salisbury): How many responses he has received to the Legal Aid Green Paper.
	(49345)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

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

*1	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(49346)

*2	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):
	(49347)

*3	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):
	(49348)

*4	Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):
	(49349)

*5	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford):
	(49350)

*6	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead):
	(49351)

*7	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):
	(49352)

*8	Karen Lumley (Redditch):
	(49353)

*10	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside):
	(49355)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 22 March

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide training for non-facility owning sports clubs to assist in the transfer of publically-owned facilities to community-owned facilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(49197)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many successful community asset transfers there have been in each of the last six months; and which assets have been so transferred.
	(49198)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effects of local authority planning fees on the development of community sports facilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(49199)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what financial support his Department provides for non-facility-owning sports clubs.
	(49132)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to simplify the provision of information to sports clubs on making grant applications.
	(49133)

6 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) purpose and (b) outcome was of his Department's meeting with Governor Suebu of Papua at Wilton Park in May 2010.
	(49114)

7
N

Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2010, Official Report, column 711W, on West Papua: overseas investment, what contact the UK Ambassador to Indonesia has had with the government of Indonesia on the effects of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estates projects on sustainable land use and local communities in West Papua since 2 November 2010.

(49320)

Notices given on Wednesday 23 March

1 N	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow South of 8 December 2010 on behalf of his constituent, Ms Sandie Boyd.
	(49391)

2 N	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of parliamentary questions for written answer were answered by his Department (a) within one week of, (b) within two weeks of, (c) within three weeks of, (d) within four weeks of, (e) within five weeks of and (f) more than five weeks after the date on which they were set down for answer since May 2010.
	(49639)

3 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the proportion of agriculture in the UK that provides biofuels in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(49635)

4 N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Yemen on the treatment of anti-government protestors on 18 March 2011.
	(49518)

5 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of toxins from food packaging on food.
	(49636)

6 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in each of the past three years illicit drugs have been discovered inside HM Prison Full Sutton.
	(49637)

7 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in UK prisons have cases (a) before and (b) pending at the European Court of Human Rights.
	(49638)

Notices given on Thursday 24 March

1 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) adult and (b) youth apprenticeships were offered in the (i) public and (ii) private sector in London in each of the last five years.
	(49866)

2 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many enrolments there were in midwifery courses at Northumbria University in each academic year between 2005-06 and 2010-11.
	(49712)

3 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Post Office Ltd on the future of sales of (a) insurance, (b) foreign currency and (c) vehicle excise duty through the Post Office network; and if he will make a statement.
	(49858)

4 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much capital funding for teaching and research his Department allocated to each university in each of the last five years; how much it plans to allocate in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(49873)

5 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential students the Aimhigher programme reached in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(49895)

6 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of (a) the number of British-based companies which use tax avoidance schemes in Jersey and (b) the amount of taxation avoided through use of such schemes per year.
	(49780)

7 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions he has had with the Central Europe Trust.
	(49781)

8 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met Lord Lawson of Blaby in the course of his official duties since his appointment.
	(49857)

9 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which measures in Budget 2011 consequential allocations through the Barnett formula are to be made to (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northen Ireland.
	(49860)

10 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he plans to allocate to (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Welsh Assembly Government and (c) the Northern Ireland Executive in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, (iv) 2014-15 and (v) 2015-16 as a result of the measures announced in the 2011 Budget.
	(49861)

11 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he plans to allocate to the Scottish Executive under the Barnett formula in respect of each item from which consequential allocations arise in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16.
	(49862)

12 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what years the Scottish Executive will be able to claim the sums underspent in previous years identified in the 2011 Budget; and whether any restrictions are to apply to the use of such sums.
	(49863)

13 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effects of tax credit changes in the 2011 Budget on the video games industry.
	(49724)

14 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential for small and medium-sized businesses to access funds from the corporate bond market; and if he will make a statement.
	(49872)

15 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation his Department undertook with (a) environmental groups and (b) the construction industry prior to the announcement that new homes will not be required to be zero carbon.
	(49837)

16 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions the Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce has met; what the (a) composition and (b) remit of the Taskforce is; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Taskforce since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(49878)

17 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence (i) he and (ii) Ministers in his Department had with members of the Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce prior to the announcement that new homes will no longer be required to be zero carbon.
	(49879)

18 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to Question 44110, on the answer to Question 35814, tabled on 1 March 2011 for answer on 3 March 2011.
	(49867)

19 N	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Audit Commission plans to publish the report of its strategic inspection of the housing stock of Birmingham City Council initiated in November 2009.
	(49645)

20 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 900W, on Arts Council England: expenditure, on what date he last met the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of Arts Council England.
	(49779)

21 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, who the (a) members and (b) Chair will be of the Creative Industry Council announced in the 2011 Budget; and what its remit will be.
	(49883)

22 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the Creative Industry Council announced in the 2011 Budget will be led by industry or by Government.
	(49884)

23 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the start date is for training exercise Cougar.
	(49778)

24 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs have been engaged by each of the armed services in (a) the UK, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iraq, (d) Germany and (e) other overseas locations in each of the last five years; what roles such dogs fulfil; and if he will make a statement.
	(49869)

25 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs engaged by each armed service have been retired from service in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what provision was made for each such dog after leaving service.
	(49870)

26 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the treatment of dogs no longer required in service by the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	(49871)

27 N	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what area of land in (a) public and (b) private ownership his Department uses for military purposes in (i) Wales, (ii) England and (iii) Scotland.
	(49868)

28 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether parents of children with statements of special educational needs (SEN) are restricted in seeking to send such children to Academy special schools; whether local authorities are entitled to direct all children with SEN in this area to an area special school; and if he will make a statement.
	(49859)

29 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the proportion of household carbon dioxide emissions which arose from (a) lighting, (b) heating, (c) cooking and (d) electrical appliances in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(49880)

30 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the effects on domestic energy bills of the introduction of a carbon floor price of £16 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted from 2013.
	(49882)

32 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the (a) level and (b) types of fly-tipped waste recovered from (i) public and (ii) private land which was (A) recycled and (B) sent to landfill in 2010-11.
	(49886)

33 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of fly-tipping were recorded on (a) public and (b) private land in each local authority area in 2010-11.
	(49887)

34 N	Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of European arrest warrants issued to the UK were in respect of serious organised crime or terrorism offences in each year since 2004 for which figures are available.
	(49703)

35 N	Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to her counterpart in Poland on the number of European arrest warrants issued by that country.
	(49704)

36 N	Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the UK was of the European Arrest Warrant system in each year since 2004.
	(49705)

37 N	Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the likely future change in the number of European arrest warrants received by the UK as a result of proposals to implement the Schengen Information System II during 2012.
	(49706)

38 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish guidance on corporate hospitality under the Bribery Act 2010.
	(49875)

39 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Lord Advocate on the compatibility with human rights legislation of the evidence requirements in Scottish criminal law.
	(49725)

40 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has paid to LEK Consulting in 2011 to date.
	(49876)

41 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with representatives of LEK Consulting in 2011 to date.
	(49877)

42 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with members of the McNulty Review on value for money in the rail industry in 2011; and on what dates such meetings took place.
	(49885)

43 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement the value added tax refund for Mountain Rescue.
	(49776)

44 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered the merits of including a direct link to Heathrow Airport in Stage 1 of the proposed High Speed 2 scheme.
	(49707)

45 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to further electrification of the UK's existing rail infrastructure.
	(49708)

46 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) reliability and (b) capacity of the UK's existing rail network.
	(49709)

47 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by HS2 Ltd; what roles they undertake; and what remuneration they receive.
	(49710)

48 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the fitting of silencers to small planes.
	(49777)

49 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether discretionary housing payments are to be included in the calculation for the total household benefits cap.
	(49864)

50 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for discretionary housing payments in each local authority area in England in each of the last five years; and how many (a) were granted and (b) went to appeal in each such year.
	(49865)

51 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people placed in employment in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire through the Future Jobs Fund.
	(49874)

52 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to Question 10614 , on access to work, tabled on 17 July 2010 for answer on 21 July 2010.
	(49711)

53 N	Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances a single person with no children would be affected by the housing benefit cap; and if he will make a statement.
	(49782)

Notices given on Friday 25 March

1 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of removing the requirement for new homes to be zero carbon on the Government's carbon dioxide reduction strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (49881)

2	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking following the collapse of the Crown Currency Exchange to prevent similar collapses.
	(49896)

3	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) Barclays Bank on the failure of regulation and the collapse of the Crown Currency Exchange.
	(49897)

4	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with broadband providers on reducing surcharges to users of broadband services in rural areas.
	(49931)

5	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the future funding of the BBC.
	(49900)

6	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the likely number of Royal Air Force personnel to be made redundant at Royal Air Force Valley as part of the programme announced on 1 March 2011.
	(49932)

7	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Sri Lanka and (ii) Pakistan since January 2010.
	(49902)

8	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Tunisia, (ii) Libya, (iii) Kuwait and (iv) Saudi Arabia since January 2010.
	(49903)

9	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the French Government on using the French Breguet Atlantique maritime patrol aircraft.
	(49904)

10	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the French Government has offered the Ministry of Defence use of the French Breguet Atlantique maritime patrol aircraft.
	(49905)

11	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether training for the France-UK bi-national rapid reaction force has begun; and if he will make a statement.
	(49906)

12	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have had with their French counterparts on the future of the European Defence Agency since May 2010.
	(49907)

13	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have met their French counterparts since May 2010.
	(49908)

14	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(49909)

15	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Illustrious is due to return to service.
	(49910)

16	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date HMS Illustrious was taken out of service.
	(49911)

17	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to save through the decommissioning of Ark Royal in each financial year until 2020.
	(49912)

18	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Syria, (ii) Yemen, (iii) Qatar and (iv) Egypt since January 2010.
	(49913)

19	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Lebanon, (ii) Israel, (iii) Nigeria and (iv) Uzbekistan since January 2010.
	(49914)

20	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Afghanistan, (ii) Burma, (iii) Rwanda and (iv) Somalia since January 2010.
	(49915)

21	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Guinea, (ii) Turkey, (iii) United Arab Emirates and (iv) Chad since January 2010.
	(49916)

22	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Burundi, (ii) Kenya, (iii) Sudan and (iv) Zimbabwe since January 2010.
	(49917)

23	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from Bahrain since January 2008.
	(49918)

24	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions Ministry of Defence (a) officials, (b) Ministers and (c) military personnel have met their equivalents from (i) Iraq, (ii) Ivory Coast, (iii) Liberia and (iv) Burkina Faso since January 2010.
	(49919)

25	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the conclusions and recommendations of the March 2011 Ofsted survey of history in schools in respect of the use in schools of set textbooks.
	(49940)

26	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Teach First on future levels of training for special educational needs teachers.
	(49941)

27	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications of the situation in Japan for his energy policy.
	(49930)

28	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what practical steps she has taken to implement the terms of the Food 2030 plan since May 2010.
	(49898)

29	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the results of the IVAN trial of alternative treatments for the inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor in age-related choriodal neovascularisation funded by his Department.
	(49946)

30	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals for further substantial changes to the rules for obtaining settlement and citizenship in the UK as indicated in November 2010.
	(49943)

31	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of her proposed reforms to the student immigration route on the regeneration and international standing of the UK economy.
	(49944)

32	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's commitment to agriculture and food security made of the G8 L'Aquila summit has been disbursed to date; and what plans his Department has for the use of the remaining funds before 2012.
	(49936)

33	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with victims' representatives since taking office.
	(49899)

34	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to his Department has been of public inquiries in each of the last 10 years.
	(49901)

35	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the likely average seat occupancy rate of High Speed Two trains.
	(49934)

36	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the projected costs the Government will incur on the High Speed Two programme in each of the next five years.
	(49935)

37	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the combined seat occupancy rate on passenger rail services on the main line between (a) London and Birmingham and (b) Birmingham and London was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(49937)

38	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average seat occupancy rate of all passenger rail services on the High Speed One rail route was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(49945)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of provision of winter fuel allowance to those (a) aged 60 to 79 at the rate of £250 per year and (b) aged 80 or over at the rate of £400 per year in (i) Glasgow North East constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Great Britain and (v) the UK in 2011.

(49938)

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of provision of winter fuel allowance to those (a) aged 60 to 79 at the rate of (i) £200 and (ii) £250 per year and (b) aged 80 or over at the rate of (A) £300 and (B) £400 per year in (1) Glasgow North East constituency, (2) Glasgow, (3) Scotland, (4) Great Britain and (5) the UK in each of the next four calendar years.

(49939)

41	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals he has on the transfer of pre-1997 state earnings related pension schemes from a deceased pensioner to the surviving spouse.
	(49933)

42	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the effectiveness in prevention of cryptosporidium of the operation of regulations on water quality in public swimming pools.
	(49942)

WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

*1	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): What criteria he plans to use to assess the strategic plan for UN Women when determining the funding to be allocated to it.
	(49661)

*2	John Mann (Bassetlaw): What support his Department plans to give to development of the infrastructure of South Sudan in 2011-12.
	(49662)

*3	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): What estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of Official Development Assistance to Lesotho following the closure of his Department's bilateral aid programme in that country.
	(49663)

*4	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice about his role as the UK's international anti-corruption champion on the implications for development of his role.
	(49664)

*5	Helen Jones (Warrington North): What recent representations he has received on the effects of corruption on the economies of developing countries.
	(49665)

*6	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What recent representations he has received on the effects of corruption on the economies of developing countries.
	(49666)

*7	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): What objectives he has set for the outcomes for his Department's policies of the World Bank Spring Meetings.
	(49667)

*8	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What plans he has for future levels of development aid to India.
	(49668)

*9	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): How many organisations have (a) applied for and (b) been granted funds from his Department's Global Action Poverty Fund.
	(49669)

*10	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): What humanitarian aid his Department is providing to the people of Libya.
	(49670)

*11	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation on Libya's borders with Tunisia and Egypt.
	(49671)

*12	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): What discussions he has had with his EU and UN counterparts on the development implications of the state of emergency in Yemen.
	(49672)

*13	Joseph Johnson (Orpington): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation on Libya's borders with Tunisia and Egypt.
	(49673)

*14	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What recent representations he has received on the effect on the economies of developing countries of the tax avoidance practices of UK companies.
	(49674)

*15	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): What steps he is taking to alleviate the humanitarian situation in Darfur.
	(49675)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 March.
	(49646)

*2	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down):
	(49647)

*3	Ian Austin (Dudley North):
	(49648)

*4	Peter Aldous (Waveney):
	(49649)

*5	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):
	(49650)

*6	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):
	(49651)

*7	Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):
	(49652)

*8	Robert Halfon (Harlow):
	(49653)

*9	Mr David Amess (Southend West):
	(49654)

*10	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):
	(49655)

*11	Tony Baldry (Banbury):
	(49656)

*12	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield):
	(49657)

*13	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East):
	(49658)

*14	Fiona Bruce (Congleton):
	(49659)

*15	Helen Jones (Warrington North):
	(49660)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 16 March

1
N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with officials in her Department on the process of loading batches of samples to the National DNA Database; how many samples are contained in each batch loaded to the database; whether such batches can be split retrospectively after loading; and if she will make a statement.

(48098)

2 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her proposals to remove certain DNA profiles from the National DNA Database.
	(48099)

3 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will be responsible for (a) taking possession of DNA profile material and (b) supervising the destruction of records following the closure of the Forensic Science Service.
	(48172)

4 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effects of the closure of the Forensic Science Service on the Government's plans to remove profiles from the National DNA Database.
	(48173)

Notices given on Monday 21 March

1 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her proposals for removal of DNA profiles from the National DNA Database contemplate the removal from the database of all records associated with a DNA sample.
	(48905)

Notices given on Wednesday 23 March

1 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department allocated for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in 2010-11; and how much it plans to allocate in 2011-12.
	(49519)

2 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in receipt of (a) housing benefit, (b) working tax credit, (c) income support, (d) council tax credit and (e) pension credit are enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages courses with (i) full and (ii) partial fee remission provided by his Department.
	(49520)

3 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses on adult and community learning.
	(49521)

4 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of financial barriers on participation in English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.
	(49522)

5 N	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment on proposed changes to funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.
	(49523)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life.
	(49642)

7 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many solar photovoltaic schemes exceeding 1 megawatt in (a) Cornwall and Devon and (b) the UK have received planning permission since the inception of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(49397)

8
N

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1034-35W, on departmental telephone services, what steps are being taken within the specification outlined to facilitate the qualification of small voluntary sector organisations under the terms for contracted services; and if he will make a statement.

(49641)

9 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will produce an impact assessment on Cornwall as part of the fast-track review of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(49393)

10 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many megawatts of solar photovoltaic generating capacity have been installed in Cornwall and Devon since the launch of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(49394)

11 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the expenditure by the solar power industry in all stages of planning and development into solar photovoltaic installations above 1 megawatt since the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(49395)

12
N

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the potential number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs to be created in solar photovoltaic farms in Cornwall under the feed-in tariff scheme by 2015; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect on this estimate of the outcome of the fast-track review of the feed-in tariff scheme.

(49396)

13 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Western Sahara was discussed during his recent meeting with the Moroccan Minister for Foreign Affairs.
	(49392)

Notices given on Thursday 24 March

1 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of each civil servant appointed to his Department since 11 May 2010.
	(49713)

2 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the poorest country is to which the UK provides development aid; and what form such aid takes.
	(49888)

3 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements have been put in place in respect of lone working at (a) Fife Ness coastguard station and (b) other coastguard stations in Scotland.
	(49714)

4 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vacancies there are for watchmen at Fife Ness coastguard station.
	(49715)

5 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) capacity and (b) propensity of applicants for support from the Social Fund to access credit from (i) mainstream providers, (ii) high-cost credit lenders and (iii) credit unions.
	(49783)

Notices given on Friday 25 March

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates the National Security Council has met in 2011 to date; and in each such case (a) how many Ministers attended, (b) which Ministers attended, (c) for how long the Council meet and (d) which items were on the agenda.
	(49949)

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

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

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

15 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with (i) the Department for Energy and Climate Change and (ii) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the introduction of regulations to require mandatory carbon reporting by businesses by April 2012.
	(49962)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23
N

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

(49927)

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

THURSDAY 31 MARCH Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 17 March

1 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to the recommendation of the Pitt Report that flood defences should be allocated an above-inflation funding settlement.
	(48323)

2 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to establish a mechanism to measure the Government's commitment to be the greenest administration ever.
	(48324)

3 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist the farming industry in preparing for the ban on battery cages for laying hens.
	(48349)

Notices given on Wednesday 23 March

1
N

Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1173W, on arms trade: exports, for which countries arms export licences have been revoked as a result of his Department's review of export licences announced on 18 February 2011 since 15.00 on 3 March 2011; how many (a) individual and (b) open licences were revoked in respect of each country; and what the date of revocation was in each case.

(49524)

Notices given on Thursday 24 March

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the effect of the reduction in funding for local authorities on the cost to patients of placements with independent social care providers; and if he will make a statement.
	(49785)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on monitoring the quality of independent social care providers.
	(49786)

3 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England.
	(49889)

4 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse of the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England was in each of the last three years.
	(49890)

5 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2011, Official Report, column 452W, on tattoos, whether it is his Department's policy to fund the removal of tattoos on the NHS.
	(49784)

6 N	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with South West Trains on improving the provision of rolling stock on Portsmouth to London passenger rail services.
	(49716)

7 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met representatives of (i) the Association of Train Operating Companies and (ii) rail trade unions since 8 May 2010.
	(49892)

8 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Financial Statement of 23 March 2011, Official Report, columns 958-9, whether the £200 million additional investment in regional railways is for the financial year 2011-12; when he expects to allocate this funding to individual projects; and if he will make a statement.
	(49893)

9 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effects on the ability of care home residents to participate in community activities of removing the mobility component of disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement.
	(49891)

Notices given on Friday 25 March

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

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

FRIDAY 1 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Friday 25 March

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

MONDAY 4 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 23 March

1 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2011, Official Report, columns 284-5W, on roads: snow and ice, whether he has informed local authorities of their allocations; and how much has been allocated to each local authority.
	(49640)

Notices given on Thursday 24 March

1 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much from the sum announced in the 2011 Budget for costs of road maintenance arising from adverse weather conditions is to be paid to each highway authority.
	(49894)

TUESDAY 5 APRIL Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 23 March

1 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women who will have their state pension age increased by 18 months or more as a result of his proposed change in the state pension age for women.
	(49643)

2 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average monetary value of pension payments which will not be paid to women born between December 1953 and October 1954 as a result of his proposed change in the state pension age for women.
	(49644)

Notices given on Thursday 24 March

1 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the deadweight cost to the public purse of operating the child benefit system in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(49726)

2 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely annual deadweight cost to the public purse of the exemption from national insurance for new businesses setting up outside the South East.
	(49727)