Oral Answers
Monday 20 December 2010

Education 1159
      Academies Programme 1171
      Child Care 1164
      Children’s Centres 1166
      Education in Hospital 1172
      Education Maintenance Allowance 1160
      Education Maintenance Allowance 1165
      International League Tables 1169
      Local Government Allocations 1167
      Local Government Allocations 1174
      School Sports Funding 1169
      School Standards 1173
      Science and Maths A-levels 1163
      Topical Questions 1174
      Vocational Education 1159

Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 20 December 2010

Business, Innovation and Skills 135WS
      Haldane Principle 137WS
      Science and Research Funding (2011-12 to 2014-15) 135WS
Cabinet Office 150WS
      Voting Entitlement 150WS
Communities and Local Government 141WS
      Fire and Rescue Service 141WS
      Major Infrastructure Planning Reform 142WS
      National Planning Policy Framework 143WS
      Zero-Carbon Buildings 145WS
Culture, Media and Sport 147WS
      Olympic and Paralympic Games (Legacy) 148WS
      Radio and Television Transmission (Irish Language) 147WS
Defence 148WS
      Afghanistan 148WS
      “Equipment, Support and Technology for UK Defence and Security: A Consultation Paper” 149WS
      Community Veterans Mental Health Pilots 149WS
Energy and Climate Change 151WS
      Domestic Heating Oil Supplies 151WS
Health 153WS
      Adult Autism 153WS
      Transparency in Outcomes 154WS
      Work Force Education and Training Consultations 155WS
Home Department 156WS
      Passenger Name Record Agreements 156WS
Northern Ireland 157WS
      Parades Commission for Northern Ireland 157WS
Transport 157WS
      Motorcycle Testing 157WS
Treasury 139WS
      Economic and Financial Affairs Council 139WS

Written Answers
Monday 20 December 2010

Attorney-General 940W
      Corruption 940W
      Departmental Pay 940W
      Domestic Violence: Prosecutions 941W
      Witness Care Units: Finance 941W
Business, Innovation and Skills 1031W
      Addison Lee 1031W
      Adult Education: Newham 1032W
      Consumer Focus: Redundancy Pay 1032W
      Demonstrations: Parliament Square 1032W
      Departmental Billing 1033W
      Departmental Consultants 1033W
      Departmental Contracts 1033W
      Departmental Overtime 1034W
      Departmental Public Consultation 1034W
      Departmental Vacancies 1034W
      Everything Everywhere 1035W
      Export Credit Guarantees: Lancashire 1035W
      Financial Services 1036W
      Foreign Trade: Israel 1036W
      Higher Education 1036W
      Higher Education: Admissions 1037W
      Higher Education: Birmingham 1041W
      Higher Education: Disability 1042W
      Higher Education: Finance 1043W
      Innovation: Greater London 1043W
      Institute for Fiscal Studies 1043W
      Lloyds TSB: Halifax Bank of Scotland 1044W
      Local Enterprise Partnership Projects 1044W
      Local Enterprise Partnerships 1045W
      Local Enterprise Partnerships 1046W
      Local Enterprise Partnerships: Tyne and Wear 1045W
      Manufacturing Industries 1045W
      Mortgage Express and Bradford and Bingley: Complaints 1046W
      Ofcom: Opinion Leader Research 1046W
      One North East 1047W
      Overseas Trade: Commonwealth 1047W
      Regional Development Agencies 1048W
      Regional Development Agencies 1049W
      Regional Development Agencies: Finance 1048W
      Regional Growth Fund 1049W
      Royal Mail 1050W
      Royal Mail: Privatisation 1050W
      Science: Research 1050W
      Sheffield Forgemasters: Finance 1051W
      Students: Fees and Charges 1051W
      Students: Loans 1051W
      Universities: Applications 1052W
      Welsh Language 1053W
      Working Time Directive 1053W
Cabinet Office 1057W
      Deaths: Winter 1057W
      Departmental Press: Subscriptions 1058W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 1058W
      Government Departments: Telephone Services 1058W
      Internet: Data Protection 1059W
      Public Bodies: Telephone Services 1059W
      Voluntary Work: Young People 1059W
      Voting Rights: Prisoners 1059W
      Welsh Language 1060W
Communities and Local Government 941W
      Domestic Violence: Victim Support Schemes 942W
      Homelessness: Easington 943W
      Homelessness: Greater London 944W
      Homelessness: Housing Benefit 944W
      Housing: Construction 945W
      Mobile Homes 945W
      Multiple Occupation: Licensing 945W
      Official Hospitality: Christmas 941W
      Planning: Referendums 946W
      Regional Planning and Development: Finance 946W
      Residential Premises 946W
Culture, Media and Sport 1053W
      BBC: Trade Unions 1053W
      Churches: Repairs and Maintenance 1053W
      Cultural Institutions: Finance 1054W
      Departmental Pay 1054W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 1054W
      Freeview Service 1055W
      Horniman Museum 1055W
      Museums: Closures 1055W
      Museums: Finance 1056W
      Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 1055W
      Olympic Games 2012: Football 1056W
      Olympic Games 2012: Human Trafficking 1056W
      Public Libraries: Finance 1057W
      Taekwondo 1057W
Defence 984W
      Afghanistan: Armed Forces and Police 984W
      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations 985W
      Armed Forces: Redundancy 985W
      Army: Manpower 985W
      British Overseas Territories: Navy 985W
      Departmental Consultants 986W
      Departmental Energy 986W
      Departmental Information Officers 986W
      Departmental NDPBs 987W
      Departmental Pay 987W
      Departmental Redundancy 988W
      Departmental Travel 988W
      European Defence Agency: Finance 988W
      Military Aircraft 989W
      Military Bases 990W
      Ministry of Defence Police 991W
      MR1185 Study 991W
      Nuclear Submarines 992W
      Rescue Services 992W
      Sri Lanka 992W
      Strategic Defence and Security Review: Costs 993W
      Strategic Defence and Security Review: Public Consultation 993W
Education 1060W
      Academies 1061W
      Bromley College 1061W
      Care Homes: Standards 1062W
      Children Act 1989 1062W
      Commercialisation of Childhood 1060W
      Departmental Manpower 1062W
      Departmental Press: Subscriptions 1063W
      Departmental Written Questions 1063W
      Education Maintenance Allowance 1064W
      Education Maintenance Allowance: Brighton 1065W
      Education Maintenance Allowance: Bristol 1066W
      Free Schools: Social Services 1066W
      General Teaching Certificate 1067W
      International League Tables 1060W
      Lone Parents 1067W
      Pupil Premium 1061W
      School: Sports 1067W
      School Sports Funding 1060W
      Schools: Crimes of Violence 1068W
      Science and Mathematics: Teachers 1069W
      Social Services: Adoption 1069W
      Young People: Carers 1069W
      Youth Services: Disability 1070W
      Youth Sport Trust 1070W
Energy and Climate Change 975W
      Biomass Importation 975W
      Carbon Emissions 976W
      Departmental Pay 976W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 977W
      Energy Supply 977W
      Fuel Poverty 978W
      Fuel Poverty: Finance 979W
      Renewable Energy 979W
      Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs 980W
      River Severn: Tidal Power 980W
      Sheffield Forgemasters: Finance 981W
      Solar Power 981W
      Tidal and Wave Power 981W
      Timber 983W
      Warm Front Scheme 982W
      Wind Power 983W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 953W
      Afghanistan: Christianity 953W
      Afghanistan: Corruption 953W
      Afghanistan: Females 953W
      Aung San Suu Kyi 954W
      Burma: Politics and Government 954W
      Conflict Prevention 955W
      Denmark: Dolphins 955W
      Departmental Libraries 956W
      Departmental Pay 957W
      Departmental Press: Subscriptions 957W
      Departmental Procurement 959W
      EU Law 959W
      Falkland Islands: Offshore Industry 959W
      Foreign Nationals: Honours 960W
      Ilois: Resettlement 960W
      Iran: Baha'i Faith 960W
      Iran: Capital Punishment 961W
      Iran: North Korea 962W
      Iran: Nuclear Weapons 962W
      Iraq: Iran 963W
      Iraq: Politics and Government 963W
      Ivory Coast: Elections 964W
      Lebanon: Peacekeeping Operations 964W
      Middle East: Peace Negotiations 964W
      Nagorno Karabakh 965W
      North East England 965W
      Office of UK Permanent Representative to EU 965W
      Official Hospitality: Christmas 954W
      Public Expenditure 965W
      Russia: Human Rights 966W
      Russia: Prisoners 966W
      South America: Diplomatic Service 967W
      Sri Lanka: Politics and Government 967W
      Sri Lanka: State Visits 967W
      Sudan: Referendums 968W
      Turkey: EU Enlargement 968W
      Uganda: Homosexuality 968W
Health 1010W
      Addison Lee 1010W
      Advisory Group for National Specialised Services 1011W
      Autism: Research 1011W
      Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust: Public Expenditure 1011W
      Cancer: Orphan Treatments 1012W
      Care Costs 1013W
      Cataracts: Surgery 1015W
      Death: Winter 1016W
      Dementia: Health Services 1016W
      Departmental Billing 1017W
      Departmental Consultants 1017W
      Departmental Pay 1017W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 1018W
      Diabetes: Finance 1018W
      Disability: Children 1019W
      Domestic Violence: Public Expenditure 1019W
      Headaches: Health Services 1020W
      Headaches: Research 1020W
      Health Visitors: Finance 1020W
      Hepatitis 1021W
      Hip Replacement: Surgery 1022W
      Hospitals: Waiting Lists 1021W
      Kidneys: Transplant Surgery 1024W
      Maternity Services 1023W
      Memory Clinics 1025W
      National Specialised Services Advisory Group 1025W
      NHS 111 1025W
      NHS Litigation Authority: Claims 1025W
      NHS Trusts: Finance 1026W
      North East England 1027W
      Orphan Treatments 1027W
      Primary Care Trusts: Conditions of Employment 1028W
      Primary Care Trusts: Debts 1028W
      Primary Care Trusts: Manpower 1029W
      Queen Alexandra Hospital: Private Finance Initiative 1029W
      Surgery: Costs 1030W
      Thromboembolism 1030W
      Tuberculosis 1031W
      Welsh Language 1031W
Home Department 1090W
      Addison Lee 1090W
      Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Reading Berkshire 1091W
      Departmental Conferences 1092W
      Departmental Grants 1093W
      Departmental Leave 1093W
      Departmental Press: Subscriptions 1094W
      Departmental Procurement 1095W
      DNA: Databases 1096W
      Domestic Violence 1096W
      Driving under Influence: Drugs 1097W
      e-Borders: Personal Records 1091W
      EC External Trade: India 1097W
      Entry Clearances: Overseas Students 1098W
      Human Trafficking 1099W
      Human Trafficking: Children 1099W
      Human Trafficking: Finance 1100W
      Human Trafficking: Prostitution 1101W
      Human Trafficking: Refuges 1101W
      Human Trafficking: Voluntary Organisations 1101W
      Immigration Controls 1102W
      Passports: Fraud 1102W
      Police Community Support Officers: Nottinghamshire 1102W
      Police: Wales 1102W
      Public Order Offences 1103W
      UK Border Agency: Travel 1105W
      Welsh Language 1107W
      Wickham Research Laboratories: Animal Experiments 1107W
      Witness Care Units: Finance 1108W
International Development 948W
      Afghanistan: Overseas Aid 948W
      Africa: Education 948W
      Colombia: Human Rights 949W
      Departmental Location 949W
      Departmental Pay 949W
      Departmental Procurement 950W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 950W
      Developing Countries: Health Services 950W
      Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund 951W
      Overseas Aid 951W
      USA: Cotton 951W
      Welsh Language 952W
      Yemen: Overseas Aid 952W
      Zimbabwe: Health Services 952W
Justice 1108W
      Antisocial Behaviour: Railways 1108W
      Courts: Retford 1108W
      Crimes of Violence: Railways 1109W
      Demonstrations: City of Westminster 1109W
      Departmental Pay 1109W
      Departmental Procurement 1109W
      Domestic Violence 1110W
      Domestic Violence: Courts 1110W
      Ejup Ganic: Public Finance 1111W
      Gary Critchley 1111W
      HM Courts Service and Tribunals Service: Finance 1111W
      Industrial Diseases: Compensation 1112W
      Legal Aid: Cumbria 1112W
      Legal Aid: Social Security Benefits 1112W
      Legal Complaints Service: Leamington Spa 1113W
      National Offender Management Service: Finance 1113W
      Prisoners: Per Capita Costs 1114W
      Prisoners' Release 1114W
      Prisons and Probation Ombudsman 1115W
      Prisons: Drugs 1116W
      Prisons: Riots 1118W
      Public Order Offences: Convictions 1118W
      Sentencing 1120W
      Squatting 1121W
      Welsh Language 1122W
      Witnesses 1122W
Leader of the House 947W
      Departmental Pay 947W
      Members: Travel 948W
Prime Minister 939W
      North East 939W
      Schools: Sports 939W
Scotland 946W
      Departmental Press Releases 946W
      Higher Education: Finance 947W
Transport 994W
      Airports 994W
      Airports: Freight 994W
      Airports: Radiation Exposure 994W
      Aviation: Security 995W
      British Transport Police: Arrests 996W
      Departmental Manpower 996W
      Departmental NDPBs 996W
      Healthier Travel Options: Commuters 997W
      High Speed II: Finance 998W
      London and South Eastern Railways: Franchises 998W
      London and South Eastern Railways: Standards 999W
      London and South Eastern Railways: Tickets 1000W
      Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Manpower 1000W
      Midland Main Line: Standards 1001W
      Motorways: Speed Limits 1001W
      Rail High Level Group 1002W
      Railway: Electrification 1002W
      Railways: Antisocial Behaviour 1002W
      Railways: Bridges 1002W
      Railways: Concessions 1003W
      Railways: Construction 1003W
      Railways: Fares 1004W
      Railways: Finance 1004W
      Railways: Franchises 1004W
      Railways: Overcrowding 1005W
      Railways: Recycling 1006W
      Railways: South East Region 1006W
      Railways: Stevenage 1006W
      Railways: Suicide 1007W
      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 1007W
      Rolling Stock 1007W
      Rolling Stock: Procurement 1008W
      Sea Rescue 1008W
      Taxis: Licensing 1009W
      Thameslink: King's Lynn 1009W
      Train Operating Companies: Compensation 1009W
      Waterloo Station 1010W
      West Coast Railway Line: Overcrowding 1010W
Treasury 969W
      Bank Levy 969W
      Cheques: Rural Areas 969W
      Consumer Prices Index 969W
      Corporation Tax 970W
      Debts: Advisory Services 970W
      Departmental Billing 972W
      Departmental Pay 972W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 973W
      Financial Services: VAT 973W
      Manpower 973W
      Members: Correspondence 973W
      Mortgage Express and Bradford and Bingley: Complaints 973W
      Railways: Fares 974W
      Research and Development Tax Credit 974W
      Tax Allowances: Aggregates 974W
      Tax Credit 974W
      Taxation: Pensioners 975W
      Written Questions: Government Responses 975W
Wales 947W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 947W
      Welsh Language Schemes 947W
Women and Equalities 939W
      Equality Act 2010 939W
      Government Equalities Office: Visits Abroad 939W
Work and Pensions 1071W
      Cold Weather Payments 1071W
      Departmental Conferences 1071W
      Departmental Pay 1072W
      Departmental Public Expenditure 1072W
      Departmental Regulation 1072W
      Departmental Sponsorship 1072W
      Disability Living Allowance 1073W
      Disability Living Allowance: Medical Examinations 1073W
      Housing Benefit 1074W
      Housing Benefit: Ashfield 1075W
      Housing Benefit: Birmingham 1075W
      Housing Benefit: Edinburgh 1076W
      Housing Benefit: Expenditure 1076W
      Housing Benefit: Glasgow 1076W
      Housing Benefit: Reform 1077W
      Housing Benefit: Refuges 1077W
      Housing Benefit: Scotland 1078W
      Housing Benefit: Sunderland 1078W
      Housing Benefit: Temporary Accommodation 1078W
      Housing Benefit: Worcestershire 1079W
      Income Support: Mortgages 1079W
      Jobcentres: Greater London 1079W
      Jobseeker's Allowance: Working Hours 1080W
      Mortgages: Government Assistance 1080W
      Mortgages: Repossession Orders 1081W
      Personal Income: Glasgow 1082W
      Personal Records: Departmental Co-ordination 1082W
      Real-time Earnings Data 1083W
      Remploy 1083W
      Social Rented Housing 1084W
      Social Rented Housing: Edinburgh 1085W
      Social Rented Housing: Reform 1085W
      Social Rented Housing: Scotland 1086W
      Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces 1086W
      Social Security Benefits: Brighton 1086W
      Social Security Benefits: Widowed People 1087W
      State Retirement Pensions 1087W
      Unemployed People 1087W
      Welsh Language 1088W
      Winter Fuel Payments: Ex-servicemen 1088W
      Work Capability Assessment 1089W
      Work Programme 1089W
      Work Programme: Glasgow 1090W