Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 27 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 Wednesday 27 April 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 27 April 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 27 April of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 27 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 27 April see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Attorney General, when he expects the Crown Prosecution Service to publish its public policy statement on the prosecution of cases involving human trafficking.
	(53331)

2	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Attorney General, how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in his Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.
	(53163)

3	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Attorney General, what advice the Law Officers' Departments provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in those Departments.
	(52812)

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

4	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the organisers of the Start Up Britain campaign.
	(53119)

5	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he expects Start Up Britain to work with his Department to promote business start-ups in the UK.
	(53120)

6	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has estimated the average sum which a new business subscribing to Start Up Britain services will be required to pay in order to receive the full introductory discount offered.
	(53121)

7	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new startup businesses he expects to be established as a result of the information provided through the Start Up Britain website.
	(53333)

8	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial contribution his Department has made to the creation and maintenance of the Start Up Britain website since its establishment.
	(53334)

9	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what schemes have been submitted to the regional growth fund from the Sheffield City region; and what the status is of each scheme.
	(52959)

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Blackpool South of 7 December 2010, Official Report, columns 245-6W, on Regional Development Agencies: assets, what the original purchase price was of each asset owned by the regional development agencies in each (a) region and (b) local enterprise partnership area.

(52721)

11	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which regional development agency assets in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) local enterprise partnership area are named in bids to the Regional Growth Fund.
	(52828)

12	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the level of fraud in applications for loans made to the Student Loans Company; and if he will make a statement.
	(53124)

13	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average household income in each socio-economic band used by his Department to monitor levels of access to higher education.
	(53125)

14	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of successful applicants for student loans for tuition fees in each decile of earnings in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.
	(53126)

15	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the likely level of non-repayment of student loans taken out to fund university tuition fees at an average tuition fee of (a) £7,500, (b) £8,000 and (c) £9,000.
	(53127)

16	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of the Science and Innovation Network; and if he will make a statement.
	(53128)

17	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Plan for Growth, what plans he has to provide a bespoke service to key inward investors; and if he will make a statement.
	(53129)

18	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on contracting out the delivery of support for inward investment by UK Trade and Industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(53130)

19	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Plan for Growth, what assessment he has made of progress in contracting out the marketing of the East London Tech City initiative; and if he will make a statement.
	(53131)

20	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measure he plans to use to assess progress against each of the measureable benchmarks set out in The Plan for Growth.
	(53134)

21	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to align applications for the second round of the Regional Growth Fund to applications for the European Regional Development Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(53227)

22	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Plan for Growth, page 65, by what mechanism the Government will play a significant role in deciding which interventions the European Regional Development Fund supports; and if he will make a statement.
	(53228)

23	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether information will be included in the Key Information Set for students on the number of students from each higher education institute who start their own business or become self-employed after leaving university.
	(53363)

24	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Medical Research Council provided for research into (a) leukaemia, (b) brain cancer, (c) lung cancer, (d) colorectal cancer, (e) breast cancer and (f) prostate cancer in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(52717)

25	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings his Department has had with representatives of TrustMark in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(52855)

26	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 715W, on low-carbon products: intellectual property, whether it is his policy to support the compulsory licensing of exports of environmentally-sound technologies to least-developed countries.
	(53155)

27	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department's Higher Education White Paper will include provision for funding for specialist music institutions.
	(53264)

28	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to assist small businesses following the closure of the Business Link advice service.
	(52974)

29	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on small businesses of the closure of the Business Link advice service.
	(52975)

30	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints his Department has received in respect of power line technology devices in the last 12 months.
	(52883)

31	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the security of power line technology devices following concerns expressed by GCHQ.
	(52884)

32	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has assessed the effects of the staged increase in the national fee assumption for adult apprenticeships between 2006 and 2010-11 on the numbers of micro-businesses offering apprenticeships in (a) the Brighton and Hove area and (b) nationally; and if he will make a statement.
	(53019)

33	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanism he has put in place to monitor the adequacy of supply of apprenticeships for those aged 19 to 25 in (a) the Brighton and Hove area and (b) nationally; and if he will make a statement.
	(53020)

34	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will assess the potential effects of the recent East Japan earthquake on manufacturing production in the UK.
	(53327)

35	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of Japanese companies in the UK concerning the potential effects of the recent East Japan earthquake on industrial production by those companies in the UK.
	(53328)

36	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has conducted research into the sale of bread below cost price.
	(53028)

37	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what powers he plans to provide to the proposed groceries code adjudicator; and if he will make a statement.
	(53029)

38	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what process will be used for the appointment of the proposed groceries code adjudicator; and if he will make a statement.
	(53030)

39	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have been declared insolvent as a result of insolvency procedures instigated by (a) RBS and (b) Lloyds TSB in each of the last six months.
	(52918)

40	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) new business start ups and (b) business insolvencies there have been in Bassetlaw constituency since 8 May 2010.
	(52943)

41	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) UK Financial Investments Ltd, (b) RBS and (c) Lloyds TSB on the use of insolvency practitioners with business customers.
	(52945)

42	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53206)

43	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the merits of the regulation of the online sale of DIY tattoo kits; and if he will make a statement.
	(52773)

44	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria he used in the selection of outside bodies to work with his Department on consideration of the effect of EU legislation on growth opportunities.
	(52790)

45	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from GlaxoSmithKline on the effects of the implementation of EU legislation on growth and investment opportunities.
	(52791)

46	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects his Department's consideration of the effect of EU legislation on growth opportunities to be completed; and what plans he has to publish the outcome of that consideration.
	(52792)

47	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to section 2.109 of the Plan for Growth, what criteria he plans to use to identify small and medium-sized enterprises with the potential to achieve rapid and significant growth; and what the evidence was for his estimate of the number of such companies.
	(52793)

48	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial provision he has made for contracts for Business Coaching for Growth services; and what assessment he has made of the comparative value for money of such contracts and those previously provided by regional development agencies.
	(52794)

49	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to allow venture capital firms to tender for contracts for Business Coaching for Growth services.
	(52795)

50	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to set successful outcome targets for firms awarded contracts as service providers for Business Coaching for Growth.
	(52796)

51	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provision he has made for any revenue running costs arising from the additional capital expenditure on science announced in the Budget 2011.
	(52798)

52	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 917W, on research: finance, which highest scientific priorities were identified by the research councils and were not provided with additional funding following the Budget 2011.
	(52799)

53	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52809)

54	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to The Plan for Growth, what his definition of an economically significant project is.
	(52822)

55	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessments he has made of the (a) size and (b) contribution to the economy of UK mid-cap businesses.
	(52823)

56	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to stimulate the use of supply chain finance.
	(52824)

57	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the supply chains which would benefit from the use of supply chain finance; and what representations he has received from businesses on supply chain finance.
	(52825)

58	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many community interest companies were registered in each region in each of the last 10 years.
	(52699)

59	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's announcement of 18 March 2011 on business regulation, if he will bring forward proposals to publish details of new regulations which have not been submitted to the Regulatory Policy Committee or the Reducing Regulation Committee.
	(52838)

60
N

Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Oral Statement by the Prime Minister of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 707, on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, and the Answers from the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1173W and 31 March 2011, Official Report, columns 475-6W, on arms trade: exports, how many (a) single and (b) open licences for Libya remain unrevoked; and what (i) equipment and (ii) services are convered by those licences.

(52149)

61	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to apprenticeships in 2011-12; how much such funding is available to fund apprenticeships in the local enterprise area covering Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire; and if he will make a statement.
	(53224)

62	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers have offered to provide apprenticeships within the Stoke-on-Trent/Staffordshire local enterprise partnership area; and what steps he is taking to encourage take-up of such apprenticeships.
	(53225)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

63	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce (a) costs and (b) inefficiency through collaboration between Government departments.
	(52845)

64	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce (a) costs and (b) inefficiency in the Government supply chain.
	(52846)

65 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)

66 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)

67	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) cancer incidence and (b) cancer mortality by (i) socio-economic group, (ii) gender, (iii) age, (iv) religion, (v) disability and (vi) ethnicity in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(53348)

68	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics considered the merits of including voluntary work in the section of the 2011 Census on work and employment.
	(52981)

69	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Office for Civil Society is taking to prevent any disproportionate negative effects on black and minority ethnic organisations in the selection of its strategic partners.
	(52982)

70	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53211)

71	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52807)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

72	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he estimates the Exchequer has received as a result of the two per cent. premium charged to companies awarded supported lending via the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme in each year since its introduction.
	(53361)

73	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on parish council budgets of the recent guidance issued by HM Revenue and Customs requiring such councils to operate the pay as you earn system on income received by parish clerks for the purposes of (a) tax and (b) national insurance contributions.
	(53168)

74	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor to (a) open mail received and (b) take the action required on the correspondence so received was in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) the last month of each of the last five tax years.
	(53170)

75	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor to (a) respond to phone calls and (b) take the actions required as a result of receiving such calls was in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) the last month of each of the last five tax years.
	(53171)

76	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department assessed the merits of raising the top rate of income tax to a rate higher than 50 per cent.
	(53347)

77	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the revenue implications for the Exchequer of raising the top rate of income tax from 40 per cent. to (a) 41, (b) 42, (c) 43, (d) 44, (e) 45, (f) 46, (g) 47, (h) 48, (i) 49 and (j) 50 per cent.
	(53358)

78	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department undertook of the potential revenues to be raised from the setting of the 50 per cent. top rate of income tax.
	(53359)

79	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the levying of value added tax on outsourced insurance-related services which are currently exempt from value added tax in the UK.
	(53360)

80	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the length of time taken for HM Revenue and Customs to process (a) probate cases in England and Wales and (b) confirmation cases in Scotland; and if he will assess the potential effects on bereaved families of the time taken to process such cases.
	(53307)

81	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people domiciled outside the UK are claiming tax credits.
	(52910)

82	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people from other EU countries who have made fraudulent claims for child tax credits in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(52911)

83	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has considered the merits of transferring the duty to pay house sale stamp duty tax from the purchaser to the vendor.
	(53283)

84	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding granted to wireless microphone owners towards the cost of replacing redundant channel 69 equipment will be classified as a grant for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	(52861)

85	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect funding granted to wireless microphone owners towards the cost of replacing redundant channel 69 equipment will have on a company's corporation tax liability; and if he will make a statement.
	(52862)

86	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Ofcom, (b) HM Revenue and Customs and (c) industry representatives on the tax treatment of funding to wireless microphone owners towards the cost of replacing redundant channel 69 equipment; and if he will make a statement.
	(52863)

87	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of revenue accruing to the Exchequer from the solar power sector in the next five years.
	(52928)

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the solar power industry requesting meetings to discuss the solar power sector (a) before and (b) after the announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) settlement; and what such meetings Ministers in his Department had with representatives of the industry (i) before and (ii) after the CSR announcement.

(52929)

89	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of his Department have expertise on solar power.
	(52930)

90	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessement he has made of the effect on (a) community-owned renewable energy schemes and (b) investment in renewables of the withdrawal of enterprise investment scheme tax relief.
	(52931)

91	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of stamp duty land tax he estimates was collected from transactions made in Wales in each of the last five years.
	(53326)

92	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1166W, on excise duties: fuel, for what reaons he is not applying to the European Commission to implement the five pence per litre rural fuel duty rebate to cover North Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
	(53180)

93	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to protect the public and investors from irregularities concerning the issuing of asset-backed commercial paper third party notes.
	(52894)

94	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate UK Financial Investments has made of the level of debt removed from the balance sheet by (a) RBS and (b) Lloyds TSB due to customer insolvency in each of the last three months.
	(52917)

95	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions (a) RBS and (b) Lloyds TSB have appointed insolvency practitioners in respect of small businesses since 8 May 2010; and what assessment he has made of the trends in the incidence of such procedures in the last 12 months.
	(52919)

96	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions insolvency practitioners appointed by (a) RBS and (b) Lloyds TSB have sold companies as going concerns in the last 12 months.
	(52944)

97	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53208)

98	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52819)

99	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the savings to the Exchequer of ending contracting out for defined-benefit public sector pension schemes.
	(52977)

100	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average effect on incomes of public sector employees of the end of contracting out for public sector pension schemes.
	(52978)

101	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value to the UK economy of overseas sales in the whisky industry in Scotland.
	(53039)

102	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in levels of employment resulting from the proposals in the 2011 Budget relating to the taxation of North Sea oil and gas companies.
	(53150)

103	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of corruption involving customs officers which involved illegal drugs there were in each of the last five years.
	(53426)

104	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further plans he has for the level of fuel duty in each year to 2015.
	(52690)

105	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Budget Statement of 23 March 2011, what steps the Government has taken in relation to the passing on to consumers of the reduction of one penny in fuel duty.
	(52691)

106	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the reduction in fuel duty on the logistics industry in the UK.
	(52692)

107	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using age-related tax allowances.
	(53001)

108	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the UK his Department estimates have incorrect tax codes.
	(53177)

109	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to his Department was of issuing incorrect tax codes in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(53178)

110	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings his Department held with senior regional development agency staff in each month in 2011 at which the relationship between universities and business was discussed.
	(52684)

111

Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of the abolition of the Construction Industry Scheme team on (a) the incidence of employees being wrongly designated as self-employed and (b) levels of revenue accruing to the Exchequer; what the outcome of that assessment was; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment.

(52901)

112	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what risk analysis his Department conducted in respect of the proposed abolition of the Construction Industry Scheme team; what the outcome of that analysis was; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the analysis.
	(52902)

113	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in the HM Revenue and Customs Construction Industry Scheme enforcement unit in each year from 2005 to 2010.
	(52903)

114	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total (a) number and (b) monetary value was of financial penalties imposed on firms found to have incorrectly designated the status of employees in each year from 2005 to 2010.
	(52905)

115	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs compliance reviews resulted in a change of employee status in each year from 2005 to 2010.
	(52906)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

116	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration his Department is giving to planning for the housing needs of older people in developing its definition of sustainable development.
	(52993)

117	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish a definition of sustainable development prior to the commencement of the National Planning Policy Framework consultation.
	(52994)

118	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the merits of making the completion of housing needs assessments for all age groups and across all tenures a mandatory requirement for local authorities when drawing up a neighbourhood plan.
	(52996)

119	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure that neighbourhood forums and parish councils have access to adequate evidence on levels of local housing need across all tenures and age groups to draw up a neighbourhood plan that accurately reflects local need.
	(52997)

120	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce recent progress on his Department's review of statutory duties placed on local authorities.
	(53362)

121	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has for the supply of aerial photography and height data following the cessation of the Pan Government Agreement.
	(52743)

122	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whom his Department consulted on proposals to change requirements for planning permission to convert premises from commercial to residential use.
	(52675)

123	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the consultation on the proposed changes to the planning process in relation to permission for conversions from commercial to residential use.
	(52676)

124	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the proposed changes on the conversion of premises from commercial to residential use.
	(52747)

125	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the general competency arrangements to be introduced under the provisions of the Localism Bill will allow local authorities to introduce a local requirement for owners of residential park homes to meet fit and proper person criteria.
	(53021)

126	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on reducing and preventing municipal waste.
	(52956)

127

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) mean and (b) median cost was of business rates to businesses of each size category in the (i) manufacturing, (ii) pharmaceutical, (iii) haulage, (iv) construction, (v) retail, (vi) financial services, (vii) hospitality and leisure, (viii) accountancy, (ix) legal and (x) IT and telecoms industries in the last five years for which figures are available.

(52829)

128	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of planned increases in employees' contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme in the local authority grant settlement for (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(52715)

129	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings his Department has had with representatives of TrustMark in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(52821)

130	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether strategic environmental assessments will apply to neighbourhood plans; and if he will make a statement.
	(52762)

131	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism he plans to use to implement discounted business rates for enterprise zones.
	(52725)

132	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to implement further planning reforms in addition to those within enterprise zones as part of the Government's plan for growth.
	(52726)

133	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount that local authorities will receive from the retention of business rates within enterprise zones in each of the next three years.
	(52732)

134	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52805)

135	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people had opted out of local government pension schemes on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(52979)

136	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the report of the Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation.
	(52749)

137	Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on the proposal to repeal section 150(5) of the Local Government Act 1972.
	(52775)

138	Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to enable parish councils to use online banking.
	(53002)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

139	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 309W, on the BBC, what progress has been made on proposals to make the BBC more accountable to Parliament; what discussions he has had with the BBC on this issue since October 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(53013)

140	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether English Heritage plans to tender for the digitisation of aerial surveys undertaken in the 1940s.
	(52744)

141	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has considered the merits of funding a programme of advice and support for small businesses in the regulated zones surrounding the Olympic Park.
	(52668)

142	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish details of compensation available for businesses affected by the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
	(53323)

143	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to loan any exhibits to the House of European History project.
	(53008)

144	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for how long he expects the White List to remain suspended.
	(53172)

145	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he to introduce a replacement for the White List.
	(53173)

146	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to compensate countries wishing to join the White List in respect of revenue foregone due to the suspension of the White List.
	(53174)

147	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to encourage the engagement of young people from Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire in the London 2012 Olympics.
	(52787)

148	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any winners of Academy Awrds in 2011 received support from his Department in the last three years.
	(53269)

149	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the merits of maintaining spending on the Government Art Collection at current levels.
	(53270)

150	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the merits of launching a review of film policy following the abolition of the UK Film Council.
	(53271)

151	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of the recent transfer of responsibilities from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
	(53273)

152

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which organisation will be responsible for (a) ensuring diversity and inclusion within the film industry, (b) leading on copyright exceptions, orphan works, owernship of film rights, distribution and intellectual property within the film industry and (c) leading the UK's film industry export strategy following the closure of the UK Film Council; and what fundng has been allocated for each such function during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.

(53274)

153	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost of closing the UK Film Council.
	(53275)

154	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the BBC Trust and (c) other media organisations on establishing a common good communication council.
	(53276)

155	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when the Creative Industry Council plans to hold its first meeting; how regularly it plans to meet subsequently; and whether it will be a permanent body.
	(53277)

156	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any officials in his Department have private healthcare funded as part of their employment terms and conditions.
	(53278)

157	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) state and (b) independent fee-paying schools each Minister of his Department has visited since their appointment.
	(53279)

158	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many apprentices (a) his Department and (b) the arms- length bodies for which he is responsible employed on the latest date for which information is available.
	(53280)

159	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what remuneration package his Department's arms-length bodies offer to interns.
	(53281)

160	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many interns his Department's arms-length bodies employed on the last date for which information is available.
	(53282)

161	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what financial support his Department is providing to support the hosting of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.
	(53310)

162	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to make a decision on the future ownership of the Tote.
	(53311)

163	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on the Government's proposal to move the May Day Bank Holiday.
	(53312)

164	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy objective is on widening access for underrepresented groups in art and cultural activities.
	(53313)

165	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy objective is on widening participation in art and cultural activities.
	(53314)

166	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the level of philanthropic giving to the arts in each of the (a) last four years and (b) next four years.
	(53315)

167	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has held with the Secretaries of State for (a) Education and (b) Business, Innovation and Skills on the education and training needs of the creative industries.
	(53316)

168	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has set a target for the proportion of the population to have access to high-speed broadband.
	(53317)

169	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any UK Bafta Award winners in 2011 received support from his Department in the last three years.
	(53318)

170	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53207)

171	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52806)

172	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what fee will be paid to Ofcom for the use of spectrum holdings held by (a) Vodafone, (b) Telefonica and (c) Everything Everywhere in the 2011-12 financial year.
	(52753)

173	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when the method for calculating the fees paid by mobile operators to Ofcom for the use of radio spectrum was last revised.
	(52754)

174	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what fee was paid to Ofcom in each financial year between 2007-08 and 2010-11 for the use of 1800 MHz spectrum by (a) Orange and (b) T-Mobile.
	(52755)

175	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what fee was paid to Ofcom in each financial year between 2007-08 and 2010-11 for the use of 900 MHz spectrum by (a) Vodafone and (b) O2 Telefonica.
	(52756)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

176	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the future of the continuity of education allowance for children of armed forces personnel.
	(52837)

177	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the (a) bacon and (b) eggs purchased by his Department since 7 May 2010 came from producers meeting UK animal welfare standards.
	(52695)

178 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made in identifying the non-frontline savings set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(52422)

179 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether further savings in his Department's budget in addition to those identified in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will need to be identified up to 2015-16.
	(52423)

180 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on Planning Round 11; and if he will make a statement.
	(52424)

181 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by his Department following its report, SDSR: Lessons Identified; and if he will make a statement.
	(52425)

182 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effects the redundancies in the armed forces announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will have on standing commitments.
	(52426)

183	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in his Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.
	(53165)

184	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people aged under 18 years old serving in the armed forces were court martialled in each of the last 10 years; and what (a) charges were brought and (b) action was taken in each case.
	(52871)

185	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of new recruits to the armed forces were under 18 years of age in each of the last 10 years.
	(52872)

186	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each sex under the age of 18 joined the armed forces in each of the last 10 years.
	(52873)

187	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department offers to members of the armed forces under the age of 18 who choose to leave the armed forces.
	(52874)

188	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward legislation to prevent enlistment of recruits into the armed forces until after their 18th birthday.
	(52875)

189	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the legal advice received by his Department on the enlistment of minors in the UK armed forces.
	(52876)

190	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) emotional and (b) physical risks to the wellbeing of those under the age of 18 who are recruited to the armed forces.
	(52877)

191	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel under the age of 18 have required medical treatment for training-related injuries in each of the last five years.
	(52878)

192	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the ratio of officers to enlisted service personnel was in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in (i) 1981, (ii) 1985, (iii) 1990, (iv) 1995, (v) 2000, (vi) 2005 and (vii) 2010.
	(53219)

193	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department authorised the inclusion of the armed forces in contingency plans for dealing with industrial unrest at UK prisons.
	(52789)

194	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military equipment has had its life extended in response to the conflict in Libya; for how long the life of each item has been extended; on what date the life of each item is expected to expire; and what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of each month of life extension for each item.
	(52965)

195	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department have had with their NATO counterparts on arming the opposition in Libya.
	(53016)

196	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal advice (a) he and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department have sought on arming the opposition in Libya.
	(53017)

197	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any additional provision is to be made for local authorities to whose areas troops returning from overseas bases will settle.
	(53145)

198	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for the return of troops from Germany; and to which garrisons they will return in the (a) first and (b) second wave.
	(53146)

199	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which units armed forces personnel who have been part of contingency plans for dealing with industrial unrest at prisons have been selected.
	(53147)

200	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of training have been given to armed forces personnel as part of contingency plans for dealing with industrial unrest at UK prisons.
	(53148)

201	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops he expects to return to the UK from bases overseas (a) before 2015 and (b) between 2015 and 2020.
	(53213)

202	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers and officials of his Department have had with local authorities on the forthcoming return of British troops from Germany.
	(53214)

203	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many work hours staff in his Department have spent on contingency planning for dealing with industrial unrest at prisons.
	(53215)

204	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52817)

205	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to the prevention of cyber attacks by the Stuxnet computer virus.
	(52736)

206	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's computer systems have been targeted by the Stuxnet virus since its emergence.
	(52737)

207	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) funding and (b) resources his Department has allocated to activities related to the Royal Wedding.
	(52738)

208	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the monetary value of payments which would be lost to (a) armed forces veterans, (b) war widows and (c) injured soldiers over (i) 10 years and (ii) 20 years as a result of the reduction in (A) armed forces pensions, (B) benefits for war widows and (C) benefits for injured soldiers.
	(52968)

209	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reverse his decision to change the index used for armed forces pensions from retail prices index to consumer prices index.
	(52969)

210	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on his decision to reduce pensions and benefits payments for war widows and injured soliders; and if he will make a statement.
	(52970)

211	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people resident in (a) Glenrothes constituency and (b) Fife are in receipt of (i) a war pension and (ii) payments from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
	(52971)

212	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military allowances for members of the armed services he proposes to reduce.
	(53038)

213	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to provide assistance for armed forces personnel affected by (a) post traumatic stress and (b) physical trauma.
	(53319)

214	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2011, Official Report, column 436W, on piracy, whether there have been any recent changes to the naval doctrine on countering piracy.
	(53188)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

215 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with local authorities on steps to facilitate the use of online voter registration; and if he will make a statement.
	(52596)

216	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing individual voter registration.
	(53229)

217	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish a Bill to make provision for (a) individual voter registration and (b) the recall of hon. Members by constituents.
	(53230)

218	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, by when he expects to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a wholly or substantially elected second chamber.
	(53231)

219	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to discuss the regulation of elections for directly-elected police and crime commissioners under the provisions of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill.
	(53232)

220	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to discuss the regulation of referendums for directly-elected mayors under the provisions of the Localism Bill.
	(53233)

221	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what reciprocal referendum voting rights exist for citizens of the UK and the Republic of Ireland; and when he last discussed such rights with his Irish counterpart.
	(52909)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

222	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the School Library Commission report School libraries: A plan for improvement.
	(52960)

223	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure sufficient pupil places are available for residents of the London Borough of Newham up to 2013.
	(53036)

224	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) the London Borough of Newham and (b) London are being taught in temporary classrooms.
	(53037)

225	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the C-grade threshold as used in performance measures for secondary schools.
	(53007)

226	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in his Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.
	(53166)

227	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will press local authorities to (a) implement the recommendations of the Henley Review of music education and (b) maintain support for music services at current levels.
	(53265)

228	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in local authority funding on the provision of (a) music services, (b) music trusts and (c) other local music education providers.
	(53266)

229	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the future of the music grant beyond 2012.
	(53267)

230	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he has allocated to implementing the national plan for music education.
	(53268)

231	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which external (a) organisations and (b) individuals are contributing to his Department's review of personal, social, health and economic education.
	(52662)

232	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what mechanism his Department plans to ensure that the views of young people are taken into consideration during its review of personal, social, health and economic education.
	(52663)

233	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions Ministers and officials in his Department have had with (a) local authorities and (b) sexual health charities prior to the decision to include funding for teenage pregnancy services within the Early Intervention Grant.
	(52664)

234	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.
	(52696)

235	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to respond to the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group's final report, published on 14 December 2010.
	(52697)

236

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Children and Families of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 92WH, on children with special educational needs, what mechanisms he plans to put in place to ensure (a) (i) planning, (ii) consistency and (iii) quality of local provision and (b) continuation of shared services for schools, including training of the schools workforce by speech and language therapists under his proposals that speech and language therapy services may be provided for under personal budgets.

(53322)

237	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the national children's play strategy.
	(53014)

238	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many GCSEs undertaken by students in year 9 were included in school league table results for 2010.
	(52942)

239	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53190)

240	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 19 year olds he estimates will receive support through the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund in (a) Gateshead constituency and (b) the North East in the first year of its operation.
	(53332)

241	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to link entitlement to free school meals to discretionary learner support funding for 16 to 19 education; and if he will make a statement.
	(52660)

242	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the saving to the public purse of reducing to £20 education maintenance allowance payments for the 2010-11 intake of students in the top payment band.
	(52669)

243	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled on a course of study in 2009-10 will continue to receive the top rate of education maintenance allowance in the next academic year.
	(52670)

244	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges are in receipt of free school meals.
	(52671)

245	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of conditional cash transfer schemes in post-16 education.
	(52920)

246	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether 16 to 19 education bursaries will be paid directly to (a) the student or (b) a parent.
	(52921)

247	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the likely (a) number of students and (b) average size of financial reward that will be allocated through discretionary education funds for 16 to 19 education; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that such figures are published at regular intervals in future.
	(52922)

248	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average household income is of those who will receive a full bursary from his Department's 16-19 education fund who are in care.
	(52925)

249

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, columns 49-50W, on free schools, what criteria his Department used in making decisions to consider further or reject proposals for free schools for 16 to 19 year olds; whether (a) local further education and sixth form colleges and (b) local authorities will be informed about those proposals his Department is considering further; and what mechanism he has put in place to enable the public to (i) receive details of and (ii) comment on the proposals.

(53238)

250	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) his Department and (b) the public purse of independent schools adopting free school status.
	(53239)

251	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether limits will be placed on the catchment area for an independent school acquiring free school status.
	(53240)

252	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent schools will be required to admit a defined proportion of local pupils if they acquire free school status.
	(53241)

253	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent schools which become free schools will be permitted to retain their charitable status.
	(53242)

254	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any admissions requirements will be applied to independent schools which are given free school status.
	(53243)

255	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any differences exist in the applications procedure for free school status followed by maintained schools and independent schools.
	(53244)

256	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to place a limit on the number of independent schools which may be given free school status.
	(53245)

257	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanism his Department has put in place to process expressions of interest by independent schools seeking to become free schools.
	(53246)

258	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to publish the correspondence between his Department and Abraham Guest School after the issue of conversion to academy status has been resolved.
	(53247)

259	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy was on the publication of correspondence between his Department and maintained schools on the issue of conversion to academy status in each of the last five years.
	(53248)

260

Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 53, on post-16 education funding, how many young people who were eligible for free school meals in year 11 progressed to a (a) sixth form college and (b) further education college in each of the last five academic years; and if he will estimate the level of funding which would be required to ensure that this number of students could receive up to £800 per academic year in discretionary learner support funding for 16 to 19 education for each such year.

(53321)

261	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52813)

262	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance his Department provides to parents with learning difficulties.
	(53149)

263	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of girls aged between 13 and 19 years and (a) in care and (b) not in care gave birth in each region in each of the last 10 years.
	(52700)

264

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 at least three GCE A-levels from (a) accounting, (b) art and design, (c) business studies, (d) communication and culture, (e) dance, (f) design and technology, (g) drama/theatre studies, (h) electronics, (i) film studies, (j) home economics, (k) information and communication technology, (l) law, (m) media studies, (n) music technology, (o) sports studies, (p) travel and tourism and (q) environmental studies 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 last year for which figures are available.

(52961)

265	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) mathematics and (b) one or more foreign languages in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) selective schools, (iii) independent schools and (iv) sixth form colleges in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53182)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

266 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish the expense claims made by his Department's special advisers since May 2010.
	(52235)

267 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the university qualifications of his Department's (a) directors and (b) Permanent Secretary.
	(52292)

268
N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what art works from the Government art collection are displayed (a) in Ministerial offices and (b) elsewhere in his Department; what estimate he has made of the monetary value of such works; and what the cost to his Department of the (i) storage, (ii) handling, (iii) transport and (iv) hanging of such works has been since his appointment.

(52419)

269 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) Christmas cards, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) Christmas receptions for (i) the press and (ii) staff of his Department in December 2010 and January 2011.
	(52420)

270	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes that will be brought up to standard under the Green Deal in Swindon.
	(52860)

271	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has considered the merits of including in the scope of the review of nuclear safety by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (a) nuclear reactors, (b) spent fuel stores and (c) reprocessing plants.
	(53022)

272	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanism he has put in place to provide for independent monitoring of the effect of low-level radiation from nuclear energy generation (a) on land and (b) in the marine environment.
	(53023)

273	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the nuclear industry on the nuclear safety review; and whether representatives of the industry have given any undertakings in respect of this issue.
	(53024)

274	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on (a) nuclear energy and (b) other aspects of energy policy.
	(53025)

275	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Assembly Government on its agreement to work with the Crown Estate on marine energy.
	(53026)

276	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the performance of the tidal energy demonstration project in Pembrokeshire.
	(53027)

277	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last discussed the UK's objectives for the World Bank energy strategy review with the Secretary of State for International Development.
	(52888)

278	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on the provision of renewable energy grants for those parts of the UK with suitable conditions for solar photovoltaic farms.
	(52786)

279	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis was for the decision to cap expenditure on the feed-in tariff scheme as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and for what reason the decision was taken.
	(52932)

280	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) investor confidence and (b) risk perception of proposed changes to the feed-in tariff scheme; and what steps his Department is taking to minimise any negative consequences for renewables investment beyond the solar sector.
	(52933)

281	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will put in place transitional arrangements to minimise financial disadvantage to investors and project developers as a result of proposed changes to the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(52934)

282	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to offer compensation to individuals, community schemes and companies who may be financially disadvantaged as a result of proposed changes to the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(52935)

283	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the potential for (a) growth and (b) employment in the solar power sector.
	(52955)

284	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the level of financial loss in the solar power sector as a result of proposed new feed-in tariff rates coming into effect on 1 August 2011.
	(52972)

285	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether steps to promote investment in carbon capture and storage in the UK were agreed at the Clean Emissions Ministerial Meeting in Abu Dhabi; and if he will make a statement.
	(52973)

286	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what model his Department used to calculate the cost to the Exchequer of the Feed-in Tariff scheme for the purposes of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(52832)

287	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the likely change in the number of jobs as a result of the proposed changes to the Feed-in Tariff scheme.
	(52833)

288	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the levelized cost of each electricity generating technology; and what modelling assumptions were made in reaching this figure.
	(52834)

289	Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to provide information to businesses about the potential financial benefits of adopting sustainable business practices.
	(52830)

290	Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms he has put in place to encourage businesses to adopt sustainable business practices.
	(52831)

291	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53191)

292	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence (i) he and (ii) his officials have had on those parts of RIIO-T1 which relate to visual amenity in electricity connection and transmission schemes.
	(52711)

293	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52814)

294	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the level of fuel poverty in the UK.
	(53175)

295	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas combined heat and power plant run by Alfagy Ltd at Hatherop; and what plans his Department has to support further AD development.
	(53309)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

296	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place for implementation of policies across the land-based sector following the abolition of the Sustainable Food and Farming Strategy.
	(52707)

297	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings she held with the Sustainable Food and Farming Strategy regional chairman before taking the decision to abolish the Sustainable Food and Farming Strategy.
	(52708)

298	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she proposes to take with her G20 counterparts to (a) address global food price inflation and (b) encourage greater food security.
	(52896)

299	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to announce the Government's response to the Radcliffe recommendations on animal health policy in England.
	(52897)

300	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist for her Department to obtain independent advice about rural issues in the English regions following the winding up of the sustainable food and farming strategy boards.
	(52898)

301	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism her Department has established to continue the work on animal health and welfare previously conducted by the regional sustainable food and farming strategy boards.
	(52899)

302	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements her Department has put in place in respect of the frequency of reporting of levels of sea lice infestation by salmon farms.
	(52900)

303	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) actual and (b) full-time equivalent staff her Department employed on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(52693)

304	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed by the Forestry Commission on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(52694)

305	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the effects on waste minimisation of introducing cash incentives for recycling.
	(52957)

306	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the potential effects of introducing recycling incentive schemes such as that in Windsor and Maidenhead on meeting the Government's obligations under the revised Waste Framework Directive.
	(52958)

307	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in her Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.
	(53164)

308	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of users of public forests were (a) walkers, (b) cyclists and (c) horse riders in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53260)

309	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects on local economic development of (a) cycling and (b) equestrian access to public forests.
	(53261)

310	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that (a) cycling and (b) equestrian access which are not classified as rights of way are given adequate protection under any future reforms to the public forest estate.
	(53262)

311	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to end the practice of shipping to customers by mail services tortoises which have been purchased over the internet.
	(53158)

312	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on the resumption of the transport of live animals in 2011; and if she will make a statement.
	(52765)

313	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to introduce regulations on corporate greenhouse gas reporting.
	(53031)

314	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in her Department.
	(52818)

315	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of removal of Common Agricultural Policy subsidies from cereal producers on the cost of feed for UK pig producers.
	(52853)

316	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking to eradicate (a) Phytophthora ramorum and (b) Phytophthora kernoviae in trees.
	(52854)

317	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate has been made of the contribution of the Scottish salmon industry to the UK economy.
	(53040)

318	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the provision of country of origin information on menus in restaurants and cafeterias in Government buildings.
	(52678)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

319	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of human rights abuses in response to recent protests in Khartoum.
	(53306)

320	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the number of trade unionists killed in Colombia in 2010.
	(52712)

321	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Colombian counterpart on the imprisonment of Aracely Canaveral Velez.
	(52713)

322	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart for an investigation into the recent assassination attempt made against Henry Gordon.
	(52714)

323	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist the residents of Camp Ashraf.
	(52705)

324	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Iraqi Ambassador about recent attacks on Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi army.
	(52706)

325	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in his Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.
	(53161)

326	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of civil society in Sri Lanka.
	(52869)

327	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on voter registration of displaced civilians in the north of Sri Lanka during that country's recent local elections.
	(52870)

328	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53205)

329	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to contribute to cross-Government coordiantion of operationalisation of the final report of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights and Transnational Corporations.
	(52924)

330	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52804)

331	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the current staffing level is of the European External Action Service; and what the expected full staffing level is of that service.
	(52685)

332	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were employed by each institution of the Council of Europe for the purposes of (a) communication and (b) communication with the media in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(52686)

333

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were employed at each grade by (a) the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights in each of the last three years and (b) each institution of the Council of Europe; and what estimate he has made of staffing levels in the Council of Europe's institutions in each of the next three years.

(52687)

334	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) gross cost to the public purse and (b) net cost to the UK economy of the UK's membership of the EU in the last year for which figures are available.
	(53140)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

335	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to psychological therapies.
	(52987)

336	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of levels of variation in the way the interim Cancer Drugs Fund has been spent and administered by different NHS trusts.
	(52988)

337	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to the London Ambulance Service during the Comprehensive Spending Review period; what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in the budget on (a) the number of frontline jobs and (b) standards of care; and if he will make a statement.
	(52989)

338	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent NHS hospitals from closing.
	(52990)

339	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the change in the number of qualified nursing jobs in the NHS to 2015.
	(52991)

340	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) any other representative of the Department has hosted any meeting with (i) Low Associates and (ii) any client of Low Associates in the last six months.
	(53137)

341	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions on the grounds of rectifiable disabilities were performed after 24 weeks' gestation in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	[R] (53009)

342	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions there were at (a) 26 weeks and (b) each week after the 26th in each category of grounds for termination in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	[R] (53010)

343

Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on (i) the earliest point in its development an unborn child will experience pain, (ii) the earliest gestational age at which an unborn child may be capable of being born alive, (iii) the number of occasions when an unborn baby is wrongly diagnosed as being handicapped and is subsequently born without disability or handicap and (iv) the suicide rate among women who have had an abortion since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (53011)

344	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which private sector clinics and hospitals provide abortions; how many beds there are in each facility; whether each facility is approved for (a) surgical day care abortions with or without general anaesthetic and (b) late abortions; and what the name is of the proprietor of each facility.
	[R] (53012)

345 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on first-class rail travel for journeys by Ministers and officials in his Department between London and Leeds since his appointment.
	(52418)

346	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical and (b) non-medical staff were employed by (i) John Radcliffe Hospital, (iii) NHS Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust and (iii) the NHS in Oxfordshire in each of the last five years.
	(52844)

347	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of complaints referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman were upheld in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(52835)

348	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken to complete an independent investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(52836)

349	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements there are to enable British citizens resident overseas to gain access to their NHS medical records.
	(53167)

350	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of EU orphan drugs legislation on the cost of provision of medical treatments for rare forms of myasthenia gravis.
	(53169)

351	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) England, (b) Newham and (c) West Ham constituency were prescribed anti-depressant medication in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(52666)

352	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) England, (b) Newham and (c) West Ham constituency were diagnosed with a mental illness in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011 to date.
	(53324)

353

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department have had with (a) the Department for Education, (b) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (c) the Local Government Association and (d) other organisations on adaptation of policies and procedures used in children's services for use with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.

(52856)

354	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the adaptation of policies and procedures used in children's services for use with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(52857)

355	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that policies and procedures used in children's services are adequately adapted for use with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(52858)

356	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the commissioning of (a) high security, (b) medium security, (c) low security and (d) community forensic mental health services by GP consortia and the NHS Commissioning Board.
	(52859)

357	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) assess the adaptation of policies and procedures used in children's services for use with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(52881)

358	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the safety of counterfeit pulse oximeter sensors found in NHS hospitals.
	(52895)

359	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to withdraw counterfeit pulse oximeter sensors which have been found in NHS hospitals.
	(52914)

360	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many counterfeit items of medical equipment have been found in NHS hospitals in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(52915)

361	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what communication the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has received from other EU countries on the circulation of counterfeit medical equipment to hospitals.
	(52916)

362	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, column 666W, on medical equipment: counterfeit manufacturing, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has received any recent reports of counterfeit pulse oximeter sensors that have been found to be unsafe.
	(53186)

363	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to ensure that organisations who engage with his Department on tobacco control which are linked to or receive funding from (a) the pharmaceutical industry and (b) the public purse disclose any links with or funding received from the tobacco industry.
	(53005)

364	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2011, Official Report, column 680W, on midwives, whether the figures provided in the Answer include management staff.
	(53176)

365	Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated to research into cancer in each of the last five years.
	(52716)

366	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate has been made of average waiting times for cognitive behavioural therapy in NHS facilities in (a) Suffolk and (b) the rest of the country.
	(53263)

367	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's response to the consultation on the possible revision of the Tobacco Products Directive.
	(53160)

368	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to inform those in receipt of disability benefits that they are entitled to buy medical products at zero rate value added tax.
	(52763)

369	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to implement the quality requirements set out in the National Services Framework for Long Term Neurological Conditions.
	(52946)

370	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the location is of each NHS specialist neurological unit.
	(52947)

371	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as having an acquired brain injury in each of the last six years.
	(52948)

372	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffered a traumatic brain injury in each of the last six years; and how many of those received post acute care.
	(52949)

373	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for commissioning specialist brain injury rehabilitation services under his proposals for the reorganisation of the NHS.
	(52950)

374

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the average stage of cancer at the time of diagnosis for people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79 and (e) over 80 years in each (i) cancer network and (ii) primary care trust in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(53349)

375	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is providing to the National Cancer Equality Initiative for the purposes of ensuring that measures to reduce inequality are embedded into all aspects of cancer service delivery.
	(53350)

376	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of proposals by the National Cancer Intelligence Network to analyse existing cancer data sets according to the rurality of a patient's home address.
	(53351)

377	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of proposals by the National Cancer Intelligence Network to collect information on (a) patient disability and (b) patients' sexual orientation; and if he will make a statement.
	(53352)

378	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the National Cancer Intelligence Network's cancer equalities portal; and if he will assess how his Department is using the portal to increase equality in the delivery of cancer care.
	(53353)

379

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to support the development of holistic needs assessments and care planning for cancer patients to take account of individual needs related to (a) age, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity, (d) educational attainment, (e) disability, (f) sexual orientation and (g) socio-economic group; and if he will make a statement.

(53354)

380	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of equality in access to clinical trials; and what steps he is taking to increase access for certain patient groups.
	(53355)

381	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage multi-disciplinary teams to undertake patient-level equality audits.
	(53356)

382	Mr Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contribution (a) the National Commissioning Board and (b) GP consortia will make to promoting cancer research under his proposals for NHS reform.
	(53234)

383	Mr Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts takes into account co-location capabilities in its consultation on the future of children's heart units.
	(53235)

384	Mr Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for future commissioning of the publication of cancer outcome data which are not included in the NHS outcome frameworks.
	(53236)

385	Mr Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to provide information to the public on the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer.
	(53237)

386	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will prioritise pre-clinical and basic research into cause, diagnosis and early stage treatment when allocating funding for research into dementia.
	(53252)

387	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has any plans to reallocate dementia research funding between research bodies.
	(53253)

388	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to take forward the work of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research after its conclusion.
	(53254)

389	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a public health campaign to provide information for the public on the links between lifestyle and risk of dementia.
	(53255)

390	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and support the NHS makes available for carers to improve care for those living with Alzheimer's.
	(53256)

391	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on proposals to widen the class of place in which abortions are permitted to take place.
	(52887)

392	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the list of specified conditions that qualify patients for a medical exemption certificate.
	(52703)

393	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff in England were doctors in (a) 1981, (b) 1990, (c) 2000 and (d) 2010.
	(53220)

394	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses worked in the NHS in England in (a) 1981, (b) 1985, (c) 1990, (d) 1995, (e) 2000, (f) 2005 and (g) 2010.
	(53221)

395	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff in England were nurses in (a) 1981, (b) 1990, (c) 2000 and (d) 2010.
	(53222)

396	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors worked in the NHS in England in the years (a) 1981, (b) 1985, (c) 1990, (d) 1995, (e) 2000, (f) 2005 and (g) 2010.
	(53223)

397	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has taken account of the potential travel times to children's heart surgery units in determining the number and location of such units.
	(52719)

398	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the favoured reconfiguration option for children's heart surgery units; and what processes will be gone through before he makes his decision.
	(52720)

399	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53209)

400	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will examine the (a) use of new tattoo removal products, including E-raze and (b) potential health effects of the use of such products; and if he will make a statement.
	(52768)

401	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of offering free immunization against hepatitis B to workers in the tattooing and piercing industries; and if he will make a statement.
	(52769)

402	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of measures to control the use of tattoo removal products; and if he will make a statement.
	(52770)

403	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of regulation of the sale of tattooing and body piercing equipment on auction websites; and if he will make a statement.
	(52771)

404	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients receiving NHS treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma in England per head of the population in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(52774)

405

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what in-house functions his Department is assessing as part of the review of NHS Blood and Transplant; whether members of the public are able to monitor progress in the review; and if he will take steps to ensure that private companies are able to tender to deliver any services that the review concludes should be outsourced.

(53308)

406	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England with lost limbs in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(52709)

407	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on all prosthetic treatment in 2009-10.
	(52710)

408	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 084 telephone numbers are in use by GP surgeries in (a) Hampshire and (b) Southampton.
	(52847)

409	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52811)

410	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the (a) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and (b) Advisory Group for National Specialist Services to develop a separate appraisal mechanism for orphan and ultra-orphan drugs.
	(53258)

411	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he has to direct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to (a) adapt existing and (b) adopt new appraisal mechanisms.
	(53259)

412	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients treated for clostridium difficile who experience a recurrence of symptoms; what research he has evaluated on any link between recurrence and reinfection; and if he will make a statement.
	(53157)

413	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bowel cancer screening appointments are outstanding at University Hospital North Staffordshire; what recent estimate has been made of average (a) waiting times and (b) times taken for results to be processed in respect of such appointments; and if he will make a statement.
	(52984)

414	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is available for (a) hip and (b) knee replacement operations at University Hospital North Staffordshire.
	(52985)

415	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staffing establishment is for each grade of health professional in maternity services at University Hospital North Staffordshire; what the current vacancy list is; what assessment has been made of future resourcing needs; and if he will make a statement.
	(52986)

416	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the details of the proposed tripartite agreement between St Helens and Whiston Hospital Trust, the strategic health authority and his Department which outlines the options to deal with that Trust's budget deficit.
	(52718)

417	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the NHS South East Coast Specialised Commissioning Group on recruiting and appointing a neuromuscular care advisor for the region; and if he will make a statement.
	(52992)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

418	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1090W, on immigrants: detainees, what the UK Border Agency's policy is concerning the retrieval of personal possessions by people who are not detained at home.
	(53154)

419	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firms will be engaged to provide security services during the London 2012 Olympics.
	(52667)

420	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of each of the four police and crime commissioners in Wales during their four-year mandate.
	(53181)

421	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been fined for bringing in excess amounts of tobacco at UK ports of entry in the last 12 months.
	(52912)

422	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had tobacco seized from them at UK ports of entry in the last 12 months.
	(52913)

423	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspected sham marriages were referred to the UK Borders Agency by marriage registrars and clergy in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many such referrals resulted in prosecutions for offences under immigration legislation.
	(53138)

424	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first class rail journeys were undertaken by staff in her Department between April 2010 and April 2011; and what the total cost was of such journeys.
	(53162)

425	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis was for the removal of the senior care worker category from the tier 2 shortage occupation list.
	(52784)

426	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases families with children under immigration controls were (a) required to report daily, (b) given curfews, (c) tagged and (d) subject to additional enforcement visits to monitor compliance in the last 12 months.
	(52848)

427	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of immigration cases family court proceedings or legal applications prevented removal for the majority of the parent's time in detention in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(52849)

428	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine the length of time afforded to a family to consider voluntary return.
	(52850)

429	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consult children's and refugee charities on appointments to the Family Returns Panel.
	(52851)

430	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children remained in one parent's care while the other parent was detained for immigration purposes (a) in the most recent period and (b) in the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	(52852)

431	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rules she plans to introduce to govern the funding of election campaigns for directly-elected police and crime commissioners.
	(53152)

432	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations she plans to introduce to govern the elections of directly-elected police and crime commissioners.
	(53153)

433	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of cloned number plates were reported in each of the last three years.
	(52886)

434	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a person with an unspent conviction who is thereby prohibited from making an application for funds under the domestic violence rule is eligible for support from (a) the Sojourner Project and (b) any other funding from the public purse; and if she will make a statement.
	(53018)

435

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HC 908, whether the prohibition on making an application under the domestic violence rule unless one has no unspent convictions applies to a person who has received (a) an absolute discharge and (b) a caution with conditions until such time as the conditions end; and if she will make a statement.

(53185)

436	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in her Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53210)

437	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in her Department.
	(52800)

438	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated to Positive Futures in each year since 2008-9; and how much funding she has allocated to that programme in each year for the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(52735)

439	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) funding and (b) resources her Department has allocated for security at the Royal Wedding.
	(52739)

440	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to combat people trafficking.
	(52840)

441	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2011, Official Report, column 1218W, on third sector, what information her Department holds on the distribution of grants paid to charities that her Department monitors.
	(52701)

442	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information held on the National DNA Database her Department received from other countries in each year since 2007.
	(53344)

443	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of time police officers in each force spent on frontline policing duties in each year since 2007.
	(53364)

444

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police resources is allocated to traffic policing in each police force area; how many dedicated traffic police officers there were in each such area in each year since 2007-08; what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on the number of dedicated traffic police officers; and if she will make a statement.

(53369)

445	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff recruited to (a) her Department and (b) its agencies were required to have a Criminal Records Bureau check before an offer of employment was made in each year since 2008-09.
	(53371)

446	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were for being drunk and disorderly of defendants aged 10 to 17 years in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force area in England in each year since 2006.
	(53372)

447

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their vehicles stopped and searched under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in each year since 2006; and how many of those were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of (i) a notifiable offence and (ii) a terrorism-related offence in (A) each police force area and (B) England and Wales.

(53375)

448	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of time on average (a) all officers and (b) patrol officers spent (i) on (A) incident and (B) non-incident-related paperwork and (ii) on patrol in each year since 2003-04.
	(53379)

449	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs of policing the annual party political conferences in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and from which budget these costs were met.
	(53382)

450	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what websites her Department operates.
	(53383)

451	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have received firearm injuries while on duty (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each police force area in each year since 2007.
	(53384)

452	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those brought into a police station tested positively for Class A drugs in each year since 2007-08; and what proportion of those voluntarily agreed to treatment.
	(53385)

453	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of employing police officers as a proportion of the total budget for each police force in England was in each year since 1990.
	(53386)

454	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the (a) Gay Police Association, (b) National Black Police Association and (c) Christian Police Association received from her Department in each year since 2008.
	(53390)

455	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers left the police service in each police force area (a) within two to five years, (b) within five to 10 years and (c) after more than 10 years of joining in each year since 2007.
	(53391)

456	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) were killed on duty and (b) received bravery awards in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 2005.
	(53392)

457	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of reports produced by her Department's Research, Development and Statistics Directorate in each year since 2008 have been published; and what the title is of each unpublished report.
	(53393)

458

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many operations firearms were issued to police officers in England and Wales in each year since 2005; in how many such operations weapons were discharged by police officers; how many police officers were qualified to carry firearms in each such year; and how many police officers in each police force area were armed while on duty in each such year.

(53394)

459	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their vehicle stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year since 2005; and how many of those were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of (i) a notifiable offence and (ii) a terrorism-related offence in (A) each police force area and (B) England and Wales.
	(53395)

460	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) total and (b) average overtime payments for police officers were in each police force in England and Wales for each year since 2007-08.
	(53396)

461	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rate in (a) each police force and (b) England and Wales was in each year since 2007-08.
	(53397)

462	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were fined for speeding in England and Wales in each year since 2008 in each police force area.
	(53399)

463	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motoring offences were dealt with by police in each police force area in each year since 2006.
	(53400)

464	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civilian staff have been employed in England and Wales, broken down by police force area in each year since 2007.
	(53401)

465	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were reported to the police by (a) women and (b) men in each year since 2007-08; how many reports of rape resulted in prosecutions; and how many such prosecutions were successful in each such year.
	(53402)

466

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for (i) being drunk and disorderly, (ii) being found drunk on a highway, public place or on licensed premises and (iii) being drunk in or when entering a designated sports event there have been in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 2007.

(53404)

467	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) shotguns, (b) rifles and (c) handguns were stolen in (i) England and Wales and (ii) each police force area in each year since 2007-08; and how many have been subsequently recovered and returned to the owner.
	(53406)

468	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed per head of population in each police force area in each year since 2007-08.
	(53407)

469	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies spent on hotel and other such accommodation for staff (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad in each year since 2007-08.
	(53408)

470	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of maintaining the DNA database was in each year since 2006-07.
	(53415)

471	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) charged with possession of class (i) A, (ii) B and (iii) C drugs in each police force area in each year since 1997.
	(53419)

472	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded per 1,000 population in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force area for each type of offence in each year since 2007.
	(53420)

473	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each police force in each year since 2008.
	(53423)

474	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of corruption involving police officers which involved illegal drugs there were in each of the last five years.
	(53425)

475	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drink driving offences were recorded in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many successful prosecutions for these offences there were in each such year.
	(53428)

476	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in each of the last three years.
	(53429)

477	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples were taken from people (a) charged and (b) cautioned in each police force area in each of the last five years.
	(53430)

478	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on flights (a) within England and (b) outside the UK in each of the last five years.
	(53431)

479	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on car hire other than from the Government Car Service in each year since 1997; and whether her Department required particular specifications in respect of each car hired.
	(53432)

480	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer recruits in England and Wales began residential training in each year since 2006.
	(53433)

481	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives have been recovered in knife amnesty initiatives in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.
	(53434)

482	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days sickness after an assault were taken by police officers in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and what the (a) average number of days lost per police officer following an assault and (b) cost was to each such force in each such year.
	(53435)

483	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were committed by juvenile offenders in each year since 1997.
	(53436)

484	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals (a) convicted of a sex offence, (b) imprisoned for more than 12 months for violence and (c) assessed as being high risk there are on the Violent and Sex Offenders Register; and how many times the database has been accessed in each year since 1997.
	(53437)

485

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of incidents of violence against the person resulted in (a) no injuries, (b) a minor bruise or black eye, (c) severe bruising, (d) scratches, (e) cuts, (f) broken bones, (g) a broken nose, (h) broken or lost teeth, (i) concussion and (j) facial or head injuries in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997.

(53438)

486	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded in respect of retailers selling alcohol to those aged under 18 years in each year since 2006; how many police cautions were issued; and what the average fine levied was.
	(53439)

487	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of each type committed under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 were recorded in each year since 2006; and what proportion of such offences resulted in (a) court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) convictions and (c) sanction detections.
	(53440)

488	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while uninsured in each police authority area in the East of England in each year since 2008.
	(53441)

489	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of bigamy were recorded in each year since 2007; and what proportion of such offences resulted in (a) court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) convictions and (c) sanction detections.
	(53442)

490

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of of incidents of violence against the person involved (a) a knife, (b) a hitting implement, (c) a glass or bottle, (d) a stabbing implement, (e) a firearm, (f) a stone or stones, (g) a syringe and (h) another implement in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 2008.

(53444)

491	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of national police recruitment campaigns in each budgetary category was in each police force area in each of the last five years; and what resources her Department allocated to such campaigning in each such year.
	(53446)

492	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded in respect of cinemas allowing underage children into age-rated films in each year since 1997; how many police cautions were issued; and what the average fine levied was.
	(53447)

493

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalties were issued to cyclists for the offence of (a) carrying another person and (b) cycling on pavements in each police force area in each of the last three years; how many of the penalties were issued to cyclists aged over 14 years; and how many on-the-spot fines for cycling on the pavement were issued by each police force in each such year.

(53448)

494	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a target to increase the use of video conferencing by her Department's officials as an alternative to staff travel to meetings.
	(53450)

495	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were found guility of offences of unlawful killing using firearms in each of the last 20 years.
	(53451)

496	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many and what proportion of record checks processed by the Criminal Records Bureau chief police officers in each police force area had entered comments on otherwise clean reports in each year since 2002.
	(53452)

497	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of human trafficking for sexual purposes were detected in each of the last three years; from which countries the persons had been trafficked; and how many prosecutions resulting in a conviction there were as a result.
	(53453)

498	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days sick leave were taken on average by staff in (a) her Department and (b) the Criminal Records Bureau in each of the last five years.
	(53454)

499	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average daily proportion of time spent on patrol by police officers in each of the last 10 years.
	(53455)

500

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what scale of fees was payable to interpreters by (a) the UK Border Agency and its predecessors and (b) each police force in respect of (i) illegal entry and (ii) criminal matters in each of the last five years; how much was paid for such services in each category in each such year; and what expenses are payable to such interpreters.

(53456)

501	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of requests received by her Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 gave rise to responses published by her Department in each year since the entry into force of that Act.
	(53457)

502	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the monetary value was of assets (a) seized and (b) frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each police force area in the East of England in each year since 2002.
	(53459)

503	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of policing each airport was in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(53461)

504	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the five most common makes and models of vehicles stolen in each police authority area were in each of the last five years.
	(53462)

505	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of abstraction of Metropolitan Police officers from each London borough for (a) counter-terrorism, (b) special operations and (c) public order event policing work was in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(53463)

506	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of her Department did not achieve an acceptable assessment grade in an annual report in the most recent reporting year for which figures are available.
	(53464)

507	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the use of mobile police units in policing rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
	(53465)

508	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers in each police force area were identified as members of each ethnic group in each police force area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53466)

509	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the integration of IT systems used by (a) police forces and (b) other policing bodies.
	(53467)

510	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the use of police custody suites to detain persons considered (a) mentally ill or held for their own protection and (b) drunk and disorderly.
	(53468)

511	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to support volunteers who (a) staff police stations and (b) undertake other voluntary work for police forces.
	(53469)

512	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department has issued on the implications for public security of the provision of litter bins at (a) railway stations and (b) other public places.
	(53477)

513	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of police hours saved attributable to the introduction of personal digital assistants for police officers.
	(53478)

514	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have spent on the (i) design and production of new logos and (ii) employment of external (A) public relations and (B) graphic design agencies for each project of logo design or redesign in each year since 2000.
	(53480)

515	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to external consultants for the implementation and management of the activity-based costing scheme for police forces in each financial year since 2004-05.
	(53481)

516	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pornographic images of children were removed from the internet following investigations by (a) police forces and (b) her Department's agencies in each year since 2000.
	(53482)

517	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children in contravention of a curfew notice were removed to their place of residence by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers in each police authority area under paragraph 4B of Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002.
	(53483)

518	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of offenders involved in violent incidents were recorded as having been under the influence of (a) drugs and (b) drink in each police force area in each year since 1997.
	(53484)

519	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many roadside checks for (a) speed, (b) use of seat belts and child restraints, (c) vehicle safety and roadworthiness and (d) driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs each police force carried out in each of the last 12 months.
	(53485)

520	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replica firearms were confiscated in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.
	(53486)

521	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases were brought against police forces by members of the public for (a) malicious prosecution, (b) false imprisonment and (c) assault in each year since 1997; how many such cases were decided in favour of the complainant; and how much compensation was paid in respect of each such case.
	(53487)

522	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases of offences of causing actual bodily harm police cautions were issued in each of the last five years; and in what proportion of such cases the offence was the first offence recorded by the offender.
	(53488)

523	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on telecommunications in each year since 1997.
	(53489)

524	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for discrimination in respect of (a) sex, (b) race and (c) sexual orientation were brought against the Criminal Records Bureau by its staff in each of the last five years; and how many such claims were settled (i) in court and (ii) out of court in each case.
	(53490)

525	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into organised crime organisations have been undertaken by (a) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency and (b) other police organisations in each of the last five years.
	(53491)

526	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Bury St Edmunds constituency in each of the last five years.
	(53492)

527	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials of her Department have been assigned to duties with the objective of reducing the burden of administration on police forces in each of the last 10 years.
	(53493)

528	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers have been (a) stopped by police on suspicion of, (b) charged with, (c) convicted of, (d) fined for and (e) cautioned for an offence of driving while using a mobile telephone in each police force area in each year since the prohibition came into force.
	(53494)

529	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was recovered under the Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003 (a) in total and (b) in each police authority area in each year since its coming into force; and how much is in the process of being recovered.
	(53495)

530	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons aged under 18 years have had Criminal Records Bureau checks in each year since 2008-09.
	(53496)

531	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many robberies there were in each police force area in each year since 2009.
	(53498)

532	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded of absconding from lawful custody in each year since 2007-08; and what proportion of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection.
	(53500)

533	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of shoplifting in the East of England in each year since 1997 in each parliamentary constituency; and how many of these convictions resulted in a custodial sentence.
	(53502)

534	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on policing in each year since 1997.
	(53503)

535	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much energy in kilowatt hours her Department purchased from renewable sources in each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06.
	(53504)

536	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff surveys her Department has undertaken in the last 12 months; and at what cost to the public purse.
	(53505)

537	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in respect of vehicles operated by her Department and its agencies in the last five years; and what the total cost was.
	(53506)

538	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered (a) sex offenders and (b) sex offenders convicted of offences involving minors were resident in each police authority area in each of the last five years.
	(53507)

539	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of credit card fraud there were in each year since 1997; what estimate her Department has made of the sums lost through such fraud in each such year; and what proportion of such instances resulted in a conviction for an offence of fraud.
	(53508)

540	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports police forces received of children (a) of each age and (b) of each sex missing from home in each of the last three years.
	(53509)

541

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches of (a) persons and (b) vehicles under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 were carried out by each Metropolitan Police division in each of the last five years; and how many arrests for (i) possession of offensive weapons and (ii) other offences were made in each division as a result in each such year.

(53510)

542	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions for written answer her Department took longer than 10 days to answer in each of the last three years.
	(53511)

543	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies; what services can be accessed by calling each of them; and what revenue was received from each number in each year since 1997.
	(53512)

544	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to join the force each police force received in each year since 1997; and how many officers were recruited in each such year.
	(53513)

545	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has used police cells to hold immigrants in each police force area in each year since 1997; and what the average rate paid per night by her Department to each police force for the use of such accommodation was in each such year.
	(53516)

546	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stops and searches were conducted in each police force area (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 population in each year since 1997; and what proportion of total stops and searches in (i) England and Wales and (ii) each police force area resulted in an arrest in each such year.
	(53517)

547	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions, (c) fines and (d) cautions there have been for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area since 2006.
	(53518)

548	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 7 March 2011, Official Report, columns 872-3W, on illegal immigrants: employment, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the penalties levied are collected.
	(53189)

549	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of occasions CS gas spray has been used in public order operations by police.
	(53184)

550	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any people detained under immigration rules offered to pay for their return flights to their country of origin in the last year for which figures are available.
	(52682)

551	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases the Minister for Immigration has exercised his discretion in a deportation case in the last year for which figures are available.
	(52683)

552	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts her Department holds with Serco; and what the (a) purpose and (b) monetary value is of each contract.
	(53136)

553	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) providing accommodation and support to asylum seekers, (b) processing asylum applications and (c) deporting unsuccessful asylum seekers in each of the last three years.
	(53143)

Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

554	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many members of the Serjeant at Arms Directorate there are in each payband.
	(53135)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

555

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will publish information on expenditure for reproductive, maternal and newborn health interventions in 2008-09 under the UK's Framework for Results, Choices for Women: Planned Pregnancies, Safe Births and Healthy Newborns, similar to the information on expenditure on malaria in the UK's Framework for Results for Malaria.

(52951)

556	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to publish information on spending commitments for reproductive, maternal and newborn health interventions for 2010-11 under the UK's Framework for Results, Choices for Women: Planned Pregnancies, Safe Births and Healthy Newborns.
	(52952)

557

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department's planned detailed evaluation framework under the UK's Framework for Results, Choices for Women: Planned Pregnancies, Safe Births and Healthy Newborns will relate to the accountability framework to be produced by the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health.

(52953)

558	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to Annex A5 of the UK's Framework for Results, Choices for Women: Planned Pregnancies, Safe Births and Healthy Newborns, what timetable he has set for the release of the detailed evaluation framework.
	(52954)

559	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the inclusion of increased investment in access to clean energy for the poorest people as an outcome in the new World Bank energy strategy.
	(52889)

560	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will promote a reformed approach to the World Bank's work on climate change including a reduction in finance for fossil fuels; and whether he raised this issue at the World Bank Spring meetings.
	(52890)

561	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the proposed ban on World Bank lending for new coal power projects to middle income countries; and whether he raised this issue at the World Bank Spring meetings.
	(52891)

562	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on permanency of the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010; and if he will expand its remit to include other British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.
	(52923)

563	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52810)

564	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has any plans to give UK-based trade unions public funds from the aid budget during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(52688)

565	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his Brazilian counterpart on the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Brazil.
	(52839)

566	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the monetary value was of aid received by each country in receipt of UK official development assistance in the last year for which figures are available.
	(53141)

567	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of the UK's official development assistance in the last year for which figures are available.
	(53142)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

568	Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he took of trends in the price of motor fuel in making his proposals for changes to travel expenses payable to voluntary magistrates.
	(53041)

569	Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much on average a voluntary magistrate claimed in expenses for one day's court sitting in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53042)

570	Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of a case heard by (a) a magistrate and (b) a district judge in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53043)

571	Andrew Bingham (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on his proposals for changes to the travel and subsistence expenses for voluntary magistrates.
	(53044)

572	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend probate law to allow annuities on policies written in joint names to automatically continue making payments to the surviving recipient following the death of one of the named policyholders.
	(53139)

573	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons are for the difference in time taken compared to the previously published timetable for the announcement of the successful provider in the bid to co-ordinate support services for adult victims of trafficking; and when he plans to make this announcement.
	(52826)

574	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has been made of the average length of time served by people sentenced to a life term in prison.
	(53004)

575	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders on (a) probation and (b) licence have travelled abroad unsupervised in each of the last three years.
	(53006)

576	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase the length of sentences for traffickers in forced labour cases for the purposes of ensuring that sentences passed (a) reflect the seriousness of the crime committed and (b) are significant enough to act as an effective deterrent.
	(53330)

577	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on (a) the number and proportion of recipients of legal aid who are single parents and (b) the matters in respect of which single parents receive legal aid.
	(52679)

578	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the retention of legal aid in private family law proceedings for parties assessed as unsuitable for mediation where the issue of domestic violence does not arise.
	(52776)

579	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what checks are in place to ensure the accuracy of reporting of assaults on Prison Service staff.
	(52672)

580	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Prison Service's policy on zero tolerance on violence.
	(52778)

581

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which court cases the court has considered making a declaration of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 after finding a provision of legislation incompatible with a Convention right contained in that Act, but has decided not to make such a declaration; which provision of legislation was found to be incompatible with which Convention right in each such case; what the response of the Government was to each such finding; and which of those judgements are final.

(52689)

582	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what level of efficiency savings he expects each of the public sector prisons to achieve in each of the next five years.
	(53335)

583	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much disinvestment he expects will be required from each private sector prison in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
	(53336)

584	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost per prisoner place in each private sector prison (a) including and (b) excluding any capital repayment element in each of the last five years.
	(53338)

585	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on law firms specialising in clinical negligence cases of his planned reduction in the legal aid budget.
	(53216)

586	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the funding of disbursements in (a) clinical negligence, (b) family law and (c) child care cases after such cases are withdrawn from the scope of legal aid.
	(53217)

587	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid from residents in Lincoln constituency were granted in each of the last five years.
	(53284)

588	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women who formerly served in the armed forces are serving a custodial sentence in prisons in England and Wales; and how many such prisoners have children who are in the care of a local authority or kinship placement.
	(53325)

589	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many students from (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency have been offered internships in his Department since 8 May 2010.
	(53212)

590	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse arising from the closure of facilities in the youth justice secure estate in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(52745)

591	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library copies of the most recent reports by Youth Justice Board performance monitors on the secure estate.
	(53257)

592	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the differences in reconviction rates in (a) England and Wales and (b) Denmark; and if he will make a statement.
	(52766)

593	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what visits Ministers in his Department have made to Denmark on the subject of reconviction rates in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
	(52767)

594	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52815)

595	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the likely required change in staffing levels for work relating to benefit tribunals in the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(52893)

596	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many benefits tribunals took place in each year since 1997.
	(53179)

597	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders are registered; how many offences have been recorded where the offender was a persistent young offender in each year since 2008; and what proportion of total offences in each police force area in England and Wales this represents.
	(53370)

598	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17-year-olds were given custodial sentences in each police force area since 2009; and what the average length was of such sentences.
	(53373)

599	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17-year-olds were on remand in each police authority area in each year since 2005; and how many went on to serve a prison sentence for (i) the same and (ii) a different offence.
	(53374)

600

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) antisocial behaviour orders, (b) acceptable behaviour contracts, (c) warnings, (d) individual support plans, (e) action plan orders, (f) child safety orders, (g) referral orders, (h) parenting orders, (i) parenting contracts, (j) local child curfew schemes, (k) dispersal powers, (l) fixed penalty notices for disorderly behaviour, (m) detention and training orders, (n) seizure of vehicles used antisocially, (o) closure of licensed premises, (p) confiscation of alcohol from young people and (q) designated public places orders have been used in each (i) local authority and (ii) basic command unit of each police authority area in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2007.

(53376)

601	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers convicted of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in each police authority area in the East of England in each year since 2009 had previous convictions for the same offence.
	(53377)

602	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people visiting prisons were found to be in possession of illegal drugs in each year since 2007-08; how many such people were referred to the police; and what steps were taken in respect of those not referred to the police in each such case.
	(53378)

603	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of shoplifting led to (a) a caution and (b) a conviction resulting in (i) probation and (ii) a custodial sentence in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England in each year since 2006.
	(53380)

604	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for driving a car while uninsured in each police authority area in the East of England in each year since 2006.
	(53381)

605	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions have been brought and (b) fixed penalty notices have been issued by (i) police and (ii) local authorities for (A) fly-tipping, (B) graffiti, (C) dog fouling, (D) the dropping of litter and (E) parking offences in each year since 2008.
	(53398)

606	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are being held in police cells; at what cost; and how many have been so held in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force area in each year since 2009.
	(53405)

607	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of corruption involving prison officers which involved illegal drugs there were in each of the last five years.
	(53427)

608	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers have been prosecuted for (a) offences under sections (i) 3 and (ii) 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and (b) failing to stop after an accident under the provisions of that Act in Suffolk in each year since 2009.
	(53443)

609	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) convictions, (b) cautions and (c) fixed penalty notices there have been in respect of people arrested for speeding offences in Suffolk (i) in total and (ii) on (A) the A143 and (B) the A14 in each year since 1997.
	(53458)

610	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for offences under wildlife protection legislation in each criminal justice area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(53497)

611	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases went to the first tier tax tribunal or its predecessor in each year from 2005 to 2010; and what the outcome of the tribunal process was in those cases.
	(52904)

Questions to the Leader of the House

612	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, how many divisions in the House of Commons took place after midnight in each session since 1980-81.
	(53183)

613	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will reverse his decision to reduce the time allocation for question time for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to 45 minutes.
	(52995)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

614	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary were (a) Catholic and (b) Protestant at the time it was disbanded.
	(52677)

615	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52816)

Questions to the Prime Minister

616	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to attend the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations summit in June 2011.
	(52702)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

617	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52803)

618	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the awarding of Scottish contracts to private companies as part of the Work Programme.
	(52733)

619	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in (a) Fife and (b) Glenrothes receive (i) housing benefit and (ii) local housing allowance.
	(53151)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

620	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to budget for the remedial and restoration works following the completion of construction of the High Speed Two line.
	(52966)

621	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) position and (b) payband is of each member of staff of (i) his Department and (ii) High Speed Two assigned to work on the High Speed Two mobile exhibitions and roadshows.
	(52967)

622	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration was give to the effect of the introduction of universal access to nearly free high definition video links over the internet on the number of business meetings conducted over the internet in the projected business passenger numbers for HS2.
	(52879)

623	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HS2 will use (a) 400 and (b) 200 metre long trains; and what estimate has been made of the energy consumption of such trains.
	(52880)

624	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the level of road safety of requiring car rental and leasing companies to hire vehicles to people aged under 23; and if he will make a statement.
	(52704)

625	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department classifies bio-ethanol as a second generation biofuel; and if he will make a statement.
	(52962)

626	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department expects to fully implement the Renewable Energy Directive before the outcome of the EU examination of indirect land use change; and if he will make a statement.
	(52963)

627	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to conduct its consultation on the inclusion of bio-methanol as a biofuel classified as eligible for rewards under the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation; and if he will make a statement.
	(52964)

628	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers' hours offences were detected in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and what proportion of such offences were committed by drivers of foreign registered heavy goods vehicles.
	(53203)

629	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of traffic accidents on motorways involved a heavy goods vehicle with a foreign registration in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and what proportion of such incidents were attributed to poor visibility or blind spots on such vehicles.
	(53204)

630	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's consultation on High Speed 2 assesses the potential economic effects of the project on the level of air passenger demand.
	(52746)

631	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effects of the issuing of new Vehicle Registration Documents to stretched limousines which have not passed the Single Vehicle Approval test.
	(52779)

632	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stretched limousines have been issued with a new vehicle registration document that have not previously passed the single vehicle approval test.
	(52780)

633	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stretched limousines issued with a new vehicle registration document have subsequently failed the single vehicle approval test.
	(52781)

634	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to inform the owners of stretched limousines about the requirement to pass the single vehicle approval test.
	(52782)

635	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to requiring motorists to display proof of a valid MOT on their vehicles.
	(52783)

636	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many call outs were received by Milford Haven Coastguard in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(52788)

637	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received in respect of the use of power line technology devices in the last 12 months; and from where such complaints originated.
	(52882)

638	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanism he has put in place to prevent the cloning of number plates.
	(52885)

639

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's document, Carriage of Mobility Scooters on Public Transport: Feasiblity Study, 2006, when he plans to publish his Department's guidance on the dimensions and weight of mobility scooters suitable for use on public transport; whether he has had discussions with the train operating companies serving the Brighton and Hove area on the compatibility of their policies on the carriage of four wheel mobility scooters with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(53003)

640	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage procurement of low-carbon commercial vehicles by (a) the public and (b) the private sector.
	(53329)

641	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the merits of changes to the driving test so that the test is taken in two parts and includes a probationary period; and if he will make a statement.
	(52772)

642	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52802)

643	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the average house price within 1,000 metres of the route of High Speed Two in Staffordshire in (a) February 2010 and (b) April 2011.
	(53015)

644	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of road accidents in which a blind spot of a vehicle was found to be the primary cause in each of the last five years.
	(52661)

645	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries attributable to vehicle blind spots.
	(52665)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

646	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what advice her Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in her Department.
	(52820)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

647	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what advice the Government Equalities Office provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in that Office.
	(52801)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

648

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 750W, on universal credit, if he will estimate the cost to his Department of the transitional payments to families with annual incomes between (a) £16,000 and £20,000 and (b) £20,000 and £24,000, which will have a lower entitlement in each of the four years following the introduction of universal credit; and if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of such transitional payments if they are uprated by the consumer prices index.

(53156)

649

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average (a) rise for those better off and (b) fall for those worse off in income for households with a disabled child and a household income of (i) £10,000 to £15,000, (ii) £15,000 to £20,000, (iii) £20,000 to £25,000, (iv) £25,000 to £30,000, (v) £30,000 to £35,000, (vi) £35,000 to £40,000, (vii) £40,000 to £45,000, (viii) £45,000 to £50,000 and (ix) above £50,000 attributable to the withdrawal of the disability element of child tax credit and its replacement by provision under universal credit in (A) 2013-14, (B) 2014-15 and (C) 2015-16.

(53249)

650

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with a disabled child and a household income of (a) £10,000 to £15,000, (b) £15,000 to £20,000, (c) £20,000 to £25,000, (d) £25,000 to £30,000, (e) £30,000 to £35,000, (f) £35,000 to £40,000, (g) £40,000 to £45,000, (h) £45,000 to £50,000 and (i) above £50,000 will experience a (i) rise and (ii) fall in income attributable to the abolition of the disability element of child tax credit and its replacement by provision under universal credit in (A) 2013-14, (B) 2014-15 and (C) 2015-16.

(53250)

651	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with a disabled child will experience a (a) fall and (b) rise in income attributable to the withdrawal of the disability element of child tax credit and its replacement by provision under universal credit in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
	(53251)

652	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings his Department expects to arise from the abolition of the disability element of child tax credit and its replacement with provision under universal credit in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
	(53357)

653 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department was of maintaining the swimming pool at the NHS premises at Quarry House, Leeds in the last financial year for which figures are available.
	(52347)

654	Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the merits of allowing people with an autism spectrum disorder to appoint an independent advocate to help them during the benefits assessment process.
	(53320)

655	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of support to children and young people with long-term health conditions.
	(52680)

656	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of raising the participation age on the availability of benefits for young people with long-term health conditions.
	(52681)

657	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to 16 to 18 year olds with long-term health conditions who are (a) in employment, (b) unable to work as a result of their condition, (c) seeking work and (d) in education.
	(52748)

658	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the results of the review into funding for the mobility needs of people in residential care to be published.
	(52907)

659	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people living in state-funded residential care will be eligible to receive payment of the mobility component of the personal independence payment.
	(52908)

660	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to engage disabled people, groups and organisations in his Department's review of funding for the mobility needs of people in residential care; and if he will make a statement.
	(52926)

661	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the terms of reference are for the review into funding for the mobility needs of people in residential care.
	(52927)

662	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in benefits to people domiciled outside the UK in each of the last three years.
	(53187)

663	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unfilled senior care worker posts are listed at Jobcentre Plus.
	(52785)

664	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the budget allocated for the implementation of the revised work capability assessment (WCA) includes the cost of implementing any recommendations arising from Professor Harrington's independent review of WCA.
	(53159)

665	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking in its communications to provide for people who are unable to read printed text but can read via email with the assistance of computer software.
	(52892)

666	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 965W, on employers' liability insurance, on what date he plans to publish his proposals.
	(52777)

667	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single people aged between 25 and 34 are claiming the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit in the Newcastle upon Tyne local authority area.
	(52980)

668	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with representatives of organisations representing people with fibromyalgia on proposals for face-to-face assessments for the personal independence payments scheme.
	(52764)

669	Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit was paid to claimants in Airdrie and Shotts constituency in 2010-11; and what estimate has been made of the level of payments in 2011-12.
	(53032)

670	Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the weekly cost to the public purse of payments of disability living allowance in Airdrie and Shotts constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53033)

671	Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the average change in the monetary value of disability living allowance paid to claimants in Airdrie and Shotts constituency as a result of the consumer prices index replacing the retail prices index for the uprating of benefits and tax credits in 2011-12.
	(53034)

672	Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance in Airdrie and Shotts constituency will be subject to objective assessment in 2011-12.
	(53035)

673	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice his Department provides to those wishing to (a) work as an intern, (b) undertake a work experience placement and (c) work as a volunteer in his Department.
	(52808)

674	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) the UK were sanctioned in (i) the last 12 months and (ii) each of the last five years; how many such claimants appealed; and how many such appeals were successful.
	(52827)

675	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the proposed flat-rate state pension to come into effect.
	(52976)

676	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the new Work Programme contractors his Department estimates are planning to sub-contract to voluntary sector organisations in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow city, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
	(52740)

677	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the sub-contractor business his Department estimates has been awarded to charities and voluntary sector organisations as part of the Work Programme in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow city, (c) Scotland and (d) nationally.
	(52741)

678	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account his Department took of (a) price and (b) previous performance in the assessment of bids for contracts for the Work Programme.
	(52742)

679	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a tax benefit model for 2011-12, including new assumptions on rent levels and council tax bills for each family type.
	(52698)

680	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on advertising in respect of benefit fraud in each year since 2007.
	(53365)

681	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual cases of customer overpayment debt there have been in each year since 2006; what the total monetary value was of customer overpayment debts in this period; what proportion of such debts are over 10 years old; and what the cost of administering such debts has been.
	(53366)

682	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) disability living allowance and (c) severe disablement allowance in respect of each type of disability there were in each year since 2006; and how much was spent in each category in each such year.
	(53367)

683	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fines were issued for benefit fraud in each year since 2006; and how much was received from such fines in each such year.
	(53368)

684	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments for jobseeker's allowance were terminated (a) as a result of employment and (b) for other reasons in (i) each London borough and (ii) the UK in each of the last five years.
	(53387)

685	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of an incapacity benefit claim was in each year since 1997.
	(53388)

686

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) fraud and (b) error rate was in the administration of the basic state pension in each of the last five years; how many basic state pension claimants were asked to make repayments in each such year; what the total amount of overpaid state pensions repaid was in each such year; and what the average amount of basic state pension overpaid to claimants was in each such year.

(53389)

687	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit in each region in each year since 2007.
	(53403)

688	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of medical assessments for (a) disability living allowance, (b) attendance allowance, (c) industrial injuries disablement benefit and (d) incapacity benefit have been subject to appeal in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of administering such appeals in each such year.
	(53409)

689	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals by claimants against decisions on non-entitlement to incapacity benefit there have been in each year since 2000; what the average length of time taken to determine such appeals was in each such year; and what the cost of such appeals was in each such year.
	(53410)

690

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit only, (b) incapacity benefit in combination with any other benefit, broken down by type of benefit, (c) any single benefit other than incapacity benefit, broken down by type of benefit and (d) any combination of benefits, other than those involving incapacity benefit, broken down by type of combination in each of the last five years; and what the average weekly level of benefit received by a claimant was in each category in each such year.

(53411)

691

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each London borough whose primary diagnosis was obesity claimed incapacity benefit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what proportion of the total expenditure on incapacity benefit in each borough was accounted for by people suffering from obesity in each year; and how much was spent on disability pensions for people diagnosed with obesity in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(53412)

692

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 18 to 29, (ii) 30 to 39, (iii) 40 to 49 and (iv) 50 to 59 years claimed incapacity benefit in each of the last seven years for which information is available; and how many males aged 60 to 65 years claimed incapacity benefit in each London borough in each of the last seven years for which information is available.

(53413)

693	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of people eligible for but not receiving (a) pension credit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) jobseeker's allowance and (d) council tax benefit are (i) living below the 60 per cent. relative poverty line and (ii) in each income decile.
	(53414)

694	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit have benefit withdrawal rates of more than 40 per cent. against marginal income.
	(53416)

695	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) task forces and (b) units operate in his Department; what the annual budget is of each; and how many staff each unit employs at each grade.
	(53417)

696	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were (a) issued and (b) current in each year since 2007.
	(53421)

697	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of young people between 16 and 25 years were not in work, training or education in each local authority area in England and Wales in each year since 2007.
	(53422)

698	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 25 years or under claimed housing benefit in each year for which figures are available since 2005.
	(53424)

699	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on incapacity benefit in (a) each region of England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(53445)

700	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average speed of response to calls and (b) proportion of failed calls was in respect of each helpline operated by or on behalf of his Department and its predecessor in each year since 1997.
	(53449)

701	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were referred to the National Identity Fraud Unit in each year since 1997; how many such cases were investigated in each such year; and how many such cases subsequently resulted in a conviction.
	(53460)

702	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) new national insurance numbers were registered and (b) new workers there were in the UK in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
	(53470)

703	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process a claim for (a) housing and (b) council tax benefit was in each of the last five years.
	(53471)

704	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was registered disabled in each of the last five years.
	(53472)

705	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of incapacity benefit were aged over (a) 40, (b) 50, (c) 55, (d) 60 and (e) 65 in each of the last seven years.
	(53473)

706	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the name is of each public information advertising campaign run by his Department in 2010-11; and how much it has spent on (a) press and (b) television advertising for each campaign.
	(53474)

707	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the operation of the welfare system.
	(53475)

708	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud committed in respect of each benefit which was attributable to identity fraud in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(53476)

709	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the provision of funding from the public purse for the removal of tattoos from benefit claimants.
	(53479)

710	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in each year since 2009-10; and what proportion of the budget for welfare services, excluding pensions, was spent on housing benefit in each year since 1997.
	(53499)

711	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of likely claimant (a) on-flow and (b) off-flow rates for housing benefit in each year to 2019-20.
	(53501)

712	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were issued to nationals of (a) other EU member states and (b) non-EU states in each month since January 1997.
	(53514)

713	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the sums not paid out by his Department for each benefit as a result of detection of benefit fraud in each year since 1997.
	(53515)

714

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects on levels of private sector lending to housing associations of changes in the number of housing association tenants paying the housing benefit element of universal credit direct to their landlord compared with equivalent levels at present; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on this matter.

(52750)

715	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to issue a consultation paper on the payment of housing costs for people living in supported and sheltered housing classified as exempt accommodation.
	(52751)

716	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he had had with representatives of (a) social landlords, (b) local authorities, (c) lenders, (d) third sector organisations and (e) tenants organisations on payment direct to landlords of the housing element of universal credit.
	(52752)

717	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the additional annual cost to the Exchequer of assessing only new claimants for personal independence payments compared to existing expenditure on the administration of disability living allowance in each of the five financial years from 2012-13.
	(52998)

718	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the change in the (a) number of benefit recipients and (b) level of public expenditure if the personal independence payment were introduced for new claimants only in each of the next five financial years.
	(52999)

719	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the change in the (a) number of claimants and (b) level of public expenditure if the number of new disability living allowance claimants were reduced by 20 per cent. each year but the benefit was unchanged in each of the next five financial years.
	(53000)

720	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what tenders he has issued for IT support for implementation of universal credit; what the date was of each such tender; what the deadline was for receipt of bids; and how many bids his Department received for each tender.
	(53345)

721	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what IT contracts he has awarded for implementation of universal credit; what the name is of each successful bidder; how many bids his Department received for each such contract; what the monetary value is of each contract; what the expected timescale is for completing the work; and what outputs are expected.
	(53346)

722	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees at each Civil Service grade are employed at his Department's offices in (a) Norcross, (b) Warbreck House and (c) Bispham.
	(52936)

723	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the merits of basing the administrative offices for the universal credit scheme in the Fylde Coast area.
	(52937)

724	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers who missed interview sessions were contacted by jobcentre staff to prompt their attendance during the Newcastle jobcentre pilot project in 2010; and how many of these (a) lost their benefit and (b) were paid benefit.
	(52864)

725	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to jobcentres on informing jobseekers (a) that there is a prescribed list of good reasons for failing to attend or be on time for jobseeker interviews and (b) that jobseekers are required to have regard to this list; and if he will make a statement.
	(52865)

726	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what allowance jobcentres make for genuine oversights in respect of non-attendance at jobseeker interviews; whether good character and previous history are taken into account; and if he will make a statement.
	(52866)

727	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what entitlement to benefit claimants have who fail to attend an interview due to an oversight but contact the jobcentre to rectify this within five working days; and if he will make a statement.
	(52867)

728	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets are set for jobcentre staff in respect of referring jobseekers for sanctions; what criteria are used; and if he will make a statement.
	(52868)

729	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Harrington review into work capability assessments; what plans he has for the implementation of such recommendations in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(52983)

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

730	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the intellectual property review by Ian Hargreaves to be published.
	[Transferred] (53272)

731	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of wildlife protection measures within the scope of the Red Tape Challenge; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (52757)

732	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): 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 inclusion of climate change amelioration regulations in the scope of the Red Tape Challenge; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (52758)

733

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he had with representatives of equalities organisations, prior to the publication of Red Tape Challenge, on the inclusion of the Equalities Act 2000 in the Challenge; what assessment he has made of the ability of people facing (a) inequality and (b) discrimination to contribute to the Red Tape Challenge; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (52759)

734	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and (b) the Secretary of State for Defence on the inclusion of climate change in the definition of national security used for the Red Tape Challenge; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (52760)

735	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of implementation of the Red Tape Challenge; and what assessment he has made of its administrative implications.
	[Transferred] (52761)

736	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of schools in Reading East constituency sent at least one pupil to the University of (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge in each of the last 13 years.
	[Transferred] (53144)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

737	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that landowners within enterprise zones are prevented from receiving significant benefits.
	[Transferred] (52729)

738

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Blackpool South of 1 April 2011, Official Report, column 530W, on enterprise zones: finance, how many businesses he estimates will save between (a) £0 and £9,999, (b) £10,000 and £49,999, (c) £50,000 and £99,999, (d) £100,000 and £149,999, (e) £150,000 and £199,999, (f) £200,000 and £249,999 and (g) £250,000 and £275,000 in business rates discounts in each enterprise zone announced in Budget 2011 in each year to 2015-16.

[Transferred] (53122)

739	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Blackpool South of 1 April 2011, Official Report, column 530W, on enterprise zones: finance, how many businesses he expects will save the maximum of £275,000 over five years in each enterprise zone announced in the 2011 Budget.
	[Transferred] (53123)

740	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision he has made for funding the development of superfast broadband in the proposed enterprise zones.
	[Transferred] (53132)

741	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of business rates to be retained by local authorities over the 25 years following the establishment of the enterprise zones set out in The Plan for Growth.
	[Transferred] (53133)

742	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements he plans to put in place to publicise and disseminate information on the potential benefits of enterprise zones.
	[Transferred] (52722)

743	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how often he expects to evaluate the success of enterprise zones; and what performance measure he plans to use for such evaluations.
	[Transferred] (52723)

744	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure enterprise zones (a) are tailored to local needs and (b) encourage local partnerships.
	[Transferred] (52724)

745	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his plans for enterprise zones will include incentives for investment in intangible assets in addition to capital allowance-based incentives.
	[Transferred] (52727)

746	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to include incentives for training and educational opportunities within enterprise zones.
	[Transferred] (52728)

747	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has assessed the likelihood that incentives in enterprise zones will be made available to businesses which would have moved into such areas without such incentives.
	[Transferred] (52730)

748	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that businesses located in enterprise zones do not substitute capital inputs for labour.
	[Transferred] (52731)

749	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that economic incentives available within enterprise zones are not misused by the tax avoidance industry.
	[Transferred] (52734)

750	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has identified potential high value investors that he plans to attract to enterprise zones.
	[Transferred] (52797)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

751	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each police force area were convicted for possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition in England and Wales in each year since 2007.
	[Transferred] (53418)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

752	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to the findings of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, Biofuels: ethical issues; and whether he plans to take any steps as a consequence of its findings.
	[Transferred] (53226)


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