Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 28 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 Thursday 28 April 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 28 April 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 28 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 Thursday 28 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 28 April see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Official Solicitor has been appointed to act as litigation friend of last resort for a person who lacks litigation capacity, in appeals against their detention, authorised under the deprivation of liberty safeguards, brought under section 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; in how many of all section 21A appeals the Official Solicitor has acted in the deprivation of liberty authorisation was terminated by the court; how many of those section 21A appeals in which the Official Solicitor was appointed to act were brought by the detainee themselves; and how many section 21A appeals in which the Official Solicitor was appointed to act were initially brought by the detainee themselves, but were discontinued by the Official Solicitor on the basis that there was little prospect of success.

(53673)

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

2
N

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the British Library's Business and IP Centre regional pilot study in the North East; if he will estimate the potential effect of the Centre on the economy of the North East; and what steps he plans to take maximise the economic benefit to the North East from the Centre.

(52940)

3 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support he plans to provide the British Library Business and IP Centre following the termination of its funding by London Development Agency.
	(52941)

4 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse was of the establishment of Startup Britain.
	(53337)

5	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53803)

6 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether measures are in place to ensure that hair used for hair extensions in the UK does not come from disabled people in foreign countries who have not given consent.
	(53056)

7	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he held with the jewellery sector of the retail industry in (a) Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK before issuing his consultation under the Red Tape Challenge on the future of regulation of hallmarking of gold and silver articles in the UK.
	(53744)

8	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultation he held with the Assay Office in Scotland before issuing his consultation under the Red Tape Challenge in respect of regulation of hallmarking of gold and silver articles.
	(53745)

9	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has considered the merits of licensing jewellery retailers in place of the hallmarking of gold and silver articles in the UK.
	(53746)

10	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of extending the right to request flexible working to parents of children over 18 on (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) larger enterprises.
	(53587)

11	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has discussed shared parental leave with the Childhood and Families Taskforce.
	(53589)

12	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his timetable is for extending flexible working to all.
	(53590)

13	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the benefits to (a) businesses and (b) Government of extending flexible working to parents of children under 18 years old.
	(53600)

14 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits to the UK of a Free Trade Agreement between India and the EU.
	(53343)

15 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Post Office Ltd on staffing levels in field change teams; and if he will make a statement.
	(53057)

16 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were employed by Post Office Ltd in its field change teams working directly on ongoing or temporary closures and other local network issues on (a) 1 March 2010 and (b) 1 March 2011.
	(53058)

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

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2011, Official Report, column 210W, on EU grants and loans, how many of the (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful bids received for the first round of the Regional Growth Fund in each region sought to use European Regional Development Fund monies as match-funding.

(53728)

19	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that a larger number of bids using European Regional Development Fund match-funding are successful in the second round of the Regional Growth Fund than were successful in the first round.
	(53731)

20	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on the future regulation of power line telecommunications devices; and if he will make a statement.
	(53879)

21 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, columns 720-2W, on trade unions: training, if he will publish a detailed breakdown on how all funding from the public purse has been spent by the Union Learning Fund and Union Learn in each year since 2007-08.
	(53080)

22	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how levels of compensation received by sub-post offices upon being made a Post Office Local will be determined.
	(53579)

23	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what compensation sub-post offices will receive upon being made a Post Office Local.
	(53580)

24	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Office of Fair Trading has taken to investigate practices of gold buying companies.
	(53694)

25	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much each (a) funding council and (b) research council paid to each university in each of the last 10 years.
	(53825)

26	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a foundation degree followed by a BA degree is classed as an end-on course; and whether such courses will be exempt from increases in tuition fees.
	(53704)

27	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Birmingham Assay Office on his proposals for the future of hallmarks.
	(53627)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

28	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53816)

29
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the contract for handling the UK 2011 Census data was awarded to a non-British company; what steps will be taken to ensure (a) the security of data and (b) the privacy of the individuals providing it; what access will be granted to personal data about named individuals; under what circumstances such access may be granted; which (i) public bodies and (ii) other organisations will have access to such data; and if he will make a statement.

(52433)

30	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department issues guidance to government departments on the use of Miss, Mrs and Ms in correspondence.
	(53653)

31	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2010, Official Report, column 998W, on the public sector: procurement, how many Government departments have not yet published in full on their departmental websites details of contracts with a monetary value over £10,000.
	(53686)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

32 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 26 of his Department's Budget 2011 policy costings document, if he will publish the projections of future incomes based on the Survey of Personal Incomes.
	(53092)

33 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to resume annual publication of HM Treasury's Tax Benefit Reference Manual or publish in an alternative form the information contained in that document on historic taxes and benefits.
	(53093)

34 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 14 February 2011 regarding a constituent Mr N. Clark.
	(53288)

35 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 14 February 2011 regarding a constitutent Ms M. Burchell.
	(53290)

36	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53806)

37	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to report to Parliament his assessment of the amount of tax revenue forgone by the Government as a result of the tax position of payments under private finance initiative contracts to companies based outside the UK.
	(53656)

38 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applicants there were for appointment to the Board for Actuarial Standards; and which such applicants were interviewed.
	(53048)

39 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used in making the appointment of Sir Derek Wanless to the Board for Actuarial Standards.
	(53049)

40 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the opportunities for appointment to the Board for Actuarial Standards were advertised.
	(53050)

41 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of taking Northern Rock into public ownership.
	(53051)

42	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been issued with incorrect tax codes in each year since 1997.
	(53846)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of tax owed to HM Revenue and Customs by persons issued with incorrect tax codes in each of the last five years; in how many cases HM Revenue and Customs charged interest to persons owing tax as a result of being issued with an incorrect tax code; what estimate he has made of the administrative cost to HM Revenue and Customs of the issue of incorrect tax codes; and in how many cases in each of the last five years HM Revenue and Customs has written off tax owed due to an incorrect tax code being issued.

(53847)

44	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax is owed to HM Revenue and Customs due to the issue of incorrect tax codes that has been (a) written off or (b) left unrecovered in each of the last five years; and what the 10 largest amounts written off or left unrecovered are.
	(53848)

45	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases individuals have been issued with an incorrect tax code owing to errors by (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) the individual in each year since 1997.
	(53849)

46	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notice to file a tax return forms were automatically sent out by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.
	(53856)

47	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notice to file a tax return forms were sent to people who had previously notified HM Revenue and Customs that they no longer used self-assessment in the last year for which figures are available.
	(53857)

48	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reportable errors were made by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.
	(53858)

49	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) data protection breaches and (b) confidentiality breaches were made by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.
	(53859)

50	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) paid out in (a) compensation and (b) goodwill payments in respect of mistakes and errors by HMRC in each of the last five years.
	(53860)

51 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people were contracted (a) in and (b) out of defined benefit pension schemes in 2010.
	(53068)

52 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average value was of the rebate to an (a) employer and (b) employee of a private sector contracted-out defined benefit scheme in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53069)

53 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely changes in opt-out rates for public sector pension schemes as a result of an increase in the contribution rate.
	(53070)

54 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in working with the Bank of England to investigate how housing costs may be included in the consumer prices index as set out in the Coalition Agreement.
	(53095)

55	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the review of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to begin.
	(53615)

56 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings representatives of his Department held with senior university staff in each month in 2011 at which the relationship between universities and business was discussed.
	(53090)

57 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings his Department had with representatives of the business community in each month in 2011 at which the relationship between universities and business was discussed.
	(53091)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

58
N

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2011, Official Report, column 532-3W, on fire services, whether the figures for 31 March 2011 will appear in the Operational Statistics Bulletin (OSB) which his Department will publish in August 2011; whether the figures provided in the August 2011 OSB will be broken down by fire and rescue authority; and what the deadline is for fire authorities submitting such figures for publication in the OSB.

[R] (52293)

59
N

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) whole-time firefighters, (b) retained firefighters, (c) fire control room staff and (d) all posts in each fire authority in England on 31 March 2012; and if he will ensure that (i) estimates and (ii) figures for each category in each fire authority are published (A) ahead of and (B) during each year of the current Comprehensive Spending Review period.

[R] (52294)

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 54W, on EU grants and loans: North East, what progress he has made on implementing the mitigating measures required to ensure that the European Regional Development Fund programmes in England are in compliance with European Commission regulations.

(53729)

61	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2010, Official Report, column 381W, on EU grants and loans: North East, what arrangements are in place to ensure that match-funding is available for the North East England 2007-13 European Regional Development Fund Competitiveness Programme.
	(53730)

62	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget was of his Department and its predecessors for supporting communities in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of this budget in each of the next five years.
	(53768)

63	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to encourage greater provision of sheltered housing wardens as part of the Big Society initiative; and if he will make a statement.
	(53878)

64	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of homelessness.
	(53613)

65	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to provide assistance for those purchasing a home for the first time in the next 12 months.
	(53622)

66	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on taking account of the potential abolition of regional targets for renewable energy when determining planning applications.
	(53625)

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

67	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53815)

68 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many lottery terminals there are in England; and how many of these are in supermarket-owned premises.
	(53194)

69 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to facilitate competition in the deployment of superfast broadband.
	(53067)

70 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the pricing by BT of use of ducts and poles to deploy superfast broadband.
	(53076)

71	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what grants his Department has allocated for the regeneration of Morecambe Winter Gardens in the last three years.
	(53683)

72 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to assist children to use the Internet safely.
	(52843)

73	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has assessed the effect on levels of (a) bulimia and (b) anorexia nervosa of the portrayal of models in the fashion and beauty industry.
	(53766)

74	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with representatives of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games the inclusion of English traditional folk dance in the London 2012 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies; and if he will make a statement.
	(53785)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

75 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) air to surface missiles, (b) air to air missiles, (c) ship to surface missiles and (d) ship to air missiles have been fired by UK forces deployed in Libya during the recent conflict.
	(53339)

76 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit cost of a UK (a) air to surface missile, (b) air to air missile, (c) ship to surface missile and (d) ship to air missile of the type deployed by UK forces in Libya.
	(53340)

77	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53814)

78 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Armed Forces on the future of the Regular Army Headquarters in Brecon; and if he will make a statement.
	(53105)

79 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether revenues raised from the sale of land owned by his Department will be retained by his Department.
	(53088)

80 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land owned by his Department has been sold in each of the last four years; and how much revenue was raised from such sales in each such year.
	(53089)

81 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of military action in Afghanistan since 2001.
	(53192)

82	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to enable servicemen and women who are discharged whilst overseas to travel home.
	(53584)

83 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of new recruits to the armed services aged between 16 and 18 years had been looked after children prior to their enlistment in each of the last five years.
	(53291)

84	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the total level of resources his Department will provide for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
	(53655)

85 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what missions have been flown from Royal Navy aircraft carriers between 2003 and 2010; and what type of craft was used in each mission.
	(53195)

86 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints were made to the Service Complaints Commissioner in every month since May 2010.
	(53082)

87 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of processing a complaint through the Service Complaints Procedure in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53083)

88 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of processing a (a) successful complaint and (b) unsuccessful complaint through the Service Complaints Procedure in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53084)

89 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the average time taken to process a single complaint through the Service Complaints Procedure in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53085)

90 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stage of training each trainee pilot who has been made redundant had reached prior to their notice of redundancy.
	(53106)

91	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties the (a) GR4 Tornado and (b) Typhoon has flown in Operation Ellamy; what type of mission was flown in each case; and how many weapons of each type were released.
	(53569)

92	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missions the (a) Nimrod R1, (b) Sentinel R1, (c) VC-10 and (d) C-130 have flown in Operation Ellamy.
	(53570)

93	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the effects on pilot training for the GR4 Tornado and Typhoon fleet of the current operational tempo.
	(53571)

94	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots previously assigned as instructors are flying combat missions in Afghanistan and Libya for each aircraft type.
	(53572)

95	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dual mode Brimstone missiles have been used by UK forces in Operation Ellamy to date.
	(53594)

96	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dual mode Brimstone missiles his Department has ordered in each of the last six months.
	(53595)

97	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long it takes to convert a single mode Brimstone missile to a dual mode; and what the cost is for each such conversion.
	(53596)

98	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single mode Brimstone missiles the Royal Air Force has.
	(53597)

99	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British-based private security companies were employed in operations in Afghanistan in the latest period for which information is available; and what regulations govern the conduct and use of such companies by commissioners other than the British Government.
	(53867)

100	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) projected and (b) actual cost of reactivating RFA Fort Victoria was following the period of extended readiness.
	(53769)

101	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running cost of HMS Albion was in each of the last five years.
	(53770)

102	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place for the reactivation at short notice of HMS Albion once it has been placed in extended readiness; and if he will estimate the cost of any such reactivation.
	(53818)

103	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to place HMS Albion into extended readiness; and if he will estimate the running cost in its first year in extended readiness.
	(53819)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

104	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53817)

105 N	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid to examination boards by maintained schools in each of the last five years.
	(53285)

106	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the awarding of a guaranteed bursary to students defined as vulnerable will affect their entitlement for Care to Learn funding.
	(53576)

107	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) state schools and (b) sixth form colleges offer the International Baccalaureate.
	(53671)

108	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken between the first assessment of a child and the allocation of a case in each Children and Family Courts Advisory and Support Service region was in the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(53762)

109	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases in which the Children and Family Courts Advisory and Support Service has intervened were not resolved after (a) 12 months, (b) 24 months and (c) 36 months on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(53764)

110	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had any discussions with Teach First about operations in Bristol.
	(53585)

111	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have been subject to a partial or full intervention since 1997.
	(53586)

112	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of free school meals went on to further education in each local authority area in each year since 2001.
	(53725)

113

Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of free school meals attained GCSE grade G or above in (i) English, (ii) Mathematics, (iii) Science, (iv) History, (v) Geography and (vi) an ancient or modern language in each local authority in the last academic year for which figures are available.

(53726)

114	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) fathers and (b) mothers have been denied access to their children as a result of a decision or recommendation from Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in each of the last five years.
	(53861)

115	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) fathers and (b) mothers have (i) successfully and (ii) unsuccessfully challenged a final decision by Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to prevent access to a child in each of the last five years.
	(53862)

116	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in how many cases Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has recommended mediation between parents in each of the last five years.
	(53863)

117	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of reports provided by Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to family courts.
	(53864)

118	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of levels of emotional intelligence on (i) behavioural, (ii) cognitive and (iii) biological and physical development.
	(53690)

119	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the promotion and teaching of emotional intelligence in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
	(53691)

120	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research on childhood deliquency his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated.
	(53692)

121	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of low emotional intelligence on levels of childhood delinquency.
	(53693)

122	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds information on levels of emotional intelligence in children.
	(53706)

123	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department plans to provide for the Reading Recovery programme up to 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	(53747)

124	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of maintained secondary schools in England that teach first aid; and how many such schools train their pupils in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
	(53663)

125 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2011, Official Report, columns 767-8W, on departmental procurement, who appointed the Chair of the National Curriculum review expert panel; what the monetary value is of his contract with the Department; and how this was determined.
	(53101)

126 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2011, Official Report, columns 767-8W, on departmental procurement, which officials took part in the appointment of members of the expert panel; and who was responsible for the negotiating process to determine the monetary value of the contract for the expert panel.
	(53102)

127
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of GCE A-level students were entered for GCE A-level (a) 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 area in the last year for which figures are available.

(53098)

128
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of GCE A-level students were entered for at least one GCE A-level in (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 area in the last year for which figures are available.

(53099)

129
N

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of GCE A-level students were entered for at least two GCE A-levels in (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 area in the last year for which figures are available.

(53100)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

130	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53813)

131 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to extend nuclear power station emergency evacuation zones.
	(53055)

132 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has for the future size of emergency evacuation zones for nuclear power stations in the UK.
	(53198)

133

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether energy purchased from a port landlord which is subject to a climate change agreement held by a tenant is also subject to the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme; and what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department provides consistent information to port operators on this issue.

(53618)

134 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff from which organisations have been seconded to his Department to work on electricity market reform.
	(53059)

135 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish the findings of each review undertaken by his Department of the preparedness for shale gas exploration in the UK in the last 12 months.
	(53078)

136 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions which have resulted from the use of combined heat and power generating units in the last five years; when he plans to publish his Department's heat strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(52048)

137
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the exemption of combined heat and power (CHP) generating units is being considered for removal from climate change regulations; what assessment he has made of any disincentive to invest in CHP generating units which may result from such a change; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of such a change on competitiveness with other EU member states.

(52049)

138 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the competitiveness of the UK oil refining industry with that of other EU member states of the introduction of the carbon reduction commitment in the UK only; and if he will make a statement.
	(52050)

139 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the regulatory regime in the UK on the recent decision of four oil refining companies to cease operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(52051)

140 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that vacated oil refinery capacity is maintained as insurance against the reduction or cessation of supply of oil products refined abroad.
	(52052)

141

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what quantities of operational (a) low, (b) intermediate and (c) high level nuclear waste have been created to date as a result of the UK's civil nuclear power programme; and what assessment he has made of the volumes of decommissioning waste that will be created from (i) the existing nuclear programme and (ii) any future new build programme.

(53689)

142	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals for a standard ISO 9000 qualification for small and medium-sized enterprises seeking contracts from his Department or its contractors for work on nuclear projects.
	(53664)

143	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on the cost of ISO and Nuclear Standards certification required to meet pre-qualification requirements for contracts with his Department or its contractors.
	(53665)

144	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to increase the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises in the South West able to bid for contracts at Hinckley Point power station.
	(53666)

145	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many smart meters were installed into domestic properties in each of the last 24 months; how many domestic properties he estimates are without smart meters; and when he expects all domestic properties to have smart meters installed.
	(53850)

146	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has assessed the merits of deploying a standard smart meter containing uniform technology.
	(53851)

147	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) energy companies and (b) households of introducing smart meters.
	(53852)

148	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last discussed the roll-out of smart meters with representatives from the energy industry.
	(53853)

149	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to minimise the cost of the smart meter roll-out.
	(53854)

150	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has undertaken a recent impact assessment of the costs of introducing smart meters.
	(53855)

151	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the benefits to community interest companies and local charities from continuing the feed-in tariff for solar energy at its present rate.
	(53827)

152 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many offshore wind turbines became operational in UK waters in each of the last five years.
	(52842)

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

153 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 14 February 2011 regarding early day motion 403 on circus animals.
	(53289)

154	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by her Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53805)

155 N	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 have left her Department and its executive agencies since 31 January 2011.
	(53086)

156 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department have been appointed on a fixed-term contract for each job title and at each grade since 7 May 2010.
	(53087)

157	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered bee-keepers there are in Kent; and what the equivalent figure was in 2000.
	(53667)

158	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much will be spent on Kent's coastal defences by the Environment Agency in each of the four years commencing 2011-12.
	(53669)

159	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of bovine TB were confirmed in Kent in each of the last 10 years.
	(53670)

160 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure no culling of badgers is sanctioned by her Department for the purposes of preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB); and if she will take steps to prevent the switching of bTB ear tags by farmers.
	(53077)

161 N	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to receive the conclusions of the Flood Rescue National Capability Enhancement Project; and how frequently she meets (a) officials and (b) Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government to discuss planning for flood emergencies.
	(52148)

162	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Environment Agency has put in place to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office in its report published in July 2010 on the Environment Agency's efforts to tackle diffuse water pollution in England.
	(53628)

163	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waterways owned by the Crown Estate is expected to achieve (a) good ecological status and (b) good ecological potential under the Water Framework Directive by 2015.
	(53629)

164	Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many weirs owned by the Crown Estate are without fully functional all-fish species passes which comply with the provision of the Water Framework Directive.
	(53630)

165
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on (a) the operation of the badger cull programme in Wales and (b) the implications of adopting a different policy in England; whether her Department is giving consideration to allowing volunteers to cull badgers in affected areas following her Department's consultation on badger control policy; and if she will make a statement.

(53062)

166 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet representatives of the horseracing industry to discuss standards of safety and welfare in the Grand National.
	(52630)

167	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the adoption of an EU common position on the level of elephant protection provided by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
	(53758)

168	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to discourage future legal ivory sales within the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species framework.
	(53759)

169	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received on the killing of elephants in Chad in March and April 2011; and what support her Department is providing through international organisations to reduce the level of poaching of elephants in Central and West Africa.
	(53760)

170	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to deter UK tourists from bringing illegal ivory souvenirs into the UK.
	(53761)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

171	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53804)

172	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Yemen on the demonstration on 18 April 2011.
	(53583)

173	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on media freedom in Sri Lanka.
	(53619)

174	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the role of the military in civilian life in Sri Lanka.
	(53620)

175 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of clauses on human rights and democracy in the free trade agreement between the EU and Mexico.
	(53081)

176 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of implementation in Mexico of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
	(53103)

177 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the involvement of local non-governmental organisations in Mexico in the development of local implementation strategies for the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
	(53104)

178 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether staff from the British Embassy in Burma have visited Kachin State in the last 12 months.
	(53071)

179 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of forced relocation of ethnic Kachin people in advance of the construction of the Myitsone dam in Burma.
	(53072)

180 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Indian government on the detention of democracy activists from Karen and Rakhine State in Burma.
	(53073)

181 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the recent earthquake in Shan State, Burma.
	(53074)

182	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries participating in the coalition to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (a) are and (b) are not contributing to the armed forces in and over Libya.
	(53654)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

183	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many district nurses have been employed at each grade in Worcestershire in each of the last five years.
	(53599)

184	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53809)

185 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reverse his decision not to publish the legal advice he has received relating to EU competition law as it will affect the NHS under the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill; and for what reason he reached this decision.
	(53064)

186	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria an addict has to meet to be prescribed diamorphine by the NHS.
	(53593)

187	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the NHS North West Specialised Commissioning Group in reviewing neuromuscular services in the region; and if he will make a statement.
	(53606)

188	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms he plans to put in place for the training of NHS staff to fulfil the commitment in his Department's Public Health White paper to encourage people to take responsibility for their health; and if he will make a statement.
	(53608)

189	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's Public Health White Paper, what steps he plans to take to encourage the public to take personal responsibility for their health; and if he will make a statement.
	(53610)

190	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's document, Healthy Lives, Healthy People, paragraphs 2 and 9d, what steps he plans to take to achieve the commitment to build people's self-esteem, confidence and personal responsibility right from infancy; and if he will make a statement.
	(53612)

191 N	Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of establishing a review of drugs legislation to ensure that patients with rare neuromuscular conditions such as myasthenia gravis have adequate access to treatments and that the treatments provide best value for money.
	(53066)

192	Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether GP consortia or GP practices are to be fundholders under his proposed NHS reforms.
	(53657)

193	Richard Drax (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether practices will be expected to undertake weekend callouts as part of his proposed NHS reforms.
	(53658)

194	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in establishing a guideline for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement.
	(53588)

195	Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS provision of ventilation machines for patients with respiratory difficulties.
	(53598)

196	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the pilot studies on accident and emergency and urgent care centre nomenclature in (a) East Lancashire, (b) Manchester and (c) Salisbury were completed; and when the results of those studies were referred to him.
	(53577)

197	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of 111 calls led to admission to accident and emergency departments in County Durham in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53707)

198	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and qualifications are required of operators receiving (a) 111 calls and (b) 999 calls.
	(53708)

199	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average duration of a (a) 111 call and (b) 999 call to an ambulance service was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53709)

200	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of 111 calls have led to the despatch of an ambulance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53710)

201	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) 111 calls and (b) 999 calls to ambulance services were categorised at urgency level (i) A, (ii) B and (iii) C in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53711)

202	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) 111 calls and (b) 999 calls to ambulance services were found to have been wrongly categorised in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53712)

203	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) 111 calls and (b) 999 calls to ambulance services have been made from County Durham in the last 12 months.
	(53713)

204	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the categorisation of (a) 111 calls and (b) 999 calls to ambulance services from women reporting (a) childbirth and (b) miscarriages and other problems of late pregnancy.
	(53719)

205 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy that future decisions about the fluoridation of water supplies shall be taken by elected local authorities following the abolition of strategic health authorities.
	(52429)

206 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he expects (a) the South Central Strategic Health Authority to be abolished and (b) its functions to be assumed by local authorities in Hampshire.
	(52430)

207
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proceedings of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Hampshire County Council of 14 March 2011, what reports he has received on the plans of South Central Strategic Health Authority to proceed with fluoridation of drinking water supplies in and near Southampton; and if he will call in these plans for review.

(52431)

208 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the outcome of fluoridation exercises in countries where health authorities (i) continue to and (ii) have ceased administation of fluoride to water supplies; and if he will make a statement.
	(52432)

209
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the exclusion from blood donations of men who have sex with men, if he will make it his policy only to exclude blood donors (a) who have engaged in risky sexual behaviour and (b) whose HIV status cannot be accurately determined because of the delay between the date of infection and the date when the HIV virus and HIV antibodies manifest and become detectable in an infected person's blood; and if he will make a statement.

(53287)

210	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether hospital trusts were given the opportunity to correct errors of fact in Sir Ian Kennedy's review of children's cardiac surgery units.
	(53743)

211 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a representative of public health will be included on the NHS Future Forum; and if he will make a statement.
	(53054)

212	Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made in establishing GP commissioning consortia in Hendon constituency and elsewhere in London.
	(53821)

213	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the NHS has made of the merits of the use of copper-covered fixtures and fittings in high usage areas of hospitals in limiting the spread of MRSA and other superbugs.
	(53696)

214	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the evidence base on the effects of commissioning models on health inequalities; and if he will make a statement.
	(53722)

215	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on health outcomes of the World Class Commissioning assurance framework.
	(53868)

216	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research studies he has reviewed which (a) indicate and (b) do not indicate a link between the introduction of GP commissioning consortia and an improvement in the ability of patients to choose healthcare providers.
	(53869)

217	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on promoting diversity in the procurement process for healthcare services.
	(53870)

218	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 8 of the Health and Social Care Bill impact assessment, what the evidential basis is for his Department's conclusion that the establishment of GP consortia will improve access and choice; and what effects he expects such reforms to have on (a) health outcomes and (b) value for money.
	(53871)

219	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of formal qualifications for healthcare commissioning skills.
	(53872)

220	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to mitigate any risk of wider health inequalities arising from the implementation of GP commissioning.
	(53873)

221	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he plans to take of the conclusions of the practice-based commissioning group and independent leads survey: wave 3 in determining any amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill he plans to bring forward.
	(53874)

222	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the optimum size of a GP commissioning consortium necessary to ensure (a) value for money and (b) health equality.
	(53875)

223	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the ability of primary care trusts to collect and analyse data on health outcomes; and if he will assess the potential effects of the introduction of GP commissioning on the collection and analysis of such data.
	(53876)

224	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of his proposals for GP commissioning on health inequalities.
	(53877)

225	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the (a) administration and (b) recovery rate of outstanding liabilities from overseas visitors who use NHS services while in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(53614)

226	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of operating the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust was in the last 12 months.
	(53616)

227 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much debt each NHS trust has accrued directly as a result of private finance initiative contracts.
	(53045)

228 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what each NHS trust's annual repayment figure is for private finance initiative contracts.
	(53046)

229 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual interest for repayment of private finance initiative contracts is for each NHS trust.
	(53047)

230 N	David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet the representatives of United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust to discuss the future of the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	(53286)

231	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to strategic health authorities on the factors to take into account in determining whether to use fluoride in the local water supply.
	(53621)

232	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for (a) individual benzodiazepine drugs and (b) anti-depressants were dispensed by the NHS in 2010.
	(53672)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

233	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by her Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53810)

234	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received from residents of (a) Mauritania, (b) Morocco, (c) Algeria, (d) Tunisia, (e) Libya and (f) Egypt in each month of 2010-11.
	(53668)

235
N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 683W, on entry clearances: India, which categories of natural person would be limited under the proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement; whether a minimum salary would be required for those persons admitted for less than 12 months; and what her estimate is of the number of persons likely to be admitted for less than 12 months.

(53292)

236 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the fee charged by the Criminal Records Bureau for a Criminal Records Bureau check has been increased; and what the percentage increase in fees has been.
	(53193)

237	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has discussed with her European counterparts the (a) definition and (b) legal status of irregular migrants; and whether she has discussed with (i) the Council of Europe and (ii) the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights the use of the term irregular migrant.
	(53845)

238	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to make a decision on implementation of the recommendations of the (a) Hutton and (b) Winsor reports in respect of police services; and if she will make a statement.
	(53748)

239	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all available non-animal methods in scientific research are implemented.
	(53687)

240	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make representations to the European Commission to bring forward proposals for the review of European Directive 2010/63/EU to include binding targets for the replacement of animals in scientific research.
	(53688)

241	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to reduce the 12-year period for ending the use of wild caught primates for scientific research in the UK.
	(53721)

242	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure public protests are carried out in a safe and peaceful manner.
	(53623)

243	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long, on average, the UK Border Agency took to process an asylum application in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53624)

244	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new asylum cases initiated in each year are awaiting resolution.
	(53756)

245	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she last met Jan Berry to discuss recommendations for reducing the burden of administration on police forces.
	(53757)

246 N	Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency enforcement team staff held a valid firearms licence in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	(53096)

247 N	Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms were purchased by the UK Border Agency and its predecessor bodies in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
	(53097)

248	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to (a) consult on proposals to strengthen the management of sex offenders and (b) require such offenders to inform the authorities of an intention to travel abroad for a period of less than three days.
	(53581)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

249	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53800)

250	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to his Department's bilateral aid review, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing more than 500,000 poor people with access to clean water in Mozambique.
	(53749)

251	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to his Department's bilateral aid review, what estimate he has made of the cost of supporting 800,000 children in school in Nigeria.
	(53750)

252	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding he plans to allocate to supporting water and sanitation in Africa in each year to 2013-14.
	(53771)

253	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding he plans to allocate to health services and systems over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(53772)

254	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of per capita expenditure on UK bilateral aid in the British Overseas Territories in the last year for which figures are available.
	(53773)

255	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be spent on direct budgetary support in 2011-12.
	(53774)

256	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to his Department's bilateral aid review, what steps he plans to take to help get 45,000 people into jobs in Somalia.
	(53775)

257 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Ivory Coast; and if he will make a statement.
	(52841)

258 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what emergency relief he has provided to people affected by the earthquake in Shan State, Burma.
	(53075)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

259	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53808)

260	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Employment and Support Allowance appeals were adjourned in each year since October 2008; what proportion of the total number of appeals this represented for each year since October 2008; and how many of these adjourned appeals in each year since October 2008 were classified in each category.
	(53591)

261	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what definitions the Tribunals Service uses of data relating to the adjournment of hearings for Employment and Support Allowance appeals that are (a) Tribunal not ready to proceed, (b) Admin not ready to proceed, (c) Applicant not ready to proceeds and, (d) First tier agency not ready to proceed.
	(53592)

262	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has carried out an equality impact assessment of the effect of proposed court closures on (a) women and (b) children under 16 years.
	(53763)

263	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of court closures on the time taken to (a) initiate and (b) complete in care proceedings in England and Wales.
	(53765)

264
N

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is for (a) the Legal Services Board, (b) the Legal Services Commission, (c) the Legal Services Consultative Panel, (d) the National Archives, (e) the National Offender Management Service, (f) the National Probation Service, (g) the Northern Ireland Court Service, (h) the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, (i) the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission, (j) the Offices of Courts Funds, (k) the Office of the Information Commissioner, (l) the Office of the Judge Advocate, (m) the General Office of the Judicial Committee, (n) the Office for Judicial Complaints, (o) the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman, (p) the Office of the Public Guardian, (q) the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee, (r) the Parole Board, (s) the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, (t) the Prison Service Pay Review Body, (u) the Sentencing Council, (v) the Tribunal Procedure Committee, (w) the Tribunals Service, (x) the Victims' Commissioner and (y) the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.

(53341)

265 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people used the telephone to access legal aid advice in 2010-11.
	(53342)

266	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoner on prisoner and (b) prisoner on officer assaults were recorded in each prison in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(53881)

267	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average population of each prison was in each of the last 10 years.
	(53882)

268	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) principal officers, (b) senior officers, (c) prison officers and (d) operational support grades were employed in each prison on 31 March in each of the last 10 years.
	(53883)

269	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) senior operational managers, (b) operational managers and (c) administrators were employed in each prison on 31 March in each of the last 10 years.
	(53884)

270	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the direct resource expenditure in each (a) public sector and (b) private sector prison was in each of the last 10 years.
	(53885)

271

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outcome was of the Izmir Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights; if he will place in the Library a copy of each contribution he made at the conference on the future of the Court; what was agreed at the conference; and when he next expects to discuss the future of the Court with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) his Council of Europe counterparts.

(53843)

272	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he made at the Izmir Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of restrictions on prisoner voting.
	(53844)

273	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided to (a) mothers and (b) fathers in legal aid for cases (i) in the family courts and (ii) involving the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service in each of the last five years.
	(53865)

274	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on legal aid in cases relating to child access arrangements in each of the last five years.
	(53866)

275	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers were fined for an offence of not having valid motor insurance in each of the last 10 years.
	(53695)

276	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue guidance to hon. Members on advising constituents seeking legal advice from their constituency Members; and if he will make a statement.
	(53603)

277	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make arrangements for staff in his Department to assist hon. Members with casework arising from reductions in the legal aid budget; and if he will make a statement.
	(53605)

278	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the effects on the number of people seeking assistance and advice from hon. Members of recent reductions in the legal aid budget; and if he will make a statement.
	(53607)

279	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has taken any decisions on which prison establishments are to be closed in the future.
	(53705)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

280	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53811)

Questions to the Prime Minister

281	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to page 17 of the Coalition Agreement, whether the abstentions on any vote on a national planning statement on nuclear power by Liberal Democrat hon. Members include such hon. Members who are serving as Ministers of the Crown.
	(53720)

282	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will appoint a Minister for Older People.
	(53829)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

283	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53801)

284 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2011, Official Report, column 515W, on Members, which hon. Members, other than those representing Scottish constituencies or who are members of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee are defined by his Department as having an interest in Scottish affairs.
	(53197)

Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

285	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will urge the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to publish guidance on the general subject headings under which claims may be made by hon. Members for insurance premiums relating to staff employment litigation.
	(53609)

286

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, to what extent the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will accept claims from hon. Members for reimbursement of expenditure incurred on insurance premiums relating to staff employment litigation; and what the maximum sum is that can be claimed for the purchase of such insurance.

(53611)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

287	Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what noise mitigation measures for the M5 in Worcestershire the Highways Agency has (a) prepared and (b) implemented.
	(53830)

288	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53802)

289	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving drivers who did not have motoring insurance resulted in fatalities in the last three years.
	(53799)

290	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with (a) airlines and (b) pilots' representatives since May 2010.
	(53602)

291	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had in the Council of Ministers on (a) the European Aviation Safety Agency and (b) Flight Time Limitations.
	(53604)

292	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) carbon savings of (i) a reduction in the density of lighting on main road and motorway routes and (ii) switching off lighting on sections of main road and motorway routes where there is a good safety record and traffic flows during the night are low.
	(53578)

293	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the seated passenger capacity is of direct services between Chippenham and London Paddington using existing rolling stock; and what estimate he has made of the likely seated passenger capacity on such services using the proposed Intercity Express Programme fleet from 2016.
	(53723)

294
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 relating to taxis, private hire vehicles and accessibility for disabled persons and assistance dogs to be implemented; and when he expects to launch his Department's consultation on the proportion of wheelchair accessible vehicles per local fleet that must be met before a licensing authority can refuse to grant a licence for a wheelchair accessible vehicle for the purpose of controlling taxi numbers.

(53060)

295 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the merits of introducing incentives for local authorities to improve long-term (a) road safety and (b) value for money in repairs to roads damaged by potholes.
	(53065)

296 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to allow the EU to exercise greater control over the road network in the UK.
	(53079)

297 N	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation document on High Speed 2, page 119, if he will consider making provision for property blight compensation arising from the announcement of the recommended route on 21 December 2010 rather than one year after the railway is built.
	(53061)

298	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of drivers involved in (a) fatal accidents and (b) serious non-fatal accidents did not have (i) valid motor insurance and (ii) a valid MOT test certificate in each of the last three years.
	(53767)

299	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bodies will be responsible for the work undertaken by Cycling England following its closure; and if he will make a statement.
	(53776)

300	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the future of the Cycle Town scheme (a) nationally and (b) in Colchester constituency.
	(53777)

301	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence he (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated prior to his decision not to lower the level of alcohol in the blood at which driving impairment becomes an offence; and if he will make a statement.
	(53778)

302	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the new police framework for speeding on the level of (a) fatal, (b) serious injury and (c) minor injury accidents; and if he will make a statement.
	(53779)

303	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues had with representatives of (i) road safety and (ii) other organisations before issuing the new police framework for dealing with drivers exceeding speed limits.
	(53780)

304

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues have visited any accident and emergency departments of NHS hospitals to discuss with staff levels of medical attention required to deal with casualties arising from road crashes involving drivers (i) exceeding speed limits and (ii) driving under the influence of alcohol since May 2010.

(53781)

305	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on any potential effect on the number of casualties requiring treatment of his proposed changes to (a) speed limit enforcement and (b) regulations relating to the MoT vehicle test.
	(53782)

306	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of a (a) fatality, (b) serious injury and (c) slight injury caused through an accident involving a vehicle in the last year for which figures are available.
	(53783)

307	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential effects of his proposals for the MoT vehicle test on the number of people (a) killed, (b) seriously injured and (c) slightly injured as a result of motoring accidents; and if he will make a statement.
	(53784)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

308	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by her Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53807)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

309	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many responses his Department received to its consultation Strengthening families, promoting parental responsibility; and how many of these were from (a) parents, (b) third sector organisations and (c) others.
	(53822)

310

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government Response to the Work and Pensions Committee's Third Report, Session 2009-10, on the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and the Child Support Agency's Operational Improvement Plan, if he will provide details of the range of people recruited from the private and voluntary sectors to assist the Commission to ensure that the future scheme learns from the lessons of the past.

(53823)

311	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) name and (b) address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such building.
	(53812)

312	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the cap on benefit entitlement on the (a) level of child poverty, (b) ability of local authorities to carry out their homelessness duties and (c) level of additional burdens on local authority child protection functions.
	(53714)

313

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households (a) with parents who are reliant on formal childcare in order to work but whose childcare costs will be higher than the amount allocated for childcare within universal credit, (b) with parents with children who will be subject to the overall benefit cap and (c) with parents with children who will be affected by both (i) high cost childcare and (ii) the benefit cap.

(53715)

314	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the likely effect of the cap on benefit entitlement on the financial incentives and disincentives for couples comprising two lone parents to live apart in separate households.
	(53716)

315	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he intends to apply a housing benefit deduction to social tenants deemed to be underoccupying their homes where a forthcoming change of circumstances would mean the property could no longer be defined as such due to dependent children reaching an age which changed their eligibility for a bedroom.
	(53717)

316	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed reductions in housing benefit for social tenants underoccupying their homes on overcrowding as measured by the space standards set out in the Housing Act 1985 if children aged under 16 years are required to share unsuitable bedrooms.
	(53718)

317 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Vertex in delivery of the administration child maintenance payments; and if he will make a statement.
	(53063)

318 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department spent on administering disability living allowance under the gateway for the benefit in the last 12 months.
	(52938)

319 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers receive Carer's Allowance for looking after a person who receives the (a) middle rate and (b) higher rate care component of disability living allowance.
	(52939)

320	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland have been in receipt of disability living allowance since 1992; how many of these have had their award reviewed under (a) the Benefits Integrity Project, (b) periodic reviews and (c) the Right Payment Programme since 1997; and how many of those reviewed had their award adjusted.
	(53617)

321

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Employment to the Public Bill Committee on the Welfare Reform Bill of 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 378, what terms of reference he has set for the consideration by the Social Security Advisory Committee of the provision of free school meals within universal credit; what resources have been allocated to the committee to undertake this work; when he expects the committee to report its findings; whether these findings will be published; whether he plans to seek advice on these findings from the Social Justice Committee; and if he will make a statement.

(53824)

322	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to employment and support allowance medical assessments conducted by Atos Healthcare were recorded by his Department in each quarter since October 2008; and what the most common complaints were.
	(53724)

323

Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments in respect of errors and maladministration were made to clients by the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years; what the total amount paid out in consolatory payments was in each such year; and what the average sum offered to clients as consolatory payments was in each such year.

(53826)

324	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his Department gave to the potential effects on women aged 56 in 2011 of implementation of proposals to increase the state pension age; and what steps he is taking to assist those who are in this age group.
	(53727)

325 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking in relation to the involvement in the work programme of those organisations which did not gain prime contractor status.
	(52673)

326 N	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the criteria for the award of Work Programme contracts in Scotland took account of levels of experience in dealing with people most disadvantaged in the labour market.
	(52674)

327 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the prices charged by undertakers who accept payments from his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(53052)

328 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to shorten the time taken for a decision to be made on an appeal lodged against the outcome of a work capability assessment; and if he will make a statement.
	(53053)

329 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was between the submission of an appeal against the outcome of a work capability assessment with Jobcentre Plus and a decision on that appeal being made at a tribunal in each year since the employment and support allowance was instituted.
	(53196)

330	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of maintaining the current retirement age for public sector workers who have been in employment of a physical nature.
	(53828)

331 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average pension for an individual with average earnings of (a) £10,000, (b) £15,000, (c) £25,000, (d) £35,000 and (e) 45,000 with (i) 30 years and (ii) 40 years of full contributions who retires in (A) 2011, (B) 2016, (C) 2020, (D) 2025 and (E) 2050.
	(53094)

332 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff on a fixed-term contract have had their contract extended in March or April 2011 in each (a) London borough and (b) region.
	(53107)

333 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were employed on a fixed-term appointment in each (a) London borough and (b) region between April 2009 and April 2010.
	(53108)

334 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each (a) office, (b) London borough and (c) region on (i) 6 April 2010 and (ii) 6 April 2011.
	(53109)

335 N	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length was of fixed-term contract extensions offered to Jobcentre Plus staff in March and April 2011 in each (a) London borough and (b) region.
	(53110)

336	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to provide assistance to pensioners with outstanding mortgage debt; and if he will make a statement.
	(53601)

337	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of using the US H.R. 798 Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act 2011 as the basis for (a) pension indexing and (b) the calculation of (i) pension credit and (ii) other benefits; and if he will make a statement.
	(53786)

338	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers he estimates found work through services offered by A4E in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(53880)

339	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria are for the placement of employment and support allowance claimants in the work-related activity group.
	(53732)

340	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sanctions in the benefits system for people with mental health conditions.
	(53733)

341	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in York Outer constituency received one or more out-of-work benefit payment in the last three years.
	(53626)

342
N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely change in expenditure on contributory employment and support allowance as a result of limiting payments to 12 months in each of the first three years of the limitation; and if he will estimate the equivalent figures if the time limit were set at (a) six months, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years.

(53199)

343	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus offices have set any targets for the number of sanctions to be issued by each Jobcentre Plus officer.
	(53573)

344	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the factor by which the number of sanctions issued with respect to each working age benefit by each Jobcentre Plus office has changed in each quarter since the final quarter of 2009-10.
	(53574)

345	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were applied with respect to each working age benefit by each Jobcentre Plus office in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) the first three quarters of 2010-11.
	(53575)

346	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of attendance allowance in the Norwich City Council local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available; and what average weekly level of benefit was paid to those claimants in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(53582)

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

347	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of children (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of free school meals went on to higher education in each local authority area in each year since 2001.
	[Transferred] (53820)

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

348 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how he plans to monitor progress in the delivery of high speed broadband services across the UK.
	[Question Unstarred] (52629)


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