Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 June 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 Tuesday 7 June 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 7 June 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 7 June 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 Tuesday 7 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 7 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions for rape there have been in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(57732)

2	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff of the Crown Prosecution Service were entitled to work (a) full-time as trade union representatives and (b) part-time on trade union activities in 2010-11; how many such staff were paid more than £25,900 annually; and what the cost to the public purse was of employing such staff on such duties.
	(58133)

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

3	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK space industry.
	(57957)

4
N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to (a) including in the Green Economy Roadmap a commitment to (i) measure and (ii) reduce the UK's total carbon footprint and (b) the reckoning in the calculation of that footprint of (A) emissions from consumption and (B) outsourced emissions embedded in imports.

(57700)

5	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57603)

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges, if he will take steps to ensure that higher education courses provided by private providers are subject to the same standards of (a) transparency, (b) assessment and (c) measures of student satisfaction as publicly-funded higher education institutions.

(57523)

7	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges, what steps he plans to take to maintain the reputation of higher education.
	(57524)

8	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges, if he will take steps to ensure that private providers of higher education have a duty to widen participation.
	(57525)

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges, whether private providers of higher education will be subject to the same quality assessment regime as publicly-funded higher education institutions.

(57526)

10	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the report of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges in relation to private provision of higher education.
	(57527)

11	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take account of the risks identified by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in its report on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges in further consultation on private provision of higher education.
	(57528)

12	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of the higher education sector on the report of the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges.
	(57529)

13	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will (a) undertake and (b) publish an assessment of the risks to the public higher education sector of the expansion of private higher education providers.
	(57574)

14	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to mitigate the risks associated with an expansion of private provision in higher education identified by the Higher Education Funding Council of England in its report on Diverse provision in higher education: options and challenges.
	(57575)

15	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of sales in supermarkets of bread at a retail price below the cost of production on (a) employment conditions of workers and (b) competition in the food industry.
	(58177)

16	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what priority markets the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation has identified for 2011-12.
	(57714)

17	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which countries have been sent invitations from the Government to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition at the ExCel Centre between 13 and 16 September 2011.
	(57715)

18	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that no regulation is introduced requiring the plain packaging of tobacco products which would remove the ability of manufacturers to distinguish their products through branding.
	(57510)

19	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on (a) maintaining the intellectual property in corporate brands owned by shareholders and (b) the role of brands in consumer competition and choice.
	(57573)

20	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department are working on the Red Tape Challenge; what the grade is of each such staff member; and what the salary costs are for those officials.
	(58097)

21	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the process by which responses to the Red Tape Challenge will be assessed.
	(58098)

22	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Mary Portas will receive remuneration from his Department for her work on the high street retail review.
	(58099)

23	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason he decided to close the Joint International Unit between his Department, the Department for Education and the Department for Work and Pensions.
	(58100)

24	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what functions the successor body to the Joint International Unit in his Department will perform.
	(58101)

25	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) staff grading is and (b) overall salary costs are for the successor body of the Joint International Unit in his Department.
	(58102)

26	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the costs were of moving the functions of the Joint International Unit into his Department.
	(58103)

27	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding was provided by his Department to each industrial sector in each of the last five years; and how many NVQs were awarded by each of those sectors in each of those years.
	(58104)

28	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many NVQs have been started in each industrial sector in each of the last five years.
	(58178)

29	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what evidence his Department holds on the effects of employment protection legislation on (a) recruitment levels and (b) job creation.
	(58179)

30	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 777W, on the Science and Innovation Network, what assessment he has made of the effects on the Science and Innovation Network of reductions in expenditure on overseas diplomatic missions by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
	(58180)

31	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what overseas public projects were funded by the Export Credits Guarantees Department in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57986)

32	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much he has allocated for level 2 apprenticeships in Barnsley East constituency in 2011-12.
	(58139)

33	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date he commissioned an equality impact assessment of the proposed changes to funding for English for speakers of other languages courses; and when he expects to publish this assessment.
	(57943)

34	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applicants for an apprenticeship aged (a) between 16 and 18, (b) between 19 and 24 and (c) 25 years or over are awaiting an employer place on the National Apprenticeship Service matching service.
	(57960)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 361W, on export credit guarantees: Trinidad and Tobago; whether a claim has been made to the Export Credits Guarantee Department in respect of the cover on the sale of offshore patrol vessels to Trinidad and Tobago; and if he will make a statement.

(58075)

36	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of businesses in the food production industry are small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(58148)

37	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to remove regulatory burdens from businesses.
	(57937)

38	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage the growth of the knowledge economy in the Liverpool city region.
	(58156)

39	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure that the small business lending targets set out in Project Merlin are met by the banks who are parties to the agreement.
	(58158)

40	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage the growth of the green economy in the Liverpool city region.
	(58159)

41	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on reforming the consumer credit regime.
	(58059)

42 N	Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of business mentors.
	(56648)

43	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage investment in the North East.
	(57883)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Making Prison Work: Skills for Rehabilitation, how many and what proportion of offenders paid for learning in prison in the last year for which figures are available; and how many and what proportion he expects to pay for learning in prison following the implementation of the review's recommendations.

(57462)

45	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Making Prison Work: Skills for Rehabilitation, when he expects a loans system to be in place to enable offenders to pay for further education and higher education in prison.
	(57463)

46	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of adults will be required to pay a fee for a course to achieve their first qualification at level 3 in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
	(58124)

47	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects agreement to be reached on the text of the EU Insurance Guarantee Scheme Directive.
	(58140)

48	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that those on income support but not active benefits are able to afford to remain enrolled on courses of English for speakers of other languages from August 2011.
	(58153)

49	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that persons on English for speakers of other languages courses funded by the Government and not on active benefits are able to afford to continue their studies from August 2011.
	(58154)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

50	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five-year survival rate for (a) male and (b) female lung cancer patients (i) in each primary care trust, (ii) in each cancer network and (iii) in England was in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(57946)

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) one-year and (b) five-year survival rate for lung cancer in people aged (i) 49 years and under, (ii) 50 to 59 years, (iii) 60 to 69 years, (iv) 70 to 79 years and (v) 80 years and over (A) in each primary care trust, (B) in each cancer network and (C) in England was in the last five years for which figures are available.

(57947)

52	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate for lung cancer in people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) 80 years and over (i) in each primary care trust, (ii) in each cancer network and (iii) in England was in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(57948)

53	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate for (a) male and (b) female patients with lung cancer (i) in each primary care trust, (ii) in each cancer network and (iii) in England was in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(57949)

54	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the incidence rate for lung cancer among (a) men and (b) women (i) in each primary care trust, (ii) in each cancer network and (iii) in England was in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(57950)

55	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the incidence rate for lung cancer in people aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59 years, (c) 60 to 69 years, (d) 70 to 79 years and (e) 80 years and over (i) in each primary care trust, (ii) in each cancer network and (iii) in England was in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(57951)

56 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the gross domestic product of the UK was produced in each region in each of the last 30 years.
	(57586)

57	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57617)

58 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five-year survival rate was for (a) male and (b) female bowel cancer patients in each (i) primary care trust, (ii) cancer network and (iii) strategic health authority in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(55819)

59	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he received a request from (a) members of the Welsh Government or (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to meet to discuss issues relating to affairs in Wales that are within his responsibilities.
	(57465)

60 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that 25 per cent. of government contracts are awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(57674)

61 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of central government procurement processes in evaluating the ability of small and medium-sized companies to receive an appropriate share of public sector contracts.
	(57675)

62 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) low and (b) very low weight live births were recorded in the Peterborough City Council area in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(57415)

63	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Plan for Growth, when he plans to publish a guide to public sector intellectual property procurement policy.
	(58167)

64	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his estimate is of the number of (a) civil servants who have used facility time to attend trade union conferences, meetings and other events since January 2011, (b) hours of facility time used by civil servants since January 2011 and (c) the cost to the public purse of such time.
	(57627)

65	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any levy mechanisms are (a) under and (b) awaiting consideration by the classification committee of the Office for National Statistics.
	(57970)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

66 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to make it easier for people who are not in a relationship to share the mortgage for a property.
	(57558)

67	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any receipts due to the Government from any sale of trust ports are to be hypothecated to the Green Investment Bank.
	(57642)

68 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department took to implement the recommendations of the Thirtieth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2007-08, Management of Large Business Corporation Tax, HC 302, prior to May 2010.
	(57559)

69	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology he used to determine the price levels of carbon price support in (a) his Department's consultation on the carbon price floor and (b) Schedule 20 of the Finance (No. 3) Bill; and what the reason is for the difference between those price levels.
	(57520)

70	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the effects on energy-intensive industries of the introduction of carbon price support.
	(57632)

71 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of how many cases involving the settlement of tax liabilities of over £10 million HM Revenue and Customs has had discussions with Deloitte in the last three years.
	(57560)

72	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on incentives on single parents to work of the end of childcare tax credit.
	(58136)

73	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he received requests for meetings from (a) members of the Welsh Government or (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to discuss public expenditure in Wales.
	(57467)

74	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether community renewable energy projects with social enterprise company structures whose electricity generation commences after 6 April 2012 will be eligible for the Enterprise Investment Scheme or venture capital trusts.
	(57454)

75	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the purchasing power of child benefit in the next three financial years.
	(57570)

76	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of extending the scope of excise duty on hydrocarbon oils to all forms of shipping and aviation for the purposes of raising finance for the Green Climate Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(58068)

77	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer from empty property business rates in the last 12 months.
	(57952)

78 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of public sector net investment was in each year since 1981.
	(57564)

79	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what classes of individual are not allowed to file tax returns online; and for what reasons in each case.
	(57994)

80	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2011, Official Report, column 328W, on tax collection, if he will place in the Library a copy of each generic letter used by HM Revenue and Customs to inform individuals and businesses of outstanding tax liabilities in the last two years; and who authorised the use of each such generic letter.
	(57628)

81 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private sector enterprises he expects to benefit from the reduction in the main rate of corporation tax to 26 per cent.
	(57491)

82	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK-Israel convention on double taxation is applied to (a) income tax and (b) company tax levied by Israel on individuals or companies based in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories or the Golan Heights.
	(57958)

83	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to introduce a mechanism to enable charities to claim back tax up to £5,000 per annum through the gift aid scheme; and what mechanism he plans to establish.
	(57512)

84	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on the potential effect on insurance brokers of the increase in the levy for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
	(58046)

85	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on insurance brokers of the increased levy under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
	(58141)

86	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that money and debt advice is available to people who do not have access to the internet.
	(57909)

87	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that sectors which benefit from repaid debt other than the financial services sector contribute towards the funding of debt advice if responsibility for debt advice is transferred to the Money Advice Service.
	(58123)

88 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on establishing a sub-class for the general insurance broking sector within the revised Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
	(57482)

89 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the levy on general insurance brokers in respect of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
	(57483)

90 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had at EU level on the Insurance Guarantee Scheme Directive; and when he expects a final text to be drafted.
	(57484)

91 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on consumers of reviewing the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
	(57485)

92 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on costs for insurance brokers of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
	(57486)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the merits of introducing a compensation directive in the event of local authorities choosing to exercise powers under Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 for the purposes of providing certainty and protection from unreasonable compensatory demands from developers.

(57849)

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that landowners who allow their property to be used for local amenities are able to appeal against any proposal to add their property to the Heritage Assets list under the powers provided by Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

(57850)

95	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57616)

96	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of shared accommodation in Birmingham.
	(57908)

97	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure that provision of services for homeless people remains a priority for local authorities under the provisions of the Localism Bill.
	(57717)

98	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to the balance between community empowerment and preventing opposition to any kind of local development in planning and allocating (a) homeless and (b) other services under the provisions of the Localism Bill.
	(57718)

99	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Cross-Departmental Homeless Working Group has made of the effects of the Big Society initiative on the provision of local services for homeless people
	(57719)

100	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to increase local accountabililty in respect of community empowerment and the inclusion of (a) the homeless community and (b) other groups in the allocation of provision of services.
	(57720)

101	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the decision to end support for empty property rates.
	(57519)

102	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the merits of establishing a model constitution for local enterprise partnerships to include representation from all sizes of business.
	(58096)

103	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on formula grant of proposals for business rate retention.
	(58142)

104	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect any change to the formula grant resulting from proposed changes to business rate retention will have on the most deprived communities in England.
	(58160)

105	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed retention of business rates on local authorities in whose areas business rate contributions have increased at a rate below the national average.
	(58161)

106	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he received a request from (a) members of the Welsh Government or (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to meet to discuss planning issues relating to energy in Wales and its territorial waters.
	(57470)

107

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications in each development category were required to be referred to the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 in each year since its entry into force; and how many such applications so referred the Secretary of State also called in for determination in each such year.

(57989)

108 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) private sector and (b) public sector housing starts there were in the Peterborough City Council area in the first quarter of 2011.
	(57334)

109	Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what limits he plans to put in place on the level of charges local authorities can make on planning applications for the community infrastructure levy.
	(57966)

110	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many prosecutions there were of landlords for an offence under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57501)

111	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of complaints about landlords made to local authorities in each of the last three years.
	(57583)

112 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of establishing arrangements for a shadow Mayor in Birmingham; and what proportion of the cost will be funded through council tax payments in Birmingham.
	(57233)

113 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will refund the costs associated with the creation of a shadow Mayor in Birmingham in the case where Mayoral government arrangements are rejected in a referendum taking place after a period of Mayoral government.
	(57235)

114	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses of empty property business rates.
	(58146)

115 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the leasing of fire appliances from private sector companies.
	(57307)

116	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the maximum contribution is a local authority can make towards flood prevention measures without activating the trigger for a referendum under the community infrastructure levy proposed in the Localism Bill.
	(57967)

117	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England have responsibility for housing.
	(57595)

118	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals in each category the Planning Inspectorate considered in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of such appeals were (a) upheld and (b) dismissed.
	(57581)

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

119

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1059W, on the Olympic Games 2012, what criteria he plans to use to determine who would qualify as (a) a domestic political leader and (b) dignitaries and others with a close connection to the Games for the purposes of allocation of tickets.

(57905)

120	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1059W, on the Olympic Games 2012, for which events the Government has applied for tickets; and what the basis is on which those events were chosen.
	(57964)

121	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1059W, on the Olympic Games 2012, what criteria he plans to use to determine which staff are eligible to apply for the 3,000 tickets.
	(57965)

122

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1059W, on the Olympic Games 2012, if he will publish a list of Olympic tickets the Government has obtained; to whom they were allocated; and the cost to the public purse of such tickets when the information is available to his Department.

(58107)

123	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1059W, on the Olympic Games 2012, what criteria he plans to use to decide who is invited to use the 6,000 tickets not being made available to staff.
	(58108)

124

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1059W, on the Olympic Games 2012, what proportion of the 6,000 tickets will be used by the Government for liaison with international and domestic political and business leaders, dignitaries and others with a close connection to the Games.

(58109)

125	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57615)

126	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will initiate discussions with the BBC Trust on steps to assist in ensuring that any BBC cost-saving measures are targeted at making efficiency savings.
	(57576)

127	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he received a request from (a) members of the Welsh Government or (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to meet to discuss issues relating to S4C.
	(57466)

128	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Ministers in his Department met overseas travel companies to discuss his Department's tourism strategy in advance of its publication.
	(57890)

129	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what criteria his Department applies when assessing the quality of the governance of the sports it supports.
	(57891)

130	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when Creative England's long-term business plan will be published.
	(58026)

131	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date he last met with representatives of Ofcom to discuss News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BSkyB.
	(58027)

132	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date he last met with representatives of the Office of Fair Trading to discuss News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BSkyB.
	(58028)

133	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on what date he last met with representatives of News Corporation to discuss their proposed acquisition of BSkyB.
	(58029)

134	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the (a) dates and (b) subjects were of his (i) public engagements and meetings and (ii) meetings with ministerial colleagues in (A) January, (B) February, (C) March, (D) April and (E) May 2011.
	(58030)

135	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Education to discuss the Henley review of cultural education.
	(58042)

136	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much grant-in-aid funding his Department provided for film-making in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(58043)

137	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of Northern Ireland of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58112)

138	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of Wales of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58113)

139	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of Scotland of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58114)

140	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of London of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58115)

141	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the North West of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58116)

142	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the North East of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58117)

143	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the West Midlands of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58118)

144	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the East Midlands of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58119)

145	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the East of England of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58120)

146	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the South East of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58121)

147	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy of the South West of the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58122)

148	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 632W, on the Digital Economy Act 2010, when he expects to receive the report from Ofcom on the technical workability of reserve site blocking provisions.
	(58128)

149	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2011, Official Report, column 345W, on the arts, when the project into quantifying the economic benefit of the arts and cultural sector will be completed; and if he will publish the report of the project.
	(58129)

150	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2011, Official Report, columns 346-7W, on broadband, when he intends to publish the high speed broadband balanced scorecard; and how often he plans to update it.
	(58130)

151	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he last met the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss the Hargreaves review of Intellectual Property and Growth.
	(58168)

152	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with the Football Association on football governance.
	(58169)

153	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with the Football League on football governance.
	(58170)

154	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he has had with the FA Premier League on football governance.
	(58171)

155	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will publish the responses he has received to his open letter on his proposed Communications Bill.
	(58172)

156	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with the heads of the regional screening agencies on the creation of Creative England.
	(58173)

157	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he last met the Mayor of London to discuss the potential effects on tourism of the (a) Queen's Diamond Jubilee and (b) London 2012 Olympics.
	(58174)

158	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) jobs and (b) growth in all parts of the UK benefit from the London 2012 Olympics.
	(58175)

159	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics will benefit all parts of the UK.
	(58176)

160	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of (a) domestic and (b) international golf tourism to the visitor economy.
	(58048)

161	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many tickets for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have been allocated to schools in (a) London, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
	(58131)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

162 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of procuring the new Chinook helicopters referred to in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(57492)

163 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered the merits of introducing an Armed Forces Ombudsman.
	(57494)

164 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to change the number of investigators in the Service Complaints System.
	(57495)

165	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57614)

166 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department put in place to enable members of the armed forces serving overseas to vote by post before the May 2011 elections and referendum on the voting system; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those arrangements.
	(57561)

167	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the European Defence Agency's interim report on the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy.
	(57866)

168	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the pooling and sharing of military assets.
	(57867)

169	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land his Department proposes to sell in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	(57597)

170	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2011, Official Report, column 568W, on departmental land, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the list of land sold by his Department in 2010-11.
	(57631)

171	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) dogs and (b) horses are in the service of the armed forces.
	(57873)

172	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average daily feed cost for (a) dogs and (b) horses in the service of the armed forces was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(57874)

173	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average daily cost to the public purse for food and drink for serving members of the Royal Navy at each rank on active service was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(58152)

174

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 417W, on armed forces: young people, how many and what proportion of armed service personnel who were recruited before their 18th birthday and were discharged from the armed services have gained (a) an AS or A Level, (b) a BTEC, (c) a Higher National Certificate, (d) a Higher National Diploma, (e) a national vocational qualification and (f) any other recognised qualification while serving in the last five years.

(57451)

175	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 675W, on armed forces: young people, if his Department will commission (a) internal or (b) external legal advice on the recruitment of those under the age of 18 into the armed services in light of recent developments in child welfare and protection.
	(57452)

176	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 675W, on armed forces: young people, in what year his Department last received (a) internal and (b) external legal advice on the recruitment of those under the age of 18 years into the armed services.
	(57453)

177
N

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 417W, armed forces: young people, how many and what proportion of armed service personnel who were recruited before their 18th birthday were discharged from the armed services having gained a recognised vocational qualification while serving in each of the last five years.

(57481)

178	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 675W, on armed forces: young people, if he will commission advice on the legality of recruitment of those under the age of 18 to the armed forces.
	(57729)

179	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2010, Official Report, column 817W, on the Defence Exports Group, what the terms of reference are of the Defence Exports Support Group; on which dates it has met; and who attended each meeting.
	(58076)

180	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have participated in the Armed Forces Home Ownership Scheme in each year since its introduction.
	(57588)

181	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for the Armed Forces Home Ownership Scheme (a) has been in each year since its introduction and (b) is for (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
	(57589)

182	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which sites Ministry of Defence Police are deployed; and what the responsibilities are of the personnel at each site.
	(57590)

183	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service children and (b) children of reservists are being educated in state schools.
	(57591)

184	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to establish an inquiry into the unauthorised disclosure of his letter to the Prime Minister concerning the budget for the Department for International Development; and if he will make a statement.
	(57592)

185	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to determine who is eligible for the Operational Allowance.
	(57593)

186	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on introducing an armed forces ombudsman.
	(57594)

187 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result was of the inquiry into the unauthorised disclosure to the Prime Minister in September 2010 of his letter on reductions to his Department's budget; and if he will make a statement.
	(57653)

188 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Brimstone missiles used as part of Operation Ellamy are to be replaced.
	(57654)

189 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purchase cost of each Brimstone missile is.
	(57655)

190 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force personnel are based at Gioia del Colle as part of Operation Ellamy.
	(57677)

191	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been set for the armed forces (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy and (c) First Buy scheme for 2011-12; whether there is a budget for service personnel under each scheme; and whether each such budget is additional to the budget allocation for the Armed Forces Home Ownership Scheme.
	(57689)

192	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance he plans to issue to local authorities on ensuring priority access for service personnel to (a) First Buy, (b) New Build HomeBuy and (c) HomeBuy Direct to service personnel.
	(57690)

193	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is eligible for the Armed Forces (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy and (c) First Buy scheme.
	(57691)

194	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of service personnel who will participate in the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy and (c) First Buy scheme.
	(57692)

195	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military wards there are in NHS hospitals; and in what year each opened.
	(57693)

196 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average (a) daily and (b) monthly cost of basing Royal Air Force personnel at Gioia del Colle has been to date.
	(57699)

197	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel are active as part of Operation Ellamy; where each unit is based; and what the average (a) daily and (b) monthly cost of operating each such unit has been.
	(57703)

198	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises by UK forces have taken place in another country's territory in each of the last 10 years; and what the location was of each such exercise.
	(57708)

199	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries have participated in military training in UK territory in each of the last 10 years.
	(57709)

200	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which countries the UK has signed a (a) defence treaty, (b) formal agreement, (c) Memorandum of Understanding and (d) Letter of Intent in each of the last 10 years.
	(57710)

201

Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to spend on the (a) Joint Strike Fighter Autonomic Logistics, (b) Joint Strike Fighter Autonomic Logistics Global Sustainment System, (c) Joint Strike Fighter Autonomic Logistics Information System, (d) Joint Strike Fighter Air Vehicles and (e) Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II Pilot and Maintenance Training Systems.

(57711)

202	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to equip Apache helicopters with the Ground Fire Acquisition System.
	(57875)

203	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems his Department (a) plans to install and (b) has installed on the GR4 Tornado.
	(57876)

204	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of installing the Helmet Mounted Cueing System on the GR4 Tornado.
	(57877)

205	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance he is providing to members of the armed forces to qualify to compete in events in the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement.
	(57705)

206	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance he is providing to (a) current and (b) former members of the armed forces to qualify to compete in events in the London 2012 Paralympics; and if he will make a statement.
	(57706)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

207	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many panel members will determine the outcome of the Diamond Jubilee City Status competition.
	(57870)

208	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what process he plans to follow to assess entries in the Diamond Jubilee City Status competition.
	(57871)

209	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2011, Official Report, column 769, what plans he has to produce an estimate of the cost of a reformed House of Lords; and when he expects such an estimate to be available.
	(57848)

210	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he received a request from (a) members of the Welsh Government or (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to meet to discuss constitutional issues.
	(57464)

211	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on his proposals for House of Lords reform; and if he will make a statement.
	(57733)

212	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to bring forward further proposals for changes to the electoral system for the House of Commons; and if he will make a statement.
	(57504)

213	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the additional resources required by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to administer the proposals to bring members of the House of Lords within the salary and expenses system operated by that Authority.
	(57539)

214	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, what his policy is on proposals that would enable parties not in Government to appoint or recommend peers for appointment to fulfil opposition frontbench functions in the proposed reformed House of Lords.
	(57540)

215	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the costs to the public purse of holding elections to a reformed House of Lords under the Single Transferable Vote system.
	(57541)

216	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the office costs to be incurred by peers in the proposed reformed House of Lords.
	(57542)

217	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the number of peers in the proposed reformed House of Lords that would hold frontbench positions on behalf of their political party.
	(57543)

218	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of drawing up boundaries for constituencies for the election of members of the proposed reformed House of Lords.
	(57544)

219	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the proposed arrangements for pension provision for peers.
	(57545)

220	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, if he will estimate the cost of replacing the House of Lords as presently constituted with the model proposed in the Draft Bill.
	(57546)

221	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he is preparing legislation or draft legislation on the extension of the franchise to prisoners; whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on such an extension within the next six months; and if he will make a statement.
	(57547)

222	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has proposed to the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers that it make a referral under Article 46(3) of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of the judgments made by the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the United Kingdom's laws on the voting rights of prisoners.
	(57548)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

223	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has assessed the merits of raising to 16 years the compulsory age to which history and geography must be taught.
	(58143)

224	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57613)

225	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Gillingham and Rainham constituency have (a) converted and (b) applied to convert to academy status.
	(57872)

226 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason academies and free schools are to be exempted from the requirement to meet nutritional standards for school meals.
	(55817)

227	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date schools and further education colleges in Barnsley will be informed of their allocation of discretionary learner support for 2011-12.
	(57990)

228	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many proposals for free schools in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire his Department has received.
	(57992)

229	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to which (a) geographical areas and (b) organisations he plans to allocate the funding for relationship support services with respect to family separation in the next four years; and if he will make a statement.
	(57633)

230	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the funding allocated for relationship support services with respect to family separation in the next four years is additional to existing grant spending in this area.
	(57634)

231	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on relationship support services with respect to family separation in each of the last four years.
	(57635)

232	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what geographic area the funding his Department has allocated for relationship support services with respect to family separation over the next four years will be spent.
	(57636)

233	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the relative number of students taking each A level subject in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) maintained schools in each of the last five years.
	(57538)

234	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the role of art as a subject in the (a) primary and (b) secondary curriculum.
	(57572)

235	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of (a) art, (b) music, (c) drama and (d) design and technology in the school curriculum to the wider academic development of five to 16 year olds.
	(57647)

236	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the total number of full-time equivalent specialist art teacher posts in maintained (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each of the next three academic years.
	(57649)

237	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of demand for newly-qualified specialist art teachers in each of the next three academic years.
	(57650)

238	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources his Department expects to allocate to the implementation of measures set out in A New Approach to Child Poverty: Tackling the Causes of Disadvantage and Transforming Families' Lives in each of the next three years.
	(57652)

239	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on age-appropriate relationships education in schools.
	(57630)

240	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the Bailey Report on the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood.
	(58166)

241	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of system to provide routes back into education for those who leave formal education at 16.
	(58157)

242 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he expects local authorities to supply learning providers with data on incoming students who will qualify for assistance under the 16 to 19 Bursary Scheme.
	(57554)

243 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects learning providers to receive their funding allocation under the 16 to 19 Bursary Scheme for the 2011-12 academic year.
	(57555)

244	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Common Assessment Framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(57998)

245	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2011, Official Report, column 968W, on secondary education: first aid, whether his Department will bring forward proposals to include training of pupils in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
	(57917)

246	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review periodically (a) the number of schools offering GCSE religious education and (b) the humanities element of the English Baccalaureate.
	(57475)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

247 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely average cost to the consumer of a Green Deal assessment.
	(57679)

248 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on classification of expenditure on the Energy Company Obligation as part of his Department's levy control framework.
	(57687)

249	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57612)

250	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made on the tender for an offshore transmission owner for the London Array wind farm.
	(57864)

251	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he received a request from (a) members of the Welsh Government or (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to meet to discuss issues relating to energy in Wales and its territorial waters.
	(57471)

252

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has reecived repressentations from the European Commission on potential non-compliance with state aid provisions of the treatment of the nuclear industry by his Department's proposals for (a) contract for difference feed-in tariffs and (b) a floor price for carbon in its consultation on electricity market reform.

(57723)

253 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the potential effects of the feed-in tariff review on the solar industry in Cornwall and the South West; and what funding mechanisms he is considering to provide future support for that sector.
	(57490)

254 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total monetary value is of Feed-in Tariff payments made for (a) solar photovoltaic schemes and (b) all permitted technologies in (i) Cornwall and (ii) the rest of the UK since April 2010.
	(57552)

255	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which of his Department's policies are subject to the control framework for levy-funded expenditure by his Department.
	(58036)

256	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of classification of the Energy Company Obligation as levy-funded expenditure.
	(58037)

257	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions at (a) Ministerial and (b) official level were held within his Department on the control framework for levy-funded expenditure by his Department prior to the 2011 Budget.
	(58038)

258	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether there were discussions at (a) Ministerial and (b) official level between his Department and the Treasury on the control framework for levy-funded expenditure by his Department prior to the 2011 Budget.
	(58039)

259	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his expects to announce whether his proposals for electricity market reform are to be subject to the control framework for levy-funded expenditure by his Department; and what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this matter.
	(58040)

260	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer since May 2010; and on what subjects in each case.
	(58041)

261	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has rejected any policies considered unviable under the control framework for levy-funded expenditure by his Department since the 2011 Budget.
	(58050)

262 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's publication, UK and Global Bioenergy Resource-Final Report, what conversion factor from oven-dry tonnes was used for estimating the price of UK wood feedstocks per gigajoule
	(57478)

263 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's publication, UK and Global Bioenergy Resource-Final Report, what estimate his Department made of the price per oven-dry tonne of UK wood feedstocks for the large-scale electricity sector.
	(57479)

264 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to page 7 of his Department's publication UK and Global Bioenergy Resource-Final Report, what feedstock is referred to as being likely to reach six pounds per gigajoule in the short to medium term.
	(57480)

265 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average price of UK-sourced wood feedstocks for biomass energy generation.
	(57567)

266	Joseph Johnson (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from local authorities that have academy schools within their boundaries concerning proposals to fine councils for failing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions across their estate.
	(57473)

267	Joseph Johnson (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on imposing financial penalties on local authorities in respect of carbon dioxide emissions from academy schools.
	(57474)

268	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the proposal by the Chairperson of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group that the European Union-wide stress tests for EU nuclear plants should include the implications of aircraft crashes.
	(58051)

269

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2011, Official Report, column 983W, on nuclear safety, whether any changes have been made in security provisions at UK nuclear installations as a result of any internal review following the accident at Fukushima; and what guidance was given to the chief nuclear inspector in respect of the meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group in relation to the scope of the proposed EU-wide stress tests.

(58052)

270	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the potential of introducing rising block tariffs to reduce household gas and electricity consumption alongside mechanisms to protect fuel poor consumers from any resulting disadvantage; and if he will make a statement.
	(58056)

271

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2011, Official Report, column 888W, on solar power, what estimate he has made for international benchmarking purposes of the amount of solar power generated in countries with large solar power sectors in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(58073)

272

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the merits of (a) levying charges on the basis of kilowatt-hours of energy consumed to pay for the renewables obligation, feed-in tariffs, the warm homes discount and the Energy Company Obligation and (b) introducing mechanisms to protect fuel-poor consumers from any adverse effects of levying charges in this way; and if he will make a statement.

(58074)

273	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the financial implications for businesses participating in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme of the decision to end revenue recycling; and if he will make a statement.
	(58132)

274	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has made to the World Bank on its draft energy strategy.
	(58060)

275	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to alleviate fuel poverty in (a) the North East and (b) other rural areas.
	(57880)

276	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to provide assistance in respect of initial capital outlay for those converting domestic heating systems under the Renewable Heat Incentive.
	(57881)

277 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential financial benefits to communities of offshore wind farms; and for how long he expects any revenue stream to such communities from such farms to last.
	(57428)

278	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from the European Commission on the state aid implications of his proposals for electricity market reform.
	(58035)

279	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the capacity of oil companies to cap wells in UK deep waters.
	(57458)

280	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the oil industry about the potential deployment of well capping devices in the North Sea.
	(57459)

281	Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the oil industry to fund clean up of oil spills from deep sea rigs in the North Sea without public funds; and if he will make a statement.
	(57460)

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

282	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that the Environment Agency navigations can transfer to the proposed new waterways charity in 2015-16; and if she will make a statement.
	(58155)

283	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations govern the provision by retail outlets and restaurants of items of food past their sell-by date to homeless people and charitable organisations.
	(57518)

284	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of her Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57611)

285	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions officials of her Department have had with officials of the European Commission on wild animals in circuses since her appointment; and on what dates.
	(57643)

286	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 710W, on trapping, whether she has set a date for publication of the report; and if she will make a statement.
	(57730)

287	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has undertaken of whether Bt proteins from genetically modified crops can survive the human digestive system and pass into the blood supply; and if she will make a statement.
	(58067)

288	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received legal advice on instances where a single EU member state has taken unilateral action on animal welfare matters which has led subsequently to a change of EU policy in line with that action; and if she will make a statement.
	(58071)

289	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the food production industry is comprised of small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(58134)

290	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with large retailers and food producers on fish discards.
	(57505)

291	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the aims set out in the Biodiversity Action Plan in respect of the brown hare population have been met.
	(58032)

292	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements she has put in place to ensure the protection and continuation of existing permissive access rights under any prospective sale of Forestry Commission land.
	(58033)

293	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to respond to her Department's consultation on (a) proposals for compulsory microchipping and (b) other proposals in its consultation on dangerous dogs.
	(58045)

294 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Brazil on the deforestation of the Amazon region and its likely effects on the environment; and if she will make a statement.
	(57489)

295	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on pet cat containment fences; and if she will make a statement.
	(57618)

296	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on banning the use of cat containment fences.
	(57619)

297	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information regarding animal welfare (a) on the journey and (b) at the final destination is requested by the Animal Exports Division of her Department before authorisations for exports are granted.
	(57912)

298	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the regulation of the export of live animals.
	(57913)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

299	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Iraq on the loudspeakers around Camp Ashraf; and if he will make a statement.
	(57911)

300	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the use of loudspeakers on the psychological welfare of residents of Camp Ashraf; and if he will make a statement.
	(58005)

301	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57610)

302 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements his Department put in place to enable its officials working overseas to vote by post in the May 2011 elections and referendum on the voting system.
	(57562)

303	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese government for the release of Ai Weiwei.
	(57521)

304	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chinese government on the detention of Ai Weiwei.
	(57522)

305	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are imprisoned in Senegal.
	(58003)

306	George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what eligibility criteria apply to financial aid for legal costs for British citizens imprisoned overseas.
	(58004)

307	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask HM Ambassador to Morocco to raise with the Moroccan authorities allegations of torture, ill treatment and sexual assault of Abid Abou Jihad by a Moroccan police unit.
	(57514)

308	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask HM Ambassador to Morocco to raise with the Moroccan authorities the number of complaints of human rights violations filed since 2006 by Saharawi people at the Court of El-Aaiún that mention Corporal Mohamad Elhasouni.
	(57515)

309	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask HM Ambassador to Morocco to raise with the Moroccan authorities (a) protests organised by Saharawi people on human rights and (b) arrests at the rgional office of the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights.
	(57516)

310	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask HM Ambassador to Morocco to raise with the Moroccan authorities alleged attacks by the Moroccan police on unemployed Saharawi graduates in Boujdour, Western Sahara on 7 May 2011.
	(57517)

311	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received regarding the arrest and detention of persons demonstrating at the treatment of staff at Cyprus Turkish airlines.
	(58010)

312	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on (a) the recent demonstrations in northern Cyprus concerning economic measures and (b) the activities of the Turkish Cypriot police; and if he will make a statement.
	(58011)

313	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made in the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
	(57506)

314

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2010, Official Report, column 830W, on Israel: OECD, on what dates the OECD study team quantifying the effects on Israeli macroeconomic statistics of the inclusion of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank has met in 2011; what input the UK representative has provided to the team; and what sources of economic data independent of the Israeli government have been used.

(58031)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

315 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Sativex in alleviating symptoms of spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.
	(57493)

316	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how Local Health Watch will be funded.
	(57716)

317	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chest x-rays were requested by GPs for the purposes of diagnosis of suspected lung cancer (a) in each primary care trust and (b) in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what proportion of such x-rays confirmed the diagnosis.
	(57944)

318	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days were spent by children on adult mental health wards in each region in 2010-11.
	(58044)

319 N	Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent youths harassing adults outside shops in order to encourage them to buy cigarettes for those youths.
	(57306)

320 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for cancer patients in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency to receive treatment (a) was in each year from May 2005 to April 2010 and (b) has been in 2011 to date.
	(56751)

321	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57609)

322	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the NHS North East Specialised Commissioning Group in reviewing neuromuscular services in the region; and if he will make a statement.
	(57721)

323	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the accountability of NHS trusts to the public.
	(57868)

324	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has he made of the process by which NHS trusts appoint (a) chairs, (b) directors and (c) non-executive directors.
	(57869)

325	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means (a) Healthwatch, (b) health and wellbeing boards and (c) Public Health England will ensure that (i) homeless persons and (ii) other excluded and disadvantaged groups are treated as a priority in the NHS.
	(57724)

326	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that national priorities and commitments are maintained and fulfilled at a local level following implementation of proposed reforms of the NHS.
	(57725)

327	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to investigate the health effects on infants of exposure to passive smoke in cars.
	(57472)

328	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the rehabilitation requirements of people with spinal cord injuries who are not treated in specialist spinal cord injury centres; and if he will make a statement.
	(57961)

329	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what peer review was undertaken on (a) the calculations of the cost of treating smoking-related illnesses contained in and (b) the research on the economic burden of tobacco use on society cited in the Tobacco Control Plan for England.
	(57511)

330	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, columns 1158-59W, on tobacco, what criteria he uses to determine the admissibility of representations on public policy from sectors with commercial interests in the policy outcome.
	(57701)

331	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, columns 1158-59W, on tobacco, what obligations the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control places on the Government to protect tobacco control from vested interests of other industries.
	(57702)

332 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the 30-day mortality rate was for patients with a diagnosis of bowel cancer who received a major surgical resection for bowel cancer for each stage of cancer in each (a) provider, (b) cancer network and (c) strategic health authority in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(55818)

333	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to protect children from exposure to passive smoke.
	(57996)

334 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what documented procedures are in place for (a) GPs and (b) hospitals to ensure thorough and proper care of the elderly.
	(57487)

335

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many cases the National Health Service Litigation Authority was succesful in defending a claim of clinical negligence in each of the last three years; in how many such cases the Authority recovered costs from the claimant or their insurers; and what the total costs recovered were, including disbursements and solicitors' costs.

(57915)

336

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total recovered by the NHS was in respect of recovery of treatment costs in personal injury claims for each case type in each of the last three financial years; how many cases this represented in each case type in each such year; and what the total costs were that were not recovered as a result of the maximum cap on recovery.

(58002)

337	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the name is of each (a) NHS Commissioner and (b) provider of NHS-commissioned care that is not yet compliant with the IG toolkit requirement for the pseudonymisation of patient data and records.
	(57956)

338
N

Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of care homes in each region that were found not to be compliant with national minimum standard (a) 10.1 on privacy and dignity, (b) 9.6 on medicines management, (c) 12.2 and 15.4 on nutrition and (d) 18.1 on protection from abuse in each year since the standards were established.

(57671)

339 N	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has prepared guidance on remuneration for board members of GP consortia.
	(57429)

340 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to make any national clinical directors redundant under his plans for NHS reorganisation.
	(57556)

341 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) title and (b) post holder is of each national clinical director in his Department; and for how many staff each director is responsible.
	(57557)

342	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the merits of extending the availability of the free nursery milk scheme to all children in reception class rather than ending it at their fifth birthday.
	(57536)

343	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to increase the uptake of free milk amongst primary school children.
	(57537)

344 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer by the Leader of the House on 19 May 2011, Official Report, columns 509-10, what discussions he has had with (a) the management of Southern Cross Care Homes and (b) local authorities on contingency plans to safeguard the care and shelter of the residents of Southern Cross Care Homes.
	(57281)

345	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will visit Brighton Pavilion constituency to hear the views of members of the public on the Health and Social Care Bill at a public meeting.
	(57476)

346	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new GP consortia will provide annual health checks for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; what arrangements he plans to put in place to consider the specific health needs of such people; and if he will make a statement.
	(58063)

347	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure that the boards of NHS trusts consider the specific health needs of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(58064)

348	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how services will be commissioned for people with complex needs under his Department's proposals for the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(58065)

349	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons local HealthWatch bodies are not to be covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(58066)

350 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts the London Ambulance Service holds with AssetCo plc.
	[R] (57333)

351	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average caseload was of compliance inspectors in the Care Quality Commission as at 1 April (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(58077)

352	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest caseload was of a compliance inspector in the Care Quality Commission as at 1 April 2011.
	(58078)

353

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the average amount of Care Quality Commission staff time needed to conduct a service review for an (a) NHS trust, (b) independent hospital and (c) adult social care provider, broken down by (i) time for site visit, (ii) review and assessment of (A) information held by the Care Quality Commission on the organisation and (B) completed provider compliance assessments and (iii) completion and publication of a report.

(58079)

354	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices the Care Quality Commission will be responsible for regulation of from 2012; and what estimate the Care Quality Commission has made of the number of additional registration assessors and compliance inspectors that will be required to deal with any new work.
	(58080)

355	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days training on the new regulation methodology Care Quality Commission assessors and inspectors have received on average; and what evaluation the Care Quality Commission has made of the quality of such training.
	(58081)

356	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training staff at the Care Quality Commission will receive on registration and inspection of (a) dental services and (b) GP services.
	(58082)

357	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what professional support he expects the Care Quality Commission inspectors to receive from (a) dental and (b) medical advisors to assist them in inspecting dental and GP services.
	(58083)

358	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many site inspections the Care Quality Commission carried out in each quarter of the year to 1 April 2011; and what estimate the Care Quality Commission has made of the number of site inspections it will carry out in each quarter of 2011-12.
	(58084)

359	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the potential effects on (a) patients and (b) service users and (c) the public of the Care Quality Commission's plans to reduce the number of planned reviews it carries out.
	(58085)

360	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum amount of time that can elapse is before a health or social care provider will receive a site inspection under the Care Quality Commission's regulation methodology.
	(58086)

361	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of health and social care providers (a) will have received a site inspection in the inspection year to October 2011 and (b) will receive a site inspection in the year from October 2011 to October 2012.
	(58087)

362	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration the Care Quality Commission gives to provider self-assessment in its assessment of whether a health or social care provider is compliant with its essential standards.
	(58088)

363	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many separate indicators are available within the Care Quality Commission's quality and risk profiles for (a) NHS providers, (b) independent healthcare providers and (c) adult social care providers.
	(58089)

364	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of the Care Quality Commission's assessors and inspectors hold a (a) nursing qualification, (b) social work qualification, (c) professional qualification in regulation and (d) another professional qualification relating to health or social care.
	(58090)

365	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of the Care Quality Commission's assessors and inspectors are registered with (a) the Nursing and Midwifery Council and (b) the General Social Care Council.
	(58091)

366	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many statutory notifications the Care Quality Commission received in each category of notification in the year to (a) 1 April and (b) 1 April 2011; and how many such notifications its predecessor organisations received in year since 1 April 2005.
	(58092)

367	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many enforcement actions have been taken against (a) NHS trusts, (b) independent healthcare providers and (c) adult social care providers in each of the last three years; and at what level such actions were taken.
	(58093)

368	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for registration have been refused for (a) NHS trusts, (b) independent healthcare providers and (c) adult social care providers in each of the last three years.
	(58094)

369	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on reviewing funding for the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(57936)

370	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) average daily charge and (b) total charges incurred by patients and their families for watching television in hospitals; and whether he plans to take steps to reduce such charges.
	(57644)

371	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill to establish a duty on the Secretary of State and all relevant NHS bodies to promote research.
	(57713)

372	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on plans to make parts of the National Health Service Blood and Transplant Service subject to competitive tendering.
	(58057)

373	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to address any inequality between urban and rural provision of medical and care services when establishing GP consortia.
	(58034)

374 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the capability of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to carry out appraisals for innovative inhibitor therapies for rare cancers where the target population is very small; and if he will make a statement.
	(57488)

375	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance by general practitioners with his Department's guidance on the use of premium line telephone numbers for use by patients; and if he will make a statement.
	(57920)

376	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will appoint a national clinical director for allied health professionals with responsibilities equivalent to those of the Director of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer.
	(57916)

377	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to enable the expertise of allied health professionals to be available to the National Commissioning Board.
	(57969)

378	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made by the NHS South East Coast Specialised Commissioning Group in reviewing neuromuscular services in the region; and if he will make a statement.
	(57513)

379	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on support for air ambulance services.
	(58125)

380	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in implementing the draft guidance developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on strategies to prevent unintentional injuries among children and young people aged under 15.
	(57712)

381	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of diabetic specialist nurses under his proposed reforms to the NHS.
	(57987)

382	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetic specialist nurses were employed by the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57988)

383	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future of NHS chaplaincy services.
	(57959)

384	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to GPs on the use of 0844 numbers for patients seeking appointments; and if he will make a statement.
	(58000)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

385	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed closure of the Forensic Science Service on the quality and impartiality of forensic science used in the criminal justice system.
	(58135)

386

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2011, Official Report, column 422W, on police: termination of employment, what regulation required police forces to issue leavers with a certificate showing (a) final rank and (b) the period of service in that force and in any other force prior to the enactment of Regulation 17 of the Police Regulations 2003.

(57910)

387	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of her Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57608)

388	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure greater independent oversight of police handling of complaints.
	(57577)

389	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to enable the Independent Police Complaints Commission to consider a broader range of complaints against the police.
	(57578)

390	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received a request from (a) the Welsh Government and (b) the Secretary of State for Wales to meet to discuss the role of elected police commissioners in Wales between 6 May and 20 May 2011.
	(57469)

391

Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers of each rank and (b) sergeants in charge of safer neighbourhood teams were in post in each (i) police authority area and (ii) London borough command area in (A) May 2010 and (B) May 2011; what estimate she has made of the numbers to be in those posts on 1 April 2015; and if she will make a statement.

(57985)

392	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the effects of the implementation of requirements for students to meet level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages on the number of prospective students with university offers who may have such offers withdrawn.
	(58062)

393 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to monitor its spending; and what estimate she has made of the cost of these mechanisms.
	(57234)

394	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police officers attended incidents at (a) pubs, (b) night clubs and (c) non-profit making private members' clubs in the last year for which figures are available.
	(57894)

395 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a new (a) operational guidance and (b) country of origin report for each country in Africa; and if she will make a statement.
	(57662)

396 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the (a) operational guidance and (b) country of origin report for the Democratic Republic of Congo has not been updated since December 2008; and if she will make a statement.
	(57663)

397 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to update the (a) operational guidance and (b) country of origin report for the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if she will make a statement.
	(57664)

398 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates the (a) operational guidance and (b) country of origin reports were updated for each country in Africa in the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
	(57665)

399	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years were reported to the police for alleged illegal use of airguns in each constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
	(57727)

400 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate has been made of the number of people who remain in the UK for (a) one to five and (b) more than five years beyond the length of stay permitted by their visa.
	(57565)

401 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate has been made of the number of asylum seekers who remain in the UK (a) between one and five and (b) more than five years after having had their application turned down; and how many such asylum seekers appealed (i) once and (ii) twice and were unsuccessful.
	(57566)

402	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risks associated with unrestricted access to birth certificates.
	(57984)

403 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authority areas fall within the boundaries of each police authority area.
	(57425)

404	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Frontex activities the UK has supported in each of the last five years; and what these activities consisted of.
	(57507)

405	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Frontex activities the UK supports; and what these activities consist of.
	(57508)

406	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of the Serious Organised Crime Agency are in receipt of a police pension.
	(57509)

407	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance officers her Department successfully nominated for the award of an honour in each of the last 10 years.
	(57596)

408	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European arrest warrants have been issued for the surrender to the UK of suspects in Romania in each of the last five years; and how many such warrants (a) have been (i) executed and (ii) refused by the Romanian authorities and (b) are awaiting a reply.
	(57602)

409	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for surrender under the European Arrest Warrant the Serious Organised Crime Agency has received from each other requesting authority in each of the last five years.
	(57641)

410	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on (a) the (i) cost to the visitor and (ii) efficiency of the UK's tourist visa-processing operations and (b) the effect of such operations on the visitor economy.
	(58147)

411	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been removed by the UK Border Agency to Zimbabwe in each of the last two years.
	(57878)

412	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the UK Border Agency has appealed rulings by an immigration court in respect of individuals facing removal to Zimbabwe in each of the last two years.
	(57879)

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

413	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cases of theft from the Parliamentary estate have resulted in a prosecution in each year since 2006.
	(57932)

414	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House of Commons Service plans to take to combat recent cases of theft from the Parliamentary estate.
	(57933)

415	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many thefts from the Parliamentary estate have been reported in each month from May 2010 to May 2011.
	(57934)

416	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cases of theft from the Parliamentary estate were reported in each year since 2006; and what items were reported stolen.
	(57935)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

417	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the co-ordination of work to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women undertaken across the UN system.
	(58145)

418	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57607)

419 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements his Department put in place to enable its officials working overseas to vote by post in the May 2011 elections and referendum on the voting system.
	(57563)

420	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had within the Transitional Committee on the Green Climate Fund on the division of funding between climate change adaptation and mitigation measures; and if he will make a statement.
	(58069)

421	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the UN Secretary General on post-conflict resolution planning and delivery of humanitarian aid to Libya; and if he will make a statement.
	(57968)

422	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK-based trade union officials' employment has been funded in whole or in part through funding agreements between his Department and trade unions in each year since his Department was established.
	(57621)

423 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the provision by the Government of £1.5 million of grant aid to promote global road safety through the UN Global Road Safety Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(57676)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

424

Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of a drug rehabilitation requirement was in the latest period for which figures are available; how many such requirements are in force; how many such requirements made in respect of persons (a) of each sex and (b) each age group were (i) made, (ii) successfully completed and (iii) breached by non-compliance in each of the last three years.

(58144)

425	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) number of employees taking voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57606)

426

Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmonds of 26 April 2011, Official Report, columns 139-42W, on drugs: prosecutions, how many and what proportion of those prosecuted for offences of (a) possession of and (b) dealing in (i) heroin, (ii) cocaine and (iii) amphetamines were (A) found not guilty, (B) fined and (C) imprisoned in each year since 2006.

(57620)

427	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what number and proportion of employment tribunal claims were multiple claims against private sector employers in each of the last five years.
	(58106)

428	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of employment tribunal claims were multiple claims against public sector employers in each of the last five years.
	(58181)

429

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which final judgements the European Court of Human Rights has found the UK to be in breach of an obligation under the European Convention on Human Rights since 2006; which Convention right or rights the UK was found to have breached in each relevant judgement; which provision of legislation in the UK was deemed to have breached a Convention right or rights in each relevant judgement; and what the Government's response was to each such judgement.

(58001)

430	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse of providing legal aid to persons under the age of 18 years was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57962)

431	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment to ascertain the potential effect on children and young people of the proposed changes to legal aid.
	(57963)

432	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the detention of people under the age of 18 years at the Military Correction Training Centre; and if he will make a statement.
	(57726)

433	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there were of landlords for an offence under the Housing Act 2004 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57502)

434	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there were of landlords for an offence under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57503)

435	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals in England and Wales released from custody on licence following (a) a determinate sentence and (b) a life sentence and subsequently recalled following a breach are not currently in custody.
	(58149)

436	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many warrants for recall to custody were issued in England and Wales in 2010 in respect of persons originally given (a) a life sentence and (b) a determinate sentence.
	(58150)

437	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of convictions under the Hunting Act 2005 have related to hunts recognised and regulated by the Council of Hunting Associations.
	(57580)

438	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2011, Official Report, columns 48-52W, on prisons: security, what the nature of each security breach in each prison was in each of the last five years.
	(57461)

439

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons convicted of an offence of rape in each of the last five years committed after release from prison (a) another offence of rape, (b) another sexual offence, (c) another violent offence and (d) any other offence (i) within one month, (ii) between one and two months, (iii) between two and three months, (iv) between three and six months, (v) between six and nine months, (vi) between nine and 12 months, (vii) between 12 and 18 months, (viii) between 18 and 24 months, (ix) between two and three years, (x) between three and four years and (xi) between four and five years of (A) release from prison, (B) the end of any prison release conditions and (C) the end of the sentence originally handed down.

(57531)

440	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons convicted of offences of rape were released from custodial sentences before the end of the sentence handed down in each of the last 10 years.
	(57532)

441	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons convicted of offences of rape in each of the last five years already had convictions for (a) another offence of rape, (b) another sexual offence, (c) another violent offence and (d) any other offence.
	(57533)

442

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons convicted of offences of rape in each of the last 10 years were sentenced to (a) non-custodial sentences and (b) custodial sentences of (i) less than one year, (ii) between one and two years, (iii) between two and three years, (iv) between three and four years, (v) between four and five years, (vi) between five and six years, (vii) between six and seven years, (viii) between seven and eight years, (ix) between eight and nine years, (x) between nine and 10 years, (xi) between 10 and 11 years, (xii) between 11 and 12 years, (xiii) between 12 and 15 years, (xiv) between 15 and 20 years and (xv) over 20 years.

(57534)

443	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much each prison establishment received from prisoners in respect of payments for in-cell televisions in each of the last five years.
	(57535)

444	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of complying with judgements of the European Court of Human Rights against the UK in each of the last five years.
	(57549)

445	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for offences of rape in each of the last 10 years; and in how many such cases the defendant was (a) found guilty by a jury, (b) pleaded guilty during the trial and (c) pleaded guilty upon being charged.
	(57582)

446	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of cases in the European Court of Human Rights to which the UK was a party in the last 12 months.
	(57629)

447 N	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his proposals for qualified one way costs shifting, what the minimum contribution is that a losing claimant will be expected to pay towards a defendant's costs.
	(57551)

448	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's document, Reforming Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, what the evidential basis is for his assessment that claimant solicitors will adapt to maximise profits under his proposals.
	(57598)

449	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's document, Reforming Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, how he expects claimants' costs in appeal cases on significant points of law to be funded.
	(57599)

450	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's document, Reforming Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, what reports he received during the consultation period of the number and proportion of meritorious cases in Scotland that are not pursued as a consequence of funding arrangements.
	(57600)

451

Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's document, Reforming Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales, what reports he received during the consultation period on the number and proportion of clinical negligence claims presented as meritorious but screened out by after the event insurers as unmeritorious.

(57601)

Questions to the Leader of the House

452	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has established a timetable for the passage of the proposed legislation to enshrine in law the commitment to spend 0.7 per cent. of gross national income on official development assistance from 2013.
	(57579)

Questions to the Prime Minister

453	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, what requests he received from (a) members of the Welsh Government and (b) the Secretary of State for Wales between 6 and 20 May 2011 for a meeting to discuss issues relating to Wales.
	(57722)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

454	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with officials in his Department on the Scottish Grand Committee.
	(57728)

455	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met the Secretary of State for Transport; and whether he discussed the future of Scottish coastguard stations at that meeting.
	(57896)

456	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has discussed with the Ministry of Defence proposals by the Scottish Government that a future independent Scotland could share defence capabilities and facilities with the UK.
	(57898)

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

457

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2011, Official Report, columns 15-16W, on security certificate, who was the registered purchaser who received the renewal; on what date IPSA became aware that the certificate required renewal; and for what reasons it took IPSA and Calyx from 20 April 2010 to 5 May 2011 to renew the certificate.

(57622)

458

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2011, Official Report, columns 15-16W, on security certificate, on what date the risk assessment was carried out and completed; and if IPSA will place in the Library a copy of the report on that risk assessment.

(57623)

459	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2011, Official Report, columns 15-16W, on security certificate, for what reasons IPSA did not notify hon. Members that the security certificate had expired.
	(57624)

460	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many (a) opinion polls and (b) surveys IPSA has commissioned since its establishment; and what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of each such activity.
	(57625)

461	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many (a) opinion polls and (b) surveys IPSA is planning to conduct in the next 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of each such activity.
	(57626)

462	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will publish the dates on which each of the 40 complaints to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Compliance Officer about hon. and right hon. Members was made.
	(57707)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

463	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the monetary value of cables stolen from the (a) West Coast Main Line and (b) national rail network in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(58006)

464	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of cable theft on the number of train delay minutes on the railway network in (a) each of the last five years and (b) the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(58007)

465	Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of an offence related to the theft of railway cables; what steps he is taking to ensure that those responsible for thefts of railway cables are apprehended; and if he will make a statement.
	(58008)

466 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average speed of passenger rail services was in each year since 1990.
	(57550)

467	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57605)

468	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the competitiveness of airlines.
	(57865)

469 N	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work on the drains under the West Coast main line in Euxton, Lancashire to be completed.
	(57682)

470 N	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how long Euxton Lane, Lancashire has been closed due to drain failure on land owned by Network Rail.
	(57683)

471 N	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps Network Rail is taking to repair the drains under the West Coast main line in Euxton, Lancashire.
	(57684)

472	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for journey time improvements to the Great Western main line between South Wales and London other than by electrification; and if he will make a statement.
	(57688)

473	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has concluded collecting information on 20 mph speed limit zones from local authorities; and when he plans to publish any conclusions arising from that exercise.
	(57455)

474	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when guidance for local authorities on the introduction of (a) school, (b) pedestrian and (c) light-controlled pedestrian crossings was last published; and whether he has any plans to publish revised guidance.
	(57456)

475	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish information from local authorities on the effects of the introduction of 20 mph speed limit zones.
	(57457)

476	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been reported on the M1 between junctions 20 and 21 in each of the last 15 months.
	(57530)

477	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of future demand for London to Portsmouth passenger rail services.
	(57584)

478	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of future demand for London to Alton passenger rail services.
	(57585)

479	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects to make an announcement on the future of coastguard stations in Scotland.
	(57897)

480	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what non-lethal equipment for protection from sea piracy his Department is evaluating.
	(58151)

481	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation target for the obligation period beginning on 15 April 2012; and what steps he has taken to increase the level of sustainability of biofuels for use in vehicles.
	(58061)

482	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that roads in (a) Hexham constituency and (b) other rural areas are cleared of snow and accessible in the event of severe weather.
	(57884)

483 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to complete the one-year post-opening project evaluation of the A595 Parton to Lillyhall improvement scheme; when he expects the evaluation to be (a) undertaken and (b) completed; and what plans he has to publish the results of the evaluation.
	(57657)

484	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers are available to local authorities to prevent live animal exports from open ports.
	(57914)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

485	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many requests she received between 6 May and 20 May 2011 to meet members of the Welsh Government; and on what matters.
	(57468)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

486	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps Ministers in the Government Equalities Office took to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May 2011.
	(57500)

487	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to raise awareness of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
	(57645)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

488	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly information on changes in the numbers of his Department's employees categorised by (a) seniority, (b) voluntary redundancy, (c) natural wastage and (d) involuntary redundancy.
	(57604)

489	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the public purse of exempting from the total household benefit cap households that live in supported or sheltered accommodation in each of the next five years.
	(57903)

490

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the public purse of exempting from the total household benefit cap households that have been offered accommodation under the prevention and relief of homelessness powers and duties under part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 in each of the next five financial years.

(57904)

491	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed change to the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit on people in Birmingham.
	(57846)

492	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with illnesses (a) caused or (b) exacerbated by exposure to high temperatures in the course of their employment.
	(57939)

493	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace injuries where exposure to high temperatures was a contributory factor were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last six years.
	(57953)

494	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions of employers the Health and Safety Executive has brought for failure to manage high temperatures in the workplace in each of the last six years.
	(57954)

495	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints of high temperatures in the workplace the Health and Safety Executive received in each of the last six years.
	(57955)

496	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women who will work for longer before reaching pension age in each of the 10 years following the date of implementation of such changes.
	(58162)

497	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to prevent women in employment becoming unemployed before they reach the state pension age.
	(58163)

498	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department undertook research on the effects of (a) unemployment and (b) planned changes to the pension age on (i) men and (ii) women as part of the Age Positive campaign; and if he will make a statement.
	(58164)

499	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Barnsley East constituency who will be affected by the planned changes to disability living allowance.
	(58047)

500	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Barnsley East constituency born between 6 March 1954 and 5 April 1954 will be required to wait an additional two years before claiming a state pension under his plans to accelerate the state pension age.
	(58126)

501	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Barnsley East constituency born between 6 December 1953 and 5 October 1954 will be required to wait an additional 18 months to claim a state pension under his plans to accelerate the state pension age.
	(58127)

502	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Barnsley East constituency who (a) have been affected by his Department's changes to entitlement to mortgage interest payments and (b) will be affected in the 12 months following the change.
	(58137)

503	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Barnsley East constituency received support for mortgage interest payments in each of the last five years.
	(58138)

504

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister for Employment have had with (i) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (ii) the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning on the proposal to only offer free courses in English for speakers of other languages to those in receipt of active benefits.

(57942)

505	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which sectors will be covered by his proposed sector-based work academies apart from the hospitality and leisure sectors.
	(57685)

506	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on preparations for the introduction of sector-based work academies in August 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(57686)

507	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the geographical distribution of sector-based work academies; and if he will make a statement.
	(57694)

508 N	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Atos assessments took more than 35 days to complete (a) in Makerfield constituency and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57553)

509 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of single local housing allowance claimants aged between 25 and 34 years who are in receipt of a disability premium are considered unable to move into shared accommodation.
	(57672)

510
N

Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Discretionary Housing Payments budget of supporting individuals aged between 25 and 34 who are affected by the extension of the Shared Accommodation Rate and are unable to move into shared accommodation due to a disability in the Comprehensive Spending Review period.

(57673)

511	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he expects to allocate from the annual budget for information and support through the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission to supplement grant funding to relationship support services with respect to family separation in the next four years.
	(57637)

512	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of in-work poverty.
	(57571)

513

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2011, Official Report, column 1340W, on winter fuel payments, what the birthday date for qualification for winter fuel allowance will be for (a) men and (b) women in each of the next 15 years following enactment of the proposals set out in the Pensions Bill 2011.

(57646)

514	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure families living in poverty have adequate access to childcare in order to take up employment.
	(57648)

515	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources his Department expects to allocate to the implementation of measures set out his Department's report in A New Approach to Child Poverty: Tackling the Causes of Disadvantage and Transforming Families' Lives in each of the next three years.
	(57651)

516 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in each electoral ward of the Peterborough City Council area lived in households in receipt of means-tested benefits in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(57413)

517 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Peterborough City Council area were claiming incapacity benefit as a result of being diagnosed with a mental health condition in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(57414)

518	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of units of shared accommodation available (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area.
	(58053)

519	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the costs to the discretionary housing payments budget of supporting individuals aged 25 to 34 years affected by the extension of the shared accommodation rate who are judged unable to live in shared accommodation.
	(58054)

520	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Table 4 of his Department's impact assessment on Increasing the shared accommodation rate age threshold to 35, what estimate he has made of the number of additional units of shared accommodation available in Brighton and Hove.
	(58055)

521	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive issues to employers on temperatures in the workplace above 30 degrees in order to limit the long- and short-term physical and psychological effects of such temperatures on workers.
	(58165)

522	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) demand for and (b) supply of shared accommodation in Blackpool in its planning for the introduction of the new shared accommodation rate of housing benefit for single people under 35 years old.
	(57997)

523	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has any oversight of Motability's Premier Partner Supplier scheme.
	(57731)

524	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of reductions in the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) budget on the number of HSE inspectors working in Scotland over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(58058)

525	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Work Programme will support people with mental health problems into work; and if he will make a statement.
	(57477)

526	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department provided for the Motability scheme in each of the last 10 years.
	(57847)

527	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the savings to the Exchequer which would arise from increasing the state pension age from 65 to 66 between 2020 and 2022 and bringing forward the proposed increase in the state pension age to 67 years old in 2036 by 18 months.
	(57638)

528	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) women and (b) men who would be affected by increasing the state pension age for men and women from 65 to 66 between 2020 and 2022 and bringing forward the proposed increased in the state pension age to 67 years old in 2036 by 18 months.
	(57639)

529

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the maximum delay in additional time for a (a) man and (b) woman to wait to receive a state pension in the case where the state pension age for both men and women increased from 65 to 66 between 2020 and 2022 and the proposed increase in the state pension age to 67 years old in 2036 was brought forward by 18 months.

(57640)

530 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the savings to the Exchequer which would result from an increase in the state pension age from 65 to 66 years between April 2020 and April 2021.
	(57666)

531 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the savings which would accrue to the Exchequer from increasing the state pension for both men and women from 65 to 66 years between 2020 and 2021 and then gradually to 67 by 2025.
	(57667)

532 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the savings to the Exchequer which would accrue from implementing the increase in the state pension age to 67 years from 2025.
	(57668)

533 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) women and (b) men who would be affected by increasing the state pension age for both men and women from 65 to 66 years between 2020 and 2021 and then increasing it gradually to 67 years by 2025.
	(57669)

534 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the maximum additional time for a (a) man and (b) women to wait to receive a state pension in the case where the state pension age for both men and women increased from 65 to 66 years between 2020 and 2021 and then increased gradually to 67 years by 2025.
	(57670)

535	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of long-term trends in youth unemployment.
	(57993)

536	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will not receive employment and support allowance as a result of a gap in provision between the closure of Pathways to Work in April 2011 and the commencement of the work programme in June 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(57919)

537 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit appeals were awaiting referral to the first-tier tribunal on 23 May 2011.
	(57681)

538	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women claimed income-related employment and support allowance for themself and a partner in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(57695)

539	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults not in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance and in receipt of an inactive benefit, entered employment in the last 12 months after a period of joblessness; and if he will make a statement.
	(58012)

540 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of exempting from the total household benefit cap households living in social housing as defined by section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 in each of the next five financial years.
	(57426)

541 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of exempting from the total household benefit cap households where someone is owed a duty to be supported with interim or temporary accommodation under sections 188, 190, 193 or 200 of the Housing Act 1996 in each of the next five financial years.
	(57427)

542 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the additional cost to the Exchequer of exempting from the total household benefit cap households where someone has left work due to redundancy or illness or for other reasons relating to the care of a child in each of the next five financial years.
	(57430)

543 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of contributory employment and support allowance recipients in the work-related activity group in steady state and without additional time limits would be expected to receive the benefit for less than one year.
	(57431)

544 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of exempting from the total household benefit cap households where no member has received a reasonable offer of a job, within the previous (a) one year and (b) three years in each of the next five financial years.
	(57432)

545 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of restoring eligibility to 365 days of contributory employment and support allowance to each claimant leaving the support group in each of the next five financial years.
	(57656)

546 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate (a) the level of the household benefit cap and (b) the cost to the Exchequer of setting the cap at the level of estimated earnings plus any in-work benefits that an average earner might expect to receive in each of the next five financial years.
	(57658)

547 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of excluding from the amount liable for the total household benefit cap (a) housing benefit, (b) temporary accommodation costs and (c) any amount of universal credit paid in respect of housing costs in each of the next five financial years.
	(57659)

548 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of excluding from the 365 day period of eligibility for contributory employment and support allowance any days occurring before the relevant sections of the Welfare Reform Act 2011 are expected to come into force in each of the next five financial years.
	(57660)

549 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of excluding from the 365 day period of eligibility for contributory employment and support allowance any days that the claimant spends in the assessment phase in each of the next five financial years.
	(57661)

550	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of shared accommodation in Bradford.
	(57991)

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

551	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Government provides to promote the UK's creative industries abroad.
	[Transferred] (57892)

552	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what licences have been granted for the export of weapons or military hardware to the Libyan government since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (58049)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

553	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Barnsley East constituency are in receipt of childcare tax credit.
	[Transferred] (58013)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

554	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which business organisations he consulted on the decision to establish a representative body for local enterprise partnerships.
	[Transferred] (58095)

555	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of each job created in an enterprise zone.
	[Transferred] (57995)

556	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the economy of the North East of the creation of enterprise zones.
	[Transferred] (57882)

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

557 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the annual amount of consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions produced by the UK.
	[Transferred] (57678)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

558	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the 30-day mortality rate for patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer who received a major surgical resection was (a) in respect of each provider, (b) in each cancer network and (c) in each strategic health authority in the last five years for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (57945)

559	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sexual assault referral centres there are in (a) England and (b) North Yorkshire.
	[Transferred] (58070)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

560	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will bring forward proposals for the membership of the joint committee to consider law and guidance in relation to super-injunctions.
	[Transferred] (58009)

561	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he proposes that the joint committee to consider law and guidance in relation to super-injunctions will consider the use of parliamentary privilege as part of its work.
	[Transferred] (58110)

562	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date he plans to propose that the joint committee to consider law and guidance in relation to super-injunctions should report.
	[Transferred] (58111)

563 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was from submission of an appeal against a failed (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance claim to its decision in the latest period for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (57680)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

564	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2011, Official Report, columns 1002-3W, on the disability living allowance, for what reasons he does not plan to publish the findings of the review into funding for the mobility needs of people in residential care; and when he expects the work to be complete.
	[Transferred] (58072)

565	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Liverpool will have their benefit reduced as a result of the extension of the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit to single people aged under 35 years; and what assessment he has made of the availability of shared accommodation in (a) Walton and (b) other areas of Liverpool.
	[Transferred] (57704)

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