Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 20 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 Monday 20 June 2011
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 20 June 2011
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 20 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 Monday 20 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 20 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
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Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the Intellectual Property Office will publish the findings of its consultation on patent infringement in pharmaceutical clinical and field trials; and when the Government plans to respond to any recommendations made. |
(60588)
|
2
N
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Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage non-EU members of the World Trade Organisation to ratify the amendments to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to make importation of drugs easier and cheaper. |
(60589)
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3
N
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Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for the UK Patent Office to undertake joint working with intellectual property offices in Africa. |
(60590)
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4
N
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Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for the UK Patent Office to undertake joint working with the China Patent and Trademark Office. |
(60591)
|
5
N
|
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether HSBC Holdings plc are subject to the Project Merlin agreement that bankers' remuneration would be linked to lending targets. |
(61063)
|
6
N
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Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who signed the Project Merlin agreement on behalf of the banks. |
(61064)
|
7
N
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Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which individuals are subject to the Project Merlin agreement that bankers' remuneration would be linked to lending targets. |
(61065)
|
8
N
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the names and positions are of members of the UK Trade and Industry's Music Export Group. |
(61004)
|
9
N
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions UK Trade and Industry's Music Exports Group has met in the last 12 months. |
(61005)
|
10
N
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, under what budget headings the funding allocated to UK Trade and Investment to promote music exports has been spent. |
(61052)
|
11
N
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to give trading standards additional powers to curtail the activities of unscrupulous law firms. |
(60996)
|
12
N
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what powers (a) his Department and (b) trading standards officers have to investigate the activities of partners and directors of law firms which enter liquidation and subsequently reopen under a different name in the same premises and with the same staff. |
(60999)
|
13
|
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61172)
|
14
|
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce the burden of regulation on small and medium-sized enterprises in Beckenham. |
(61135)
|
15
|
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to assist small business start-ups in Beckenham. |
(61136)
|
16
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice his Department has received on the entitlements of EU students to (a) fee waivers, (b) fee discounts and (c) the National Scholarship Programme; and if he will make a statement. |
(60868)
|
17
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the proportion of adults who considered going into business or becoming self-employed in each year since 2005; and if he will estimate the proportion of such people who believed they had sufficient knowledge and understanding to do so in each such year. |
(61094)
|
18
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the rate of productivity growth for (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) all UK businesses in each year since 2005. |
(61095)
|
19
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the rate of value added tax registration was in the (a) 20 per cent. most and (b) 20 per cent. least deprived wards in England in each year since 2005. |
(61096)
|
20
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of (a) enterprises, (b) enterprises with employees and (c) enterprises with under 250 employees in the (i) 20 per cent. most and (ii) 20 per cent. least deprived wards in England for each year since 2005. |
(61097)
|
21
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number and proportion of small businesses that were involved in enterprise awareness-raising activities in each year since 2005. |
(61098)
|
22
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number and proportion of (a) young people aged 16 to 24 and (b) people aged over 25 who considered going into business in each year since 2005. |
(61099)
|
23
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage enterprise promotion activities in disadvantaged areas. |
(61100)
|
24
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the operation of (a) the Enterprise Promotion Fund, (b) the Phoenix Development Fund, (c) community development finance and (d) city growth strategies. |
(61101)
|
25
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Howard Davies Review of Enterprise and the Economy in Education. |
(61102)
|
26
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage dynamism in the enterprise start-up market, (b) strengthen business support networks and (c) increase business productivity. |
(61106)
|
27
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the level of market penetration achieved by Business Link in each financial year since 2003-04. |
(61107)
|
28
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the proportion of small businesses that (a) sought and (b) took-up external business advice funded by his Department during their start-up in each year since 2005. |
(61108)
|
29
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of productivity of new businesses in each year since 2005. |
(61109)
|
30
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the barriers to starting a business in the UK. |
(61110)
|
31
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people who indicated to his Department that they wished to start a business in the most recent period for which figures are available also indicated that they had experienced multiple barriers to start-up. |
(61111)
|
32
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to help businesses increase their performance in respect of (a) innovation, (b) management skills and (c) the adoption of best practice. |
(61112)
|
33
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on small and medium-sized enterprises of transaction costs associated with defending property rights in the UK; and what steps he is taking to reduce such transaction costs. |
(61113)
|
34
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number and proportion of companies with value added tax registrations that (a) achieved £1 million of turnover and (b) employed 10 or more staff by their fourth year of trading in each year since 2005. |
(61114)
|
35
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment for benchmarking purposes of the performance of UK firms in adopting (a) business best practice and (b) workplace changes in comparison with other OECD countries. |
(61115)
|
36
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of small businesses were engaged in research and development in each year since 2005. |
(61116)
|
37
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of small businesses in the (a) manufacturing and (b) services sector were engaged in research and development in each year since 2005. |
(61117)
|
38
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of businesses with (a) fewer than 10 employees, (b) between 10 and 99 employees and (c) between 100 and 499 employees were engaged in research and development in each year since 2005. |
(61118)
|
39
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of businesses reported to his Department that growth of their business was a priority in each year since 2005. |
(61119)
|
40
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of small businesses were engaged in innovation in each year since 2005. |
(61120)
|
41
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on trends in (a) net capital investment by small businesses, (b) the proportion of managers of small businesses that carry out management or leadership training and (c) the use of ICT by small businesses in each year since 2005. |
(61121)
|
42
|
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist UK companies in carrying out due diligence checks on agents or businesses in overseas markets. |
(61126)
|
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
43
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what types of capital for the Big Society Bank will be contributed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group. |
(61228)
|
44
N
|
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of the workforce in Scotland that is aged over 60. |
(60587)
|
45
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the Coalition Committee has met since May 2010. |
(61127)
|
46
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours Ministers in his Department spent volunteering in the last 12 months as part of the Government's Big Society initiative. |
(61225)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
47
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to complete the sale of Northern Rock plc. |
(61129)
|
48
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effects of mutualisation of Northern Rock plc on the level of return to the public purse which may be achieved. |
(61130)
|
49
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2011, Official Report, column 805W, on personal taxation, if he will estimate the difference in the personal taxation payable by an individual in each tax band attributable to indexation of personal tax allowance by (a) the consumer prices index and (b) the retail prices index in each year from 2012-13 to 2015-16, taking account of the increases in the personal allowance in 2012-13 and future years. |
(61148)
|
50
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private finance initiative projects there are in each parliamentary constituency in Wales. |
(61282)
|
51
N
|
Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the conclusions were of the informal meeting of the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England held in May 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
(61000)
|
52
N
|
Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the schedule of meetings is of the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England; and if he will publish its minutes and proceedings after each meeting. |
(61001)
|
53
N
|
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of receipts from a tax on all cost conversions from one currency into another levied at (a) 0.005 per cent., (b) 0.05 per cent., (c) 0.5 per cent. and (d) 5 per cent. |
(60066)
|
54
N
|
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which UK-based banks he received representations on financial assistance to Ireland. |
(60425)
|
55
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average sum recovered by HM Revenue and Customs was from each individual taxpayer or tax credit claimant in respect of (a) unpaid tax, (b) overpaid tax credit, (c) interest and (d) penalties in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. |
(61183)
|
56
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the national insurance holiday scheme in each region had been (a) received and (b) approved as at 31 May 2011. |
(61184)
|
57
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of (a) unpaid tax and (b) overpaid tax credits were repaid following a (i) appeal and (ii) complaint in the last year for which figures are available. |
(61240)
|
58
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to minimise (a) customer and (b) administrative error in the administration of universal credit. |
(61295)
|
59
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the incidences of fraud and error recorded by HM Revenue and Customs were attributable to (a) customer error, (b) administrative error and (c) fraud in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(61298)
|
60
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the funding allocated to tackling fraud and error by his Department will be allocated to reducing (a) customer error, (b) fraud and (c) administrative error up to 2014. |
(61299)
|
61
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with his EU counterparts to reform the payment of child benefit to non-UK EU nationals whose children live outside the UK. |
(60950)
|
62
|
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of annual tax relief on pension contributions which accrues to individuals with an annual income of (a) between £0 and £19,999, (b) between £20,000 and £44,999, (c) between £45,000 and £74,999, (d) between £75,000 and £99,999, (e) between £100,000 and £149,999, (f) over £150,000; and if he will make a statement. |
(61092)
|
63
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on local communities of any reduction in the rate of landfill tax; and if he will make a statement. |
(61149)
|
64
|
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61181)
|
65
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the likely effect on the UK economy of emulating the recent decision by the Irish government to reduce the level of value added tax on services related to tourism to nine per cent. |
(60815)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
66
N
|
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Localism Bill to enable local authorities to impose penalties on private landlords who are found to be in breach of national and local standards for the quality of accommodation on more than one occasion. |
[R]
(60754)
|
67
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on websites other than direct.gov and communities.gov.uk in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and what the (i) URL, (ii) setup costs and (iii) running costs were of each website. |
(61051)
|
68
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates representatives of the Audit Commission dined with representatives of the National Audit Office paid for by the public purse since 2007-08; in which restaurants each meal took place; and at what cost. |
(61062)
|
69
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Rent Service spent on services provided by Poisson Rouge/Red Fish Corporation in each of the last five years for which figures are available; for what type of event, and in what locations. |
(61066)
|
70
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of full-time trades union officials whose salary is paid by local authorities. |
(61067)
|
71
|
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on which dates the Fire Service has been called to the Sonae factory in Kirkby in the last 10 years; what the estimated cost to the Fire Service of each such callout was; and whether Fire Service personnel sustained any injuries during each such callout. |
(61236)
|
72
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire will be included in the pilot scheme for auctions of publicly-owned land in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. |
(60602)
|
73
|
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61173)
|
74
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he proposes to make UK Accreditation Service registration compulsory for solid fuel installations; what estimate he has made of the number of installers who are likely to be affected by this change; what timetable he has set for its introduction; and if he will make a statement. |
(60959)
|
75
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hours Ministers in his Department spent volunteering in the last 12 months as part of the Government's Big Society initiative. |
(61224)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
76
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has for the future of the Olympic legacy in all parts of the UK after 2012. |
(60017)
|
77
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help regions increase the size of their tourist economy. |
(60018)
|
78
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the London 2012 Olympics on levels of participation in sport. |
(60019)
|
79
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy is on including all parts of the UK in preparatory events for the London 2012 Olympics. |
(60020)
|
80
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to provide information for the public on the effects of gambling (a) in general and (b) on younger people. |
(61171)
|
81
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will increase the proportion of funds to be returned to racing from the sale of the Tote; and if he will make a statement. |
(61091)
|
82
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the roll-out of superfast broadband. |
(61133)
|
83
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what powers the Government has to restrict the use or onward sale by officials of the government of (a) Libya and (b) Syria of tickets to the London 2012 Olympics allocated to their National Olympic Committee. |
(61137)
|
84
|
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61174)
|
85
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy is on a requirement for the use of blocking software by internet users to prevent the viewing of pornography. |
(60960)
|
86
|
Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of expenditure on holidays by members of the public which was spent on domestic tourism in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2009-10. |
(61170)
|
87
|
Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to encourage domestic tourism. |
(61182)
|
88
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will assess the potential effects on the UK visitor economy of the introduction of a pilot visa waiver scheme by the government of Ireland. |
(60812)
|
89
N
|
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effects of the competitiveness of the UK tourism sector of the recent decision of the Irish government to reduce the rate of value added tax on services related to tourism to nine per cent.; and if he will make a statement. |
(60814)
|
90
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many applications for London 2012 Olympics tickets were received from individuals in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) outside the UK; and how many applications from individuals in each nation were successful. |
(61316)
|
91
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 140W, on the Olympic Games 2012, how many tickets for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have been allocated to schools in Scotland to date. |
(61317)
|
92
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 140W, on the Olympic Games 2012, how many schools in (a) London, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland have applied to join the Get Set Network to date; and whether schools incur any costs in joining the Get Set Network. |
(61318)
|
93
|
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 140W, on the Olympic Games 2012, what steps the London 2012 Organising Committee is taking to directly promote applications for tickets to attend London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics from schools in Scotland. |
(61319)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
94
N
|
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has received from senior armed forces personnel on the level of the UK's military commitment in Libya. |
(60963)
|
95
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost per individual is to his Department of providing French language lessons for (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army pilots; and if he will make a statement. |
(61083)
|
96
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army pilots are receiving French language lessons; and if he will make a statement. |
(61084)
|
97
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of the contract to rent HMS Protector; and if he will make a statement. |
(61085)
|
98
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where HMS Endurance is berthed; and if he will make a statement. |
(61290)
|
99
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of repairs to HMS Endurance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
(61291)
|
100
|
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what types of helicopter mission were flown in Afghanistan in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011 to date. |
(61086)
|
101
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the first report on the projects considered by his Department's Major Projects Review Board on 13 June 2011. |
(61300)
|
102
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the RAF Merlin Mark 3 will be transferred to the Royal Navy. |
(60876)
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103
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the use of Predator drones. |
(61128)
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104
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the marinisation of the Typhoon fighter plane. |
(61123)
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Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
105
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2011, Official Report, column 752W, on voting rights: prisoners, if he will request that the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers postpone any action until after the UK Chairmanship commences in November 2011. |
(61188)
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106
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2011, Official Report, column 752W, on voting rights: prisoners, what the latest date is on which the Government could introduce legislation to fulfil the requirements of the judgements on prisoner voting rights. |
(61189)
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107
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2011, Official Report, column 752W, on voting rights: prisoners, whether he has identified any legal and constitutional mechanisms which would enable the UK to maintain its existing position on the voting rights of prisoners. |
(61190)
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108
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2011, Official Report, columns 488-9W, on voting rights: prisoners, if he will assess the effect of the absence of details of the legislative changes which would be required to satisfy the Court in the judgments made by the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the voting rights of prisoners; and if he will ask the Committee of Ministers to consider a referral under Article 46(3) to provide further clarity on the interpretation of the judgments. |
(61191)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
109
N
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Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews were carried out in each year from 2005 to 2010. |
(61002)
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110
N
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Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews were carried out in each month from 10 June 2010 to the latest month for which figures are available. |
(61003)
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111
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools achieved a rating of outstanding in their Ofsted inpsections in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Cumbria in each of the last five years. |
(60755)
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112
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people entering teacher training programmes in each year since 2005. |
(60865)
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113
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers graduated from teacher training programmes (a) in each region and (b) from each institution in each year since 2005. |
(60869)
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114
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people entering teaching assistant training courses in each year since 2005. |
(60948)
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115
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether face-to-face professional careers guidance is to be guaranteed prior to the introduction of the National Careers Service. |
(61320)
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116
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on the potential effects of allowing schools to determine whether or not to commission professional careers guidance. |
(61322)
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117
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Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) history, (b) geography and (c) religious education lessons at Key Stage (i) 3 and (ii) 4 were taught by a teacher specialising in the subject in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(61140)
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118
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Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of excluding religious education (RE) from the English Baccalaureate on the number of students studying full course RE at GCSE level. |
(61288)
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119
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Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of excluding religious education (RE) from the English Baccalaureate on the number of student teachers specialising in RE. |
(61289)
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120
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61175)
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121
N
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Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2011, Official Report, columns 497-8W, on marriage guidance: grants, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the bid document for each organisation listed and (b) each item of correspondence relating to the bids. |
(61053)
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122
N
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Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 497W, on marriage guidance: grants and column 500W, on voluntary organisations: grants, when he expects the remainder of the funding to be allocated. |
(61054)
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123
N
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Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 497W, on marriage guidance: grants, what the key performance indicators are for each organisation. |
(61055)
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124
N
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Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 497W, on marriage guidance: grants, when he plans to commission the evaluation; what measures of effectiveness he expects to be assessed; and if he will estimate the proportion of funding spent on (a) married couples, (b) co-habiting couples, (c) civil partners, (d) other couples and (e) parents. |
(61056)
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125
N
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Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 497W, on marriage guidance: grants, what proportion of the work of each organisation listed funded by his Department's Voluntary and Community Sector Grants Scheme will be (a) preventative couple relationship support, (b) relationship counselling for couples in difficulty and (c) work with families which have already experienced break-up; in which local authorities they will work; and how many couples he expects each organisation to help. |
(61057)
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126
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the proportion of young people who participated in enterprise awareness activities in schools in each year since 2005. |
(61093)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
127
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to reduce the level of subsidy to wind-powered generation as it approaches commercial viability. |
(61143)
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128
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to reduce the level of subsidy for wind power in each successive year. |
(61145)
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129
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what date he expects wind powered generation to have reached commercial viability. |
(61146)
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130
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely cost per MWh of electricity generation from generating plants on standby to cover for the intermittency of generation from wind power. |
(61147)
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131
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forms of power generation are available to provide standby back-up in the event of the unavailability of energy generated through wind power. |
(61303)
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132
N
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David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate of average global temperature his Department and its predecessors used when considering policies on climate change in each of the last 15 years. |
(61059)
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133
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on regulations for the installation of solar photovoltaics in domestic properties. |
(61213)
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134
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with solar photovoltaic installers on regulations for the installation of solar photovoltaics in domestic properties. |
(61214)
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135
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the anaerobic digestion sector since (a) publication of the proposed tariff changes in March 2011 and (b) confirmation on 9 June 2011 of the tariff changes to take effect from 1 August 2011. |
(61215)
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136
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from UK energy intensive industries since his decision to implement a carbon floor price mechanism. |
(61216)
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137
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met representatives from UK energy intensive industries; and how many meetings he has held with such representatives since May 2010. |
(61217)
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138
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has plans to generate low-carbon energy from its estate. |
(61218)
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139
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many meetings he had with representatives of the solar industry between 7 February 2011 and 22 March 2011; and if he will publish the minutes of each such meeting. |
(61241)
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140
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with representatives of the solar photovoltaic industry since (a) the publication of the proposed tariff changes in March 2011 and (b) his confirmation on 9 June 2011 of the tariff changes to take effect from 1 August 2011. |
(61242)
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141
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of each response to his Department's consultation on the fast-track review of feed-in tarrifs received since 22 March 2011. |
(61243)
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142
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from community groups on his decision to implement new solar photovaltaic feed-in tariffs for installations with a generating capacity over 50 kilowatts. |
(61244)
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143
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 383W, on solar power: feed-in tariffs, what representations he has received on his Department's target rate of a five per cent. return on solar photovoltaic installations. |
(61245)
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144
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many solar photovoltaic installations with a generating capacity between (a) 50 and 100 kilowatts, (b) 101 and 150 kilowatts and (c) 151 kilowatts and five megawatts that were in receipt of feed-in tariffs in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(61246)
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145
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of (a) schools, (b) hospitals, (c) other public buildings and (d) community buildings that will be fitted with solar photovoltaic installations with a generating capacity between 50 and 100 kilowatts under the feed-in tariff scheme in the year after 1 August 2011. |
(61247)
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146
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the number of solar farms with a generating capacity greater than one megawatt that will be installed and commissioned before 1 August 2011. |
(61248)
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147
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on his decision to set new feed-in tariffs for small-scale low-carbon electricity. |
(61249)
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148
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to hold a comprehensive review of the feed-in tariff scheme. |
(61250)
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149
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the UK's performance in developing solar photovoltaics. |
(61251)
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150
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of his decision to set new feed-in tariffs for small-scale low-carbon electricity on the UK's development of solar photovoltaics projects. |
(61252)
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151
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Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects on the living standards of consumers living in fuel poverty of recent trends in energy costs; what steps he is taking to limit energy price rises; and if he will make a statement. |
(61139)
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152
N
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Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will establish a public inquiry into transparency in the energy market and the merits of introducing an enforceable requirement for clarity at each stage. |
(60138)
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153
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Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2011, Official Report, column 579W, on the Energy Saving Trust, if he will ensure that information made available to the public by the Energy Saving Trust will continue to be made available once the Trust ceases to receive public funding. |
(61229)
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154
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61176)
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155
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) efficiency and (b) use of land-based wind-powered electricity generators. |
(61124)
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156
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will investigate the service charges levied by energy companies for domestic pre-payment meter users. |
(61286)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
157
N
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Mr Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on noise nuisance issues relating to motocross sites. |
(60284)
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158
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 63W, on departmental legal opinion, how many prosecutions were brought as a result of the work of her Department's legal team in the last five years; and how many convictions arose from such prosecutions. |
(61187)
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159
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints her Department and its predecessor have received about air pollution related to the Sonae factory in Kirkby in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse was of responding to each such complaint. |
(61239)
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160
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 2.21 of her Department's document, The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature, when she expects to hold the first annual Ministerial event to bring together local nature and local enterprise partnerships; and whether she plans to publish a report on the outcome of the event. |
(61219)
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161
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the box on a sustainable approach to low-carbon energy on page 23 of of her Department's document, The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature, how the Government plans to work with others to establish a research programme to fill evidence gaps about the effects on the natural environment of the level of infrastructure needed to meet low-carbon energy objectives for 2050. |
(61220)
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162
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 3.11 of her Department's document, The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature, when the Government plans to establish an independent Natural Capital Committee; and what criteria she plans to use in making the appointments to that committee. |
(61221)
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163
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 3.28 of her Department's document, The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature, when the Government plans to set up a business-led Ecosystem Markets Task Force; and what criteria she plans to use to make appointments to the task force. |
(61222)
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164
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 3.39 of her Department's document, The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature, through which channels she expects the UK to work with the EU Joint Research Council to develop evidence on the environmental effects of products and their supply chains, and to consider future developments in minimum standards under the EU Ecodesign Directive. |
(61223)
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165
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the resource capacity of local government biodiversity officers to participate in Local Nature Partnerships (LNPs); and what consultation her Department undertook with the Association of Local Government Ecologists on the creation of LNPs. |
(61311)
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166
|
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Farming Regulation. |
(61230)
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167
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the address is of each office property occupied by her Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61177)
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168
N
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Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff of the Environment Agency receive London Weighting Allowance. |
(60444)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
169
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Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the representation of minorities in state institutions in Sri Lanka. |
(61134)
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170
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Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the situation of internally displaced people in Sri Lanka. |
(61141)
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171
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Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking (a) to promote the protection of women in areas of conflict and (b) to monitor the effective implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. |
(61265)
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172
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Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in UN Security Council Resolution 1888, on protecting women and girls from sexual violence in conflict. |
(61285)
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173
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Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in promoting the role of women in post-conflict negotiations and reconstruction. |
(61292)
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174
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Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the participation of women in public life, conflict resolution and peace initiatives in Afghanistan under (a) its action plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and (b) UN Security Council Resolution 1889; and if he will make a statement. |
(61293)
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175
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Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in UN Security Council Resolution 1889. |
(61294)
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176
N
|
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Sri Lanka, (b) the United Nations and (c) Commonwealth countries on Commonwealth citizens with Tamil ethnicity who have disappeared in Sri Lanka since the end of the civil war in that country. |
(60958)
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177
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the Home Office consultation, Employment Related Settlement, Tier 5 and Overseas Domestic Workers; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department in relation to that consultation. |
(61186)
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178
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Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the decision to fly the EU flag alongside the Union flag at British embassies and missions was made; who made the decision; and whether the decision was requested by any EU institution. |
(61302)
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179
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has met representatives of Shia opposition groups in Bahrain. |
(61125)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
180
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process his Department carried out in inviting the organisation Life to participate in its Sexual Health Forum. |
(61087)
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181
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department took of the participation in sexual health promotion or prevention programmes of the organisation Life when inviting it to participate in its Sexual Health Forum. |
(61088)
|
182
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department took of the policies on the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted infections of the organisation Life when inviting it to participate in its Sexual Health Forum. |
(61089)
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183
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department took of the policies on modern methods of contraception of the organisation Life when inviting it to participate in its Sexual Health Forum. |
(61090)
|
184
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were admitted to hospital following a suspected diagnosis of alcohol abuse in the last quarter for which figures are available. |
(61304)
|
185
N
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Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the care pathway for psoriasis patients; and if he will make a statement. |
(60961)
|
186
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the physical, mental and economic effect of psoriasis on patients who are unable to work at times due to the condition. |
(60962)
|
187
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Baroness Masham of Ilton of 31 March 2011, Official Report, column WA301, on health: contaminated blood products, what measures he plans to put in place to safeguard the independence of the committee of experts which will supersede the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs from 2012. |
(61048)
|
188
N
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Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Baroness Masham of Ilton of 31 March 2011, Official Report, column WA301, on health: contaminated blood products, what plans he has for the constitution of the committee of experts which will supersede the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs from 2012. |
(61049)
|
189
N
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Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Baroness Masham of Ilton of 31 March 2011, Official Report, column WA301, on health: contaminated blood products, on what basis the programme of work will be decided for the committee of experts which will supersede the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs from 2012. |
(61050)
|
190
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to improve response times of ambulances in metropolitan cities. |
(59966)
|
191
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission in regulating the standard of care homes; and if he will make a statement. |
(59967)
|
192
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department expects to allocate to the Care Quality Commission in each of the next five years. |
(60769)
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193
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the provision of funding for the Care Quality Commission. |
(60770)
|
194
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the number of inspectors employed by the Care Quality Commission; and if he will make a statement. |
(60771)
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195
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effect of funding allocated by his Department on the capacity of the Care Quality Commission to meet inspection demand in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
(60820)
|
196
N
|
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the likely change in the level of preventable deaths resulting from vulnerable people being moved out of residential care to which they are accustomed. |
(60065)
|
197
N
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with his EU counterparts steps to improve the scrutiny of high risk medical devices. |
(60843)
|
198
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cannabis users who suffer from mental health problems as a result of using the drug. |
(61226)
|
199
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations were undertaken prior to the merger of Warrington Primary Care Trust with other primary care trusts in Cheshire; where and in what form such consultations took place; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each response received to the consultations. |
(60951)
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200
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) local authorities and (b) the Care Quality Commission on ensuring appropriate standards of care in homes run by Southern Cross; and if he will make a statement. |
(61058)
|
201
N
|
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of meeting requests from hon. Members which its Ministers (a) agree to and (b) refuse; and what criteria are used in determining the outcome of a request. |
(61006)
|
202
|
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on any effects on infant mortality and morbidity arising from residence in the vicinity of an incinerator; and if he will make a statement. |
(61144)
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203
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with the chief superintendants overseeing the areas covered by the Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial pilots conducted by the National Addiction Centre on the effects of the pilots on offending rates; and if he will make a statement. |
(61312)
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204
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to tender for new injectable treatment contracts in the next three months; and what (a) methods and (b) data his Department has used to assess the model used in the Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial conducted by the National Addiction Centre. |
(61313)
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205
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) long-term health outcomes for individuals, (b) effect on overdose rates and (c) long-term financial cost-benefit to the NHS arising from the Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial pilots conducted by the National Addiction Centre; and if he will make a statement. |
(61314)
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206
N
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date officials from his Department instructed Parliamentary Counsel to draft amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill to take account of the outcome of the NHS Future Forum consultation. |
(60818)
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207
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no GP consortium shall refuse treatment to an individual diagnosed with gender dysphoria. |
(61321)
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208
N
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Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding from the public purse was allocated to Tobacco Free Lancashire in financial year (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12 to date. |
(60952)
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209
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61178)
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210
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2011, Official Report, column 878W, on meat: hygiene, if he will freeze charges to abattoirs pending the outcome of the European Commission's review. |
(61138)
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211
N
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Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the administration of funds for short respite breaks for carers following the proposed abolition of primary care trusts; and if he will make a statement. |
(61007)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
212
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Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to identify victims of human trafficking. |
(61150)
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213
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers who are to be drafted in from other police forces in the UK for the purposes of policing the London 2012 Olympics. |
(61132)
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214
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the relative (a) toxicity and (b) addictivity of (i) heroin, (ii) cocaine, (iii) cannabis, (iv) ecstasy and (v) amphetamines. |
(61296)
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215
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the relative (a) toxicity and (b) addictivity of cannabis when it is (i) smoked and (ii) inhaled through a vaporizer. |
(61297)
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216
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the date was of each occasion on which police officers were called to the Sonae factory in Kirkby in the last 10 years; and what the cost of each such call out was. |
(61309)
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217
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date police investigations into the Sonae factory in Kirkby were initiated in the last 10 years; and what the cost was of each such investigation. |
(61310)
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218
N
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Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue a direction to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) not to release to the Sri Lankan government documents held by the UKBA on those with Tamil ethnicity who face deportation to Sri Lanka. |
(60954)
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219
N
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Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the number of Commonwealth citizens with Tamil ethnicity who were deported to Sri Lanka by the UK Border Agency and have subsequently disappeared in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. |
(60955)
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220
N
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Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation by the UK Border Agency of those with Tamil ethnicity to Sri Lanka. |
(60956)
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221
N
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Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conclusions of the UN Panel of Experts report on Sri Lanka, whether she has (a) assessed the safety and (b) conducted a risk assessment on the deportation by the UK Border Agency of those with Tamil ethnicity to Sri Lanka on 16 June 2011. |
(60957)
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222
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David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that members of the Libyan and Syrian governments do not use the Olympic Visa scheme to visit London in 2012; and if she will make a statement. |
(61142)
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223
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the address is of each office property occupied by her Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61179)
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224
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each local authority area are on the violent and sex offenders register; and how many people were (a) added to and (b) removed from the register in each year for which figures are available. |
(61199)
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225
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the violent and sex offenders register were convicted of further (a) sexual offences, (b) sexual offences against children and (c) violent offences after being placed on the register. |
(61200)
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226
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the violent and sex offenders register have committed (a) offences against women, (b) offences against children and (c) multiple offences against women and children. |
(61201)
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227
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the violent and sex offenders register live in a household with a person under the age of 18. |
(61202)
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228
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the violent and sex offenders register have served custodial sentences of (a) less than one year, (b) one to five years and (c) more than five years. |
(61203)
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229
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many people on the violent and sex offenders register (a) there are no up-to-date address details and (b) their current address is recorded as unknown. |
(61204)
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230
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the violent and sex offenders register are employed in jobs where they have contact with (a) children and (b) at risk groups. |
(61205)
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231
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied to be removed from the violent and sex offenders register in each year for which figures are available. |
(61206)
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232
N
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided for the police pension top-up grant in each year since 2006. |
(60867)
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233
N
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Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of visitors to the UK who will use the new Irish pilot visa waiver scheme in the next 12 months. |
(60813)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
234
N
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Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will estimate the total amount of funding which would be available to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation programme if other nation states matched his Department's contribution on a per head of population basis. |
(61060)
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235
N
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Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will encourage governments of other nations to match his Department's funding of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation programme on a per head of population basis. |
(61061)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
236
N
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Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will initiate a review into the deaths in custody of five adults aged between 18 and 21 in the last four months. |
(60870)
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237
N
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Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the young adults who died in custody in the last four months received full mental health assessments while in custody. |
(60871)
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238
N
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Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he proposes any assessment of the effects of mixing young adults in custody with the adult prison population. |
(60872)
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239
N
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Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the young adults who have died in custody in the last four months were being handled under the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system prior to their deaths. |
(60873)
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240
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints originally made to the Legal Complaints Service are awaiting resolution; and how many staff of the Legal Ombudsman Services have been allocated to work on complaints which were made before the abolition of the Legal Complaints Service. |
(61131)
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241
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase the rental charge for in-cell televisions in prisons. |
(61192)
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242
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of damage to each prison attributable to prisoners in each of the last five years. |
(61193)
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243
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners did not complete an education or other rehabilitation course due to being released from custody in each of the last five years. |
(61194)
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244
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length was of skills, education and training courses provided to offenders in prison in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(61195)
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245
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of persons sentenced to (a) less than six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between one and two years and (d) more than two years in prison undertook an education, training or skills related course in each of the last five years. |
(61196)
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246
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of persons who have left custody after (a) less than six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between one and two years and (d) more than two years in prison had completed an education, training or skills related course in prison in each of the last five years. |
(61197)
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247
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has recorded any incidents in which (a) offenders and (b) offenders convicted of sexual offences have had contact with children in prisons. |
(61198)
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248
N
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Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what stage of the process of release on licence of a sexual offender to approved premises the relevant local authority is notified; at what stage a meeting of the local Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) team is convened; and at what stage MAPPA is statutorily required to (a) have a representative at relevant meetings and (b) conduct an assessment of the risk to local public safety posed by a given offender. |
(60997)
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249
N
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Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements teams make the appropriate arrangements with regard to placement of sexual offenders in approved premises. |
(60998)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
250
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Final Independent Report of the Rail Value for Money Study, whether he plans to publish a revised version of the Delivering a Sustainable Railway White Paper. |
(61227)
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251
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Final Independent Report of the Rail Value for Money Study, whether he plans to introduce periodic reviews on the efficiency and productivity of the railway system. |
(61231)
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252
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to the safety equipment to be (a) required and (b) recommended for use on any heavy goods vehicle over 16.5 metres long authorised for use on UK roads. |
(61232)
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253
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the Final Independent Report of the Rail Value for Money Study; how much was spent on (a) staffing costs and (b) consultant costs; and how much each consultant was paid. |
(61233)
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254
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the section in his Department's Departmental Business Plan on speed camera data was changed in May 2011 from a commitment to working with local authorities to publish speed camera data to a commitment to issue guidance on how to publish such data. |
(61234)
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255
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities he expects to publish (a) casualty rates on local roads and (b) speed camera information; and what information his Department holds on the date on which each such authority plans to do so. |
(61235)
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256
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost benefit to (a) rolling stock operators and (b) Network Rail of the introduction of a variable component to track access charges. |
(61253)
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257
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Office of Rail Regulation has made in setting a variable component for track access charges. |
(61254)
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258
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from train operating companies on the use of the Class 460 Gatwick Express electrical multiple units which had been expected to be without an operator from 22 May 2011. |
(61255)
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259
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what long-term rolling stock cascade plans his Department has prepared; and when he plans to announce them. |
(61256)
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260
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train manufacturers he has met to discuss bidding for the Intercity Express Programme trains planned to operate on the electrified line to Cardiff; and on how many occasions he has met each such manufacturer since May 2010. |
(61257)
|
261
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates he has met representatives of Agility Trains since May 2010. |
(61258)
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262
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued to train operating companies and Network Rail on bidding for funding from the Station Commercial Project Facility. |
(61259)
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263
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on securing the derogations from EU interoperability regulations on European train control systems in respect of (a) the Crossrail project and (b) other rail projects. |
(61260)
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264
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects a European train control system with an automatic train operation signalling system to be in place on Crossrail by December 2018. |
(61261)
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265
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the proposed re-signalling of the Great Western Main Line with the European train control system to (a) begin and (b) be completed. |
(61262)
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266
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce his decision on electrification of the Crewe to Chester line. |
(61263)
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267
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the name is of each level crossing which (a) has had and (b) will have additional safety features introduced as a result of the recommendations of the Office of Rail Regulation report on the fatalities at Elsenham in 2005; and by what date he expects all such installations to have been completed. |
(61264)
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268
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the name is of each member of the Rail Delivery Group; what employment experience relevant to the Group's work each has; and what the role and responsibilities of the Group are. |
(61266)
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269
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to update the High Level Output Specification Statement of Public Funds Available process to include those objectives specified in his Department's business plan. |
(61267)
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270
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to produce a measurable objective for cost reductions in the rail industry. |
(61268)
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271
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to set cost-reduction targets in the High Level Output Specification/Statement of Public Funds Available process. |
(61269)
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272
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what date he has set for the inaugural Road Safety Day; and how much funding he plans to allocate to publicise it. |
(61270)
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273
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much he estimates the private sector will contribute to the THINK! road safety advertising campaign over the course of the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and which private sector companies have agreed to provide funding to date. |
(61271)
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274
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department will provide to Think Education in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each financial year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(61272)
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275
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the standards to be agreed in the Intelligent Transport Systems Directive. |
(61273)
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276
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will participate in the EU collaborative research project on truck safety. |
(61274)
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277
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken at EU level to encourage the development and deployment of safety technologies for motorcycles. |
(61275)
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278
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Strategic Framework for Road Safety, when he plans to revise and reissue guidance on speed limits in urban areas. |
(61276)
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279
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Strategic Framework for Road Safety, what measures his Department is considering for the recovery of unpaid motoring fines. |
(61277)
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280
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in its work to establish that driving under the influence of drugs constitutes an offence of driving while impaired; and what progress it has made on research into (a) impairment of and (b) technology for the detection of drugs in drivers. |
(61278)
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281
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many uninsured drivers have been issued with a fixed penalty notice for the offence in each year since its introduction; and how much accrued in fixed penalty fines in each such year. |
(61279)
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282
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Strategic Framework for Road Safety, by how much his Department proposes to increase the fixed penalty for uninsured driving. |
(61280)
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283
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the data on train punctuality over each relevant period submitted to his Department by each train operating company participating in the right-time railway initiative. |
(61281)
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284
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to change the benefit-cost ratios mechanism used by his Department. |
(61283)
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285
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Rail Delivery Group in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
(61284)
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286
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the procedures followed by (a) the Office of Rail Regulation and (b) Network Rail in implementing the safety recommendations arising from the fatalities at Elsenham level crossing in 2005. |
(61287)
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287
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2011, Official Report, column 545W, on railways: rolling stock, whether the carriages for Trans Pennine Express are new or cascaded. |
(61315)
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288
N
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Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what responses his Department received to its consultation on electrically-assisted pedal cycles; and whether he plans to issue any regulations as a result of the consultation. |
(60817)
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289
N
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Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of used car sales in each year since 2005. |
(60874)
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290
N
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Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of used car sales that have involved tampering with odometer readings since 2005. |
(60875)
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291
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the address is of each office property occupied by his Department outside Greater London which it (a) owns and (b) rents; what the level of utilisation is of each such property; what the capital value is of each such property it owns; and what the (i) annual rental cost and (ii) length of lease agreement is of each rented property. |
(61180)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
292
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Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential to establish enterprise zones in Wales similar to those in England; and if she will make a statement. |
(61122)
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Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
293
N
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Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of the proposed closures of regional offices of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. |
(60768)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
294
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in Coventry have been receiving benefits for more than 10 years. |
(59968)
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295
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide training for voluntary groups who are assisting the long-term unemployed as part of his proposals for the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement. |
(59969)
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296
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding for the Work Programme he plans to allocate to the West Midlands in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. |
(59970)
|
297
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to adjust the carers allowance in line with changes to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement. |
(60445)
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298
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on increasing the level of the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement. |
(60446)
|
299
N
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Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce child poverty in Scotland. |
(60584)
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300
N
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Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Work Programme funding he plans to allocate to Scotland in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. |
(60585)
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301
N
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Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in Scotland have been receiving benefits for more than 10 years. |
(60586)
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302
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which dates the Health and Safety Executive inspected the Sonae factory in Kirkby in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost of each such visit was. |
(61237)
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303
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which dates the Health and Safety Executive initiated an investigation into the Sonae factory at Kirkby in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost was of each such investigation. |
(61238)
|
304
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Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2011, Official Report, columns 587-8W, on jobseeker's allowance, whether his Department has revised its projection of the (a) jobseeker's allowance claimant count, (b) jobseeker's allowance claimant counted aged 16 to 24 years old, (c) average weekly jobseeker's allowance payment and (d) average weekly jobseeker's allowance payments to those claimants aged 16 to 24 years old in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15. |
(61185)
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305
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Work and Pensions of 13 June 2011, Official Report, Welfare Reform Bill Committee, column 503, what mechanisms are in place to recover overpayment of benefits to EU migrant workers from other EU member states once they have left the UK; and whether any reciprocal arrangements are in place with other EU member states. |
(61305)
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306
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many instances overpayment of benefits to migrant workers from other EU member states was successfully reclaimed after the individual had left the UK in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(61306)
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307
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on reclaiming overpayment of benefits to migrant workers from other EU member states following departure from the UK in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(61307)
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308
N
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Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2011, Official Report, column 517W, on life expectancy, when he plans to place in the Library copies of the tables on healthy and disability-free life expectancy which his Department has commissioned from the Office for National Statistics. |
(60877)
|
309
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which version of the Work Capability Assessment will be applied to (a) new claimants who applied for employment and support allowance (i) before and (ii) on or after 28 March 2011 and (b) incapacity benefit recipients who were sent an IB50 form (A) before and (B) on or after 28 March 2011. |
(60819)
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310
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2011, Official Report, column 662W, on employment schemes: voluntary organisations, how many of the voluntary sector organisations in the Work Programme supply chain will operate in each of the 18 regions. |
(60866)
|
311
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Work Programme participants he expects to deal with (a) private sector, (b) voluntary sector and (c) other providers at the point of service delivery. |
(60949)
|
312
N
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Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will list on Contract Finder the confirmed sub-contracts of its prime contractors. |
(60953)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
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Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumer interests of present arrangements for the regulation of the newspaper and magazine distribution industry; and if he will make a statement. |
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on (a) general public health and (b) the health of the local population of air pollution related to the Sonae factory in Kirkby; and if she will estimate the cost to the NHS of treatment of any conditions attributable to such pollution. |
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