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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 21 June 2011

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 21 June 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 21 June 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 21 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 21 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 21 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to use mobile application technology to engage with prospective university students.
(60879)
2
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of unprocessed patent applications.
(60880)
3
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what advice he has received on the application of EU competition rules on restraint of trade to the introduction of alternative business structures in the mortgage conveyancing market.
(61414)
4
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in North West Durham constituency applied to enter university in the academic year (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and how many such applicants were successful.
(61408)
5
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made any assessment of the effect of new arrangements for tuition fees on those undertaking university studies while caring for a person who is ill or disabled.
(61409)
6
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to encourage the Skills Funding Agency and the National Apprenticeship Service to share services; and if he will make a statement.
(61392)
7
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those studying for level 3 or above qualifications would be required to pay fees for their courses under the proposals contained in his Department's document, Investing in Skills for Sustainable Growth.
(61366)
8
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data he will require (a) further education institutions and (b) Jobcentre Plus to provide to his Department as part of the Job Outcome Incentive Scheme pilots in the academic year 2011-12; and whether this information will be published.
(61368)
9
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department expects to publish details of the Job Outcome Incentive Scheme pilots for the 2011-12 academic year.
(61370)
10
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform short time working.
(61387)
11
N 		Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will direct his Department's review of business models of companies that provide public services to consider the effects on funding for people in residential care of reductions in local authority budgets.
(61324)
12
N 		Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's investigation into the role of private equity firms in supplying public services, what the remit is of the investigation; when the investigation will be completed; whether the findings of the investigation will be published; and if he will make a statement following the completion of the investigation.
(61151)
13
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on private investment in Sudan.
(61378)
14
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts on trade restrictions in Sudan.
(61380)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
15
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of youth unemployment is in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Cumbria and (d) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
(61104)
16
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate has been made of levels of unemployment in York.
(61375)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
17
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential contribution of fiscal measures to (a) increasing the rate of recycling and (b) reducing the level of excess packaging used by manufacturers and retailers.
(61354)
18
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many interim Government budgets are set by reference to a proportion of gross national income.
(61105)
19
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding he has allocated to expenditure to be incurred in transferring from childcare support and tax credits to any replacement system.
(61495)
20
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has for a system to replace childcare support and tax credits; and when he plans to publish details of any such system.
(61496)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
21
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases related to park homes (a) have been heard and (b) are scheduled to be heard in the next two months by the Residential Property Tribunal Service.
(59971)
22
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect vulnerable residents of park home sites from unscrupulous site owners.
(60135)
23
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on his plans to consult on improving the buying and selling process for park homes.
(60136)
24
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire of 27 April 2011, Official Report, column 459W, on mobile homes, what progress he has made on measures to improve the licensing regime that applies to park home sites to enable local authorities to more effectively ensure that the health and safety of residents are better protected.
(60137)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
25
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games on the provision of technical support by the World Health Organisation for implementation of a tobacco-free policy at the London 2012 Olympics.
(61415)
26
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, by what date he expects superfast broadband internet access to have been introduced to existing areas of poor access in North West Durham constituency.
(61410)
27
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how he plans to monitor the implementation of the delivery of superfast broadband internet access across the UK by 2015.
(61475)
28
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what (a) timetable and (b) plans he has to achieve the roll-out of superfast broadband internet access across the UK by 2015.
(61476)
29
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) economic growth and (b) businesses in areas with poor broadband service of the revision of the Government's timetable for the roll-out of universal broadband.
(61480)
30
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what support and assistance he plans to provide local authorities implementing the programme for delivery of superfast broadband internet access across the UK by 2015.
(61488)
31
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible in (a) May 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
(61329)
32
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many officials his Department employs.
(61332)
33
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the reform of FIFA.
(61336)
34
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the effect on the level of revenue from (a) business and (b) tourist visitors to the UK which would result from the closure of Earls Court exhibition centre.
(61351)
35
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on his proposals for the future of local television; and if he will make a statement.
(61412)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
36
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on the pension rights of veterans who retired before 5 April 1975; and if he will make a statement.
(61369)
37
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ex-servicemen and women who served for three or more years and fewer than 22 years retired before 5 April 1975.
(61413)
38
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number of prisoners in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland who had previously served in the armed forces.
(61411)
39
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the UK nuclear deterrent on the level of nuclear proliferation; and what steps he is taking to discourage and reduce nuclear proliferation.
(61391)
40
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many quick reaction alert activations which have taken place on the Falkland Islands since May 2010 (a) only one aircraft and (b) no aircraft became airborne.
(61161)
41
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are deployed on the ground in territory controlled by the Libyan Transitional National Council.
(61482)
42
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he proposes to give priority to the children of military service personnel in school applications under the Military Covenant.
(61376)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
43
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will discuss with the Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority implications for staff budgets for hon. Members arising from implementation of the reduction in the size of the membership of the House of Commons.
(60419)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
44
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to utilise mobile application technologies in the delivery of education services to the public.
(60881)
45
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what longitudinal research his Department has commissioned into existing interventions to encourage students to take up science subjects at GCSE level; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such interventions.
(60882)
46
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 16 June 2011, Official Report, column 938, on academies (funding), which schools in the City of Sheffield area will become academies under his proposals.
(61350)
47
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the potential effect on rates of participation in post-16 education of the abolition of education maintenance allowance and the reduction in the number of local authorities which subsidise transport for 16 to 19 year olds.
(61407)
48
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to increase access to further education for 16 to 18 year olds in Barnsley.
(60421)
49
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service will be for 2011-12.
(61491)
50
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the caseload of each Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service region was on the most recent date for which figures are available.
(61492)
51
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases were unallocated in each Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service region on the most recent date for which figures are available.
(61493)
52
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration he has given to the recommendations of the Family Justice Review in respect of the future of the function of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service within his Department.
(61494)
53
N 		John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the name is of each the 200 worst-performing primary schools in England.
(61156)
54
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) North East Lincolnshire, (b) North Lincolnshire and (c) Hull were below the Government's primary minimum floor standard in each of the last five years.
(61423)
55
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many newly qualified teacher placements were advertised by each local education authority in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011 to date.
(61386)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
56
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what obligations there are on local authorities in respect of the achievement of carbon reduction targets.
(61208)
57
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities contribute to the achievement of carbon reduction targets.
(61209)
58
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what obligations there are on local authorities in respect of steps to tackle fuel poverty.
(61210)
59
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government bringing forward proposals to protect tenants from unfair eviction arising from a request for an energy efficiency upgrade to their homes; and if he will make a statement.
(61211)
60
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a national plan for insulating houses in areas of high deprivation; and if he will make a statement.
(61212)
61
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the North East and (b) North West Durham constituency living in fuel poverty in 2009-10.
(61487)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
62
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations govern the use of tyre bales for land engineering.
(61485)
63
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether tyre bales used for land engineering are classified as waste for the purposes of Article 6 (1) and (2) of Directive 2008/98/EC.
(61486)
64
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has submitted an application under the provisions of Article 6 (4) of Directive 2008/98/EC for tyre bales used for land engineering to be considered as having ceased to be waste; and if she will make a statement.
(61489)
65
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much income the Environment Agency received from rod licences on which a concession was available in each of the last five financial years; and how much such income it expects to receive in 2011-12.
(61417)
66
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much income the Environment Agency received from rod licences for each category of licence in each region in each of the last five financial years; and how much such income it expects to receive in 2011-12.
(61418)
67
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fisheries-specific grant-in-aid her Department provided to the Environment Agency in each of the last five financial years; and how much such funding she has allocated for 2011-12.
(61420)
68
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fisheries-specific income other than grant-in-aid from her Department and rod licence income the Environment Ageny received in each of the last five financial years; and how much such income it will receive in 2011-12.
(61421)
69
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much fisheries-specific funding from (a) grant-in-aid and (b) other sources of income the Environment Agency spent on (i) committees, (ii) enforcement, (iii) licence checks, (iv) monitoring, (v) fish rearing, (vi) regulation, (vii) fish kills or rescues, (viii) improvements or improvement projects, (ix) promotion and advice and (x) each other budget heading used by the Agency (A) nationally and (B) in each region in each of the last five financial years; and how much funding it has allocated in each category for 2011-12.
(61469)
70
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fish kills were reported to the Environment Agency in each region in each of the last five financial years; how many prosecutions were pursued in respect of fish kills; how many were unsuccessful; and how many penalties were issued as a result of successful prosecutions in each year.
(61470)
71
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who fished, excluding sea anglers, in each of the last five financial years; and what estimate she has made of likely income from rod licences in 2011-12.
(61472)
72
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on employment of fisheries staff in each employment category (a) nationally and (b) in each region in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much it spent on (i) office rental, (ii) transport and (iii) other non-personnel overheads (A) nationally and (B) in each region.
(61473)
73
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports of suspected illegal fish movement the Environment Agency received in each region in each of the last five financial years; what the source of the report was in each case; how many illegal fish movements were discovered by Environment Agency personnel in the course of their duties in each region; how many prosecutions arose from suspected illegal fish movements; how many such prosecutions were unsuccessful; and in how many cases penalties were issued as a result of successful prosecutions in each year.
(61474)
74
N 		Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to provide a substantive reply to Question 56473, on performing wild animals, tabled on 16 May 2011 for named day answer on 19 May 2011.
(61160)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
75
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on progress of negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
(61008)
76
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the progress of the Afghan High Council for Peace in negotiating a political reconciliation with the Taliban.
(61009)
77
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria the Government applies in determining whether to recognise a state; what assessment he has made of the merits of recognising Somaliland as a state against each criterion; and if he will make a statement.
(61371)
78
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress made by the Turks and Caicos Islands towards reducing its budget deficit.
(61467)
79
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likely timetable for the restoration of self-government to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(61468)
80
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 9 December 2010, Official Report, columns 40-41WS, on Turks and Caicos Islands, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the Turks and Caicos Islands meeting the milestones prior to 2012.
(61478)
81
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on private investment in Sudan.
(61377)
82
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts on trade restrictions in Sudan.
(61379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
83
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with the London Organisation Committee of the Olympic Games on the provision of technical support by the World Health Organisation for implementation of a tobacco-free policy at the London 2012 Olympics.
(61436)
84
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to utilise mobile application technologies in the delivery of health services to the public.
(60878)
85
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS pays per gram for diamorphine; and if his Department has made an assessment of the price paid by other European health services.
(61010)
86
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was saved through his Department's modernisation process in each month since May 2010.
(61483)
87
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish monthly reports on the savings made under his Department's modernisation process.
(61484)
88
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS takes to reclaim assistance equipment loaned to patients on discharge from hospital and outpatient clinics at the end of its use; which NHS trusts (a) reclaim and (b) reissue equipment; and what the cost to the NHS was of issuing such equipment in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.
(61419)
89
N 		Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS funding to support carers in the community is reaching the carer organisations for which it is intended.
(60593)
90
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on a potential outbreak of cimex lectularius.
(61481)
91
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) levels of demand for services for people with mental health problems and (b) the capacity of existing services to meet such demand.
(61157)
92
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the recruitment and training of therapists in the treatment of people with mental health problems.
(61158)
93
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) psychiatric treatment, (b) cognitive behavioural therapy and (c) prescription drugs for people with mental health problems.
(61159)
94
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for emergency contraceptives were issued in each primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61103)
95
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on (i) levels of take-home pay and (ii) the incentive to work of charging for social care services.
(61162)
96
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which primary care trusts his Department is working to implement the plan to move from film to digital breast screening services; and in what capacity.
(61479)
97
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has set a deadline for the completion of the move from film to digital breast screening services.
(61497)
98
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 6.12 of his Department's document, Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer, whether this funding can be used for the acquisition of new radiotherapy equipment by hospitals.
(61353)
99
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that any stereotactic body radiation therapy commissioning consortium established as a result of the recommendations of the National Radiotherapy Advisory Group Implementation Group's report on stereotactic body radiation therapy contains patient representatives.
(61422)
100
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration the National Radiotherapy Advisory Group Implementation Group gave to including in its report on stereotactic body radiation therapy an assessment of the most recent technological advances in radiotherapy equipment for the treatment of cancer tumours that move during irradiation; and if he will request the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to assess the potential use of such technologies.
(61428)
101
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the report of the National Radiotherapy Advisory Group Implementation Group did not set a tariff for the treatment of lung cancer by stereotactic body radiation therapy.
(61430)
102
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding allocated by his Department for research into stillbirth causes and prevention was spent on research on the role of the placenta in stillbirth in the last 10 years; what research projects were carried out; and at which institutions.
(61425)
103
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding allocated by his Department for research into stillbirth was spent on research on (a) understanding unexplained stillbirths and (b) growth restriction in the last 10 years; what research projects were carried out in each case; and at which institutions.
(61426)
104
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on each research project on stillbirth causes and prevention which it has sponsored in the last 10 years; and which institutions carried out such research.
(61429)
105
N 		Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure the adequacy of standards of care in the Southern Cross care homes issued with improvement orders by the Care Quality Commission following the resolution of the present financial situation of the company.
(61323)
106
N 		Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the compliance with statutory obligations of staffing ratios in care homes operated by Southern Cross.
(61325)
107
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is taking any steps to encourage primary care trusts to continue funding IVF treatment.
(61490)
108
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to deaf and hard of hearing people for translation services during hospital appointments.
(61432)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
109
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been (a) arrested and (b) charged for offences relating to child sexual exploitation including grooming in each police authority area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
(61435)
110
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for judicial review of decisions made by her Department in respect of immigration and asylum cases have been initiated in the last 12 months.
(61400)
111
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the public purse of a judicial review of an immigration decision was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61401)
112
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to enable police to patrol park home sites situated on private property at any time, regardless of whether the owner has given permission.
(59972)
113
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) free and (b) concessionary travel arrangements are available to police officers; and what the cost to the public purse was of such arrangements in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61349)
114
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers working in the Calderdale division will be affected by proposed changes to police pensions.
(61385)
115
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the issuing of a (a) fixed penalty notice, (b) non-endorsable fixed penalty notice and (c) penalty notice for disorder in the last two years.
(61396)
116
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which (a) public order offences, (b) traffic offences and (c) other offences a fixed penalty notice, a non-endorsable fixed penalty notice or a penalty notice for disorder may be issued by a police officer.
(61398)
117
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future range of offences for which a (a) fixed penalty notice and (b) penalty notice for disorder may be issued; and if she will make a statement.
(61399)
118
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were rearrested after the issue of a (a) fixed penalty notice, (b) non-endorsable fixed penalty notice and (c) penalty notice for disorder within six months of the issue of the notice in each financial year since 2007-08; and in how many such cases the individual was subsequently dealt with (i) by the courts and (ii) by the issue of a further penalty notice.
(61416)
119
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2009, what types of procedures were carried out on macaques for the primary purpose of protection of man, animals or the environment.
(61352)
120
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the findings of the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation into the response of the Metropolitan Police to a burglary linked to Operation Minstead.
(61348)
121
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instances of abuse by a local authority of its powers in connection with the investigation of neighbour noise complaints have been reported to her Department in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61347)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
122
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department plans to spend on water and sanitation in Somalia in 2011-12.
(61372)
123
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what priorities his Department has set in respect of Puntland.
(61373)
124
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what extent resilience is to be integrated into his Department's operational plan for Somalia.
(61427)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
125
N 		Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which officials in his Department are involved in the reform of the coroner system.
(61011)
126
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals have been convicted of offences relating to child sexual exploitation including grooming in each crown prosecution service area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
(61434)
127
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for Representation Orders at the Crown Court have been outstanding after 28 days in 2011 to date.
(61395)
128
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have lost remission for disciplinary offences in the last 12 months; and how many such prisoners lost remission of (a) up to one month, (b) one to three months, (c) three to six months or (d) more than six months.
(61397)
129
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of alternative business structures on the mortgage conveyancing process.
(61388)
130
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances (a) UK and (b) foreign nationals are entitled to claim legal aid.
(61390)
131
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each region were prosecuted for not being in possession of a rod licence in each of the last five financial years; what the total monetary value of fines issued in respect of such prosecutions was in each year; and how much was recovered in payment of fines in each year.
(61471)
132
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date his Department commenced negotiations on a prisoner transfer agreement with the government of (a) Jamaica and (b) Nigeria; and by what date he expects each to be completed.
(61364)
133
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the creation of minimum standards of treatment under the proposed EU Directive on victims of crime.
(61381)
134
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review his policy on charging victims of vehicle theft for parking and release fees.
(61382)
135
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to maintain provision of services to victims of crime during the restructuring of victim support.
(61383)
136
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation will meet the All Party Parliamentary Group on Retail and Business Crime to discuss support for victims of crime in non-domestic cases.
(61384)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
137
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the longer semi-trailer feasibility study and impact assessment commissioned by his Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of options 4, 5 and 6 proposed in the consultation on (a) tail swings at roundabouts, (b) susceptibility to cross-winds and (c) safety in the absence of new steering technology.
(61330)
138
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether EU Directive 96/53/EC on road vehicles will restrict use of any articulated vehicle in excess of 16.5 metres in length on UK roads to operation on a trial basis only.
(61331)
139
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) road safety and (b) levels of carbon emissions of the operation on UK roads of vehicles over 16.5 metres in length.
(61333)
140
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the ratio of laden to unladen heavy goods vehicles on UK roads in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the likely ratio following any introduction of vehicles over 16.5 metres to the UK.
(61334)
141
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving heavy goods vehicles there were in each of the last 10 years; how many (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries arose from such accidents in each such year; and what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the numbers of such incidents of the introduction of heavy goods vehicles over 16.5 metres long.
(61335)
142
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on work in respect of train operating companies and the rail franchises they currently hold or for which they are bidding since May 2010; and what estimate he has made of likely further expenditure in the remainder of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(61393)
143
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates he has met representatives of each train operating company since May 2010.
(61394)
144
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of travel concessions issued to former employees of British Rail in each year since 1997.
(61365)
145
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of all payments made and benefits in kind given to former employees of British Rail in each year since 1997.
(61367)
146
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the proposed high speed rail link to Wales; and what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on this subject.
(61152)
147
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the proposed high speed rail link to Scotland; and what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on this subject.
(61153)
148
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish full details of the High Speed 2 Y route; and for what reason he has not made this information available.
(61154)
149
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) other departments have allocated to planning and preparation for High Speed 2 to 2014-15; how much of this funding has been spent; and on what activities such funding has been spent.
(61155)
150
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what compensation he plans to make available to home owners living along the proposed High Speed 2 route between Manchester and Leeds.
(61207)
151
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for television road safety campaigns in 2011-12.
(61433)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
152
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to (a) bring into force those sections of the Equalities Act 2010 that have not been brought into force and (b) bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Equalities Act 2010.
(61328)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
153
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to undertake an equality impact assessment on the effect on carers of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill.
(61500)
154
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was between the initiation of an appeal against a decision on a work capability assessment and the notification of the outcome of the appeal to the appellant in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61402)
155
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments were made contrary to the recommendation of a general practitioner on behalf of a claimant in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61403)
156
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in respect of persons diagnosed with a mental health condition were refused in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such decisions were subsequently overturned on appeal.
(61404)
157
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments received zero points on initial assessment and were passed on appeal in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61405)
158
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received between zero and six points in a work capability assessment and were passed on appeal in the latest period for which figures are available.
(61406)
159
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who failed a work capability assessment in the last 12 months subsequently had the decision overturned on appeal.
(61477)
160
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Barnsley Central constituency who (a) have been affected by his Department's changes to entitlement to mortgage interest payments and (b) will be affected in the 12 months following the change.
(60420)
161
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings in real terms which will accrue from the withdrawal of mobility allowance from persons in residential care in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(61499)
162
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether individuals mandated to undertake education and training as part of skills conditionality proposals will potentially be liable for higher-level sanctions.
(61363)
163
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition his Department uses of the term (a) active benefit and (b) inactive benefit.
(61374)
164
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department of the closure of the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Office within Hartlepool Jobcentre Plus.
(61326)
165
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff will be affected by the closure of the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Office within Hartlepool Jobcentre Plus; how many such staff live in Hartlepool constituency; and in what other locations such staff will be required to work.
(61327)
166
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides for deaf and hard of hearing people to help them enter employment; and if he will make a statement.
(61431)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
167
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of regional air passenger duty rates on airlines operating in London and the South East.
[Transferred] (61424)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
168
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the merits of requesting the Financial Services Authority to report on the effect of alternative business structures on the mortgage conveyancing process.
[Transferred] (61389)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
169
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average number of months persons diagnosed with cancer were certified as unable to undertake work in the latest period for which figures are available.
[Transferred] (61498)

Prepared 21st June 2011