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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 5 July 2011

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 5 July 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 5 July 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 5 July 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 5 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 5 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General
1
N 		Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Attorney General, in respect of how many offences of each type the Crown Prosecution Service applied the threshold test in making the decision to charge in each of the last five years.
(64086)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the reduction in fee support for English classes for speakers of other languages on the number of people taking such courses.
(63949)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places for undergraduates he expects to be available in each university in 2011-12.
(63990)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the level of fees a university can expect to receive from (a) home students, (b) non-EU students and (c) EU students on admissions decisions by universities.
(64055)
5
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of universities which will charge £9,000 per year for undergraduate courses.
(64056)
6
N 		Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average unit cost was by apprenticeship framework of an apprenticeship place for a person aged 25 years and above in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 in (i) England and (ii) each region; and what estimate he has made of the cost in 2011-12.
(64057)
7
N 		Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average unit cost was by apprenticeship framework of an apprenticeship place for a person aged between 19 to 24 years in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 in (i) England and (ii) each region; and what estimate he has made of the cost in 2011-12.
(64058)
8
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate how many apprenticeship places would be created in the (a) social care, (b) energy and utilities, (c) human resources, (d) travel, (e) marketing and media, (f) professional services and (g) engineering goods sector if one apprenticeship was created for every £1 million worth of (i) central government, (ii) local government and (iii) other public sector contract.
(64161)
9
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings (i) Ministers and (ii) senior officials of his Department have had with (A) the UK Permanent Representative to the EU and (B) the Department of Health, on revisions to the application of the European Working Time Directive in the last 12 months.
(64181)
10
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will commission research into (a) the product life cycle of electrical components and (b) the environmental sustainability of electric vehicles before deciding on further expenditure on the electric automotive sector.
(64156)
11
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the effects on higher education institutions of (a) allowing unrestricted recruitment of students scoring the equivalent of AAB or above at A level and (b) the creation of a flexible margin of 20,000 places in 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(64081)
12
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the (a) Quality Assurance Agency, (b) Office for Fair Access, (c) Higher Education Funding Council for England and (d) Office of the Independent Adjudicator in each of the last three years; how many he estimates will be employed by each such body in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and if he will make a statement.
(64082)
13
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many higher education institutions were deemed to be at risk by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in the most recent period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
(64083)
14
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff employed by the (a) Student Loans Company, (b) Office of the Independent Adjudicator, (c) Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) Quality Assurance Agency and (e) Office for Fair Access received salaries greater than (i) £65,000, (ii) £100,000, (iii) £200,000 and (iv) £250,000 in (A) 2011-12 and (B) each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(64084)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
15
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in staff numbers at the Charity Commission's office in Liverpool on the Commission's ability to deal with fraud.
(64190)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
16
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency have participated in the national insurance contribution holiday.
(64187)
17
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 16 May 2011 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Ruth Todhunter.
(64067)
18
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 12 May 2011 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Stephen Pennells.
(64068)
19
N 		Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amounts have been seized in the UK under the provisions of the Syria (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1244); and which financial institution was involved in each case.
(63919)
20
N 		Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who amongst those persons who have had their assets frozen under the Syria (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I., 2011, No. 1244) was classified as a politically-exposed person before the beginning of operations in Libya.
(63920)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
21
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has assessed the effect of the provisions of the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Act 2002 in respect of commercial properties on the management of an estate where commercial property benefits from the right to enfranchise.
(64199)
22
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the aggregate income of (a) the City of Westminster and (b) the City of Sheffield between 2011-12 and 2012-13 attributable to the Deputy Prime Minister's proposals for the future apportionment of business rates.
(64198)
23
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of apprenticeships to be created by his new homes programme if contractors developing such homes were required to take on one apprentice for every £1 million worth of construction undertaken.
(64179)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
24
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he plans to reply to the letter of 19 May 2011 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M.E. Haworth.
(64069)
25
N 		Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the future of Lytham Hall.
(63909)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
26
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the review of reserve forces will be published.
(63213)
27
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which officials are working on his Department's continuous review of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
(63272)
28
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has allocated funding for the purposes of defence capacity building in Somaliland during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(63271)
29
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a small military training and technical team to the government of Southern Sudan to assist their military capacity building.
(64155)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
30
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consideration he is giving to the decision of the House reched in Division No. 199 on 10 February 2011, Official Report, columns 584-6, on formulating his response to the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on prisoner voting rights.
(63979)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
31
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to assist (a) disabled children, (b) children with special educational needs and (c) refugee and migrant populations who are not in education, employment or training; and if he will make a statement.
(64053)
32
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to remove barriers to education for young people aged between 16 and 19 years who are not engaged with the education system; and if he will make a statement.
(64054)
33
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools were assessed by Ofsted as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate in South Lakeland District Council area in each of the last five years.
(63905)
34
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that maintained schools are prevented from teaching aspects of sex and relationships education in science lessons that are not covered by the national curriculum for science as part of his Department's review of personal, social, health and economic education.
(63908)
35
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the merits of developing commissioning guidance for head teachers on support for children with speech, language and communication needs.
(64180)
36
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in schools in England are being taught religious education at Key Stage (a) 3 and (b) 4.
(64182)
37
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken against schools which have not fulfilled their obligations in respect of the teaching of religious education at Key Stage (a) 3 and (b) 4 since his appointment; and what sanctions are available to his Department in such cases.
(64183)
38
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on (a) any criteria to be applied in planning issues and (b) the process for determining planning issues in relation to the establishment of free schools.
(64064)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
39
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for the provision of direct payments to farms under the Common Agricultural Policy from 2013.
(63906)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
40
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to seek international agreement on a new international legal framework to tackle piracy on the high seas and bring pirates to court.
(64154)
41
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with his Italian counterpart the respect given by Italian government authorities to the Sikh turban.
(64186)
42
N 		Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of violence in the South Kordofan region of Sudan; and what discussions he has had with the UN regarding the protection of residents of the South Kordofan region after 9 July 2011.
(64065)
43
N 		Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the renewal of public consultations on the constitutional future of the South Kordofan region in Sudan.
(64066)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
44
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost in each cost category was of the (a) design, (b) construction and (c) annual operating costs of Peterborough City Hospital on the date of signature of the private finance initiative contract.
(64075)
45
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes were made to project specifications under the Peterborough City Hospital private finance initiative agreement after the date the agreement was signed.
(64076)
46
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects in respect of (a) the management of the Peterborough City Hospital private finance initiative agreement and (b) the disposal of Peterborough District Hospital.
(64077)
47
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name is and (b) date of appointment was of each accounting officer for the Peterborough City Hospital private finance initiative project since commencement of the design of the hospital.
(64078)
48
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate was made of the number of patients to be treated in the first year of operation at Peterborough City Hospital at the time the contract for the project under the private finance initiative was signed.
(64079)
49
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices which provide treatment (a) wholly and (b) partly under the NHS are operating in (i) Cumbria and (ii) the South Lakeland District Council area.
(63907)
50
N 		John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of those who participated in listening events with members of the NHS Future Forum were (a) employed by the NHS, (b) from the voluntary sector, (c) from private sector organisations and (d) members of the public.
(63904)
51
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of stroke patients admitted to the accident and emergency department of St George's Healthcare NHS Trust in each month since January 2009.
(64188)
52
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has undertaken an impact assessment of his proposed reform of the NHS on (a) patient care and (b) resources at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust; and if he will publish the result of any such assessment.
(64189)
53
N 		Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS bodies (a) operate in Nottinghamshire and (b) will operate in Nottinghamshire after the entry into force of the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill.
(64143)
54
N 		Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of NHS staff redundancies in (a) Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire arising from the implementation of his proposals for reform of the NHS.
(64144)
55
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients who requested an autistic spectrum disorder diagnostic test in (a) Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust and (b) England received such a test in the last 12 months.
(64184)
56
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for future support for speech and language therapy for adults with autistic spectrum conditions in Wolverhampton.
(64185)
57
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase awareness of pancreatic cancer in the (a) medical profession and (b) general public; and if he will make a statement.
(63910)
58
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the level of funding for research into the causes and treatment of pancreatic cancer; and if he will make a statement.
(63911)
59
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer; and if he will make a statement.
(63912)
60
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to report on the treatment of very rare cancers; and if he will make a statement.
(63945)
61
N 		Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was owed to the NHS in unpaid bills incurred by foreign nationals in each financial year between 1997 and 2011; what the sum was of NHS bills incurred by foreign nationals in each year between 1997 and 2011; and what the nationalities were of those who incurred the bills in each case.
(63921)
62
N 		Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of uncollected prescriptions in each financial year from 1997 to 2010.
(64142)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
63
N 		Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date and at what time the UK Border Agency informed her Department that Sheikh Raed Salah had most recently entered the UK.
(64087)
64
N 		Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the UK Border Agency was informed that Sheikh Raed Salah was excluded from the UK.
(64088)
65
N 		Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date Sheikh Raed Salah most recently entered the UK.
(64089)
66
N 		Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what country Sheikh Raed Salah was present on the date he was informed that he was excluded from the UK.
(64090)
67
N 		Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she was made aware that Sheikh Raed Salah was visiting the UK.
(64091)
68
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Liverpool Passport Office staff recruited under the Friends and Family Scheme were recruited after March 2009.
(64153)
69
N 		Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2011, Official Report, column 861W, on foreign workers: EU nationals, on what date she asked the Migration Advisory Committee to review the labour market case; what the terms of reference of the review are; which (a) individuals and (b) bodies were invited to respond to the review; for what reason a formal call for evidence was not issued; how the Committee has advertised that it will accept written views from any interested party; what the closing date is for the receipt of written submissions; how the review question was formulated; what her definition is of serious disturbance; how many representations on the review the Committee has received; by whom such representations were made; when she plans to publish the outcomes of the review; and if she will make a statement.
(63946)
70
N 		Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2011, Official Report, column 861W, on foreign workers: EU nationals, what discussions she has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) the private sector on the labour market case.
(63947)
71
N 		Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2011, Official Report, column 861W, on foreign workers: EU nationals, what the current status is of (a) Bulgarian and (b) Romanian nationals who access the UK job market.
(63948)
72
N 		Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the remaining posts at Newport Passport Office are open to applications from all staff based in Newport.
(64071)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
73
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1057W, on equal pay, when he expects the final version of the most recent equal pay audit of employees of the House of Commons Service to be available.
(64145)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
74
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics on the levels of tuberculosis in developing countries.
(64147)
75
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department provided to research and development of (a) diagnostics, (b) drugs and (c) vaccines to diagnose, reduce and prevent tuberculosis in each of the last five years.
(64148)
76
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on the implementation and delivery of (a) diagnostics, (b) drugs and (c) vaccines to diagnose, prevent and treat tuberculosis.
(64149)
77
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to support the development of (a) diagnostics, (b) drugs and (c) vaccines to diagnose, prevent and treat tuberculosis; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such steps.
(64150)
78
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to support smallholder agriculture following the end of disbursements under the L'Aquila Food Security Initiative in 2012; and if he will make a statement.
(64195)
79
N 		Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the development results framework contained in (a) the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality, and (b) the Empowerment of Women strategic plan for 2011 to 2013.
(64072)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
80
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were registered with the Drug Interventions Programme in the last six months for which figures are available.
(64157)
81
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) people with no fixed address registered with the Drug Interventions Programme in the last 12 months.
(64158)
82
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Drug Interventions Programme on re-offending rates.
(64159)
83
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to provide training to coroners on domestic violence.
(64160)
84
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to courts on applications by step-parents for legal custody of children where the child has regular contact with its natural parents; and if he will make a statement.
(64070)
85
N 		Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on the provision of legal aid to prisoners in respect of human rights cases in each of the last five years.
(64074)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
86
N 		Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill.
(64141)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
87
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 19 May 2011, Official Report, columns 520-22, on the McNulty Report and West Coast Rail, what the terms of reference are for his Department's review of rail fares policy.
(63980)
88
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 19 May 2011, Official Report, columns 520-22, on the McNulty Report and West Coast Rail, whether he plans to consult (a) businesses and (b) employers as part of his Department's review of rail fares policy.
(63981)
89
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 19 May 2011, Official Report, columns 520-22, on the McNulty Report and West Coast Rail, what discussions he has had with business representatives on existing train ticketing structures; and what measures he proposes to encourage business use of the railway network.
(63982)
90
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 1062W, on railways: finance, what progress his Department has made in its engagement with the rail industry on an agreement on the effects on levels of Government (a) subsidy to and (b) premia received from train operating companies of the increase in rail fares by retail prices index plus three per cent. for three years from January 2012.
(64146)
91
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving children there have been in each London borough in each year since 1988.
(64178)
92
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to the provision of a dedicated freight railway line for the routes to be served by High Speed 2.
(64059)
93
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the (a) costs and (b) effects of changes required to Euston station and its environs as a result of (i) High Speed 2 and (ii) Rail Package 2.
(64060)
94
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans to electrify the lines between (a) London Paddington and Penzance stations and (b) Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St David's stations.
(64061)
95
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to raise awareness of (a) the value of waste cooking oil from catering establishments for biofuels and (b) the effects of theft of such cooking oil from such establishments.
(64062)
96
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications of the findings of the report on the productive use of rail travel time and value of travel time saving for travellers in the course of work commissioned by his Department for the High Speed 2 project.
(64063)
97
N 		Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for improvements to the A46 (a) within and (b) bordering Lincoln constituency.
(64080)
98
N 		Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which sections of the A46 are classified as trunk road; and what responsibility the Highways Agency has for the (a) maintenance and (b) improvement of such sections.
(64085)
99
N 		Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the decision to award the Thameslink contract to an overseas consortium.
(63922)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
100
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential effects of planned changes to the budget of the Health and Safety Executive on the number of (a) proactive workplace inspections and (b) incident inspections undertaken by the Executive.
(64191)
101
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effects of (a) proactive workplace inspections and (b) incident inspections conducted by the Health and Safety Executive on the incidence of fatalities and serious injuries in the workplace.
(64192)
102
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost to the Health and Safety Executive of implementing the recommendations relating to it contained in Common Sense, Common Safety.
(64193)
103
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for local authority sub-contracting of health and safety inspections of the recommendations relating to combining food safety and health and safety contained in Common Sense, Common Safety.
(64196)
104
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of fatalities and major injuries recorded under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 in each of the last five years (a) were investigated by the Health and Safety Executive, (b) resulted in an enforcement notice, (c) resulted in a prosecution and (d) resulted in any other enforcement activity.
(64200)
105
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential implications for persons diagnosed with (a) stress-related illnesses and (b) musculoskeletal disorders of the recommendations relating to low-hazard workplaces in Common Sense, Common Safety when considering implementation of the recommendations.
(64201)
Questions to the Attorney General
106
N 		Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of proceedings in relation to public authorities under Article 8 of Schedule 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
[Question Unstarred] (63522)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
107
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the potential effect of implementation of the proposals contained in the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission's Final Report on the average life expectancy of (a) teachers, (b) NHS workers, (c) local government workers and (d) civil servants.
[Transferred] (64194)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
108
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has estimated the cost to local authorities of implementing the recommendations of the Common Sense, Common Safety report in respect of (a) conducting an internal review of each refusal to allow an event to take place and (b) the payment of damages by the Local Government Ombudsman where an event was found to have been incorrectly banned on the grounds of health and safety.
[Transferred] (64197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
109
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many school crossing patrol officers were employed in each London borough in each year since 1988.
[Transferred] (64177)

Prepared 5th July 2011