Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 October 2011
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 13 October 2011
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 October 2011
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 13 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.
For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 13 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 13 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Attorney General, how much was spent by his Department on meeting home to work travel costs for the Chief Executive of the Serious Fraud Office in 2010-11. |
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(74582)
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2
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Attorney General, how many consultants were employed in each of the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last three years; and from which companies. |
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(74583)
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3
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Attorney General, how much expenditure each of the Law Officers' Departments incurred on consultancy in each of the last three years. |
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(74584)
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4
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on meeting the travel to work costs of each of its employees in receipt of such costs in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(74585)
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5
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Serious Fraud Office have the costs of travelling from home to work met by their employer. |
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(74586)
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6
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted under the provisions of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. |
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(74072)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
7
N
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Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what role he envisages for professional business advisers in the establishment of new businesses within (a) enterprise zones and (b) areas represented by local enterprise partnerships. |
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(73788)
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8
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Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to review the efficiency of Student Finance England; and how many complaints Student Finance England received in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010. |
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(74617)
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9
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Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent electrical dealers in the retail market from offering products for sale below cost. |
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(74633)
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10
N
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Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps (a) he and (b) the Higher Education Funding Council for England plan to take to ensure that universities continue to validate higher education qualifications delivered in further education colleges. |
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(74167)
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11
N
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Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many universities plan to stop validating higher education qualifications in further education colleges in 2012-13; which courses will be affected; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74168)
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12
N
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on progression to higher education for students aged 24 years and over who are required to take out a loan to support themselves. |
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(74122)
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13
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Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to increase the number of small suppliers through its procurement processes. |
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(74637)
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14
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on the UK of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of certain guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits. |
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(74563)
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15
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with small businesses concerning the possible effects of winter weather on those businesses. |
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(74478)
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16
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with businesses concerning lost revenue resulting from public disorder in August 2011. |
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(74479)
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17
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department provided support to the World Skills 2011 event held at the Excel Arena on 5 to 8 October 2011. |
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(74480)
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18
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the financial sector in the Isle of Man on investment in the UK. |
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(74487)
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19
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many press releases his Department has issued in the last 12 months. |
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(74489)
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20
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full- and (b) part-time staff his Department employed in each year since 1997. |
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(74595)
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21
N
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of Liverpool Vision funding on small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Merseyside. |
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(74172)
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22
N
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the ability of small and medium-sized businesses in Liverpool, Walton constituency to gain access to Liverpool Vision funding. |
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(74174)
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23
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the banking industry on the role of relationship managers in bank branches. |
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(74753)
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24
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Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to make the final decision on the location for the Green Investment Bank. |
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(74551)
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25
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Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made any changes to the criteria for determining the location of the Green Investment Bank since May 2011. |
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(74556)
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26
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Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether further cities have applied to be the location of the Green Investment Bank. |
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(74557)
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27
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74772)
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28
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74841)
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29
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it plans to provide in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74842)
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30
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2011, Official Report, columns 716-7W, on copyright, what assessment he has made of the effects of competitiveness of the UK corporate tax regime on companies which develop and exploit intellectual property. |
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(74547)
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31
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in central government (a) capital expenditure and (b) procurement of goods on the level of manufacturing output in 2010. |
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(74522)
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32
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to encourage growth in manufacturing output; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74523)
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33
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the proportion of businesses which are at risk of going into administration which remain trading as a going concern. |
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(74639)
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34
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the regulatory regime in respect of patent applications for the purposes of encouraging (a) innovation, (b) product development and (c) employment creation. |
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(74648)
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35
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of audit committees in (a) highlighting risks within a business, (b) understanding the business model and the framework in which a business operates and (c) assessing the effectiveness of internal controls within a business. |
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(74652)
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36
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the higher education cohort entered higher education using vocational qualifications in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74696)
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37
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on fiscal measures to increase the level of (a) employee-owned and (b) family-owned businesses. |
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(74697)
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38
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase the number of employee-owned businesses. |
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(74749)
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Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
39
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Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons (a) Grimsbury, (b) Neithrop and (c) Ruscote ward within Cherwell District Council does not qualify for Community First funding. |
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(74725)
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40
N
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Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to become community organisers and activists. |
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(73642)
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41
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to take steps to support small and medium-sized enterprises competing against larger corporations for Government contracts. |
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(74728)
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42
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made in its efforts to assist small and medium-sized enterprises in competing for Government contracts. |
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(74731)
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43
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made recent progress in encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises to compete for Government contracts. |
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(74732)
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44
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to inform small and medium-sized enterprises about the rules of public procurement. |
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(74733)
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45
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on creating common policies and practices for small and medium-sized enterprises involved in government procurement. |
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(74734)
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46
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what work his Department commissioned from civil society organisations in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74018)
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47
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters on funding of the voluntary sector he has received in each month since 1 June 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74019)
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48
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters on public service mutuals he has received in each month since 1 June 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74020)
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49
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what visits to voluntary sector organisations (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have made in each month since 1 June 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74021)
|
50
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings he has had in his Department with (a) voluntary sector organisations and (b) those interested in public service mutuals policy in each month since 1 June 2011. |
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(74022)
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51
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from which organisations he received responses to his Department's consultation paper on Modernising Commissioning in December 2010 and January 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74770)
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52
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of charitable giving (a) in total, (b) by UK-owned businesses and (c) by businesses based in the UK in each of the last three years. |
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(74771)
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53
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74773)
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54
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Community First Fund was allocated in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it will receive in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74788)
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55
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the National Citizen Service was allocated in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much he has allocated in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74789)
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56
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding he allocated to each of the pilots for the National Citizen Service in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much he has allocated for each of the next three years. |
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(74790)
|
57
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people started a National Citizen Service project in each month since November 2010; and how many were still involved in those projects (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months after starting the project. |
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(74791)
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58
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were working for the Office for Civil Society in each month since 1 May 2010; how many he expects to be employed in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74792)
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59
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget of the Office for Civil Society was for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; what budget he has set for each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74793)
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60
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each beneficiary organsiation has received from the Transition Fund since its inception; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74794)
|
61
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74839)
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62
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74840)
|
63
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to consult on procurement policy action note 3/11, issued on 31 January 2011. |
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(74548)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
64
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total tax revenue raised from businesses in the low carbon sector in the last financial year. |
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(74604)
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65
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax revenue raised from small businesses in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much and what proportion of such revenue was collected via (a) employee income tax, (b) employee national insurance contributions, (c) employer national insurance contributions, (d) business rates, (e) corporation tax, (f) Value Added Tax, (g) capital gains tax and (h) stamp duty land tax. |
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(74605)
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66
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average tax take from a small business in each of its first five years of trading in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(74606)
|
67
N
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Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to address duty avoidance in the production of biodiesel. |
|
(73968)
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68
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Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in (a) Durham and (b) North West Durham constituency have participated in the national insurance contributions holiday scheme. |
|
(74616)
|
69
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on revenue to the Exchequer of his planned changes to air passenger duty in Northern Ireland. |
|
(74457)
|
70
|
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that progress is made on the developed world's climate finance responsibilities when he meets his G20 counterparts in October 2011. |
|
(74795)
|
71
|
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 51, on the Eurozone, if he will place in the Library a copy of any economic modelling his Department has undertaken to project the effects of the latest round of quantitative easing on inflation in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15. |
|
(74561)
|
72
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his position is in respect of the discussions due to take place at the Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) meeting in Brussels on 20 October 2011 relating to (a) item 1 on UK-Gibraltar and (b) item 2 on Guernsey; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74562)
|
73
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the future level of UK gold reserves. |
|
(74482)
|
74
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of counterfeit (a) £1 and (b) £2 coins in circulation. |
|
(74483)
|
75
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of counterfeit coins in circulation. |
|
(74484)
|
76
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the face value of counterfeit coins in circulation. |
|
(74485)
|
77
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the face value was of counterfeit coins removed from circulation in each year since 1997. |
|
(74486)
|
78
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of counterfeit bank notes seized in each year since 1997. |
|
(74490)
|
79
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of counterfeit bank notes in circulation. |
|
(74491)
|
80
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of counterfeit (a) £5, (b) £10, (c) £20 and (d) £50 bank notes in circulation. |
|
(74492)
|
81
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of counterfeit bank notes in circulation. |
|
(74493)
|
82
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with former investors in Equitable Life on the length of the compensation scheme. |
|
(74593)
|
83
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister, (b) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (c) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the rate of value added tax. |
|
(74752)
|
84
|
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the (a) IT and (b) other arrangements for HM Revenue and Customs real time service will be operational and fully tested before the proposed start date of the universal credit in 2013. |
|
(74631)
|
85
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his negotiating position is for the G20 Finance Ministers October 2011 meeting on proposals for an international levy on shipping to cut carbon emissions and raise climate change finance. |
|
(74669)
|
86
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74786)
|
87
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74813)
|
88
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74814)
|
89
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to make it easier for eligible policy holders to contact the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. |
|
(73921)
|
90
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 8 September 2011 from the hon. Member for Walsall North, reference 1/94542/2011. |
|
(73922)
|
91
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long it takes on average to answer calls to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme enquiry line. |
|
(73971)
|
92
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure telephone calls to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme are answered. |
|
(74321)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
93
|
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is on schedule to release the next Housing Subsidy Determination on 11 November 2011; and on what date he plans to publish the final Housing Subsidy Determination. |
|
(74618)
|
94
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of the draft national housing policy framework on homelessness. |
|
(74065)
|
95
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 18 July 2011, Official Report, columns 662-4, on local government finance, what modelling his Department has carried out on the likely change to Durham County Council's budget under his proposed scheme for localisation of business rates in each of the next five years. |
|
(74613)
|
96
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what correspondence he has had with Durham County Council on the effects of his proposed scheme for localisation of business rates. |
|
(74614)
|
97
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the use of the yield from business rates in an area as a general measure of that area's economic (a) growth needs and (b) performance. |
|
(74123)
|
98
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed reform of business rates on economic growth at local authority level in (a) the current spending review period and (b) five years beyond the current spending review period. |
|
(74125)
|
99
|
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to permit environmental health officers to provide abatement orders to social landlords. |
|
(74632)
|
100
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of the creation of the enterprise zone in Birmingham on jobs in Birmingham Ladywood constituency. |
|
(74516)
|
101
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what transitional arrangements have been made with the Home Office for the transfer of responsibility for the Prevent strategy. |
|
(74517)
|
102
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what status an emergent local plan has in the determination of planning appeals; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74060)
|
103
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what relative weighting he advises local planning authorities to attach to (a) areas of outstanding natural beauty, (b) green belt areas and (c) flood risk areas, when drawing up local plans; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74061)
|
104
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the green belt is protected from development; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74062)
|
105
|
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to make it mandatory for local authorities to provide residents with the opportunity to raise issues of concern with councillors at full council and cabinet meetings through public question and answer sessions for the purposes of improving local democratic accountability; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74796)
|
106
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74775)
|
107
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74835)
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108
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74836)
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109
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many central government-funded loan applications were approved for self-build homes in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) Sussex and (c) nationally in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. |
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(74549)
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110
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2011, Official Report, columns 913-4W, on housing: construction, what progress has been made in preparing an action plan to make it easier for people to build their own homes. |
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(74550)
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111
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James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided to Inform in each of the last five years. |
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(74546)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
112
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 28 April 2011, Official Report, column 327, on race course pitch tenures, when his Department next plans to review the progress of negotiations on an agreement; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74621)
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113
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he expects redevelopment of the Olympic Stadium to be complete before the commencement of the first lease in 2014. |
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(74673)
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114
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that demand to occupy the Olympic Stadium extends beyond the first letting period. |
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(74674)
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115
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the decision to retain the Olympic Stadium in public ownership on the stability of the 25 year regeneration plan for the East End of London. |
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(74675)
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116
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he expects decisions to have been made on the future (a) ownership and (b) occupation of the Olympic Stadium before the London 2012 Olympics commence. |
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(74676)
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117
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment has he made of the likely effects of the decision to retain the Olympic Stadium in public ownership on the prospects for success of London's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships. |
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(74677)
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118
N
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Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that 99 per cent. of the land mass of Scotland has adequate mobile voice coverage. |
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(73643)
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119
N
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Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which body will determine how the mobile coverage improvement fund will be disbursed. |
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(73644)
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120
N
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with executives from the National Lottery Fund on measures to assist small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England and Wales. |
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(74173)
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121
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74776)
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122
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74833)
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123
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it expects to provide in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74834)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
124
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of military operations in Libya since the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1973. |
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(74313)
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125
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Army have been deployed in relation to the NATO operation in Libya since March 2011. |
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(74314)
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126
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military aid, training or equipment has been offered to the Transitional National Council of Libya; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74315)
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127
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Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that military personnel in all parts of Scotland have access to similar facilities to those provided by the (a) Army Education Centre, (b) Army Learning Centre and (c) Edinburgh HIVE following the closure of Redford and Dreghorn Barracks. |
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(74518)
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128
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on museums and exhibitions (a) overall and (b) in each constituent part of the UK in each year since 2005. |
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(74724)
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129
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to join (a) the Army Cadet Force and (b) the Combined Cadet Force. |
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(74066)
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130
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of reservists are members of the teaching profession. |
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(74067)
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131
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage former service personnel to become teachers. |
|
(74068)
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132
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) when and (b) from what location the global positioning system was disabled in UK waters during the NATO joint Warrior Exercise 112. |
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(74319)
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133
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Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support is available for armed forces personnel returning to civilian life who began serving before 2005 but who have fewer than 20 years service. |
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(74609)
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134
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Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the creation of an EU permanent operational headquaters. |
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(74625)
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135
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to visit the Falkland Islands to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict. |
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(74475)
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136
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to discuss the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict with veterans of the conflict. |
|
(74495)
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137
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to veterans of the Falklands conflict. |
|
(74496)
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138
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff his Department employed in each year since 1997. |
|
(74594)
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139
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits he has made to Afghanistan in the last 12 months. |
|
(74640)
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140
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict and (b) support veterans of the conflict wishing to return to the Islands to mark the occasion. |
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(74642)
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141
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department has been of overseas travel which (a) he has and (b) his advisers have undertaken since May 2010. |
|
(74751)
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142
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74777)
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143
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74831)
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144
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much he expects to provide in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74832)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
145
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has funded the Christopher Winter Project in 2011-12; how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority area use materials produced by the Christopher Winter Project; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74680)
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146
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools about the type of (a) material and (b) publications relating to sex and relationships education in school libraries; what recent representations he has received from parents about the type of material placed in school libraries on such matters; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74683)
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147
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of sex and relationships education on pupils aged 7 to 11 years of age; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74684)
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148
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence his Department has gathered on the effects of sex and relationships education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on the number of teenage pregnancies; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74686)
|
149
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to require the head teacher of a (a) primary and (b) secondary school to show parents upon request the material used in their school to teach sex and relationships education; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74687)
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150
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many representations he has received on the proposed exclusion of religious education from the English Baccalaureate. |
|
(74528)
|
151
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have changed their transport subsidies for 16 to 18 year olds accessing education and training between academic years 2010-11 and 2011-12. |
|
(74612)
|
152
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools of each (i) administrative type and (ii) religious designation in each area of the country he has visited since May 2010. |
|
(74726)
|
153
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he expects to review the effectiveness of arrangements for home to school and college transport in 2011-12; and if so, when he expects to publish the outcomes of any such review. |
|
(74727)
|
154
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have converted to academy status in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England. |
|
(74552)
|
155
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of local authorities to fulfil their statutory duty to provide careers guidance services to pupils in schools and sixth form colleges. |
|
(73924)
|
156
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanism his Department uses to assess the quality of careers guidance in schools. |
|
(73925)
|
157
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the reduction in the early intervention grant on the capacity of schools to provide careers guidance services. |
|
(73926)
|
158
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of instances in which non-compliance by local authorities with the duty to provide careers guidance have not resulted in legal action. |
|
(73927)
|
159
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Fourth Report from the Education Committee, Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training, HC 850, what assessment he has made of the need for face-to-face careers guidance for young people. |
|
(73973)
|
160
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2011, Official Report, column 1022W, on further education: transport, what assessment his Department has made of the local authority transport statements for young people aged between 16 to 18 years for 2011-12. |
|
(74124)
|
161
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Dartford constituency (a) had applied and (b) were in the process of applying for academy status on the latest date for which figures are available. |
|
(74757)
|
162
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which primary schools he expects to become academies in (a) Kent and (b) Dartford constituency in the 2011-12 academic year. |
|
(74758)
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163
|
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers who have not been convicted of any offence but are unable to work as a result of unsubstantiated allegations disclosed in enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks. |
|
(74520)
|
164
|
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools with attached nurseries have converted to academy status since May 2010; and how many such schools have set up an independent company to run their nursery following conversion to academy status. |
|
(74525)
|
165
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Mr Dominic Cummings issued instructions to civil servants prior to his appointment as special adviser. |
|
(74543)
|
166
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what procedures govern the transfer of special advisers to the Civil Service in his Department. |
|
(74544)
|
167
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Mr Dominic Cummings was involved in discussions concerning his Department's budget prior to his appointment as special adviser. |
|
(74545)
|
168
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full- and (b) part-time staff his Department employed in each year since 1997. |
|
(74600)
|
169
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools are expected to be open by (a) 2012 and (b) 2015. |
|
(74643)
|
170
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools are operational; and how many plan to open in the academic year 2011-12. |
|
(74644)
|
171
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are attending free schools. |
|
(74645)
|
172
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74774)
|
173
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74837)
|
174
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much he expects to provide in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74838)
|
175
|
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Young People's Learning Agency has made of the (i) enrolment and (ii) retention of 16 year olds in full-time education in the 2011-12 academic year. |
|
(74695)
|
176
|
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has assessed the 2011-12 local authority transport plans for 16 to 18 year olds; and what (a) affordable and (b) accessible transport is available for this age group. |
|
(74750)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
177
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of grandfathering support for bioliquids made from waste and used cooking oil under the Renewables Obligation. |
|
(73969)
|
178
|
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to increase the feed-in tariff for micro generators. |
|
(74634)
|
179
N
|
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is planning to cease immobilising Dounreay Fast Reactor nuclear material on site and transporting it to Sellafield for reprocessing. |
|
(73649)
|
180
N
|
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is proposing further reprocessing of nuclear material, including breeder material from Dounreay. |
|
(73650)
|
181
N
|
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is proposing continued reprocessing of nuclear material at Sellafield, including increasing the amount of nuclear material to be reprocessed by planned transport from Dounreay to Sellafield of Dounreay Fast Reactor breeder material. |
|
(73651)
|
182
N
|
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will end all reprocessing activity at Sellafield and decommission the reprocessing facilities following the closure of the Sellafield Mox plant. |
|
(73652)
|
183
N
|
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 219W, on renewable energy, if he will estimate the likely annual morbidity arising from the emissions from each Megawatt of installed biomass capacity. |
|
(73749)
|
184
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74778)
|
185
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74829)
|
186
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much he expects to provide in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74830)
|
187
|
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects his Department plans in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13; and what the cost of each such project will be. |
|
(74460)
|
188
|
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in July and August 2010. |
|
(74461)
|
189
|
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many external training courses staff of his Department attended in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each course. |
|
(74462)
|
190
|
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many transport-related fines his Department has settled on behalf of its staff and at what cost in each year since its inception. |
|
(74463)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
191
|
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made in banning the use of wild animals in circuses by July 2012. |
|
(74512)
|
192
N
|
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Environment Agency on the (a) disposal of glycerol, (b) use of chemicals such as methanol and (c) need for biodiesel on UK roads to meet EU Standard EN14214 in respect of producers of biodiesel made from waste cooking oil who do not require a permit. |
|
(73967)
|
193
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken in respect of the Resolution of the House of 23 June 2011 to introduce a regulation banning the use of all wild animals in circuses to take effect by 1 July 2012. |
|
(74058)
|
194
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received representations from Ministers or officials in the Home Department not to hold the proposed badger cull in the same year as the London 2012 Olympics. |
|
(74558)
|
195
|
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department has in place to enable the tracing of eggs and egg products back to the farm of origin for the purposes of ensuring compliance with European directives. |
|
(74521)
|
196
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of discounts to vets on the sale of veterinary pharmaceuticals; what assessment she has made of the effects of such discounts on the manufacturers of such products; what representations she has received on the transparency of such discounts; what plans she has to review such discounts; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74610)
|
197
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to announce the new Chairman of Ofwat; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74611)
|
198
|
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards the introduction of a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses. |
|
(74623)
|
199
N
|
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of wood combusted at each biomass generating plant was (a) virgin and (b) waste wood in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(73876)
|
200
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74779)
|
201
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74827)
|
202
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much direct funding her Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74828)
|
203
|
James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for bovine tuberculosis to be spread through the movement of camelids. |
|
(74628)
|
204
|
James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce registration and licensing for camelids. |
|
(74629)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
205
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the abortion rate in Israel in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74685)
|
206
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has had with the Israeli Leader of the Opposition; what issues were discussed; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74693)
|
207
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions he has had discussions with the Syrian ambassador on the activities of his diplomatic staff in relation to meetings with the diaspora. |
|
(74312)
|
208
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens who travelled to Libya to participate in the military action undertaken by the National Transitional Council; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74746)
|
209
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens wounded in military actions in Libya. |
|
(74747)
|
210
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the installation of the Coastal Radar System in the British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74467)
|
211
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in the British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos in 2012. |
|
(74469)
|
212
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the investigation by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team in Turks and Caicos; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74470)
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213
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to visit any British Overseas Territories in the next 12 months. |
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(74471)
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214
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Argentinian counterpart on the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. |
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(74494)
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215
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are stationed in Yemen. |
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(74497)
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216
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has any plans to discuss with his (a) Mauritian and (b) US counterpart the British Indian Ocean Territory. |
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(74499)
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217
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with their (a) Mauritian and (b) US counterparts on the British Indian Ocean Territory. |
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(74500)
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218
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to change the number of officials in his Department stationed in the British Indian Ocean Territory. |
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(74501)
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219
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular assistance his Department is providing to British citizens in Yemen following recent civil unrest in that country. |
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(74641)
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220
N
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Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the National Transitional Council of Libya on the inclusion of women in decision-making processes. |
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(74016)
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221
N
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Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department plans to support the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Libya. |
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(74017)
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222
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74780)
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223
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74825)
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224
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it expects to provide in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74826)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
225
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process his Department followed in considering the scientific evidence relating to the calorie reduction pledge of the responsibility deal; if he will ensure that the responsibility deal is based on the findings of peer-reviewed scientific literature; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74560)
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226
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives are employed by the NHS; and whether he has plans to increase the number of midwives. |
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(74619)
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227
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to take to encourage patients to have an influenza vaccination in 2011; and whether an influenza awareness campaign will take place during the 2011-12 winter. |
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(74620)
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228
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish a Government strategy for obesity. |
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(74646)
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229
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has made for the long-term future of responsibility deals. |
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(74647)
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230
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the support that women who experience miscarriages receive from the NHS; what measures he will take to improve training for healthcare staff to help them be more supportive; and what plans he has to provide faster access to pre-natal scanning. |
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(74649)
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231
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce trans fats in food. |
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(74650)
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232
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Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce a national strategy for musculoskeletal diseases; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74626)
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233
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 10, (ii) 11, (iii) 12, (iv) 13, (v) 14, (vi) 15, (vii) 16, (viii) 17, (ix) 18, (x) 19, (xi) 20 and (xii) 21 were diagnosed with each type of sexually-transmitted disease in each health authority area in each year since 1999. |
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[R]
(74681)
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234
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Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of each sexually-transmitted disease was in (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 10, (ii) 11, (iii) 12, (iv) 13, (v) 14, (vi) 15, (vii) 16, (viii) 17, (ix) 18, (x) 19, (xi) 20 and (xii) 21 in each health authority area in each year since 1999. |
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[R]
(74682)
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235
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Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases in (a) males and (b) females in each year since 1999. |
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[R]
(74688)
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236
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Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each health authority on treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases in (a) males and (b) females in each year since 1999. |
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[R]
(74689)
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237
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of unwanted pregnancies which remained unwanted by the mother at the time of birth of the baby in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
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[R]
(74690)
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238
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Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to undertake into the number of pregnancies being unwanted by the mother and the number of unwanted pregnancies subsequently becoming wanted; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74691)
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239
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides for care leavers after they turn 18 years. |
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(74736)
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240
N
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Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) variation and (b) quality of provision of musculoskeletal services in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
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(73970)
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241
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated for mental health services in the London Borough of Islington in each of the last five years; and how much funding has been allocated for such services in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14. |
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(74316)
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242
|
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the responsibilities are of the Care Quality Commission and Monitor in respect of the regulation of foundation trusts; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74555)
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243
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total NHS expenditure on mental health was in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c) Kent in each of the last 15 years. |
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(74064)
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244
|
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of non-disclosure clauses signed by doctors in each (a) London and (b) other hospital; and what information his Department holds on the reasons for the clause in each case. |
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(74670)
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245
|
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS hospital trusts abide by his Department's guidance on the use of confidentiality clauses in compromise agreements. |
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(74671)
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246
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system is used to record decisions taken in advance about end-of-life care. |
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(74738)
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247
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems are used in the NHS to record patient preference documents including end-of-life care preferences. |
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(74739)
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248
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department has collected on the degree of medical adherence to decisions taken in advance about end-of-life care. |
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(74740)
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249
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Government plans to ensure that local authorities prioritise the awareness and early diagnosis of cancer when developing joint strategic needs assessments. |
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(74121)
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250
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there were per head of the population in each primary care trust serving (a) Kent and (b) Dartford constituency in each of the last five years. |
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(74754)
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251
|
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what weighting is given to submissions made to the consultation on the re-configuration of services between the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford by medical consultants currently associated with both hospitals. |
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(74559)
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252
N
|
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the monetary value was of payments made to other European Economic Area countries for healthcare provided to British citizens under the European Health Insurance Card in 2010-11; and what the monetary value was of payments received by his Department for treatment in the UK of nationals of other European Economic Area countries under the scheme in the same period. |
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(73641)
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253
|
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from operators of cigarette vending machines on the implementation of the ban on such machines from 1 October 2011. |
|
(74638)
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254
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse arising from the implementaiton of the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention programme. |
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(74508)
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255
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to protect frontline NHS services following implementation of the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention programme. |
|
(74509)
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256
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John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what penalties the NHS has incurred through cancelling or terminating contracts within the Connecting for Health programme since April 2010. |
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(74505)
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257
|
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the net savings to the public purse arising from the termination of any contracts within the Connecting for Health programme since April 2010. |
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(74506)
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258
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John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the net saving to the NHS of the termination of planned but uncontracted future work within the Connecting for Health programme. |
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(74507)
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259
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full- and (b) part-time staff his Department employed in each year since 1997. |
|
(74599)
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260
N
|
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on testing women for group B streptococcal infection during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(73972)
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261
N
|
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many labiaplasty operations were performed by the NHS in each year since 2006; and at what cost. |
|
(74070)
|
262
N
|
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age of patients undergoing NHS labiaplasty operations was in the last year. |
|
(74071)
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263
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74781)
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264
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74823)
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265
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much direct funding his Department has allocated to each civil society organisation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74824)
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266
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to provide for the treatment of dystonia using deep brain stimulation. |
|
(74577)
|
267
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to work with dystonia patient groups to provide internet material that is safe and credible in order to reduce misdiagnosis. |
|
(74578)
|
268
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) treatment and (b) aftercare of individuals diagnosed with meningitis. |
|
(74579)
|
269
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase early recognition of meningitis. |
|
(74580)
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270
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the extent of the NHS estate that will be transferred to private providers under the provisions of the Health and Social Care Billl. |
|
(74458)
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271
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of NHS land and buildings held by primary care trusts. |
|
(74526)
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272
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with private healthcare providers in respect of the potential use of NHS buildings or land. |
|
(74527)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
273
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the operation of section 153 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; and if she will make a statement. |
|
[R]
(74694)
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274
|
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of theft of copper and lead from buildings. |
|
(74554)
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275
|
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gang injunctions have been implemented since their inception. |
|
(74735)
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276
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with the EU Horizontal Drugs Group on the potential re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. |
|
(74318)
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277
|
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce a right of appeal to an independent body in respect of the content of Criminal Records Bureau checks; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74519)
|
278
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals were found to be working illegally in Birmingham Ladywood constituency in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what steps her Department has taken in respect of such findings. |
|
(74513)
|
279
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date she expects to reduce net migration to tens of thousands. |
|
(74514)
|
280
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects on passport processing times of the reduction in size of the interview office network. |
|
(74515)
|
281
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the Commonwealth were granted asylum on political grounds in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(74472)
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282
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the Commonwealth were granted asylum on the grounds of being a victim of torture in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(74473)
|
283
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the availability of illegal firearms. |
|
(74474)
|
284
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of business regarding the sale of knives. |
|
(74477)
|
285
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged in connection with the counterfeiting of bank notes and coins in each year since 1997. |
|
(74488)
|
286
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press releases her Department has issued in the last 12 months. |
|
(74565)
|
287
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) legal and (b) illegal firearms have been seized by the police in each year since 1997. |
|
(74587)
|
288
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forged passports have been seized in each year since 1997. |
|
(74588)
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289
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives have been recovered by the police in each year since 1997. |
|
(74589)
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290
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded crimes involved the use of a knife in each year since 1997. |
|
(74590)
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291
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested on suspicion of passport forgery in each year since 1997. |
|
(74591)
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292
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) illegal and (b) air weapons have been seized by police in each year since 1997. |
|
(74592)
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293
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested on suspicion of and (b) convicted for offences related to fly tipping in each London borough since 1997. |
|
(74597)
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294
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for offences related to terrorism with a connection to (a) Islamic extremism, (b) far right extremism and (c) dissident Irish republican groups in each year since 1997. |
|
(74748)
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295
N
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister since her appointment over the unredacted release of the Hillsborough Cabinet minutes. |
|
(74320)
|
296
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74782)
|
297
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74821)
|
298
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much direct funding her Department has allocated to each civil society organisation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(74822)
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299
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts her Department holds with (a) Blue Light Global Solutions, (b) Capita, (c) Co sponsor and (d) Steria. |
|
(74456)
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300
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she has met representatives of the Police Federation in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
|
(74510)
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301
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations she received from the Police Federation on the risk of public disorder occuring in the last 12 months. |
|
(74511)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
302
|
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the dependency of developing countries on international aid; what recent assessment he has made of the effects on developing countries of (a) increasing provision of capacity building to strengthen tax systems and (b) reducing capital flight by ensuring that international (i) taxation and (ii) transparency rules protect developing countries from tax evasion; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74692)
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303
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2011, Official Report, column 768W, on Afghanistan: reconstruction, how much his Department spent in total on the (a) construction and (b) improvement of tarmac roads in Afghanistan from the start of military operations in 2001 to 2007. |
|
(74015)
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304
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish an organogram showing the (a) number and (b) job titles of his Department's staff in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Scotland (A) in each team and (B) at each grade. |
|
(74169)
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305
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish an organogram showing the (a) number and (b) job titles of his Department's staff in Afghanistan (i) in each team and (ii) at each grade. |
|
(74170)
|
306
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish an organogram showing the (a) number and (b) job titles of his Department's staff in Pakistan (i) in each team and (ii) at each grade. |
|
(74171)
|
307
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department are currently stationed in (a) British Overseas Territories and (b) the Turks and Caicos Islands. |
|
(74468)
|
308
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has given to Yemen in each of the last five years. |
|
(74498)
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309
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to visit Sierra Leone. |
|
(74672)
|
310
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74783)
|
311
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74819)
|
312
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much direct funding his Department has allocated to each civil society organisation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74820)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
313
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for repeat offenders there were in (a) the South East, (b) Kent and (c) Dartford constituency in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(74755)
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314
|
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Dartford constituency have been convicted of offences related to (a) possession and (b) supply of illegal drugs of each classification level in each year since 2007; and how many such people received (i) a custodial sentence and (ii) the maximum sentence in each case. |
|
(74756)
|
315
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the total cost to the public purse of the preparation of the competitions for (a) HMP Featherstone II, (b) Buckley Hall, (c) Birmingham and (d) Wellingborough. |
|
(74502)
|
316
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2011, Official Report, column 1215W, on civil disorder: compensation, for what reasons details of the compensation orders issued were not included in the statistics disclosed; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74741)
|
317
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2011, Official Report, column 1215W, on civil disorder: compensation, how many compensation orders were issued by courts (a) in and (b) outside London in relation to public disorder in August 2011; and what the total monetary value was of such compensation orders. |
|
(74742)
|
318
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have committed (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual offences and (d) other violent offences after being released from prison early and where those offenders were committed within the period of that offenders' original custodial sentence in each of the last five years. |
|
(74743)
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319
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have challenged their prison sentence on human rights grounds in each of the last five years. |
|
(74744)
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320
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases his Department has paid compensation to (a) prisoners and (b) offenders who are not in prison, following complaints about their sentence on human rights grounds in each of the last five years; and what the total monetary value was of such compensation. |
|
(74745)
|
321
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints the Claims Management Regulation Unit has received relating to (a) Going Legal Ltd and (b) Legal Link Introductory Services Ltd; and how each complaint was resolved. |
|
(74012)
|
322
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether officials in his Department have invited the Association of British Insurers to assist in the drafting of policy or legislation since May 2010. |
|
(74013)
|
323
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department have met (i) the Association of British Insurers, (ii) insurance companies and (iii) Keoghs solicitors since May 2010; and on what dates. |
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(74014)
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324
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employment law legal aid cases he expects to run on a damages-based agreement or contingency fee arrangement basis after the implementation of the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
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(74069)
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325
|
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) young and (b) adult offenders are recorded as having speech language and communication needs; and at what stage in the incarceration process each category of offender is assessed for any such needs. |
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(74627)
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326
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74784)
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327
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
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(74817)
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328
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much direct funding his Department has allocated to each civil society organisation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74818)
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329
N
|
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the running costs of the Defence Solicitor Call Centre in the Legal Services Commission were in the latest year in which records are available. |
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(74063)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
330
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Northern Ireland Executive on the effect on the Northern Ireland economy of business tax rates in the Republic of Ireland. |
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(74553)
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Questions to the Prime Minister
331
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse was of installing the artwork donated by Tracey Emin in Number 10 Downing Street. |
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(73648)
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Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
332
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what recent assessment the Public Accounts Commission has made of the efficiency with which the National Audit Office is run. |
|
(74057)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
333
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) full- and (b) part-time employees his Department employed in each year since 1997. |
|
(74598)
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Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
334
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many schools are used as polling stations in England. |
|
(73913)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
335
|
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger (a) arrivals and (b) departures have been made at Nuneaton railway station in each of the last five years. |
|
(74668)
|
336
|
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce fixed-term blue badges for people who have a temporary disability following an accident. |
|
(74636)
|
337
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an external risk assessment has been conducted on proposed changes to the maritime safety regime. |
|
(73645)
|
338
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the private maritime sector in Scotland on proposed changes to the maritime safety, emergency salvage and recue operations in Scotland. |
|
(73646)
|
339
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment his Department has conducted in relation to the proposed changes to the maritime safety regime; and if he will publish that assessment. |
|
(73647)
|
340
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that emergency towing vessels are available for spot-purchasing at the time of a reported emergency. |
|
(74165)
|
341
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average time he expects to elapse between the time of an emergency call-out of a training vessel to (a) the spot purchase of an emergency towing vessel and (b) the arrival of such a vessel on the scene of the incident. |
|
(74166)
|
342
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of a temporary disabling of the global positioning system on fishing vessels, merchant vessels and recreational boats. |
|
(74175)
|
343
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of emergency towing vessels that can be spot-purchased. |
|
(74176)
|
344
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Highways Agency on the duration of the proposed closure of the A4019 on the approach to Junction 10 of the M5; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74059)
|
345
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74785)
|
346
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74815)
|
347
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much direct funding his Department has allocated to each civil society organisation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74816)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
348
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees her Department has employed in each year since 1997. |
|
(74476)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
349
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice from independent business consultants is available as part of his Department's enterprise allowance scheme. |
|
(73746)
|
350
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions on the development of the enterprise allowance scheme with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) professional bodies representing business advisers in Wales. |
|
(73747)
|
351
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation his Department undertook with the Institute of Business Consultants in developing the enterprise allowance scheme. |
|
(73748)
|
352
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people making a second claim for pension credit are required to fill in another copy of the application form by which they made their original claim. |
|
(74459)
|
353
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff of his Department who lost laptop computers were issued with a final written warning in each of the last five years. |
|
(74464)
|
354
|
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many final written warnings were issued to staff of his Department who lost laptops, mobile telephones and Blackberry mobile devices between 1 May 2010 and 31 July 2011. |
|
(74465)
|
355
|
Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) County Durham and (b) North West Durham constituency were placed in employment through the Future Jobs Fund between October 2009 and April 2011. |
|
(74615)
|
356
|
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about employment and support allowance medical assessments conducted by Atos Healthcare were recorded in (a) Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency and (b) England in each year since 2008. |
|
(74575)
|
357
|
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for (a) crisis loans and (b) budgeting loans were rejected in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency in each of the last five years. |
|
(74576)
|
358
|
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received (i) crisis loans and (ii) budgeting loans in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency in each of the last five years. |
|
(74651)
|
359
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many care workers claimed jobseeker's allowance in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months. |
|
(74737)
|
360
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence he took into account when making the decision to limit employment and support allowance payments to one year for cancer patients. |
|
(74503)
|
361
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he had with representatives of Macmillan Cancer Care prior to his decision to limit employment and support allowance payments to one year for cancer patients; and if he will publish the minutes of these meetings. |
|
(74504)
|
362
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in employers' National Insurance contributions for employees aged (a) under 20, (b) between 20 and 25, (c) between 25 and 55, (d) between 55 and 60, (e) between 60 and 65, (f) between 65 and 70 and (g) over 70 years old in the latest year for which figures are available. |
|
(74454)
|
363
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a conflict of interest arising from the Health and Safety Executive Mines and Quarries Unit having responsibility for both routine examinations of mines and accident investigation. |
|
(74455)
|
364
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Wales and (b) Wrexham (i) applied for incapacity benefit, (ii) were requested to attend a personal capability assessment, (iii) had their incapacity benefit refused following an assessment and (iv) had their incapacity benefit reinstated following a review or appeal in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
|
(74624)
|
365
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Work Programme will support jobseekers entering employment with the costs of travelling to work where they have accepted employment outside their immediate area because no employment matching their skills and expertise was available within their immediate area. |
|
(74678)
|
366
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that adults with autism are accompanied to assessments by another person to ensure that assessments are fair. |
|
(74679)
|
367
|
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals he plans to bring forward to offer financial assistance to women born between December 1953 and October 1954 on a transitional basis as a result of the proposed increase in the state pension age. |
|
(74524)
|
368
|
Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid to each local authority to meet the cost of council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and what the percentage change was in such payments (a) year on year and (b) over the five year period. |
|
(74453)
|
369
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to put in place a right to provide for public sector workers to take over the running of services; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74787)
|
370
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of public service mutuals in its area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74811)
|
371
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much direct funding his Department has allocated to each civil society organisation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(74812)
|
372
|
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to tackle disability hate crimes. |
|
(74581)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
373
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what position he plans to adopt at the Working Party on Technical Harmonisation on 25 October 2011 in Brussels in respect of the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on recreational craft and personal watercraft; and what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the UK of the proposed Directive. |
|
[Transferred]
(74564)
|
374
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to safeguard small and medium-sized enterprises from bankruptcy. |
|
[Transferred]
(74729)
|
375
|
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. |
|
[Transferred]
(74730)
|
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
376
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff worked for the Big Lottery Fund in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many will work for the fund in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(74769)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
377
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the UK's gold reserves. |
|
[Transferred]
(74481)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
378
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely number of privately-rented properties which will be involved in the Green Deal in year (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five. |
|
[Transferred]
(74601)
|
379
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely number of social housing properties which will be involved in the Green Deal in the (a) first, (b) second, (c) third, (d) fourth and (e) fifth year of the scheme. |
|
[Transferred]
(74602)
|
380
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish a response to the Green Deal Call for Evidence published on behalf of his Department in March 2011. |
|
[Transferred]
(74603)
|
381
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely number of privately-owned properties which will be involved in the Green Deal in year (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five. |
|
[Transferred]
(74630)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
382
N
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Natural England on the implementation of the coastal access provisions under Part 9 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 beyond the initial coastal stretches set out by Natural England in March 2011. |
|
[Question Unstarred]
(73893)
|
383
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of fly tipping. |
|
[Transferred]
(74596)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
384
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to encourage Bolivia to re-accede to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. |
|
[Transferred]
(74317)
|
385
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police station enquiry officers are eligible to receive the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal; and what criteria are used to assess eligibility for the award of the medal. |
|
[Transferred]
(74056)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
386
|
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers with 12 or more penalty points have been allowed to keep their driving licences due to mitigating circumstances in the last 12 months. |
|
[Transferred]
(74635)
|
