Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 November 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.

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 1 November 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 November 2011

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This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 1 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 1 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 1 November see Part 2 of this paper.

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Questions to the Attorney General

1	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to improve the rate of conviction of those involved in failure to comply with health and safety requirements at work.
	(78153)

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

2 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he proposes that the Artist's Resale Right will be extended to the estates of deceased artists from 1 January 2012; and what assessment he has made of the monetary value to such estates of such an extension.
	(77837)

3 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) EU counterparts on the extension of the Artist's Resale Right to the estates of deceased artists from 1 January 2012.
	(77838)

4 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) EU counterparts on the extension of the Artist's Resale Right to the estates of deceased artists from 1 January 2012.
	(77839)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the ability of small businesses to access finance.
	(77824)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his proposed credit easing scheme.
	(77825)

7 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on rates of pay of Mode 4 of the proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement.
	(77438)

8 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with trades unions on Mode 4 of the proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement.
	(77439)

9 N	Duncan Hames (Chippenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Ministers have attended the management board meetings of the Export Credits Guarantee Department since April 2010.
	(77784)

10 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) arts organisations and (b) design companies were declared bankrupt in each month since September 2008.
	(78027)

11	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work has been undertaken by the Economic Task Force with (a) Chambers of Commerce and (b) other business groups outside Derbyshire on (i) Bombardier Transportation's and (ii) the wider rail supply chain.
	(78155)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

12	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the construction industry in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.
	(78150)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

13	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce tax avoidance through the use of tax havens.
	(78143)

14 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net contribution was by the UK to the EU in each year from 2005 to 2010; and what estimate he has made of the contribution in each year from 2010 to 2015.
	(77823)

15	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78049)

16	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78059)

17	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78073)

18	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times his Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78075)

19	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78083)

20

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78091)

21	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78107)

22	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78116)

23	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78127)

24	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78135)

25 N	Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated to the devolved administration in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales under the provisions of the Dormant Bank Accounts Act 2008 in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2011.
	(77827)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

26	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of total housing need at the (a) upper and (b) lower limits of the recently published Office for National Statistics figures in projected population by 2050.
	(78039)

27 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2011, Official Report, column 1045W, on Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill, when he expects to bring forward the agreed amendments to the Bill; and for what reason there has been a delay in the amendments being brought forward.
	(77845)

28 N	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 11 August 2011, Official Report, column 1055, on public disorder, what meetings he and his Ministers have had with Home Office Ministers to assist in compiling the report to the House on gang culture.
	(77832)

29 N	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 11 August 2011, Official Report, column 1055, on public disorder, what meetings his officials have had with the Home Office to assist in compiling the report to the House on gang culture.
	(77835)

30	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from charities on fire safety assessments in (a) local authority owned residential property and (b) privately rented property.
	(78038)

31	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage parish councils to seek support from outside agencies to help deliver local housing projects.
	(78148)

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

32 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) theatres, (b) museums, (c) art galleries and (d) national heritage sites there are in each region of England.
	(78021)

33 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many people are employed in (a) theatres, (b) museums, (c) art galleries and (d) national heritage sites in each of the regions of England.
	(78022)

34 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce administrative burdens for design companies competing for public sector contracts.
	(78028)

35 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of an arm's length approach to Arts Council England's funding; and what steps he has taken to ensure value for money in the funding of arts organisations since May 2010.
	(78029)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

36 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last held discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on potential long-term procurement options for search and rescue helicopters; and if he will make a statement.
	(77826)

37 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of flying hours for Operation Ellamy were spent in transit to the operational area for (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon.
	(77704)

38 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of air tanker support were required to enable Tornado sorties flown from the UK as part of Operation Ellamy.
	(77705)

39	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78051)

40	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78061)

41	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78071)

42	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78085)

43

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78093)

44	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78108)

45	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78118)

46	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78129)

47	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78137)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

48	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the provision in schools of education on food.
	(78105)

49 N	Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish a valuation of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
	(77783)

50	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78054)

51	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78111)

52	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78122)

53	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78132)

54	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78140)

55 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on which aspects of the adoption system the Ministerial Adviser on Adoption (a) has commenced a thematic study to date and (b) expects to commence a thematic study.
	(77830)

56 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reforms to the care system he is considering as a result of suggestions made to his Department's Tell Tim website.
	(77831)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

57	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to mark the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All in 2012.
	(78104)

58	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil servants in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78056)

59	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78065)

60	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78067)

61	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times his Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78080)

62	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78087)

63

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78098)

64	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78124)

65	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2011, Official Report column 1116W, on liquefied petroleum gas, what assessment he has made of (a) regional differences in the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and (b) the extent of competition in the supply of LPG within each region.
	(78145)

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

66	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department and the bodies for which she is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78055)

67	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78064)

68	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78079)

69

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) her Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by her Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78097)

70	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78123)

71	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of fuel prices on food prices in (a) each of the last five years and (b) the next five years.
	(78099)

72	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the implementation of the recommendations of Food 2030.
	(78100)

73 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking in respect of the safety of cocklers following recent rescues in the Ribble estuary.
	(77731)

74 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the rescue of cocklers in the Ribble estuary.
	(77732)

75 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the potential effects of the closure of the Western Waters scallops fishery on jobs related to the local scallop fishing industry.
	(77733)

76 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she had recent discussions with the Scallop Association on the closure of the Western Waters scallops fishery.
	(77734)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

77 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Statement of 24 October 2011, Official Report, column 54, on European Council, if he will specify those areas where he believes that European integration has gone too far.
	(77844)

78 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State most recently visited Sir Lanka; which Ministers and officials in the government of Sri Lanka he met; whether the export of military, security or police equipment was discussed; and if he will make a statement.
	(77404)

79	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78047)

80	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78063)

81	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78068)

82	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times his Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78078)

83	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78088)

84

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78096)

85	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78110)

86	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78121)

87	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78125)

88	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78133)

89	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on British nationals dying in India.
	(78040)

90 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of China on (a) the human rights situation in Tibet and (b) the well-being of Lobsang Kalsang, Lobsang Konchok and Kalsang Wangchuk; and if he will make a statement.
	(77828)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

91	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of a reduction in onward transmission of hepatitis C on NHS costs.
	(78156)

92	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78048)

93	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78058)

94	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78069)

95	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times his Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78074)

96	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78082)

97

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78090)

98	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78112)

99	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78115)

100	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78126)

101	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78134)

102	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to evaluate the effectiveness in changing behaviour of his national strategy to raise awareness amongst parents of the dangers of smoking around children in family cars.
	(78146)

103	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which cluster each (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust has been grouped as part of his reorganisation of the NHS.
	(78147)

104	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS clusters have published transition plans for public health services that will be transferred to local authorities in April 2013.
	(78160)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

105 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners had not been removed at the end of their custodial sentence and were not being detained for immigration purposes in (a) May 2009 and (b) May 2010.
	(78032)

106 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her assessment is of the extent of progress by the Greek government in implementing its National Action Plan for Managed Migration and Asylum Reform; and when she expects to be able to resume Dublin regulation returns of asylum seekers from the UK to Greece.
	(77846)

107 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gang-related witness intimidation offences have been recorded in each (a) London Borough and (b) police force area in each of the last five years; and how many such offences are categorised as (i) detected, (ii) undetected, (iii) live and (iv) victim declines to prosecute.
	(77822)

108 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent offences where the victim and perpetrator were under 18 years old were categorised as (a) detected, (b) undetected, (c) live and (d) victim declined to prosecute in each (i) London Borough and (ii) police force area in each of the last five years.
	(78025)

109 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences where either the perpetrator or the victim were identified as connected to a gang were categorised as (a) detected, (b) undetected, (c) live and (d) victim declined to prosecute in each (i) London Borough and (ii) police force area in each of the last five years.
	(78026)

110 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gangs have been identified in (a) each London borough and (b) each police force area in each of the last five years.
	(78031)

111	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department and the bodies for which she is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78050)

112	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times her Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78060)

113	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by her Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78072)

114	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times her Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78076)

115	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of her Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78084)

116

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) her Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by her Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78092)

117	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by her Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78109)

118	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78117)

119	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78128)

120	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78136)

121	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to facilitate co-operation between police forces in the event that they are called to deal with widespread public disorder; and if she will make a statement.
	(78144)

122	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) level 1 and (b) level 2 trained public order officers were available to the Metropolitan Police in each year from 1999 to the latest year for which figures are available.
	(78157)

123	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for processing legacy asylum cases in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(78106)

124	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2011, Official Report, column 497W, on asylum, whether 479,000 or 455,000 asylum cases under the legacy programme have been fully concluded.
	(78154)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

125	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on supporting renewable energy feed-in tariff pilots in developing countries.
	(78037)

126 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in the Horn of Africa affected by famine; what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the level of aid contributed; and if he will make a statement.
	(78024)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

127 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department was of appeals in respect of the work capability assessment in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011 to date.
	(78030)

128	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78052)

129	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78062)

130	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78070)

131	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times his Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78077)

132	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78086)

133

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78094)

134	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78113)

135	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78119)

136	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78130)

137	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78138)

138 N	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 11 August 2011, Official Report, column 1055, on public disorder, what meetings he and his Ministers have had with Home Office Ministers to assist in compiling the report to the House on gang culture.
	(77834)

139 N	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 11 August 2011, Official Report, column 1055, on public disorder, what meetings his officials have had with the Home Office to assist in compiling the report to the House on gang culture.
	(77836)

Questions to the Prime Minister

140 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish his response to any correspondence received from residents of Birkenhead constituency on implementation of a financial transaction tax following the G20 meeting in November.
	(78023)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

141 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the (a) advisers and (b) consultants that have worked with her Department on the Thameslink Rolling Stock contract have declared a conflict of interest.
	[R] (76615)

142 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the (a) advisers and (b) consultants that have worked with her Department on the Thameslink Rolling Stock have provided (i) advice to and (ii) consultancy work for Siemens plc in the last five years.
	[R] (76616)

143 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the reasons why Alstom Transport was not shortlisted after the invitation to tender was published for the Thameslink Rolling Stock contract.
	[R] (76617)

144 N	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department made of the cost to the public purse of awarding the Thameslink Rolling Stock contract to (a) Siemens and (b) Bombardier.
	[R] (76618)

145 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to publish her Department's review of the (a) Highways Agency and (b) Strategic Road Network.
	(77840)

146 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings on the Highways Agency Review the non-executive chairman of the Highways Agency has attended since his appointment and which individuals and organisations were present at those meetings.
	(77841)

147 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings attended by Ministers in her Department have included an agenda item related to the Highways Agency Review since May 2010; and which individuals and organisations were present at those meetings.
	(77842)

148 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total delay to rail journeys caused by metal theft in each of the last five years.
	(77843)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

149 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of a tribunal in respect of a claim for jobseeker's allowance in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(76920)

150	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible earned more than (a) £65,000, (b) £95,000, (c) £140,000 and (d) £175,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
	(78053)

151	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times his Department sought legal advice from external counsel in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78057)

152	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice commissioned by his Department in the first six months of 2011.
	(78066)

153	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times his Department's legal section provided legal advice to Ministers in (a) 2007, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) the first six months of 2011.
	(78081)

154	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department were working in its legal section in June 2011; and how many staff were working in the legal departments of his Department's agencies and non-departmental bodies.
	(78089)

155

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) instructing counsel in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) the first six months of 2011; how many times (A) his Department was taken to court and (B) a decision taken by his Department was subject to a judicial review; and what the outcome was of each such (1) case and (2) review.

(78095)

156	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) statutory instruments, (b) Ministerial orders and (c) other pieces of secondary legislation were issued by his Department in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) each year since 1999 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(78114)

157	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials were (a) directly and (b) otherwise employed by non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible (i) in 2000, (ii) in 2005, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2010 and (v) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(78120)

158	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years; and what the average increase was in each such year.
	(78131)

159	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(78139)

160	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employer representatives were given custodial sentences for offences relating to failure to comply with health and safety legislation in each year since 1997.
	(78149)

161	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people employed in the construction industry in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK died in the workplace in each year since 1997.
	(78151)

162	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of workplace deaths in the construction industry resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each year since 1997.
	(78152)

163 N	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 11 August 2011, Official Report, column 1055, on public disorder, what meetings he and his Ministers have had with Home Office Ministers to assist in compiling the report to the House on gang culture.
	(77833)

164 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Remploy factories Ministers in his Department have visited in the last six months; and what representations they have received from Remploy employees on future business liability.
	(77553)

165 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding he provided to Remploy to improve its technology for the manufacture of life jackets in the last three years.
	(77554)

166	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2011, Official Report, column 109W, on work capability assessment, what assessment his Department has made of the employability of people with a terminal illness who have a prognosis of over six months.
	(78101)

167	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2011, Official Report, column 109W, on work capability assessment, what representations he has received from groups representing sufferers of (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) multiple sclerosis.
	(78102)

168	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ratio of jobseeker's allowance claimants to vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus was in each (a) region, (b) local authority area and (c) constituency in each of the last five years.
	(78103)

169 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments for claimants in receipt of employment and support allowance were completed in each week from the beginning of February 2011 to date.
	(77142)

170 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of specialist employment support to homeless people in London being provided by the Work Programme.
	(77215)

171 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking in respect of specialist Work Programme providers who have not received any referrals.
	(77216)

172 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons why certain Tier 2 Work Programme providers in London have not received any referrals.
	(77217)

173 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Tier 2 providers to the Work Programme had not received a referral on the latest date for which information is available.
	(77218)

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

174	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to work towards a conclusion to the Doha round in 2011.
	[Transferred] (78045)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

175 N	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the size of the structural deficit.
	[Question Unstarred] (77461)