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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 8 November 2011

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 8 November 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 8 November 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 8 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 8 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 8 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N 		John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cases of non-payment of tuition fee loans by EU students are being pursued by Student Finance England.
(78735)
2
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new trade finance products offered by the Export Credits Guarantee Department are marketed and accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises.
(79524)
3
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the Export Credits Guarantee Department's short-term credit insurance policy requires a minimum contract value of £20,000; and what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the contract value.
(79525)
4
N 		Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on due diligence in respect of bids submitted to the Regional Growth Fund in each region.
(79470)
5
N 		Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on reform of employment tribunals; and if he will make a statement.
(78953)
6
N 		Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when Stobart Group and Prologic will receive the funding allocated from round one of the Regional Growth Fund.
(78948)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
7
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with malignant melanoma in each of the last 10 years.
(79463)
8
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the participation rate for the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme was for each pay band in each year from 2006 to 2010.
(79534)
9
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received on the work of ElcomSoft and its password breaking programmes; and if he will make a statement.
(79370)
10
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which organisations that applied for funding from the Transition Fund were not successful; and if he will make a statement.
(79371)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
11
N 		Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the childcare voucher scheme in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(79620)
12
N 		Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects to disburse under the childcare voucher scheme to claimants (a) earning less than the salary at which the higher rate of income tax applies, (b) paying the higher rate of income tax but not the additional rate and (c) paying the additional rate of income tax in 2011-12.
(79621)
13
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of public sector workers (a) of each gender and (b) in each age group will receive an increased pension as a result of moving to a career average from a final salary pension scheme.
(79649)
14
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of public sector workers (a) of each gender and (b) in each age group will receive an increased pension than as a result of the offer on public sector pensions made by the Government on 2 November 2011.
(79650)
15
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on public spending on public sector pensions (a) in cash terms and (b) as a share of gross domestic product of implementing in full the preferred design for new pensions schemes in each of the next 10 years.
(79657)
16
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Public Service Pensions: good pensions that last, what estimate he has made of the effect of implementing in full the preferred design for new pension schemes on savings to the Exchequer in each of the next 10 years.
(79658)
17
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had any discussions with the Financial Services Authority on the interests of Bank of Ireland bondholders in Unsecured Perpetual Subordinated Bonds originally issued by the Brisol and West Building Society.
(79334)
18
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional cost to the public purse in cash terms will arise from the increase in accrual rates for public sector pensions announced on 2 November 2011.
(79450)
19
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional cost to the public purse in cash terms will arise from the Government commitment, announced on 2 November 2011, that individuals within 10 years of receiving their public sector pension on 1 April 2012 will see no change in when they can retire nor any decrease in the pension they receive at their normal pension age.
(79452)
20
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will offer assistance to people affected by his decision to alter the time limit to reclaim the arrears payments of tax.
(79659)
21
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs will take into account any particular special circumstances of a claimant of tax arrears who has missed his four year deadline.
(79660)
22
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to altering the five per cent. surcharge rate introduced by the Finance Act 1970 due to current rates of interest.
(79661)
23
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to grassroots sports clubs of HM Revenue and Customs' decision to change the tax status of small-sided football leagues.
(79630)
24
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which providers of payroll software his Department has met to discuss upgrading their products to supply real time PAYE information.
(79362)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
25
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations buying properties on the open market.
(79643)
26
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations have acquired on the open market in each of the last 10 years.
(79644)
27
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the level of rent that may be charged for a property purchased by (a) a local authority and (b) a housing association that was previously privately owned.
(79645)
28
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of houses that have been approved for development through the planning system but have not as yet been built in each local authority area.
(79646)
29
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the impact of the reduction of the Empty Property Rates threshold on the growth of new business centres.
(79064)
30
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the participation rate was for local government pension schemes in each pay band in each year from 2006 to 2010.
(79527)
31
N 		Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to change the level at which local authorities receive compensation for student exemptions from council tax.
(78772)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
32
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had any discussions with the British Olympic Association on increasing accreditation for local newspapers wishing to report on the London 2012 Olympics.
(78734)
33
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many free television licences were issued in (a) Coventry South constituency and (b) the area for which Coventry City Council is responsible in each of the last five years.
(78646)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
34
N 		Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on Quick Reaction Alert response times of basing the Typhoon force at RAF Lossiemouth.
(79522)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
35
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent progress he has made on establishing a statutory register of lobbyists.
(79631)
36
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has any plans to change the right of UK citizens living abroad to vote in elections.
(79632)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
37
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons funding for the pupil premium has doubled for 2011-12.
(79329)
38
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the funding allocated for the pupil premium was not taken up in 2010-11.
(79453)
39
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the participation rate for the teachers' pension scheme was for each pay band in each year from 2006 to 2010.
(79533)
40
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any payment of grant has been made to the West London Free School.
(79451)
41
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2011, Official Report, column 81W, on free schools: West London, when he expects to publish the funding agreement for the West London Free School.
(79469)
42
N 		Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a financial valuation of the teachers' pension scheme since the last such valuation in 2004.
(78990)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
43
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Climate Change to the Public Bill Committee on the Energy Bill [Lords] of 21 June 2011, Written Evidence, column 42S, what progress has been made on establishing follow-on pilot programmes to the local carbon framework pilots.
(79468)
44
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps his Department has taken to lift pensioners out of fuel poverty.
(78643)
45
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the timing of his planned consultation on solar feed-in tariffs on the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises to fully participate in that consultation.
(79287)
46
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the potential effects of his proposals to alter solar feed-in tariffs rates before the conclusion of the consultation period on solar feed-in tariff rates; and if he will make a statement.
(79288)
47
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will assess the commercial viability of the solar panel industry.
(79289)
48
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason his consultation on solar feed-in tariffs is six weeks long.
(79290)
49
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the average cost to homeowners of bringing a property up to level C energy performance certificate rating before qualifying for eligibility for receipt of the feed-in tariff.
(79330)
50
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the number of solar PV systems which will have been installed, commissioned and submitted for accreditation to a feed-in tariff licensee before 12 December 2011.
(79331)
51
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many businesses have submitted a request for accreditation for a feed-in tariff licence since April 2010.
(79332)
52
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the number of firms submitting a request for accreditation for a feed-in tariff licence in each year between 2010 and 2015.
(79333)
53
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 26WS, on feed-in tariffs, what estimate he has made of the number of planned solar PV installations scheduled to take place after 12 December 2011.
(79461)
54
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 26WS, on feed-in tariffs, what impact assessment he carried out on the effect of the decision to reform the feed-in tariff on (a) the solar PV market and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises providing solar PV installations.
(79462)
55
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 October 2011, Official Report, columns 26-7WS, on feed-in tariffs, what estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises installing solar PV who have been affected by the decision to reform the feed-in tariff.
(79529)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
56
N 		Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) found guilty of offences under the (i) Badgers Act 1991, (ii) Deer Act 1999, (iii) Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 and (iv) Hunting Act 2004 in (A) 2009 and (B) 2010.
(79354)
57
N 		Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish her plans to introduce mandatory carbon reporting for companies.
(79355)
58
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries, 26 October 2011, Official Report, column 397, to which broadband league tables she was referring to; and if she will place a copy of those league tables in the Library.
(79473)
59
N 		Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responses her Department has received to its consultation on the designation of town and village greens; and if she will make a statement.
(78800)
60
N 		Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with the agriculture sector with the cost of phosphate-based fertilizers.
(79055)
61
N 		Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on reducing the loss of phosphorus into watercourses and the sea; and if she will make a statement.
(79056)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
62
N 		Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the views of the general public in Yemen on the proposed Gulf Co-operation Council agreement on a political transition.
(79378)
63
N 		Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the response of the general public in Yemen to UN Security Council Resolution 2014.
(79379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
64
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single technology appraisals have been published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for (a) malignant melanoma and (b) each other cancer disease area since 1 March 2010.
(79464)
65
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments for people with advanced melanoma have been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence since 1 March 2010.
(79465)
66
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will create a clinical network for children with defined responsibility for developing care pathways for (a) disabled children and young people (i) with complex needs and (ii) requiring palliative care and (b) other disabled children and young people.
(79617)
67
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under his proposed reforms which part of the NHS will be responsible for (a) designing care pathways and (b) shaping local services for (i) disabled children and young people (A) with complex needs and (B) requiring palliative care and (ii) other disabled children and young people.
(79618)
68
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what function the NHS Commissioning Board will have in respect of national delivery of health services for (a) disabled children and young people (i) with complex needs and (ii) requiring palliative care and (b) other disabled children and young people.
(79619)
69
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the role of osteopathy in reducing workplace sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders.
(76921)
70
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that all statutorily regulated health professionals, including osteopaths, will be able to input into the design of relevant patient pathways.
(76922)
71
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish a quality standard on lower back pain.
(76923)
72
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the budget allocations to shadow clinical commissioning groups were calculated for (a) commissioning services and (b) running costs in 2012-13.
(79638)
73
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to allocate resources to shadow clinical commissioning groups for the purposes of reducing health inequalities.
(79639)
74
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for developing the weighted capitation formula for NHS commissioning.
(79640)
75
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely extent of (a) over- and (b) under-spending by NHS commissioners in 2011-12.
(79641)
76
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the additional administrative costs for NHS commissioners in areas with poor health.
(79642)
77
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding he allocated to social care for the elderly in the latest period for which figures are available.
(79412)
78
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the participation rate was for the NHS pension schemes in each pay band in each year from 2006 to 2010.
(79528)
79
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2011, on lost computers and mobile telephones, how many losses or thefts of (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other IT equipment there have been since May 2010.
(79367)
80
N 		Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-European Economic Area overseas private patients that would be treated in NHS hospitals as a result of his proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill.
(78949)
81
N 		Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make his decision on the funding gap at St Helens and Whiston NHS Hospital Trust.
(78950)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
82
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it takes to return documents to an individual who has been granted leave to remain.
(79629)
83
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 22 August 2011 with regard to Mr J. Whelan.
(79373)
84
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 26 September 2011 with regard to Nadia Stern.
(79374)
85
N 		Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she and (b) her officials have had discussions with (i) the Bishop of London and (ii) the authorities of St Paul's Cathedral on the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest; and if she will make a statement.
(79365)
86
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she can take to empower the police to act against scrap metal merchants who purchase stolen metal.
(79662)
87
N 		Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to complete her consultation on measures to combat metal theft.
(79467)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
88
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 145W, on Equatorial Guinea: overseas aid, if he will cease UK contributions to multilateral aid to Equatorial Guinea in light of the reports of excessive personal expenditure by a government Minister in that country.
(78845)
89
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, columns 144-5W, on Equatorial Guinea: overseas aid, what role the UK has in the oversight of performance, results and fiduciary issues relating to financial aid to Equatorial Guinea.
(78846)
90
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, columns 144-5W, on Equatorial Guinea: overseas aid, what form the multilateral aid to Equatorial Guinea, to which the UK contributes, takes.
(78847)
91
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions Official Development Assistance funding has been used to fund construction of an airport.
(79454)
92
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs before reaching his decision on a new airport on St Helena.
(79455)
93
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many bids he received for the design, build and operate contract for the new airport on St Helena.
(79456)
94
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the tendering process was for awarding the design, build and operate contract for the new airport on St Helena.
(79457)
95
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria he used to determine that funding an airport on St Helena was an appropriate use of Official Development Assistance.
(79458)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
96
N 		Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of civil litigation.
(78967)
97
N 		Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with faith groups on his proposals for the future of the Office of Chief Coroner.
(78965)
98
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 27 September 2011 with regard to Mr Naseer Ahmed Bhatti.
(79375)
99
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many extradition requests to the UK have been refused by a court under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in each year since 2000.
(79335)
100
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2011, Official Report, columns 391-2W, on departmental lost property, whether he has had discussions on the activities of ElcomSoft and its password breaking programmes; and if he will make a statement.
(79372)
Questions to the Prime Minister
101
N 		Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to annex one of the joint statement on resolving the debt crisis, issued following the Euro summit of 26 October 2011, whether he participated in the deliberations on the proposed 10 means to improve the governance of the Euro area and on the creation of a Euro summit; and whether his consent was (a) sought and (b) given in each case.
(79376)
102
N 		Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to participate in the negotiations on (a) improving fiscal discipline and economic union in the Euro area and (b) treaty changes as announced in the Euro summit statement issued following the summit on 26 October 2011.
(79377)
103
N 		Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, who has applied to be Head of the Civil Service; and when he plans to announce who will take up that appointment.
(79471)
104
N 		Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, how many hours per week he proposes that the Head of the Civil Service will devote to that role; and when he will have regular meetings with the post holder.
(79472)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
105
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to bring into force the provisions of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
(79636)
106
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the use of trixi safety mirrors on the number of road accidents involving cyclists in London.
(79459)
107
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the cost effectiveness of the use of trixi safety mirrors in (a) reducing accidents involving cyclists and (b) encouraging cycling.
(79460)
108
N 		Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis her Department has made of the number of accidents caused by mobility scooters in each of the last five years.
(79063)
109
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take in respect of the cost of motor insurance for young drivers; and when she expects to implement such plans.
(79628)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
110
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) each ethnic group and (b) of each client type have been referred to the Work programme's prime contractors in each contract area in the last 12 months.
(79530)
111
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in attachment fees in each Work programme contract area in the last 12 months.
(79531)
112
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely number of clients in each Work Programme prime contracting area in the next (a) six and (b) 12 months.
(79532)
113
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations his Department has received on increasing the age range within which people are eligible for winter fuel payments.
(78644)
114
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations his Department has received on the restoration of the link between salaries and pensions.
(78645)
115
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to encourage people to take up their benefit entitlement.
(78647)
116
Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to mitigate the effects of quantitative easing (QE) on (a) pension funds due for statutory triennial valuation during the current phase of QE and (b) other pension funds.
(79637)
117
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in the construction industry have been (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for breaches of health and safety regulations in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 1997.
(79633)
118
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many site visits have been carried out by Health and Safety Executive inspectors in the construction industry in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.
(79634)
119
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 1997.
(79635)
120
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people drawing a state pension are carers.
(79523)
121
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases within the live and assessed caseload of the Child Support Agency are between one and three years old.
(79647)
122
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of live and assessed cases of the Child Support Agency are cases (a) between three and five, (b) between five and 10, (c) between 10 and 15 and (d) over 15 years old.
(79648)
123
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of uprating (a) the state pension and (b) benefits at a consumer prices index level of (i) 2.5 per cent., (ii) 3 per cent., (iii) 3.1 per cent., (iv) 3.5 per cent., (v) 4 per cent., (vi) 4.5 per cent., (vii) 4.6 per cent., (viii) 4.9 per cent. and (ix) 5.1 per cent. in 2012-13; and if he will estimate the average change in the level of payments of uprating at each level on (A) women and (B) men in each income decile in receipt of such pensions and benefits.
(79622)
124
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which voluntary and third sector organisations signed Work Programme contracts; and if he will make a statement.
(79383)
125
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data he plans to publish on the number of (a) referrals to and (b) job outcomes for Tier 1 and Tier 2 subcontractors under the Work Programme (i) in total, (ii) in each contract package area and (iii) of each subcontractor; and when he plans to publish it.
(79363)
126
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of changing from use of the term customer to the term client in guidance and documentation issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(79364)
127
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of letters sent to incapacity benefit claimants informing them that their reassessment was about to commence in each week since the beginning of February 2011.
(79526)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
128
N 		Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to ratify the 1997 UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses; and what timetable she has set for any such ratification.
[Transferred] (79366)

Prepared 8th November 2011