Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 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.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 10 November 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 November 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 10 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 Thursday 10 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 10 November see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Ministerial-level meetings have been held in his Department during the Government's examination of the balance of existing European Union competences.
	(80246)

2 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2011, Official Report, column 758W, on directors' disqualification, what monetary benefit to the economy the Insolvency Service has estimated accrues for each disqualified director.
	(79956)

3 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the terms of reference are of the Green Construction Board.
	(79897)

4 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what dates the Green Construction Board has met; who attended each meeting; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the agenda for each meeting.
	(79898)

5 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) temporary staff in his Department are working on the Red Tape Challenge; and what estimate he has made of the required staffing level in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
	(79742)

6 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which external consultants are providing services to his Department in connection with the Red Tape Challenge; and what the (a) duration and (b) cost is of the services provided by each consultant.
	(79743)

7 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) public and (b) private sector organisations he has met to discuss his Department's review of (a) employment law and (b) workplace rights compliance and enforcement arrangements since May 2010.
	(79744)

8 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have made the largest number of submissions to the Red Tape Challenge to date.
	(79799)

9	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) temporary staff in his Department are working on the (i) Employment Law Review and (ii) review of Government's workplace rights compliance and enforcement arrangements.
	(80327)

10	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which external consultants are advising his Department on the (a) Employment Law Review and (b) review of Government's workplace rights compliance and enforcement arrangements; and what the (i) duration and (ii) cost is of any such advice.
	(80328)

11	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the guidance for government consultations.
	(80113)

12	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80187)

13	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80200)

14	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bids for money from the Regional Growth Fund were made by organisations in Warrington in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many of those were successful.
	(80332)

15	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with colleagues in the Ministry of Defence about the effect of defence spending on the economy of the North West; and if he will make a statement.
	(80461)

16 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government on the Growing Places Fund; and on what dates.
	(80036)

17 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what involvement his Department will have through its local offices network in the approval of projects put forward under the Government's Growing Places Fund.
	(80037)

18	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many on-site compliance visits have been carried out by the Office of Fair Trading in relation to compliance with its Debt Management Guidance since September 2010.
	(80394)

19	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the debt management firms cautioned by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in September 2010 are still operating and not complying with the OFT's Debt Management Guidance.
	(80395)

20	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the firms found in September 2010 to be failing to comply with debt management guidance issued by the Office of Fair Trading are still in possession of their consumer credit licences.
	(80396)

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he will take to ensure that areas which fall within a Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2 (County) Region for funding purposes under the draft EU regulations relating to 2014 to 2020 EU Structural Fund, and which have a lower gross domestic product than the rest of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2 region will not be disadvantaged in funding terms as a result of the banding system used.

(80235)

22	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the administrative structure used to allocate funding allocated to the UK under the draft EU regulations relating to 2014-2020 EU Structural Fund and match funding will not exclude local communities and organisations from the allocation process.
	(80255)

23	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what response the Government intends to make to the draft EU regulations relating to 2014-2020 EU Structural Fund.
	(80256)

24	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to the European Commission in relation to the draft EU regulations relating to 2014-2020 EU Structural Fund, to ensure that significant funding is provided to support rural environments as well as urban development.
	(80257)

25	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on food procurement in each year from 1997 to 2011.
	(80315)

26 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Transport, (b) Justice, (c) International Development, (d) Health and (e) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on departmental research and development budgets.
	(79788)

27
N

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women enrolled on apprenticeships in (i) information and communication technology, (ii) engineering and manufacturing technologies and (iii) construction, planning and the built environment in (A) England, (B) the West Midlands and (C) Walsall South constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

(79790)

28 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women enrolled on apprenticeships in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Walsall South constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(79791)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

29	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Ministerial-level meetings have been held in his Department during the Government's examination of the balance of existing European Union competences.
	(80242)

30	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff in his Department are working on the Government's examination of the balance of existing European Union competences.
	(80243)

31	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the incidence of malignant melanoma is in each age group in the UK.
	(80103)

32	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from what date the Office for National Statistics plans to include natural capital in the UK Environmental Accounts.
	(80444)

33	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a Committee on the Natural Environment to advise and monitor all Government policy in terms of its impact on the natural environment.
	(80448)

34	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80175)

35	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80212)

36 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has allocated to the development of the Government's happiness index.
	(79797)

37	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) between 18 and 30, (ii) between 31 and 40, (iii) between 41 and 50, (iv) between 51 and 60 and (v) over 60 years old were divorced in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
	(80393)

38 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what fees the Duchy of Lancaster has paid to (a) Smiths Gore and (b) other land agents since 2005.
	(78230)

39 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what farms and agricultural land are held by the Duchy of Lancaster.
	(78231)

40 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which farms and agricultural holdings the Duchy of Lancaster disposed of in each year since 2005.
	(78232)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

41	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which trade union leaders were described by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the BBC Andrew Marr programme on 6 November 2011 as being strongly in favour of strike action over planned changes to public sector pensions; and if he will make a statement.
	(80391)

42 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to introduce individual savings accounts that encourage investment in green industries.
	(80040)

43	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has met with representatives of (a) EDF-Energy, (b) RWE nPower, (c) Eon, (d) Scottish Power, (e) British Gas Centrica and (f) Scottish and Southern Energy since May 2010; and if he will publish minutes of those meetings.
	(80437)

44	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have claimed enhanced capital allowances for (a) energy-saving plant and machinery, (b) water conservation plant and machinery and (c) low carbon dioxide emission cars in each year since 2001.
	(80442)

45	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings of the Green Economy Council he has attended.
	(80443)

46	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to assist individuals who have been mis-sold mortgage endowment policies to achieve legal redress for their losses.
	(80550)

47	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people who have experienced a shortfall in their endowment policies sold by solicitors in Scotland since the implementation of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
	(80551)

48	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were made to the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to life insurance policies in each year between 1997 and 2005; and how many were resolved (a) at the assessment stage, (b) after investigation by an adjudicator and (c) by final decision of an ombudsman in each case.
	(80552)

49	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has investigated the role played by the Financial Services Authority in the regulation of the sale of endowment mortgages.
	(80553)

50	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to the sale of (a) critical illness insurance, (b) payment protection insurance, (c) term life assurance and (d) income protection in each of the last five years.
	(80605)

51	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service in each of the last five years; and how many were resolved in each year.
	(80606)

52	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many endowment mortgage complaints were upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service and rejected by insurance companies in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80607)

53	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the advice the Financial Services Authority offers those wanting to pursue a claim for the mis-selling of endowment mortgages.
	(80608)

54	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80189)

55	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80198)

56	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families are in receipt of the family element of the child tax credit in (a) England, (b) the South East and (c) Dartford constituency.
	(80609)

57	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of public sector debt of the requirement for student loans to meet higher tuition fees in each of the next 10 years.
	(80193)

58 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the funding he has allocated to administering new arrangements for higher rate taxpayer families in receipt of child benefit will be allocated to new PAYE disclosure systems.
	(79735)

59 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means higher rate taxpayers with a child benefit recipient in their household will be able to disclose their circumstances if their only existing contact with HM Revenue and Customs is through PAYE.
	(79736)

60 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of higher rate taxpayers who will be required to declare a child benefit recipient in their household who (a) do not and (b) do complete a tax return.
	(79737)

61 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs Real Time Information IT system to be capable of administering his proposals for taxation of higher rate taxpayer household child benefit recipients; and if he will make a statement.
	(79738)

62 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of public sector workers who work part-time; and what proportion of such workers are women.
	(79793)

63 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector workers who worked (a) part-time and (b) full-time received a salary of less than £15,000 per annum in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many part-time public sector workers earned less than £15,000 per annum but received a full-time equivalent salary of greater than £15,000.
	(79794)

64 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of planned changes to public sector pensions on part-time workers earning less than £15,000 per annum.
	(79795)

65 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of writing to people affected by planned changes to public sector pensions.
	(79796)

66	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues have had with the European Commission about the extent of ghost pensions in Greece and its economic impact on the Eurozone.
	(80473)

67 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which countries in North Africa and the Middle East, other than Egypt, the Government is now seeking the repayment of loans made by, or guaranteed by, the British Government for the purchase of UK arms prior to the Arab Spring.
	(78363)

68 N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sums in loans (a) lent and (b) guaranteed by the Government to the former government of Egypt for the purchase of UK arms the Government is now seeking repayment for; and what arms of what monetary value were bought in each case.
	(78364)

69	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will respond to letters from the hon. Member for Leicester East concerning his constituent Ms Jansari dated 4 and 25 June 2011; and when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury will respond to letters from the hon. Member for Leicester East of 29 October 2010 and 19 March 2011 also concerning Ms Jansari.
	(80467)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

70	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to create a new planning use class for betting shops; and if he will make a statement.
	(80603)

71	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his policy to localise council tax benefit and reduce funding, what assessment he has made of the average reduction in council tax benefits for recipients in non-protected groups.
	(80604)

72 N	Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether updated local plans have primacy when determining planning applications.
	(79839)

73	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on implementing the Coalition Agreement to give residents the power to instigate local referendums on any local issue.
	(80378)

74	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which fire authorities are paying the leasing costs of regional control centres; and how much each is paying each month.
	(80397)

75 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support regeneration in (a) Peterborough City Council area and (b) Cambridgeshire; and if he will make a statement.
	(79815)

76 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants of (a) Cross Keys Homes, (b) Accent Nene Housing, (c) Minster Housing and (d) Axiom Housing are in (i) full-time paid work, (ii) retired, (iii) not in paid work and (iv) in receipt of housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	(79823)

77	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80182)

78	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80205)

79	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cash value was of the (a) domestic rate and (b) non-domestic rate expressed as pence in the pound in the London Borough of Ealing in each financial year from 1986-87 until (i) the abolition of domestic rates and (ii) the introduction of the national non-domestic rate.
	(80239)

80	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Gateway Review final report on FireControl.
	(80240)

81	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated gross cost was to the taxpayer of the collapse of the MoveUK housing exchange scheme that replaced the HOMES scheme; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for the failure of the MoveUK scheme.
	(80381)

82 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department used to determine the indicative allocations of funding to local enterprise partnerships from the Government's Growing Places Fund.
	(80035)

83 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial contribution his Department plans to make to the Growing Places Fund.
	(80038)

84 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bodies will be responsible for submitting final bids for funding from the Growing Places Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(80039)

85
N

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether holiday lets are exempt from the need to have energy performance certificates when they are rented out (a) for less than a cumulative period of four months within a 12 month period and (b) through a licensing arrangement where the holidaymaker does not have exclusive use of the property during the period for their booking.

(79899)

86	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the level of inward investment to Swindon arising from the creation of the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
	(80566)

87 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of the draft National Planning Policy Framework on business and industry.
	(79787)

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

88 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on music education of reductions in the budget of Arts Council England.
	(79848)

89	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80191)

90	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of funding provided by his Department to organisations based (a) in and (b) outside London.
	(80194)

91	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the level of access of school children from maintained schools to theatres, galleries, museums and heritage sites in (a) each region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and what steps he is taking to promote such access.
	(80195)

92	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80196)

93	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of entrepreneurism in the cultural sector; and what steps he is taking to ensure funding by his Department is linked to the creation of growth and jobs in that sector.
	(80213)

94	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential for growth in the arts and culture sector.
	(80214)

95	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in access to the arts and culture (a) nationally and (b) regionally; and what steps he is taking to monitor and identify areas of the country which may be vulnerable to decline in the arts and culture sector.
	(80215)

96	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the performance of the arts and culture sector in (a) the UK and (b) other EU member states; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK arts and culture sector performs as effectively as other EU member states.
	(80216)

97	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the contribution of heritage sites in (a) the South West, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales to the national economy; and what arrangements are in place to monitor the performance of the tourist economy for those areas.
	(80217)

98	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what funding his Department provides for independent sports clubs running programmes for children.
	(80372)

99	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) special advisers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of News International; and whether the BBC licence fee settlement was discussed at any such meeting.
	(80600)

100	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many publicly owned works of art are on display in the open air in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(80107)

101	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many Roman archaeological sites there are in (a) each region and (b) each nation; and if he will make a statement.
	(80108)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

102	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Adam Werritty was present during any meetings which his predecessor had with representatives of the US administration at which the Trident replacement programme was discussed.
	(80227)

103	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80188)

104	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80199)

105	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs dependent on orders for submarines in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West.
	(80459)

106	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount spent in the North West as a result of his Department's orders for submarines.
	(80460)

107	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the strength of the Military Provost Guard Service in relation to its responsibilities.
	(80392)

108	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on co-operation on military and security intelligence.
	(80462)

109	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on (a) military co-operation and (b) joint military training exercises.
	(80557)

110	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prevent the desecration of war memorials.
	(80145)

111	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on food procurement in each year from 1997 to 2011.
	(80319)

112	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) amended or (b) cancelled any contracts with British firms as a result of the decision to convert one of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers to cats and traps.
	(80365)

113	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the carrier variant conversion investigation since the announcement of the strategic defence and security review; and how much it has budgeted to spend up to 31 December 2012.
	(80366)

114	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the planned Queen Elizabeth class carriers will be fitted with the cats and traps system.
	(80367)

115	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision he has made within his Department's budget to cover any additional costs arising from the decision to fit one of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers with cats and traps.
	(80368)

116	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) legal, (b) administrative and (c) other costs including compensation have arisen from the amendment or cancellation of contracts as a result of the decision to convert the Queen Elizabeth class carrier to cats and traps.
	(80369)

117	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the final figures for redundancies in the armed forces arising from his restructuring of the armed forces.
	(80322)

118	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for his proposed restructuring of the armed forces and for the redundancies arising from that restructuring.
	(80323)

119	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultations he has conducted with members of the armed forces below the rank of officer on his proposed restructuring of the armed forces.
	(80324)

120	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel returning from Afghanistan are receiving help with mental health issues due to the trauma of service.
	(80325)

121	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of the provision of mental health care to armed forces personnel returning from Afghanistan.
	(80326)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

122	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with representatives of News International; and whether the BBC licence fee settlement was discussed at any such meeting.
	(80598)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

123	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to strengthen (a) criminal records and (b) other checks in relation to the employment of home tutors.
	(80234)

124 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Arts Council England on steps to ensure that young people and children participate in live music making.
	(79833)

125	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80183)

126	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80204)

127	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provides for child health and safety education schemes.
	(80371)

128	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on food procurement in each year from 1997 to 2011.
	(80316)

129	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote flexibility and choice in childcare provision.
	(80147)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

130	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Ministerial-level meetings have been held in his Department during the Government's examination of the balance of existing European Union competences.
	(80244)

131	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of staff in his Department are working on the Government's examination of the balance of existing European Union competences.
	(80245)

132 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish his Department's consultation on the Green Deal.
	(79896)

133	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households and businesses in each region of the UK have installed solar panels utilising the Government-subsidised feed-in tariff scheme.
	(80572)

134	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on small and medium-sized businesses arising from his planned changes to the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(80379)

135	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential job losses arising from his planned changes to the feed-in tariff scheme.
	(80380)

136 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on provision of a higher level feed-in tariff rate for school buildings.
	(79057)

137 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made on the potential effect of his proposal to reduce the feed-in tariff on schemes providing solar energy to schools.
	(79058)

138 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on feed-in tariff rates for school buildings in (a) France and (b) Italy.
	(79337)

139	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households were living in fuel poverty in London in each year since 2000.
	(80141)

140	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households were living in fuel poverty in each London borough in each year since 2000.
	(80142)

141	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of employment if the feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaic is reduced before 31 March 2012.
	(80439)

142	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what policies are covered by the control framework for his Department's levy-funded spending.
	(80440)

143	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the spending cap is for each policy covered by the control framework for his Department's levy-funded spending.
	(80441)

144	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were reached on energy subsidy reform at the 2011 G20 Cannes Summit.
	(80377)

145	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost of delaying proposed cuts for feed-in tariffs until April 2012.
	(80320)

146	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent jobs in the (a) solar photovoltaic, (b) wind and (c) wave and tidal industries in (i) 2009 and (ii) November 2011.
	(80321)

147	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to provide exceptions for (a) schools, (b) housing associations, (c) community centres and (d) community projects from the feed-in tariffs which are due to commence after 12 December 2011.
	(80314)

148	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80185)

149	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80202)

150	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines have been constructed in each year since 2005.
	(80370)

151	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what savings he expects to arise from his planned changes to feed-in tariffs.
	(80376)

152	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which renewable energy technology his Department has assessed as the quickest to deploy.
	(80115)

153	Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Staffordshire's electricity needs could be met by solar photovoltaics.
	(80116)

154	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of new investment required per annum for the next 15 years to achieve a low carbon economy.
	(80562)

155	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has for the renewal of energy infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
	(80569)

156 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on provision of support to businesses to meet the obligations arising from implementation of the measures in phase 1 of the Comprehensive Review of Feed-in Tariffs.
	(79890)

157 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to potential adverse weather conditions in the implementation of the measures in phase 1 of the Comprehensive Review of Feed-in Tariffs.
	(79891)

158 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of average installation times for those ordering solar photovoltaic installations (a) nationally and (b) in each nation and region.
	(79892)

159 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on measures to compensate those who have ordered a solar photovoltaic installation but cannot meet the deadlines set out in phase 1 of the Comprehensive Review of Feed-in Tariffs.
	(79893)

160	Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on energy prices if no action were taken to reduce feed-in tariffs for solar energy before April 2012 in (a) high and (b) central forecast scenarios.
	(80219)

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

161	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to establish the Natural Capital Committee.
	(80121)

162	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Natural Capital Committee will be required to report to Parliament annually on the condition of natural capital in the UK.
	(80122)

163	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the implementation of the Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy; what further steps she plans to take to implement the strategy; and if she will make a statement.
	(80123)

164	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of her Department's budget for biodiversity conservation was spent in British Overseas Territories in 2010-11.
	(80124)

165	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of her Department's budget for biodiversity conservation will be spent in British Overseas Territories in each year up to 2014-15.
	(80125)

166	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government's target on biodiversity will apply to British Overseas Territories; and if she will make a statement.
	(80126)

167	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her submission to the Prime Minister on her Department's priorities for providing support to British Overseas Territories will include measures to protect and restore biodiversity.
	(80127)

168	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government's Overseas Territories White Paper will include a target to halt loss of biodiversity in the overseas territories.
	(80128)

169	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Sites of Special Scientific Interest her Department considers to be in favourable condition.
	(80129)

170	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how frequently the condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest are assessed.
	(80130)

171	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the condition of (a) priority habitats and (b) Sites of Special Scientific Interest were last assessed in England.
	(80131)

172	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data on conservation and biodiversity local authorities are required to submit to her Department under the Single Data List.
	(80132)

173	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable she has set for the classification of marine protected areas in England.
	(80133)

174	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the application of the precautionary principle to the designation of marine conservation zones.
	(80134)

175	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's budget is for the air quality grant scheme in 2011-12.
	(80135)

176	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities have applied for funding under the air quality grant programme since its inception; and what assessment she has made of the contribution successful applicants will make to meeting the UK's nitrogen dioxide targets under the Ambient Air Quality Directive.
	(80136)

177	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities have submitted an expression of interest in her Department's pilot on biodiversity offsetting.
	(80137)

178	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to assess the effectiveness of biodiversity offsetting.
	(80138)

179	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on measures to protect biodiversity in each year since 2000; and what her Department plans to spend on such measures in each year until 2014-15.
	(80139)

180	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish indicators on the delivery of Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England's Wildlife and Ecosystems Services.
	(80140)

181	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings she has had with representatives of the insurance industry to discuss replacement of the Statement of Principles on the provision of flood insurance; and if she will publish the minutes of those meetings.
	(80287)

182	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what will replace the Statement of Principles on the provision of flood insurance after it expires in 2013.
	(80288)

183	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will publish guidance on company social tariffs under section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
	(80289)

184	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how funding through the new Flood and Coastal Resilience Partnership Funding arrangement will be focused on those communities at greatest risk.
	(80290)

185	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding is available to local authorities for the costs of maintaining sustainable urban drainage systems.
	(80291)

186	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed in the water sector and its supply chain in each of the five years of the 2004 price review.
	(80292)

187	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the Water White Paper will be published.
	(80293)

188	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the monetary value of benefits to public health for each pound spent on improving air quality.
	(80294)

189	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect black carbon has on climate change; and if she will make a statement.
	(80295)

190	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding will be allocated to implement the Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Action Plan; and if she will provide a breakdown of how this will be spent.
	(80296)

191	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on implementation of the healthy bees plan.
	(80297)

192	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much she estimates will need to be spent on new treatment facilities for municipal solid waste in England for the UK to meet its landfill diversion targets.
	(80298)

193	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding will be provided to support the Green Infrastructure Partnership.
	(80299)

194	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department provided to (a) the Waste and Resources Action Programme and (b) the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme in each of the last five years.
	(80300)

195	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many schools in England are located within 150 metres of a road that exceeds World Health Organisation air quality guidelines for (a) particulate matter and (b) nitrogen dioxide.
	(80301)

196	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many schools in each London borough are located within 150 metres of a road that exceeds World Health Organisation air quality guidelines for (a) particulate matter and (b) nitrogen dioxide.
	(80302)

197	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many schools in England are located within 150 metres of a road that exceeds the limit values for (a) PM10 and (b) nitrogen dioxide in the Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC).
	(80303)

198	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many zones and agglomerations exceeded (a) the exposure level of 20 micrograms/m³of PM2.5 and (b) the limit value of 25 micrograms/m³ of PM2.5 set in the Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC) in each year since 2008.
	(80304)

199	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from what date she estimates all zones and agglomerations will achieve (a) the exposure level of 20 micrograms/m³ of PM2.5 and (b) the limit value of 25 micrograms/m³ of PM2.5 set in the Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC).
	(80305)

200	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many kilometres of road exceeded the limit value for nitrogen dioxide in the Ambient Air Quality Directive when the most recent measurements were taken.
	(80306)

201	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the Government's response to the European Commission's recent consultation on its review of EU air quality policy.
	(80307)

202	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department were working full-time on UK Overseas Territories biodiversity policy in each of the last five years.
	(80308)

203	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget is for implementation of Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England's Wildlife and Ecosystem Services; and how that budget will be spent.
	(80309)

204	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the merits of publishing a new national air quality strategy setting out the Government's plans for achieving NO₂ and PM10 limit values and long-term policies for achieving the best possible air quality.
	(80329)

205

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce NO₂ pollution in the UK to ensure that the limit values in the Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC) will be achieved in all 40 of the zones that exceeded the limit values in 2010 no later than 1 January 2015; and if she will make a statement.

(80330)

206	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many species are critically endangered in (a) the UK and (b) British Overseas Territories.
	(80331)

207	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of land are designated a priority habitat in England.
	(80361)

208	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the case for compulsory micro-chipping of dogs.
	(80463)

209	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of legal advice as to whether a ban on wild animals in circuses would be lawful under (a) EU law generally and (b) UK Directive 2006/123/EC.
	(80262)

210	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts her Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information her Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80180)

211	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80207)

212	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the potential cost to producers of honey in the UK of a requirement to re-label and test all honey products as a result of the European Court of Justice ruling that pollen should be listed as an ingredient of honey; and if she will make a statement.
	(80104)

213	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of honey suppliers and beekeepers who may go out of business as a result of the European Court of Justice ruling that pollen should be listed as an ingredient of honey; and if she will make a statement.
	(80105)

214	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to protect beekeepers following the European Court of Justice ruling that pollen should be listed as an ingredient of honey; and if she will make a statement.
	(80109)

215	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue a public consultation on the marine conservation zones proposed by the regional stakeholder projects.
	(80148)

216	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider designating additional marine conservation zones to help protect (a) basking sharks, (b) dolphins and (c) other mobile species.
	(80149)

217	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with supermarket chains on the creation of a supermarket ombudsman.
	(80233)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

218	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the government of Afghanistan's approach to immunity for individuals accused of serious violations of human rights and war crimes in Afghanistan.
	(80110)

219	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to put in place a system of standards and certification for private security companies operating in (a) high-risk environments and (b) the maritime and anti-piracy sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(80192)

220	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the Government's biodiversity conservation budget will be spent in British Overseas Territories in each year from 2012-13 to 2014-15.
	(80449)

221	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the Government's biodiversity conservation budget was spent in British Overseas Territories in each year from 2010-11.
	(80450)

222	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Overseas Territories White Paper will include a target to halt overall loss of biodiversity by 2020 in all British Overseas Territories.
	(80451)

223	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government has put in place to implement the Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy.
	(80452)

224	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on implementation of the Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	(80453)

225	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the trial of seven Baha'i educators in Iran associated with the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education; and if he will make a statement.
	(80492)

226	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80190)

227	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80197)

228 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on IRG, what the engagements were of the Under-Secretary of State during his visit to Sudan in July 2010.
	(79816)

229 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on IRG, what travel advice his Department issued to UK citizens travelling to Sudan in July 2010.
	(79818)

230 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on IRG, what the purpose was of the visit to Sudan by the Under-Secretary of State in July 2010.
	(79819)

231 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on IRG, what the nature was of the Under-Secretary of State's conversation with Stephen Crouch when they met in Sudan in July 2010.
	(79820)

232 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on IRG, what the name is of each person who travelled with the Under-Secretary of State on his visit to Sudan in July 2010.
	(79821)

233	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Palestinian National Authority to seek to ensure that any replacement of the Palestinian Negotiation Support Unit is committed to a two-state solution.
	(80571)

234	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on re-opening the Libyan Embassy in London.
	(80114)

235	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Egyptian authorities about the protection of UK diplomatic premises and staff in Egypt.
	(80468)

236	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the Israeli government about the protection of the Israeli Embassy in London and its staff.
	(80469)

237	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what communications he has had with the Kenyan government and the transitional federal government of Somalia relating to the kidnapping of Judith Tebbutt and the death of her husband.
	(80470)

238	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain concerning sentences imposed on doctors and nurses who provided medical treatment for those involved in recent public disorder and unrest.
	(80471)

239	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart about the recent allegations of Iranian involvement in a plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US; and what his assessment is of whether there is a similar threat to the Saudi Ambassador to the UK.
	(80472)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

240	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS paramedic posts which have been lost in the last 12 months.
	(80554)

241	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what applications for (a) specialised services and (b) orphan and ultra orphan therapies have been received by the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services.
	(80224)

242	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services to make a recommendation to Ministers on services for atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
	(80225)

243	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make a decision on the commissioning of specialised services for atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
	(80226)

244	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total number of care home places was in each local authority area in each of the last 15 years.
	(80601)

245	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting to be discharged from hospital because of a shortage of community care facilities in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80602)

246 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he made of the average cost of (a) dialysis away from base and (b) dialysis carried out in a patient's normal unit when calculating the national tariff for dialysis.
	(79834)

247 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of provision of dialysis away from base.
	(79835)

248	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of likely changes in the incidence of malignant melanoma over the next 20 years.
	(80456)

249	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's strategy Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of malignant melanoma.
	(80457)

250 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Lorenzo computer system.
	(79751)

251 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the future of the Lorenzo computer system.
	(79752)

252 N	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the cost to the NHS of treating conditions that result from lack of hydration in hospitals in each year since 2001.
	(79739)

253 N	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department issues on training for nurses on effective hydration for patients in hospital.
	(79740)

254 N	Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have been treated for dehydration in hospitals in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(79741)

255	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the National Health Service is of treating health conditions resulting from PM10 exceedances in London in each year since 2005.
	(80446)

256	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of climate change on expenditure under the NHS.
	(80447)

257	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the future funding of the school fruit and vegetable scheme.
	(80373)

258 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the salaries are of the executive team and non-executive board members of NHS South of England.
	(79783)

259 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS South of England or it successor organisation will be a permanent regional tier within the NHS Commissioning Board from 2013.
	(79792)

260 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the statutory basis is for the constitution of NHS South of England.
	(79798)

261	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80184)

262	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80203)

263 N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish (a) the total number of admissions to medical and dental schools and (b) the ethnic origin by (i) number and (ii) proportion of the total in each of the last 10 years.
	(79748)

264 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vascular surgeons are employed by (a) the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
	(79749)

265 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Warrington required arterial surgery in the last five years for which figures are available.
	(79750)

266	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stakeholder involvement there will be in establishing the weightings for disease severity, level of unmet need and innovation to be used in any future value-based pricing scheme for medicines.
	(80374)

267	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in developing a value-based pricing system for medicines; and what steps he is taking to ensure a system is in place from 2014.
	(80375)

268	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation will be responsible for designing care pathways and shaping local services for disabled children.
	(80525)

269	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that information and support is provided to disabled children and young people and their families on the way in which reforms to the NHS will affect them.
	(80526)

270	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups will meet the needs of disabled children and young people with high-cost and low-incidence conditions.
	(80527)

271	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of the NHS Commissioning Board establishing a Clinical Network for children with responsibility for developing care pathways for disabled children and young people.
	(80528)

272	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve health services for disabled children.
	(80529)

273 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Drug Tariff on the (a) development, (b) adoption and (c) diffusion of innovative products in the NHS.
	(79952)

274 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an assessment was made of the Drug Tariff under his Department's innovation review.
	(79953)

275 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises to develop innovative medical devices.
	(79954)

276 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of barriers to product innovation for manufacturers in the health sector.
	(79955)

277	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect on (a) in-patient admission times and (b) costs to the NHS of introducing diabetes inpatient specialist nurse services.
	[R] (80230)

278	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that secondary care staff are trained in the appropriate discharge procedures for patients with diabetes and that such procedures are applied to all patients with diabetes including cases where diabetes was not the primary cause of admission.
	[R] (80247)

279	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to standardise the procedure for referral to specialist care for those admitted to emergency care following episodes of hypoglycaemia.
	[R] (80248)

280	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the level of implementation by primary care trusts of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on the use of patient education models for diabetes.
	[R] (80249)

281	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to specialist healthcare support for diabetics in care homes; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (80250)

282	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the recruitment of diabetes-specialist nurses in primary care settings.
	[R] (80251)

283	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the provision of lifestyle management techniques education to (a) those with diabetes and (b) those at risk of developing diabetes.
	[R] (80252)

284	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to include an indicator to incentivise a pre-diabetic register in the 2012-13 Quality Outcomes Framework.
	[R] (80253)

285	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on food procurement in each year from 1997 to 2011.
	(80317)

286	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage elderly people to volunteer as organ donors.
	(80382)

287	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect projected levels of NHS funding will have on (a) waiting lists and (b) provision of expensive treatment options.
	(80383)

288	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) male and (b) female victims of sexual abuse aged (i) up to 16, (ii) between 16 and 40 and (iii) over 40 have received NHS treatment arising from that abuse in each of the last 10 years.
	(80384)

289	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list each payment due from EU countries and Switzerland to the UK for NHS treatment for their nationals made in each financial year from 1999-2000 to 2009-10.
	(80220)

290	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of spending by the NHS was on maternity care in each financial year between 1997-98 and 2010-11.
	(80223)

291	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visitors to the UK had more than one unpaid debt to the NHS of £1,000 or more in each of the five years preceding the changes in regulations that came into force on 31 October 2011.
	(80237)

292	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to the public purse has been of interest payments owed to other European Economic Area member states and Switzerland for outstanding healthcare claims made in each financial year between 1997-98 and 2009-10.
	(80238)

293	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on dementia research in each financial year since 1997-98.
	(80398)

294	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will restore the role of state-enrolled nurses.
	(80561)

295	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will order a review of the training of nurses.
	(80563)

296	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the Change4Life scheme is for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(80464)

297	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist nurses in diabetes mellitus there are; and how much was spent on their salaries and associated costs in the latest period for which figure are available.
	(80465)

298	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage uptake of sport in schools to assist in prevention of lifestyle diseases.
	(80466)

299 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals advise his Department on matters relating to (i) obesity and (ii) alcohol.
	(79789)

300	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to support the development of step down and community services for people requiring discharge from secure mental health services.
	(80454)

301	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the recommendations in the Centre for Mental Health's report on unlocking pathways to secure mental health care.
	(80455)

302	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to divide commissioning responsibilities for (a) medium and low secure mental health services and (b) step-down and community forensic mental health services between the National Commissioning Board and clinical commissioning groups.
	(80458)

303 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that the determination of future funding needs for the public health system will not be based on the historic public health spending of primary care trusts.
	(79784)

304 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of treating elderly patients with cataracts in hospitals in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(79389)

305 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cataract treatment in each region in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(79800)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

306 N	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 1 August 2011 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay regarding Mr Frank Tomlin, reference M13670/11.
	(79895)

307	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many posts have been lost in the UK Border Agency in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	(80146)

308 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) she and (b) the Immigration Minister were first informed that their pilot programme was being used to stop biometric checks.
	(79849)

309 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of all meetings held between Home Office Ministers and Brodie Clarke between 1 January and 5 November 2011.
	(79886)

310 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) the operational advice note and (b) details of the Ministerial decision implementing the trial of risk-based processes at the border.
	(79887)

311 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force staff were working on (a) customs and (b) immigration checks at Heathrow in each week between 1 July and 1 November 2011.
	(79888)

312 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals passed through border controls in the UK between 28 July and 4 November 2011.
	(79889)

313	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on reform of the Licensing Act 2003.
	(80313)

314	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to finalise proposals for a revision of Home Office circular 46/2004.
	(80143)

315	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish her response to the consultation on the review of police leadership and training.
	(80144)

316 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the monetary value is of payments made for damage to buildings and contents in the London Borough of Southwark under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 since August 2011.
	(79950)

317 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for financial compensation for damage to buildings and contents in the London Borough of Southwark have been made under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 in 2011 to date.
	(79951)

318	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct a comparative assessment of the sale of (a) glass and (b) plastic bottles in pubs and nightclubs.
	(80106)

319 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police from Nottinghamshire are being seconded to London 2012 policing; and what steps will be taken to cover any gap in local policing.
	(80041)

320 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of passport fraud Passport Office staff have detected in each of the last five years.
	(79831)

321	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences relating to fuel laundering were recorded in each region in each of the last three years.
	(80385)

322	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the devolved administrations to co-ordinate steps to tackle fuel laundering and smuggling in the UK.
	(80386)

323	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each grade and role have been made redundant and on what terms by the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years.
	(80567)

324	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of the staff reduction scheme at the UK Border Agency over the last 18 months.
	(80568)

325 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her assessment is of the adequacy of the priority given by the National Security Strategy to the threat posed to the UK by cyber crime.
	(79782)

326 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current measures in place to enable businesses to (a) report cyber-crime and (b) gain police assistance in cases of cyber-crime.
	(79822)

327	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency spent on (a) scheduled air flights and (b) charter flights to carry out deportations in each of the last 24 months.
	(80333)

328	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency spent on cancellation fees in respect of (a) scheduled air flights and (b) charter flights to carry out deportations in each of the last 24 months.
	(80334)

329

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been deported under the fast-track process in each of the last 12 months; how many appeals made by such people were upheld following removal in each of the last 12 months; how many failed asylum seekers deported under the fast-track process (a) were removed with (i) 72 hours, (ii) 48 hours and (iii) 24 hours notice in each of the last 12 months and (b) were children in each of the last two years.

(80335)

330

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) complaints and (b) claims have been made by (i) males and (ii) females of each nationality in each age group against her Department and its agencies and contractors as a result of alleged injuries and assaults sustained during the enforcement of deportation orders in each of the last five years; and what the location was of each alleged incident.

(80336)

331	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private security firms her Department has approved to carry out enforcement of deportation orders; which have been contracted to perform such duties; and what the financial value of each such contract will be in each of the next five years.
	(80337)

332	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals deported by the UK Border Agency were accompanied by (a) officials and (b) contractors on their removal from the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80338)

333	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department and its agencies was of employing private security firms to enforce deportation orders in each of the last five years.
	(80339)

334	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unsuccessful asylum seekers deported from the UK were refused entry on arrival at the country of their origin and subsequently returned to the UK in each of the last 24 months.
	(80340)

335	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed applicants under the Highly-Skilled Migrants programme have subsequently been deported; and what the average cost of completing deportation proceedings against such people was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80341)

336	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff moved to a different post in that agency in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
	(80540)

337	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many airport liaison officers are employed by the UK Border Agency; and what their average annual salary is.
	(80541)

338	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency and its predecessors spent on (a) permanent and (b) casual staff in each of the last five years.
	(80542)

339	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of working days lost by UK Border Agency staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(80543)

340

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff were based at (a) London Heathrow, (b) London Gatwick, (c) London Stansted, (d) Birmingham, (e) Manchester, (f) Leeds, (g) Bristol, (h) Edinburgh, (i) Glasgow, (j) Aberdeen, (k) Inverness, (l) Prestwick, (m) Belfast and (n) Cardiff airports in each of the last five years.

(80544)

341	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers her Department employs overseas to screen passengers of inbound flights to the UK at airports (a) in and (b) outside the EU.
	(80545)

342	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the UK Border Agency are based at each office location (a) in Scotland, (b) in each of the English regions, (c) in Wales, (d) in Northern Ireland and (e) overseas; and what the functions are of each office.
	(80546)

343	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff were based in each overseas country on 1 November 2011.
	(80547)

344	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there were at each grade in the UK Border Agency on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(80548)

345	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to make it a criminal offence to sell metals (a) without photographic identification and (b) using cash payments; and if she will make a statement.
	(80259)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

346	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to developing countries is intended to improve the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems.
	(80283)

347	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the estimated value to the UK economy is of natural capital in developing countries.
	(80284)

348	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the value of natural capital in developing countries is taken into account when measuring the effectiveness of UK aid.
	(80285)

349	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the UK encourages developing countries to value their natural capital when measuring economic progress.
	(80286)

350

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department will make public its (a) current and (b) future strategies on funding for research and development into prevention, treatment and diagnostics for diseases connected with poverty, including (i) HIV/AIDS, (ii) tuberculosis and (iii) malaria; how he intends to publish it; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (80236)

351	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has provided in each of the last five years for research and development into prevention, treatment and diagnostics for diseases connected with poverty, including (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (80260)

352

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department provided for research and development of new vaccines for (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria in each of the last five years; what assessment his Department has made of future vaccine-related research and development needs; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (80261)

353	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80179)

354	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80208)

355	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on international co-operation in agricultural technology for farming in arid conditions.
	(80570)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

356	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the benefits of appointing a chief coroner.
	(80111)

357

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the application of Article 8 of the European Court of Human Rights by courts and tribunals in immigration and deportation matters; and if he will introduce legislation to reverse the effects of the decision of the House of Lords in Huang [2007] UKHL 11.

(80564)

358	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-resident parents living in the London Borough of Bexley have received (a) suspended and (b) custodial sentences for the non-payment of child maintenance in the last three years.
	(80312)

359	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to provide support for circles of accountability and support to extend their operations to reduce sex offending.
	(80399)

360	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to maintain quality standards under the new system for the delivery of interpreter and translation services across the criminal justice system.
	(80491)

361 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he has taken of the proportion of responses to his consultation on the Public Bodies Bill (a) for and (b) against including the Office of Chief Coroner in the Bill.
	(79832)

362 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the charges made by the Community Payback teams to voluntary organisations in communities which benefit from the visits and the work carried out; and if he will make a statement.
	(79894)

363	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on food procurement in each year from 1997 to 2011.
	(80318)

364 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of cyber crimes perpetrated against businesses in each of the last three years.
	(79781)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

365	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80178)

366	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80209)

Questions to the Prime Minister

367	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Office and (c) special advisers in his Office have had with representatives of News International; and whether the BBC licence fee settlement was discussed at any such meeting.
	(80599)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

368	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received on the status of Scotland within the EU should Scotland become an independent state.
	(80112)

369	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80177)

370	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80210)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

371 N	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of reducing the frequency of MOT tests on the number of deaths and serious injuries on the roads.
	(79681)

372 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on steps to reduce carbon emissions attributable to aviation.
	[R] (79785)

373	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of a road crossing at Silvertown on traffic volumes at the Dartford crossing.
	(80118)

374	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed increase in tolls at the Dartford crossing on traffic volume using the (a) Blackwall Tunnel, (b) Rotherhithe Tunnel and (c) Woolwich Ferry.
	(80119)

375 N	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations her Department has received on its consultation on increasing motorway speed limits to 80 mph.
	(79693)

376 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Home Department on placing armed guards on UK flagged ships to guard against piracy; and if she will make a statement.
	(79059)

377 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish guidelines on the biofuel carbon sustainability criteria in respect of the EU Renewable Energy Directive.
	(79745)

378 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long she has estimated it will take industry to put in place the appropriate certification in its supply chain to implement Government guidelines on biofuel carbon sustainability as part of the implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive.
	(79746)

379 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend her deadline for industry to meet the EU Renewable Energy Directive until after she has published the compliance criteria for biofuel carbon sustainability.
	(79747)

380 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how long she plans to run her Department's consultation on the guidelines for the biofuel carbon sustainability criteria.
	(79801)

381 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to implement those parts of the EU Renewables Energy Directive for which she is responsible.
	(79802)

382	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had on the effect on passengers of the sale of BMI.
	(80519)

383	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on competition issues following the sale of BMI.
	(80520)

384	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has discussed with (a) BMI and (b) British Airways the future provision of flights between Edinburgh and London Heathrow.
	(80521)

385	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of levels of competition in air services between Scotland and London Heathrow.
	(80522)

386	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of one airline group owning a majority of slots at Heathrow Airport.
	(80523)

387 N	John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received on the proposal to construct a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
	(79689)

388 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has any plans to permit the installation of trixi traffic light safety mirrors by local authorities without the requirement to seek express permission from her.
	(79962)

389	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts her Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information her Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80181)

390	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80206)

391	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) road safety groups and (b) other organisations will be consulted on proposals to increase the national speed limit to 80mph on motorways.
	(80232)

392 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on bringing forward spending on infrastructure for which her Department is responsible.
	(79692)

393	Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effects of High Speed 2 on levels of youth unemployment.
	(80218)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

394	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the removal of its subsidy of biomass for electricity.
	(80477)

395	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings she has had with (a) the CBI and (b) the TUC since her appointment.
	(80478)

396	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what budget her Department plans to provide for the Commission on Devolution in Wales.
	(80479)

397	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times she has met representatives of (a) the Countryside Alliance, (b) the National Farmers Union, (c) the Farmers' Union of Wales and (d) other countryside groups since May 2010.
	(80480)

398	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has received any representations expressing concern about the policing of a badger cull in Wales.
	(80481)

399	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on badger culling using shooting.
	(80482)

400	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has allocated to each public telephone line funded by her Department in 2011-12.
	(80483)

401	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times her Department's legal section has provided legal advice to Ministers since May 2010.
	(80484)

402	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what level of security vetting is required for the post of (a) head of communications, (b) deputy head of communications and (c) press officer in her Department.
	(80485)

403	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what level of security vetting is required for (a) civil servants of grade seven or above and (b) special advisers in her Department.
	(80486)

404	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what advice she has received from members of her Business Advisory Council since May 2010.
	(80487)

405	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will estimate the level of inward investment to Wales since May 2010.
	(80488)

406	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects her Department has undertaken since May 2010; and what the cost of each such project has been.
	(80531)

407	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in her Department received a bonus in each year since 2007.
	(80532)

408	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with her Business Advisory Council on support for (a) the construction industry, (b) the creative industries and (c) manufacturing industry in Wales.
	(80533)

409	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times she has met Treasury Ministers to discuss reform of the Barnett formula since May 2010.
	(80534)

410	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on full electrification of the railway line between London and Swansea.
	(80535)

411	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Welsh Government Ministers on drug usage in Wales.
	(80536)

412	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Strategic Defence and Security Review on Wales.
	(80537)

413	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the economic implications of the HS2 line for Wales.
	(80538)

414	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with Welsh Government Ministers on the devolution of energy policies to Wales.
	(80539)

415	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has carried out an economic impact assessment for Wales on the effect of the Government's spending reductions.
	(80574)

416	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether (a) she, (b) her Ministers and (c) officials in her Department have met (i) Mr Michael Hintze, (ii) Mr Tony Buckingham, (iii) Mr Michael Davis, (iv) Mr Poju Zabludowicz, (v) Mr Jon Moulton and (vi) Mr Stephen Crouch; and where any such meetings took place.
	(80575)

417	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when and where the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee will take place.
	(80576)

418	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when and where the last meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee took place; and what was discussed.
	(80577)

419	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many paid internships her Department has offered since May 2010.
	(80578)

420	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the communications needs of her Department since May 2010.
	(80579)

421	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade profession magazines since May 2010.
	(80580)

422	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people are in possession of a security pass for her main departmental headquarters.
	(80581)

423	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps her Department has taken to combat anti-Semitism since July 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(80582)

424	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on separated and trafficked children in Wales.
	(80610)

425	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had on the mandate of the National Crime Agency to deal with wildlife crime in Wales.
	(80611)

426	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Department for Transport on High Speed 2.
	(80612)

427	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in her Department work in its legal section.
	(80613)

428	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance claimants there were in Wales in the period for which figures are available.
	(80614)

429	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the level of long-term unemployment in Wales.
	(80615)

430	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assets with a value of £1,000 or more her Department has bought since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(80616)

431	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in her Department received a pay rise other than by promotion in the last two years.
	(80617)

432	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what company or Government service is used to undertake security vetting at (a) counter-terrorist check, (b) security check and (c) developed vetting for officials and special advisers in her Department.
	(80618)

433	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans her Department has to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
	(80619)

434	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking to increase access to finance by small and medium-sized enterprises in the creative industries in Wales.
	(80620)

435	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average cost to her Department is of processing the payment of an invoice.
	(80621)

436	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contracts her Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information her Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80176)

437	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80211)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

438 N	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle hate crime.
	(79674)

439 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has a policy on the proportion of Ministers who are (a) women and (b) state educated.
	(79786)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

440	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcome is of the review by the Major Projects Authority of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's major change programme to deliver a new statutory maintenance scheme.
	(80228)

441	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the latest verified delivery plan agreed by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Board with regard to the implementation of the Commission's major change programme to deliver a new statutory maintenance scheme by 2015.
	(80229)

442	Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the funding settlement between his Department and the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission for the three years from 31 March 2012 has been determined.
	(80254)

443	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency in pursuing court action for non-payment of child maintenance.
	(80311)

444	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK received zero points in a work capability assessment and were passed on appeal in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80221)

445	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK received between zero and six points in a work capability assessment and were passed on appeal in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80222)

446	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new employment and support allowance claims have been made in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK since the introduction of that allowance.
	(80388)

447	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have completed a work capability assessment in the last 12 months.
	(80389)

448	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have failed a work capability assessment in the last 12 months have subsequently had the decision overturned on appeal.
	(80390)

449	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government continues to provide benefits to meet the interest payments on a loan which had been taken out by a person now on benefits when an endowment policy accompanying a mortgage matures but does not provide sufficient funds to pay off the balance of that mortgage.
	(80549)

450	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts his Department has awarded for design services since May 2010; and what information his Department holds on the location of such companies.
	(80186)

451	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on design in respect of (a) logos, (b) buildings, (c) advertising, (d) stationery and (e) campaigns in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80201)

452	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of time-limiting of contributory employment and support allowance on health and social care budgets.
	(80474)

453	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will fall into poverty as a result of the time-limiting of contributory employment and support allowance.
	(80475)

454

Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will lose their contributory employment and support allowance (ESA) in (a) April 2012 and (b) within the first year of the introduction of time-limiting of contributory ESA; and what plans the Government has to ensure that those who lose their ESA can obtain alternative means of support.

(80476)

455	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases are being dealt with by the Child Support Agency where there is no current assessment but where there are arrears of less than a year.
	(80120)

456	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases being dealt with by the Child Support Agency there is no current assessment and there are arrears to be collected which are between one and three years old.
	(80241)

457	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on pensions policy.
	(80555)

458	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the development of policies to support disabled people in the work place.
	(80556)

459	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many budgeting loan acceptances have been sent out by his Department in the six months to 31 August 2011; and how many such acceptances have been received by his Department (a) within the qualifying time and (b) too late.
	(80150)

460	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provides guidance to people considering opting out of private and company pension plans.
	(80362)

461	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the costs have been of administration of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance for each of the last three years.
	(80363)

462	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost has been of administration of appeals against (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) employment and support allowance decisions for each of the last three years.
	(80364)

463	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assist middle-income families with the costs of childcare.
	(80117)

464 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many voluntary and third sector organisations are in the supply chain of Work Programme provider Maximus; how many referrals from Maximus such organisations have received (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the total number of referrals to its supply chain; and if he will make a statement.
	(79957)

465
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many voluntary and third sector organisations are in the supply chain of Work Programme provider (a) Avanta and (b) G4S; how many referrals from those providers such organisations have received (i) in total and (ii) as a proportion of the total number of referrals to their supply chain; and if he will make a statement.

(79958)

466 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many voluntary and third sector organisations are in the supply chain of Work Programme provider Ingeus; how many referrals from Ingeus such organisations have received (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the total number of referrals to its supply chain; and if he will make a statement.
	(79959)

467 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many voluntary and third sector organisations are in the supply chain of Work Programme provider Seetec; how many referrals from Seetec such organisations have received (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the total number of referrals to its supply chain; and if he will make a statement.
	(79960)

468 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many voluntary and third sector organisations are in the supply chain of Work Programme provider A4E; how many referrals from A4E such organisations have received (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the total number of referrals to its supply chain; and if he will make a statement.
	(79961)

469

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for employment and support allowance (ESA) were refused in the last 12 months; how many had zero points allocated; how many such claims were by cancer patients; how many claimants were recalled for a further medical assessment for ESA eligibility after 12 months; how many such people were again refused; how many of them subsequently appealed; and if he will make a statement.

(80573)

470	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Fund crisis loans were paid in each Jobcentre Plus budget area in each region in each of the last 12 months.
	(80342)

471	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many defaults there were in repayment of Social Fund crisis loans in each of the last 12 months.
	(80343)

472	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent pursuing the recovery of Social Fund crisis loans on which individuals had defaulted in the last five years.
	(80344)

473	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Social Fund crisis loans were received (a) by telephone, (b) in writing and (c) in person in the last 12 months.
	(80345)

474	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals making a third application for a Social Fund crisis loan within a 12 month period were required to attend a face-to-face interview at a jobcentre in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80346)

475	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Fund crisis loans were (a) granted and (b) refused to (i) individuals registered as disabled, (ii) individuals over the pension age and (iii) lone parent households in each of the last 12 months.
	(80347)

476	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for a Social Fund crisis loan were made by people (a) under 18, (b) between 18 and 29, (c) between 30 and 49, (d) between 50 and 65 and (e) over 65 years old in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(80348)

477	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Social Fund crisis loan decisions were (a) upheld and (b) rejected in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(80349)

478	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many funeral payments were paid in each Jobcentre Plus budget area in each region in each of the last 12 months.
	(80350)

479	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many defaults there were on the repayment of funeral payments from the deceased's estate in each of the last 12 months.
	(80351)

480	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent pursuing the recovery of funeral payments on which the deceased's estate defaulted over the last five years.
	(80352)

481	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Social Fund crisis loan was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80353)

482	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for a (a) second, (b) third and (c) fourth or more crisis loan were (i) granted and (ii) declined in the last 12-month period for which figures are available.
	(80354)

483	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was to repay a Social Fund crisis loan in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80355)

484	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the merits of extending eligibility for Social Fund crisis loans.
	(80356)

485	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means Social Fund crisis loans are paid to individuals who do not hold a bank or Post Office account.
	(80357)

486	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for a Social Fund crisis loan were made by (a) women and (b) men in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(80358)

487	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average funeral payment was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80359)

488	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the case for extending eligibility for funeral payments.
	(80360)

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

489	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Green Investment Bank will have a function to invest in measures to improve air quality; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (80231)

490	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Green Investment Bank will have a role to invest in measures to protect and restore biodiversity; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (80310)

491	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Green Investment Bank will have a role to invest in measures to improve air quality; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (80445)

492	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment and monitoring he is conducting of the qualifying criteria imposed by individual colleges for eligibility for the national scholarship programme; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (80524)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

493	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of extending to parish councils the exemption on business rates on properties for trusts; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (80565)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

494	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he holds on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which apply to the Duchy of Cornwall.
	[Transferred] (80489)

495	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether (a) he, (b) another Minister in his Department and (c) a special adviser in his Department has met, discussed or corresponded on changes to electoral registration laws with a think tank based in (i) the USA, (ii) the UK and (iii) elsewhere.
	[Transferred] (80530)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

496	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that policy regarding metal theft is the responsibility of one Minister.
	[Transferred] (80258)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

497	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on whether under fee simple provisions the freehold of property in the County of Cornwall would revert to (a) the Crown and (b) the Duchy of Cornwall.
	[Transferred] (80490)

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