Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 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 Monday 14 November 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 November 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 14 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 Monday 14 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 14 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of court cases in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England the Crown Prosecution Service has ensured the presentation of victim impact statements in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80816)

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

2 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the contribution of the UK solar industry to gross domestic product.
	(80974)

3 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will include an option for the Green Deal to be financed through the Green Investment Bank as part of its application for state aid clearance.
	(80975)

4	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from Guisborough Town Council on Royal Mail privatisation.
	(80767)

5	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the closure of the Guisborough Royal Mail Delivery Office on businesses in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
	(81148)

6
N

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UCAS applications have been submitted by residents of (a) Sheffield Central constituency, (b) Sheffield, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) Yorkshire and the Humber in the 2011-12 admissions cycle to date; and how many such applications had been submitted during the equivalent period of the 2010-11 admissions cycle.

(80419)

7 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much UK Trade and Investment was spent in (a) the EU and (b) each other European country in the last year for which figures are available.
	(80984)

8	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of any competition issues from one airline group holding the majority of slots at Heathrow Airport.
	(81344)

9 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UCAS applications have been submitted by residents of (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) the Wirral, (c) the North West region and (d) England in (i) the current academic year and (ii) each of the last five academic years.
	(80798)

10 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage angel investors.
	(80412)

11	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether competition levels are a consideration in the allocation of slots at Heathrow Airport.
	(81202)

12	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any consideration of competition issues arising from the sale of BMI would be considered by the (a) UK and (b) EU competition authorities.
	(81203)

13 N	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 Red Tape Challenge; and what the (a) length of each such arrangement and (b) cost to the public purse is in each case.
	(80409)

14 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 the estimated number of such staff will be in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
	(80410)

15 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials and (b) trade union representatives on the possible relocation of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate from his Department to the National Minimum Wage enforcement team in HMRC.
	(80436)

16	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures his Department is taking to ensure that UK Trade and Investment and the Export Credits Guarantee Department support UK companies that develop and export green technologies around the world.
	(81330)

17	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to work with the Paris Club to carry out a public audit of the debt owed to the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD); and if he will undertake an immediate review of ECGD-backed loans for arms sales to undemocratic governments.
	(81331)

18 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which projects concerning Libya the Export Credits Guarantee Department extended cover from January 2004 to date; what the maximum exposure was in each such case; and whether there is any extant cover.
	(81104)

19	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Indian government on the employment of foreign nationals in the UK on terms and conditions that differ from those applied to UK workers.
	(80742)

20	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of General Agreement on Trade in Services Mode 4 on the employment terms and conditions of domestic workers; and if he will make a statement.
	(80743)

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80706)

22	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the British Council on the effect on the international reputation of British higher education of Government proposals to give degree awarding powers to institutions which do not carry out teaching or research.
	(80733)

23	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has commissioned on the effect on the number of courses in STEM subjects of the Government's decision to remove limits on student numbers at university for those achieving AAB grades or higher at A level; and if he will make a statement.
	(80734)

24	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of graduates who will not repay their student loans in full over a 30 year period.
	(80735)

25	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has commissioned on the effect on the number of mature students in higher education of the Government's decision to remove limits on student numbers for those achieving grades AAB or above at A level; and if he will make a statement.
	(80887)

26	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to encourage more flexible patterns of study in higher education.
	(80888)

27	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has commissioned on the effects on the number of black and ethnic minority students entering higher education of the Government's decision to remove the cap on student numbers for those achieving grades AAB or above at A level; and if he will make a statement.
	(80889)

28	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations his Department has received on the merits of defining administration expenses; and if he will make a statement.
	(81200)

29	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment or torture; and if he will make a statement.
	(81336)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to develop a control mechanism to be incorporated into Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment or torture to allow governments to prohibit the trade of any items not specifically listed in the Regulation that have no use other than for the purposes of inflicting the death penalty, torture or other ill-treatment, or where there are reasonable grounds to believe that such items would be used for such purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(81337)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to promote the addition of (a) electric-shock stun-cuffs and other body worn electric-shock devices and (b) spiked batons and spiked shields to the list of items in Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment or torture that are prohibited from import or export; and if he will promote inclusion in the Regulation of enhanced controls on drugs used for carrying out the death penalty by lethal injection; and if he will make a statement.

(81338)

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy not to invite to UK arms trade events any country that has not signed and ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions and which either has stockpiles of cluster munitions, or has companies involved in the manufacture or trade in cluster munitions or components; and if he will make a statement.

(81339)

33	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to prohibit any company that produces cluster munitions and or components for cluster munitions from attending UK trade events or receiving Government contracts for demilitarisation; and if he will make a statement.
	(81340)

34	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had discussions concerning the removal of Beechwood Equipment Ltd from the DSEi 2011 fair for marketing leg cuffs and gang chains; and if he will make a statement.
	(81342)

35 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects a decision to be taken on export licence application reference number SIE2011/008293 made by Nu Instruments of Wrexham.
	(80638)

36 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanism has been put in place to monitor the actions of countries who are members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group when the Government notifies them of the refusal of export licences.
	(80639)

37 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many notifications the Government has made of refusal of export licences to the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the last 12 months for which records are available.
	(80640)

38	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the retail sector in the West Midlands.
	(80870)

39	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his assessment is of potential changes to the level of education exports as a result of (a) student visa changes and (b) a rise in international student tuition fees.
	(80872)

40	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Office for Fair Access in ensuring that any higher education institution charging above £6,000 in tuition fees is linked to local schools and is part of a wider regional access network.
	(80873)

41	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applicants to each higher education institution held an access to higher education qualification in each of the last 10 years.
	(80874)

42	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the cost of providing student loans for access to higher education courses from the 2013-14 academic year; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of such loans that will be repaid.
	(80875)

43	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of further education student loans for access to education he expects to be repaid in full after 2013-14.
	(81142)

44	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of university applicants who will apply to the National Scholarship Programme for the academic year 2012-13; and how many applicants he expects to be awarded funding under the programme.
	(81143)

45 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report column 112W, on Regional Growth Fund, how many meetings the Ministerial Group held to consider the panel's recommendations.
	(81051)

46 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report column 112W, on Regional Growth Fund, how many meetings took place; on which days; and which Ministers attended each meeting.
	(81052)

47 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report columns 111-12W, on Regional Growth Fund, what the monetary value is of the provisional allocations for the successful bids to the second round of the Regional Growth Fund in each region.
	(81053)

48 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report columns 111-12W, on Regional Growth Fund, what procedures (a) he and (b) his officials have used to verify the estimates of indirect job creation supplied by successful bidders to the second round of the Regional Growth Fund.
	(81054)

49
N

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report columns 111-12W, on Regional Growth Fund, how many of the recommended bids put forward for the second round of the Regional Growth Fund by its independent advisory panel were rejected by the Ministerial Group chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.

(81055)

50 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the resource budget of the Office for Life Sciences was in each year since it was established.
	(80558)

51 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff in each pay band were employed in the Office for Life Sciences in each year since it was established.
	(80559)

52 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times he has met the Secretary of State for Health to discuss the Office for Life Sciences in the last 12 months.
	(80560)

53	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on comparative spending by the UK Government and other EU member states on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises' international tradeshow access.
	(80754)

54	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the criteria are for mentors to be considered appropriate to be featured on the Mentors Me website.
	(81007)

55	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to achieve his target for the number of mentors available to businesses using the Mentors Me programme.
	(81008)

56	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many mentors were signed up to the Mentors Me programme on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(81009)

57	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the EU Late Payment Directive to be transposed into UK law.
	(81010)

58	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to the European Commission to prevent (a) constraints on beneficial investments, including economic infrastructure and (b) other constraints being placed on the spending of regional development funding provided by the EU.
	(81110)

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the exception applying to regions with less than 75 per cent. of EU gross domestic product under the draft EU regulations relating to 2014-2020 EU Structural Fund will be applied to Torbay requiring it to allocate 60 per cent. instead of 80 per cent. of its funding to the thematic objectives laid down by the regulations.

(81111)

60	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department's employment law review will give consideration to the (a) trends in the number of and (b) suitability of regulation for employees on atypical contracts and their employers.
	(81316)

61 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what regulations have been abolished under the Red Tape Challenge.
	(80586)

62 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in (a) Redcar constituency and (b) the Tees Valley since May 2010.
	(80981)

63 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when recipients of the first round of Regional Growth Fund awards were notified in writing of the amount they will receive; and when due diligence for each award was completed.
	(81105)

64 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when due diligence for the award of monies from the first round of the Regional Growth Fund was started; when such due diligence was completed; and when recipients were notified in writing that due diligence had been completed.
	(81106)

65 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost was of due diligence associated with each of the recipients of the first round of Regional Growth fund awards; and what proportion such costs represented of the respective amount of the award.
	(81107)

66 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether recipients of Regional Growth Fund awards are liable for due diligence costs associated with respective projects.
	(81108)

67 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which of the recipients of the first round of Regional Growth Fund awards provide onward distribution of financial awards.
	(81109)

68	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many universities have research units in diabetes that are publicly funded.
	(81184)

69	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average student loan taken out in St Helens South and Whiston constituency was in each year since 2005.
	(80956)

70 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the Regional Growth Fund (a) has been paid and (b) will be paid to professional services firms to undertake due diligence for each grant provided; and if he will make a statement.
	(80277)

71 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 104W, on departmental data protection, if he will name the (a) Minister and (b) bookkeeper who was provided with the Minister's diary.
	(80279)

72
N

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, columns 301-02W, on departmental secondment, who the senior representatives of the business sector seconded to his Department were; from which companies they were seconded; what payments were made by his Department to those companies in connection with the secondments; to which areas of departmental business activity each secondment related; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure that expertise brought by each secondee is retained by his Department following the end of the period of the secondment.

(80917)

73 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, columns 301-2W, on departmental secondment, what steps he has taken to ensure that industry plays a more active role in the business and policy-making of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(80918)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

74 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women were unemployed in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011.
	(80427)

75	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds information on the number of public sector staff injured in dangerous dog attacks in the course of their duties.
	(81002)

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80707)

77 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department has not updated the list of Ministers' interests since February 2011; and on what date he expects an updated list to be published.
	(80920)

78 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of posts in the Civil Service have full UK citizenship as a requirement of employment.
	(80438)

79	Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Minister who has resigned or lost their job due to misconduct has had their pension accrued while in office withheld since May 2010.
	(80732)

80 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme are (a) part-time, (b) full-time, (c) male, (d) female, (e) active members and (f) deferred members/pensioners.
	(80502)

81	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the burden of regulation on independent charitable hospices.
	(81027)

82	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the regulation of charitable hospices; and whether he has plans to take steps in respect of any duplication in regulation in the sector.
	(81028)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

83 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on payments under the Government's compensation scheme to Equitable Life policy holders living in Sheffield.
	(79900)

84	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the proportion of GDP required to cover the necessary contribution of government borrowing in each G8 country.
	(80625)

85	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) foundation and (b) non-foundation NHS trusts have had approval from his Department for employee pay-offs in each of the last five years; which such NHS Trusts had the (i) largest such payment and (ii) largest number of such pay offs in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(80896)

86 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many offer letters were sent by the Equitable Life Payment Scheme in each month during the operation of the scheme.
	(80916)

87 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families received child tax credits in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) the Wirral, (c) the North West, (d) England and (e) the UK in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) each of the last five years.
	(80795)

88 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contributions were made to the International Monetary Fund in each year from 1997 to 2011.
	(80815)

89	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on consumer confidence of the recent rise in inflation.
	(81325)

90	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a tax on the land value uplift created by the granting of planning permission on greenfield sites.
	(80762)

91	Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on payments to Equitable Life policy holders; and what proportion of payments he expects to be made by the end of 2011.
	(81141)

92 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of of the cost of providing additional public infrastructure at existing standards to accommodate a rise in the number of UK residents of 10 million by 2033.
	(80635)

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80719)

94	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has considered introducing as part of his strategy for growth a 100 per cent. capital write-down allowance on new plant and equipment for the manufacturing sector.
	(81115)

95	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fuel duty and vehicle excise duty do not disproportionally affect the rural population.
	(81282)

96	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 204W, on taxation: gambling, what recent assessment he has made of the rate of gross profits tax levied on (a) bingo clubs and (b) bookmakers; and for what reasons there is a difference between the two.
	(80752)

97	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the names are of all (a) state-owned enterprises and (b) companies in which there are state-owned shares.
	(81285)

98	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was received in taxation receipts from energy suppliers in each year since 1986.
	(81317)

99	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received in corporation tax from the transport sector in each year since 2001.
	(81326)

100	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will implement the provisions of the draft EU regulations relating to 2014-2020 EU Structural Fund to ensure the inclusion of transition regions in the funding framework.
	(81112)

101 N	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to review the level of stamp duty payable on (a) new leases and (b) renewal of leases for public houses.
	(80814)

102 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households will have a reduction in their entitlement as a result of his proposal to increase the hours requirement for working tax credit for couples with children; and what the average reduction will be for such households.
	(80162)

103 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in value to recipients of planned changes to tax credits over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(80163)

104 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average change in entitlement per household as a result of changes to tax credits over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(80164)

105 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the proportion of small businesses using payroll software from providers with whom he is discussing upgrading their products for real-time PAYE.
	(80165)

106 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the most recent industrial production figures published by the Office for National Statistics; and what assessment his has made of the effect of the levels of industrial production for (a) future economic growth and (b) employment levels.
	(80800)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

107	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his consultation on measures to improve the licensing regime applying to park home and caravan sites.
	(80859)

108	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount of funding given by his Department to the voluntary sector was in each of the last 15 years.
	(80739)

109 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from which budget the £250 million of funding identified to support councils to deliver weekly collections of household waste was allocated; and how such funding will be phased over the next three years.
	(80965)

110 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the funding for the Fair Communities scheme has been spent since the start of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
	(80966)

111	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what economic impact assessment his Department has carried out on the effect of proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme on Workington constituency.
	(80761)

112 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses were built in Ashfield constituency between 2005 and 2011; and what proportion of such houses were affordable housing.
	(80435)

113	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which representatives of local authorities in Norfolk he has met in the last two months to discuss the provisions of the Localism Bill relating to planning reform; and if he will make a statement.
	(81271)

114 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish and place in the Library (a) the data sets, (b) the calculations and (c) the models for the formulae used to produce the allocations to local enterprise partnerships set out in pages 10 and 11 of the Growing Places Fund prospectus.
	(80597)

115	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many FireAngel ST-620 smoke alarms have been supplied through the Firebuy scheme to each Fire and Rescue Service (FRS); over what period those smoke alarms were procured; what the total cost has been to each FRS; and if he will make a statement.
	(81320)

116

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80708)

117	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to include internal drainage boards and water utility companies as statutory consultees when assessing planning applications for onshore oil and gas exploration.
	(80936)

118	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether regulations under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 will contain a duty on local authorities to reach agreement with their communities when submitting proposals to Government under the Act.
	(81187)

119	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates he has met representatives of (a) Bell Pottinger Group and (b) its subsidiaries; and what was discussed.
	(81264)

120	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on surcharges levied by park sites owners on caravan or static homes owners who sell their property.
	(80949)

121	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provisions his Department has made for emergency shelters for people sleeping rough in the event of a very cold winter.
	(81197)

122 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of members of the local government pension schemes who are (a) part-time, (b) full-time, (c) male, (d) female, (e) active members and (f) deferred members/pensioners.
	(80501)

123 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on owners who have undertaken unauthorised developments to a property then carrying out permitted developments on that property.
	(80497)

124 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to empower local authorities who have identified a risk of unlawful occupation of land and gained an injunction against such occupation to (a) block the site entrance and (b) take other reasonable action to prevent such illegal occupation.
	(80498)

125 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the results of his review of Part P of the Building Regulations.
	(80915)

126	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the planning implications of the housing need represented by the (a) upper and (b) lower limits of the population projections by the Office for National Statistics for 2050.
	(81277)

127	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to balance an increase in supply of new housing with measures to stabilise demand.
	(81278)

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

128 N	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what powers Ofcom has under the Communications Act 2003 to regulate DTT Multiplex Operators Ltd; and if he will make a statement.
	(80791)

129 N	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has received on channel allocation on the Freeview platform; and if he will place any representations in the Library.
	(80792)

130 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his assessment is of the frequency of the current meeting schedule of the Creative Industries Council.
	(80414)

131	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of purpose-built buildings and studios for the creative industries in each of the English regions.
	(80745)

132	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the role of architecture in the formation of cultural quarters in cities.
	(80746)

133	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the (a) Baltic Gallery for Contemporary Art, (b) Bristol Harbourside, (c) Liverpool World Museum and (d) Quarry Hill Cultural Quarter in Leeds on (i) the regional economy and (ii) regional tourism.
	(80786)

134	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he is taking steps to support the Cultural Quarter at (a) Birmingham, (b) Eastside, (c) Southampton, (d) Doncaster, (e) Leicester and (f) Colchester.
	(80787)

135	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 access to cultural education providers in each region; and what assessment he has made of the effects of such provision on regional arts organisations.
	(80788)

136	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the variety of cultural venues in each region and their effect on private sector investment in arts organisations.
	(80789)

137	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the availability of purpose-built workspaces for office and studio users in the creative industries in each region.
	(80790)

138 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many people in each region volunteered in (a) theatres, (b) museums, (c) art galleries and (d) national heritage sites in each year from 1997 to July 2010.
	(80811)

139
N

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answers of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 1051W on Creative Industries Council, and 7 November 2011, Official Report, columns 84-5W, on arts, at what level his Department has held discussions with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on access to finance for the creative industries; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills ahead of the next Economic Affairs sub-cabinet committee.

(81102)

140

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80709)

141	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the area of Birmingham known as the Gun Quarter being changed to St Chads and St Georges.
	(81227)

142	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether the (a) BBC and (b) BBC Trust discussed with him the BBC's proposal to replace references to BC and AD to Common Era and Before Common Era.
	(81228)

143 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with his (a) Brazilian, (b) Chinese, (c) Indian, (d) Russian and (e) European counterparts on collaboration with the Royal Parks; and if he will make a statement.
	(80171)

144 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much funding he has allocated to the (a) Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England and (b) English Heritage in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(80263)

145 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans any specific measures relating to security issues for (a) intellectual property and (b) other theft within the UK Internet Governance Forum.
	(80151)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

146 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planning has been done in relation to a possible conflict with Iran.
	(80424)

147 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to implement the priorities for his Department set out in the Building Stability Overseas Strategy in Yemen.
	(80510)

148 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how and (b) by whom the value of Chelsfield Ammunition Depot was determined.
	(79623)

149 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether claw back provisions were put in place in respect of the sale of Chelsfield Ammunition Depot to safeguard the public interest in the event of any change of planning use.
	(79624)

150 N	Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons (a) the sale of Chelsfield Ammunition Depot was not advertised locally, (b) no notice of the sale was posted at Chelsfield Ammunition Depot and (c) neighbouring residents were not informed of the sale of Chelsfield Ammunition Depot.
	(79625)

151

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on (a) defence sites in the UK and (b) sites overseas used by British military forces that (i) are known to have been and (ii) might have been contaminated with radium that has been disposed of since 1945; when each such disposal took place; and what level of radioactivity has been recorded at each such disposal site.

(80877)

152	Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the prospect of future job losses at defence manufacturing sites in Lancashire.
	(81262)

153

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80710)

154 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the case for amalgamating the MoD police with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary; and if he will make a statement.
	(80592)

155 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, columns 228-9W, on Adam Werritty, what the nature was of the social events at which the Minister for International Security Strategy met Mr Werritty.
	(80697)

156 N	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Royal Navy is taking to tackle piracy off the Horn of Africa.
	(80074)

157 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Minister for international security strategy sought advice from the permanent secretary of his Department prior to his meeting with Adam Werritty and Stephen Crouch on 27 September 2011.
	(80157)

158 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which officials of his Ministry were present at the press conference in Dubai in June 2011 at which his predecessor answered questions on Libya, Syria and the UK strategic defence review.
	(80426)

159	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many copies of his Department's document, The Strategy for Defence, October 2011 have been published; and if he will make a statement.
	(81268)

160	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Type 23 frigate has been allocated to be Fleet Ready Escort from 1 November 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(81269)

161	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of producing his Department's document, The Strategy for Defence, October 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(81270)

162	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many four-star officers were appointed in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(81353)

163	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the Scottish Prime Contract in each year since 2003.
	(81096)

164	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies submitted an expression of interest in the Regional Prime Scotland and Northern Ireland contract.
	(81097)

165	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the deadline date is for submission of the final tender solutions for the Prime Scotland and Northern Ireland Contract.
	(81098)

166	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the UK is playing in explosive ordnance disposal in Libya.
	(81099)

167	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the UK's participation in Exercise Bersama Lima.
	(81100)

168	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Building Stability Overseas strategy, which countries his Department has identified as priorities for early warning efforts.
	(80931)

169 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original budget, (b) projected final cost, (c) expected timescales for delivery, (d) primary contractor and (e) identity of additional consortium members are in relation to the A400M project.
	(80807)

170 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original budget, (b) projected final cost, (c) expected timescales for delivery, (d) primary contractor and (e) identity of additional consortium members are in relation to the Lynx Wildcat project.
	(80808)

171 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original budget, (b) projected final cost, (c) expected timescales for delivery, (d) primary contractor and (e) identity of additional consortium members are in relation to the Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile project.
	(80809)

172 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original budget, (b) projected final cost, (c) expected timescales for delivery, (d) primary contractor and (e) identity of additional consortium members are in relation to the Typhoon Future Capability Programme.
	(80810)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

173	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number was of deaf children supported by a specialist social worker for deaf children in (a) England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last three years.
	(80935)

174	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department collects on the number of people qualified as specialist social workers for deaf children in (a) England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last three years.
	(80943)

175	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many specialist workers for deaf children there were in (a) England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last three years.
	(81025)

176

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young parents were in receipt of care to learn funding in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Middlesbrough local authority area, (c) Redcar and Cleveland local authority area, (d) Teesside, (e) the North East and (f) nationally in the last year for which figures are available; and how many such recipients were aged 19 years or over.

(80765)

177 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to require local authorities to give consideration to the use of a space for other community services when considering closing such services.
	(80909)

178 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his revised statutory guidance on Sure Start children's centres will (a) retain the presumption against closure and (b) ensure local authorities demonstrate that outcomes for children will not be adversely affected before decisions on closure are taken.
	(80910)

179 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that the forthcoming revised Working Together guidance enables professionals to have adequate time to undertake thorough assessments in cases of child neglect.
	(80911)

180 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children attended Sure Start centres in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) the Wirral, (c) the North West region, (d) England and (e) the UK in (i) 2011 and (ii) each of the last five years.
	(80796)

181	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the potential cost to schools, colleges and other educational buildings for which photovoltaic solar panels were planned arising from the proposed reductions in feed-in tariffs.
	(81084)

182	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from Home-Start; what assessment he has made of the effects of Home-Start on families in Norfolk; and if he will make a statement.
	(81327)

183	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has any plans to review the use of the Acorn funding formula for schools in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(81345)

184 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children there were in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80983)

185	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average UCAS points score of first year undergraduate students was in each of the last 10 years.
	(81246)

186

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children qualified for free school meals on the basis of their household being in receipt of child tax credit, having an annual income that does not exceed £16,190 and not being in receipt of income support, jobseekers allowance, employment and support allowance or the guarantee element of state pension credit in the latest period for which figures are available.

(80933)

187	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to publish the evaluation of the free school meal pilot projects in (a) Durham, (b) the London Borough of Newham and (c) Wolverhampton.
	(80934)

188	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to bring forward proposals to repeal or amend the provisions of the Education (Nutritional Standards for School Lunches) (England) Regulations 2006.
	(81134)

189	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recourse is available to parents in situations where school meals served in new academies and free schools do not meet the standards expected of schools under the Education (Nutritional Standards for School Lunches) (England) Regulations 2006.
	(81135)

190	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to commission research on adherence to nutritional standards for food served in free schools.
	(81136)

191	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the results of research commissioned from the School Food Trust on nutritional standards in academies.
	(81137)

192	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) established and (b) new academies are being surveyed by the School Food Trust on their approach to meeting the nutritional standards expected of schools subject to the Education (Nutritional Standards for School Lunches) (England) Regulations 2006.
	(81138)

193 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the difference in teaching performance of teachers who graduated with first class honours degrees compared to those with a 2:1 or 2:2 degree.
	(80644)

194 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to support the Sing Up programme in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
	(80415)

195 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of progress with his plan to develop a procurement strategy for musical instruments.
	(80416)

196 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision his Department has made for funding music education in each of the next four years.
	(80417)

197 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to develop whole class ensemble teaching programmes in schools.
	(80418)

198

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80711)

199 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how long he intends to continue funding work being undertaken by the New Schools Network.
	(80274)

200 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment was made of the value for money of work being undertaken by the New Schools Network, funded by his Department, prior to its grant funding being renewed in October 2011; and if he will publish this assessment.
	(80275)

201 N	Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment was made of the need to continue to fund work undertaken by the New Schools Network prior to its grant funding being renewed in October 2011; and if he will publish this assessment.
	(80276)

202

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the possible additional risk to child protection of the extension of the shared accommodation rate of local housing allowance to (a) 25 to 34 year olds who are (i) parents with part-custody of their children and (ii) women up until the latest stage of pregnancy and (b) other 25 to 34 year-olds; and if he will make a statement.

(81118)

203	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average level of expenditure per child in primary schools has been in each local education authority since May 2010.
	(81346)

204 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of the pupil premium to enable children from deprived backgrounds to experience and learn about the natural environment.
	(80434)

205 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of members of the Teachers' Pension Scheme are (a) part-time, (b) full-time, (c) male, (d) female, (e) active members and (f) deferred members/pensioners.
	(80500)

206	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide information for parents on child sexual exploitation.
	(81252)

207	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of local safeguarding children boards who are meeting their responsibilities under statutory guidance to safeguard children and young people from sexual exploitation.
	(81253)

208	Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what joint work his Department is undertaking with the Home Office to tackle child sexual exploitation.
	(81254)

209	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were not entered for a modern foreign language GCSE in each year since 1997.
	(80868)

210	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils did not achieve an (a) A-C grade and (b) A-G grade in mathematics GCSE in each year since 1997.
	(81018)

211	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the proportion of young people aged 14 to 16 years who would benefit from receiving vocational education for more than 20 per cent. of their school time.
	(81147)

212	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged between 16 and 19 years were not in education, employment or training in St Helens South and Whiston constituency in each of the last five years.
	(80961)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

213 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK solar companies (a) nationally, (b) in each region and (c) in each parliamentary constituency.
	(80973)

214 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish the National Occupational Standards for Green Deal assessors.
	(80976)

215 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's stakeholder polling on the Green Deal.
	(80977)

216	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) further education and (b) higher education students living in fuel poverty.
	(80763)

217	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of smart metering on consumers living in remote rural areas.
	(80869)

218	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people employed in the solar industry.
	(81323)

219	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost per household was of the feed-in tariff scheme between April 2010 and October 2011.
	(81078)

220	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of bankruptcies that will occur in the UK solar industry as a result of planned changes to feed-in tariffs.
	(81079)

221	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings he has held with representatives of the UK solar industry since May 2010.
	(81080)

222	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the impact assessment on his proposed changes to feed-in tariffs what estimate his Department has made of the length of time required for energy bill savings to repay the £5,600 required to bring a household up to energy performance certificate level C.
	(81081)

223	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the impact assessment on his proposed changes to feed-in tariffs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that will be lost in the solar industry as a result of the reduction in uptake for feed-in tariffs predicted from December 2011.
	(81082)

224	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the potential additional cost of introducing his proposed reductions to solar feed-in tariff rates on (a) 31 January 2012, (b) 29 February 2012 and (c) 31 March 2012; and if he will estimate the equivalent cost for an average (i) industrial and (ii) domestic consumer.
	(81083)

225

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contractual commitments exist for the repatriation to the UK of radioactive contamination removed from the contaminated metals sent by Studsvik UK Ltd at Lillyall, Cumbria to Studsvik Sweden for decontamination since September 2009; and whether permission was required from the Environment Agency for such shipments.

(80876)

226	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the budget is for the feed-in-tariff scheme for each year from 2010 to 2015.
	(81189)

227 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many representations he has received opposing the development of solar photovoltaic sites.
	(80813)

228 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what methodology his Department used to determine the reference date of 12 December 2011 for eligibility for the feed-in tariff scheme for solar photovoltaic installations.
	(79901)

229
N

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 607, on feed-in tariffs, what assessment he has made of the potential savings to energy consumers as a result of the reductions in feed-in tariff subsidies; and what methodology his Department used to determine that figure.

(79902)

230
N

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, columns 607 and 613, on feed-in tariffs, what assessment he has made of the reduction in the cost of solar photovoltaic installations; and what methodology his Department used to determine that assessment.

(79903)

231 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 608, on feed-in tariffs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) jobs in the solar industry and (b) solar photovoltaic installations in (i) the UK and (ii) Germany.
	(79904)

232
N

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Climate Change of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 609, on feed-in tariffs, when he last met representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises to discuss (a) energy and climate change policy generally and (b) feed-in tariffs.

(79905)

233 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the estimated cost in the current Comprehensive Spending Review period would be of moving the reference date for the new solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs from 12 December 2011 to 1 April 2012.
	(80429)

234 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of a reduction in solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs of (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent. and (d) 40 per cent.; and if he will make a statement.
	(80430)

235 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on the income of solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing and installation companies of the proposed reductions in solar PV feed-in tariffs.
	(80431)

236 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects on future levels in investment in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry as a result of the proposed reductions in solar PV tariffs.
	(80432)

237 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what budget has been allocated for exemptions from the proposed implementation date for the reduced solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs.
	(80433)

238

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80712)

239 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the merits of the case for amalgamating the Civil Nuclear Constabulary with the Ministry of Defence police; and if he will make a statement.
	(80593)

240 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to announce details of the qualifying criteria for the Green Deal.
	(80641)

241	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates he has met representatives of (a) Bell Pottinger Group and (b) its subsidiaries; and what was discussed.
	(81263)

242	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to regulate the supply of liquid gas; and if he will make a statement.
	(80951)

243

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the additional carbon emissions which would be generated by an additional 10 million people projected to reside in the UK by 2033; and if he will estimate the additional renewable energy capacity which would be needed to abate the emissions arising from such a rise in population and maintain emissions at their current level.

(81275)

244	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in St Helens South and Whiston constituency have received assistance under the Warm Front scheme in each of the last five years; and what the average level of grant provided under the scheme was in each such year.
	(80955)

245	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist people living in mobile homes with their fuel bills; and whether he has considered extending the warm homes discount scheme to them.
	(81332)

246	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of households were living in fuel poverty in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	(81333)

247
N

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the solar industry survey published by the Renewable Energy Association and Solar Trade Association on 8 November 2011; and if he will ensure that the survey's conclusions on (a) estimated employment levels in the solar industry, (b) closure of firms providing solar photovoltaic systems and (c) the effect of feed-in tariff charges on social housing tenants are incorporated into his Department's consultation process.

(80919)

248 N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he undertook an assessment of the effect on existing orders and contracts for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations when setting 12 December as the date for the introduction of the reduced solar PV feed-in tariffs.
	(79856)

249 N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he undertook an assessment of the effect on investment in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry as a result of the proposed reductions in solar PV tariffs.
	(79857)

250 N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on (a) the rates paid, (b) the length of time the scheme operated, (c) installed capacity and (d) the average change in power bills for feed-in tariff schemes in other EU member states.
	(80042)

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

251 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on travel by officials of her Department since May 2010.
	(80267)

252 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on hospitality by her Department since May 2010.
	(80268)

253 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on refurbishing and redecorating Ministerial offices in her Department since May 2010.
	(80269)

254 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on consultancy by her Department since May 2010.
	(80270)

255 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on photography by her Department since May 2010.
	(80271)

256	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 October 2011, Official Report, column 1404W, on slaughterhouses: CCTV, what specific steps she is taking to prevent breaches of the law in slaughterhouses; and if she will make it her policy to report on progress in the implementation of such steps.
	(80878)

257	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with animal welfare organisations on breaches of the law in slaughterhouses; and if she will make a statement.
	(80879)

258	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on EU-wide implementation of the EU Laying Hens Directive by the 2012 deadline; and if she will make a statement.
	(81328)

259	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on complying with the 1999 EU Laying Hens Directive; and if she will make a statement.
	(81329)

260	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the five-year asset management planning cycle on employment in the water industry and its supply chain.
	(81181)

261	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she requires (a) priority habitats and (b) Sites of Special Scientific Interest to meet for them to be assessed as being in favourable condition.
	(81183)

262	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold a public consultation on all prospective marine conservation zones sites recommended by regional stakeholder-led projects.
	(81133)

263	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations governing the micro-chipping of dogs.
	(80721)

264	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to increase the numbers of dogs which are micro-chipped.
	(80722)

265	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to encourage consistency in the fees charged by local authorities for the return of stray dogs.
	(80723)

266	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of dogs placed in animal welfare establishments in each of the last five years.
	(80724)

267	David Heyes (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the length of waterways managed by British Waterways that require dredging; and what the cost would be of carrying out such dredging.
	(80685)

268	David Heyes (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the length of British Waterways' canals and rivers to be dredged in 2011-12.
	(80686)

269	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on reducing administrative burdens for farmers.
	(80770)

270	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farming in the tenanted sector.
	(80771)

271	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve (a) the delivery of food to supermarkets and (b) other food resilence mechanisms.
	(80772)

272	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to promote the sustainable intensification model of food production.
	(80773)

273	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of her Department's new SAM IT system.
	(80774)

274	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the departmental diary of each Minister in her Department since May 2010.
	(80775)

275	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings she has had on economic growth in rural communities since May 2010.
	(80776)

276	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss steps to support development in rural communities in the next three months.
	(80777)

277 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of ecotowns to (a) rural housing, (b) sustainable rural communities and (c) growth in the rural economy.
	(80778)

278	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risks to crops and farm animals posed by sky lanterns.
	(80779)

279	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the future of independent environmental and conservation advice to farmers in the event that the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group closes.
	(80780)

280	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings officials in her Department have had to discuss the proposed badger cull based on shooting since January 2011; and with whom.
	(80781)

281	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) she and (b) officials in her Department plan to have to discuss the proposed badger cull based on shooting in the next six months; and with whom.
	(80782)

282	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the image of the farming industry as a career option for young people.
	(80783)

283	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken since its announcement that farmers with the best track records on environmental protection and animal welfare could have fewer inspections.
	(80784)

284	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to meet the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to discuss support for the roll-out of rural broadband in the next three months.
	(80785)

285	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the health and safety of agricultural workers.
	(80893)

286	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the potential effects on agricultural workers of proposed changes to employment regulations.
	(80894)

287	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the UK meat industry to access new overseas markets.
	(80901)

288	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department undertook an impact assessment on the potential effects on wages of agricultural workers of the closure of the Agricultural Wages Board.
	(80902)

289	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will undertake periodic reviews on the effects on wages of agricultural workers of the closure of the Agricultural Wages Board.
	(80903)

290	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of the Agricultural Wages Board in Wales.
	(80904)

291	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure welfare in puppy farms.
	(80905)

292	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings she has had on dangerous dogs since May 2010; and what meetings she plans to have in the next three months.
	(80991)

293	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the time taken in bringing forward proposals to address dangerous dogs.
	(80992)

294	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many items of correspondence her Department has received on dangerous dogs since June 2010.
	(80993)

295	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met individuals injured in dangerous dog attacks.
	(80994)

296	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of kennelling dangerous dogs seized under the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last five years.
	(81044)

297 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for food security in 2050 of each extreme of the population range projection made by the Office for National Statistics for that year.
	(80636)

298

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what applications for judicial review have been made against her Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by her Department for each such application; in each failed application whether she applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether her Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80731)

299 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish her Department's response to the consultation on greenhouse gas emissions.
	(80273)

300	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue her consultation on sustainable urban drainage systems and surface water systems at the same time as her foul sewer consultation.
	(81069)

301	Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to issue the consultation on the mandatory adoption arrangements and the mandatory build standards for new gravity foul sewers and lateral drains.
	(81070)

302	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect the Sussex Emerald Moth.
	(80842)

303	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential benefits of ragwort to invertebrate biodiversity.
	(80843)

304	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the damage caused by North American signal crayfish; and what steps her Department is taking to control such crayfish.
	(80848)

305	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with refererence to her Department's Guidance on Selection and Designation of MCZs (Note 1), September 2010, if she will use best information currently available as the criterion for her designation of marine conservation zones.
	(80631)

306	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the (a) British Association of Shooting and Conservation, (b) Countryside Alliance and (c) other bodies on (i) the potential effect of planning law on Sites of Special Scientific Interest and (ii) the protected status of those sites.
	(81179)

307	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on rural enterprise zones.
	(81120)

308	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on encouraging growth in rural areas.
	(81121)

309	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on changes to capital allowances in the agricultural sector.
	(81122)

310	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the future of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group.
	(81190)

311	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for food security in 2050 of each extreme of the population range projection made by the Office for National Statistics for that year.
	(81276)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

312	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the humanitarian effect of the recent Kenyan military incursion into Somalia; and what steps he is taking to urge parties involved in the conflict to respect international humanitarian law.
	(81003)

313	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to work with the international community to remove administrative and political restrictions on the delivery of aid in Somalia.
	(81004)

314 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to implement the priorities for his Department set out in the Building Stability Overseas Strategy in Yemen.
	(80512)

315 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese government on its recent actions against independent political activists wishing to stand in local-level National People's Congress elections.
	(80696)

316	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, into which measures the UK has exercised an opt-in under EU legislative arrangements since May 2010; and which further such measures have been proposed in that period in respect of which the possibility of a UK opt-in has arisen.
	(80740)

317	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on medical staff in Bahrain who were made subject to legal proceedings following the provision of treatment to patients.
	(80741)

318 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Libyan Transitional National Council on the safety and security of sub-Saharan African nationals in Libya.
	(80272)

319	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to encourage companies to adopt the UN protect, respect and remedy framework for business and human rights in their global activities.
	(80867)

320 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted for each type of offence in each non-EU member state in each of the last 10 years.
	(81103)

321 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to (a) strengthen the Convention on Cluster Munitions and (b) encourage other countries to eliminate the use of cluster munitions.
	(81101)

322	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the reconciliation work of the Parents Circle Families Forum in Israel and Palestine.
	(80897)

323	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to groups working to promote reconciliation in Israel and Palestine.
	(80898)

324	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had meetings with groups working to promote reconciliation in Israel and Palestine since May 2010.
	(80899)

325	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) his officials have had any discussions with (i) the Israeli authorities, (ii) the Palestinian authorities, (iii) his US counterparts, (iv) his EU counterpart and (v) the UN on promoting reconciliation in Israel and Palestine since May 2010.
	(80900)

326 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the issue of Turkish recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 will be a consideration in the Government's policy in respect of the application by Turkey for membership of the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	(80986)

327

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80713)

328 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met representatives of Heritage Oil or any of its subsidiaries since May 2010.
	(80642)

329 N	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings his Department has had with (a) external organisations and (b) commercial companies on investment in Sudan.
	(80643)

330

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Pakistan on the stands at the DSEi 2011 arms event belonging to (a) Pakistan Ordnance Factories and (b) the Defence Export Promotion organisation of Pakistan that were closed for displaying promotional material for cluster munitions; and if he will make a statement.

(81341)

331 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedure is in place to notify him of meetings between other Cabinet Ministers and representatives of foreign governments.
	(80637)

332	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to support the voter registration process in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80940)

333	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on a review of the DRC electoral roll ahead of elections in that country.
	(80941)

334	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many electoral observers from the UK (a) will be present in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the forthcoming election and (b) were present in the DRC during the election in 2006.
	(80942)

335	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on measures to prevent violent street protests surrounding the forthcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80945)

336	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on (a) DRC's electoral commission allowing all parties in the DRC to scrutinise the electoral role and (b) the publication of voter lists prior to the forthcoming election in DRC.
	(80959)

337	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has any plans to visit (a) Serbia, (b) Macedonia and (c) Bosnia.
	(81201)

338	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the future protection of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.
	(80755)

339	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the future protection of Israeli embassies in their respective countries.
	(80756)

340	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on preventing further endangerment of Israeli officials in Egypt following the recent attacks on Israel's Embassy in Cairo.
	(80757)

341	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department received on (a) the size of Hezbollah's arsenal of missiles and (b) the range of such missiles in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008, (iv) 2009 and (v) 2010.
	(80758)

342	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on relations with Israel following terrorist attacks in southern Israel.
	(80759)

343	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on relations with Egypt following terrorist attacks in southern Israel.
	(80760)

344	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Palestinian Authority on the resumption of peace negotiations with Israel.
	(80799)

345 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates Tony Buckingham visited his Department since April 2010.
	(80812)

346 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South of 8 November 2011, Official Report, column 157W, on Adam Werritty, whether a Minister in his Department requested that officials attend each such meeting; and whether any particular countries were discussed at those meetings.
	(80982)

347	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to British nationals affected by the recent political unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80820)

348	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has any plans to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80822)

349	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80823)

350	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80839)

351	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of bilateral relations with Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.
	(80840)

352	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the recent political unrest in that country.
	(80845)

353	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of his Department are stationed in South Sudan.
	(80847)

354	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to visit South Sudan.
	(80849)

355 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 69W, on departmental assets, if he will list each such completed project; and if he will make a statement.
	(80266)

356	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with EU Ambassador Jean De Ruyt on the envoy sent into Camp Ashraf following the Iraqi government deadline for the closure of the camp.
	(81074)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

357	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings in respect of cancer survival rates in the recent paper by Professor Colin Pritchard and Dr Tamas Hickish; and if he will make a statement.
	(80689)

358	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the deployment of emergency care assistants; and whether he plans to put in place safeguards to ensure they will not be used as substitutes for qualified paramedics.
	(81149)

359	Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of proton beam therapy in the treatment of brain tumours.
	(81272)

360	Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department provided to each research study it funded on site-specific brain tumours in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(81273)

361	Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken was from the onset of symptoms of a primary brain tumour to its diagnosis in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(81274)

362	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to require NHS Trusts to seek ministerial approval before appealing an adverse employment tribunal decision.
	(80937)

363	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct each part of the NHS to lift any gagging restrictions on (a) present and (b) former NHS staff that (i) have and (ii) have had the effect of withholding from the public and the media information, evidence or justified concerns about levels of care in the NHS.
	(81029)

364	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances a suspended NHS (a) manager, (b) clinician and (c) other employee is prevented from talking with colleagues and former colleagues by the NHS.
	(81030)

365	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what cases involving whistleblowers in the NHS (a) he and his predecessor and (b) his Ministerial colleagues and their predecessors have received briefing on since 1997.
	(81031)

366

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have settled an employment tribunal claim before determination with a confidential agreement restricting the release of information on (a) low standards of clinical care and (b) the number of failures noticed by the Care Quality Commission on essential quality and safety standards in each of the last five years.

(81038)

367	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support whistleblowers in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(81068)

368 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to GP practices on the registration of people who are not ordinarily resident in the UK.
	(80584)

369 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses have been downbanded and (b) hospitals have downgraded staff in the last 12 months.
	(80159)

370 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies of consultants in each of the next three years.
	(80160)

371	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maintain the supply of products for the prevention of a transient ischaemic attack that meet National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines.
	(81036)

372	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address variations in one-year survival rates for pancreatic cancer between regions.
	(80856)

373	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review referral guidelines on pancreatic cancer.
	(80857)

374	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of guidelines for the early detection of pancreatic cancer by GPs.
	(80858)

375	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS pancreatic cancer clinical nurse specialists there were in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80944)

376	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have undergone surgery for (a) pancreatic, (b) breast, (c) lung and (d) bowel cancer in each of the last three years.
	(80989)

377	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) pancreatic and (b) all cancer patients are able to access clinical trials during their treatment.
	(81116)

378	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care provided to pancreatic cancer patients.
	(81212)

379	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the comparative quality of information provided to newly diagnosed (a) pancreatic and (b) other cancer patients.
	(81213)

380	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of pancreatic cancer patients were treated at specialist centres in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(81214)

381	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to increase the access to clinical trials for pancreatic cancer patients.
	(81215)

382 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the correction to the Answer of 25 October 2011, Official Report, column 192-3W, on departmental management consultants, how many NHS bodies excluding foundation trusts, were counted in the expenditure on consulting in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11.
	(80907)

383	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in nursing homes in (a) Kent and (b) England in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(80693)

384	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of GP appointments which took place in (a) Kent and (b) England in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(80694)

385	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacy contracts in (a) Kent and (b) England in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(81073)

386 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed in each neonatal unit in each of the last three years.
	(81057)

387 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mortality rates were in each neonatal unit in each of the last three years.
	(81058)

388	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the potential cost to hospitals, surgeries and other NHS buildings that were planning to install photovoltaic solar systems arising from the proposed reductions in feed-in tariffs.
	(81085)

389	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of revalidating an individual (a) NHS and (b) non-NHS practitioner in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(81185)

390	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of benefits to public health for every pound spent on improving air quality.
	(81182)

391	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase patient take-up of cardiac rehabilitation among (a) women and (b) black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.
	(80860)

392	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a new national service framework for cardiac services.
	(80861)

393	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the merits of appointing a cardiac specialist to the NHS Commissioning Board.
	(80862)

394	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future role of stroke clinical networks under his proposals for NHS reorganisation.
	(80863)

395 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the appointment of the next National Clinical Director for Stroke.
	(80912)

396	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) officials on the cost of admissions to hospitals arising from dangerous dog attacks.
	(80995)

397	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has received on the effects on hospital (a) staff and (b) budgets of treating injuries caused by dangerous dogs.
	(80996)

398 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to hospital for injuries caused by dog attacks in each strategic health authority area since June 2010; and what the estimated cost to the NHS is of such admissions.
	(81039)

399

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80714)

400	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department plans to spend on campaigns to reduce smoking in cars in the presence of children in each of the next three years.
	(81089)

401 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clinical effect of disruption of existing joint working arrangements between NHS trusts when establishing new clinical networks; and if he will make a statement.
	(80803)

402 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on ambulance response times in Warrington of the transfer of emergency patients between Warrington and Chester in the event that a South Mersey vascular centre is based in Chester.
	(80804)

403 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the additional resources which would be required by the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust in the event that it was required to transfer emergency patients to a vascular centre in Chester and continue to meet the required response times in Warrington.
	(80805)

404 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of deaths consequent on the loss of immediate support for iatrogenic vascular injury in other surgical procedures and specialties performing invasive procedures in Warrington Hospital in the event that the South Mersey vascular centre is located in Chester.
	(80806)

405	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where the two public engagement meetings for the Cheshire and Merseyside Vascular Review were held; what steps were taken to notify members of the public of those meetings; and how many people from each area attended each meeting.
	(80880)

406	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assurances were given to the Cheshire and Merseyside Vascular Review that clinical concerns about a centre based at the Countess of Chester Hospital could be resolved; and what steps have been taken to resolve such concerns since they were raised.
	(80881)

407	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has received on concerns expressed by clinicians at Arrowe Park Hospital about decisions made by the Cheshire and Merseyside Vascular Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(80882)

408	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the level of consideration that should be given to patient access, including access by public transport, in any review of NHS service provision.
	(80883)

409	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what matters were raised by the Cheshire and Merseyside Vascular Services Review about the clinical working at an arterial centre based at the Countess of Chester Hospital; following an application by the Countess of Chester Hospital and Wirral University Teaching Hospitals to form a South Mersey Vascular Network.
	(80884)

410	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on other services at Warrington Hospital of the loss of vascular services; and if he will make a statement.
	(80885)

411	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated transfer time is for an emergency patient between Warrington and Chester (a) during the morning rush hour, (b) during the evening rush hour and (c) at other times of day.
	(80886)

412 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unplanned hospital admissions for people aged 65 years and over there were, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) NHS commissioner in each month in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11 and (iv) 2011 to date.
	(80425)

413	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average salary is of a junior doctor in (a) the UK and (b) Milton Keynes.
	(81013)

414	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much, owed by foreign nationals for NHS treatment, was (a) recovered and (b) unrecovered in each of the last five years.
	(81015)

415	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to recover money owed by foreign nationals for NHS treatment.
	(81016)

416	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to bring forward proposals to change the system of recovering money owed by foreign nationals for NHS treatment.
	(81017)

417	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days NHS staff at the James Paget University Hospital have taken in sick leave in each year since 2006.
	(81033)

418	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in nursing homes in (a) Redditch and (b) England in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(81266)

419	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) Minister for Science and Universities on the effects of the Government's policies on (i) medical research and (ii) the future of the Clinical Excellence Awards Scheme.
	(81145)

420	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 628W, on organ donors, what the evidential basis is for the conclusion that his Department is on track to meet the 50 per cent. improvement in deceased donor rates by 2013 anticipated by the Organ Donation Taskforce; and if he will make a statement.
	(81139)

421 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to his Department's end-of-life care strategy after 2011; and what proportion of such funding has been ring-fenced for the 12 key activities identified in that strategy.
	(79803)

422	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve the standard of NHS wigs provided to people undergoing chemotherapy.
	(80946)

423	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equality of access to IVF treatment.
	(80947)

424	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed NHS reforms on breast cancer screening for disabled women.
	(80948)

425	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the system for complaints in Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.
	(80953)

426	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints the Borderline section of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has received where the medicinal status of the product required investigating in the last two years; how many of these resulted in a determination that the product investigated was a medicine; and if he will make a statement.
	(80864)

427	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies have been investigated by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for labelling herbal medicinal products as food supplements; what sanctions the MHRA can apply against such companies; what steps the MHRA is taking to prevent such practices; and if he will make a statement.
	(80865)

428	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of herbal medicinal manufacturers who are considering reclassifying their traditional herbal registration products as food supplements; and if he will make a statement.
	(80938)

429 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of members of the NHS Pension Scheme are (a) part-time, (b) full-time, (c) male, (d) female, (e) active members and (f) deferred members/pensioners.
	(80503)

430	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the national tariff for cystic fibrosis to be implemented.
	(80890)

431	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis has been conducted into applying the market forces factor for the draft national tariff for cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.
	(80891)

432	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to discounting drug costs from the market forces factor in relation to the draft national tariff for cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.
	(80892)

433	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the support offered to NHS employees unable to work due to sickness to resume work.
	(81119)

434 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will conduct a review of neurosurgery at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	(80587)

435	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of potential changes to the regulation of charitable hospices as a consequence of the reforms proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill; and whether he proposes that such hospices will be subject to regulation by Monitor.
	(81026)

436 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS public health staff were in post in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(80913)

437 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has established any link between use of skunk cannabis and admissions to acute mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
	(80499)

438	Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to GPs on removing patients from their lists.
	(81279)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

439	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with Government agencies on the relaxation of border controls in the last 12 months.
	(81347)

440 N	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured by the use of baton rounds since 1981.
	(80971)

441	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on the deployment of baton rounds; and how any such deployment is authorised.
	(81056)

442	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether passport controls were relaxed at (a) Teesport and (b) Teesside Airport during the summer of 2011.
	(80764)

443 N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require a health insurance certificate to be submitted with a visa application.
	(80583)

444 N	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which points of entry the UK Border Force used Level 2 security checks under her pilot scheme of summer 2011 to screen (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA passengers attempting to enter the UK; how often it used such checks; and on what dates.
	(81059)

445 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Muslim leaders in the UK on anti-terrorism legislation.
	(80962)

446 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce waiting times for the issue of new passports.
	(80963)

447 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce levels of retail theft.
	(80964)

448 N	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that licensed premises accept identification cards containing the PASS hologram as proof of age; and if she will make a statement.
	(80972)

449	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Migration Advisory Committee to report on the easing of restrictions on residents of Romania and Bulgaria entering the UK to work.
	(81343)

450 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife crimes were reported in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) the Wirral, (c) the North West region, (d) England and (e) the UK in (i) 2011 and (ii) each of the last five years.
	(80794)

451 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has allocated additional resources to the Metropolitan Police as a result of the workload arising from the investigation into phone hacking.
	(80156)

452	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department contributed to sexual assault referral centre funding in financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(81249)

453	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department made available for Independent Sexual Violence Advisers in financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(81250)

454	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources her Department made available for the funding of the (a) Rape Crisis and (b) Survivors Trust national head office in financial year (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.
	(81251)

455 N	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she proposes that police crime commissioners will interact with Community Safety Partnerships in Wales.
	(80695)

456 N	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what community safety funds her Department provides to police authorities in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	(80699)

457 N	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding commitments her Department has made to Community Safety Partnerships in Wales in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(80700)

458 N	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department plans to allocate to police community support officers in Wales in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(80701)

459	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she expects community safety partnerships to have in the counter-terrorism local profile system in Wales after 2011.
	(81071)

460	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Questions for written answer received by her Department have not received an answer within (a) one month, (b) two months and (c) three months or more since May 2010.
	(81146)

461	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been injured by dangerous dogs since June 2010.
	(80990)

462 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqi nationals who have no legal basis to remain the UK have been removed to Iraq in each month since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(80985)

463

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what applications for judicial review have been made against her Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by her Department for each such application; in each failed application whether she applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether her Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80703)

464	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people placed on a watch list (a) entered and (b) were prevented from entering the UK between July and November 2011.
	(81006)

465	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK through the Port of Hull between July and November 2011.
	(81077)

466	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entering the UK through the Port of Hull were subject to full e-scan checks between July and November 2011.
	(81086)

467	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drinking banning orders were breached in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 to date.
	(81087)

468	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drinking banning orders were issued in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 to date.
	(81088)

469	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions level 2 border checks were used in the Port of Hull between July and November 2011.
	(81090)

470	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff were stationed in (a) Hull, (b) Grimsby and (c) Immingham in each year between 2000 and 2010.
	(81091)

471	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff are stationed in (a) Hull, (b) Immingham and (c) Grimsby.
	(81092)

472	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff she expects to be stationed in Hull in each year between 2012 and 2015.
	(81093)

473	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people she expected to enter the UK through ports operating the pilot scheme of reduced checks at border control points during the pilot scheme.
	(81094)

474	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who entered the UK at ports operating the pilot scheme of reduced checks at border control points during the pilot scheme.
	(81095)

475 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a report on the pilot scheme for border controls was sent to a Minister in her Department.
	(80594)

476 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the pilot scheme for border controls in July 2011 was monitored; and to whom data obtained during the monitoring was sent.
	(80595)

477	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resource funding she plans to allocate to the Independent Police Complaints Commission for the financial year 2012-13.
	(81349)

478	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff the Independent Police Complaints Commission expects to employ in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
	(81350)

479	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission as (a) investigators, (b) deputy senior investigators and (c) senior investigators in each financial year since 2004-05.
	(81351)

480	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Strategy and Communications Directorate of the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each financial year since 2004-05.
	(81352)

481 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered conducting an independent review on the amendment of an individual's criminal records where there is substantial evidence in support of removing the item in instances where failure to remove it would mean the individual is unable to take up employment.
	(80413)

482	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the UK Border Agency has made in clearing the backlog of historic immigration cases over five years old.
	(80939)

483

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the adequacy of the mechanisms in place for ensuring political neutrality from all Member States in line with Article 3 of Interpol's Constitution for the issuing of (a) Interpol Red Notices and (b) Interpol Diffusions; and if she will make a statement.

(81186)

484

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of women leaving prison and issued with an IS91 Detention Order were (a) deported from and (b) permitted to stay in the UK in each of the last five years; and what the (i) average and (ii) longest length of time spent in detention under an IS91 Order was for each group in each year.

(81280)

485	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female prisoners were issued with an IS91 Detention Order within (a) one month, (b) two weeks, (c) one week and (d) 24 hours of their release date from HM Prison Service in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(81281)

486	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of knife crime in the West Midlands.
	(80871)

487	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for future police recruitment.
	(81072)

488	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of abolishing the National Policing Improvement Agency and creating its successor bodies.
	(81256)

489	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to involve the private sector in the provision of (a) police IT and (b) police training following the abolition of the National Policing Improvement Agency.
	(81257)

490	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on the security of police IT of the abolition of the National Policing Improvement Agency.
	(81258)

491 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she has held discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Scotland, (b) Ministers in the Scottish Government and (c) representatives of Scottish police forces on the border access checks pilot introduced in summer 2011; and whether in each case those communications were (i) written and (ii) oral.
	(80506)

492 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which airports and ports in Scotland participated in the border access check pilot introduced in summer 2011.
	(80508)

493 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she has held discussions with the Children's Commissioner for Scotland on the border access checks pilots in summer 2011; and whether those communications were (a) written and (b) oral.
	(80793)

494	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visa applications have been rejected on the basis of failure to meet English language requirements since 1 July 2011.
	(81144)

495 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effects of reductions in staff numbers at the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) on (a) passport security and (b) the ability of IPS offices to meet their targets for passport production.
	(81062)

496	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle metal theft from public buildings and memorials.
	(80952)

497	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted for sexual offences were barred from working with children in each year since 2005.
	(81259)

498	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-human primates were imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research in each of the last three years.
	(80687)

499 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to deal with anti-social behaviour and actions on the internet.
	(80173)

500 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of laws to deal with anti-social actions and behaviour on the internet.
	(80174)

501 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff who have left the UK Border Agency in the last two years have been offered contract work in border control during the London 2012 Olympic Games; and at what cost.
	(80585)

502 N	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when in 2011 (a) she and (b) the Minister of State for Immigration had meetings with Brodie Clark.
	(80505)

503 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) job title, (b) pay band and (c) period of training is for each member of staff of the UK Border Force who has any involvement in the checking of passports and visas.
	(80423)

504 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Halton, on 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 54, whether (a) other Ministers in her Department, (b) the Permanent Secretary in her Department and (c) any officials and special advisers in the Minister's private office knew that border controls had been relaxed.
	(80509)

505	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the admission of bogus students.
	(80730)

506	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases immigration judges have highlighted a lack of security in admitting bogus students by the UK Border Agency.
	(80768)

507	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts her Department holds with Steria; and what the purpose is of each such contract.
	(80769)

Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

508 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether there have been any occasions when (a) telephones and (b) emails and data held on computers on the Parliamentary Estate have been (i) illegally and (ii) legally monitored in the last five years.
	(80589)

509 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what measures are in place to help prevent the unauthorised monitoring of telephone conversations on the Parliamentary Estate.
	(80590)

510 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what measures are in place to help prevent unauthorised monitoring of emails and data held on computers on the Parliamentary Estate.
	(80591)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

511 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to implement the priorities for his Department set out in the Building Stability Overseas Strategy in Yemen.
	(80511)

512

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80715)

513	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's aid budget was allocated to the Democratic Republic of Congo in each of the last 10 years.
	(80819)

514	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he has any plans to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(80855)

515	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided to people affected by flooding in Pakistan.
	(81019)

516	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to his Department's Building Stability Overseas strategy, when he expects the first early warning report to be released.
	(80932)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

517	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, column 256W, on coroners, whether representatives of any faith groups will sit on his proposed Bereaved Organisations Committee.
	(81284)

518	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for appeals to the Tribunal Service for cases relating to (a) incapacity benefit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) disability living allowance.
	(80736)

519 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to extend the choice available to the public on how they are buried or cremated.
	(80978)

520 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to consult on the use of alkaline hydrolysis in relation to body disposal.
	(80979)

521	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were remanded in custody in each of the last five years.
	(80988)

522 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in respect of the disposal of cremated remains held by undertakers without instructions.
	(80969)

523 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to coroners on the sale by them of coroners' recovery services to funeral directors.
	(80970)

524 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish a revised impact assessment for Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
	(80428)

525 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to decide in which tier interpreter and translation will be placed under the new system for delivery of interpreters and translators services in the criminal justice system.
	(80493)

526 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) hourly, (b) daily rate of pay for interpreter and translators within (i) tier 1, (ii) tier 2 and (iii) tier 3 of the new system for delivery of interpreters and translators services in the criminal justice system.
	(80494)

527 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he expects the number of interpreters and translators on the National Register of Public Service Interpreters to increase following changes to the system for delivery of interpreters and translators services in the criminal justice system.
	(80495)

528 N	Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to withdraw from the national agreement on arrangements for the use of interpreters, translators and language service professionals in investigations and proceedings within the criminal justice system.
	(80496)

529	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value was of grants awarded by his Department through the Victims Fund to local sexual assault services in financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(81247)

530	Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has issued any further guidance to BASS on the operation of accommodation beyond its original contract with his Department.
	(80817)

531	Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners are working and earning a weekly wage of over (a) £100, (b) £150 and (c) £200.
	(81318)

532 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners held at HMP Peterborough are due for removal from the UK at the conclusion of their sentence in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(80987)

533

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80716)

534	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was between submission of an appeal against a decision on the award of disability living allowance and the date of the appeal hearing in each local authority area or at the lowest available recording level.
	(81022)

535	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are awaiting a tribunal hearing after having been refused disability living allowance in each local authority area or at the lowest available recording area for the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(81023)

536	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people appealing against the withdrawal of disability living allowance have had the date of their appeal hearing brought forward on grounds of hardship in each local authority area or at the lowest available recording area for the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(81024)

537

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the possible implications for (a) Criminal Records Bureau checks and (b) child protection of the extension of the Shared Accommodation Rate of Local Housing Allowance to (i) 25 to 34 year olds who are (1) parents with part-custody of their children and (2) women up until the latest stage of pregnancy and (ii) other 25 to 34 year olds; and if he will make a statement.

(81117)

538 N	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he proposes to publish a response to the Family Justice Review published by David Norgrove.
	(80278)

539	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the transfer of UK prisoners to foreign prisons.
	(80825)

540	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase equality in his Department; and what the cost was of any such steps.
	(80826)

541	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of his Department have been disciplined due to drug offences in the last 12 months.
	(80827)

542	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people his Department employs who are aged over (a) 55 and (b) 65 years.
	(80828)

543	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what social media presence his Department has.
	(80829)

544	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) letters and (b) emails his Department has received on Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
	(80832)

545	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) letters and (b) emails he has received on super prisons in the last 12 months.
	(80833)

546	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has on the building of (a) new and (b) super prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	(80834)

547	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons he has visited on official business in the last 12 months.
	(80835)

548	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unique hits his departmental website has received in each of the last 12 months.
	(80836)

549	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees his Department had in each year since 1997.
	(80837)

550	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had on increasing the number of prison spaces; and if he will make a statement.
	(80841)

551	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on mandatory drug testing of its employees.
	(80850)

552	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many flags his Department (a) owns and (b) maintains; and at what cost to the public purse.
	(80851)

553	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Scottish and (b) Libyan counterpart regarding the status of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
	(80852)

554	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have escaped from custody in each month for the last five years; and how many such prisoners escaped while being transferred between prisons.
	(80853)

555	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escaped prisoners have been returned to custody in each month of the last five years.
	(80854)

556	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost per hour of attendance at a benefits appeal tribunal of (a) the chair of the tribunal, (b) a medically qualified member and (c) an occupational therapy representative.
	(80692)

Questions to the Leader of the House

557	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Leader of the House, what consideration he gave to allocating 16, 17 and 18 November 2011 to backbench business; and if he will make a statement.
	(80690)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

558

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80717)

Questions to the Prime Minister

559 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is his policy to sign off draft answers to Written Parliamentary Questions tabled to him.
	(80158)

560 N	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to attend the Rio Earth Summit in 2012.
	(80980)

561	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Prime Minister, how many applications for public interest immunity certificates have been made by each Government Minister in each year since 2000; and how many such applications were granted.
	(80691)

562 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on dangerous dogs since May 2010.
	(81041)

563 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the Wilson doctrine.
	(80588)

564 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to complete his enquiries and respond to the letters of 4 December and 8 December 2010 from the hon. Member for Bassetlaw.
	(80513)

565 N	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Prime Minister, how many unpaid special advisers and policy advisers work in each Government department; and what the name is of each such adviser.
	(80411)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

566

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80718)

567 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has held with (a) Ministers in the Scottish Government and (b) Scottish police forces regarding the border access checks pilot introduced in summer 2011.
	(80507)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

568 N	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, column 186W, on aviation: security, what representations she has received from faith groups on the trial of alternative screening processes for religious headgear at airports.
	(81063)

569	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to determine the application for the Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order.
	(80744)

570	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are any plans to close railway ticket offices in Teesside.
	(80766)

571	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons her Department plans to implement a minimum eyesight requirement on users of powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters; and whether she has considered introducing such requirements for cyclists.
	(81211)

572	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of running each regional office of the Highways Agency in each of the last three years.
	(81011)

573	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff the Highways Agency employs at (a) its London office and (b) each regional office.
	(81012)

574	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency has spent on (a) maintenance of the existing road network, (b) administrative and staff costs and (c) new road projects in the last three years.
	(81037)

575 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) solicitors and (b) consultants in connection with negotiations with bidders for the Greater Anglia rail franchise since May 2010.
	(81060)

576 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) solicitors and (b) consultants in connection with work on the (a) Great Western, (b) Essex Thameside, (c) Southeastern and (d) Transpennine Express rail franchise in the last 12 months.
	(81061)

577	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the change has been in levels of staffing costs for the Coastguard Service since May 2010.
	(81191)

578	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes in staffing levels have taken place at each coastguard station since May 2010.
	(81192)

579	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the likely cost of the trial of longer semi-trailer heavy goods vehicles in each year of its operation.
	(81193)

580	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how (a) accidents and (b) near-misses involving heavy goods vehicles taking part in the longer semi-trailer trial will be recorded.
	(81194)

581	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) solicitors and (b) consultants for work related to the (i) East Coast and (ii) Cross Country rail franchise in the last 12 months.
	(81195)

582	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the trial of longer semi-trailers for heavy goods vehicles will record the (a) proportion of empty-running vehicles and (b) fuel consumption of vehicles in relation to their load weight.
	(81196)

583	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) she, (b) other Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department last met representatives of the Independent Review of Winter Resilience.
	(81216)

584	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to review the 2002 Project Appraisal Framework for Ports.
	(81217)

585	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish a National Policy Statement for national networks.
	(81218)

586	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the possible safety implications for shipping of the withdrawal of emergency towing vehicles in relation to the Clair Ridge oil field development project.
	(81219)

587	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of Transport for London on preparations for severe winter weather.
	(81220)

588	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to co-ordinate its response to severe winter weather with that of Transport for London.
	(81221)

589	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the conclusion of her Department's National Policy Statement for Ports published in October 2011 that coastal shipping is expected to grow, what estimate her Department has made of the potential increase in such shipping.
	(81222)

590	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Government's response to the Transport Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2009-10, on the Proposal for a National Policy Statement on Ports, published with the Committee's Fifth Special Report of Session 2010-12, HC 1598, when her Department will commission new forecasts into port demand.
	(81223)

591

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Government's response to the Transport Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12, bus services after the Spending Review, published with the Committee's Ninth Special Report of Session 2010-12, HC 1550, when her Department will publish the result of research with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to investigate the state of the rural community transport sector and how rural communities are responding positively to deliver innovative local community transport services.

(81224)

592

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Government's response to the Transport Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12, Bus services after the Spending Review, published with the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2010-12, HC 1550, when her Department will publish the result of its work with the Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers on collating information in respect of tendered bus services across England.

(81225)

593	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has allocated for concessionary bus passes for each year of the spending review period; and how much was allocated for such passes in each year since their introduction.
	(81255)

594	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the safety implications for shipping of the withdrawal of emergency towing vehicles covering the English Channel.
	(81260)

595	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have received from the French government on the withdrawal of emergency towing vehicles covering the English Channel.
	(81261)

596	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of staff (a) on duty and (b) employed at each coastguard station was in each of the last five years.
	(81267)

597	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) the National Union of Journalists and (b) proprietors of local newspapers on her proposals to amend guidelines requiring local authorities to publish temporary and permanent traffic regulation orders in local newspapers.
	(80688)

598 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to impose a minimum eyesight requirement on users of (a) powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters and (b) cyclists.
	(80596)

599	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have flown from (a) Aberdeen and (b) Edinburgh to overseas destinations via Heathrow Airport in each of the last three years.
	(81204)

600	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have flown between Heathrow Airport and (a) Edinburgh and (b) Aberdeen in each of the last three years.
	(81205)

601	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the level of competition in air services between Scotland and Heathrow Airport.
	(81206)

602	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department's Sustainable Aviation Policy Framework will promote competition and choice to improve the passenger experience.
	(81207)

603	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effects on the level of competition of one airline group owning a majority of slots at Heathrow Airport.
	(81208)

604	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Scotland on Scottish air services.
	(81209)

605	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the choice available to passengers of air services between (a) Edinburgh and (b) Aberdeen and Heathrow Airport.
	(81210)

606 N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of investment in selective heating of conductor rails on the rail line between Faversham and Ramsgate.
	(80265)

607 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people required repatriation from overseas as a result of the failure of an airline in the last 10 years.
	(78736)

608 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include in the ATOL scheme holidays sold by airlines.
	(78737)

609 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will include within her Department's proposed ATOL reforms a provision that a customer would be issued an ATOL certificate notifying them when their travel arrangements are not ATOL protected in addition to when they are ATOL protected.
	(79479)

610 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the additional road and rail infrastructure required to meet demand at existing standards for the (a) upper and (b) lower limits of the projected rise in the population of the UK made by the Office for National Statistics by 2050.
	(80634)

611

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what applications for judicial review have been made against her Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by her Department for each such application; in each failed application whether she applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether her Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80704)

612	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to amend the specification of Class 1, 2 and 3 invalid vehicles as defined by the Road Traffic Act 1988; and if she will make a statement.
	(81005)

613	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of the railway franchises operated by (a) Virgin Rail Group and (b) West Coast Trains.
	(81014)

614	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure provision of a reliable rural public transport service; and if she will make a statement.
	(81032)

615	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to maintain public transport provision for elderly people in rural areas who are affected by planned changes to the funding of local bus services.
	(81034)

616	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered giving greater powers to rail companies in taking ownership of the upkeep of rail stations for the purposes of ensuring they are maintained to a high standard.
	(81035)

617	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to announce the successful bids for the Access for All Mid-Tier programme for railway stations; and if she will make a statement.
	(81198)

618	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to announce the successful bids to the Access for All Mid-Tier programme for railway stations; and if she will make a statement.
	(81199)

619 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of Swansea coastguard station on coastguard services around Newport.
	(79853)

620	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require caravans to have an MOT; and if she will make a statement.
	(80950)

621	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness amongst travellers of their rights when flights are cancelled due to winter weather.
	(80821)

622	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what extra funding she has made available in respect of winter resilience of the transport system.
	(80824)

623	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of road traffic accidents involving cyclists.
	(80830)

624	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to promote cycling proficiency in (a) children and (b) adults,
	(80831)

625	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries involving powered (i) wheelchairs and (ii) mobility scooters have occurred on roads in each of the last three years.
	(80838)

626	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions she visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months.
	(80844)

627	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to prepare transport infrastructure for extreme weather in the last 12 months.
	(80846)

628
N

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she received notification that the new operator of the Greater Anglia franchise planned to reduce the overall capacity on its services; when the decision was made to award the franchise to Abellio; what consultations were held with her Department during the franchise bidding process in respect of future capacity; and if she will take immediate steps to require Abellio to maintain as a minimum the current level of service provided by National Express East Anglia.

(80166)

629 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the unsuccessful bidders for the Greater Anglia franchise had offered to maintain as a minimum the current level of service provided by National Express East Anglia; and if she will make a statement.
	(80167)

630 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will instruct rail operating company Abellio to provide details of the company's discussions with Angel Trains on a reduction in the fleet serving the Greater Anglia rail franchise; if she will place any such information in the Library; and if she will make a statement.
	(80168)

631 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will decline to sign the franchise agreement with Abellio for the Greater Anglia franchise pending clarification of reports that the company plans to reduce capacity on the Greater Anglia franchise.
	(80169)

632 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on allowing railway operating companies to reduce capacity and increase over-crowding; and if she will make a statement.
	(80170)

633	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation her Department undertook with (a) maritime users, (b) local authorities and (c) other organisations on its proposal to remove emergency towing vessels.
	(80627)

634	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) vessels in distress will be assisted, (b) pollution will be countered and (c) fires at sea will be tackled in British territorial waters after the removal of emergency towing vessels.
	(80628)

635	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial model her Department used to estimate the savings that would be made by the removal of emergency towing vessels; and what provision she has made for funding the potential costs of any future major pollution incident.
	(80629)

636	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received from the Emergency Towing Vessel Working Group; and what steps she is taking to implement its funding recommendations.
	(80630)

637	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the evidential basis is for her policy that the Coastguard Agreement on Salvage and Towage is a suitable alternative to the provision of emergency towing vessels; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that the safety standards provided by the emergency towing vessels are maintained.
	(80632)

638	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons her Department considers that the responsibility for ensuring operational safety of ships is a matter for which the commercial shipping industry should be wholly responsible.
	(80633)

639	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to impose a minimum standard eyesight requirement on users of powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters; and whether she has any plans to extend such a standard to cyclists.
	(81132)

640	Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the devolved administrations on proposals to increase the national speed limit to 80 mph for motorways.
	(81226)

641 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) she, (b) her Ministers and (c) officials in her Department have had on road traffic at the Marble Arch interchange with (i) representatives of foreign governments and (ii) Westminster City Council; and if she will make a statement.
	(80172)

642 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) she, (b) her Ministers and (c) officials in her Department have had with Westminster Council on parking changes; and if she will make a statement.
	(80264)

643 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcomes were of the meeting of EASA's Advisory Group of National Authorities on 25 and 26 October 2011; and if she will make a statement.
	(80152)

644 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has any plans to meet officials from the (a) US Federal Aviation Administration or (b) US Department of Transportation.
	(80153)

645 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the Civil Aviation Authority's SAFE programme in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80154)

646 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the blood alcohol limit is for aviation pilots.
	(80155)

647	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received supporting a delay to the application of the Euro4 emission standards in the London Low Emission Zones from January 2012.
	(80749)

648	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the haulage industry of complying with the Euro4 emission standards in the London Low Emission Zones to be introduced in January 2012.
	(80750)

649	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the haulage industry of complying with the Euro5 emission standards in the London Low Emission Zones.
	(80751)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

650	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what her most recent assessment is of access to broadband in Wales.
	(81322)

651	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether (a) she and (b) her officials have had any discussions with Ministerial colleagues on dangerous dogs since May 2010.
	(80997)

652	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has received any correspondence on the effects of dangerous dogs in Wales.
	(80998)

653

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what applications for judicial review have been made against her Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by her Department for each such application; in each failed application whether she applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether her Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80705)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

654	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the total value was of grants awarded by the Government Equalities Office through the Special Fund for local assault services in financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(81248)

655 N	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether a meeting of the Remploy pension trustees and their advisers took place on 4 November 2011.
	(80420)

656 N	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of winding up the Remploy pension scheme; and whether this includes the commitment of £100 million to eliminate the existing deficit.
	(80421)

657 N	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the cost of maintaining the Remploy factory networks and keeping employment services in the public sector for the next 18 years; and what estimate she has made of the cost of closing the Remploy pension scheme.
	(80422)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

658 N	Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will receive winter fuel payments in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) the Wirral, (c) the North West, (d) England and (e) the UK in 2011-12.
	(80797)

659	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in the list of continuing media education topics available to Atos professionals.
	(81321)

660	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of employment among people with learning disabilities.
	(81324)

661	Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Tewkesbury of 8 March 2011, Official Report, column 1035W, on social security benefits: EU nationals, for what reason benefit payment systems do not record the nationality of people receiving benefits.
	(80626)

662	Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the medical re-assessment programme for individuals claiming disability benefits in reducing the number of claimants; and what the change has been in the number of claimants since its inception.
	(81348)

663	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to receive the next report from Professor Malcolm Harrington on the work capability assessment.
	(80737)

664	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 over six points in a work capability assessment and were successful at appeal in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80738)

665	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the Social Security Advisory Committee's report of its review of passported benefits when it is presented in January 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(81075)

666	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) adults and (b) children under the age of 18 he estimates will live in households that will receive the new universal credit benefit following the national roll-out.
	(81076)

667	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for the Pensions Regulator to begin reviewing a case in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(80747)

668	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase efficiency at the Pensions Regulator.
	(80748)

669

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what applications for judicial review have been made against his Department (a) in the last Parliament and (b) since May 2010; whether each such application (i) succeeded, (ii) failed and (iii) remains pending; what legal costs were incurred by his Department for each such application; in each failed application whether he applied for costs against the applicant and whether they were (A) awarded and (B) paid; whether his Department (1) paid for and (2) offered to pay for the legal costs incurred by each such applicant; and what the total cost to the public purse was of payment of the legal costs for each such applicant.

(80720)

670

Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2011, Official Report, column 316W, on jobseeker's allowance, whether his Department has revised its projection of the (a) jobseeker's allowance claimant count, (b) jobseeker's allowance claimant count aged 16 to 24 and (c) average weekly jobseeker's allowance payment in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15.

(81180)

671	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Motability on ensuring that a disabled person's personal assistant, who does not live within five miles of the disabled person, and who drives the disabled person's adapted car, can be insured on a Motability car.
	(80725)

672	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Motability to ensure that (a) grandparents and (b) other family members with a significant caring role, who do not live within five miles of the disabled person, will still be able to be an insured person on a Motability adapted car.
	(80726)

673	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements he will make to enable Motability to consider leaving an adapted car with a disabled person who is awaiting the outcome of a disability living allowance appeal; and if he will make a statement.
	(80727)

674	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Motability to ensure that when a child lives in a residential school more than five miles from their home, they will still have access to a Motability adapted car; and how any assessment of the circumstances of such individuals will be made.
	(80728)

675	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Motability to ensure that parents of a disabled child who have separated and live more than five miles apart can both be named as insured drivers on any Motability adapted car.
	(80729)

676	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities and (b) representatives of state-funded care providers on overlap of personal mobility funding in state-funded residential care; and if he will make a statement.
	(81150)

677	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre Plus has employed staff to visit other EU countries to offer advice to EU nationals considering applying for jobs in the UK since its inception.
	(81152)

678	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional provision he will make for parents with part-custody rights who will be affected by the extension of shared accommodation rate of local housing allowance to those aged 25 to 34 years to fund accommodation suitable for looking after children; and if he will make a statement.
	(81153)

679	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on his plans for the administration of Local Housing Allowance payments within the Universal Credit; what his policy is on the ability of landords to reclaim arrears if direct payments are not made to them by tenants; and if he will make a statement.
	(81188)

680	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will (a) lose incapacity benefit and (b) lose all benefits in (i) Easington constituency and (ii) the North East as a consequence of his proposed changes to the benefits system.
	(81020)

681	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the North East economy of his planned changes to incapacity benefit in each of the next five years.
	(81021)

682 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to levy charges to provide a paper copy of a change notification for benefit entitlement.
	(80698)

683 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which benefits were uprated for financial year 2011-12 using the September 2010 Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation.
	(80504)

684	Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to take into account the situation of people living with (a) chronic pain and (b) other conditions that are not physically evident in his proposals for welfare reform.
	(81283)

685	Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department used to determine the level of jobseekers' allowance.
	(80866)

686 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether households moving onto universal credit from other benefits between October 2013 and April 2014 will receive transitional protection of the level of their state support.
	(80161)

687 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of allowing the partner of a claimant in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance to earn up to £143 per week before their income is treated as the income of the claimant in each of the next five years.
	(80801)

688 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the universal credit of an average household of two adults and two children would be withdrawn if the household has savings of (a) £15,900 and (b) £16,100.
	(80802)

689 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 67W, on Work Programme, if he will assess the desirability of statutory restrictions on sharing performance data for (a) Work Programme and (b) Flexible New Deal providers.
	(80914)

690 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide data in April 2013 on referrals to (a) Tier 1 and (b) Tier 2 providers by Work Programme prime contractors.
	(80967)

691 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in receipt of pension credit he estimates have capital above (a) £16,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000 and (d) each £10,000 interval up to £100,000.
	(80968)

692

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of benefits for those in the work related activity group of the contribution based employment and support allowance who will (a) have experienced a gap in provision of support prior to the introduction of the New Work Programme, (b) have had the 12 month rule applied retrospectively and (c) have been in receipt of this benefit for the 12 months prior to April 2012.

(81319)

693	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in St Helens South and Whiston constituency Remploy employment services has assisted to find (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment lasting more than (i) three months, (ii) six months and (iii) a year in each of the last five years.
	(80954)

694	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in St Helens South and Whiston constituency were in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance in each of the last five years.
	(80957)

695	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people resident in St Helens South and Whiston constituency claimed the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit in 2010-11; and how many such people he estimates will be affected by the extension of the age threshold to 35.
	(80958)

696	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in St Helens South and Whiston constituency he estimates will be affected by planned changes to the state pension age.
	(80960)

697	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about medical assessments for employment and support allowance conducted by Atos Healthcare were recorded in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each year since 2008.
	(81334)

698	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medical assessments for employment and support allowance were conducted by Atos Healthcare in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each year since 2008.
	(81335)

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

699	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog wardens were employed in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (80999)

700	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what correspondence she has received on the effects on local authority budgets of dealing with dangerous dogs in England.
	[Transferred] (81000)

701	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any local authority staff have been injured by dangerous dogs in the course of their duties since June 2010.
	[Transferred] (81001)

702 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dangerous dog incidents have been reported to the police in England and Wales since June 2010.
	[Transferred] (81040)

703	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on dangerous dogs.
	[Transferred] (81043)

704	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dangerous dog incidents were reported to police in 2010-11.
	[Transferred] (81045)

705	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the effectiveness of policing of dangerous dogs.
	[Transferred] (81046)

706	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been seized by police in England and Wales under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 since June 2010; and what the estimated cost to the public purse is of such police action.
	[Transferred] (81047)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

707	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to require councils to include a minimum level of resources to be set aside for personal mobility when designing contracts with state-funded care providers; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (81151)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

708	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to work with the international community and the government of Kenya to identify lasting solutions for the Somali refugee population which respect international legal principles.
	[Transferred] (81265)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

709 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last five years; and what the estimated cost to the public purse was of such prosecutions in each such year.
	[Transferred] (81042)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

710	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote health and safety on farms.
	[Transferred] (80906)

Prepared 14th November 2011

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 14 November 2011

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