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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 December 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 14 December 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 December 2011

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

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

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings the Minister for Universities and Science has had with for-profit education providers which have subsequently received approval for higher education courses to be designated courses.
(86031)
2
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether designated higher education course places will be included in the Higher Education Funding Council for England student number allocation in the next academic year.
(86032)
3
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procedure is in place for the approval of courses of higher education as designated courses.
(86033)
4
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to increase the number of (a) bankruptcy restriction orders and undertakings and (b) disqualification orders and undertakings obtained by the Insolvency Service.
(86694)
5
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to assess the operation of organisations which deliver degree programmes overseas who are applying for degree awarding powers in the UK.
(86758)
6
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the long-term financial sustainability of institutions charging tuition fees below £7,500; and if he will make a statement.
(86759)
7
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's proposed changes to the further education fee structure on the number of people enrolling in higher education courses in 2013-14.
(86760)
8
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2011, Official Report, columns 330-1W, on third sector, how much funding his Department provided to each organisation listed in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
(86655)
9
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2011, Official Report, columns 330-1W, on third sector, how much funding was provided to the organisations listed by other Directorates in his Department in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
(86656)
10
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2011, Official Report, columns 330-1W, on third sector, how much funding his Department provided to (a) the Royal Society, (b) the British Academy, (c) the Royal Academy of Engineering, (d) the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network, (e) the British Science Association, (f) the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, (g) the Design Council, (h) Natural England, (i) the UK Council for International Students, (j) Tate Britain, (k) the British Council, (l) the Royal Anniversary Trust, (m) the Raleigh International Trust (n) the Association of Commonwealth Universities, (o) the National Foundation for Education and (p) Royal Botanic Kew Gardens in 2010-11.
(86657)
11
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff the Competition Commission (a) employed in 2010-11 and (b) plans to employ in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
(86870)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
12
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how small and medium-sized enterprises in Vale of Glamorgan constituency can bid for central Government ICT facilities management contracts.
(86432)
13
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which staff of the Major Projects Authority have expertise in the management of plutonium; and from which Government Departments are such staff seconded.
(86748)
14
N 		Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the proportion of people working in the (a) private sector and (b) public sector in Wales; and what proportion are female in each case.
(86652)
15
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters he received on the closure of charity-run youth centres in England in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(86868)
16
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what risk registers are kept by the Corporate Services Group of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(86883)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
17
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequential funding has been made available to each of the devolved administrations as a result of expenditure to increase passenger capacity on trains in England in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how much he expects to make available in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15.
(86695)
18
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Department first informed Ministers in the Welsh Government of his plans to publish the National Infrastructure Plan 2011.
(86698)
19
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what calculations his Department makes to ascertain the effect of levels of fuel duty on low income households.
(86871)
20
N 		Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who receive working tax credits in Wales; and what proportion of these are female.
(86651)
21
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) senior officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) the British Bankers Association and (ii) the Association of British Insurers to discuss the charges, commission or fees paid by people with a private pension since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(86866)
22
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff the Financial Ombudsman Service employed in 2010-11; how many it plans to employ in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(86867)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
23
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to tackle hate crime since May 2010; what further steps he plans to take in each of the next two years; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (86684)
24
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports he has received of the level of hate crime in (a) Southend West constituency, (b) Essex and (c) nationally since January 2011; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (86685)
25
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount of business rates revenue which will be lost to each local authority as a result of schools becoming academies in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(86666)
26
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of each representation he has received from local authorities on the need for changes to single person's council tax discount.
(86667)
27
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in each local authority area are eligible for the single person's discount on council tax.
(86668)
28
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average percentage change in the level of council tax benefit for (a) working families and (b) single people in work as a result of the localisation of council tax benefit in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement.
(86669)
29
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing local schemes for distributing council tax benefit in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement.
(86670)
30
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has provided to local authorities for Changing Places toilets.
(86699)
31
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have taken part in the Changing Places campaign; and how many Changing Places toilets have been provided.
(86700)
32
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to amend planning regulations and guidance on the provision of sanitary facilities for people with complex and multiple disabilities.
(86701)
33
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with national and local disability organisations on the Changing Places campaign on disabled toilets.
(86702)
34
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many letters he received on the closure of youth centres in England in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(86869)
35
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to Question 83268, on New Deal for Communities scheme, tabled on 22 November 2011 for answer on 25 November 2011.
(86821)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
36
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on his Department's rural broadband roll-out programme; and if he will make a statement.
(86705)
37
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will review the salary payable to the chief executive officer of the British Library to reflect her acceptance of a paid non-executive role at Ofcom.
(86863)
38
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will investigate the acceptance by the chief executive officer of the British Library of a paid non-executive post at Ofcom; whether acceptance of this post contravenes the provision of section 6 of the British Library's staff handbook; and if he will make a statement.
(86864)
39
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the potential effects of the London 2012 Olympics on Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency.
(86817)
40
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support local and community media.
(86761)
41
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the legacy objectives of the London 2012 Olympics.
(86762)
42
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage mobile telephone networks to share telecommunication masts.
(86813)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
43
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Safety Improvement Notice issued on 26 May 2010 by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator was formally closed; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the Safety Improvement Notice and the letter notifying closure of the Notice.
(86746)
44
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to refurbish the Rolls-Royce nuclear submarine reactor core plant at Raynesway, Derby; and what the cost to the public purse is of any such refurbishment.
(86749)
45
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 833W, on nuclear weapons, how much his Department is planning to spend on collaboration with the US administration on studies on the development of the W88 nuclear warhead.
(86757)
46
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Royal Navy submarines have docked at (a) Southampton and (b) Plymouth in each of the last five years.
(86822)
47
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy personnel was at sea on average in the latest period for which figures are available.
(86823)
48
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the annual cost of administration of the (a) agencies and (b) trading funds within his responsibility.
(86824)
49
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy ships are (a) at sea, (b) ready for deployment, (c) at reduced readiness and (d) mothballed; and if he will make a statement.
(86825)
50
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours on average Red Arrows pilots flew (a) in flight training and (b) as flight trainers in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(86826)
51
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the average rate of inflation in the defence industry in each year since 2006.
(86827)
52
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on (a) public private partnerships and (b) private finance initiative provision; and if he will make a statement.
(86828)
53
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) job titles and (b) job descriptions are of each of the (i) press officers and (ii) other public relations officers working in his Department.
(86829)
54
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the use of RAF Wittering; and if he will make a statement.
(86589)
55
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether WE.177 munitions have been stored at (a) RAF Kinloss, (b) RAF Lossiemouth, (c) RAF Leuchers and (d) RAF Machrihanish.
(86833)
56
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the primary source of radium contamination at (a) RAF Kinloss, (b) RAF Machrihanish, (c) RNAS Donibristle, (d) DARA Almondbak and (e) Stirling Forthside; and if he will make a statement.
(86834)
57
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the most recent copy of the Land Quality Assessment reports for (a) RAF Kinloss, (b) RAF Machrihanish, (c) RNAS Donibristle, (d) DARA Almondbak and (e) Stirling Forthside; and if he will make a statement.
(86835)
58
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to clean up radioactive contamination at (a) RAF Kinloss, (b) RAF Machrihanish, (c) RNAS Donibristle, (d) DARA Almondbak and (e) Stirling Forthside.
(86836)
59
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of cleaning up radioactive contamination at each contaminated site in Scotland for which his Department is responsible in each of the next five years.
(86837)
60
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) current and (b) former Ministry of Defence sites have been found to be radioactively contaminated; and what the suspected cause of radiation is in each case.
(86838)
61
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question (a) 70848, (b) 70850 and (c) 70851, on procurement contracts, tabled on 5 September 2011 for answer on 7 September 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(86839)
62
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency relating to divorce, including pension sharing orders and transfers for calculating cash equivalent transfer values, are subject to a suspension of processing; when he expects those suspensions to be lifted; and if he will make a statement.
(86878)
63
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 to date; and if he will make a statement.
(86879)
64
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department allocated to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
(86880)
65
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2011, Official Report, column 261W, on radioactive waste, for what reason the information identified in the Answer as not held centrally and available only at disproportionate cost has subsequently been provided in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(86842)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
66
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on reducing the administrative burden on schools associated with requirements on continuing professional development.
(86686)
67
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2011, Official Report, column 441W, on children's centres: finance, (a) when and (b) where his Department published expenditure by local authorities on children's centres.
(86752)
68
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Specialist Diploma in Environmental and Land-based Studies has been withdrawn.
(86654)
69
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration he has given to consolidating the examination boards into a single organisation.
(86812)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
70
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what additional costs his Department will incur in implementing the recommendations in Dr Weightman's report on the implications for the UK nuclear industry of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
(86747)
71
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ipswich, of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 40W, on electricity generation, what discussions his Department has had with small retail energy suppliers on the effect on their business model of moving to a pooled system of retail energy sales.
(86671)
72
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ipswich, of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 40W, on electricity generation, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of moving to a pooled system of retail energy sales; and what cost-benefit analysis he has undertaken of such a move.
(86672)
73
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ipswich, of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 40W, on electricity generation, what assessment he has made of the effect on competition in the retail energy sector of moving to a pooled system of retail energy sales.
(86673)
74
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish his Department's geomechanical study into the relationship between shale gas drilling and the seismic activity in the vicinity of Cuadrilla Resources Preese Hall-1 well on the Lancashire coast at Fylde in April and May 2011.
(86814)
75
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the terms of reference are for his Department's geomechanical study into the relationship between shale gas drilling and the seismic activity in the vicinity of Cuadrilla Resources Preese Hall-1 well on the Lancashire coast at Fylde in April and May 2011.
(86815)
76
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate (a) the carbon dioxide emissions likely to be generated by the number of additional UK residents projected by 2033 and (b) renewable energy capacity needed to abate and maintain current total emissions.
(86820)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
77
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the use of alternatives to the culling of badgers for the purposes of controlling bovine TB.
(86590)
78
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what area of (a) lowland heathland and (b) other priority open habitat has been recreated by (i) Forestry Commission England, (ii) other Government departments and (iii) non-governmental organisations since the publication of the Forestry Commission document entitled When to convert woods and forests to open habitats in England: Government Policy.
(86703)
79
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the England Biodiversity Strategy's aspiration to create 200,000 hectares of new wildlife habitat by 2020 she estimates will be created under the provisions outlined in the Forestry Commission document, entitled When to convert woods and forests to open habitats in England: Government Policy.
(86704)
80
Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds information on damage caused to the environment by chemicals used in domestic detergents.
(86750)
81
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of bringing forward proposals to amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to hold a dog owner criminally responsible where a dog is found to be dangerously out of control in any place.
(86688)
82
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will direct water companies to factor into their long-term investment plans the upper and lower limits of population projections for 2050 made by the Office for National Statistics.
(86818)
83
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prospects for UK food security at each extreme of population range projected by the Office for National Statistics for 2050.
(86819)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
84
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press the new Libyan authorities to ensure that the terms of the compensation package to be offered to victims of the IRA's Libyan supplied semtex campaign do not distinguish between those police or military personnel killed on duty and those off duty at the time of the attacks.
(86591)
85
N 		Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many discussions he has had with the Japanese ambassador on Japan's annual whaling hunt.
(86653)
86
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on (a) the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Turkey and (b) provisions being made for such refugees; and if he will make a statement.
(86873)
87
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the escape of al-Qaeda prisoners from Aden.
(86874)
88
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conduct of the recent election in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(86875)
89
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Lord's Resistance Army's activities in (a) the Central African Republic, (b) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (c) South Sudan and (d) Uganda.
(86876)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
90
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of referrals to the NHS from private health providers being made via the patient's GP without any unconnected conditions having been identified during treatment.
(86808)
91
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS appointments that resulted from a referral to the NHS from private health providers being made via a GP, in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(86809)
92
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the referral of patients to the NHS from private health providers via a GP without any unconnected conditions having been identified during treatment; and if he will make a statement.
(86810)
93
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the practice of acute trust managers requiring referrals to the NHS from private health providers to be made via a GP when no unconnected conditions have been identified during treatment.
(86811)
94
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been released in each of the last five years.
(86687)
95
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of average accident and emergency waiting times at (a) South London Healthcare NHS Trust, (b) Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust and (c) Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.
(86751)
96
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase the standard of hospital nursing care.
(86830)
97
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average rate of incidence of (a) MRSA and (b) other hospital acquired infections was in each strategic health authority in each year since 1997.
(86754)
98
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidences of (a) MRSA and (b) other hospital acquired infections there have been in (i) Ipswich Hospital, (ii) West Suffolk Hospital, (iii) Suffolk Primary Care Trust and (iv) the East of England Strategic Health Authority since 1997.
(86755)
99
N 		Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to reduce the time taken in allocating jobs to newly-qualified doctors.
(86224)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
100
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of people who have entered the UK without having their passports checked via the Eurostar route from Brussels via Lille.
(86689)
101
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often trains entering the UK from continental Europe are checked by UK Border Agency staff on arrival.
(86690)
102
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent passengers on Eurostar trains from Brussels via Lille from entering the UK without having their passport checked.
(86691)
103
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) representations she has received and (b) discussions she has had with the Police Federation of England and Wales on the Windsor Review of Police Officers' and Staff Remuneration and Conditions; and if she will make a statement.
(86650)
104
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she considers crime scene investigators to be front line staff.
(86181)
105
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to safeguard the services provided by crime scene investigators; and if she will make a statement.
(86182)
106
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to remain were received from those resident in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley in the last 12 months.
(86753)
107
N 		Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from police authorities on the decision by some local authorities to cease or reduce funding for the operation of CCTV; and what assessment her Department has made of any potential effect on the prevention and detection of crime.
(86222)
108
N 		Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much core funding her Department allocated to Avon and Somerset Police Authority in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much it plans to allocate in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in 2012-13.
(86223)
109
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers entering the UK travelled through a safe third country to reach the UK in each of the last five years.
(86692)
110
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid in compensation to asylum seekers in each of the last five years; and what the 20 largest sums of compensation paid out in individual cases were in each of the last five years.
(86693)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
111
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support the Dominican Republic in its counter-narcotics campaign.
(86816)
112
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received on the humanitarian situation in Mae Sot, Thailand.
(86872)
Questions to the Prime Minister
113
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has considered bringing forward proposals to change the Ministerial Code in respect of the announcement of new Government policy.
(86419)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
114
N 		Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to promote the big society initiative in Scotland.
(86426)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
115
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to alleviate the administrative burden of the provisions of EU Council Regulation 1071/2009 for small and micro-businesses.
(86801)
116
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has any plans to use the consumer prices index as a measure for the change in regulated rail fares in future.
(86696)
117
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings Ministers and officials in her Department have had with Ministers and officials in the Welsh Government to discuss electrification of the Great Western Main Line since 1 March 2011; and on what dates.
(86697)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
118
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have been made by employment and support allowance recipients receiving residential treatment for drug or alcohol misuse who were not classified as limited capability for work without the requirement to attend a face-to-face assessment in 2011; and how many of those appeals were determined in favour of the appellant.
(86840)
119
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the classification by Atos of employment and support allowance recipients who are receiving residential treatment for drug or alcohol misuse as having limited capability for work without requiring them to attend a face-to-face assessment.
(86841)
120
Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to seek the views of tenants on whether the housing benefit element of universal credit should be paid directly to the tenant rather than the registered social landlord.
(86756)
121
N 		Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2011, Official Report, column 396W, on housing benefit: females, how many lone parents receive local housing allowance in Wales; and what proportion of such claimants are female.
(86627)
122
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) senior officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) the British Bankers Association and (ii) the Association of British Insurers to discuss the charges or commission or fees paid by people with a private pension; and if he will make a statement.
(86865)
123
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances the pay and conditions of employees transferred out of public sector employment under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may be reduced in their new employment; and if he will make a statement.
(86877)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
124
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's policy on regulation of legal services on access to redress by consumers.
[Transferred] (86831)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
125
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has assessed the potential effect of new forms of regulation of legal services on consumer protection.
[Transferred] (86832)

Prepared 14th December 2011