Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 19 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.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 19 December 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 19 December 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 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 Monday 19 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 19 December see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, what guidance he provides to the Crown Prosecution Service on people who might be involved in illegal activities but are also the victims of human trafficking.
	(87623)

2	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Attorney General, whether any Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87606)

3 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Attorney General, if the Crown Prosecution Service will ask magistrates to ensure that overnight curfew orders for repeat juvenile offenders are accompanied by electronic tagging orders.
	(87450)

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

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women enrolled on apprenticeships in (i) information and communication technology and (ii) engineering and manufacturing technology in (A) the East Midlands, (B) Leicester South constituency and (C) Leicester City constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

(87658)

5	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged from 16 to 24 years participated in a modern apprenticeship scheme in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Leicester City in 2010-11.
	(87659)

6	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which employers offer modern apprenticeships in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Leicester City.
	(87698)

7	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to protect authors' rights from the risk of piracy relating to (a) e-books and (b) other digital technology.
	(87712)

8 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12 December 2011, Official Report, columns 61-63WS, on the Green Investment Bank, what form of support will be provided by the Green Investment Bank for the Green Deal.
	(87175)

9	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87344)

10 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on businesses of the ability of the Port of Southampton to accommodate (a) Maersk Triple E Class and (b) other larger container ships.
	(87173)

11	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of EU Directives and Regulations on the competitiveness of UK business.
	(87715)

12	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total annual cost to UK businesses of EU Working Time Regulations.
	(87743)

13	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy that the level of fines imposed on small businesses for late filing of accounts with Companies House should reflect the annual turnover of that business.
	(87401)

14 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to increase exports to emerging markets; and if he will make a statement.
	(87322)

15	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87609)

16	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 9 November 2011 concerning Ms H. Valentino.
	(87651)

17	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what supply-side steps his Department is taking to ensure that British businesses remain economically competitive.
	(87516)

18 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) nationally have been awarded regional growth funding contracts; and how many have received capital to date.
	(87188)

19	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote deaf awareness amongst UK universities and other higher education providers.
	(87583)

20
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2011, Official Report, column 516W, on higher education: finance, how many (a) doctoral, (b) taught Masters and (c) research Masters postgraduate degree course places in each subject area were funded by (i) the Higher Education Funding Council for England and (ii) other organisations in the public sector in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.

(87135)

21	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies, declared bankrupt following convictions for fraud, have been resurrected as phoenix companies.
	(87760)

22	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to prevent companies, the directors of which have previously been convicted of fraud, from being resurrected as phoenix companies under the same management.
	(87762)

23 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 6 December 2011 on the advanced manufacturing supply chain initiative, whether there is a closing date for applications to the fund.
	(87123)

24 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 6 December 2011 on the advanced manufacturing supply chain initiative, which manufacturing sectors will be eligible for funding under the initiative.
	(87124)

25 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 6 December 2011 on the advanced manufacturing supply chain initiative, when he expects monies to be distributed from the fund.
	(87125)

26 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 6 December 2011 on the advanced manufacturing supply chain initiative, how many firms he expects to receive funding under the scheme.
	(87126)

27 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 6 December 2011 on the advanced manufacturing supply chain initiative, what criteria he plans to use to assess applications made under the scheme.
	(87127)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

28	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87355)

29	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were working at No. 10 Downing Street on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87356)

30	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has any plans to introduce a statutory definition of a social enterprise.
	(87624)

31	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's definition of social enterprise is as regards the departmental responsibilities of the Minister for Civil Society.
	(87625)

32	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many charity or voluntary sector groups in the North West received funding from the Government in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011.
	(87748)

33	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many charities were established in the North West in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
	(87749)

34	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings he had with representatives of trades unions in 2011.
	(87544)

35	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, columns 679-80W, on Government departments: databases, and with reference to the Autumn Statement, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the economy of the Open Data project.
	(87545)

36	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87607)

37 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to facilitate volunteering for older people; and if he will make a statement.
	(87235)

38	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new businesses have been established in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and (c) the East of England in each month since May 2010.
	(87747)

39 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the number of unregistered voters in each (a) region and (b) parliamentary constituency.
	(87438)

40 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid in lump sums from the Civil Service Compensation Scheme in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
	(87138)

41	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the ministerial group on the Big Society has met; what subjects were on its agenda at each meeting; and on what dates these meetings took place.
	(87537)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

42	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to tackle the illicit trade in non-UK duty paid cigarettes.
	(87751)

43 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special severance payments have been notified to HM Treasury by the Care and Quality Commission in each of the last three years.
	(87141)

44 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy that when an official from his Department visits a school the local education authority is informed in advance.
	(87061)

45	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87340)

46	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to increase the household savings ratio.
	(87285)

47	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the long-term household savings ratio (a) in the North West and (b) nationally.
	(87286)

48	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken a comparative assessment of the UK household savings ratio and that in other G20 countries.
	(87287)

49	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the North West who have no personal savings.
	(87288)

50	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 539W, on VAT: electronic publishing, if he will consider implementing a measure similar to that in France for the reduction of VAT on unenriched e-books.
	(87479)

51	Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs has received overpayments of income tax paid by PAYE in each of the last five years.
	(87631)

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Equitable Life policyholders had (a) received payments under the compensation scheme and (b) been contacted regarding compensation on the most recent date for which figures are available; what information his Department holds on the timetable for payments to be made under the compensation scheme; what steps have been taken to prioritise elderly policyholders; and if he will make a statement.

(87281)

53	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 71W, on taxation: business, what constitutes a reasonable period over which tax arrears can be paid; and whether such periods have changed over the last 12 months.
	(87509)

54 N	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) petitions for bankruptcy were filed and (b) winding up orders were issued by HM Revenue and Customs against businesses in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last four years.
	(87128)

55 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department have worked on the proposed reform of air passenger duty.
	(87317)

56 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to make further changes to the structure of air passenger duty up to 2015.
	(87318)

57 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the analysis of the costs and benefits of air passenger duty to the UK economy that his Department undertook to inform his response to the consultation on the reform of air passenger duty.
	(87319)

58 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons retention of a four band air passenger duty structure was not an option in his consultation document on reform of air passenger duty.
	(87406)

59	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of aviation taxes in (a) the UK, (b) the EU and (c) G20 countries.
	(87481)

60	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his analysis of the international competitiveness of UK air passenger duty that informed his response to the consultation on reform of air passenger duty.
	(87482)

61	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of (a) the Royal Wedding of April 2011, (b) the industrial action of November 2011, (c) the winter weather of December 2010 and (d) Her Majesty's Jubilee celebrations holiday in 2012.
	(87457)

62	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement, which measures generated a Barnett consequential; and what the size of the consequential was in each case for each devolved administration.
	(87543)

63 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) books is used by HM Revenue and Customs to determine whether items should be subject to the zero rate of VAT.
	(87180)

64 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated revenue from VAT would be if it were charged at (a) five per cent. and (b) 20 per cent. for newspapers and magazines.
	(87181)

65	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2011, Official Report, column 791W, on the Inland Revenue, if he will take steps to ascertain from the Permanent Secretary for Tax, HM Revenue and Customs, whether he had responsibility as a Commissioner for the Inland Revenue Large Business Office between 1997 and 2000.
	(87470)

66	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from what date Inland Revenue required its employees to register all hospitality and gifts received.
	(87475)

67	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87617)

68 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many policyholders have received payments from the Equitable Life Payment Scheme since June; how many payments have been made each month since June; and of what amounts.
	(87186)

69 N	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the most senior official is in charge of the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
	(87190)

70 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on public sector workers' income of the extension of the public sector pay freeze announced in the Autumn Statement as a proportion of net income in each income decile.
	(86778)

71 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) discussions and (b) written communications he has had with (i) the Financial Services Authority, (ii) the Office of Fair Trading and (iii) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the remuneration package to the Board of Directors and Chief Executive of the Money Advice Service.
	(87058)

72 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) which of the current EU proposals on financial services he considers to pose a potential risk to the UK financial services sector.
	(87329)

73 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of (a) how many and (b) which current EU proposals on financial services he has written to the European Commission due to a potentially adverse effect on the UK financial services sector; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence.
	(87330)

74
N

John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of which current EU proposals on financial services regulation he has received representations identifying them as potentially damaging to the UK financial industry from (a) the British Bankers Association, (b) the Mayor of London, (c) organisations within the City of London, (d) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (e) representatives of RBS, Lloyds TSB, Barclays or HSBC banks.

(87331)

75	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much each company awarded a contract for handling calls on tax credits in the HM Revenue and Customs contact centres in Bathgate and Lillyhall will receive in payment.
	(87381)

76	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what taxpayer information staff employed by the private companies who have been awarded the contracts in the HM Revenue and Customs contact centres at Bathgate and Lillyhall will have access; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure that data security procedures are adhered to.
	(87382)

77	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Office of Fair Trading's recommendations on debit card surcharges; and if he will make a statement.
	(87452)

78 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect over the period to 2030 of a delay in the carbon capture storage programme until (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020 in (i) each region of England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
	(86966)

79 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a delay to the carbon capture storage programme on employment in (a) each region of England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
	(86967)

80 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Autumn Statement, how many (a) individuals and (b) households will be affected by (i) the freezing of working tax credit and (ii) the removal of planned over-indexation of child tax credits.
	(87048)

81 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the measures included in table 2.3 of his Autumn Statement will receive new funding announced in the Autumn Statement; and in which years.
	(87056)

82 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which month businesses will start to receive investments through the funds in which the Government will invest in partnership with other investors.
	(87140)

83 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which meetings (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) senior officials in his Department have had with (i) the British Banking Association, (ii) Lloyds Bank, (iii) Barclays and (iv) Royal Bank of Scotland to discuss changes to use of cashpoint machines; and if he will make a statement.
	(87134)

84 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 82565, on official photographs, tabled on 21 November 2011 for answer on 23 November 2011.
	(87573)

Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners

85	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what the level of the Church of England's pension scheme deficit is; and what the capacity of the Church of England is to pay that deficit.
	(87676)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

86	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision he plans to make in the National Planning Policy Framework to ensure that added weight is given to applications for schemes which will house excluded and vulnerable groups.
	(87668)

87	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to deliver affordable housing within mixed sustainable communities.
	(87669)

88	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact upon neighbourhood plans of the Government's commitment to ensure that renewable sources will generate 15 per cent. of the UK's energy by 2020.
	(87670)

89	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of whether there should be a separate definition of the sustainability of development in rural areas in the National Planning Policy Framework.
	(87671)

90	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will list the local planning authorities that have made submissions to his Department's consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework.
	(87672)

91	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to change the frequency of publication of Land Use Change Statistics.
	(87673)

92	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on including statistics on development of best and most versatile land in the Land Use Change Statistics.
	(87674)

93	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of previously developed land suitable for housing development in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local planning authority area in each of the last 10 years.
	(87675)

94	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that current protection for the green belt is not lost following the changes to the planning system due to come into effect in April 2012.
	(87755)

95	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the desirability of changing the provision of equivalent value in the National Planning Policy Framework to instead calculate affordable housing provision as a proportion of both off-site and on-site housing.
	(87756)

96	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow local authorities to trade in non-statutory services.
	(87402)

97	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87608)

98
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the proposal by Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town Council that those applying for planning permission for a large development in a town or parish council area should (a) attend town and parish council meetings regarding the application and (b) fund an independent assessment of the effect of the application if requested by the town or parish council; and if he will make a statement.

(87410)

99	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce an exception from the right to buy scheme in cases where it is demonstrable that (a) sales would create a negative net present value in the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan and (b) the units are required to meet housing need within the locality.
	(87706)

100 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in his Department's budget on (a) housing projects and (b) local government services in Liverpool in 2014-15.
	(86956)

101	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of likely future trends in owner-occupation (a) nationally and (b) in each constituent part of the UK.
	(87283)

102	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of (a) current and (b) future rates of owner-occupation among different social groups.
	(87284)

103	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of rates of owner-occupation (a) nationally, (b) in each constituent part of the UK and (c) in each region.
	(87389)

104	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the New Homes Bonus in (a) Berkshire, (b) Reading and (c) Reading West constituency.
	(87238)

105	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes in Reading were sold under the right to buy scheme in each of the last 20 years.
	(87313)

106	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to balance an increase in supply of new housing with stabilisation of demand to enable the market to clear.
	(87518)

107	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken on community cohesion and integration; and if he will make a statement.
	(87727)

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

108	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87351)

109	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what public information advertising campaigns his Department ran in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2011-12 to date; and what the cost was of each campaign.
	(87397)

110 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on plans for the Olympic flame to pass through Bournemouth; and if he will make a statement.
	(87320)

111	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87610)

112	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will consider extending the eligibility for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal to (a) St John Ambulance Cymru and (b) other such voluntary organisations.
	(87717)

113	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many applications for Big Lottery funding were made in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in each of the last five years; and how many were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful.
	(87721)

114	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many applications for Big Lottery funding were made in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years; and how many were unsuccessful.
	(87722)

115 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for what reasons the budget for the London 2012 Olympics ceremonies has been increased.
	(87232)

116	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether companies bidding for contracts to supply goods or services to the organisers of the London 2012 Olympics are required to comply with each of the seven fundamental principles of Olympism; and if he will make a statement.
	(87453)

117	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the compliance of Dow Chemicals' contract to supply the wrap on the London 2012 Olympics stadium with each of the seven fundamental principles of Olympism; and if he will make a statement.
	(87454)

118 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will consider extending the eligibility for the Queen's Jubilee Medal to (a) St John Ambulance and (b) other such voluntary organisations.
	(87405)

119 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) museums, (b) art galleries and (c) theatres have been built in Liverpool since 1997.
	(87039)

120	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to designate British Sign Language as an indigenous minority language in the UK.
	(87585)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

121 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2011, Official Report, column 875W, on Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, if he proposes that the Medical Assessment Programme will continue to treat Gulf War veterans who present themselves with physical health problems.
	(87040)

122 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2011, Official Report, column 875W, on Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, if the Medical Assessment Programme will continue to retain the full range of services it previously offered.
	(87041)

123 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2011, Official Report, column 875W, on Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, if the (a) terms and (b) scope of the Medical Assessment Programme have changed; and if he will place in the Library the Programme's terms of reference.
	(87042)

124	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87343)

125 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to enable Royal Air Force pilots at the end of their commission to be exempted from any requirements in obtaining a private commercial pilot's licence.
	(87057)

126	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on deploying Challenger 2 tanks in combat operations before the outcome of the review of the CHARM3 weapon system under Article 36 of Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
	(87757)

127	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans have been put in place in the event that the outcome of the review of the legality of the CHARM3 weapon system under Article 36 of Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 concludes that its use could breach international humanitarian law.
	(87758)

128 N	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date and (b) location was of each incident on motorways and approaches to motorways involving fires in vehicles carrying ammunition in each of the last five years.
	(86953)

129	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the security of ammunition when transported by (a) road and (b) rail.
	(87512)

130	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is considering the introduction of any new security measures for the transportation by road of projectile ammunition; and if he will make a statement.
	(87513)

131	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures exist to ensure that drivers of ammunition lorries are not under the influence of alcohol whilst at work.
	(87514)

132	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last review of arrangements for the security of ammunition transported by road was conducted.
	(87515)

133	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether civilian personnel have been used in place of (a) Ministry of Defence Police and (b) military personnel to escort ammunition convoys from any UK military base in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(87626)

134	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training he requires for escorts employed for the transport of ammunition by road.
	(87627)

135	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce regulations to ensure that ammunition lorries are escorted by trained Ministry of Defence Police or military personnel; and if he will make a statement.
	(87628)

136	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions lorries loaded with ammunition have been involved in (a) collisions and (b) major mechanical breakdowns in the last 10 years.
	(87629)

137	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87600)

138 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has assessed the UK's defence capability in the Falkland Islands since the recent comments by the Argentinian government on the Islands.
	(87233)

139 N	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect and improve the overall financial package for armed forces personnel.
	(86914)

140 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, column 231W, on armed forces: suicide, how many suicides were recorded (a) amongst male veterans and (b) men in the UK aged under the age of 24 years in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(86776)

141	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what structure his Department uses for the security classification of documents; when it was last reviewed; and ifhe will make a statement.
	(87724)

142	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what permission requirements there are for each grade of staff working at MOD Abbey Wood who wish to move to work in the private defence sector; what mechanism exists to monitor the granting of such permissions; and if he will make a statement.
	(87725)

143	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many permissions have been applied for by individuals working at MOD Abbey Wood to move to work in the private defence sector in the last 18 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(87726)

144	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he has not adopted the recommendations of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body.
	(87469)

145 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of official service residence for members of the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Army and (c) Royal Navy in the last year for which figures are available.
	(86957)

146 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers had a status entitling them to official service residence in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy as at 1 December 2011.
	(86958)

147
N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 63WS, on Accommodation, how many (a) employees of his Department and (b) armed forces personnel will (i) have their wages reduced and (ii) be made redundant as a result of the new tri-service policy on the provision of domestic assistance and official hospitality.

(86960)

148
N

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 7 December 2011, Official Report, column 384W, on Harrier aircraft, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) referred to; what similar MoUs the UK has agreed with other countries concerning UK defence assets; what the content is of those MoUs; which two non-MoU countries expressed an interest in the Harrier aircraft; who undertook the relevant analysis to establish the value of the sale of those aircraft; and who retains the intellectual property rights for those aircraft.

(87409)

149	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take delivery from Lockheed Martin of the three joint combat aircraft with serial numbers (a) BK-1, (b) BK-2 and (c) CF-17; and where these aircraft will undergo initial operational testing and evaluation.
	(87400)

150	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Airbus 330-200 Voyager will be delivered to RAF Brize Norton; and when he expects it to be fully operational.
	(87587)

151	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the payment schedule is for the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme.
	(87588)

152	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what technical issues were observed during the in-flight refuelling test between the Tornado GR.4 and Airbus A330-200.
	(87589)

153	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which contracts his Department has renegotiated following the Strategic Defence and Security Review; what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse arising from each contract renegotiation; and what legal costs were incurred in each case.
	(87590)

154	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Royal Navy has witnessed foreign naval vessels dumping waste into the UK Exclusive Economic Zone waters in each of the last five years; and what the location was in each such case.
	(87591)

155	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what flight test instrumentation has been purchased for the F-35C aircraft; and what the cost was to the public purse.
	(87592)

156	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of recent reports concerning the (a) Helmet mounted display system, (b) structural airframe and (c) fuel tank venting and arrestor hook system on the F-35C aircraft.
	(87593)

157	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the current catapult and trap design for the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and the compatability of the F-35C aircraft with its main 7.1 foot landing gear to arrestor hook distance.
	(87594)

158	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparison he has made of the size of the traps planned for the (a) Queen Elizabeth class and (b) Gerald Ford class aircraft carriers.
	(87595)

159	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what electronic equipment from the (a) Nimrod MR2 and (b) Nimrod MR4A has been installed on (i) aircraft and (ii) naval vessels.
	(87596)

160 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what codes of practice his Department follows when carrying out internal audits; and whether such audits are externally validated.
	(87139)

161	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of his Department's treatment of the parents of deceased soldier Jordan Bancroft.
	(87586)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

162 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many times he has attended the Chamber of the House since May 2010.
	(87622)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

163 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his officials have had with Leeds City Council on the Leeds Education Challenge.
	(87059)

164 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department's policy that when an official from his Department attends a governing body or sub-committee meeting at a school the local authority is informed in advance.
	(87060)

165	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87347)

166	Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the costs that will be incurred by local authorities as a consequence of his Department's decision not to pay section 106 contributions levied on free schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(87754)

167	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of ending education maintenance allowance on retention and enrolment rates in the further education sector in 2011.
	(87394)

168 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many representations he has received on withdrawals of discretionary school transport subsidies by local authorities.
	(87337)

169 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the total expenditure by his Department on discretionary school transport subsidies in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(87451)

170 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have benefited from discretionary subsidies for home to school transport in the last three years for which figures are available.
	(87507)

171 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new graduates he expects to enter the teaching profession in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	(86731)

172 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teachers in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools he expects to retire in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
	(86732)

173 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the findings of the National Union of Teachers' technical note, entitled Comparison of payments into and from the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
	(86733)

174 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) meetings and (b) telephone discussions he has had with Ministers in other Government departments on proposals to introduce (a) up-front charges for using the Child Support Agency (CSA) and (b) administration fees for the recipients of payments under the CSA.
	(87442)

175	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87611)

176	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Statement, what assessment he has made of the availability of capital support for sixth form colleges.
	(87630)

177	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding he plans to provide for students in sparsely populated rural areas to meet additional transport costs; and if he will refer to higher unit costs in scale and technologies required to educate learners in his report following completion of his 16 to 19 funding consultation.
	(87696)

178	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding will be granted to Shropshire Council for each pupil for 2012-13.
	(87750)

179	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, following his decision to prioritise funding for pre-16 education and to re-distribute resources to areas of deprivation, how he will ensure standards are maintained in existing high qualty post-16 education providers.
	(87761)

180	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of half days were missed by pupils in (a) maintained primary, (b) state-funded secondary and (c) special schools due to unauthorised absence in each parliamentary constituency in 2009-10.
	(87314)

181	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were excluded from school in each parliamentary constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(87398)

182	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Statement, how many disadvantaged two-year-olds in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency will receive 15 hours a week free early education and childcare.
	(87399)

183 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of future provision of Design and Technology education for 11 to 14 year olds.
	(86968)

184 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on schools in Liverpool of reductions in his Department's budget in 2014-15.
	(86955)

185	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers were awarded funding from the National Scholarship Fund for Teachers in (a) the South East, (b) Berkshire, (c) Reading and (d) Reading West constituency in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the value was of such funding.
	(87236)

186 N	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers were struck off for (a) incompetence and (b) any other reason in each of the last 10 years.
	(87067)

187 N	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers went through school competency proceedings in each of the last 10 years.
	(87068)

188 N	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers were (a) suspended from schools as a result of allegations by pupils and (b) subsequently permanently removed from their position in each of the last 10 years.
	(87070)

189 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the use of Mosquito devices; and if he will review the Children's Commissioner's Buzz Off campaign.
	(87446)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

190 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 567W, on departmental manpower, what the (a) job title and (b) salary range is of each additional member of staff employed by his Department in the period 31 May 2010 to 30 November 2011.
	(87177)

191 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 568W, on departmental pay, what the (a) job title and (b) salary range is of each member of staff employed by his Department who receives a salary of more than £65,000 per year.
	(87178)

192 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 570W, on energy: prisons, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs supported by Government energy efficiency schemes in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015; and which schemes will support those jobs.
	(87179)

193 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many companies have submitted a written expression of interest in becoming a Green Deal provider to his Department since the scheme was announced.
	(87407)

194	Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether people who incorporate microgeneration in their Green Deal packages can participate in the (a) Renewable Heat Incentive and (b) Feed-in Tariff schemes.
	(87289)

195	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support he is providing for renewable energy schemes in Welsh waters.
	(87745)

196	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will provide assistance to cancer patients in fuel poverty to enable them to identify the most appropriate tariff for their energy supplies.
	(87709)

197	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Energy Company Obligation will provide support for cancer patients who are in fuel poverty.
	(87710)

198	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were made at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban on reducing emissions from (a) aviation and (b) deforestation and forest degradation.
	(87291)

199	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether energy efficiency aggregators delivering the Green Deal will be eligible to receive support through the proposed capacity mechanism incentive for demand reduction measures as part of the Electricity Market Reform programme.
	(87292)

200	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to data-sharing between the Government and energy suppliers as a means of identifying and targeting households to be assisted by his proposed Energy Company Obligation.
	(87633)

201	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87616)

202	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the cost of domestic gas in the US and the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(87510)

203	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total cost of levy-funded energy policies in 2010-11 prices between April 2002 and the latest available date; and what estimate he has made of the VAT paid to the Exchequer from such levies.
	(87511)

204	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that energy customers can switch from pre-pay tariffs to quarterly tariff payments where they are cheaper.
	(87395)

205	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are prevented from leaving pre-pay energy tariffs because their energy supplier will not allow them to switch payment method.
	(87396)

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

206 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken any analysis of the effectiveness of water meters in reducing long-term levels of water consumption.
	(86952)

207 N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department monitors the water consumption rates of individual water companies; and if she will make a statement.
	(87129)

208	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were working in her Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87349)

209	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) farmers and (b) landowners who have installed solar panels in their fields; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of such a practice on income to domestic households from the feed-in tariff for solar pv.
	(87655)

210 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how much was spent on subsidy to UK producers of crops used for biofuel production and (b) how many tonnes of UK-grown crops have been used for biofuel production in each of the last 10 years.
	(87038)

211 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the plans to protect Hengistury Head from further sea erosion; and if she will make a statement.
	(87321)

212 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the mandatory electronic chipping of dogs; and if she will make a statement.
	(87404)

213	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to increase the useage of permissible waste food products in animal feed by UK livestock farmers since March 2011.
	(87459)

214	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the global environmental impacts of UK livestock farming including greenhouse gas emissions arising from overseas land use change.
	(87460)

215	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential for replacing imported soy with protein crops grown in Europe for animal feed use in the UK.
	(87461)

216	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the adequacy of regulation of the use of environmentally harmful chemicals in household detergents.
	(87392)

217	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87612)

218	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to review Bylaw 5 as it relates to the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.
	(87373)

219	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority on enforcement of approved licences.
	(87374)

220	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who hold licences issued by the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NWIFCA) are able to exercise their employment; and what assessment she has made of the loss of earnings of NWIFCA-licensed cockle fisherman.
	(87376)

221 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received assurances from her Ministerial colleagues that all Government departments will be fully compliant with her Department's new mandatory buying standards by 1 January 2012.
	(86961)

222 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the risk of infraction proceedings being brought against the Government by the European Commission should it decide to proceed with a unilateral ban on shell and processed eggs from non-enriched hen cages.
	(87189)

223	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support her Department is providing to the African Elephant Action Plan through the African Elephant Fund.
	(87663)

224 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the UK's contribution to the EU budget was accounted for by the Common Agricultural Policy in each year since 2005 in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms.
	(87445)

225	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote exports of British food to other EU member states.
	(87752)

226	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to address any difficulties associated with the implementation of common animal welfare and public safety standards to a range of sites used by touring circuses in the UK.
	(87547)

227	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the introduction of a licensing system does not increase the number of wild animals used in circuses.
	(87548)

228	Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the closure of regional veterinary laboratories does not adversely affect the levels of disease among farm livestock.
	(87293)

229 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to answer Question 77607, on applications from employees to run services for which her Department is directly responsible, tabled on 26 October 2011.
	(87136)

230 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 74828 on funding of civil society organisations, tabled on 11 October 2011 for answer on 13 October 2011; and what the reasons are for the time taken to answer.
	(87575)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

231 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Heads of Mission are serving in overseas postings; and how many have completed the extensive level language qualification which is linked to additional remuneration.
	(87054)

232 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what formal qualifications in languages are linked to additional remuneration for his Department's staff.
	(87142)

233 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many HM Ambassadors are serving in overseas postings; and of these how many have completed the extensive level language qualification which is linked to additional remuneration.
	(87187)

234	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87339)

235	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what regard the Government will have to meeting the Copenhagen criteria when determining its policy on future applications for membership of the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	(87467)

236	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the accession to the EU of (a) Iceland, (b) the Republic of Serbia, (c) Croatia, (d) Montenegro, (e) the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, (f) Albania, (g) Bosnia-Herzegovina and (g) Turkey.
	(87468)

237	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to reach a politically negotiated solution to the conflict in Colombia.
	(87458)

238	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic recognition he has given to representatives of the Syrian opposition.
	(87697)

239	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87599)

240
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2011, Official Report, column 457W, on departmental press releases, what assessment he has made of whether the provision of detailed extracts from his 16 November 2011 speech to the media for reporting prior to its delivery conferred any benefit to the (a) Government and (b) public interest which would not have been conferred by reporting the speech after its delivery.

(86862)

241	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 606W, on Shaker Aamer, when Mr Aamer's case was last raised at official level with the US authorities; and when he next plans to raise it at (a) official and (b) Ministerial level.
	(87536)

242
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Islington North of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 374W, on Adam Werritty, how many meetings in his official capacity Mr Matthew Gould has attended at which Mr Adam Werritty was present since the commencement of Mr Gould's employment at his Department in 1993.

(87577)

243	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to apply to the UN Sanctions Committee to release some or all of the Libyan assets frozen in the UK.
	(87705)

244	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its provision of consular services in each overseas country; and if he will make a statement.
	(87472)

245	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine what forms of consular service it provides in overseas countries; and if he will make a statement.
	(87473)

246	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide a permanently staffed consular service in Laos.
	(87474)

247	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular services his Department provides to British citizens in Laos; and if he will make a statement.
	(87476)

248	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce instances of kidnapping of British citizens in (a) Somalia and (b) other developing countries.
	(87556)

249	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of British citizens being kidnapped in Somalia in each of the last 10 years.
	(87557)

250	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote equality in South Sudan.
	(87558)

251	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the UK's relations with South Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(87559)

252	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department have been kidnapped whilst on official business overseas in each of the last 10 years.
	(87561)

253	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to relatives of British nationals kidnapped overseas.
	(87563)

254	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have been kidnapped abroad in each of the last five years.
	(87564)

255	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria in each of the last five years.
	(87565)

256	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his Nigerian counterpart on the subject of equality.
	(87566)

257	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the UK's relationship with Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
	(87568)

258	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote equality in Nigeria.
	(87569)

259	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the UK's relations with Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
	(87570)

260	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on negotiation with overseas kidnappers.
	(87571)

261 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the most recent report by Amnesty International on human rights violations in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.
	(86950)

262 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on human rights.
	(87448)

263	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of staff resource allocated to the team within his Department with responsibility for the Falkland Islands.
	(87370)

264	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of an attempted economic blockade of the Falkland Islands by Argentina; and what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) ships have a right of passage and (b) there is freedom of air access to and from the Islands.
	(87371)

265	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on relations between Argentina and British companies wishing to work in the Falkland Islands.
	(87372)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

266 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider including skin checks in the NHS Health Check for adults over the age of 40; and if he will make a statement.
	(87415)

267 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the long-term consequences and severity of skin damage caused by regular exposure to the sun.
	(87416)

268 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the primary causes of (a) non-melanoma and (b) malignant melanoma skin cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(87417)

269 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of conditions that are potential markers for skin cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(87418)

270 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the cost to the NHS of treatment and management of (a) non-melanoma and (b) malignant melanoma skin cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(87419)

271	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87346)

272

Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) building and (b) demolishing the hybrid operating theatre at University College Hospital; what the cost to the public purse was of transferring functions for vascular procedures of the hybrid operating theatre at University College Hospital to the Royal Free Hospital; and what the cost was of employment of consultants as a result of transfer of functions.

(87639)

273 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) his officials have met representatives of (i) Schwabe Pharma UK Ltd and (ii) the Safer Herbal Medicines Campaign in the last six months.
	(87621)

274	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of times that electro-convulsive therapy has been administered in NHS facilities in each of the last three years.
	(87385)

275	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether anti-depressants are included in the review of policy on addiction to prescribed medication; and for what reasons.
	(87386)

276	Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many products containing benzodiazepines are licensed for use; what their names are; how many companies hold licences for the manufacture or distribution of each product; and how many of those licences were issued in each of the last three years.
	(87387)

277 N	Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2011, Official Report, column 417W, on mass media, how much his Department has spent on media monitoring in each of the last five years.
	(86959)

278	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87619)

279 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that Monitor properly exercises its role as a regulatory body in respect of NHS Foundation Trusts assessed as being at high financial risk; and if he will make a statement.
	(86969)

280 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Monitor on the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's financial deficit for 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(86970)

281 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has held with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the contribution of energy-efficient housing to the Government's strategy to reduce excess winter deaths.
	(86962)

282 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect that the provisions of the Health and Social Care Bill will have on his Department's Cold Weather Plan.
	(86963)

283 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for Warm Homes Healthy People funding his Department has received from local authorities; and how many grants will be awarded.
	(86964)

284 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to provide Warm Homes Healthy People funding in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015; and what assessment he has made of whether in future years there should be an earlier closing date for applications.
	(86965)

285	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on funding for brain cancer research in each year since 2006.
	(87723)

286	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 312W, on radiotherapy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that primary care trusts can only use funding to expand radiotherapy capacity in 2012-13 for that purpose.
	(87718)

287	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2011, Official Report, column 587W, on radiotherapy, what his policy is on penalties for commissioners who do not follow the guidance issued by the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group on providing access to stereotactic radiotherapy body treatment to cancer patients.
	(87719)

288	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 637W, on radiotherapy, if the recommendations made in the National Radiotherapy Advisory Group report, Radiotherapy: developing a world-class service for England, are the benchmark for providing patients with appropriate access to radiotherapy treatment.
	(87737)

289	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2011, Official Report, column 637W, on radiotherapy, if he will impose penalties on commissioners who do not develop plans which ensure that local populations have appropriate access to radiotherapy treatment.
	(87738)

290	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 127W, on radiotherapy, if he will publish the evidential basis for his statement that stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment is available to NHS patients in a quarter of all radiotherapy centres in England.
	(87739)

291 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote access to online healthcare services for (a) patients and (b) informal carers and family members.
	(87420)

292	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the future use of stem cells.
	(87742)

293	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington of 6 September 2011, Official Report, column 558W, on abortion, when the Government plans to publish its sexual health policy document; and if he will make a statement.
	(87555)

294	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department will provide to local authorities on how they should undertake a needs assessment of contraceptive services in their locality to ensure choice and open access to such services.
	(87597)

295 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is issued to healthcare professionals on preventing group B streptococcal infection in newborn babies; and when this guidance was last updated.
	(87182)

296 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on group B streptococcus screening since May 2010.
	(87183)

297 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the benefits of group B streptococcus testing in pregnancy in the last five years.
	(87184)

298 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department has collected on the effect of introducing group B streptococcus screening on levels of infection in babies in (a) the US, (b) Canada, (c) Australia, (d) France, (e) Italy, (f) Spain and (g) other countries.
	(87185)

299 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of cases of group B streptococcol infection in babies aged (a) zero to six days and (b) seven to 90 days in each constituent part of the UK since 2003.
	(87213)

300	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) provide integrated care processes and (b) establish managed clinical networks for neuromuscular conditions; and if he will make a statement.
	(87237)

301 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the Cabinet Office on the mutualisation of the NHS Litigation Authority; and if he will make a statement.
	(87055)

302 N	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the mutualisation of the NHS Litigation Authority; whether those plans include proposals to ask doctors to take out individual insurance for legal expenses; and if he will make a statement.
	(87069)

303 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the research conducted by the Schools Health Education Unit on the number of women aged between 14 and 15 years who would like to lose weight; and if he will consider the implications of its findings for public health policy.
	(87447)

304 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any (a) Chief Executives, (b) Chairs or (c) Board members of an NHS Trust in London are paid by means of payments to a limited company in lieu of a salary; and if he will make a statement.
	(87137)

305 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2011, Official Report, column 839W, on the public sector, when each of the 45 staff-led social enterprises was established; and if he will make a statement.
	(87572)

306	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on the merits of introducing a responsibility deal relating to drinks with added sugar or artificial sweeteners.
	(87701)

307	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes specialists there are on health and well-being boards.
	(87702)

308	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts his Department has awarded to the Computer Sciences Corporation since May 2010; and what the (a) purpose, (b) monetary value and (c) net worth was of each contract.
	(87703)

309	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services the Computer Sciences Corporation (a) provides to the NHS and (b) will provide to the NHS up to the end of 2013.
	(87704)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

310	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to combat the distribution of counterfeit cigarettes in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands.
	(87711)

311	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2011, Official Report, column 458W, on illegal immigrants, how many overstayers have been identified by e-border checks in each of the first nine months of 2011; and how many of those overstayers have now been removed.
	(87740)

312	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were working in her Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87342)

313 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she used to decide that it is safe to return failed asylum seekers to the Democratic Republic of Congo; and when such information was last updated.
	(86730)

314 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been returned to Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 12 months.
	(86777)

315	Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce annual subscription fees for volunteers who undergo portable Criminal Records Bureau checks.
	(87664)

316	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the use of virtual police stations in the Medway towns.
	(87505)

317	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public information advertising campaigns her Department ran in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2011-12; and what the cost was of each campaign.
	(87383)

318	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the Russian Federation is listed as a Category 2 territory with respect to extradiction procedures.
	(87720)

319	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made in tackling rogue private sector wheel clampers.
	(87496)

320	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made in authorising the use of drug analyser technologies.
	(87497)

321	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2011, Official Report, column 500W, on police: surveillance, whether elected police commissioners will have the power to authorise the use of covert techniques under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
	(87744)

322	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weaver Vale of 8 April 2011 and 30 June 2011 on behalf of a constituent, Mr Paul Blakeman.
	(87311)

323	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87620)

324	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 9 November 2011 concerning Mrs Sabba Ali.
	(87652)

325	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on research commissioned by police forces in England and Wales on the effectiveness of police information notices.
	(87506)

326	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to review how gender is represented in passports; and if she will make a statement.
	(87357)

327 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects trials of the SMU 100 laser device by UK police forces to be held; and when those trials will be complete.
	(87143)

328 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis she plans to select the police forces that will trial the SMU 100 laser device; and how the results of those trials will be reported to Parliament.
	(87144)

329 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to report the findings of trials on the use of the SMU 100 laser device to the Home Affairs Committee.
	(87145)

330	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to negotiate a code of conduct in respect of stalking and harassment with social media providers.
	(87530)

331	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider introducing a duty on social media providers to co-operate with the police during any investigation into stalking or harassment under the provisions of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
	(87531)

332	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage victims of stalking and harassment to respond to her Department's consultation on stalking.
	(87549)

333	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings are planned with victims of stalking and harassment as part of her Department's consultation on stalking.
	(87550)

334	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to consult with perpetrators of stalking as part of its consultation on stalking.
	(87551)

335 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department intends to publish its response to the consultation on proposals to strengthen the notification requirements for registered sex offenders.
	(85916)

336 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the introduction of a requirement for registered sex offenders to notify the police of all foreign travel.
	(85917)

337 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of shed burglaries in Nottinghamshire which were categorised as (a) burglaries and (b) other forms of crime in 2011.
	(87328)

338 N	Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements her Department has made to assist those whose personal papers and applications for visas were destroyed during the incident at the British Embassy in Tehran; and if she will make a statement.
	(87193)

339	Alok Sharma (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legacy cases concern asylum seekers resident in Reading West constituency; and how many of these are not (a) awaiting prosecution, (b) awaiting removal and (c) subject to ongoing litigation.
	(87312)

340	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the case of Babar Ahmad; and if she will make a statement.
	(87393)

341

Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on promoting the use of alternatives to animals as soon as is practicable; whether she plans to stop authorising the use of mice for the potency testing of botulism; and what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on proposals to strengthen regulations on the use of animals in scientific procedures.

(87716)

342 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter of 7 November 2011 to HM Revenue and Customs, subsequently transferred to the UK Border Agency, CTS reference B29002/11.
	(87043)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

343 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's planned spending on Official Development Assistance (ODA) was for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 prior to the Autumn Statement; and what its planned spending on ODA for each of those years now is.
	(86889)

344 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance funding his Department allocated to each country in which the UK has a bilateral programme for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 prior to the Autumn Statement; and how much such funding for each country in each of those years is now allocated.
	(86890)

345 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance funding his Department allocated to each of the multilateral programmes it funds for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 prior to the Autumn Statement; and how much such funding for each country in each of those years is now allocated.
	(86891)

346	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87350)

347	Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to announce the outcomes of his Department's review of support for water and sanitation programmes; and if he will ensure the review will set out his Department's plans to tackle water and sanitation related diarrhoeal diseases.
	(87634)

348	Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to increase the number of countries where his Department has water and sanitation programmes.
	(87635)

349	Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has plans for water and sanitation programmes in Pakistan.
	(87636)

350	Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's bilateral aid funding will be spent on (a) water and sanitation, (b) health and (c) education in 2011-12.
	(87637)

351	Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will attend the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting on 20 April 2012 for the purpose of addressing the lack of political priority given to sanitation in many developing countries.
	(87638)

352	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Advocacy Fund provided to developing countries' negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban.
	(87290)

353	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87613)

354 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what visits each Minister in his Department has made to each geographical region since May 2010.
	(87062)

355 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on private sector consultants since May 2010, broken down by (a) company, (b) project and (c) country budget.
	(87063)

356 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure has been allocated to agricultural projects in each (a) region and (b) country in 2011-12; and how much has been allocated to each individual project.
	(87064)

357 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which department will have lead responsibility for the Rio plus 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012.
	(87065)

358 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department will attend the Rio plus 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012.
	(87066)

359 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of his Department's budgets will be affected by the announcement in the Autumn Statement of a reduction in funding as a result of the decrease in gross national income.
	(87239)

360 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the reduction in his Department's budget announced in the Autumn Statement as a result of the decrease in gross national income will be taken from (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral programmes; and which projects will be cancelled.
	(87240)

361 N	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to improve the transparency of the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
	(87414)

362	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development programmes funded by his Department aim at promoting democracy in Nigeria.
	(87552)

363	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development programmes funded by his Department aim at promoting equality in Nigeria.
	(87553)

364	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development programmes funded by his Department aim at promoting equality in South Sudan.
	(87554)

365	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on his Department's aid contribution to Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
	(87560)

366	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department have been kidnapped whilst on official business overseas in each of the last 10 years.
	(87562)

367	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial assistance his Department has given to Nigeria in each of the last 10 years.
	(87567)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

368	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87341)

369	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender is of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to in the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme of the Salvation Army in the last five years; in which parliamentary constituency each such case was located; and which agency referred each case to the scheme.
	(87546)

370	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings (a) he and (b) his Department has had with the Child Brain Injury Trust in the last 18 months; what the dates were of those meetings; and which Ministers were present.
	(87359)

371	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken on the effects on offending of acquired brain injury in the last 18 months.
	(87360)

372	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average and (b) maximum delay was in the provision of interpreters and translators in (i) courts and (ii) tribunals in November (A) 2010 and (B) 2011.
	(87361)

373	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to complete his work on co-design of the payment by results model.
	(87362)

374	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to conclude his consultation on proposals to protect people from aggressive bailiffs.
	(87363)

375	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his response to the Report by the Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill, HC 930-I.
	(87364)

376	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) consolidate and (b) reform laws relating to bailiffs.
	(87365)

377	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much he had budgeted for the adult prison estate at the start of 2011-12; and what the revised estimate was of expenditure in 2011-12 on 1 December 2011.
	(87366)

378	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department had with bailiff organisations in the last 18 months; and what the (a) date and (b) attendance list was of each meeting.
	(87367)

379	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which organisations working with young offenders (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had meetings in the last 18 months.
	(87368)

380	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have visited in the last 18 months; and on which dates.
	(87369)

381 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged under 18 years in each age group were held in the secure estate on 30 November (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
	(87439)

382 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which young offenders institutes (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited in the last 18 months; and on what dates such visits took place.
	(87440)

383 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which secure children's centres (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited in the last 18 months; and on what dates such visits took place.
	(87441)

384 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with organisations working with offenders who misuse alcohol and/or drugs in the last 18 months.
	(87443)

385 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) Christmas events and (b) decorations at each of his Department's buildings in 2011.
	(87444)

386	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints about bailiffs his Department has received in each month since May 2010.
	(87456)

387	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what categories of expenditure he expects the Civil Justice Counsel to make savings in 2011-12 relative to its budget in 2010-11.
	(87462)

388	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what categories of expenditure he expects the Judicial Appointments Commission to make savings; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such savings on the Commission's services and functions.
	(87463)

389	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the savings required to be made by the Information Commissioner to meet the budgets for 2011-12.
	(87464)

390	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what costs under each heading of expenditure his Department incurred in (a) abolishing HM Courts Service and (b) establishing HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
	(87465)

391	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on the provision of language services in the 12 months before those services were outsourced.
	(87466)

392	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date he expects to appoint the Chief Coroner.
	(87471)

393	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Tooting of 28 February 2011, Official Report, columns 5-8W, on departmental public expenditure and with reference to page 22 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11, what the budget was of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in 2010-11.
	(87538)

394	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interpreters and translators were used by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each month since October 2010.
	(87539)

395	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from professional bodies representing interpreters and translators on the transfer to Accredited Language Services of his Department's interpretation services.
	(87540)

396	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many organisations tendered for his Department's interpretation service contract that was awarded to Accredited Language Services.
	(87541)

397	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the appointment of a new Victims' Commissioner.
	(87542)

398	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many awards the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has made showing the number of awards in bands of £25,000.
	(87598)

399	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87601)

400	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for illegal cockle fishing in the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority area from May 2010 to 30 November 2011.
	(87375)

401 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency arrangements his Department has put in place to minimise the risk of disturbances in the secure estate during the Christmas and New Year period.
	(87332)

402 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime there were in each year between 1997 and 2010.
	(87335)

403 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were detained in prison (a) on remand and (b) having been found guilty in England and Wales on 1 January of each year between 1997 and 2011.
	(87336)

404	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police information notices or harassment warnings have been issued by each police force in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	(87517)

405	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made in the negotiations on the Draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings; and if he will make a statement.
	(87358)

406	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a contact order under the Children Act 1989 were made by (a) males and (b) females (i) between April 2010 and March 2011 and (ii) in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the respective proportions were of applications from each sex.
	(87455)

407	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 have been made by a court on its own volition since September 2009.
	(87522)

408	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases has a defendant appealed the imposition of a restraining order under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 since September 2009; and how many were upheld.
	(87523)

409	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 have been breached since September 2009; and in how many cases the breach led to a (a) prison sentence and (b) fine.
	(87524)

410	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been jailed for more than 12 months following a breach of a restraining order under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 since September 2009.
	(87525)

411	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training (a) police and (b) prosecutors receive in the implementation of Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.
	(87526)

412	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to give courts powers to impose community treatment orders in respect of persons convicted under the provisions of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
	(87527)

413	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding is available for existing treatment programmes or clinics for persons convicted of stalking offences under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
	(87528)

414	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) perpetrators and (b) victims he estimates will be referred to the National Stalking Clinic in 2012.
	(87529)

415 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on sentencing for shop theft; and if he will make a statement.
	(87234)

416 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure sex offenders leaving prison on completion of their sentence move into settled accommodation that conforms to the requirements of registration; and if he will make a statement.
	(85918)

Questions to the Leader of the House

417	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Leader of the House, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers of his Office have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87603)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

418	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87354)

419	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87602)

Questions to the Prime Minister

420	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Prime Minister, if serving civil servants are obliged to register at the time any approach received to leave the civil service to take up paid work in the private sector; and if so, since when they have been so obliged.
	(87403)

421	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) his special advisers have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87618)

422 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was most recently in contact with the First Minister of Scotland (a) orally and (b) in writing concerning (i) the operation of the Eurozone and (ii) the meeting of the European Council on 8 and 9 December 2011.
	(87146)

423 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he received from the First Minister of Scotland prior to the meeting of the European Council on 8 and 9 December 2011.
	(87147)

424 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has for machinery of government changes up to 2015.
	(86954)

425 N	Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed the issue of copyright infringement with his Chinese counterpart in June 2011; on what dates any such meetings took place; what issues were discussed; and what (a) internal and (b) external advice he received on the merits of holding any such meeting.
	(86780)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

426	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87352)

427	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87605)

428	Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason his Department did not apply for costs against Derek Traynor and James Fisher following their unsuccessful application for judicial review.
	(87282)

429 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the operation of the Youth Contract in Scotland.
	(87051)

430 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings his Department has had with (i) the oil and gas industry, (ii) HM Coastguard and (iii) the Department for Transport on the future of the emergency towing vessel service after 31 December 2011.
	(87315)

431 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he has taken to maintain the emergency towing vessels service after 31 December 2011.
	(87316)

Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

432 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the number of people not registered to vote in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(86951)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

433	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were working in her Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87348)

434	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there will be any increase in the cost to candidates to sit the car and motorcycle theory tests as a result of the decision by the Driving Standards Agency to change the questions in the test.
	(87384)

435 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to safeguard the future of Teesside Airport following the decision by Peel Airports to put it up for sale.
	(87412)

436 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of proposals to close Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency regional enforcement offices on levels of unemployment in (a) the North East and (b) Teesside.
	(87413)

437
N

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost to the public purse was of participation by an individual on a drink-drive rehabilitation course in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the likely savings to the public purse which could be made if proposals that there will be more than one provider of drink-drive rehabilitation courses in each region were implemented.

(86734)

438 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reoffending rates were for offenders who undertook a drink-drive rehabilitation course in a region with (a) a single provider and (b) multiple providers of such courses in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(86735)

439 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of deaths that have been prevented by the introduction of the drink-drive rehabilitation scheme.
	(86779)

440 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on reoffending rates of her proposed changes to the drink-drive rehabilitation scheme.
	(87323)

441 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely factors an offender would take into account in choosing between providers in an area with more than one provider of drink-drive rehabilitation courses.
	(87324)

442 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost to the public purse of a single drink-drive (a) offence and conviction, (b) offence and conviction involving a serious injury and (c) offence and conviction involving a death.
	(87325)

443 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed in each regional office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
	(87411)

444	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received route proposals from High Speed 2 Ltd for the legs from Birmingham to Leeds and Manchester; and if she will lay such proposals in the Library.
	(87508)

445 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Port of Southampton on (a) Maersk Triple E Class and (b) other larger container ships.
	(87171)

446 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of deep-sea container operations in Southampton.
	(87172)

447 N	Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department had with Graham Hook during his employment with Interel Consulting UK.
	(87174)

448 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers received renewable transport fuel certificates in each year since their introduction; and how many litres of biofuel each supplier produced in those years.
	(87130)

449 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many acres of agricultural land were used to supply biofuel for transport in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and how many tonnes of biofuel were produced on that land in each of those years.
	(87131)

450 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work her Department is undertaking into developing biofuels from non-feedstock sources.
	(87132)

451 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the change in the amount of biofuels which will be needed for transport fuel in order to meet the requirement of the Renewable Energy Directive for 10 per cent. of transport fuel to come from renewable sources by 2020.
	(87133)

452	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in granting longer rail franchises.
	(87377)

453	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in reforming the way decisions are made on which transport projects to prioritise.
	(87378)

454	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in increasing the accountability of Network Rail to its customers.
	(87379)

455	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in mandating a national recharging network for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
	(87380)

456

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 December 2011, Official Report, colum 98WS, on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), what steps her Department plans to take to assist staff at regional DVLA offices to find alternative employment following implementation of the proposed transformation programme for the Agency.

(87477)

457	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 December 2011, Official Report, column 98WS, on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), what work her Department has carried out to ensure that services currently offered by regional DVLA offices will remain accessible to communities.
	(87478)

458	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2011, Official Report, column 260W, on large goods vehicles, which independent contractor will be monitoring the longer semi-trailers and heavy goods vehicles study.
	(87480)

459	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding she has allocated to new river crossings in London.
	(87483)

460	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to allocate funding to the proposed extension of the Northern Line from Kennington to Nine Elms; and whether Transport for London and partner authorities will be able to borrow funds to fund the proposed extension.
	(87484)

461	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rolling stock her Department plans to cascade from the Thameslink project to other parts of the rail network; on what dates such cascades will occur; and what changes in capacity will arise from each such cascade.
	(87485)

462	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effects of changes to liquidity costs for banks on the funding of (a) rolling stock and (b) infrastructure projects.
	(87486)

463	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of biofuel imported from overseas in each of the last 10 years; which countries such biofuels were imported from; and if she will estimate the effect on carbon emissions levels of the use of imported biofuel in each such year.
	(87487)

464	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of renewable transport fuel her Department estimates will come from (a) biofuels, (b) electrically powered surface transport and (c) other renewable sources in each year between 2011 and 2020.
	(87488)

465	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in each regional office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
	(87489)

466	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many letters from hon. Members to each Minister in her Department have not received a response since May 2010.
	(87490)

467	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes her Department has proposed to the General Approach on a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum level of training of seafarers changes.
	(87491)

468	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals her Department has made to the European Commission on the draft Regulation amending Regulation 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and regulation 561/2006.
	(87492)

469	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, over what time frame she plans to allocate funding for the Better Bus Area Fund.
	(87493)

470	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the Ministry of Justice in respect of the sharing of data on drink-driving convictions between the police, courts and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
	(87494)

471	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential effect on carbon emission levels of the Green Bus Fund in each year of the Fund's operation.
	(87495)

472	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in bringing forward proposals to promote road safety.
	(87498)

473	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made in introducing a system of HGV road user charging.
	(87499)

474	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made on the commitment to fair pricing for rail travel.
	(87500)

475	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made in encouraging joint working between bus operators and local authorities.
	(87501)

476	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made in supporting sustainable travel initiatives.
	(87502)

477	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in reforming the Office of Rail Regulation to better represent the interests of passengers.
	(87503)

478	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what recent progress she has made in supporting (a) Crossrail and (b) further electrification of the rail network.
	(87504)

479	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had on bringing forward proposals to amend the Severn Bridges Act 1992 to increase tolls according to the consumer prices index.
	(87746)

480	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87614)

481	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 29 November 2011, Official Report, column 889W, on High Speed 2 railway line, for what reason she will not commission an environmental impact assessment prior to making the decision to proceed with the high speed rail scheme.
	(87654)

482	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 669W, on metals: theft, when the £5 million fund to establish a nationwide taskforce to target metal thieves and scrap metal dealers who illegally trade in stolen metal will be made available; and what progress has been made on a new regulatory framework.
	(87708)

483	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road traffic accidents and (b) fatalities have been reported at user worked railway crossings in the last 10 years.
	(87661)

484	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many user worked railway crossings are in use; and how many have (a) closed and (b) been converted to automatic barriers in the last 20 years.
	(87662)

485 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to Answer Question 82566, on official photographs, tabled on 21 November 2011 for reply on 23 November 2011.
	(87574)

486	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the British Transport Police Authority in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 to date; and if she will make a statement.
	(87741)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

487	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people were working in her Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87353)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

488	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged over 50 years who will find sustainable employment through the Work programme in (a) the East Midlands region and (b) Leicester City in each of the next three years.
	(87656)

489	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which employers in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Leicester City have participated in the Future Job Fund programme.
	(87657)

490 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with work programme providers since the publication of the most recent unemployment forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
	(87049)

491 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the most recent forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility of levels of unemployment on the capacity of work programme providers to deliver their existing contracts.
	(87050)

492 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing weekly signing for all 18 to 24 year-olds in receipt of jobseeker's allowance from the fifth month of their claim.
	(87052)

493 N	Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely take-up by businesses of the wage incentives announced in the Autumn Forecast.
	(87053)

494 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution by the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 8 December 2011, Official Report, column 418W, on core cities, whether he plans to allow all local authorities to participate in the Work programme.
	(87176)

495	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were working in his Department on (a) 11 May 2010 and (b) 8 December 2011.
	(87345)

496	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to encourage private pension providers to increase the level of annuities they offer.
	(87753)

497	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the annuity rates offered by private pension providers act as an incentive for people to save for their retirement.
	(87759)

498	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) equity and (b) financial pressures on other vulnerable groups arising from the measures in respect of pensioners proposed for housing benefit reform.
	(87660)

499	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the funding for the Troubled Families scheme announced on 15 December 2011 will be spent in Wales.
	(87713)

500	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions an individual who claimed employment and support allowance on or after 31 October 2011 did not receive a telephone call from the Jobcentre Plus Decision Maker advising what would happen following the outcome of the work capability assessment.
	(87294)

501	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report on the work capability assessment by Professor Harrington, what additional support measures he has put in place for those undergoing the work capability assessment.
	(87295)

502	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last reviewed the ESA50 questionnaire; if he will publish the outcome of his most recent review of the ESA50 questionnaire; and when he next plans to review the ESA50 questionnaire.
	(87296)

503	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many formal complaints he has received in relation to the ESA50 questionnaire since May 2010.
	(87297)

504	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last reviewed the incapacity benefit reassessment letters; if he will publish the outcome of his most recent review of the incapacity benefit reassessment letters; and when he next plans to review the incapacity benefit reassessment letters.
	(87298)

505	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last reviewed the main employment and support allowance letters; if he will publish the outcome of his most recent review of the main employment and support allowance letters; and when he next plans to review the main employment and support allowance letters.
	(87299)

506	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions an individual who has undergone a work capability assessment since 6 June 2011 has not received a personalised summary statement of the work capability assessment in plain English.
	(87300)

507	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the outcome of the trials of personalised summary statements in (a) Wrexham and (b) Oldham Benefit Centre; and if he will make a statement.
	(87301)

508	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Mental Function Champions are employed by Atos Healthcare for the purposes of the work capability assessment (a) in total and (b) in each region.
	(87302)

509	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the outcome of the audio recording pilot in the Newcastle Assessment Centre.
	(87303)

510	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Atos Customer Charter will next be reviewed.
	(87304)

511	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Every Decision Counts events his Department has held (a) in total and (b) in each region.
	(87305)

512

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last reviewed the quality checks to improve decision making standards in relation to the work capability assessment; when he plans to publish the outcomes of his most recent review of the quality checks to improve decision making standards in relation to work capability assessment; and when he next plans to review the quality checks to improve decision making standards in relation to the work capability assessment.

(87306)

513	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the outcome of the trial of the deployment of Atos-approved healthcare professionals in benefit centres.
	(87307)

514	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Atos-approved healthcare professionals are deployed in benefit centres (a) in total and (b) in each region.
	(87308)

515	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where the trial for the deployment of Atos-approved healthcare professionals in benefit centres took place; how long the trial lasted; and how many Atos-approved healthcare professionals were deployed as part of the trial.
	(87309)

516	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Atos Healthcare undertakes any assessment of the outcome of appeals on Work Capability Assessment.
	(87532)

517	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days of training are provided to approved healthcare professionals working for Atos Healthcare to undertake the work capability assessment in dealing with mental health conditions that are not within their clinical specialism.
	(87533)

518

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the decision by the General Medical Council (GMC) of 4 October 2010 that an Atos Healthcare professional carrying out an assessment of a claimants suitability for disability living allowance is not subject to paragraph 2(a) of the good medical practice guidance; and what discussions he has had with the GMC on this issue.

(87534)

519	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a submission to the General Medical Council consultation on good medical practice on the duty of a healthcare professional and the return of a patient to employment.
	(87535)

520	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what auditing process is undertaken by his Department in relation to the number of successful appeals by those found fit for work by Atos Healthcare and his Department's decision-makers following a work capability assessment.
	(87677)

521	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been found fit for work under the work capability assessment who had submitted an appeal against that decision and subsequently died prior to the appeal being heard.
	(87678)

522	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioner households whose combined income is higher than the average combined working household income.
	(87390)

523	Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to put in place a mechanism to allow pensioners to repay winter fuel allowance.
	(87391)

524	Mr Peter Hain (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(87615)

525 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of families with a son or daughter in the armed forces and classed as non-resident for the purposes of housing benefit who will have their housing benefit reduced because they are deemed to be underoccupying their property from April 2013.
	(87326)

526 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in each local authority area are in receipt of council tax benefit; and what proportion of all recipients of the benefit in each area are pensioners.
	(87327)

527 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are classed as living in poverty in each local authority in England.
	(87408)

528 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2011, Official Report, column 515W, on social services: finance, on which dates Ministers in his Department have met Ministerial colleagues to discuss the impact of the resource review on social care; and who was present at each such meeting.
	(87449)

529	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what obligations employers participating in private financial benefits schemes have to ensure that National Insurance contributions are paid on a regular basis on behalf of their employees.
	(87665)

530	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the burden of administration for the pensions industry.
	(87666)

531	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in pension charges and transfers before the introduction of auto-enrolment.
	(87667)

532	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on implementing the (a) proposals to revise the work capability assessment for people with fluctuating conditions and (b) other recommendations of the Year Two review of the work capability assessment by Professor Harrington.
	(87714)

533	Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has received any reports of prisoners claiming (a) disability living allowance and (b) cold weather payments whilst in custody.
	(87707)

534	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase support for unpaid carers.
	(87632)

535	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will support local authorities with funding to ensure that they continue to employ housing benefit fraud investigators until the commencement of universal credit in 2013.
	(87653)

536
N

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the hon. Member for Witham of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 594W, on social security benefits: foreign nationals, on what date the recording of the nationality of benefit claimants was discontinued; what the reasons were for this decision; and on what date he plans to resume such recording.

(87604)

537	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote deaf awareness amongst Jobcentre Plus staff.
	(87584)

538 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the (a) Pensions Advisory Service, (b) Pensions Regulator, (c) Pensions Protection Fund and (d) Pensions Ombudsman in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(87576)

539 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has put in place a contingency strategy for dealing with a work programme provider which experiences financial difficulties.
	(87044)

540 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each category of jobseeker he expects to be referred to the work programme in each month of 2012.
	(87045)

541 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will enable work programme prime providers to publish the number of jobseekers they have placed into employment.
	(87046)

542 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the performance of the work programme and that of the Flexible New Deal at the same stage of development.
	(87047)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

543 N	Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to encourage women in the Royal Navy to apply to serve on Vanguard and Astute-class submarines.
	[Question Unstarred] (86892)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

544	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure awareness of the method of election for police commissioners.
	[Transferred] (87388)

545 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of personal and household crime to the economy in 2010.
	[Transferred] (87333)

546 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals were deported after having served a custodial sentence in England and Wales in each year between 1997 and 2010.
	[Transferred] (87334)

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