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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 December 2011

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 20 December 2011
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 December 2011

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 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 Tuesday 20 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 20 December see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General
1
N 		Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and the Director of Public Prosecutions on the timetable for appointing a Victims' Commissioner.
(87244)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage multi-national manufacturers to make long-term investments in the UK.
(87421)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to assist small and medium-sized businesses to retain skills in the West Midlands.
(87422)
4
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average debt owed to the Student Loans Company by students graduating in (a) 2011, (b) 2010, (c) 2009, (d) 2008 and (e) 2007.
(85524)
5
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of bad debts experienced by the Student Loans Company in each of the last five years.
(85525)
6
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of redundancies from the Civil Service arising from the closure of (a) the London Development Agency and (b) the North West Regional Development Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(87783)
7
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the steps the banks that signed up to the Merlin Agreement have taken to encourage increased demand for finance from small and medium-sized enterprises.
(87819)
8
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the steps taken by the banks that signed up to the Merlin Agreement to initiate pre re-financing dialogues with customers 12 months before term loans end.
(87820)
9
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the steps taken by the banks that signed up to the Merlin Agreement to give more weight to the expectations, capacity and willingness to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises in the performance metrics of the chief executives and business area leaders.
(87821)
10
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the cost to business resulting from the commencement of the Bribery Act 2011 have been (a) subject to the Regulatory Policy Committee's impact assessment validation process and (b) included in the Second Statement of New Regulation.
(87823)
11
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the press release issued by the Regulatory Policy Committee on 25 July 2011, whether the net cost figures published in the Second Statement of New Regulation were independently assessed.
(87824)
12
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Second Statement of New Regulation which departments did not (a) pass any deregulatory measures and (b) achieve a net fall in the cost to businesses in 2011.
(87825)
13
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on which date a final impact assessment was (a) received and (b) validated by the Regulatory Policy Committee for each regulatory change announced in the Second Statement of New Regulation.
(87826)
14
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the moratorium on new domestic regulation for micro-businesses and start-ups was applied to all (a) regulatory measures and (b) deregulatory measures announced in the Second Statement of New Regulation.
(87827)
15
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to conduct a review of the moratorium on new domestic regulation for micro-businesses and start-ups in order to ensure that the moratorium is being applied correctly in accordance with the relevant guidance; and if so when he plans to publish such a review.
(87828)
16
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2011, Official Report, column 1211W, on the High Street Support scheme, what the underspend was which was diverted to fund the High Street Support scheme relating to the West Midlands.
(87793)
17
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his letter to all hon. Members of 6 December 2011 on the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative, whether new entrants to supply chains will be eligible for funding; and what steps his Department plans to take to assess the eligibility of such firms.
(87427)
18
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his letter to all hon. Members of 6 December 2011 on the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative, what steps his Department will take to discuss the initiative with potential applicants; how he plans to identify such firms; and if he will make a statement.
(87428)
19
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his letter to all hon. Members of 6 December 2011 on the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative, what his policy is on clawback of monies granted where criteria are not met.
(87429)
20
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his letter to all hon. Members of 6 December 2011 on the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative, what discussions he has had with the Department for Energy and Climate Change on the (a) initial dialogue with relevant firms and sectors, (b) assessment of bids and (c) monitoring of successful bids; and if he will make a statement.
(87430)
21
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his letter to all hon. Members of 6 December 2011 on the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative, whether firms can successfully apply for funding without approval from (a) local economic partnerships and (b) local authorities.
(87431)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
22
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are network security measures similar to those used by the armed forces in place to protect (a) businesses and (b) individual internet users from cyber infrastructure attacks.
(87432)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
23
N 		Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he has made of (a) the level of take-up and (b) the effectiveness of the Get Britain Building investment fund.
(87640)
24
N 		Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with the Association of British Insurers since the March 2011 Budget.
(87641)
25
N 		Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to table 2.3 of his Autumn Statement, what (a) assumptions and (b) methodologies underlie the profile of the costings shown for the Get Britain Building investment fund in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
(87773)
26
N 		Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to table 2.3 of his Autumn Statement, what (a) assumptions and (b) methodologies underlie the £50 million saving shown for the Get Britain Building investment fund in 2014-15.
(87774)
27
N 		Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the draft memorandum of understanding between each of the bodies in the UK regulatory structure proposed in the provisions of the draft Financial Services Bill.
(87687)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
28
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 83581, on homes, tabled on 23 November 2011 for answer on 25 November 2011.
(87682)
29
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the median cost was of providing temporary accommodation to homeless households in each bedroom size unit, in each region, in each of the last five years.
(87683)
30
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities require planning consent for premises to be used for bail accommodation.
(87780)
31
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 79358, on the supporting people scheme, tabled on 3 November 2011 for answer on 7 November 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(87680)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
32
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the additional number of mobile telephone masts required to deliver national mobile coverage over existing spectrum in the 800 MHz band.
(87834)
33
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he proposes that open access obligations will be applied to service providers that benefit from public investment in mobile telephone masts.
(87835)
34
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the provision of community sport in Coventry.
(87649)
35
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to protect playing fields in Coventry.
(87650)
36
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with Ofcom the (a) progress of, (b) reasons for the time taken for and (c) timescale for implementation of its review of non-geographic call services.
(87837)
37
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will encourage mobile telephone operators to review their charges for (a) 0800, (b) directory enquiries and (c) other non-geographic calls.
(87838)
38
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the financial effects on consumers of non-geographic call prices from (a) mobile telephones and (b) landlines.
(87839)
39
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the telecoms appeals framework in enabling Ofcom to make timely regulatory interventions in accordance with its statutory duties.
(87840)
40
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumers of delays to Ofcom regulation affected by the telecoms appeals framework.
(87841)
41
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with Transport for London and the Mayor publishing in advance dates around the London 2012 Olympic Games when routine maintenance work is planned on London Underground.
(87815)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
42
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the interoperability of the F35C's arresting hook system with aircraft carrier-based arresting gear; and if he will make a statement.
(87785)
43
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has set a delivery timetable for the F35C Joint Strike Fighter.
(87816)
44
N 		Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received reports that waste has been disposed into the sea off the Scottish coast from the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
(87580)
45
N 		Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy has contacted the National Maritime Intelligence Centre concerning reports of waste being disposed into the sea off the Scottish coast by the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
(87581)
46
N 		Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2011, Official Report, columns 428-9W, on departmental procurement, on what basis the sample of 42 projects out of a total of 2,580 was selected; what those 42 projects were; and whether it is the standard practice of his Department to conduct an audit of projects on the basis of a sample size of 1.5 per cent.
(86971)
47
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has implemented his plans to phase out depleted uranium ammunition for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System in favour of tungsten.
(87733)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
48
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupil referral units received each level of Ofsted rating since 2001; and how that compares with the proportion of all secondary schools receiving each level of Ofsted rating over the same period.
(87681)
49
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase opportunities for young people in Coventry aged (a) seven to 12 and (b) 13 to 18 years old to play sport.
(87647)
50
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve the provision of sport within schools in Coventry.
(87648)
51
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, column 286W, on education maintenance allowance, if he will take steps to ensure that the independent evaluation considers the effects of the new arrangements for financial support for young people aged 16 to 19 on (a) recruitment, (b) attendance levels, (c) retention and (d) achievement of students post-16.
(85526)
52
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) average mark and (b) equivalent grade achieved by students sitting a GCSE was in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) French, (iv) religious education, (v) geography, (vi) physics, (vii) double science and (viii) overall through (A) Edexcel, (B) WJEC, (C) OCR and (D) AQA in each of the last 10 years.
(87794)
53
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were entered for a GCSE in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) French, (d) religious education, (e) geography, (f) physics, (g) double science and (h) total through (i) Edexcel, (ii) WJEC, (iii) OCR and (iv) AQA in each of the last 10 years.
(87795)
54
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 10 January 2011, Official Report, column 83W and 1 February 2011, Official Report, columns 710-2W, what the average cost to schools was of each (a) paper or module and (b) subject entry in each year from 2002-03 to 2009-10; and what the average number of paper or modules was for each subject in each year.
(87806)
55
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which GCSE subjects are (a) tiered and (b) untiered; and whether there is variation between awarding bodies as to which GCSE subjects are tiered.
(87808)
56
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was granted per pupil to Shropshire Council in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(87817)
57
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which sites have been considered for use by the Michaela Community Free School.
(87643)
58
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is meeting the cost of the purchase of Balham Youth Court by the Michaela Free School.
(87644)
59
N 		Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between his Department and Ofsted relating to academies.
(87578)
60
N 		Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between his Department and Ofsted relating to Ofsted inspections to be undertaken on future dates.
(87579)
61
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each recipient organisation received from the Early Intervention Grant in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
(87729)
62
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for the proposed fund to increase the participation of young people in education, training and work.
(87735)
63
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has allocated for provision of children's and young people's play areas in Hartlepool constituency in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(87784)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
64
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, over what period the funding allocated to incentivise take-up of the Green Deal will be provided.
(87423)
65
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which body will be responsible for delivering the funding to incentivise take-up of the Green Deal.
(87424)
66
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, from which budget he plans to fund incentives to householders to take up the Green Deal.
(87425)
67
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the £200 million funding that he has recently announced to incentivise take-up of the Green Deal, what type of incentives he plans to offer.
(87426)
68
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on support for combined heat and power units; what assessment he has made of the effect on users of such units of (a) a carbon floor price and (b) the removal of the levy exemption certificate; and if he will make a statement.
(87842)
69
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the EU emission trading scheme in each year since its introduction.
(87832)
70
N 		Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on new heating fuel to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from (i) homes, (ii) businesses and (iii) public buildings in rural areas; and if he will support the inclusion of bio-liquids in the Renewable Heat Incentive from October 2012.
(86225)
71
N 		Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards the aim of generating 30 per cent. of domestic electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
(87781)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
72
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the site property valuations are of the regional veterinary laboratory centres in England and Wales.
(87818)
73
N 		Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have received reduced compensation as a result of falling behind in the timetable for testing for tuberculosis in their cattle since July 2011.
(87685)
74
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confirmed breakdowns of bovine tuberculosis were recorded in the area covered by the random badger culling trials in the year following the last proactive cull of badgers; and how many such breakdowns were recorded in the same area in the previous year.
(87788)
75
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how cases of bovine tuberculosis have been recorded in the last 12 months for which figures are available after a proactive cull of badgers; and how many such cases were recorded in the previous 12 months.
(87789)
76
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to oppose the European Commission's proposals to legislate against the prophylactic use of antibiotics in livestock farming.
(87807)
77
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total tonnage of fish discards in UK waters in each year of the Common Fisheries Policy's operation.
(87831)
78
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many active fishing fleets were registered in the UK in each year since 2001.
(87833)
79
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of active fishermen in each (a) constituent part of the UK and (b) region in each year since 2001.
(87836)
80
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the conclusions of the Committee on Climate Change's Fourth Carbon Budget report and the Government Office for Science's Foresight report on Global Farming Futures on the effects of reduced consumption of meat and dairy products, what steps the Government is taking to (a) define and (b) promote a sustainable diet.
(87830)
81
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 77607, on applications from employees to run services, tabled on 26 October 2011 for answer on 31 October 2011; and if she will make a statement.
(87679)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
82
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on how many refugees have left Syria for (a) Turkey, (b) Jordan and (c) Lebanon in 2011 to date.
(87792)
83
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Syria on human rights issues in that country.
(87770)
84
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings his Department has had with the government of Iran; and what was discussed.
(87771)
85
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what observers the UK sent to the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(87772)
86
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Russia on the conduct of recent elections in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(87777)
87
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the conduct of recent elections in that country.
(87778)
88
N 		Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received in respect of changing of the financial and economic permanent secretaries in Anguilla; and if he will make a statement.
(87645)
89
N 		Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the reasons are for changing the financial and economic permanent secretaries in Anguilla.
(87646)
90
N 		Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government has made representations to the Russian government about reports of waste being disposed into the sea off the Scottish coast by the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
(87582)
91
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many forced marriage cases have occurred in the UK in each of the last five years.
(87812)
92
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many forced marriages the Forced Marriage Unit has prevented in each of the last five years.
(87813)
93
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many victims of forced marriages were (a) women, (b) men and (c) under the age of 16 years in each of the last five years.
(87814)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
94
N 		Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase supply of the Caelyx brand of liposomal doxorubicin to allow cancer patients partway through a course of treatment with Caelyx to complete their planned course.
(87684)
95
N 		Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the existence of a gap in outcomes in cases of lung cancer between England and other Western European countries and (b) the reasons for any such gap.
(87779)
96
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise the awareness of (a) GPs and (b) the public of the dangers posed by non-melanoma skin cancers that can be caused by regular exposure to the sun.
(87765)
97
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 importance of people having regular skin checks.
(87775)
98
N 		Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2011, Official Report, column 76W, on fresh frozen plasma, whether the figures in the table include (a) the cost of importing fresh frozen plasma from the Austrian Red Cross and (b) the cost of processing that imported fresh frozen plasma.
(87776)
99
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the total budget allocated to the NHS was spent on children and adolescent mental health services in each of the last 10 years.
(87694)
100
N 		Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has issued guidance to GP consortia on (a) measures to deal with meningitis and (b) provision of psychological support for patients who have lost limbs as a result of the disease.
(87150)
101
N 		Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of meningitis were diagnosed in Plymouth in the last 12 months; and how many were of people aged (a) under and (b) over 16.
(87151)
102
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include (a) atrial fibrillation and (b) other arrhythmias in the outcomes strategy for cardiovascular disease.
(87787)
103
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to make a decision on the referral from Manchester's Health Scrutiny Committee of the decision to close the NHS walk-in centre in Wythenshawe.
(87338)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
104
N 		Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce charges for Criminal Records Bureau and vetting and barring checks for volunteers in the charitable sector.
(87642)
105
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many frontline UK Border Agency personnel will be on duty at UK borders between 23 December 2011 and 5 January 2012.
(87809)
106
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that crimes relating to honour-based violence are recorded in a separate category from other offences by police authorities.
(87790)
107
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to develop and implement a national strategy to tackle honour-based violence.
(87791)
108
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2011, Official Report, columns 776-77W, on immigrants: detainees, how many of the detainees have subsequently been released from immigration removal centres into the UK; and for what reasons.
(87731)
109
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2011, Official Report, columns 776-77W, on immigrants: detainees, how many detainees held in immigration removal centres have been convicted of criminal offences in the UK; and for what offences.
(87732)
110
N 		Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding immigration cases there are currently in the UK Border Agency-controlled archive which are not being reviewed and on which a decision has not been reached.
(87763)
111
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most common countries of origin are of victims of forced marriages.
(87811)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
112
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which country offices used his Department's Guidance note on education for children with disabilities as part of their planning for aid to the education sector during his Department's Bilateral Aid Review.
(87691)
113
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the use by country offices of his Department's Guidance note on education for children with disabilities in their planning under the Bilateral Aid Review.
(87692)
114
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training and support his Department (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide to enable country offices to effectively implement his Department's Guidance note on education for children with disabilities.
(87693)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
115
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the Homicide Review Advisory Group's report on public opinion and the penalty for murder; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on mandatory life sentences of the recommendations in the report.
(87810)
116
N 		Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of (a) an unpaid employment tribunal award and (b) an unpaid ACAS settlement have been passed to High Court enforcement officers under the ACAS and Employment Tribunal Fast Track enforcement mechanism since its introduction; and in how many such cases the unpaid award or settlement was (i) fully, (ii) partially and (iii) not recovered.
(86226)
117
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many witnesses were called to give evidence in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(87699)
118
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders have been made under section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 following (a) sentence and (b) acquittal for any offence in each of the last five years.
(87433)
119
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases a restraining order under section 12 of the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 has been made following an application by a victim since September 2009.
(87519)
120
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research has been commissioned by his Department on the effectiveness of police information notices.
(87520)
121
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Ministerial colleagues and (b) the senior judiciary on the appointment of a Chief Coroner.
(87686)
122
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects (a) to announce the appointment of a Chief Coroner and (b) the Chief Coroner to take-up his or her post.
(87688)
123
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to meet bereavement organisations to discuss the appointment of a Chief Coroner; and when such meetings will take place.
(87690)
124
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce who will be appointed as a Chief Coroner.
(87764)
125
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he proposes that the Chief Coroner will be a High Court judge.
(87767)
Questions to the Prime Minister
126
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has reviewed the Wilson Doctrine; and if he will make a statement.
(87768)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
127
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the relative standards of professional conduct of providers of drink-drive rehabilitation courses in (a) single provider and (b) multi-provider areas.
(87769)
128
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to encourage train companies to improve their communication with passengers on (a) overcrowding and (b) delays; and if she will make a statement.
(87148)
129
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of the major train operators to minimise disruption caused by bad weather; and if she will make a statement.
(87149)
130
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce overcrowding on (a) commuter trains and (b) railway platforms in cities; and if she will make a statement.
(87191)
131
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Plan 2011, what the (a) total planned public expenditure and (b) estimated month and year of completion are for the (i) Coventry-Nuneaton rail upgrade, (ii) Chester Road (Birmingham), (iii) Cambourne-Poole-Redruth transport package, (iv) Beverly integrated transport plan and (v) Bath transportation package.
(87728)
132
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Welsh Government Ministers on the Severn crossing tolls.
(87822)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
133
N 		Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what follow-up procedures are in place to determine the reason for a claimant's failure to attend a work capability assessment.
(87689)
134
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to vary the statutory interest rate absent parents with assets valued over £65,000 are charged by the Child Support Agency.
(87786)
135
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2011, Official Report, column 582W, on departmental pay, for what reason and on what date the decision was taken to pay two senior staff in the Office for Nuclear Regulation by means of payments to limited companies in lieu of a salary; and if he will make a statement.
(87766)
136
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how businesses will be recruited to take part in his Department's work experience scheme for 18 to 24 year-olds.
(87730)
137
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include ex-offenders in the category of vulnerable people for the purposes of direct payment of housing benefit to landlords.
(87734)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
138
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the EU Landfill Directive since its introduction.
[Transferred] (87829)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
139
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances restraining orders under section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 have been made in instances where the defendant has been acquitted.
[Transferred] (87434)
140
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what range of conducts have been prohibited following the imposition of restraining orders under section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 since its enactment.
[Transferred] (87435)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
141
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long a citizen of an East European (A8) member of the EU has to be in the UK before they can claim (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) other benefits.
[Transferred] (87782)
142
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for his proposed wage incentives scheme after (a) three and (b) six months in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
[Transferred] (87736)

Prepared 20th December 2011