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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 24 January 2012

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 24 January 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 24 January 2012

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 24 January 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 24 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 24 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of proposed US legislation, the (a) Stop Online Piracy Act and (b) Protect IP Act on British businesses.
(91611)
2
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average duration is of placements classified as internships advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department.
(91681)
3
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average wage is paid by jobs advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department.
(91683)
4
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of internships advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department are unpaid.
(91684)
5
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the unpaid internships scheme advertised on the Graduate Talent Pool website hosted by his Department.
(91685)
6
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on changes to the Industrial Development Act 1982.
(91486)
7
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) the monetary value of foreign investment in (i) Glasgow and (ii) Glasgow South West constituency and (b) the number of jobs created as a consequence in each year since 2005.
(91672)
8
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Glasgow South West constituency have received support from his Department since 2010.
(91673)
9
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage private sector investment in industry in Glasgow South West constituency; and if he will make a statement.
(91674)
10
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized businesses have filed for bankruptcy in the last 12 months in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England.
(91595)
11
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) economic advice and (b) other evidence he took account of before publication of his Department's Impact Assessment BIS0317 on 2 December 2011 entitled Extending Copyright Exceptions for Educational Use.
(91677)
12
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what organisations and individuals were consulted before publication of his Department's Impact Assessment BIS0317 on 2 December 2011 entitled Extending Copyright Exceptions for Educational Use.
(91678)
13
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information is held by the Intellectual Property Office regarding blanket licences offered by the Educational Licensing Agency to local authorities for the purposes of licensing schools in their area; and how licence fees monies are used for the benefit of performers and other rights owners.
(91679)
14
N 		Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to provide financial support for manufacturing industry.
(91522)
15
N 		Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he expects to set for the consultation on no fault dismissal for small businesses.
(91590)
16
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what conclusions relevant to the food and drink industry his Department has drawn from its Red Tape Challenge consultation to date.
(89668)
17
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what conclusions relevant to the food and drink industry his Department has drawn from its consultation on modern workplaces to date.
(89669)
18
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what conclusions relevant to the food and drink industry his Department has drawn from its consultation on a competition regime for growth to date.
(89670)
19
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responses his Department has received to its consultation entitled A Long-Term Focus for Corporate Britain: A Call for Evidence in relation to the food and drink industry.
(89984)
20
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to assess investments in (a) wave and tidal technology and (b) other innovative energy products against the criteria of additionality.
(91698)
21
John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to assess (a) wave and tidal technology and (b) other innovative energy projects against the criteria of green impact.
(91699)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
22
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the likely cost to the British economy of proposed US legislation, the (a) Stop Online Piracy Act and (b) Protect IP Act.
(91610)
23
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the total tax revenue from Northern Ireland in the latest year for which figures are available.
(91487)
24
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the total revenue raised from Northern Ireland from (a) income tax at the basic rate, (b) income tax at the higher rate, (c) value added tax, (d) corporation tax and (e) National Insurance in the latest year for which figures are available.
(91499)
25
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether parents who receive a one-off bonus from their employer which means their annual income falls into the higher income tax band will cease to be eligible for child tax credit under his Department's proposals; and if he will make a statement.
(91434)
26
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration his Department has given to revising the Barnett Formula; and if he will make a statement.
(91168)
27
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on making the National Insurance contribution holiday an opt-out rather than opt-in scheme.
(91606)
28
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to encourage participation in the National Insurance contribution holiday scheme.
(91607)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
29
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many cases Ministers have exercised their powers to pay additional grant under section 85 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in each local authority in each year since 1990.
(91478)
30
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to place on his Department's website details of Ministerial overseas travel, gifts and hospitality for the period (a) May to July 2011 and (b) August to October 2011.
(91479)
31
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed funding reductions for Metropolitan fire services on their capacity to secure (a) specialist equipment and (b) capability for national resilience.
(91598)
32
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the percentage efficiency savings achieved in each fire authority area since 2004.
(91600)
33
N 		Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the draft National Planning Policy Framework on undesignated countryside in England.
(91527)
34
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with interested parties on proposals to transfer responsibility for council tax benefit to local authorities.
(91608)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
35
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed US legislation, the (a) Stop Online Piracy Act and (b) Protect IP Act on free expression and circulation of ideas within British culture and media.
(91612)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
36
Michael Ellis (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he plans to allocate to defence of the Falkland Islands in each of the next three years.
(91671)
37
N 		Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, columns 725-6W, on animals: euthanasia, what procedure his Department follows for disposal of euthanised (a) horses and (b) dogs.
(91530)
38
N 		Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, columns 725-6W, on animals: euthanasia, what his Department's policy is on disposing of (a) horses and (b) dogs that have come to the end of their working life.
(91531)
39
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the suitability of the Joint Combat Aircraft to operate from aircraft carriers; what assessment has been made of the prospects of rectifying any design deficiencies in that aircraft for carrier operations; what contingency plans his Department is preparing in the event of the non-availability of Joint Combat Aircraft for the Future Aircraft Carriers; and if he will make a statement.
(90770)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
40
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will issue guidance to local education authorities, academies and maintained schools giving clarification of the size of the budget to which the Government's undertaking to limit reductions in schools funding to no more than 1.5 per cent. below the previous year's allocation.
(91596)
41
N 		Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the calculation in the Raise Online performance tool Table 4.1.25 is based on the total number of pupils in the cohort for English and mathematics but not on the number of pupils entered for sciences; and if he will make a statement.
(91523)
42
N 		Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 January 2012 from the headteacher of Twynham School on anomalies and inconsistencies in the treatment of science GCSE in Table 4.1.25 in the Raise Online performance tool.
(91524)
43
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1.2 billion increase in spending on school buildings will be allocated to schools in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire.
(91591)
44
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on changes to funding of sixth form education.
(91609)
45
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role the English baccalaureate criteria will play in Ofsted inspections.
(91614)
46
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received regarding the standard of school (a) toilet and (b) water facilities for pupils.
(91664)
47
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the future of free school meals.
(91665)
48
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will consider including (a) music and (b) other intellectually rigorous, creative and technical subjects within a sixth pillar of the English Baccalaureate.
(91701)
49
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Information Commissioner's guidance on official information held in private email accounts, how much his Department has spent on legal advice on the compliance of the practice of deleting private emails concerning Government business sent or received by him or his special advisers with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(91488)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
50
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures are in place to monitor the costs passed on to consumers of the smart meter roll-out.
(91680)
51
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) maximum premium being paid by customers using pre-payment meters for (i) gas and (ii) electricity compared to customers paying by direct debit.
(91675)
52
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of pensioner households in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK were in fuel poverty (i) in each year since 2000 and (ii) on the latest date for which information is available.
(91702)
53
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to delay all movements of radioactive materials from Scotland to England for the purposes of long-term storage or disposal until policies are developed which will ensure the return of those materials to Scotland in the event of Scottish independence.
(91599)
54
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Government, (b) HM Treasury and (c) the Prime Minister with regard to the transportation of Scottish radioactive wastes to England.
(91601)
55
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the legal changes that would be required to retain Scottish radioactive waste in England in the event of Scottish independence.
(91602)
56
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) short, (b) medium and (c) long-term economic and environmental benefits will be provided to Copeland in the event that radioactive materials from Dounreay are transported to Sellafield.
(91603)
57
N 		Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will commission the development of a financial framework agreement for (a) the treatment, storage and disposal of Scottish radioactive waste in England and (b) the removal and transportation of Scottish radioactive waste to Scotland from England in the event of Scottish independence.
(91604)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
58
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government classifies hunting with hounds as a field sport.
(91661)
59
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) animal welfare and (b) animal health experts are represented on the Animal Health and Welfare Board.
(89565)
60
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England has sought to recruit a member of the Board who is a dairy farmer; whether this position has been advertised on her Department's website; what her policy is on ensuring that members of the Board are capable of fully representing the range of (a) animal management systems in use and (b) issues raised in relation to animal health and welfare in England; and what her policy is on transparency in appointments to the Board.
(90577)
61
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition her Department uses for (a) animal health and (b) animal welfare in the context of the Animal Health and Welfare Board.
(90578)
62
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the meeting note of 8 November 2011, for the Animal Health and Welfare Board (AWHB), whether the the AWHB's plans to co-opt additional members are standard practice for recruitment procedure; and if she will assess the transparency and fairness of this method of recruitment for public bodies.
(90579)
63
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to use the revised National Planning Policy Framework to promote tree planting.
(91666)
64
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to seek increased protection for ancient woods and trees in the final version of the National Planning Policy Framework.
(91667)
65
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on whether there should be a global requirement for Vessel Monitoring System satellite tracking devices to be fitted to all fishing vessels.
(91668)
66
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) size and (b) location of the wild otter population in England in the last 20 years; and if she will make a statement.
(91167)
67
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her objectives for the current round of discussions on Common Agricultural Policy reform; and if she will make a statement.
(91528)
68
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the farming industry on soil protection regulations; and if she will make a statement.
(91529)
69
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the burden of regulation on the farming industry; and if she will make a statement.
(91581)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
70
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with the government of Denmark to discuss the energy and climate change priorities of the Danish presidency of the EU.
(91670)
71
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Israeli government calling on them to end the practice of detaining children in solitary confinement.
(91676)
72
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official meetings he has had with third parties at the recommendation of, or with the assistance of, Bell Pottinger Group since May 2010.
(91490)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
73
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical staff in each speciality work for the Care Quality Commission.
(91378)
74
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average (a) time taken and (b) cost was of training an inspector at the Care Quality Commission in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
(91379)
75
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections were carried out by the Care Quality Commission in respect of (a) hospitals and (b) care homes which involved on-site visits in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
(91380)
76
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) start, (b) completion or expected completion date and (c) subject is of each investigation being conducted by the Care Quality Commission.
(91439)
77
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the board minutes relating to the decision by the Care Quality Commission to abolish (a) its national investigation team, (b) its healthcare associated infection team and (c) a whistleblower telephone line.
(91440)
78
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many routine hospital inspections were carried out by the Care Quality Commission in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how many such inspections involved a site visit by an inspector with a clinical qualification.
(91450)
79
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in South Swindon constituency have been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in each of the last five years.
(91616)
80
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in South Swindon constituency are registered as organ donors; and if he will make a statement.
(91617)
81
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in South Swindon have been diagnosed with osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
(91618)
82
N 		Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget was allocated to research on the (a) causes and (b) treatments of (i) schizophrenia, (ii) depression and (iii) other serious mental illness in 2011-12; and how much the NHS allocated to research on the psychological and social effects of mental illness in 2011-12.
(91448)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
83
N 		Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policiy to provide financial support to victims of human trafficking who wish to return to their country of origin.
(91525)
84
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife-point robberies occured in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years; and what assessment she has made of the British Crime Survey's findings that knife-point robberies have increased by 10 per cent. in the last 12 months.
(91594)
85
N 		Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department's temporary policy on the licensing of oxycodone restricts imports from within the EEA.
(91583)
86
N 		Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the Government's formal policy to replace the interim policy on the importation of oxycodone.
(91584)
87
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) quickest and (b) slowest times taken to process an application for a convention travel document submitted in each of the years from 2000 to 2010 were.
(91700)
88
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many models of mobile speed camera have been given type approval by her Department for use by police forces; how many of these can be used accurately to detect speed from inside a police vehicle when used through glass such as a windscreen; and if she will make a statement.
(91166)
89
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the alternative vote (AV) system is to be used in elections for Police and Crime Commissioners; which Ministers suggested use of this method; on what date the decision was taken to use AV for these elections; and if she will make a statement.
(90771)
90
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) legislation is in force to regulate and (b) guidance her Department issues on the regulation of the activities of private wheel clamping companies.
(89587)
91
N 		Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers remained in the UK in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to reduce the numbers of such asylum seekers remaining in the UK after a decision has been made.
(91521)
92
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited from the UK to Egypt in (a) each year between 1982 and 2010 and (b) 2011 to date; in respect of which offences they were extradited; and if she will place details of these cases in the Library.
(91690)
93
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made by the Egyptian government for the extradition of Egyptian nationals from the UK in each year since 1982; and if she will place details of these cases in the Library.
(91691)
94
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for extradition from the UK in 2011 (a) were granted, (b) were denied and (c) remain outstanding; and from which countries these requests were received.
(91692)
95
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deported from the UK to Egypt in each year since 1982.
(91693)
96
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of the former Egyptian government have claimed political asylum in the UK.
(91694)
97
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department has given to the use of (a) Interpol red notices and (b) other Interpol notices as a means of detaining people with a view to extraditing them from the UK.
(91695)
98
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure that hon. Members do not have their telephone conversations covertly heard by (a) the police, (b) the Serious Organised Crime Agency and (c) other Government agencies.
(91491)
99
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interception warrants for telephone tapping she has authorised under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since December 2010.
(91492)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
100
N 		Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support he is giving to the Salvation Army's Trafficking Victim Support Scheme.
(91526)
Questions to the Prime Minister
101
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received from Bell Pottinger Group on behalf of the President of Uzbekistan since May 2010.
(91489)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
102
N 		Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers in the Scottish Government and (b) Ministerial colleagues on measures to reduce levels of child poverty in Scotland.
(91449)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
103
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the total cost to the public purse of the East-West rail project falls beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91585)
104
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what she proposes will be the total expenditure from (a) her Department's budget and (b) Network Rail's regulated asset base on electrification of the Trans-Pennine Express in each of the remaining years of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91586)
105
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what she proposes will be the total expenditure from (a) her Department's budget and (b) Network Rail's regulated asset base on measures to reduce disruption on the rail network in each of the remaining years of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91587)
106
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the total cost to the public purse of electrification of the Trans-Pennine Express falls beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91588)
107
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the total cost to the public purse of measures to reduce disruption on the rail network falls beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91589)
108
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the MOT failure rate was for bus and coach operators in Vehicle and Operator Services Agency area 3, including (a) Go North East, (b) Stagecoach Cumbria, (c) Stagecoach North East, (d) Snaiths Coaches, (e) Scarlet Band Motor Services, (f) Redby Travel, (g) Kingsley Coaches, (h) Henry Cooper, (i) First Choice Travel, (j) Classic Coaches, (k) Arriva North East and (l) A-Line Coaches in each of the last five years.
(91662)
109
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many service complaints the Transport Commission has received about bus and coach operators in Vehicle and Operator Services Agency area 3, including (a) Go North East, (b) Stagecoach Cumbria, (c) Stagecoach North East, (d) Snaiths Coaches, (e) Scarlet Band Motor Services, (f) Redby Travel, (g) Kingsley Coaches, (h) Henry Cooper, (i) First Choice Travel, (j) Classic Coaches, (k) Arriva North East and (l) A-line Coaches in each of the last five years.
(91682)
110
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency last audited each bus and coach operator in area 3, including (a) Go North East, (b) Stagecoach Cumbria, (c) Stagecoach North East, (d) Snaiths Coaches, (e) Scarlet Band Motor Services, (f) Redby Travel, (g) Kingsley Coaches, (h) Henry Cooper, (i) First Choice Travel, (j) Classic Coaches, (k) Arriva North East and (l) A-line Coaches.
(91686)
111
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) PSV414 advisory notices and (b) PG9s were issued by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency to bus and coach operators in area 3, including (i) Go North East, (ii) Stagecoach Cumbria, (iii) Stagecoach North East, (iv) Snaiths Coaches, (v) Scarlet Band Motor Services, (vi) Redby Travel, (vii) Kingsley Coaches, (viii) Henry Cooper, (ix) First Choice Travel, (x) Classic Coaches, (xi) Arriva North East and (xii) A-line Coaches in each of the last five years.
(91687)
112
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prohibitions were found by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency operating area 3, involving bus and coach operators in the North East in each of the last five years.
(91688)
113
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the use of the Trans Pennine Line was used for haulage in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(89985)
114
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the use of the West Coast Main Line was used for haulage in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(89986)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
115
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with HM Treasury on the effect of macro-economic policies on employment levels in the private sector in Wales.
(91605)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
116
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of all adults potentially eligible for council tax benefit are pensioners in each local authority in England.
(91480)
117
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total sum paid out in council tax benefit was to (a) pensioners and (b) adults of working age in each local authority in England in 2010-11.
(91481)
118
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of registered benefit claimants from outside the EU, who originally came to the UK to work, study or visit, who are registered as living in Plymouth.
(91660)
119
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Psrogramme job outcomes resulted from placement on apprenticeships in the West Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available.
(91435)
120
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of local authority housing benefit staff who will be required to assist in the delivery of universal credit.
(91436)
121
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the eligibility rules for free school meals following introduction of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
(91437)
122
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has carried out an impact assessment on the effects of introducing the personal independence payment on people with mental health disorders; and if he will make a statement.
(91438)
123
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will allow people who are receiving oral and non-oral chemotherapy to receive employment and support allowance without undergoing an assessment; and if he will make a statement.
(91482)
124
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs were incurred by his Department in respect of (a) benefits and (b) administration in Carlisle constituency in the latest financial year for which figures are available.
(89034)
125
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider permitting Work Programme clients with specified needs to choose their provider with assistance from their Jobcentre Plus advisor instead of being referred through the lottery.
(91483)
126
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on voluntary sector providers' ability to contract in the Work Programme of the administrative requirements involved; and if he will make a statement.
(91484)
127
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his intention to start to take new claims for universal credit from October 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(91485)
128
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Work Clubs in (a) Walsall South constituency, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
(91663)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
129
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the voluntary code of practice between producers and supermarkets; and if he will made a statement.
[Transferred] (91597)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
130
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small businesses have commenced trading in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England in the last six months.
[Transferred] (91592)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
131
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assets held in the UK have been frozen at the request of the Egyptian government in the last 12 months; in each such case who the individual was who held the assets; and what the (a) type and (b) value of the assets was.
[Transferred] (91697)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
132
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of shops are empty in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England; and what assessment he has made of these statistics.
[Transferred] (91593)
133
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the criteria for allocation of the Coastal Communities Fund.
[Transferred] (91615)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
134
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what (a) discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and (b) representations he has made to the US government on the proposed US legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act.
[Transferred] (91613)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
135
N 		Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the requirement for import licences for controlled drugs for approval by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency with the anti-competitiveness provisions of Article 28 of the EU Treaty.
[Transferred] (91582)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
136
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Egyptian government on (a) establishing an extradition treaty between the UK and Egypt and (b) other matters relating to extradition.
[Transferred] (91696)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
137
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of recent progress by the EU in negotiating further Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade voluntary partnership agreements with rainforest nations.
[Transferred] (91669)

Prepared 24th January 2012