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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 25 January 2012

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 25 January 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 25 January 2012

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 25 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 Wednesday 25 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 25 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General
1
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases of assisted suicide for the terminally ill the Director of Public Prosecution has decided it is not in the public interest to prosecute since December 2008.
(91764)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of university applications have come from each of the socio-economic classes A to D in each of the last five years.
(92000)
3
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women enrolled in apprenticeships in (i) information and communication technology and (ii) engineering and manufacturing technology in (A) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (B) the London Borough of Bexley and (C) Greater London in the latest period for which figures are available.
(91995)
4
N 		George Freeman (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the self-regulatory regime for small community pubs; and if he will make a statement.
(91646)
5
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of opportunities arising from industrial biotechnology in the development of a low carbon economy.
(91761)
6
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration the Independent Review of the High Street gave to the merits of referring the matter of the level of competition between supermarkets and small independent retailers to the Competition Commission.
(91793)
7
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans UK Green Investments has to invest in non-domestic energy efficiency projects.
(91803)
8
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has any plans for UK Trade and Investment missions related to Canadian oil sands developments.
(91805)
9
N 		Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized enterprises in Newton Abbott constituency have received assistance from schemes administered by his Department since May 2010.
(90298)
10
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support agricultural apprenticeships and vocational training in the agricultural sector.
(91765)
11
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) wine, (b) other alcoholic refreshments and (c) bottled water since May 2010.
(91631)
12
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeships were undertaken by people with (a) autism and (b) disabilities in (i) the most recent period for which figures are available, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2005.
(91914)
13
N 		John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what form of support will be provided by the Green Investment Bank for the commercial development of wave and tidal technology.
(91707)
14
N 		John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason innovative energy projects such as wave and tidal technology were not identified as a priority sector for the Green Investment Bank over the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and what consideration he has given to identifying this as such.
(91708)
15
N 		John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the £103 million of funding from the Scottish Fossil Fuel Levy, which his Department announced in November 2011 would be made available to the Green Investment Bank, will be spent on.
(91709)
16
N 		John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has given consideration to vary the £103 million of funding from the Scottish Fossil Fuel Obligation Levy, which his Department announced in November 2011 would be made available to the Green Investment Bank, to support the commercialisation of wave and tidal technology.
(91710)
17
N 		John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to issue guidance to the Green Investment Bank identifying specific products, such as debt finance, designed to de-risk investments in wave and tidal technology.
(91711)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
18
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in the UK died as a direct result of food poisoning in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
(91942)
19
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the future of the Public Data Corporation.
(91911)
20
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support prospective mutuals in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency can access from his Department.
(91980)
21
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former civil servants have applied to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to take up an appointment to Alix Partners in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(92007)
22
N 		Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized businesses in (i) Newton Abbott constituency, (ii) Devon and (iii) the South West.
(90299)
23
N 		Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate has been made of the number of businesses in (a) Newton Abbott constituency, (b) Devon and (c) the South West that employ fewer than five people.
(90300)
24
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) wine, (b) other alcoholic refreshments and (c) bottled water since May 2010.
(91632)
25
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department provided to The Challenge Network in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
(91910)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
26
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women he estimates will leave employment as a result of childcare support being reduced from 80 to 70 per cent. of cost.
(91190)
27
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (ii) the London Borough of Bexley have (A) overpaid and (B) underpaid income tax in the last three years.
(91991)
28
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a system for collecting data on the numbers of people who have experienced unemployment during set periods of time along the lines of the data collected by the US current population survey.
(91689)
29
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce an obligation for banks to serve low and middle income communities; and if he will make a statement.
(91907)
30
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of communities with only one bank branch; and if he will make a statement.
(91908)
31
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of bank branch closures on their local communities; and if he will make a statement.
(91909)
32
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on how many bank branches closed in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(91977)
33
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the green portacabins on King Charles Street will be removed before the commencement of the Olympics.
(91781)
34
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised by the Exchequer as result of the sale of (a) CDs, (b) DVDs, (c) e-books and (d) songs purchased by electronic means from the internet in each of the last five years.
(91799)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
35
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of local councillors who were considered to have vacated their office by virtue of non-attendance under section 85 of Local Government Act 1972 in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
(91768)
36
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he has issued guidance to local authorities on the disposal of vacant and disused local authority-owned properties.
(92051)
37
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking through the planning system to encourage rainwater harvesting in (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) industrial buildings.
(91800)
38
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been transferred to the Regional Growth Fund to date; and if he will make a statement.
(91823)
39
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) wine, (b) other alcoholic refreshments and (c) bottled water since May 2010.
(91633)
40
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the revenue generated from empty property rates came from public sector organisations in the last year for which figures are available.
(91830)
41
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend social housing allocation policy to classify under-occupying tenants as being in housing need from April 2013.
(91837)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
42
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of Supporters Direct since May 2010.
(91769)
43
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from Supporters Direct concerning a proposed football club licensing system; and if he will make a statement on those proposals.
(91844)
44
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent progress his Department has made on the reform of football governance to support the cooperative ownership of football clubs by supporters.
(91718)
45
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic effect to the creative industries of implementing the proposal to (a) introduce an exception from copyright law for data mining and (b) widen the exception from copyright law for criticism and review.
(91776)
46
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to (a) publish a register of and (b) protect war memorials and other monuments to those who died in World War One.
(91981)
47
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will include the protection, restoration and promotion of memorials and other monuments in his plans to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.
(91990)
48
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with Telford and Wrekin council on improving broadband services in their area; and what response was provided to any such discussions.
(91780)
49
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on (a) wine, (b) other alcoholic refreshments and (c) bottled water since May 2010.
(91634)
50
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects Radio Cymru and Radio Wales to be available on digital radio to listeners in North Wales.
(91770)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
51
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service leavers (a) used and (b) received funding from the Publicly Funded Further and Higher Education scheme in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(91987)
52
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was of the Publicly Funded Further and Higher Education scheme for service leavers in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(91988)
53
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Publicly Funded Further and Higher Education Scheme for service leavers.
(91989)
54
Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average contribution was from the public purse to the cost of course fees undertaken by service personnel through the Public Funded Higher and Further Education scheme in the latest period for which figures are available.
(91994)
55
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, column 15W, on Challenger tanks, whether it is his policy that the CHARM3 weapon system could be used before the outcome of the review under Article 36 of Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
(91835)
56
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department does not have contingency plans for the event that the outcome of the review of the legality of the CHARM3 weapon system under Article 36 of the Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 concludes that its use could breach international humanitarian law.
(91855)
57
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of data loss or breaches of confidentiality occurred in his Department in 2011.
(91723)
58
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former employees of Alix Partners are employed by his Department; how many former employees of his Department are employed by Alix Partners; and if he will make a statement.
(92008)
59
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which posts have been filled or created within his Department to oversee work on the military covenant in the last 12 months.
(91640)
60
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's finance tranparency dataset, for what reasons £2,004.80 was spent on cinema trips; and who was present on those trips.
(91641)
61
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's finance transparency dataset, for what reason £55,316.41 was spent on theatrical producers.
(91642)
62
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's finance transparency dataset, for what reason £16,584 was spent on trailer parks; and who was present on those trips.
(91643)
63
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's finance transparency dataset, for what reason £9,215.62 was spent at tourist attractions and exhibits; and who was present on those trips.
(91644)
64
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made since the conclusion of Operation Ellamy of NATO's requirement for independent ISTAR assets for future operations.
(91779)
65
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Statement of Intent on Carrier Co-operation and Maritime Power Projection with the US.
(91944)
66
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of the operations with the US on training covered by the Statement of Intent on Carrier Co-operation and Maritime Power Projection in each year up to 2020.
(91945)
67
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of the number of personnel who will be assigned to training covered by the Statement of Intent on Carrier Co-operation and Maritime Power Projection; and what training they will receive.
(91946)
68
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup has directed Quick Reaction Alert flights from each RAF base.
(91947)
69
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are assigned to each Combined Air Operations Centre.
(91948)
70
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to improve support services available to current and former armed forces personnel who (a) are homeless and (b) have financial problems.
(92028)
71
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are attached to the British Embassy in Buenos Aires; what the rank of such personnel is; and what duties they perform.
(91848)
72
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are attached to the British High Commission in Islamabad; what the rank of such personnel is; and what duties they perform.
(91849)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
73
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether a member or members of the Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons have been appointed to represent the English interest.
(91622)
74
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Office has plans to review the level of deposit made by candidates at parliamentary elections.
(92005)
75
N 		Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he hosted the meeting of European Liberals on 9 January 2012 in his capacity as Deputy Prime Minister.
(91637)
76
N 		Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether funding from the public purse was provided for the organisation and hosting of the meeting of European Liberals on 9 January 2012.
(91638)
77
N 		Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has had with discussions with other European politicians in an official capacity regarding (a) EU Treaty change and (b) the EU generally since the EU Summit of 9 December 2011; and where any such meetings were held.
(91639)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
78
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews have been undertaken (a) in total and (b) in each English local authority area in each of the last five years.
(91650)
79
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of serious case reviews undertaken by local authorities where a child or family have moved between local authorities in the previous year.
(91651)
80
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of candidates for (a) each tiered GCSE subject and (b) tiered GCSE subjects in total entered for examinations set by (i) Edexcel, (ii) WJEC, (iii) OCA, (iv) AQA and (v) all examination boards at (A) foundation and (B) higher level were awarded each grade in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10.
(91767)
81
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that people have fair access to their grandchildren, nieces, nephews or cousins following a bereavement or divorce.
(91784)
82
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sets of parents (a) began and (b) completed the registration process for adoption in each year from 1997 to 2010.
(91796)
83
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted by UK couples from (a) the domestic care system and (b) overseas in each year from 1997 to 2011.
(91797)
84
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of one were adopted in each year from 1997 to 2011.
(91798)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
85
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for the construction of commercial wind turbines have been (a) received and (b) approved in (i) Meriden, (ii) Inverness, Nairn, Badenock and Strathspey, (iii) Chesham and Amersham, (iv) Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and (v) North Shropshire constituency since May 2010.
(91719)
86
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for the construction of commercial wind turbines have been (a) received and (b) approved in (i) South West Surrey, (ii) Sutton Coldfield, (iii) Putney, (iv) Brentwood and Ongar and (v) Eastleigh constituency since May 2010.
(91720)
87
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for the construction of commercial wind turbines have been (a) received and (b) approved in (i) Maidenhead, (ii) Rushcliffe, (iii) Tatton, (iv) Richmond (v) Sheffield Hallam, and (vi) Witney constituency since May 2010.
(91721)
88
N 		Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for the construction of commercial wind turbines have been (a) received and (b) approved in (i) South Cambridgeshire, (ii) Surrey Heath, (iii) Chingford and Woodford Green, (iv) Twickenham and (v) Runnymede and Weybridge constituency since May 2010.
(91722)
89
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's Electricity Market Reform paper, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) demand side reduction and (b) energy efficiency schemes receiving support through the proposed feed-in tariff with contract for difference.
(91804)
90
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reason demand-side management support from the proposed capacity mechanism was not included in the National Infrastructure Plan.
(91850)
91
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the economic value to the Carbon Trust of its branding.
(91775)
92
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects new nuclear power stations to be operational.
(92047)
93
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the total domestic energy needs which will be met by (a) gas and (b) electricity in each of the next 20 years.
(92048)
94
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of energy was imported in each of the last five years; from what sources such imports were obtained; and what estimate he has made of the likely levels of such imports in each of the next five years.
(92049)
95
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce the costs of green energy.
(92022)
96
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative assessment he has made of the cost (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of different sources of power generation.
(91847)
97
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2012, Official Report, column 679W, on energy: prices, which energy companies he has met to discuss the cost of energy; when he met them; and what assurances he received from each company.
(91836)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
98
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the functions and assets of British Waterways in England and Wales to be transferred to the Canal and River Trust.
(91645)
99
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to dissolve the Forestry Commission of Great Britain after the removal of Forestry Commission Wales; and whether she has any plans to seek to reclaim any of the costs of any such dissolution from the Welsh Government.
(91771)
100
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to maintain links with Forestry Commission Wales to ensure a unified approach to biosecurity in the UK after its removal from the Forestry Commission of Great Britain.
(91772)
101
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for future funding of the shared services provided by the Forestry Commission of Great Britain after the removal of Forestry Commission Wales.
(91773)
102
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Forestry Commission of Great Britain will incur any costs as a result of the removal of Forestry Commission Wales; and what estimate she has made of the level of any such costs.
(91774)
103
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the illegal fishing allegations made against the Spanish Vidal family network in October 2011 are investigated by the European Commission and the Spanish government.
(91856)
104
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on measures to control the spread of plasmid borne antibiotic resistance in food producing animals.
(91762)
105
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last discussed with her EU counterparts UK control over its 12-nautical mile territorial waters.
(91794)
106
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Fisheries of 14 July 2011, Official Report, columns 472-81, what progress her Department has made on negotiations for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy to restore UK control over its 12 nautical mile territorial waters.
(91845)
107
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress in developing a useable vaccine for bovine TB.
(91782)
108
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the economic contribution of the food and drink industry; and what steps she is taking to support the sector.
(91912)
109
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the dairy industry on her Department's support for the industry.
(91978)
110
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the implementation of the measures contained in the Natural Environment White Paper.
(91982)
111
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications Natural England is considering for the designation of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and for which areas such applications have been made.
(91383)
112
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) risk of drought and (b) recent dry weather conditions in (i) Essex and (ii) the East of England; and what assessment she has made of the effect of such weather conditions on the region's farmers and agricultural sector.
(91921)
113
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the European Commission, (b) its counterparts in other EU member states and (c) representatives of the agriculture sector on the future of agri-environment schemes linking greening measures to payments; and if she will make a statement.
(91922)
114
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place between her Department, the Environment Agency and farmers on water abstraction.
(92009)
115
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has any plans to propose changes to the regulations relating to water abstraction in response to the long-term effects of dry weather and drought conditions on farmers.
(92010)
116
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to simplify the process of application from farmers to vary (a) water abstraction licences and (b) arrangements for water abstraction.
(92011)
117
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislative proposals she is considering to reduce levels of bureaucracy affecting landowners undertaking repairs to sea walls.
(92033)
118
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to how many companies she has written on ensuring that eggs are sourced from production systems which comply with EU Council Directive 1999/74/EC; and how many such companies have not responded.
(91766)
119
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which 10 categories of climate change mitigation measures received the highest level of Government funding in each year since 2005; and how much funding was allocated in each case.
(91636)
120
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on (a) wine, (b) other alcoholic refreshments and (c) bottled water since May 2010.
(91635)
121
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of Marine Conservation Zones on the protection of basking sharks in UK waters.
(92053)
122
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on how many portions of (a) fresh fruit and (b) vegetables the average person in each socio-economic grouping consumes per day.
(91992)
123
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions Natural England has had with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Countryside Alliance on the control of crows.
(92029)
124
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the EU derogation for echinococcus multilocularis still applies to the UK; and what measures are in place to prevent dogs from bringing this infection into the UK.
(92030)
125
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued on the effective control of bracken in upland areas.
(91791)
126
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she plans to issue to landowners on effective replacement selective herbicides in advance of the prohibition of asulam.
(91806)
127
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she can take to extend the use of asulam beyond 2012.
(91846)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
128
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, columns 585-6W, on Israel: prisoners, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on the concerns raised in the report submitted to the United Nations on 28 December 2011 on the use of solitary confinement on Palestinian children held in Israeli detention.
(91623)
129
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, columns 585-6W, on Israel: prisoners, what mechanism he expects the UN to use to respond to the report submitted to it on 28 December 2011 on the use of solitary confinement on Palestinian children held in Israeli detention.
(91624)
130
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the death of Abdisalan Sheik Hassan in Somalia.
(91783)
131
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential risks to journalists working in Somalia.
(91825)
132
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Nigeria on fossil fuel subsidy reform.
(91763)
133
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the monetary value of exports to Morocco was for each category of exports in the last year for which figures are available.
(91888)
134
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are responsible for the Pitcairn Islands.
(92012)
135
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on Gibraltar.
(92014)
136
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the Falkland Islands.
(92015)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
137
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the results of the National Quality Board engagement exercise on the library of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Quality Standard NHS healthcare topics; and if he will make a statement.
(92016)
138
Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Quality Standards relating to autism care for children and adults will be included in the National Quality Board library of Quality Standard NHS healthcare topics; and if he will make a statement.
(92017)
139
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with neurological conditions receive health and social care.
(91625)
140
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the findings of the National Audit Office report on services for people with neurological conditions published on 16 December 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(91626)
141
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress he has made on training for (a) GPs and (b) hospital accident and emergency staff on spotting outbreaks of infectious diseases.
(91891)
142
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals no longer have mixed sex wards.
(92001)
143
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of speech and language therapy for children.
(91169)
144
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the National Audit Office report on services for people with neurological conditions, how the Government's forthcoming long-term conditions strategy will address issues surrounding neurological services monitoring and quality.
(91857)
145
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for accident and emergency doctors in the NHS.
(91950)
146
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 6 October 2011 regarding Saheed Onikeku.
(91712)
147
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the future commissioning arrangements for alternative and augmentative communication aids.
(91826)
148
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Easington of 18 January 2012, Official Report, column 874W, on NHS: capital investment, whether any (a) decisions have been taken and (b) deadlines have been set at local level for the use of the funding.
(91858)
149
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Easington of 18 January 2012, Official Report, column 874W, on NHS: capital investment, what the (a) amount and (b) source is of the identified capital funding to be made available to the NHS; which body or individual will be responsible for determining the use of the funding; and when he expects to announce plans for the use of the funding.
(91859)
150
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Easington of 18 January 2012, Official Report, column 874W, on NHS: capital investment, with whom in the NHS he is having discussions.
(91860)
151
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research of the potential (a) carcinogenic and (b) other effects of parabens in (i) the food supply chain and (ii) cosmetics.
(91778)
152
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines he has issued to care homes on the prevention, treatment and care of fractures resulting from falls by people with osteoporosis.
(92023)
153
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the British Medical Association and (b) other organisations on improvements of treatment options for people with cystitis.
(92024)
154
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations to replace existing hip and knee replacements have taken place in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
(92025)
155
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) arthritis care groups and (b) Queen's University Belfast on new treatments for arthritis in the hands.
(92026)
156
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with diabetes organisations on dietary and exercise advice for people newly diagnosed with diabetes.
(92027)
157
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what proportion of finished admission episodes the patient was over (a) 65, (b) 80 and (c) 90 years in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(91915)
158
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments have been undertaken by the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
(91949)
159
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has provided to GPs who set up patient participation groups.
(91831)
160
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
(91901)
161
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in each (a) local authority area and (b) age group in each of the last five years.
(91902)
162
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
(91903)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
163
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender is of each person who was assisted to return home under the Assisted Voluntary Return Scheme operated by Refugee Action between 1 April 2011 and 1 January 2012; and to which country each person returned.
(91493)
164
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures her Department has ceased requiring the police to undertake since May 2010.
(91924)
165
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the application for leave to remain Ref. K418847 of a constituent of the hon. Member for Vauxhall to be resolved.
(91842)
166
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Life in the UK citzenship tests have been sat in each year since 2007; and what the number and proportion was of such tests which were passed in each such year.
(91795)
167
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce a comprehensive set of measures to tackle metal theft in the UK.
(91627)
168
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle metal theft; and by what date she plans to bring such proposals forward.
(91628)
169
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her Ministerial colleagues concerning the timetable for introducing a package of measures to tackle metal theft.
(91629)
170
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from her Ministerial colleagues on the need to tackle metal theft.
(91630)
171
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 12 December 2011 regarding Mr M Akram.
(91713)
172
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 12 December 2011 regarding Mrs M Ademosu.
(91714)
173
N 		Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 12 December 2011 regarding Mr AG Tarob.
(91715)
174
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many production orders have been issued by each police force in each of the last five years; what the details were of each such order; and whether each such order was granted by the courts.
(91802)
175
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of each immigration removal centre in the UK was for each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the running costs for each of the next five years; and what service-level agreements are in place for the operation of each such centre.
(92034)
176
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees have entered each immigration removal centre in each of the last five years; and how many detainees have been removed from the UK directly from each immigration removal centre in each of the last five years.
(92035)
177
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) illegal immigrants, (b) asylum seekers, (c) foreign nationals in breach of visa requirements and (d) foreign nationals with no right to remain in the UK were deported in each of the last five years; and to which countries such people were deported.
(92036)
178
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of each immigration case contested by the immigrant subject to removal proceedings in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the time each case takes to process from the initiation of removal proceedings to a final resolution.
(92037)
179
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants subject to removal proceedings left the UK without contesting the decision in each of the last five years; how many such immigrants appealed and were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in their appeal; and how many such immigrants remain in the UK awaiting deportation.
(92038)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
180
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many customers used the Jubilee Café in the last year; what proportion of customers only purchased drinks; and what proportion of customers purchased food.
(91829)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
181
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information his Department holds on whether any UK aid to Ethiopia has been spent on the villagization programme in the Gambella region.
(91852)
182
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make representations to the Ethiopian government for it to halt the villagisation programme in the Gambella region.
(91853)
183
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the villagisation programme in the Gambella region; and if he will make a statement.
(91854)
184
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department gives to small businesses in British Overseas Territories.
(92013)
185
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the overseas territories of other countries in each of the last 10 years.
(92052)
186
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of recent reports of an outbreak of totally drug resistant tuberculosis in India.
(91824)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
187
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Sodexo has paid for carrying out police national computer checks on visitors to Bronzefield prison.
(91838)
188
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average additional time spent in custody was for people recalled to prison in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
(91839)
189
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were sent to prison after breaching a community sentence in each year since 2000.
(91840)
190
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on the prison estate of prisoners who were recalled having served their tariff.
(91841)
191
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women have been sentenced to an extended sentence for public protection in each year since 2005.
(92006)
192
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) internal and (b) external investigations have been undertaken into self-harm, suicide and restraint in secure training centres in the last five years; which organisations undertook the investigations; and what the findings of those investigations were.
(91335)
193
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self harm of people in each (a) age and (b) ethnic group there have been in each secure training centre in each month since 2008.
(91384)
194
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been charged with (a) control for gain of prostitution and (b) other offences related to trafficking in the London area since Specialist Crime Division 9 in the Metropolitan Police was created.
(91983)
195
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for trafficking-related offences in the London area since Specialist Crime Division 9 in the Metropolitan Police was created.
(91984)
196
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on joint enterprise in each of the last three years.
(91789)
197
Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he has had with victims groups on joint enterprise since May 2010.
(91790)
198
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued in each of the last three years; and what the total value of those compensation orders was.
(92039)
199
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2012, Official Report, columns 862-3W, on prisoners' home leave, on how many occasions restricted patients released into the community have reoffended.
(92040)
200
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) administering community orders and (b) running community-based punishments in 2011.
(92041)
201
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received (a) five or more, (b) 10 or more and (c) 15 or more community orders or punishments in 2011.
(92042)
202
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders absconded from community punishments in each of the last five years; and what proportion of offenders serving community punishments that figure represents.
(92043)
203
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders did not complete their community punishments in each of the last five years; and what proportion of offenders serving community punishments that figure represents.
(92044)
204
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the arrangements by which first tier tribunals (tax) operate in cases where one party is unable to attend a tribunal hearing; and if he will consider introducing measures to keep a verbatim record of tribunal hearings when one party is absent.
(92045)
205
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken for a judge to give judgment on a first tier tribunal (tax) case after a hearing has taken place was in 2011.
(92046)
206
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has made to the European Commission on the extension to third state nationals of European regulations on civil jurisdiction.
(91801)
Questions to the Prime Minister
207
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to promote Christian values in public life.
(92031)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
208
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether it is his intention that the consultation on a referendum on independence for Scotland will involve (a) trade unions, (b) religious groups, (c) Scottish business and (d) wider civic society.
(90650)
209
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on whether it is its intention that an independent Scotland would negotiate a mutual defence treaty with the rest of the UK.
(90651)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
210
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation payments to residents and businesses along the planned High Speed 2 route up to the beginning of train services on the route.
(91917)
211
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which consultants are being or have been used on the High Speed 2 project; and what the (a) remit and (b) cost to the public purse was of their services in each case.
(91918)
212
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in her Department are working on the High Speed 2 project.
(91919)
213
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost to her Department of work to prepare, draft and support the passage of the proposed legislation for High Speed 2.
(91920)
214
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many properties not on the planned route of High Speed 2 have qualified for payments under the HS2 exceptional hardship scheme to date.
(91827)
215
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge on traffic levels in Thurrock on 5 January 2012; and if she will make a statement.
(91786)
216
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the cost of completing the A14 J7-9 Kettering Bypass widening and improvements between Huntingdon and Cambridge will fall beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91703)
217
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the cost of completing the new link road to Manchester Airport will fall beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91704)
218
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the cost of completing the additional managed motorway schemes M6 J10A-13 and M3 J2-4a will fall beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91705)
219
N 		Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the cost of completing the improvement schemes on the (a) A45/A46, (b) A453 and (c) M1/M6 intersection will fall beyond the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91706)
220
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the date of completion of electrification of the Great Western Main Line to (a) Newport and (b) Cardiff Central stations.
(91996)
221
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential level of public subsidy to be received by the company which takes over the new Great Western franchise on (a) an annual and (b) a cumulative basis over the lifetime of the franchise.
(91997)
222
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of miles of railway track within Wales that will be electrified by the end of (a) December 2016 and (b) December 2017.
(91998)
223
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on (a) the McNulty Review of Rail Value for Money study, (b) capacity on the redoubling of the Swindon to Kemble route and (c) the consultation for the proposed new Great Western franchise.
(91999)
224
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received on the performance of Southeastern Railway.
(91889)
225
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to begin the tendering process for the next Integrated Kent Franchise agreement.
(91993)
226
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the legal limit of night flights at Heathrow Airport has been breached in the latest period for which figures are available.
(91792)
227
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reconsider her Department's plan to end the requirement to advertise temporary and permanent traffic regulation orders in local newspapers.
(91381)
228
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure people without internet access and others are aware of temporary and permanent traffic regulation orders in the absence of a requirement to advertise them in local newspapers.
(91382)
229
Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the regeneration or expansion of small existing or unused ports; and if she will make a statement.
(91777)
230
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 484W, on roads: safety, what assessment she has made of the level of compliance with the Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways; and how many fines have been issued in respect of a failure to comply with (a) the current edition of the Specification and (b) previous editions of the Specification since the commencement of section 71 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
(91787)
231
N 		John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish an indicative timetable for consultation on the arrangements for the replacement of the TransPennine rail franchise.
(91716)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
232
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) First Minister of the Welsh Government, (b) Higher Education Funding Council Wales and (c) Higher Education Wales on improving the overall levels of science and technology funding in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
(91904)
233
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) First Minister of the Welsh Government, (b) Higher Education Funding Council Wales and (c) Higher Education Wales on improving the overall levels of research and development funds in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
(91905)
234
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the First Minister of the Welsh Government and (b) the Welsh Local Government Association on the scale of planning applications for fracking in Wales; and if she will make a statement.
(91906)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
235
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on her mentoring scheme to help women fulfil their potential in business.
(91785)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
236
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from freezing local housing allowance rates from April 2012 prior to up-rating by the Consumer Prices Index.
(91648)
237
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the projected savings in cash and real terms are from the uprating of local housing allowance by the Consumer Prices Index for the remainder of the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(91649)
238
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of trades unions on high temperatures in the workplace.
(91843)
239
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on high temperatures in the workplace.
(91890)
240
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has assessed the ruling of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals for the Southern District of New York of 19 September 2011 on Aguinda v. Chevron; and whether he has any plans to introduce a fiduciary duty on pension fund trustees to consider social and environmental matters.
(91851)
241
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternatives his Department considered to the one-year time-limit on contributory employment and support allowance; and what the reasons were for not pursuing any such alternatives.
(91788)
242
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill on levels of child poverty in each of the five years following its implementation.
(91985)
243
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill with the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement.
(92003)
244
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the conclusions of the child rights impact assessment of the Welfare Reform Bill published by the Children's Commissioner for England on 11 January 2012.
(92004)
245
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid to pensioners as a result of the increase in cold weather payments in winter 2010-11.
(91913)
246
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to simplify health and safety guidance for those working from home.
(91979)
247
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the enforcement powers available to the Child Support Agency.
(91986)
248
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is given to Access to Work assessors and advisers on ensuring that (a) Access to Work processes are accessible to deafblind people and (b) the support needs of deafblind people are met through Access to Work.
(91916)
249
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average time elapsing between an initial application to Access to Work and the requested support being in place for (a) disabled and (b) deafblind people.
(91943)
250
N 		Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of asthma in the baking industry.
(91647)
251
N 		Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of asthma caused by contact with flour in the baking industry.
(91717)
252
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Princes' Trust Youth Index 2012 in respect of its findings on youth unemployment.
(92021)
253
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for grants to cover funeral costs there have been in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(91975)
254
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for social fund crisis loans there have been in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(91976)
255
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their families.
(91900)
256
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefits claimants (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in Inner London receive benefits over £25,000 per year.
(91923)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
257
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government-owned properties in Essex are currently empty or underused.
[Transferred] (92050)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
258
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the use of the Coastal Communities Fund; and what his policy is on the future of the fund.
[Transferred] (92002)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
259
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the introduction of the Veterans' Information Service.
[Transferred] (91832)
260
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for future funding of the 24-hour support telephone line for veterans.
[Transferred] (91833)
261
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of issues relating to veterans' mental health.
[Transferred] (91834)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
262
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of young adults aged 18 to 24 years old were (a) stopped and searched, (b) given conditional cautions, (c) given a penalty notice for disorder, (d) given a fixed penalty notice and (e) arrested by the police in each year since 2008.
[Transferred] (91828)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
263
N 		Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the costs to local authorities of the application of the household benefit cap on temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (91652)
264
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in the Cabinet Office have had with charities on the sharing of information between organisations which support people on benefits.
[Transferred] (92032)

Prepared 25th January 2012