Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 22 February 2012
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 22 February 2012
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 22 February 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 22 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 22 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Attorney General, how many senior civil servants left the Law Officers' Departments and their public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96355)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
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Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward a Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill in the next Session. |
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(95975)
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3
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average pay was of UK commercial attachés in each of the last two years. |
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(96214)
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4
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings were held between HM Treasury and officials of his Department on the creation of the new Innovation and Research Strategy. |
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(96215)
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5
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what involvement HM Treasury officials had in the creation of the Innovation and Research Strategy. |
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(96216)
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6
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK commercial attachés were active overseas in each of the last two years. |
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(96217)
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7
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support is available for companies seeking to export to (a) Egypt, (b) the Philippines, (c) Vietnam and (d) all other international markets; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96218)
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8
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average pay of UK commercial attachés in (a) Egypt, (b) Vietnam and (c) the Philippines was in each of the last five years. |
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(96219)
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9
N
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2012, Official Report, column 729W, on UK Export Finance, which exporters applied to use UK Export Finance products in 2011-12. |
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(95918)
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10
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Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) literacy teaching and (b) other prisoner education. |
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(96108)
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11
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 January 2012, Official Report, columns 8-12WS, on the Post Office Network, how many temporarily closed post office branches have been closed for more than (a) one month, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) one year. |
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(96170)
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12
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 January 2012, Official Report, columns 8-12WS, on the Post Office Network, how many temporarily closed post office branches are in (a) urban and (b) rural areas. |
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(96171)
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13
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 January 2012, Official Report, columns 8-12WS, on the Post Office Network, how many of the 11,801 post office branches are designated as temporarily closed. |
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(96172)
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14
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 January 2012, Official Report, columns 8-12WS, on the Post Office Network, how many post office branches were open and trading on 1 December 2011. |
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(96173)
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15
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Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2012, Official Report, columns 244-5W, on copyright, what advice he sought prior to discussions with the European Commission on an EU-wide copyright exception for data mining; and what economic research was conducted prior to those discussions. |
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(95978)
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16
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to implement in full the recommendations made in the local bus services market investigation published by the Competition Commission in January 2012; if he will ensure that the Office of Fair Trading has sufficient resources to ensure that operators abide by any new rules arising from implementation of the recommendations; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96178)
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17
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Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (ii) others on the development and implementation of Nature Improvement Areas. |
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(96224)
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18
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96258)
|
19
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of audio-visual works and works embedded within them that would need to be licensed under his proposals for the use of works for education under (a) option 5 and (b) option 6 of the Copyright Consultation. |
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(95592)
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20
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Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, whether he expects to issue a direction to local authorities to implement Commission Decision 2006/502/EC in May 2012; and when he expects the UK to be able to support consistent enforcement across the EU. |
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(96110)
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21
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Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, which authorities have taken action in response to concerns from industry. |
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(96111)
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22
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Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 275W, on lighters: safety, what assessment he has made of the implementation by local authorities of Commission Decision 2006/502/EC on child-resistant lighters; and if he will publish any such assessment. |
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(96112)
|
23
N
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) the value was of exports in 2011 and (b) objectives he has set for the level of exports by 2015 to (i) Bangladesh, (ii) Egypt, (iii) Indonesia, (iv) Iran, (v) Mexico, (vi) Nigeria, (vii) Pakistan, (viii) the Philippines, (ix) Turkey, (x) South Korea and (xi) Vietnam. |
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(95692)
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Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
24
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in his Department's cross-government review of funding for the advice sector; and if he will make a statement. |
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(95990)
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25
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Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to reply to the letter of 30 November 2011 from the right hon. Member for Rotherham on the Action Housing charity. |
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(96126)
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26
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96257)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
27
N
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions staff in his Department had with representatives of Moody's on 12 and 13 February 2012; who took part in any discussions; and what their purpose was. |
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(95709)
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28
N
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Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated how much the Debt Management Office will raise from the financial charge levied on loans provided to local authorities under the self-financing housing reforms. |
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(95716)
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29
N
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Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Sheffield, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) England will lose their entitlement to working families tax credit from 6 April 2012 due to the change in the minimum working hours criterion. |
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(95922)
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30
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to submit evidence to the Commission on Devolution in Wales relating to (a) Part 1 of the Commission's terms of reference and (b) any other matters. |
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(96002)
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31
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Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what customer service targets HM Revenue and Customs has put in place for (a) answering telephone calls and (b) responding to correspondence from members of the public; and what its performance was against these targets in each of the last three financial years. |
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(96011)
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32
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Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of his Department have had with (i) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (ii) others on the development and implementation of Nature Improvement Areas. |
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(96223)
|
33
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96242)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
34
N
|
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many letters he has received from residents of (a) Barnsley, (b) Doncaster, (c) Rotherham and (d) Sheffield asking him to ensure that the local authority provides a weekly refuse collection service. |
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(95714)
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35
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology was used to determine the amount of funding for each part of the UK in the Coastal Communities Fund. |
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(96005)
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36
N
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Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition he plans to use for the term full-time course of education for the purposes of schedule 1, section 3 of the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992. |
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(95748)
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37
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Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department plans to issue to local authorities on (a) employment of full-time trade union officials and (b) trade union check off arrangements. |
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(96226)
|
38
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Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by local authorities on local authority funerals in (a) the UK and (b) Milton Keynes in each year from 2005 to 2011. |
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(96031)
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39
N
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister for Housing and Local Government of 8 February 2012, Official Report, column 372, on local government finance, when he expects to announce arrangements for future grant funding for local authorities; if he will ensure local authorities are informed of his plans for the council tax base in 2013-14 before they take a decision on freezing council tax; for what reasons this information has not yet been provided; and if he will make a statement. |
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(95740)
|
40
N
|
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. |
|
(95704)
|
41
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96255)
|
42
N
|
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made in the change in the level of funding for the Supporting People programme in Hartlepool constituency per capita of (a) the population and (b) recipients in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13. |
|
(95694)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
43
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to promote participation in the consultation on S4C's governance arrangements; and for what reason a Written Ministerial Statement was not made on the consultation. |
|
(96113)
|
44
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Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the implementation of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on his Department's policies. |
|
(96023)
|
45
|
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department played a role in the drafting of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. |
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(96025)
|
46
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what information the London 2012 Organising Committee has provided to him on the distribution of ticket prices for the London 2012 Olympics. |
|
(95734)
|
47
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many London 2012 Olympics tickets have been sold for (a) the closing ceremony and (b) the 100 metres men's finals night; and at what prices. |
|
(95735)
|
48
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of London 2012 Olympics athletics finals tickets (a) have been and (b) will be allocated to schools. |
|
(95736)
|
49
N
|
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many tickets for the London 2012 Olympics have been sold at over £2012; and to how many purchasers. |
|
(95737)
|
50
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96254)
|
51
N
|
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what consideration he gave to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement as part of his Department's Communications Review Green Paper. |
|
(95742)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
52
N
|
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to deploy armed forces to the Falklands; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(95738)
|
53
|
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what roles are performed by Ministry of Defence police officers in Gosport constituency. |
|
(95981)
|
54
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2011, Official Report, column 529W, on military bases: Chelsfield, what his Department's normal procedures are for marketing and advertising. |
|
(95924)
|
55
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many organisations expressed an interest in purchasing the Chelsfield Ammunition Depot prior to its sale; and what their names are. |
|
(95925)
|
56
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fee GVA Grimley levied for its services in the sale of the Chelsfield Ammunition Depot. |
|
(95931)
|
57
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials of each grade were involved in the sale of the Chelsfield Ammunition Depot. |
|
(95932)
|
58
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason clawback conditions were not included in the sale of the Chelsfield Ammunition Depot. |
|
(95933)
|
59
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were suspended from duty as an officer of the Air Training Corps in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(95979)
|
60
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on non-core activities by the Air Training Corps in each region in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(95980)
|
61
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suspensions from duty as an officer of the Air Training Corps are outstanding from (a) 2010 and (b) 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(95982)
|
62
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish a detailed timetable and budget for the establishment of the proposed army base at Kirknewton. |
|
(96116)
|
63
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the Scottish government and (b) West Lothian Council on the proposed army base at Kirknewton. |
|
(96117)
|
64
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to upgrade the RAF Kirknewton site to enable it to become the base of one of the Army's multi-role brigades. |
|
(96120)
|
65
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the level of savings which will accrue from reductions in (a) civilian and (b) armed forces' allowances in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period; and what estimate he has made of total expenditure on (i) civilian and (ii) armed forces allowances in each of those years. |
|
(95687)
|
66
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which newspapers his Department provides for service personnel overseas. |
|
(95688)
|
67
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Report by Lord Levene on Defence Reform, when he expects the Service Chiefs to have responsibility for budgetary decisions. |
|
(95689)
|
68
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets and how many service personnel were involved in NATO exercise (a) Cold Response, (b) Atlantis, (c) Joint Warrior, (d) NATO Tiger Meet and (e) Oceanis in each of the last 5 years. |
|
(96179)
|
69
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets and how many service personnel will participate in NATO exercise (a) Cold Response, (b) Atlantis, (c) Joint Warrior, (d) NATO Tiger Meet and (e) Oceanis in 2012. |
|
(96180)
|
70
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the US Department of Defense's decision to delay the procurement of 179 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft on the in-service date of Joint Combat Aircraft. |
|
(96181)
|
71
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on that country's planned reduction in its nuclear arsenal. |
|
(96182)
|
72
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of progress made by Project Julius; and whether the project is on time. |
|
(96363)
|
73
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Project Julius avionic upgrade for the Chinook helicopters will receive its release to service. |
|
(96364)
|
74
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when project Julius-upgraded Chinooks will be deployed to Afghanistan. |
|
(96365)
|
75
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to install Lockheed Martin TPS-77 3D long-range radar equipment in Scotland. |
|
(96366)
|
76
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many remote operating vehicles are on board HMS Protector. |
|
(96261)
|
77
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department gives to the British Antarctic Survey. |
|
(96263)
|
78
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to return HMS Endurance to active duty in Antarctica. |
|
(96351)
|
79
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96253)
|
80
N
|
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will allow the family of Katrice Lee access to the case notes to the investigation into her disappearance; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(95693)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
81
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Department has to improve the standard of school toilets and washing facilities. |
|
(95999)
|
82
|
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptive parents in the UK are self-employed. |
|
(96260)
|
83
|
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to help 16 to 19 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete education or training. |
|
(96228)
|
84
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of newly-qualified teachers entering maintained schools in each county in England in each of the last five years. |
|
(95681)
|
85
|
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the rate of disruption in adoption services within the (a) UK and (b) Milton Keynes unitary authority area. |
|
(96022)
|
86
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for the service pupil premium in each (a) region, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) local authority area in 2011-12; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for 2012-13. |
|
(95695)
|
87
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in South East Cornwall constituency have received funding from the pupil premium. |
|
(95700)
|
88
N
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will confirm (a) by what medium and (b) on what date his Department received guidance from the Cabinet Office stating that private emails were exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. |
|
(95686)
|
89
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96256)
|
90
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils obtained A* to C grades in GCSE (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) history, (d) geography, (e) double award science, (f) biology, (g) physics, (h) chemistry and (i) a modern foreign language in each year from 1997 to 2010. |
|
(95698)
|
91
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children would have obtained five GCSEs at grade A* to C including English and mathematics if GCSE equivalents were given the weightings which he proposes to apply from 2015 in each of the last five years. |
|
(95699)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
92
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of properties in the private rented sector with an energy efficiency rating of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F and (g) G. |
|
(96000)
|
93
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the proportion of tenants in receipt of housing benefit in properties in the private rented sector with an energy efficiency rating of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F and (g) G. |
|
(96001)
|
94
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for assistance under the Warm Homes discount scheme were (a) accepted and (b) rejected in 2011-12. |
|
(96229)
|
95
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) each local authority and (c) each Parliamentary constituency received assistance under the Warm Homes discount scheme in 2011-12. |
|
(96230)
|
96
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households on social and discounted energy tariffs in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 20101-11. |
|
(96231)
|
97
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many solar PV installations qualifying for the feed-in tariff scheme there have been since 13 December 2011. |
|
(96232)
|
98
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has made an assessment of the Government's liability for loss of income following the Court of Appeal ruling on its consultation on the feed-in tariff for solar PV. |
|
(96233)
|
99
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 473, on feed-in tariffs, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there has been a 45 per cent. reduction in estimated installation costs since 2009. |
|
(96352)
|
100
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 473, on feed-in tariffs, how many solar PV installations (a) were planned under the last administration and (b) are projected to take place by 2015. |
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(96354)
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101
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 474, on feed-in tariffs, what the current installed capacity of solar power is; and what forecast his Department has made of the solar capacity expected to be installed by (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017, (f) 2018, (g) 2019 and (h) 2020. |
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(96356)
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102
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 474, on feed-in tariffs, what the evidential basis is for the statement that up to 20GW of solar power could be installed in the UK by 2020. |
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(96357)
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103
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 476, on feed-in tariffs, what the evidential basis is for the statement that a very small number of people were enjoying bumper returns; how many people were receiving such returns; and what the average level of such returns was. |
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(96358)
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104
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 478, on feed-in tariffs, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the cost to consumers will be £1.5 billion if the Government loses its appeal to the Supreme Court. |
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(96359)
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105
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 479, on feed-in tariffs, what forecast his Department has made of the number of people expected to be employed in the solar energy industry in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017, (f) 2018, (g) 2019 and (h) 2020. |
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(96360)
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106
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 479, on feed-in tariffs, what the evidential basis is for the statement that his Department expects a steady growth in the number of people employed in the solar industry until 2015 and beyond. |
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(96361)
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107
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Impact Assessment, Comprehensive Review Phase 2A consultation on feed-in tariffs for solar PV, what forecast his Department has made of the number of properties that (a) have an energy efficiency rating of Level D or higher and (b) are expected to have an energy efficiency rating of Level D by (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15 and (iv) 2015-16. |
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(96362)
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108
N
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Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanism his Department has put in place to measure the average levels of wind in the counties of England; and what information his Department holds on the levels of wind in Northamptonshire. |
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(95703)
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109
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support his Department gives to the British Antarctic Survey. |
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(96264)
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110
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the wholesale price of gas was in the UK in each of the last four months. |
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(96167)
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111
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96252)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
112
N
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2011, Official Report, columns 655-6W, on marine conservation zones, what discussions her Department has had with Natural England on funding for work related to marine conservation zones from 1 April 2012; on what dates such discussions took place; and what additional resources will be provided by (a) her Department and (b) Natural England for carrying out seabed and habitat monitoring (i) from 1 April 2012 and (ii) in the next three years. |
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(95741)
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113
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Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of (a) the cost of a withdrawal of Forestry Commission Wales from Forestry Commission Great Britain and (b) the costs of any such withdrawal that will be incurred in (i) Wales, (ii) England and (iii) Scotland. |
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(95991)
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114
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Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she plans to publish the final vision document for the future of the Rhydymwyn Valley site. |
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(96174)
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115
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Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from organisations on the future of the Rhydymwyn Valley site since 1 January 2011. |
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(96175)
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116
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Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the next meeting of the joint consultative committee for the Rhydymwyn Valley site to take place; who the current members and chair of the committee are; and when the Joint Consultative Board last met. |
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(96176)
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117
N
|
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to decide on the award of Nature Improvement Area status. |
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(95702)
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118
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Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the price of bread over the last five years. |
|
(96169)
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119
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many areas were designated as areas of outstanding natural beauty by Natural England in each of the last 10 years; and if she will list each site. |
|
(95110)
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120
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Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to mitigate the effects of any potential drought in Lincolnshire. |
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(96040)
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121
N
|
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Attorney General and (b) others on prosecutions for animal welfare offences where evidence is obtained by undercover filming. |
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(95731)
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122
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Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the EU sugar regime; and if she will make a statement. |
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(96004)
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123
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Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the revised reservoir safety guidance; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96033)
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124
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance to regulate the disposal of carcasses infected with BSE (a) was in place in 1996 and (b) is in place. |
|
(96034)
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125
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that prions from previous disposals of carcasses infected with or believed to be infected with BSE are not released into (a) the environment and (b) upwind of or near residential areas. |
|
(96098)
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126
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to regulate major excavation or reprofiling works where infected BSE carcasses are buried and where the exact location of the carcasses (a) is and (b) is not known. |
|
(96099)
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127
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the minimum permitted membrane thickness of a landfill site is; and what steps she would expect the Environment Agency to take if a membrane is found to be below the minimum permitted thickness. |
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(96100)
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128
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the likely total volume of waste going to landfill produced by (a) Merseyside, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) the Borough of Warrington, (d) the Borough of Halton and (e) the Borough of Wigan in each of the next 15 years. |
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(96101)
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129
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has put in place to (a) monitor and (b) minimise emissions of (i) inorganic compounds, (ii) dioxin and (iii) non-methane organic compounds at Arpley landfill (A) site and (B) gas generator; what assessment she has made of the merits of taking further such steps; and if she will make a statement. |
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(96102)
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130
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of insurance her Department requires companies who (a) operate on and (b) operate landfill sites to hold in respect of environmental damage. |
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(96103)
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131
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries have European Partnership Agreements under the Common Fisheries Policy; and how much expenditure has been incurred under each agreement. |
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(95732)
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132
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU member states on fisheries partnership agreements as part of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if she will make a statement. |
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(95733)
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133
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the use of packaging in the food industry. |
|
(96201)
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134
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines her Department issues on pre-emptive antibiotic use in livestock. |
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(96202)
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135
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the population of each species of birds of prey in each of the last five years. |
|
(96203)
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136
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department provided to local food chain initiatives in each of the last five years. |
|
(96204)
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137
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conservation work her Department has carried out on the River Rom; and what future work is planned. |
|
(96205)
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138
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tablet computers her Department purchased in each of the last five years. |
|
(96206)
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139
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many strains of genetically modified crops are licensed for use in the UK. |
|
(96207)
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140
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance her Department is providing to British Overseas Territories for sustainable development and environmental conservation. |
|
(96262)
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141
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to maintain (a) standards of animal welfare and (b) the competitiveness of the farming industry in the exports market. |
|
(96353)
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142
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior civil servants left her Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in her Department was during this period; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96251)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
143
N
|
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from his staff in (a) Israel and (b) Palestine on the health of Khader Adnan. |
|
(95919)
|
144
N
|
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel on Khader Adnan. |
|
(95920)
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145
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many electoral observers from the UK will be present during the Parliamentary elections in Madagascar scheduled to take place in March 2012. |
|
(96015)
|
146
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the forthcoming Parliamentary elections in Lesotho. |
|
(96016)
|
147
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many electoral observers from the UK will be present during the Parliamentary elections in Lesotho scheduled to take place in late February 2012. |
|
(96017)
|
148
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the decision by Senegal's constitutional court to allow current Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade to stand for a third term. |
|
(96018)
|
149
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact he has had with the authorities in Mali concerning the situation in that country, following the recent violence in Bamako and the growing insurgency by the Tuareg ethnic group. |
|
(96020)
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150
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the Parliamentary elections in Madagascar scheduled to take place in March 2012. |
|
(96021)
|
151
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the current security situation in Mali, following the recent violence in Bamako and the growing insurgency by the Tuareg ethnic group. |
|
(96030)
|
152
|
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with Mr John Yates about his appointment as police adviser to the government of Bahrain. |
|
(96122)
|
153
|
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain about the appointment of Mr John Yates as adviser on policing to that government. |
|
(96124)
|
154
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli government on the possible eviction of Palestinian citizens from the town of Silwan in East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96010)
|
155
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support security and anti-terrorism capacity in (a) Nigeria, (b) Kenya and (c) other parts of Africa. |
|
(95697)
|
156
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the installation of the Turks and Caicos Coastal Radar System. |
|
(96210)
|
157
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department gives to the British Antarctic Survey. |
|
(96349)
|
158
|
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the Henderson Island rat eradication programme. |
|
(96350)
|
159
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96250)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
160
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the availability of data collected on (a) lower urinary tract symptoms and (b) continence services. |
|
(95976)
|
161
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the National Audit of Continence Care; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(95977)
|
162
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that respondents to his Department's forthcoming consultation on plain packaging declare any (a) organisational membership that includes tobacco manufacturers, (b) organisational funding from tobacco manufacturers, including the Tobacco Manufacturers Association, (c) contracts providing services to or receiving fees from the tobacco industry and (d) responses generated through campaigns funded directly or indirectly by tobacco manufacturers. |
|
(96097)
|
163
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations engaging with his Department on the Tobacco Control Plan have disclosed links or funding received from the tobacco industry since the publication of the Plan. |
|
(96118)
|
164
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take as part of his proposals for NHS reform to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C in South Asian communities. |
|
(96038)
|
165
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision he plans to make in the forthcoming national liver disease strategy to improve awareness and diagnosis of hepatitis C within the South Asian population. |
|
(96039)
|
166
N
|
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent comparative assessment he has made of health outcomes in the UK and other European countries. |
|
(95739)
|
167
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the (a) Registration Council of Clinical Physiologists and (b) Health Professions Council on statutory regulation for clinical physiologists. |
|
(95705)
|
168
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has put in place any requirement that payments made to cover the costs of locums must be spent only on locums. |
|
(95706)
|
169
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence on potential risks to patient safety he took into account when taking the decision to regulate public health workers. |
|
(95707)
|
170
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) risk assessment and (b) cost-benefit analysis his Department carried out when considering whether (i) clinical physiologists and (ii) public health consultants should be statutorily regulated. |
|
(95708)
|
171
|
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer patients in (a) the North West and (b) England have accessed drugs through the Cancer Drug Fund since its inception. |
|
(96089)
|
172
|
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unannounced inspections of NHS hospitals have been carried out by the Care Quality Commission in the last 12 months. |
|
(96090)
|
173
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on consultation in Northern Ireland on the UK Plan for Rare Diseases; and when he expects the consultation to commence. |
|
(96115)
|
174
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the minimum referral time is between diagnosis of age-related wet macular degeneration and treatment in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales. |
|
(96012)
|
175
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of primary care trusts in relation to the treatment of age-related wet macular degeneration. |
|
(96013)
|
176
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources his Department provided for the treatment of age-related wet macular degeneration by primary care trusts in (a) York and North Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(96014)
|
177
|
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the diagnosis and treatment of age-related wet macular degeneration. |
|
(96019)
|
178
N
|
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of providing food per patient per day in (a) the NHS and (b) East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in each year since 2004. |
|
(95923)
|
179
|
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve treatments for men with advanced prostate cancer who relapse after hormone therapy and chemotherapy. |
|
(96027)
|
180
|
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the end-of-life criteria applied by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for (a) breast cancer, (b) kidney cancer and (c) prostate cancer. |
|
(96028)
|
181
|
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress with the National Cancer Equality Initiative aimed at improving outcomes for men with prostate cancer. |
|
(96029)
|
182
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library (a) responses from individual service users and (b) all other responses to his Department's offender personality disorder consultation. |
|
(96085)
|
183
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many victims' groups were consulted as part of his Department's offender personality disorder consultation. |
|
(96086)
|
184
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people work for Monitor; how many worked there in May 2010; and what the projected number of employees of Monitor is at the end of 2012. |
|
(96164)
|
185
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96249)
|
186
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) women, (b) men and (c) children are currently waiting for a kidney transplant in the UK; and how many such people are from black and minority ethnic groups. |
|
(95174)
|
187
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish (a) average waiting times and (b) success rates for the individual kidney transplant units listed by NHS Blood and Transplant. |
|
(95175)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
188
|
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) have retired from and (b) have been recruited to Greater Manchester Police in the last 12 months. |
|
(96234)
|
189
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many production orders were issued by (a) Dyfed Powys Police, (b) Gwent Police, (c) North Wales Police and (d) South Wales Police in each of the last five years. |
|
(96006)
|
190
|
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to facilitate tourism to the UK from (a) China, (b) India, (c) Brazil, (d) Russia and (e) other developing countries; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96212)
|
191
|
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with police forces on the level of resources for tackling financial crime and fraud. |
|
(95989)
|
192
N
|
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) the Minister for Immigration and (b) offficials in her Department have met representatives of the Malaysian government to discuss Malaysian British overseas citizens; and on what dates. |
|
(95712)
|
193
|
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have held with Mr John Yates about his appointment as police adviser to the government of Bahrain. |
|
(96123)
|
194
|
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will encourage all police forces to hold speed awareness courses for drivers who break speed limits. |
|
(96125)
|
195
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent members of Columbian crime gangs from entering the UK. |
|
(96095)
|
196
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the National Mandation Agreement for Vehicle Purchase by Police Authorities. |
|
(96096)
|
197
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior civil servants left her Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in her Department was during this period; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96248)
|
198
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people who have biometric data stored in the UK. |
|
(96026)
|
199
N
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to businesses on compensation for damage caused by riots. |
|
(95590)
|
200
N
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police authorities on compensation for people affected by riots |
|
(95591)
|
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
201
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the additional cost to the House of Commons was of the difference in dates of the February recess between the two Houses for (a) security, (b) catering, (c) administration, (d) maintenance and engineering services and (e) other services. |
|
(96177)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
202
N
|
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on social protection programmes in India for (a) children and (b) pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in each year since 2008; and what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of these programmes. |
|
(95711)
|
203
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the G20 Task Force on Employment. |
|
(95710)
|
204
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid he plans to provide to Libya in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; and for what purposes. |
|
(95701)
|
205
N
|
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Global Schools Partnership. |
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(95713)
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206
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support security and anti-terrorism capacity in (a) Nigeria, (b) Kenya and (c) other parts of Africa. |
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(95696)
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207
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle HIV/AIDS in Central American Integration System member states. |
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(96200)
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208
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to the Turks and Caicos Islands in the last 12 months. |
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(96208)
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209
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his officials are stationed in the Turks and Caicos Islands. |
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(96209)
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210
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96247)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
211
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Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department is providing for the work of the Toe by Toe peer mentoring programme operated by the Shannon Trust in the prison system. |
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(96107)
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212
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which private and voluntary sector organisations are working with prisoners in the high security adult prison estate. |
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(96114)
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213
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which private and voluntary sector organisations are working with prisoners in the adult prison estate in (a) the West Midlands, (b) the North East, (c) Greater London, (d) the South West, (e) the East of England, (f) the East Midlands, (g) the North West and (h) Wales. |
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(96119)
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214
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people in England and Wales given a custodial sentence in each year from 2008 to 2011 were aged between 18 and 24. |
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(96163)
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215
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18 to 24 entered the prison system for the first time in each year from 2008 to 2011. |
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(96220)
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216
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those sentenced to a custodial or community sentence in England and Wales in each year between 2008 and 2011 were first time offenders; and how many and what proportion of these were aged between 18 and 24. |
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(96221)
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217
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people given a community sentence in each year between 2008 and 2011 were aged between 18 and 24. |
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(96222)
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218
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Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people in England and Wales given a suspended sentence were aged between 18 and 24 in each year from 2008 to 2011. |
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(96227)
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219
N
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Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many homes were repossessed in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) East Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
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(95921)
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220
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Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women resident in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham were issued with Forced Marriage Protection Orders in the period (a) November 2008 to November 2009, (b) November 2009 to November 2010 and (c) November 2010 to November 2011. |
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(96035)
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221
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Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Forced Marriage Protection orders were issued in Romford county court for the period (a) November 2008 to November 2009, (b) December 2009 to November 2010 and (c) December 2010 to November 2011. |
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(96036)
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222
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Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce re-offending of people sentenced to one year or less in custody. |
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(96225)
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223
N
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Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those serving indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPPs) who had completed their minimum tariff were not released because they had not completed sufficient courses in each year since the inception of IPPs. |
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(95690)
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224
N
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Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in the office of the Victims' Commissioner in each month since May 2010. |
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(95691)
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225
N
|
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the likely change in the number of jobs in the personal injury claims handling sector including management companies, solicitors, car repair, credit hire, insurance brokers and insurers which would result from ending referral fees in personal injury cases; and if he will estimate the (a) cost to the public purse of any reduction in the number of jobs, (b) change in the level of revenue from income tax and VAT and (c) change in the level of court fees which would arise. |
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(95682)
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226
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people found guilty of (a) common assault, (b) battery, (c) assault occasioning actual bodily harm, (d) wounding causing grievous bodily harm and (d) grievous bodily harm with intent where the offence (i) was and (ii) was not racially aggravated received sentences of between 30 and 48 months in the last (A) year and (B) 10 years. |
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(95743)
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227
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people found guilty of (a) sexual activity with a child, (b) causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, (c) engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, (d) causing a child to watch a sexual act, (e) child sex offences committed by persons aged under 18 contrary to section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, (f) arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence, (g) meeting a child following sexual grooming, (h) abuse of position of trust contrary to sections 16 to 25 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or (i) sexual activity with a child family member contrary to sections 25 to 29 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, received sentences of between 30 and 48 months in the last (i) year for which figures are available and (ii) 10 years. |
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(95744)
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228
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of (a) unlawful sex with a minor, (b) rape and (c) grievous bodily harm received sentences of between 30 and 48 months in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(95745)
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229
N
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Minister in his Department is responsible for (a) regulation of claims management companies, (b) policy relating to regulation of claims management companies and (c) answering Parliamentary Questions in respect of claims management companies. |
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(95746)
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230
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences prisoners were serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP) (a) who have been released and (b) who are still in custody sentenced under an IPP, in the period since the introduction of that sentence. |
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(96052)
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231
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences prisoners were serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection, broken down by length of tariff rounded to the nearest year, in the period since the introduction of that sentence. |
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(96053)
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232
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences prisoners were serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection, broken down by region in which they were resident when arrested, in the period since the introduction of that sentence. |
|
(96054)
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233
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences prisoners were serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP) who have served longer than their minimum tariff in the period since the introduction of that sentence. |
|
(96055)
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234
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average period in excess of their tariff has been served by prisoners given an indeterminate sentence for public protection and subsequently released from custody, in the period since the introduction of that sentence. |
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(96056)
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235
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection have served more than (a) six months, (b) one year, (c) two years, (d) three years and (e) four or more years beyond their tariff. |
|
(96057)
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236
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of previous convictions is of prisoners given an indeterminate sentence for public protection. |
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(96058)
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237
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff the Parole Board employed in each of the last five years. |
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(96059)
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238
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog was of Parole Board cases awaiting consideration involving prisoners serving (a) an indeterminate sentence for public protection and (b) a life sentence, in each month in the last five years. |
|
(96060)
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239
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving (a) an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP) and (b) a life sentence have been directed to be (i) released and (ii) transferred to a Category D prison since May 2010; and for what offences they had been sentenced to the IPP or life sentence. |
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(96061)
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240
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of extended determinate sentences as proposed in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill which will be awarded per annum; and for what offences. |
|
(96062)
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241
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average period served by prisoners given an indeterminate sentence for public protection and subsequently released from custody has been, in the period since the introduction of that sentence. |
|
(96063)
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242
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time served in custody was by a person given (a) an indeterminate sentence for public protection, (b) a discretionary life sentence and (c) a mandatory life sentence but subsequently released from custody, in the last period for which figures are available. |
|
(96064)
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243
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people completed Accredited Offending Behaviour and Substance Misuse programmes (a) in custody and (b) in the community in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) 2011-12 to date. |
|
(96065)
|
244
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an indeterminate sentence for public protection completed Accredited Offending Behaviour and Substance Misuse programmes (a) in custody and (b) in the community in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) 2011-12 to date. |
|
(96066)
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245
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people completed Accredited Offending Behaviour and Substance Misuse programmes (a) in custody and (b) in the community, by type of programme, in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) 2011-12 to date. |
|
(96067)
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246
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the issuing of guidance as a statutory instrument by his Department to the Parole Board on the release test for prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection or a life sentence was in conformity with the law. |
|
(96068)
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247
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been deducted from prisoners' earnings following his implementation of the provisions of the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996, since September 2011. |
|
(96069)
|
248
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of the administration of deducting money from prisoners' earnings following the implementation of the provisions of the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996. |
|
(96070)
|
249
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has disbursed to victims' organisations following the implementation of the provisions of the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996. |
|
(96071)
|
250
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges were assigned to the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal on the final day of each of the last five years. |
|
(96072)
|
251
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard in the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal in each of the last five years. |
|
(96073)
|
252
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the salaries, (b) expenses and (c) any other costs of the judges in the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal in each of the last five years. |
|
(96074)
|
253
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent incidents occurred in court premises in each of the last five years. |
|
(96075)
|
254
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many security staff were employed in courts in each of the last five years. |
|
(96076)
|
255
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many motor accident personal injury claims for compensation for whiplash injuries were made in each of the last five years. |
|
(96077)
|
256
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes in the law would be needed to prevent claims management companies from texting or telephoning people without their prior consent. |
|
(96078)
|
257
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims management companies have had their authorisations revoked as a consequence of telephone or text message spamming since May 2010. |
|
(96079)
|
258
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential change in the number of (a) industrial disease cases, (b) clinical negligence cases, (c) privacy and defamation cases and (d) large-scale business and human rights cases as a result of implementation of the proposals on civil litigation funding and costs in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
|
(96080)
|
259
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of victims' (a) general damages and (b) special damages for past loss that will be taken by claimant lawyers in (i) industrial disease cases, (ii) clinical negligence cases, (iii) privacy and defamation cases and (iv) large-scale business and human rights cases as a result of implementation of the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
|
(96081)
|
260
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of dangerous and severe personality disorder units in reducing the risk of further violent offences being committed. |
|
(96082)
|
261
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which location each detainee in Broadmoor Hospital will be moved following the planned closure of its Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Unit in April 2012. |
|
(96083)
|
262
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what risk assessment he has carried out of the proposed closure of the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Unit in Broadmoor Hospital; what the methodology of any such risk assessment was; and if he will place the assessment and any supporting documents in the Library. |
|
(96084)
|
263
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements have been put into place to make up for problems with the provision of translators by Applied Language Solutions. |
|
(96157)
|
264
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has asked Applied Language Solutions to provide qualifications and background for each of its translators. |
|
(96158)
|
265
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were remanded in custody at bail hearings as a result of an interpreter not being available, in the last period for which figures are available. |
|
(96159)
|
266
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average daily cost of remanding a person in custody. |
|
(96160)
|
267
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of an ineffective trial in (a) magistrates' and (b) Crown courts in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(96161)
|
268
|
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of (a) an ineffective hearing, (b) and ineffective bail hearing and (c) an ineffective plea bargain in (i) magistrates' and (ii) Crown courts in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(96162)
|
269
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are on the waiting list for tribunal hearings for (a) disability living allowance and (b) employment and support allowance. |
|
(96165)
|
270
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were taken to court for the employment of illegal migrants in the last year for which figures are available; how many such cases resulted in a conviction; what the largest fine levied was; how many fines were levied; and how many have been paid. |
|
(96166)
|
271
|
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to implement the provisions of the Crime and Security Act 2010 on compensation for victims of terrorism overseas. |
|
(96168)
|
272
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96246)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
273
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on which dates he has discussed the 2012 Budget, with specific reference to the Northern Ireland economy, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
|
(96105)
|
274
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has discussed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer for inclusion in the March 2012 Budget with respect to Northern Ireland. |
|
(96106)
|
275
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96245)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
276
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many senior civil servants left his Department in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(96240)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
277
|
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received on the effect of greater centralisation of health services on transport links and the need to improve those links. |
|
(95992)
|
278
|
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in her Department are working only on the High Speed 2 project; and how many hours they spent working on the project in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. |
|
(96037)
|
279
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consider the merits of extending the proposals for charging heavy goods vehicles using UK roads to coach operators based outside the UK. |
|
(95988)
|
280
N
|
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has any plans to bring forward legislative proposals in respect of (a) companies and (b) equipment involved in the reduction of the recorded mileage of motor vehicles. |
|
(95715)
|
281
|
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce road casualties among people aged between 17 and 24 years; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96211)
|
282
|
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of road accidents caused by drivers between 17 and 24 years of age; what comparative assessment she has made of these figures and the proportion of driving licence holders accounted for by that age group; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96213)
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283
|
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the likely annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing universal free concessionary bus travel for all 16 to 25 year olds throughout the UK with the exception of (a) the Greater London Authority (GLA), (b) the GLA and all metropolitan and City Council authorities and (c) all non-rural local authorities. |
|
(96235)
|
284
|
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the likely annual income to the Exchequer of introducing a universal free concessionary bus travel pass for 16 to 25 year olds which could be purchased for (a) £5.00, (b) £10.00, (c) £15.00, (d) £20.00, (e) £25.00, (f) £30.00, (g) £35.00 and (h) £40.00. |
|
(96239)
|
285
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were registered in the road tax band (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E, (f) F, (g) G, (h) H, (i) I, (j) J, (k) K, (l) L and (m) M in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many vehicles were registered as historic. |
|
(95109)
|
286
|
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department has spent on (a) legal and (b) other professional fees to prepare the East Coast rail franchise for retender. |
|
(96032)
|
287
|
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effects on safety of using non-kitemarked plastic drainage kerbs on motorways and highways; and whether she considers the CE designation a sufficient guarantee of safety in conformity with the Construction Products Directive. |
|
(95993)
|
288
|
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the durability and flammability of plastic drainage kerbs without kitemarks when used on running lanes of motorways and highways. |
|
(95994)
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289
|
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what tests have been carried out on the safety and durability of plastic drainage kerbs on running lanes on highways and motorways; whether the results of these tests are published; and if not, if she will make them publicly available. |
|
(95995)
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290
|
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will raise the attestation level of all kerb drainage products on motorways to a level requiring kitemarking. |
|
(95996)
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291
|
Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment is made of the durability and flammability of drainage kerbing where it is exposed to increased damage and risk when used in managed motorway schemes allowing motorway running on hard shoulders. |
|
(95997)
|
292
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the staffing costs were of running the local office network of the DVLA in each calendar year since 2005. |
|
(96007)
|
293
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue the local office network of the DVLA generated in each calendar year since 2005. |
|
(96008)
|
294
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what functions the local office network of the DVLA performs. |
|
(96009)
|
295
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what principal types of available search and rescue units are required to be designated under section 2.1.11.4 of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue. |
|
(96183)
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296
|
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions fixed wing top cover search and rescue RAF aircraft were (a) requested by and (b) provided to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each of the last five years; and where each incident took place. |
|
(96184)
|
297
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many senior civil servants left her Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in her Department was during this period; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96241)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
298
|
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has estimated the value of (a) manufacturing and engineering and (b) other supply chains linking the South West and Wales. |
|
(96109)
|
299
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many senior civil servants left her Department in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in her Department was during this period; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(96243)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
300
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the potential saving if ex-offenders were not exempted from the extension of the housing benefit shared accommodation rate to single housing benefit claimants aged under 35 in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16. |
|
(95683)
|
301
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in benefits to people domiciled outside the UK in each of the last five years. |
|
(95684)
|
302
N
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the likely level of take-up by businesses of the job subsidies announced in the autumn statement. |
|
(95685)
|
303
|
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information he has on differences in performance of different Work Programme providers. |
|
(96091)
|
304
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Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on contractor overheads and anticipated return on investment through Work Programme outcomes. |
|
(96092)
|
305
|
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met representatives of the (a) CBI, (b) Institute of Directors, (c) British Chamber of Commerce and (d) TUC to discuss the labour market and unemployment. |
|
(96093)
|
306
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2012, Official Report, column 344W, on housing benefit: Northern Ireland, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform and universal credit in the last year; and when such meetings took place. |
|
(96104)
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307
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of tenants in the private rented sector who are in receipt of housing benefit. |
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(95998)
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308
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Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to providing guidance to university academics on the interpretation of the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011. |
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(95747)
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309
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) motor personal injury cases and (b) motor personal injury settlements were registered with his Department's Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) in each of the last 20 years; and how much was recovered from victims of motor personal injury cases by the CRU in that period. |
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(96087)
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310
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Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential change in recoveries by his Department's Compensation Recovery Unit as a result of implementation of Lord Justice Jackson's proposed civil cost reforms. |
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(96088)
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311
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants left his Department and its public bodies in each month since May 2010; what their names are; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants in his Department was during this period; and if he will make a statement. |
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(96244)
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Questions to the Attorney General
312
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had on the recent case in which the Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police paid compensation for revealing the identity of a witness; how much compensation was paid; how much was (a) paid and (b) incurred in legal costs by the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement. |
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[Transferred]
(96094)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
313
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Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what communications he has received from the US administration on the UK's ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement. |
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[Transferred]
(96003)
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314
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Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether self-employed adoptive parents are entitled to adoption allowances; and if he will make a statement. |
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[Transferred]
(96259)
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315
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Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultations his Department held before the UK signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. |
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[Transferred]
(96024)
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316
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Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what permits for arms exports to Bahrain have been approved by Ministers in his Department since February 2011. |
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[Transferred]
(96121)
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