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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 March 2012

Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 8 March 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 March 2012

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 8 March 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 Thursday 8 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 8 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether staff employed by the South East England Development Agency received retention bonuses after the announcement by the Government of the abolition of regional development agencies.
(99033)
2
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will raise the cap on disabled students' allowance (DSA) for post graduate students to match the level of financial support provided under DSA to undergraduate students with disabilities.
(98453)
3
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for finance guarantees from companies in each local authority area under the enterprise finance guarantee scheme have been (a) received and (b) approved since the scheme's inception.
(98882)
4
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 754W, on copyright: economic growth, whether the Government plans to (a) publish further impact assessments on the consultation on copyright and (b) commission research on the costs and benefits to all parties who could be affected by the proposals in the consultation on copyright.
(98752)
5
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in each constituency in the North West have received funding under the Business Innovation Scheme since the scheme's inception; and how much funding was allocated in each case.
(98899)
6
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value of each category of export to Kurdistan was in the last year for which figures are available.
(99089)
7
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the completion rate was for students enrolled on designated higher education courses in the latest period for which figures are available.
(99049)
8
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what submissions are required to be made by higher education providers in order for their courses to be designated; and if he will publish those submissions.
(99050)
9
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the decision not to impose charges on graduates who repay their student loans early.
(99051)
10
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2011, Official Report, column 149W, on Office for Life Sciences, how many full-time equivalent staff in each pay band he estimates will be employed in the Office for Life Sciences in each of the next three years; and what budget he has allocated for the Office for Life Sciences in each such year.
(98893)
11
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many projects the Office for Life Sciences has completed since May 2010; what projects are underway; and what the budget is of each such project.
(98894)
12
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which official in his Department has lead responsibility for communicating with the life sciences industry; and which directorate they are part of.
(98895)
13
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to retain assisted area status for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(99045)
14
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that Government sub-contractors are excluded from further contracts if they fail to pay their suppliers within an agreed time period.
(99013)
15
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the effect on metal finishing businesses in the UK of hexavalent chromium and cobalt salts becoming authorised substances under the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.
(98765)
16
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Leicester East of 7 February 2012 on the final dividend to BCCI creditors.
(99034)
17
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms in each region exported goods and services in each of the last three years.
(98762)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
18
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many iPads are owned by (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments.
(99096)
19
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were registered in each of the last 10 years.
(98933)
20
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children in Dartford constituency participated in the National Citizen Service scheme in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
(99214)
21
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) civil servants and (b) other people whose salaries are paid from the public purse in Shropshire earned a basic salary greater than £100,000 per annum in the latest period for which figures are available.
(99191)
22
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births there were in Northern Ireland in each quarter since the first quarter of 2001.
(99110)
23
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births there were in Scotland in each quarter since the first quarter of 2001.
(99126)
24
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births there were in Wales in each quarter since the first quarter of 2001.
(99127)
25
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births there were in England in each quarter since the first quarter of 2001.
(99128)
26
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many copies of the Morning Star newspaper are regularly purchased for (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office.
(99014)
27
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) meetings and (b) other discussions (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) departmental officials have held with hon. Members on trade union facility time since May 2010.
(99090)
28
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assistance his Department plans to provide to charities and voluntary bodies affected by the closure of Charity Business.
(99087)
29
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on charities and the voluntary sector of the closure of Charity Business.
(99088)
30
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department are responsible for cross-Whitehall policy on commissioning and procurement; and if he will make a statement.
(98805)
31
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value is of Government contracts awarded to (a) G4S and (b) associates of G4S (i) individually and (ii) in total since May 2010.
(98884)
32
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value was of Government contracts awarded to (a) Avanta Enterprise Ltd and (b) associates of Avanta Enterprise Ltd (i) individually and (ii) in total since May 2010.
(98887)
33
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value is of Government contracts awarded to (a) Working Links and (b) associates of Working Links (i) individually and (ii) in total since May 2010.
(98888)
34
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value is of Government contracts awarded to (a) Careers Development Group (CDG) and (b) associates of CDG (i) individually and (ii) in total since May 2010.
(98889)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
35
N 		Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he proposes that payment will be made under the Equitable Life scheme to estates of surviving spouses of eligible recipients who have died.
(98809)
36
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to deal with land banking for housing.
(99233)
37
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Financial Services Authority has spent on public affairs consultancy firms in the last 36 months; on which firms; and for what reason in each case.
(99041)
38
N 		Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made any assessment of the effect of suspending the beer duty escalator on the number of pub closures.
(98658)
39
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the payment of International Monetary Fund loans to non-EU countries in default of international legal and financial obligations.
(98785)
40
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his Department's policy to seek amendments to the rules of the Bank of International Settlements to prevent its use to shelter funds from legal claims.
(98786)
41
N 		Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the circumstances in which a country wilfully breaching its international financial and legal obligations should be required to forfeit its membership of the G20.
(98787)
42
Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of employers that provide tax-free employment-related loans to employees.
(99123)
43
Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of uptake of employment-related loans by employees in the latest period for which figures are available.
(99124)
44
Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the merits of raising the £5,000 tax-free threshold of employment-related loans provided to employees under section 180(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
(99125)
45
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the loss to the public purse arising from tax not being collected from people registered as non-resident who are resident in the UK for either (a) over 183 days in a tax year or (b) over 91 days on average over a four-year tax period.
(99029)
46
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government monitors, for the purposes of establishing residency status, how long people have been in the UK.
(99107)
47
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on families in Liverpool, Riverside constituency of changes in working tax credit eligibility rules to be introduced in April 2012.
(99042)
48
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to insolvency practitioners in each year between 1997 and 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(98810)
49
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has recovered through criminal assets seizures in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement.
(98891)
50
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward the (a) consultation period and (b) implementation in financial year 2012-13 of the measures he announced in his Autumn Statement in respect of compensation for indirect carbon price floor costs to energy intensive industries.
(98454)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
51
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he applied the definition of sustainable development recommended by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee when drafting the National Planning Policy Framework.
(99120)
52
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a breakdown of the 38,000 empty homes brought back into use by (a) former tenure and (b) English local authority in the last year.
(98949)
53
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to deal with land banking for housing.
(99232)
54
N 		Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from national non-domestic rates in each year of the last Spending Review.
(98455)
55
N 		Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of the rate of inflation in September 2011 on the revenue which will accrue to the Exchequer from national non-domestic rates in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(98456)
56
N 		Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition he uses of (a) families and (b) success measures in the work-led families programme; what funds his Department will spend on the programme in 2012-13; and what estimate he has made of the level of expenditure by local councils in 2012-13.
(98457)
57
N 		Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many homes the New Homes Bonus has been paid in each local authority in the latest period for which figures are available; how many of such homes are new build properties; how many of such homes had already commenced (a) construction and (b) tendering before the introduction of the New Homes Bonus; and how many homes have been built or committed to be built using resources provided by the New Homes Bonus.
(98654)
58
N 		Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the Helioslough application for development of the former Radlett aerodrome site; and what meetings he has held on this matter.
(98943)
59
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99178)
60
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the troubled families initiative.
(99179)
61
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding local authorities will contribute from pre-allocated resources from his Department towards the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99180)
62
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the potential effects of council tax benefit localisation on (a) people with disabilities, (b) single people and (c) working families.
(98897)
63
N 		Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant and unused homes there are in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Newcastle and (c) Gateshead; and if he will make a statement on his plans to promote the use of vacant and unused homes.
(98458)
64
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to reduce levels of homelessness in the North West.
(99048)
65
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the agendas and minutes of the Local Public Data Panel since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(98791)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
66
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he or the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games will give guidance on the interpretation of the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 for the purposes of allowing magazines and periodicals to include editorial and advertising related to the London 2012 Olympic Games that is not intended to claim an official relationship to the Games.
(99116)
67
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he or the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games will provide guidance to the magazine publishing industry on carrying editorial and advertisements related to the London 2012 Olympic Games which are not subject to the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995.
(99117)
68
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games on interpreting the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 and the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 relating to editorial and advertising content in print media.
(99118)
69
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the creative economy to economic growth.
(98462)
70
N 		Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will consider extending the eligibility criteria for the Queen's Jubilee Medal to include veterans.
(98452)
71
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what consideration he has given to the effect on cinema exhibitors and film distributors of the different licensing regimes for film classification in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland.
(98759)
72
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from film distributors and cinema exhibitors supporting the removal of the requirement for an entertainment licence from cinemas.
(98760)
73
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential financial burdens for the (a) creative industries and (b) advertising and direct marketing sector of the European Commission's proposals on data protection; and what steps his Department is taking to work with (i) the Ministry of Justice and (ii) European institutions to ensure that the proposals do not adversely affect growth and innovation in the creative industries.
(98900)
74
N 		Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to encourage companies producing official merchandise for the London 2012 Olympics to manufacture products in the UK.
(98763)
75
N 		Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the proportion of official memorabilia for the London 2012 Olympics that will be manufactured in the UK.
(98901)
76
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assistance with (a) travel and (b) accommodation expenses he plans to provide to volunteers for the Olympics living in the North East; and what information was provided to potential applications during the application process as to the nature of expenses provided to volunteers.
(98753)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
77
N 		Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of personnel in the (a) Regular and (b) Territorial Army are British citizens from ethnic minorities.
(97569)
78
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the potential annual savings to his Department if married couples in the armed services were required to leave married living quarters after eight years of residence.
(99111)
79
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for service married living quarters was in each year from 2000-01 to 2011-12; and what the planned budget is for 2012-13.
(99200)
80
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the armed forces housing budget was in each year from 2000-01 to 2011-12; and what it is planned to be in 2012-13.
(99201)
81
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many couples in each year since 2000 had lived in service married living quarters for a longer period than eight years.
(99202)
82
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in each year since 2000 had lived in service married living quarters for eight years.
(99203)
83
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service married living quarters there are in each (a) region, (b) local authority area and (c) constituency.
(99204)
84
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many married couples were housed in service married living quarters in each year since 2000.
(99205)
85
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual cost to the public purse of service married living quarters was in the latest year for which figures are available.
(99216)
86
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average compensation payment was to bereaved service families from PAX life insurance in (a) the last year, (b) the last five years and (c) the last 10 years.
(98766)
87
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many families have been paid compensation by PAX life insurance following the death of a family member serving in HM forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the last 12 years.
(98767)
88
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what compensatory payments are made by (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments to bereaved service families.
(98886)
89
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all compensatory payments made by (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments to the next of kin of fallen service personnel, setting out how much was paid and over what time period since 2000; how many recipients there have been for each payment in each such year; what the total amount spent on each payment was in each year; whether any eligibility criteria applied in respect of each payment; and which Government department was the lead department in administering each payment.
(98890)
90
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected end of service date is for the Merlin Mark 3 without upgrades.
(99101)
91
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost per vehicle was of (a) fuel, (b) road tolls, (c) accommodation and (d) other logistics of a return trip from the UK to each base in Italy by logistical support provided by No. 2 Mechanical Transport squadron during Operation Ellamy.
(99102)
92
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hire cars were rented for official use by personnel deployed to Italy during Operation Ellamy; and how many personnel on average used each car.
(99103)
93
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used when deciding where to accommodate personnel deployed to Italy during Operation Ellamy.
(99104)
94
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish procedures of continuous assessment of the psychological health of service personnel and the provision of guidance and assistance to then as necessary.
(98990)
95
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) release anonymised data on the mental health of UK service personnel to research establishments and (b) commission research on improving (i) the mental health of service personnel and (ii) the negative social effects of poor mental health of service personnel.
(98991)
96
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2011 to the hon. Member for Midlothian, Official Report, column 40W, on ex-servicemen: suicide, if he will publish interim findings of the research on the causes of death of all serving members of the armed forces since 2003; and when he expects the final findings of the study to be published.
(98993)
97
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service personnel in each branch of the armed forces were undergoing psychological (a) testing and (b) training in the latest period for which information is available.
(98995)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
98
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99181)
99
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the troubled families initiative.
(99182)
100
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of extra early years workers required to deliver 15 free hours of early education to 40 per cent. of two year olds.
(99183)
101
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding he plans to provide for recruitment of early years workers.
(99184)
102
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provided to the Drug Education Forum in each of the last five financial years; and what funding his Department will provide to the Drug Education Forum in each of the next five financial years.
(99185)
103
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding (a) his Department and (b) its agencies provided for continuous professional development in Personal Social Health and Economic education in each of the last five financial years; and what funding (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies will provide for continuous professional development in Personal Social Health and Economic education in each of the next five financial years.
(99186)
104
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding local education authorities will contribute from pre-allocated resources from his Department towards the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99187)
105
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he plans that local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies will work more collaboratively.
(99009)
106
N 		Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspections have been undertaken by Ofsted of services sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the last five years.
(98807)
107
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the teaching of the history of the European Union in schools.
(99211)
108
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission research on the effects of parents moving to less stressful jobs on (a) the quality of family life and (b) children's subjective well-being.
(98988)
109
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess research into the level of self control of a child as a predictor of well-being and attainment and its implication for his policies.
(98992)
110
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to measure the satisfaction of parents with the service provided by (a) free schools, (b) academies and (c) local authority-run schools; and if he will make a statement.
(98806)
111
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will offer (a) free schools, (b) academies and (c) local authority-run schools financial incentives or rewards to improve parent satisfaction with the service provided; and if he will make a statement.
(98808)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
112
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of his speech to the Community Security Trust Annual Dinner on 29 February 2012; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (99003)
113
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on onshore wind farms and the level of subsidy they receive.
(98788)
114
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the level of additional resource allocated by the nuclear regulators for nuclear safety reassessments following the nuclear accident at Fukushima in March last year; and whether any such expenditure has been recovered from nuclear operators.
(99004)
115
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information he has received from HM Chief Nuclear Inspector on progress made in resolving each of the outstanding issues identified on issuance in December 2011 of the interim design acceptance confirmation for the UK EPR as part of the generic design assessment process; when he expects all outstanding issues to be satisfactorily resolved; and how many such issues are related to concerns arising from safety assessments of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
(99005)
116
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on proposals put to site stakeholder groups at civil nuclear sites to extend nuclear accident evacuation zones at UK nuclear installations following the accident at Fukushima in March 2011.
(99006)
117
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of consumer energy bills that is attributable to green taxes.
(98986)
118
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Emissions Trading Scheme.
(98987)
119
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of households switched energy provider in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.
(99164)
120
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to enhance UK competitiveness in (a) research on and (b) commercial implementation of carbon capture and storage technology; and if he will make a statement.
(98723)
121
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will reconsider the decision not to proceed with the carbon capture and storage project at Longannet; and if he will make a statement.
(99166)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
122
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what area of forest on the public forest estate managed by the Forestry Commission England is clearfelled each year.
(98997)
123
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what species of trees were replanted by Forestry Commission England on felled areas on the public forest estate in the latest year for which figures are available.
(98998)
124
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Forestry Commission England replanting on the public forest estate is with (a) monocultures and (b) intimate mixtures of species.
(98999)
125
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent changes to replanting programmes she has made in response to existing and potential forest pests and diseases.
(99000)
126
Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost of establishing and (b) area of replanting conifer on the public forest estate in England; and what estimate she has made of the likely long-term financial returns from such replanting.
(99001)
127
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to make the halal slaughter process more humane; and if she will make a statement.
(98345)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
128
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the death of Kim Jong-il and the succession to the leadership of Kim Jong-un on the political situation in North Korea.
(99167)
129
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Israeli government the detention of Palestinian prisoners without charge or trial.
(99105)
130
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on those administering power in the (a) unoccupied zone and (b) occupied Western Sahara.
(99106)
131
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government recognises a de jure Administering Power in Western Sahara.
(99163)
132
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the UN Relief and Works Agency Summer Games Marathon to be held on 1 March 2012 in Gaza.
(98459)
133
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of allegations of violence and vandalism committed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
(98460)
134
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the situation of Mr Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike while detained by the Israeli authorities.
(98461)
135
N 		Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress to date in the UK's Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe; and what its main efforts and achievements have been in promoting and protecting of human rights.
(98931)
136
N 		Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the UK's goals for its Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in relation to developing practical measures in (a) internet governance, (b) strengthening the rule of law, (c) supporting Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland's programme of reform of the Council of Europe and (d) reforming the European Court of Human Rights and strengthening implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights remain to be achieved; and if he will make a statement.
(98932)
137
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure a speedy resolution of Turkey's application to join the EU.
(99194)
138
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German and French counterparts on Turkey's application to join the EU.
(99195)
139
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals requested consular support in the Maldives in the last month.
(99206)
140
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his South African counterpart on the provision of broadband internet connection in St Helena.
(99209)
141
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to increase the provision of broadband internet connection in St Helena; and if he will make a statement.
(99210)
142
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials from his Department have visited (a) St Helena and (b) Tristan da Cunha in the last 12 months.
(99237)
143
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the development of new political parties in Libya; what support his Department is providing to such parties; and if he will make a statement.
(99122)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
144
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for the safe and sustainable review of children's heart services in England which is being carried out by the National Specialised Commissioning Team; and how much has been spent on the review.
(99130)
145
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect on the health of cancer patients of time limiting the employment and support allowance.
(99095)
146
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his strategy is for training and workforce development to support the transfer of responsibility for drug and alcohol services for the new public health service; and what the role will be of the Substance Misuse Skills Consortium.
(99115)
147
N 		Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has commissioned an independent analysis of the cost of NHS reorganisation.
(98758)
148
N 		Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department due to (a) stress and (b) mental ill health in each of the last three years.
(98781)
149
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with drug manufacturers and wholesalers to ensure that there will be sufficient supply of prescription drugs during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(99040)
150
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on whether the Chief Executive of the Lancashire Primary Care Trust cluster has visited West Lancashire constituency in the last year.
(98769)
151
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the performance of the Chief Executive of the Lancashire Primary Care Trust (PCT) cluster; and what assessment his Department has made of the operation of Lancashire PCT cluster.
(98770)
152
N 		Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to recover money overpaid to GPs for patients that should have been removed from their practice lists.
(98196)
153
N 		Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure primary care trusts remove the names of deceased patients from practice lists.
(98270)
154
N 		Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of dentistry by the NHS.
(98271)
155
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the last five years.
(98720)
156
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from the Cumbria Primary Care Trust area did not keep an appointment following a referral to an out-of-county consultant specialist in each of the last five years.
(98721)
157
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the healthcare arrangements for offenders who are (a) diagnosed with hepatitis C whilst in prison, (b) diagnosed with hepatitis C whilst in prison and then transferred to a different prison and (c) diagnosed with hepatitis C whilst in prison and subsequently released.
(98927)
158
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hepatitis C tests were (a) offered and (b) carried out in prisons in England and Wales in each quarter of (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12 to date.
(98928)
159
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the introduction of a universal offer of a hepatitis C test to all prisoners who are admitted to prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(98929)
160
N 		Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he uses to determine which prisoners are offered a test for hepatitis C.
(98934)
161
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99173)
162
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the troubled families initiative.
(99174)
163
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the NHS will contribute from pre-allocated resources towards the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99175)
164
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have (a) increased charges and (b) changed eligibility criteria for social care since May 2010.
(98896)
165
N 		Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of providing a fully compliant vascular laboratory at Warrington Hospital; and if he will estimate the cost of providing a similar laboratory at the Countess of Chester Hospital if a hub for vascular services is located there.
(98898)
166
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value of the remuneration package is for the Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service, including costs associated with pension and car allowance.
(99112)
167
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the individual components are of the remuneration package for the Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service.
(99113)
168
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the salary of the Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service.
(99114)
169
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will arrange for officials in his Department to meet the Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Trust to renegotiate his contract to ensure he does not earn more than the Prime Minister.
(99188)
170
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of all the salaries of the chief executives of NHS ambulance trusts in England in (a) 2007 and (b) 2011.
(99189)
171
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the levels of pay of chief executives of ambulance services in other EU member states.
(99190)
172
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the travel expenses were of the Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
(99192)
173
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to give guidance to the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospitals Trust board on the inclusion of interested stakeholder groups in the appointment of a new chief executive of the Trust.
(99193)
174
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the provision of halal slaughtered meat and only providing such meat where necessary.
(98346)
175
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of (a) awareness and (b) detection of ovarian cancer symptoms.
(99008)
176
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce the launch of his proposed public consultation into the UK Rare Diseases Plan.
(99010)
177
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 701W, on midwives, what proportion of midwifery graduates started work as midwives in the NHS within six months of graduation in each year from 1997 to 2009.
(99109)
178
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all elderly people are treated with respect and dignity in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
(99235)
179
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, columns 244-5W, on the brain: injuries, for what reason civilian patients treated in NHS hospitals for a head injury are not warned that they have a high risk of suffering post-traumatic hypopituitarism, while members of the armed forces treated in military hospitals are warned of the risk and screened for the condition; and if he will take steps to ensure that all hospitals routinely provide such screening to high risk patients.
(99030)
180
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect payments made to Computer Sciences Corporation for contracts under the Connecting for Health Programme in the next three financial years will have on the declared savings made through the accelerated dismantling of the National Programme for IT.
(99036)
181
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of payments to Computer Sciences Corporation through contracts under the Connecting for Health Programme in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
(99037)
182
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of telehealth and telecare services on improving patient experience in the NHS and adult social services; and if he will make a statement.
(99011)
183
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of telehealth and telecare services on delivering efficiency savings in the NHS and adult social services; and if he will make a statement.
(99012)
184
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to support (a) primary care trusts, (b) clinical commissioning groups and (c) local authorities to commission telehealth and telecare services for people with long-term care needs; and if he will make a statement.
(99098)
185
N 		Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name of patient, (b) age, (c) ward, (d) date of absconding, (e) method by which they absconded, (f) whether on remand or committed following sentence, (g) date of committal, (h) offence or alleged offence for which remanded or committed, (i) date apprehended, (j) place apprehended, (k) how apprehended and (l) whether subsequently charged with escaping lawful custody was of each patient who has absconded whilst at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust hospital at Bethlem, Beckenham in each year since 2001.
(98945)
186
N 		Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many disciplinary hearings have been held with regard to staff employed at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust hospital at Bethlem, Beckenham following an inquiry into a patient absconding in each year since 2001.
(98946)
187
N 		Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the date was of each inquiry undertaken following a patient absconding from the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust hospital at Bethlem, Beckenham in each year since 2001; and what the main findings of the inquiry report were in each case.
(98947)
188
N 		Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what remuneration Councillor Madelaine Long has been paid in each year since her appointment as Chairman of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
(98948)
189
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups have chosen to specialise in diabetes; and how many such groups his Department estimates will choose to specialise in diabetes.
(99007)
190
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received from (a) members of the public, (b) hon. Members, (c) pharmacists, (d) doctors, (e) nurses and (f) hospitals on prescription drug shortages in the latest period for which figures are available.
(99038)
191
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of prescription drug shortages.
(99039)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
192
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of theft and resale of (a) gold and (b) other precious metals.
(99129)
193
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effect of appointing an independent national rapporteur on human trafficking on levels of information about human trafficking available to (a) the Government, (b) the UK Border Agency and (c) police forces.
(99097)
194
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were arrested where CCTV evidence was a contributory factor in (a) the West Midlands, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) Essex in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
(98724)
195
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police authorities entering into new contracts before the elections of police commissioners in November.
(99165)
196
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Independent Police Complaints Commissioner on accountability for contracted-out services for police authorities.
(99197)
197
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the managing of private sector contracts by police authorities.
(99198)
198
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has given to police authorities on requirements for due diligence on the letting of police contracts to the private sector.
(99199)
199
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99172)
200
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department are working on the troubled families initiative.
(99176)
201
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding police authorities will contribute from pre-allocated resources towards the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99177)
202
N 		Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK authorities have accessed information on the European Criminal Information System in each year since it became operational.
(98782)
203
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with offences relating to the cultivation of cannabis in (a) Dartford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England in each of the last five years.
(99212)
204
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with offences relating to the sale of cannabis in (a) Dartford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England in each of the last five years.
(99213)
205
N 		Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to introduce the ban on below cost selling of alcohol on 6 April 2012; and when any such order will be laid before the House.
(98195)
206
N 		Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the determination of the successful appeal of Mohamed Amir, FCO number 14866, appeal number OA/63095/200, which was allowed on 11 November 2010, was notified to the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
(98761)
207
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is provided to police officers on (a) the investigation of cases of suicide and (b) their contacts with families bereaved by suicide; and if she will make a statement.
(99044)
208
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is provided to police officers investigating cases of suicide where the use of the internet may have been a factor in the suicide; and if she will make a statement.
(99046)
209
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to EU Council Joint Action 98/700/EU, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) level of maintenance and (b) use of the European Image Archiving System.
(98757)
210
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the EU Council Act of 3 December 1999 laying down the staff regulations applicable to Europol employees, how many former employees were in receipt of the monthly unemployment allowance established by Article 59 of the Act in each of the last five years; how many such recipients were granted the allowance on the basis of illness, accident, maternity, invalidity or a situation recognised as being comparable under Article 59(2) of the Act in each such year; what the total cost was of providing monthly unemployment allowance in each year; and what assessment she has made of Europol's future pension liabilities.
(98764)
211
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to EU Council Decision 1999/615/JHA, whether 4-MTA is subject to control measures and criminal penalties in the UK.
(98771)
212
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the EU Council Decision of 2 December 1999 adjusting the remuneration and allowances applicable to Europol employees, what information her Department holds on the real terms increase in pay for each band of Europol employee on the pay scale since 1999.
(98784)
213
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the EU Council Decision of 27 March 2000 (200/261/JHA), what assessment her Department has made of the (a) level of maintenance and (b) use of the system for exchanging information regarding false documents established by Article 1 of the Decision.
(98892)
214
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British Overseas Territory nationals were refused entry to the UK in each of the last five years.
(99207)
215
N 		Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, column 186W, on proceeds of crime, who will receive the interest accruing on the funds held by the authorities in Jersey.
(98768)
216
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the contract between the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre and BAE System Detica.
(99035)
217
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the implications of the extradition of Christopher Tappin for her Department's policies; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the law on extradition.
(99162)
218
N 		Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 464W, on Members: correspondence, if she will set out the reasons it took a month to inform the hon. Member for Walsall North that written authorisation was needed in case reference S1153849 and CTS ref M494/12.
(98719)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
219
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment he has made of the effect that the removal of the fig trees in Portcullis House would have on the acoustics of the building.
(99015)
220
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons Commission has given consideration to the use of the space previously occupied by the fig trees in Portcullis House in the event that the trees are removed.
(99016)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
221
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on which countries his Department's governance and conflict programme will focus.
(99091)
222
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding has been allocated by his Department to programmes run by the private sector (a) in each (i) country and (ii) continent and (b) under the auspices of each multilateral institution; and how many of his Department's staff work on each.
(99092)
223
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff his Department employs working on bilateral aid programmes.
(99093)
224
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria his Department uses when assessing the value for money of the private sector programmes it funds.
(99094)
225
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) development assistance and (b) other aid his Department provided to Puntland and the South and Central regions of Somalia (i) in each year from 2005 to 2010 and (ii) in the first half of 2011; and what the difference was between commitments and disbursements in each period.
(97603)
226
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to improve broadband internet provision in British Overseas Territories.
(99208)
227
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials from his Department have visited St Helena in the last 12 months.
(99238)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
228
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were convicted where CCTV evidence was a contributory factor in (a) the West Midlands, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) Essex in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
(98725)
229
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has allocated to the troubled families initiative in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
(99168)
230
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the troubled families initiative.
(99169)
231
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how monies and assets recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are being used by his Department.
(99170)
232
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding (a) HM Court and Tribunal Service, (b) HM Prison Service and (c) other agencies under his Departmental remit will contribute to the troubled families initiative from pre-allocated resources in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15 financial years.
(99171)
233
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department proposes to spend on capital investment in the prison estate for each year of the current spending review period.
(98754)
234
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Business Plan, what progress his Department has made on its plan to relocate 1,000 posts out of London by 2015.
(98755)
235
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Business Plan, what progress his Department has made in saving £1 billion from administration and front line efficiency.
(98756)
236
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing its central London estate.
(98783)
237
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on ensuring convicted murderers do not move into areas where they might come into contact with their victims' families; and if he will make a statement.
(99236)
238
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2011 to the hon. Member for Luton North, Official Report, column 552W, on prisoners: ex-servicemen, if he will make it his policy to record and publish annually the (a) number of ex-service personnel in prison establishments and (b) the proportion of the prison population constituted by ex-service personnel.
(98994)
239
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for dropping litter in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(98804)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
240
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the St Andrew's Agreement of 2006, what assessment he has made of the application of national security arrangements to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(99031)
241
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what justice and security matters that affect Northern Ireland remain under the control of the UK Government.
(99032)
Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
242
N 		Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, on how many occasions since September 2011 the Board of IPSA has met; for what reason details of Board meetings since 18 October 2011 have not been published on IPSA's website; and if he will make a statement.
(98930)
243
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what methods were used to consult members of the public on the hon. Members' scheme of business costs and expenses between 24 November 2011 and 20 January 2012; what the cost was of such consultation; and how many members of the public participated in the consultation.
(99239)
244
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, which constituency offices of hon. Members IPSA staff visited (a) as part of the consultation into staffing needs for hon. Members and (b) for other reasons in the last 12 months.
(99240)
245
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for what reason IPSA decided that staff in receipt of redundancy packages employed by hon. Members prior to the creation of IPSA should not be entitled to a doubling of the statutory minimum in the redundancy package made available for staff on IPSA contracts.
(99241)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
246
N 		Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received on the Helioslough applications for development of the former Radlett aerodrome site; what representations she or Ministers in her Department have made on this matter; and what meetings she or Ministers in her Department have held on this matter.
(98944)
247
Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultations her Department undertook in relation to the Dartford Crossing in each of the last 10 years.
(99215)
248
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing a one metre rule for motorists overtaking cyclists; and if she will make a statement.
(99043)
249
N 		Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make an announcement on the proposed Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010.
(98883)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
250
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Northern Ireland.
(99099)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
251
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the suitability of Atos to undertake work for his Department; and whether such an assessment involved an assessment of the governance and leadership of Atos.
(99108)
252
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on improving capacity to work amongst those with chronic debilitating conditions.
(98722)
253
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether under the universal credit system 16 to 20 year-olds who are estranged from their families will qualify for benefits without being subject to conditionality measures if they spend at least 12 hours a week attending education or training.
(99100)
254
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made on the impact of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill on tenants who live in areas with a low supply of smaller living units for them to move into.
(99119)
255
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial impact of the housing benefit cap on homeless households in temporary accommodation.
(99121)
256
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assess the implications of the Dilnot Report; and if he will make a statement.
(99234)
257
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of appeals were successful by people contesting the withdrawal of employment and support allowance following a work capability assessment in the latest period for which figures are available.
(99047)
258
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people from each socio-economic group with flexible working hours in the latest period for which figures are available.
(98989)
259
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how recordings of work capability assessments (WCAs) are provided to claimants; and what steps he is taking to increase claimants' awareness that WCAs may be recorded.
(98996)
260
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the number of people in receipt of employment and support allowance that would be referred to the Work Programme prior to the scheme's commencement; what the actual level of referrals has been since the scheme's commencement; and what assessment he has made of the causes of any difference between these figures.
(98885)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
261
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the financial implications of not imposing charges for the early repayment of student loans.
[Transferred] (99052)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
262
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in cost to consumers of the planned introduction of the carbon floor price.
[Transferred] (98985)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
263
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to extend eligibility for the Queen's Jubilee Medal to fire service personnel based in control rooms.
[Transferred] (99196)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
264
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households with their energy costs.
[Question Unstarred] (98682)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
265
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have been free from the use of illegal drugs for a 12 month period in the latest period for which figures are available.
[Transferred] (99002)

Prepared 8th March 2012