Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 19 March 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 19 March 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 19 March 2012

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 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 Monday 19 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 19 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reviewing laws relating to human trafficking.
	(100828)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 737W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in the Law Officers' Departments in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100748)

3 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to cybercrime in the last year for which figures are available.
	(100763)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

4 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was disbursed by (a) Yorkshire Forward and (b) the Regional Growth Fund to enterprises in (i) the City of York, (ii) York and North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years; and how much will be available to disburse in each of the next two years.
	(99763)

5	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any staff employed by the One North East Development Agency received retention bonuses after the announcement by the Government of the abolition of the regional development agencies.
	(101132)

6	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a list of each Government Procurement Card transaction of Advantage West Midlands Regional Development Agency providing (a) transaction date, (b) supplier and (c) amount for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
	(101193)

7	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce measures to better regulate the prepayments market as recommended in the Consumer Focus Report Pay Now, Pay Later.
	(101018)

8	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on removing Northern Ireland's 100 per cent. automatic assisted area status from the Industrial Development Act 1982.
	(100792)

9	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to place the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on a statutory basis.
	(101157)

10	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Ministerial Statement on English for speakers of other languages of 29 February 2012, Official Report, column 31WS, what process and criteria he used to determine which institutions would receive funding.
	(100675)

11	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Ministerial Statement on English for speakers of other languages of 29 February 2012, Official Report, column 31WS, which institutions have been awarded additional funding.
	(100676)

12	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to develop alternative qualifications below Level 1 for English for speakers of other languages; and if he will make a statement.
	(100865)

13	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time personnel are employed by UK Trade and Investment to work on increasing UK trade with (a) Chad, (b) Guinea-Bissau and (c) Guinea-Conakry.
	(100690)

14	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps UK Trade and Investment is taking to increase UK trade with Algeria.
	(100691)

15	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of UK exports to Angola in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(100692)

16	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of UK exports to Niger in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(100693)

17 N	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the (a) average institutional fee that will be charged by for-profit providers to students claiming student loans and (b) costs to his Department of the 2012-13 cohort of students during their studies.
	(100848)

18 N	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish a list of for-profit higher education providers; and how many students took out student loans in respect of studies with such providers in each year since 2006.
	(100853)

19 N	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of undergraduate students eligible for loans under the Student Loan Scheme at (a) for-profit institutions and (b) not-for-profit institutions that are not funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in 2012-13.
	(100919)

20	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms his Department has in place to limit the number of students who can be funded via the student loan scheme to study courses with for-profit and not-for-profit higher education providers.
	(101192)

21	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor the quality of (a) provision and (b) teaching and learning available to students in for-profit and not-for-profit higher education providers.
	(101203)

John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) achieved Corporate Aim 1 of its Operational Plan of 2010-11 that sector delivery should comprise 70 per cent. of the body's overall contract delivery in 2010-11; what progress has been made in increasing sector delivery to 80 per cent. in 2011-12; and when the LSIS plans to publish its Operational Plan for 2011-12.

(101161)

23 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data is collected by his Department on the level of research, science and innovation in businesses in the UK.
	(100588)

24 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to produce an industrial strategy for the low-carbon sector.
	(100589)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 221W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100728)

26 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has held with the Money Advice Service on contracts for debt advice for 2012-13.
	(100332)

27 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many debt advice providers have had their targets for 2012 increased by more than 50 per cent.; and what effect this will have on their ability to give face-to-face debt advice.
	(100335)

28	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100883)

29	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of the replacement of such property.
	(100884)

30 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of output in the construction industry in January 2012; if he will take steps to boost growth in construction output; and if he will make a statement.
	(100147)

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people applied to be a Make it in Great Britain Industry Champion; what criteria his Department used to select the (a) champions and (b) sectors the champions represent; how many champions have been involved individually in previous campaigns, initiatives or programmes by his Department; and how many of the businesses they work for have been involved in such campaigns, initiatives or programmes.

(101021)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

32 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobs there were in the City of York in each of the last 10 years.
	(99764)

33 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average income of (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female workers was in (i) the City of York, (ii) York and North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years.
	(99765)

34 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent (a) civil service, (b) health service and (c) armed forces jobs there were in (i) the City of York, (ii) York and North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1997.
	(99767)

35	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which countries the Minister without Portfolio has visited since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
	(100719)

36	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Minister without Portfolio has visited Pakistan since May 2010 in an official capacity; what the cost of each such visit was; and under what budget headings such expenditure was made.
	(100720)

37	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which constituencies the Minister without Portfolio has visited in her Ministerial capacity since May 2010; and what the cost of each such visit was.
	(100721)

38	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of the private office of the Minister without Portfolio since May 2010.
	(100722)

39	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of drivers for the Minister without Portfolio since May 2010.
	(100723)

40	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what expenditure the Minister without Portfolio has incurred on entertainment in an official capacity since May 2010.
	(100724)

41	Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what gifts the Minister without Portfolio has (a) received and (b) given since May 2010.
	(100725)

42	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Efficiency and Reform Group has issued tendering guidance to other Government departments on taking past contract performance of suppliers into account.
	(101162)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2011, Official Report, column 872W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100738)

44 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department gave to (a) the Stephen Lawrence Trust, (b) Magic Breakfast, (c) Barnados and (d) the Children's Society in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(100543)

45	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what media monitoring services the Deputy Prime Minister's Office has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100913)

46	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what property has been lost or stolen from the Deputy Prime Minister's Office in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100914)

47	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what media monitoring services the Prime Minister's Office has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100915)

48	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what property has been lost or stolen from the Prime Minister's Office in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100916)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

49 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many CIS4 forms were processed by HM Revenue and Customs in the last financial year.
	(100312)

50	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of tax credit payments to households with incomes below (a) 60 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 40 per cent of the median.
	(100876)

51 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher-rate taxpayers have more than 10 children in receipt of child benefit.
	(100833)

52 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out his calculation of the minimum number of children qualifying for child benefit that a higher-rate taxpayer would have to have before the total of child benefit received was greater than that person's payments of income tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(100849)

53
N

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral Answer of 7 March 2012, Official Report, column 841, on child tax credit, if he will set out his calculation of the minimum number of children qualifying for child benefit that a higher-rate taxpayer would have to have before that person's own payments of income tax were exceeded by the child benefit received; and if he will make a statement.

(100850)

54 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with children have an earner with a gross taxable income in excess of (a) £50,000, (b) £60,000 and (c) £70,000.
	(100851)

55	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Edinburgh West constituency will no longer pay income tax due to his proposed increase in the personal allowance (a) from April 2012 and (b) by April 2015.
	(100780)

56	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families there are with one higher rate tax payer earning between £50,000 and £55,424.
	(101137)

57 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of nurses in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012.
	(100817)

58 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of nurses in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set to £10,000.
	(100818)

59 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people living in rural communities in each income decile who will benefit from the proposed increase in the personal allowance of income tax in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
	(100819)

60	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on taxation of bingo.
	(100866)

61	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the gross profit tax levied on (a) bingo clubs and (b) bookmakers; and for what reasons the rates are different.
	(100867)

62	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the bingo industry on the relationship between bingo gross profits tax and total tax receipts from the gaming sector.
	(100978)

63 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider implementing a tax credit to support the (a) television, (b) computer gaming and (c) animation industry.
	(100491)

64	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of people resident in Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency who will no longer pay income tax due to his proposed increase in the personal allowance (a) from April 2012 and (b) by April 2015.
	(100791)

65	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of concessions given by (a) Inland Revenue and (b) HM Revenue and Customs to shipping companies in respect of the tonnage tax scheme was in each year since 2000-01.
	[R] (100694)

66 N	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total amount of (a) income tax and (b) employee national insurance contributions which someone on average earnings would pay over their lifetime in current prices.
	(100762)

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 680W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100746)

68	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had discussions with large supermarkets and large fuel providers on regional pricing of fuel.
	(100604)

69
N

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether the bilateral Irish loan will continue to rank above private sector debt, such as the holdings of Irish gilts, in the event of a restructuring or if it will now have a lower level of priority in line with that of eurozone credit, extended under the European Financial Stability Facility, following the eurozone agreement of 20 June 2011.

(100333)

70 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the reduction in the rate of corporation tax on Barnett consequentials for Scotland between 2011 and 2015.
	(100834)

71 N	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax return penalties were issued to individuals in each of the last five financial years; how many such penalties were appealed; and what proportion of those were successful.
	(100615)

72
N

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency who will no longer pay income tax consequent (a) on the proposed increase in the personal allowance from April 2012 and (b) on the proposed increase in the personal allowance to £10,000 by April 2015.

(100492)

73 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in Redcar constituency who will no longer pay income tax consequent (a) on the proposed increase in the personal allowance from April 2012 and (b) on the proposed increase in the personal allowance to £10,000 by April 2015.
	(100493)

74	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100885)

75	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100886)

76	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many formal documented one-to-one meetings took place between HM Revenue and Customs staff and their managers as part of the estate rationalisation process in Telford.
	(101023)

77	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff will be required to move office if Kelsall House in Telford is closed; and whether any staff in Reynolds House in Telford will have to move as part of the rebalancing of the workforce against available accommodation.
	(101024)

78	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which HM Revenue and Customs buildings located in Telford have been transferred to providers of IT services under the Aspire contract.
	(101025)

79	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Aspire is permitted to carry out any non-HM Revenue and Customs work from premises in Telford.
	(101026)

80	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is allowed to take up any spare office accommodation in its premises in Telford.
	(101027)

81	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is contributing to the lease costs for its buildings in Telford directly or indirectly through the Aspire contract.
	(101028)

82	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has completed on the potential of HM Revenue and Customs and the Land Registry to share office accommodation in Telford; and if he will place in the Library a copy of any such analysis.
	(101029)

83	David Wright (Telford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff (a) at each grade, (b) in each business stream and (c) at each site were directly employed by HM Revenue and Customs in Telford constituency as at 1 January 2012; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures in March 2015.
	(101030)

Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners

84	Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many people were on the electoral roll of each church covered by a provincial episcopal visitor in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100695)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

85 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of rough sleeping.
	(100098)

86 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the incidence of rough sleeping in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
	(100099)

87 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities to assist in reducing the incidence of rough sleeping.
	(100100)

88 N	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on trends in the incidence of homelessness and rough sleeping in (a) the UK and (b) England.
	(100102)

89	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2011, Official Report, column 10W, on departmental pay, what the estimated saving to the public purse was from lower staff wage costs arising from industrial action by staff in (a) his Department and (b) its arm's length bodies in November 2011.
	(101031)

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total budget is for the European Regional Development Fund programme for (a) 2000 to 2006 and (b) 2007 to 2013 in England; and what the estimated aggregate spend is on administration by (a) central Government, (b) the European Commission and (c) grant recipients for each of the programmes.

(101032)

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 119W, on departmental procurement, if he will place in the Library a breakdown by (a) date, (b) supplier, (c) merchant type and (d) amount for each transaction for the £52,078.16 of spending on the Government Procurement Card/company Barclaycard.

(101033)

92	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many completed sales took place under the (a) Social Homebuy scheme and (b) Rent to Homebuy scheme from its commencement to the end of April 2010.
	(101034)

93	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Traveller encampment at Dale Farm, Essex has been valued or banded for (a) council tax or (b) business rates by the Valuation Office Agency.
	(101036)

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1131W, on travellers: finance, if he will list each Traveller group that received funding from the £132,000 of support in 2009-10; how much was given in each case; what funding was given in relation to planning policy or planning applications; and what the purpose was of each grant.

(101037)

95 N	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 48 of the Valuation Office Agency's Annual Report 2010-11, HC 1156, on what date the Agency decommissioned its Automated Valuation Model council tax database.
	(100854)

96 N	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 October 2010, Official Report, column 1WS, on the cancelling of a council tax revaluation, what (a) dwellinghouse codes and (b) value significant codes the Valuation Office Agency has ceased collecting since May 2010.
	(100855)

97 N	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date Freedom of Information Act information request F0004724 made on 14 April 2011 was first referred for consideration by (a) his private office and (b) his Permanent Secretary's private office.
	(100317)

98 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to renew the planning procedures for applications to build incinerators.
	(100101)

99	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what impact assessment his Department carried out on the potential effects on fire and rescue services of planned reductions in years three and four of the spending review.
	(100702)

100 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding he has recently provided to fire and rescue services to improve communication interoperability; what outcomes he expects as a result of such funding; and if he will make a statement.
	(100498)

101 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to ensure parish and town councils which wish to provide allotments for residents are able to do so.
	(100329)

102 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 5 March 2012, Official Report, column 483W, on council tax, if he will ensure that regulations pertaining to the localisation of council tax benefit are published prior to the report stage and third reading of the Local Government Finance Bill.
	(100856)

103	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any protection is offered to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Shropshire from applications to erect large wind turbines.
	(100715)

104	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a management board of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a statutory consultee for planning applications (a) within the AONB and (b) on land adjacent to or overlooked by an AONB.
	(100716)

105	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the opportunities available to local communities in Shropshire to engage with relevant planning authorities on planning applications to install wind turbines in the Rea Valley.
	(100809)

106	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Localism Act 2011 on the interpretation of the building regulations.
	(100673)

107	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the flexibility of the requirement in the national building regulations to use Gyproc ThermaLine SUPER board when retrofitting a building.
	(100674)

108	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to monitor land banking by retailers.
	(100789)

109	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that learning from the urban regeneration at the Olympic Park is used as a framework for urban regeneration in the UK.
	(100858)

110

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 741W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100742)

111	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on including as a Portas Pilot an application from one local authority for a single pilot covering multiple towns in a district council area.
	(100864)

112	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to include the role of green infrastructure as a core principle in the National Planning Policy Framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(101143)

113

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on steps to ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework reflects the role of green infrastructure in contributing to the UK's economic, social and environmental well-being; and if he will make a statement.

(101144)

114 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department gave to (a) the Stephen Lawrence Trust, (b) Magic Breakfast, (c) Barnados and (d) the Children's Society in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(100540)

115	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100881)

116	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100882)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

117	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much the Heritage Lottery Fund has spent on public affairs consultancy firms in the last three years; on which firms; and for what reasons.
	(101131)

118 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the distribution of low frequency spectrum licences on the competitiveness of the mobile telephony sector.
	(100097)

119 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of consumers living in the not-spots identified in Appendix C of the Mobile Infrastructure Project would have (a) outdoor coverage and (b) indoor coverage if (i) 900 Mhz, (ii) 800 Mhz, (c) 1800 Mhz and (iv) 2100 Mhz spectrum were used.
	(99372)

120 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount held by betting companies in unclaimed winnings and dormant betting accounts; and if he will make a statement.
	(100406)

121 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has considered claiming the funds held by betting companies in the form of unclaimed winnings and dormant betting accounts for investment in grassroots sports; and if he will make a statement.
	(100407)

122 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the proportion of the money held by betting companies in the form of unclaimed winnings and dormant betting accounts that should be paid to the Government; for what purpose he would use such monies; and if he will make a statement.
	(100408)

123 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to require commercial betting operators to report the amounts held in dormant betting accounts and unclaimed winnings in their annual returns to the Gambling Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(100409)

124 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with commercial betting operators regarding dormant accounts and unclaimed winnings; and if he will make a statement.
	(100410)

125 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what proportion of contracts issued by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which he is responsible were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100362)

126 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals in the forthcoming Communications Green Paper on fundamental freedoms and rights as outlined in Objective 3 of the UK Cyber Security Strategy.
	(100316)

127 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2012, Official Report, column 6W, from which budget the Urban Broadband Fund comes from.
	(100590)

128

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2011, Official Report, column 1255W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100734)

129	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the financial contribution made by folk music to the UK economy.
	(100980)

130	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what financial assistance his Department has given to promote folk music in each of the last 10 years.
	(100981)

131	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100794)

132	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what property has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100795)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

133 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department work for the Defence Disposals Services Agency; and how many such staff left as part of the early release or early retirement schemes in each of the last three years.
	(100593)

134 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many holders of letters of Airworthiness Delegation left his Department under early release or early retirement schemes in each of the last three years; and which team such staff worked for.
	(100594)

135 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many consultants work for his Department in each team under the Framework Agreement for Technical Support; and how many such staff had previously worked for (a) his Department and (b) the armed forces.
	(100595)

136 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many consultants work at the Defence Disposals Services Agency under the Framework agreement for Technical Support; and what proportion of these previously worked as staff of his Department or members of the armed forces.
	(100596)

137 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department worked for the (a) Hercules and Trista, (b) Nimrod and (c) Harrier team in each of the last three years; and how many such staff in each team received early release or early retirement in each of the last three years.
	(100597)

138 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the costs incurred in converting the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers to operate the F-35C to date.
	(100678)

139 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which NATO members he expects the UK will have interoperability of carrier strike capability using F-35Cs by 2025.
	(100679)

140 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) service personnel have been assigned to the Queen Elizabeth-class carrier conversion project since October 2010.
	(100755)

141 N	Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on the future of the Aberdeen University Royal Navy Unit and its Royal Navy Reserves.
	(100832)

142 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to incorporate the sea viper missile system and the SAMPSOM multi-function air tracking radar into the Type 26 global combat ships.
	(100499)

143 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapons systems are expected to be used on the Wildcat helicopter by (a) the Army and (b) the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement.
	(100500)

144 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Apache helicopter stowing capability of (a) HMS Ocean and (b) HMS Illustrious is; and what the equivalent capability of HMS Queen Elizabeth will be.
	(100501)

145 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of contracts issued by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which he is responsible were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100361)

146 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions armed forces personnel have purchased a commercial ticket to travel to Afghanistan since May 2010.
	(100359)

147 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions there have been mechanical failures with (a) C17 aircraft and (b) transport aircraft en-route to Afghanistan since May 2010.
	(100496)

148 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions there have been mechanical failures with transport aircraft during a trip to Afghanistan which has resulted in delay of the journey since May 2010.
	(100497)

149 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a fuel tank has been dumped from a military transport aircraft during a journey to Afghanistan; and for what reason on each such occasion.
	(100759)

150 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a charter plane has been used to transport service personnel to Afghanistan since May 2010.
	(100760)

151 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he has spent on chartering planes to Afghanistan (a) in total and (b) to replace flights in military transport aircraft since May 2010.
	(100761)

152 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Tristar aircraft travelling to Afghanistan have experienced an air leak which has grounded the aircraft since May 2010.
	(100824)

153	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which operations the Airborne Warning and Control System has been deployed; and what assessment he has made of its effectiveness.
	(101134)

154	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): 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 the budget is projected to be in 2012-13.
	(101146)

155	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces were married when they joined the forces.
	(101147)

156	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many projects have been cancelled as a result of the findings of the Major Projects Review Board.
	(101153)

157	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Major Projects Review Board has saved since it was established.
	(101154)

158	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many projects the Major Projects Review Board has identified as having a budgetary problem.
	(101155)

159	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Major Projects Review Board has met since it came into being.
	(101174)

160	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) cost and (b) time period of installation will be of installing catapult and arrestor gear on one Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier.
	(101175)

161	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at the time of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, what the estimated cost was of installing catapult and arrestor gear on one Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier.
	(101176)

162	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which allies' armed forces the STOVL variant of the Joint Strike Fighter would be inter-operable.
	(101177)

163	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at the time of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, what the estimated unit cost was of the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.
	(101178)

164	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which allies' forces his Department assessed, at the time of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, that the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier and carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter would be interoperable after 2020.
	(101179)

165	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his intention that the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers will be fitted with the US Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System.
	(101180)

166	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of fitting the Queen Elizabeth Class carrier with the US Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System.
	(101181)

167	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many married couples have been housed in service married living quarters in each year since 2000.
	(101182)

168	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): 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) parliamentary constituency.
	(101183)

169	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many couples have lived in service married living quarters for longer than eight years, in each year since 2000.
	(101184)

170	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have lived in service married living quarters for a total of eight years, in each year since 2000.
	(101185)

171	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost per annum is of each service married living quarters.
	(101186)

172	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish Bernard Gray's proposals for reforms to Defence Equipment and Support.
	(101187)

173	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what surveillance capabilities are currently deployable by the armed forces; and what such capabilities will be deployable in 2015.
	(101188)

174	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the Airborne Warning and Control System in each of the last five years; and what further spending has been allocated to this system.
	(101189)

175	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each rank and in each theatre of operation in each service have received the longer separation allowance in the last 12 months.
	(100664)

176	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on amphibious lift capacity of limiting ship optimisation modifications for Merlin helicopters.
	(100665)

177	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets his Department plans to deploy in an Airborne Early Warning capacity in the next decade.
	(100666)

178	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operations Sea King Mk 7s have been deployed on in an airborne surveillance and control role in the last two years.
	(100670)

179

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2011, Official Report, column 531W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100730)

180	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System will achieve its release to service; and what its in-service date is.
	(100781)

181	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes his Department has made to allowances for those serving in the Territorial Army in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
	(100930)

182	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100887)

183	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100888)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

184 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to abolish his office.
	(100829)

185 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the guidelines by which those judging applicant towns for city status made their decisions.
	(100830)

186 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the names and positions of those who judged the applicant towns seeking city status.
	(100831)

187	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the guidelines under which scoring of the applicant towns for city status in Wales was undertaken.
	(101142)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

188	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date he expects the tender document for the Early Intervention Foundation to be available on his Department's website.
	(100862)

189 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which English local authorities provided free school meals to all their pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(100334)

190 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the amount spent on handling complaints relating to care packages allocated to severely disabled children by each local authority in England in each of the last five years.
	(100820)

191	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what level of funds his Department advise local authorities to hold in respect of asbestos-related claims made by former school staff and pupils.
	(100811)

192	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of employer and public liability insurance for asbestos exposure risks in academies and free schools.
	(100812)

193	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) arrangements his Department has made and (b) guidance his Department has issued for academies and free schools in respect of employer and public liability insurance cover for asbestos exposure risks to school staff, non-employees and pupils.
	(100813)

194	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities are unable to obtain public liability insurance for asbestos exposure risks to visitors and pupils in their schools.
	(100814)

195	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities are unable to obtain employers' liability insurance for asbestos exposure risks to school staff.
	(100815)

196	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities are self-insured for (a) employer and (b) public liability asbestos exposure risks to visitors and pupils.
	(100816)

197	Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in Bracknell constituency achieved A* to C grades in GCSE (a) biology, (b) chemistry, (c) mathematics, (d) physics and (e) combined sciences in each of the last three years.
	(100774)

198

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2011, Official Report, column 917W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100737)

199 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) men and (b) women qualified as secondary school teachers in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
	(100144)

200 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department gave to (a) the Stephen Lawrence Trust, (b) Magic Breakfast, (c) Barnados and (d) the Children's Society in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(100541)

201	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100889)

202	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100890)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

203	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the proportion of each county's consumption that is produced by renewable energies (a) including and (b) excluding biomass generation.
	(101038)

204	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many megawatts of renewable energy capacity had received planning approval in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Northumberland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(101039)

205	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many megawatts of renewable energy capacity were awaiting permission in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Northumberland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(101040)

206	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average load factor was of wind farms in English regions in each year since 2000.
	(101041)

207	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the estimated load factor was for each form of renewable energy in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the load factor in each case in 2020.
	(101042)

208	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total level of electricity consumption was in the UK for each year since 2005.
	(101043)

209 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the total value of unpaid interest a household would be required to pay in order to end a 25-year Green Deal plan for measures worth £10,000 with interest charged at 5 per cent. per annum after five years of payment.
	(100503)

210	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Government's Standard Assessment Procedure for the Energy Rating of Dwellings, by what means the attributed efficiencies of electric heat pumps are derived; and if he will make a statement.
	(100868)

211

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish a table for each level of projected carbon emission factors for grid electricity for Standard Assessment Procedure calculation purposes for (a) 2012, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2016-18, (d) 2019-21, (e) 2022-24 and (f) 2025-27 showing the expected percentage of decarbonisation of the electricity grid that is expected to have been achieved within each such time period.

(100869)

212	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish a table of the forward projections of carbon emission factors for grid electricity within the iterations of Standard Assessment Procedure calculations over the last 10 available years, and the corresponding annual outturn in each year.
	(100870)

213	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of his Department's accuracy in forecasting forward carbon emission factors for grid electricity for the purposes of Standard Assessment Procedure calculations in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(100871)

214	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what methodology he calculated the forward carbon emission factors for grid electricity in Standard Assessment Procedure 2012.
	(100872)

215	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of carbon dioxide emissions in tonnes per gigawatt hour of energy generated in 2011 from (a) coal, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) fossil fuels and (e) all fuels including nuclear and renewable.
	(100982)

216 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of contracts issued by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which he is responsible were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100364)

217

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 688W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100743)

218	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what reports he has received of people treated for the effects of illness apparently caused by being in, or living in, close proximity to a wind turbine in the last five years.
	(100605)

219	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has examined smart metering solutions currently available as models to be able to meet the majority of its smart meter roll-out programme objectives.
	(100671)

220	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 160W, on Energy, if he will consider collecting data on household energy switching by (a) region and (b) social class.
	(100701)

221 N	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was paid to (a) Cockenzie, (b) Peterhead, (c) Longannet, (d) Hunterston and (e) Torness power stations in the form of constraint payments in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011.
	(100186)

222	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100891)

223	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100892)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

224	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Localism Act 2011, what steps she is taking to make local authorities aware of their potential liability to pay fines for missing air quality targets.
	(101001)

225	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the efficacy of air quality monitoring of the use of adhesive spray to reduce levels of PM10 in London.
	(101002)

226	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the effect of air pollution on public health in the context of the delegation of responsibility for public health to local authorities.
	(101003)

227	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on kennelling dogs whose classification under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was subject to a court case in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Newham in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100920)

228	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were destroyed in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Newham following seizure under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in the last three years.
	(100921)

229	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs are being kennelled in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Ealing whilst their status under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 is being determined.
	(100922)

230	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will make an announcement on future dangerous dogs legislation; and if she will make a statement.
	(100923)

231	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of projected annual electricity savings in the domestic sector in gigawatt hours in (a) 2020 and (b) 2030 arising from the introduction of minimum EU energy and environmental performance standards.
	(100667)

232 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Marine Conservation Zones will be designated by the summer 2013.
	(100324)

233 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider introducing a second round of additional Marine Conservation Zones to be allocated after 2013.
	(100325)

234 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the sustainable growth of total income from farming through (a) livestock farming and (b) arable farming in the UK.
	(100330)

235
N

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, column 194W, on food supply, how much of the investment in agricultural research and development will be allocated to (a) crop productivity, (b) sustainable livestock production, (c) waste reduction and management and (d) greenhouse gas reduction.

(100346)

236	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on costs and availability of (a) shell eggs, (b) processed eggs and (c) catering and retail products using eggs since the introduction of the ban on non-enriched cages.
	(100668)

237	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the availability of eggs and egg products following implementation of the ban on non-enriched cages.
	(100669)

238	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of the US lifting BSE trade barriers.
	(100710)

239	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits for UK farmers if US import conditions aligned with the World Organisations for Animal Health standards.
	(100711)

240	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterparts on the aligning of US import conditions with the World Organisations for Animal Health standards.
	(100712)

241	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with EU officials on the likelihood of the US lifting BSE trade barriers.
	(100713)

242	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effects on the beef industry if US import conditions aligned with the World Organisations for Animal Health standards.
	(100714)

243 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend legislation on rights of way and the England Coastal Path in response to representations from the Country Landowners Association.
	(100313)

244 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2012, Official Report, columns 361-2W, on rural areas: broadband, whether the funding for the rollout of broadband to rural areas is the funding made available to BDUK by her Department.
	(100591)

245 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2012, Official Report, columns 361-2W, on rural areas: broadband, whether the funding for investment is open to (a) technologies which support standard broadband speeds only and (b) areas which are not rural.
	(100592)

246

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2011, Official Report, column 114W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in her Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100732)

247	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the development of animal health legislation.
	(100599)

248	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what media monitoring services her Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100893)

249	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100894)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

250	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with their Israeli counterparts on the denial of entry into Israel and the deportation from Israel of UK citizens.
	(100797)

251 N	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 13 March 2012, Official Report, columns 141-3, on the hostage rescue operation (Nigeria), if he will state the time at which the British Ambassador informed the Italian authorities that an operation was underway.
	(100394)

252	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 525W, on British Indian Ocean Territory, for what reasons the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations do not apply to the British Indian Overseas Territory administration.
	(100810)

253	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Prime Minister had discussions with President Obama on the reduction of current nuclear arsenals during his recent visit to the US.
	(100717)

254 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to Objective 3 of the UK Cyber Security Strategy, what steps he has taken to use multilateral and bilateral channels to discuss how to apply the framework of international human rights law in cyberspace and new challenges in guaranteeing such rights.
	(100314)

255 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the UK Cyber Security Strategy, what steps he has taken to fulfil the Government's undertaking to promote fundamental freedoms and rights in cyberspace.
	(100322)

256	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts from other permanent members of the UN Security Council on ensuring that the UN takes steps to help Morocco and Algeria improve relations and open their borders to allow greater movement of people and goods.
	(100689)

257	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Icelandic counterpart on Iceland's possible membership of the EU; and what support he has offered to the government of Iceland on preparation for EU membership.
	(101000)

258	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to enable opposition groups from Belarus to meet hon. Members.
	(101007)

259	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions on the implications of Scottish independence for the future status of Rockall he has had with the First Minister of Scotland; and what representations he has received on the status of Rockall.
	(101008)

260	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken in support of the Secretary General's programme of reform through the Council of Europe since November 2011.
	(100803)

261	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on strengthening the rule of law through the Council of Europe since November 2011.
	(100804)

262	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on (a) internet governance and (b) freedom of expression on the internet through the Council of Europe since November 2011.
	(100805)

263	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to streamline the Council of Europe's activities in support of local and regional democracy since November 2011.
	(100806)

264	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security situation in Libya.
	(100861)

265	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking on the desecration of war graves in Libya.
	(101005)

266	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2012, Official Report, column 547W, on Democratic Republic of Congo: elections, if he will place a copy of the mission report in the Library.
	(101148)

267

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2011, Official Report, column 880W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100736)

268	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the Sudan conference due to be held in March was cancelled.
	(100782)

269	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to support a programme of debt relief for Sudan; and if he will ensure that any such economic assistance is accompanied by reform and the protection of human rights.
	(100783)

270	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the bombings of citizens in Darfur and the border with south Sudan; what representations he is making to the Sudanese government; and if he will make a statement.
	(100784)

271	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the International Criminal Court on the issuing of arrest warrants for President Al Bashir of Sudan.
	(100785)

272	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the peace agreement between Sudan and south Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(100786)

273 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of nuclear weapons possessed by Israel.
	(100539)

274 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Prime Minister has received on the arrest of Joseph Kony on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in 2005; and if he will make a statement.
	(100614)

275 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account he is taking of the use of forced labour in Burma in his negotiations over the revision of the EU Common Decision on Burma.
	(100315)

276	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100895)

277	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100896)

278	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on gardening and landscaping services at UK embassies and residences in each of the last five years.
	(100793)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

279	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the amount spent on pancreatic cancer research.
	(101010)

280	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise pancreatic cancer survival rates in the worst performing cancer networks to match those in the best.
	(101011)

281	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of training for clinical nurse specialists on pancreatic cancer.
	(101012)

282	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that respondents to his Department's forthcoming consultation on abortion counselling declare any (a) religious or ideological pro-life beliefs and (b) organisational funding from pro-life groups.
	(101013)

283	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication Healthy Lives, Healthy People, what steps he plans to take to further protect children from the marketing of food and drinks high in fact, sugar and salt.
	(101149)

284 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Quality and Outcomes Framework improves the standard of care for gastroenterological conditions.
	(100847)

285 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people with undiagnosed coeliac disease.
	(100857)

286	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is available for local ambulance trusts in relation to determining the location and level of ambulance provision in an area.
	(101045)

287	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what risk assessments are required to be made by an ambulance trust seeking to reconfigure its service provision.
	(101046)

288	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public consultation is required to be made by an ambulance trust seeking to reconfigure its service provision.
	(101047)

289 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his official engagements are on 15 March 2012.
	(100323)

290	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay of lung cancer patients following an emergency admission to hospital was in (a) England, (b) Medway Primary Care Trust and (c) West Kent Primary Care Trust in each of the last three years.
	(101139)

291	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage change in spending on lung cancer treatment was in (a) England, (b) Medway Primary Care Trust and (c) West Kent Primary Care Trust in each of the last three years.
	(101140)

292	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had with (a) people or (b) organisations (i) representing the tobacco industry and (ii) campaigning against the tobacco industry in the last 12 months.
	(100700)

293	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts the Care Quality Commission took enforcement action against in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(100688)

294	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2012, Official Report, column 625W, on pharmacy: databases, for what reasons his Department does not maintain its own list of branded medicines in short supply.
	(100775)

295	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 477W, on NHS: drugs, what his policy is on bringing in regulations to improve the supply of branded medicines if the published guidelines do not improve supply.
	(100776)

296	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 473W, on NHS: drugs delivery services, for what reasons his Department does not monitor the number of emergency deliveries made by medicine manufacturers to pharmacies.
	(100777)

297

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 477W, on NHS: drugs and with reference to Best Practice for Ensuring the Efficient Supply and Distribution of Medicines to Patients, how his Department defines `quickly and conveniently' in relation to the supply of prescription medicines to patients; and what steps he is taking to monitor such supply.

(100778)

298	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Wholesale Dealer's Licences are valid; how many such licences were valid 12 months ago; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change.
	(100779)

299 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances are on duty during the day in (a) Warrington Borough, (b) Halton Borough and (c) Chester.
	(100698)

300 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time is for (a) an emergency call and (b) other categories of call in Warrington.
	(100750)

301 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure greater equality of access to in-vitro fertilisation treatment in the National Health Service.
	(100216)

302

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 846W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100740)

303	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has considered a cap on lifetime social care payments.
	(100601)

304	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the treatment and care of those with myalgic encephalomyelitis in the last five years; and how much has been spent on research into the condition in that period.
	(100602)

305	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department offers to people with coeliac disease on (a) diet management and (b) obtaining gluten free food.
	(100603)

306	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date he plans to publish regulations on commissioning by local clinical consortia of services provided by local GPs.
	(100607)

307	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the application of European competition law to the decisions of the proposed clinical commissioning groups; and if he will make a statement.
	(100663)

308	Simon Reevell (Dewsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, column 136W, on vaccinations: schools, who will be responsible for local co-ordination of (a) immunisation and (b) schools' vaccination programmes once primary care trusts are abolished.
	(101020)

309	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who (a) require and (b) have access to specialist physiotherapy-led rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement.
	(101145)

310	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop patient-centred tuberculosis services.
	(100983)

311	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support and monitor the quality of services in primary care trusts with high incidences of tuberculosis.
	(100984)

312	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's public health outcomes framework, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of tuberculosis treatment completion for groups with lower rates of completion.
	(100985)

313	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with clinical guidelines in respect of treatment of tuberculosis.
	(100986)

314 N	Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) managers working in the NHS in the North East since May 2010.
	(100495)

315	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the development of quality standards for multiple sclerosis; and if he proposes that the quality standards will be developed alongside the review of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guidelines on multiple sclerosis.
	(100931)

316	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of the Royal College of Physicians' national audit of services for people with multiple sclerosis 2011.
	(100932)

317 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department gave to (a) the Stephen Lawrence Trust, (b) Magic Breakfast, (c) Barnados and (d) the Children's Society in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(100542)

318	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he has put in place to control the price at which prescription drugs are sold by manufacturers for use by UK patients.
	(100790)

319	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether drug addiction assessments are carried out on prisoners at the end of their time in prison.
	(100798)

320	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address any discrepancies between figures from the National Diabetes Audit and the Quality and Outcomes Framework achievement data.
	(101133)

321	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100917)

322	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100918)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

323	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which forms of scrap metal a ban on cash payments for scrap metal will apply.
	(100880)

324 N	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to give police and crime commissioners the powers they need to reduce crime.
	(100494)

325	Steve Brine (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce further details of her proposal to introduce a new system of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency-accredited parking management companies to regulate parking on private land.
	(101044)

326	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many frontline UK Border Force staff there are working at the UK borders.
	(101048)

327	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many frontline UK Border Agency staff there were working at the UK borders in (a) 2010, (b) 2009, (c) 2008, (d) 2007, (e) 2006, (f) 2005, (g) 2004, (h) 2003, (i) 2002 and (j) 2001.
	(101049)

328	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the staff that will be transferred to the UK Border Force from the UK Border Agency are frontline staff.
	(101050)

329	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the likely cost to the public purse will be of her plan to split the UK Border Agency and the UK Border Force.
	(101051)

330	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Vine report on border security checks, what assessment she has made of the level of morale of frontline staff based at UK borders.
	(101052)

331	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with frontline staff on the separation of the UK Border Force from the UK Border Agency.
	(101053)

332	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the head office of the UK Border Force will be.
	(101054)

333	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect upon not-for-profit organisations providing immigration services, if the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner becomes self-funding and imposes a licence-fee upon registered organisations.
	(101055)

334	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will give the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner the power to make unannounced audit visits.
	(101056)

335	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will give the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) the power to rescind registration of OISC organisations at any time, rather than at the dates of their continued registration.
	(101058)

336	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will give the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner the power to deregister a business.
	(101059)

337	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Force will receive additional funding to improve its control of UK borders.
	(101060)

338	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will give the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner the power to suspend immigration advisers pending the outcome of investigations into criminal activities.
	(101061)

339	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will give the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner the power to authorise supervision of individuals who have had their registration revoked.
	(101062)

340	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational responsibilities she plans that the National Border Command under the National Crime Agency will have.
	(101063)

341	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operational responsibilities she proposes will be shared between the National Border Command and the UK Border Force.
	(101064)

342	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police contracts could be let to private sector companies with non-UK parent companies.
	(100611)

343	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the out-sourcing of police services to the private sector.
	(100612)

344	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether frontline policing will be contracted out to the private sector.
	(100613)

345	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is consulted before police forces choose to outsource back office staff functions to reduce costs.
	(100621)

346 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to Question 99136 on accrediting English language schools, which agencies provide the accreditation for language schools for courses (a) longer and (b) shorter than 11 months.
	(100504)

347 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of contracts issued by (a) her Department and (b) agencies for which she is responsible were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100365)

348	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the written statement of 15 December 2011, Official Report, columns 125-6WS, on National Policing Improvement Agency, who she expects to be the Chair and Chief Executive of the proposed new information technology company; and if she will make a statement.
	(100859)

349 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress is being made by the UK Border Agency in reducing illegal working in (a) Kettering, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England.
	(100345)

350 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 465W, on youth custody, if she will consider raising to 18 years the age at which individuals can be strip searched without an adult being present under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
	(100318)

351 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to monitor the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers by private providers which have been contracted to provide accommodation by the UK Border Agency; and what plans she has to review any subcontracts into which these providers may enter.
	(100319)

352 N	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether itinerant dealers will be exempt from legislation to ban the cash trade in scrap metal.
	(100395)

353	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency is in monitoring links between organised crime and proscribed organisations in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK; and which law enforcement agency leads in dealing with such crime.
	(100807)

354	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current Government definition of terrorism.
	(100977)

355	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the press notice issued by her Department on 5 March 2012, on tightening the law on sex offenders, when she intends to introduce the requirement for registered sex offenders to notify the police of all foreign travel.
	(101009)

356

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2011, Official Report, column 1107W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in her Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100733)

357 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which sections in her Department are responsible for cybercrime.
	(100751)

358 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the level of understanding of cybercrime across police forces.
	(100752)

359 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the responsibility of individual police officers in tackling cybercrime.
	(100753)

360 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the status of Domain Name System Security Extensions and its impact on cybercrime.
	(100754)

361	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to police forces on the deployment of baton rounds; and how any such deployment is authorised.
	(100598)

362

Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has made of the balance of power in the employee/employer relationship when (a) people on a work permit/Tier 2 who lose their job also lose the visa that entitles them to reside in the UK and (b) a work permit/Tier 2 employee is obliged to work for the employer that recruits him or her and cannot move to another employer unless the UKBA agrees to the transfer.

(100606)

363
N

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Article 3 of EU Council Decision 2002/956/JHA of 28 November 2002, how many officials have been seconded (a) to and (b) from the UK as part of the EU network for the protection of public figures in each of the last 10 years; and what assessment her Department has made of the EU network's effectiveness.

(100821)

364 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has enacted the provisions of EU Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA of 28 November 2002.
	(100822)

365 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to EU Council Decision 2002/996/JHA of 28 November 2002, how many evaluation teams established under Article 4 of the Decision have conducted evaluations in the UK in each year since 2003; and what evaluation they have made of the UK's arrangements to combat terrorism.
	(100823)

366 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people her Department estimates were (a) trafficked and (b) prosecuted for trafficking last year in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Glasgow.
	(100756)

367 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when officials in her Department spoke to their Scottish counterparts regarding human trafficking in each of the last five years.
	(100757)

368	Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what epidemiological grounds the UK Border Agency develops its country-specific guidelines for required pre-entry tuberculosis screening of visa applicants.
	(100987)

369	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to alter the regulation of the (a) importation to the UK and (b) sale of lasers.
	(101165)

370	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to classify lasers as an offensive weapon.
	(101171)

371	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have had recent discussions with their US counterparts on dangers arising from the aiming of lasers at aircraft.
	(101172)

372 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department gave to (a) the Stephen Lawrence Trust, (b) Magic Breakfast, (c) Barnados and (d) the Children's Society in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
	(100544)

373	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private investigators have been hired by her Department in each of the last five years.
	(100988)

374	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have second jobs as private investigators.
	(100989)

375	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what media monitoring services her Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100897)

376	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100898)

Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

377 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to ensure that the House of Commons signs up to the Waste and Resources Action Programme's voluntary agreement to reduce food waste.
	(100749)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

378	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to assist the development of water projects in Rwanda.
	(101006)

379	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations his Department has received concerning the Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh in each year since 2006.
	(101166)

380	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have held with GCM Resources plc since 2006.
	(101167)

381	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has recently had discussions with GCM Resources plc concerning the Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh.
	(101168)

382	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has recently made an assessment of the potential effect of open pit mining in Bangladesh on (a) the environment and (b) human rights.
	(101169)

383	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made representations to the Bangladeshi authorities on Bangladesh's new national coal policy.
	(101170)

384

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 826W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100741)

385	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100899)

386	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100900)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

387	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of and how many (a) people, (b) women and (c) members of black and minority ethnic groups aged 18 to 24 years old were on community and custodial sentences for a first-time offence in each year since 2008.
	(101173)

388	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are on the Violent and Sex Offender Register, broken down by gender and age; and what proportion of such people are listed for life.
	(100979)

389 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he took of judicial comments on closed material procedures in the case of Al Rawi and others v. The Security Service in preparation of the Justice and Security Green Paper.
	(100534)

390 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Appendix J, paragraph 11 of the Justice and Security Green Paper, in how many of the cases referred to he estimates the Government will be unable to defend itself because sensitive information is central to its defence.
	(100535)

391 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Appendix J, paragraph 11 of the Justice and Security Green Paper, how many of the cases referred to he estimates could not proceed if sensitive material was excluded by the operation of public interest immunity.
	(100536)

392 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Appendix J, paragraph 11 of the Justice and Security Green Paper, how many of the cases referred to concern material related to national security.
	(100537)

393 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the procedures for dealing with sensitive material in civil proceedings in the US and other common law jurisdictions.
	(100538)

394	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the number of court cases in Wales for which (a) translation or (b) an interpreter for a language other than Welsh was requested in each year since 2007; and what the language was in each case.
	(101158)

395

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what purposes services relating to translation and interpretation by HM Courts and Tribunals Service have been contracted to external suppliers; and how many court cases have been delayed due to (a) non-attendance, (b) quality of the translation or interpreter or (c) any other language-related reason (i) since the introduction of the new contract and (ii) in the 12 months prior to the introduction of the new contract.

(101159)

396	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission allocated to the Community Law Partnership to provide legal advice for travellers in relation to planning cases for (a) retrospective planning permission and (b) contesting planning enforcement notices in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(101016)

397	Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission allocated through its exceptional funding scheme on assisting travellers in relation to planning cases for (a) retrospective planning permission and (b) contesting planning enforcement notices in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
	(101017)

398 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the potential change in administration costs which would result from a move to local commissioning of victim support services.
	(100326)

399 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he intends to take to ensure that the most vulnerable victims of crime are properly protected if local commissioning of services for victims is introduced; and how continuity of support will be maintained if such victims move house.
	(100327)

400 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he intends to develop minimum quality standards if local commissioning of victims' services is introduced.
	(100328)

401	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cell fires have been reported since 2010; and if he will list the prisons where the incidents took place.
	(100995)

402	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-smoking (a) current and (b) former prisoners in the UK have brought cases against HM Courts and Tribunals Service due to illnesses caused by secondary smoking in the last three years.
	(100996)

403	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prison staff were reported in 2011; and how many resulted in prosecutions.
	(100997)

404	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on reform of the European Court of Human Rights and strengthening the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights since November 2011.
	(100802)

405 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is provided to prison authorities on monitoring prisoner mail entering and leaving prison.
	(99084)

406	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the press notice issued by his Department on 5 March on tightening the law on sex offenders, how his Department intends to inform police forces and magistrates about the requirement for registered sex offenders to notify the police of all foreign travel.
	(101022)

407	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Youth Justice Board will pay on average per place in a (a) local authority secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution as of 2 April 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(100718)

408	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for driving without due care and attention as a result of using a mobile telephone since 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(100727)

409

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2011, Official Report, column 798W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100739)

410	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2012, Official Report, columns 758-9W, on sentencing: young people, if he will place in the Library details of the Jets juvenile mindfulness-based treatment programme.
	(101014)

411	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2012, Official Report, column 758W, on sentencing: mental health, if he will make it his policy that his Department will centrally collect data on the mental health of the prison population.
	(101015)

412 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on reform of libel law.
	(100758)

413	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what rehabilitation programmes are offered to prisoners with drug addictions in prisons.
	(100799)

414	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners left prison with a drug addiction in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100800)

415	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total capacity is of each drug-free prison wing.
	(100801)

416	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug-free wings were available in prisons in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(101190)

417	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100901)

418	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100902)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

419
N

Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 44W, on EU grants and loans, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Minister for Europe, (b) Irish Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive on the future of EU funding for the Peace III programme; if he will give the dates of such discussions in the last year; and if he will make a statement.

(100697)

420	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Welfare Reform Act on (a) child poverty, (b) pensioner poverty and (c) families in poverty in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(100726)

421 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what dates he had meetings with the Home Secretary to discuss (a) drug classification, (b) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, (c) explosives, (d) security, (e) extradition and (f) immigration in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
	(100826)

422 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the work of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(100827)

423 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the replacement of the Serious Organised Crime Agency with the National Crime Agency.
	(100842)

424

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2010 of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Commission; and when he expects the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2010-11 and 2011-12 to be presented to Parliament.

(100787)

425	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2012, Official Report, column 491W, on departmental responsibilities, on what dates (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
	(100788)

426 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of levels of terrorist activity in East Belfast; and if he will make a statement.
	(100342)

427 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his assessment is of the state of Loyalist ceasefires.
	(100343)

428 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has received any recent representations from, or had any recent discussions with, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland regarding Loyalist paramilitary activity and threat levels in Belfast East constituency.
	(100344)

429 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of loyalist paramilitary activity in East Belfast.
	(100360)

430	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which agencies are responsible for monitoring levels of terrorist and criminal activities linked to proscribed organisations in Northern Ireland.
	(100808)

431

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2011, Official Report, column 518W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100735)

432

Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 7 March 2012, Official Report, columns 832-3, on the Pat Finucane Review, when the oversight team was appointed; who appointed the team; who was appointed to the team; how much the appointees will be paid; what guidelines he has issued to the appointees; what process was used to appoint members of the oversight team; what the remit of the team will be in respect of ongoing police investigations; what powers the team will be given; how many cases he expects the team to be involved in in the next 12 months; which police interviews with suspects the oversight team has attended since it was set up; whether the team has made any recommendations or observations to (a) the police and (b) his Department; and whether the Security Services were informed about the appointment of the team prior to its establishment.

(101019)

433	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100903)

434	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100904)

Questions to the Prime Minister

435 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the minutes of his meeting with his Business Advisory Group on 6 February 2012.
	(100331)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

436	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions his Department has had with Remploy concerning the procurement of goods.
	(100926)

437	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has procured any goods from Remploy factories; and if so what the value was of such procurements.
	(100927)

438

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 661W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100744)

439	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100905)

440	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100906)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

441 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the accessibility of public transport for blind and partially-sighted people.
	(100502)

442	Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Carbon Plan, when her Department will publish the review of its strategy to support transition from early ultra-low emission vehicle market to mass market.
	(100863)

443

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2012, Official Report, column 568W, on railways: Wales, what discussions she has had with Welsh Ministers regarding electrification of the Valleys Lines; and who will be responsible for making a decision and statement regarding funding of any project relating to the feasibility study.

(101141)

444 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what compensation will be available to deal with unforeseen circumstances of High Speed 2 affecting residents in its vicinity.
	(100145)

445 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that pre-blight house prices are secured for those (a) eligible for compulsory purchase or (b) under statutory blight as a result of High Speed 2.
	(100146)

446 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many slots per week have been agreed between the Government and the government of the People's Republic of China for passenger air services between (i) London Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick Airport, (iii) Luton Airport, (iv) Edinburgh, (v) Glasgow, (vi) Prestwick and (vii) Aberdeen and China.
	(100505)

447 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many slots per week have been agreed between the Government and the government of Brazil for passenger air services between (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Glasgow, (e) Prestwick and (f) Aberdeen and Brazil.
	(100506)

448 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled passenger air routes between London and countries outside the EU have been established and operated by (a) airlines designated by the UK authorities and (b) airlines designated by another country's authority in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100507)

449 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled passenger air routes between Scotland and countries outside the EU have been established and operated by (a) airlines designated by the UK authorities and (b) airlines designated by the other country's authority in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100508)

450	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the regulations to trade which motorway service stations must operate within are.
	(100608)

451	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on regulations governing trade at motorway service stations.
	(100609)

452	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what motorway service area sites her Department owns.
	(100610)

453	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2695) to introduce the same penalties for smoking whilst driving a vehicle as those for using a mobile phone whilst driving a vehicle; and if she will make a statement.
	(100672)

454	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the recommendations of the report by the Transport Research Laboratory on a charge structure for trenching in the highway; and if she will make a statement.
	(100878)

455	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce a charge structure to allow highway authorities to recover some of the cost of future maintenance of roads from utility companies where they have dug up highways and reinstated the surface.
	(100879)

456

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2011, Official Report, column 573W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in her Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100747)

457 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will negotiate an opt-out for the UK from the European Aviation Safety Agency proposals to change the flight time limitations for flight crew.
	(100825)

458 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on other EU member states which provide significant or 100 per cent. revenue and capital support for airport security.
	(100680)

459	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what media monitoring services her Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100907)

460	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100908)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

461	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has procured any goods from Remploy factories; and what the value of any such procurements was.
	(100860)

462	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions her Department has had with Remploy concerning the procurement of goods.
	(100925)

463

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 662W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in her Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100745)

464	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what media monitoring services her Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100911)

465	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100912)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

466

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2011, Official Report, column 221W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in her Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100729)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

467 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether widowed higher rate taxpayers who will not receive child benefit from 2013 will receive widowed parents allowance.
	(100677)

468	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the Youth Contract (a) nationally, (b) in London and (c) in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency.
	(101150)

469	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new jobs were created in each parliamentary constituency in London in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(101151)

470	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in a workless household in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency.
	(101152)

471 N	Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average household income of households with at least one person of working age was in (a) the City of York, (b) York and North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years.
	(99766)

472 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the measures proposed in the Health and Safety (Amendment) Bill.
	(100396)

473	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households with children are classified as in poverty.
	(100873)

474	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean annual amount paid in state benefits to each in-work individual in each (a) region and (b) local authority area was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100874)

475	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of benefits paid to individuals who were in work in 2011.
	(100875)

476	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in each local authority with (a) one and (b) two adults in work had incomes below (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. and (iii) 40 per cent. of the median in each year between 1995 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(100877)

477 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of unclaimed benefits in Northern Ireland.
	(100696)

478 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2012, Official Report, column 970, on employment support, when he plans to meet hon. Members representing constituencies in Coventry at the Coventry Remploy plant.
	(100393)

479 N	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of contracts issued by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which he is responsible were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(100363)

480	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to devolve the budget for Remploy factories in Wales to the Welsh Government for the next three years.
	(100704)

481	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has held any discussions with the Welsh Government on the future of Remploy factories in Wales.
	(100705)

482	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the financial information for the last five years of Remploy factory sites in Wales that are set to close.
	(100706)

483	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the (a) dataset used to determine if individual Remploy factories were financially unviable and (b) the centrally-charged overheads for each Remploy factory.
	(100707)

484	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support he plans to provide to assist Remploy employees who will be made redundant to find new employment.
	(100708)

485	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential for Remploy factories in Wales to operate as social enterprises.
	(100709)

486	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health and safety inspectors he expects to be made redundant between 2012 and 2015.
	(100998)

487	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many back-office staff in the Health and Safety Executive he expects to be made redundant between 2012 and 2015.
	(100999)

488	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency will no longer receive contributory employment and support allowance from 1 May 2012 as a result of changes contained in the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
	(100796)

489	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency who claimed a winter fuel payment in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011.
	(100924)

490	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of take-up has been of the (a) new enterprise allowance and (b) new enterprise allowance loan in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency since its introduction.
	(101191)

491	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the definition is of each of the four assurance levels which are awarded to welfare-to-work providers by his Department's Provider Assurance Team.
	(101156)

492

John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account his Department took of the contract performance and risk assurance ratings of welfare-to-work prime contractors under Flexible New Deal and other relevant programmes when awarding prime contracts for the Work Programme; and to what extent past performance data and assurance ratings formed part of the Department's assessment of supplier capability in the preferred bidder selection for the Work Programme.

(101163)

493	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's Provider Assurance Team undertook assurance rating reviews of the Flexible New Deal prime contractors who submitted bids for the Work Programme tender; and if he will publish the assurance ratings awarded to each prime contractor.
	(101164)

494	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to (a) give priority to reconsideration cases where the loss of a mobility vehicle is imminent and (b) to extend payment of the allowance until after the reconsideration period in such cases.
	(101004)

495

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2011, Official Report, column 94W, on departmental work experience, how many people (a) worked as an intern, (b) undertook a work experience placement and (c) worked as a volunteer in his Department in accordance with the hiring criteria set out in that Answer in the last 12 months for which data are available; and how many such people were employed other than according to those criteria.

(100731)

496	Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were made in 2011 for jobseeker's allowance; and how many of these were rejected.
	(100600)

497 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the possibility of legal challenge to the Work Experience scheme under the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998; and if he will make a statement.
	(100320)

498 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what decisions were made in the site selection listed in the Universal Credit Integrated Assurance and Approvals Plan as occurring in February 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(100321)

499 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish guidance allowing Work Programme providers to publish performance data.
	(100336)

500 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider removing gagging clauses from subcontracts under the Work Programme; and if he will consider removing clauses which gag providers which have left the Programme.
	(100337)

501 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons why no referrals to the Work Programme have been made by (a) Kidderminster Bull Ring, (b) Mansfield Stockwell Gate, (c) Nottingham Watercourt, (d) Stockport Millennium House, (e) Aberdeen Chapel and (f) Shawlands Jobcentre Plus offices.
	(100338)

502
N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons why 50 or fewer referrals have been made to the Work Programme by (a) Derby Becket Street, (b) Leicester Eldon Street, (c) Lincoln Crown House, (d) Hunstanton, (e) Mildenhall, (f) Leiston, (g) Berwick upon Tweed, (h) Grimsby Crown House, (i) Blackpool South, (j) Bacup, (k) Clitheroe, (l) Blairgowrie, (m) Fort William, (n) Portree, (o) Lerwick, (p) Fraserburgh, (q) Girvan, (r) Bordon, (s) Alton, (t) Bridport, (u) Machynlleth, (v) Pwllheli, (w) Porthmadog, (x) Dolgellau and (y) Porthcawl Jobcentre Plus offices.

(100339)

503 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many proposals for offshoring he has received in relation to his Department's contracted services since May 2010.
	(100340)

504
N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who were in receipt of local housing allowance prior to April 2011 lost transitional protection before the full nine months transitional protection had expired due to a change of circumstances; and in how many cases the change of circumstances was triggered by (a) moving house and (b) a fall in their household size.

(100764)

505 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recommendations made to him on the work capability assessment descriptors for people with fluctuating conditions.
	(100765)

506 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for jobseeker's allowance which commenced in each of the last 10 years are still continuing; and how many claims which have finished had a duration of between (a) one and two years, (b) two and three years, (c) three and four years, (d) four and five years and (e) over five years.
	(100766)

507 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work capability assessment decisions by ATOS for which final outcome data is available have not been (a) overturned by the Department and (b) successfully appealed by the claimant.
	(100852)

508	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants have been placed in the Work Related Activity Group without face-to-face medical assessment for (a) all claimants and (b) people whose primary reason for claiming is a mental illness.
	(100703)

509	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what media monitoring services his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.
	(100909)

510	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property.
	(100910)

511	Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bicycles have been purchased for customers of Jobcentre Plus through the Flexible Support Fund.
	(100990)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

512
N

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken on adopting the recommendations of the Parliamentary Internet and Communications Technology Forum to (a) increase Government investment in broadband, (b) increase Government investment in cutting-edge, innovative ICT education in schools, (c) train and retain highly-skilled ICT students and professionals and (d) develop a strategy to encourage take-up of ICT by small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage their own growth; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (100341)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

513	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the level of mortality from lung cancer in (a) Medway Primary Care Trust, (b) West Kent Primary Care Trust and (c) England in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (101135)

514	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the incidence rate of lung cancer in (a) Medway Primary Care Trust, (b) West Kent Primary Care Trust and (c) England in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (101136)

515	Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) five and (b) one year survival rates of lung cancer patients in (a) England, (b) Medway Primary Care Trust and (c) West Kent Primary Care Trust in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (101138)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

516	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) full-time equivalent trade union representatives are employed from the public purse by the Valuation Office Agency in the last year for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was of such representatives.
	[Transferred] (101035)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

517	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Ministers in the Welsh Government on the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
	[Transferred] (101160)

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