Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 16 April 2012
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 16 April 2012
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 16 April 2012
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 16 April 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 16 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 16 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
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Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) names and (b) qualifications are of the people appointed to work on the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's review of the Serious Fraud Ofice led by Chief Inspector Michael Fuller. |
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(102379)
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2
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Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of senior civil servants in the Serious Fraud Office were from an ethnic minority background in March (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
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(102428)
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3
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Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, for what reasons there are no plans to publish the findings and recommendations of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's review of the Serious Fraud Office. |
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(102429)
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4
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Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, when he expects the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's review of the Serious Fraud Office to be completed. |
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(102432)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
5
N
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will establish an ombudsman for small businesses. |
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(103054)
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6
N
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will establish a small business administration. |
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(103055)
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7
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Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether staff employed by the Northwest Regional Development Agency received retention bonuses after the announcement by the Government of the abolition of the regional development agencies. |
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(102389)
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8
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to take on apprentices. |
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(102490)
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9
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were overpaid student financial support by Student Finance England (a) including and (b) excluding childcare grants for any reason in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. |
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(102562)
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10
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of each type of student financial support was overpaid to students by Student Finance England for any reason in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 to date. |
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(102563)
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11
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much student financial support of each loan, grant or allowance type was overpaid to students by Student Finance England due to administrative error in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 to date. |
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(102746)
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12
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were overpaid student financial support by Student Finance England due to administrative error in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 to date. |
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(102747)
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13
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were overpaid student financial support, excluding childcare grants, by Student Finance England (SFE) due to administrative error by SFE in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. |
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(102925)
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14
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Statement of 3 December 2010, Official Report, column 1154, when the Government intends to publish its review of the available evidence about the potential effects of moving to central European time in the UK. |
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(102976)
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15
N
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Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his proposed timetable is for establishing the Green Investment Bank; and when he expects it to open for applications. |
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(102540)
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16
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the economic costs to (a) industry and (b) the economy of (i) trade mark, (ii) copyright infringement and (iii) design infringement. |
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(102726)
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17
N
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102962)
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18
N
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Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many jobs have been promoted by UK Trade and Investment in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. |
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(102634)
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19
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Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise plans to respond to the letter of 23 February 2012 from the hon. Member for Weaver Vale on behalf of Mr Anthony Powell. |
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(102991)
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20
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Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contracts the Intellectual Property Office had for the provision of (a) patent searches in other countries, (b) patent searches for other government bodies to support grant schemes and (c) other commercial intellectual property services on (i) 1 January 2011 and (ii) 1 January 2012; with whom such contracts were signed; what the commencement and termination dates of such contracts were; and in respect of what services each such contract was signed. |
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(103007)
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21
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Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of women who return to the workforce after a period away from paid employment to look after children in each parliamentary constituency or other geographical area. |
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(103016)
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22
N
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Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to support British activities in the Antarctic region. |
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(102469)
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23
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Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to prepare an analysis of the reasons the Eurofighter bid for the contract with the Indian Air Force was unsuccessful. |
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(102720)
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24
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Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work his Department has undertaken on the possible effect of the inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System Scheme on UK (a) trade revenues, (b) industry and (c) growth. |
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(102667)
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25
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Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department (a) has held and (b) plans to hold with its EU counterparts on mitigating the effect of China's decision to suspend its Airbus orders in response to the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading System Scheme. |
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(102668)
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26
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce a statutory code to promote good practice in the services offered by funeral directors. |
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(102421)
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27
N
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was paid to A4e between 2010 and 2012; and what proportion of this was paid to A4e's partners to provide services. |
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(102298)
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28
N
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Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, column 164W, on Action for Employment, what involvement his Department has in the contracts with A4e for delivery of the Offender Learning and Skills Service. |
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(102345)
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29
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency of relaxing the provisions of the Sunday Trading Act 1994 between 22 July and 9 September 2012. |
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(102396)
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30
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 232W, on higher education: admissions, what level of tuition fee loan he used to make his estimate. |
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(102403)
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31
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing in (a) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency, (b) Birmingham City Council area and (c) the West Midlands. |
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(102445)
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32
N
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy that private higher education providers should not be able to charge an administration fee for applications for students funded by student loans. |
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(103067)
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33
N
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places the Student Loans Company plans to fund for students enrolled on designated courses in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
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(103068)
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34
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many learners aged 24 years and over working toward Level 3 of higher qualifications there are in each local authority area. |
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(103252)
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35
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much originally intended for allocation from the Regional Growth Fund in 2011-12 will have been allocated to recipients by the end of financial year 2011-12. |
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(103253)
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36
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has received guarantees from the Treasury that funds originally intended for projects from the Regional Growth Fund in 2011-12 that have not been allocated by the end of this financial year will be brought forward for allocation in the financial year 2012-13. |
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(103254)
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37
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of learners aged 24 years and over seeking Level 3 qualifications and above in England are studying (a) at further education colleages, (b) at independent learner providers and (c) in voluntary/third sector provision. |
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(103255)
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38
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Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ring forward proposals to improve the provisions in place to prevent unsolicated marketing calls by businesses to members of the public. |
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(102671)
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39
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of UK companies at international trade shows. |
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(102518)
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40
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies received grants from the Tradeshow Access Programme in each of the last five years; what the total amount paid out was in each year; and what the highest individual payment was in each year. |
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(102519)
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41
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of Tradeshow Access Programme funding has been allocated to identifying suitable companies to participate in the programme in each of the last five years. |
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(102520)
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42
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David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria UK Trade and Investment uses to assess the effectiveness of the representation of UK companies who have received money from the Trade Show Access Programme at international trade shows. |
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(102557)
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43
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UK science research funding comes from the Sixth European Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. |
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(102593)
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44
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of funding from the Sixth European Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development has been allocated to the UK. |
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(102594)
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45
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the European Framework Programme in (a) innovation, (b) business engagement and (c) pure research. |
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(102595)
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46
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had on funding for the Seventh European Framework Programme. |
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(102596)
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47
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic benefit to the UK of developing the Flycatcher technology for smart infrastructure. |
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(102598)
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48
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what UK Trade and Investment trade delegations have travelled to (a) Japan and (b) China since May 2010; and how many firms from (i) Newcastle, (ii) the North East and (c) the UK took part in each delegation. |
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(103064)
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49
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 523W, on technology: Greater London, from what budgets within the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) did TSB's and UKTI's funding for Tech City come; and how much remains within each of those budgets for potential allocation to other cities. |
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(103065)
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50
N
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Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his proposals to sub-let unused government premises to small businesses, how many unused government offices have been identified in each region to be used for small businesses; what the address is of each property that has been identified; and how many (a) have had contracts signed for sub-letting, (b) have been deemed unsuitable and (c) are subject to restrictive covenants or other legal limits. |
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(102450)
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51
N
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Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses he estimates will take part in the scheme to rent empty government buildings; and how much revenue he expects to accrue to the Exchequer from this scheme in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15. |
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(102474)
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52
N
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Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for government premises at 25 Queen Street in Leeds; and whether any agreements have been signed in relation to the building. |
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(102475)
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53
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Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what language training his Department provides to support its officials working on UK exports. |
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(102568)
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54
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Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure that the higher education system provides a workforce capable of supporting manufacturing industry. |
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(102569)
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55
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103154)
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56
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita, (b) Serco and (c) ATOS in the last 12 months. |
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(103170)
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57
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103186)
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58
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103187)
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59
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103188)
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60
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) number and (b) value was of Small Business Research Initiative contracts (i) awarded, (ii) designated as Phase One contracts and (iii) designated as Phase Two contracts awarded by each department and agency in each quarter since April 2008. |
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(102611)
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61
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) number and (b) value was of Small Business Research Initiative competitions launched by each department and agency (i) in total and (ii) for which no Phase Two contracts were awarded or planned in each quarter since April 2008. |
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(102612)
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62
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will prepare and publish a list of Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts awarded since April 2008 in a form similar to the US Small Business Administration's TECH-Net public database of SBRI contracts including the name and address of each award winner, the name of the awarding agency, year of award, phase, amount of award and project title. |
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(102613)
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63
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department plans to provide to the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) through the Technology Strategy Board in the 2011-12 financial year; and how much his Department plans to contribute to SBRI in future years. |
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(102614)
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64
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has any plans to reintroduce the Small Business Research Initiative programmes operated by research councils until 2006. |
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(102615)
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65
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on each research and development programme it funded other than through the research councils and the Higher Education Funding Council for England in each year since 2007; and what plans he has for funding each of these programmes in future years. |
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(102616)
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66
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Technology Strategy Board spent on (a) collaborative research and development project grants, (b) knowledge transfer partnership awards, (c) knowledge transfer network costs, (d) catapult centre operating costs, (e) catapult centre capital costs, (f) Technology Strategy Board contributions to Small Business Research Initiative contracts, (g) SMART and other grants for research and development to (i) individual companies and (ii) small and medium-sized enterprises, (h) Technology Strategy Board administration costs and (i) other costs in each year since 2007. |
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(102641)
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67
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Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what process his Department uses to appoint directors of Royal Mail. |
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(103096)
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Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
68
N
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Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff of the Efficiency and Reform Group were employed (a) in total and (b) at each civil service grade and salary band in (i) May 2010, (ii) November 2010, (iii) May 2011, (iv) November 2011 and (v) on the latest date for which figures are available. |
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(102541)
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69
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Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people earn over £1 million per annum in each parliamentary constituency. |
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(102928)
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70
N
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Information Tribunal's ruling of 18 January 2012 on access to back-up servers, Case No. EA/2011/0152, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on retention of data on servers after deletion from terminals; whether his guidance on data retention has changed as a result; and whether he plans to publish guidance to departments on data retention. |
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(102963)
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71
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Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency are over state pension age. |
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(102745)
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72
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on (a) consulting and (b) incorporating UK search and rescue personnel and equipment in security plans for the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102431)
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73
N
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Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to monitor changes in the level of outsourcing of services to private companies by government departments; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102508)
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74
N
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Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications for funding from the Big Society Investment Fund there have been to date. |
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(102504)
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75
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed for each person who had retired in each 10-year period for which figures are available. |
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(102955)
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76
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's measurement of happiness differentiates between (a) remembered and (b) current experienced happiness. |
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(103172)
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77
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103161)
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78
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita, (b) Serco and (c) ATOS in the last 12 months. |
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(103171)
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Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
79
N
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Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer written question (a) 97800, (b) 97801 and (c) 97755, tabled on 28 February 2012 for answer on 5 March 2012. |
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(103141)
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80
N
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prepare and place in the Library a list of meetings between special advisers in his Department and external individuals, bodies and agencies since May 2010, with a description of the purpose of each meeting. |
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(102760)
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81
N
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions staff in his Department have had with Mr Peter Cruddas or his representatives since May 2010; who took part in any such discussions; and what their purpose was. |
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(102761)
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82
N
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met Mr Peter Cruddas in (a) his Department, (b) 11 Downing Street, (c) the Downing Street flat and (d) Dorneywood since May 2010. |
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(102762)
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83
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of taxpayers in (a) Scotland, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (c) each local authority area in Scotland earning (i) £150,000 to £200,000, (ii) £200,000 to £250,000, (iii) £250,000 to £300,000, (iv) £300,000 to £350,000, (v) £350,000 to £400,000, (vi) £400,000 to £450,000, (vii) £450,000 to £500,000, (viii) £5000,000 to £1,000,000 and (ix) over £1,000,000 in (A) 2012-13 and (B) each of the next three financial years; and what the average effect on income tax liabilities will be of the changes on income tax thresholds and rates made by his Budget Statement. |
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(102754)
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84
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Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (c) each local authority area in Scotland aged (i) between 65 and 74 years and (ii) 75 years and over, will be in receipt of the age-related personal allowance (A) in and (B) each of the following two financial years; and if he will estimate what the average difference in pensioner income would be had the thresholds been uprated in line with inflation. |
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(102757)
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85
N
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Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of taxpayers whose liability to pay income tax has been eliminated as a consequence of their making tax deductable charitable donations. |
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(102500)
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86
N
|
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners who pay income tax in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool and (c) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency. |
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(102586)
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87
N
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Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) Greggs the Bakers, (b) Cooplands Bakery, (c) Newboulds Butchers and (d) Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union surrounding proposals to charge value added tax on freshly baked savoury products. |
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(102301)
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88
N
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Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of introducing a minimum per unit price for alcoholic drinks on levels of (a) smuggling and (b) legal purchases of alcoholic drinks in other EU countries for private import to the UK. |
|
(102510)
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89
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the high income child benefit charge is classified as a tax. |
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(102924)
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90
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the high income child benefit charge will be calculated on the basis of income and child benefit received in the same financial year. |
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(102970)
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91
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will calculate by how much the annual gross yield of the high income child benefit charge would be reduced if child benefit payable in respect of (a) children aged under five and (b) children aged five and over but under eight was exempted from the charge. |
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(102971)
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92
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff were engaged in tackling (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol smuggling in each of the last five years. |
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(102656)
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93
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the total value of seizures of (a) illegal tobacco and (b) alcohol in each of the last five years. |
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(102657)
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94
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the value of duty that the Exchequer will lose from tobacco and alcohol smuggling in 2012-13. |
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(102658)
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95
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he gave to levels of tobacco and alcohol smuggling in advance of his decision to increase duties on tobacco and alcohol. |
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(102659)
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96
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more children will cease to qualify for the family element of child tax credit in each constituency as a result of the second income threshold being withdrawn in April 2012. |
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(102730)
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97
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average annual change was in the value of tax credits paid to (a) single people with no children, (b) couples with no children, (c) single parents with one child, (d) single parents with two children, (e) single parents with three or more children, (f) couples with one child, (g) couples with two children, (h) couples with three children and (i) couples with four or more children. |
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(102731)
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98
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households with (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children and (e) five or more children are in receipt of child benefit in each constituency. |
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(102732)
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99
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households claimed working tax credit in each constituency with (a) the basic element only, (b) the basic element and the couples and lone parent element and (c) the basic element, the couples and lone parent element and the 30 hour element in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12. |
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(102733)
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100
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households claimed the childcare element of working tax credit in each constituency in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what the average value of claims was in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12. |
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(102734)
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101
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the tax credit 50+ return to work payment in respect of (a) between 16 and 29 hours and (b) in excess of 30 hours in each constituency in 2011-12. |
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(102735)
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102
N
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Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to the public purse of producing the document entitled The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate in income tax, published by HM Revenue and Customs on 21 March 2012. |
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(102539)
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103
N
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102961)
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104
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of Northern Ireland of recent trends in the price of petrol and diesel. |
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(102755)
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105
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of revenue raised from duty and VAT on petrol and diesel in Northern Ireland in each year since 2007. |
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(102958)
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106
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Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of companies in receipt of public funding from NHS private finance initiative schemes which are based overseas. |
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(102441)
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107
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Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent companies in receipt of funding from NHS private finance initiative schemes basing themselves overseas to avoid being liable for taxation in the UK. |
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(102442)
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108
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Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the letter of 19 January 2012 from the hon. Member for Weaver Vale on behalf of Caradoc Jones. |
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(102988)
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109
N
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Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish correspondence between Lord Hunt of Wirral and his Department on VAT on newspapers. |
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(102459)
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110
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to bring forward (a) consultation and (b) legislation on a place of consumption-based taxation regime for remote gambling. |
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(102404)
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111
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which will accrue to HM Treasury as a result of changes to VAT rules relating to rental of hairdressers' chairs, as announced in Budget 2012. |
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(102405)
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112
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue likely to accrue to HM Treasury as a result of changes to the VAT rules relating to holiday caravans, as announced in Budget 2012. |
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(102406)
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113
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue likely to accrue to HM Treasury as a result of changes to the VAT rules in relation to self-storage, as announced in Budget 2012. |
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(102407)
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114
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the revenue likely to accrue to HM Treasury as a result of changes to VAT rules relating to (a) the sale of hot food, (b) cold food consumed on the suppliers' premises and (c) sports drinks, as announced in Budget 2012. |
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(102408)
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115
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the revenue likely to accrue to HM Treasury as a result of changes to VAT rules relating to approved alterations to listed buildings, as announced in Budget 2012. |
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(102409)
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116
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of residential properties valued at over £2 million in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each parliamentary constituency in the UK. |
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(102410)
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117
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged 65 years and over will have their age-related allowance frozen in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each parliamentary constituency in the UK as a result of Budget 2012. |
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(102461)
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118
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs of setting up and administering the process to assess and make payments of child benefit to individuals whose earnings are between £50,000 and £60,000 per year. |
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(102462)
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119
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount which will be accrued to HM Treasury as a result of the withdrawal of charitable buildings from the scope of the VAT reduced rate for the supply and installation of energy-saving materials as announced in Budget 2012. |
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(102463)
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120
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will move from paying the basic rate of income tax into the higher tax band from April 2013 in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each parliamentary constituency in the UK. |
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(102464)
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121
N
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who earned between £50,000 and £60,000 and were in receipt of child benefit in each parliamentary constituency in the UK at the latest date for which figures are available. |
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(102466)
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122
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of variation between pay in the private sector and pay in the public sector in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West. |
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(102548)
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123
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers in Warrington were in the (a) 20 per cent., (b) 40 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. income tax bands in the last financial year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number who will fall into each band in each of the next two financial years. |
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(102549)
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124
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many transactions for the sale of land at a price of £2 million or over were completed in each month between January 2011 and February 2012. |
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(102391)
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125
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason in HM Revenue and Customs' assessment of the tax yield of the 50 per cent top rate of tax a Taxable Income Elasticity (TIE) of 0.35 was used in 2009 but a TIE of 0.48 was used in 2012. |
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(102526)
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126
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he commissioned the report on The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax from HM Revenue and Customs rather than from the Office of Budget Responsibility. |
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(102527)
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127
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what input (a) Ministers and (b) policy advisers in his Department had into the drafting of HM Revenue and Customs report entitled The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax. |
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(102528)
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128
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department received on the 50 per cent rate of tax prior to his recent Budget Statement. |
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(102529)
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129
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he commissioned from (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) the Office of Budget Responsibility a behavioural analysis of the potential effects of his proposed changes to stamp duty. |
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(102530)
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130
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he became aware that the revenue produced by the 50 per cent top rate of tax was less than had been expected by the Government; and what steps he subsequently took to tackle tax avoidance associated with that rate. |
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(102531)
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131
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency who will no longer pay income tax due to his proposed increase in the personal allowance from April 2012. |
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(102397)
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132
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Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on VAT on self-catering and hotel accommodation; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102511)
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133
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Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of continuing to pay the age-related allowance frozen at current levels to all new retirees until the personal allowances catch up. |
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(103246)
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134
N
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Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales will be affected by the freeze in the age-related tax allowance. |
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(102348)
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135
N
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Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish anonymised data on how much corporation tax was paid by each FTSE 100 company in each of the last five years. |
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(103131)
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136
N
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Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who will be affected by his decision to (a) freeze age-related allowances and (b) restrict age-related allowances to existing recipients from April 2013 in each (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) parliamentary constituency in (A) 2013-14, (B) 2014-15 and (C) 2015-16. |
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(102476)
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137
N
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Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the devolved finance ministers' quadrilateral meeting on 5 March 2012; and whether the Government's proposed £18 billion budget allocation to Northern Ireland was discussed at that meeting. |
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(102506)
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138
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Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on the overall taxation burden on the bingo industry of the planned introduction of Machine Games Duty at 20 per cent; and if he will make a statement. |
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(103094)
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139
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Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey of 15 March 2012, Official Report, column 359W, on taxation: bingo, when he will be able to assess the detailed tax impact on the bingo industry of the planned introduction of machine games duty at 20 per cent. |
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(103179)
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140
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Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 890W, on bankruptcy, if he will assess the effect of the Insolvency Service's proposals on reform of the process to apply for bankruptcy and compulsory winding-up on the ability of HM Revenue and Customs to recover unpaid debt. |
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(102522)
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141
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Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from investors in Arch Cru. |
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(102576)
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142
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103160)
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143
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when was the last time he discussed tax issues with Vodafone contractors. |
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(103228)
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144
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103232)
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145
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103233)
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146
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103234)
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147
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Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposed cap on tax reliefs on philanthropic behaviour. |
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(102992)
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148
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Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling his Department has undertaken to measure the effect on (a) levels of charitable giving and (b) charities of his proposed cap on tax reliefs. |
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(102993)
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149
|
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish Project Merlin targets for each UK region; and whether such targets have been met in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(102433)
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150
|
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) England who will no longer be entitled to tax credits following the introduction of changes to those credits from April 2012. |
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(103081)
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151
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Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households were in receipt of child tax credit payments in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) England in each of the last five years. |
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(103083)
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152
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Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households were in receipt of working tax credit payments in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) England in each of the last five years. |
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(103084)
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153
N
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the relationship between the price of (a) oil and (b) petrol and levels of economic growth; and if he will make a statement. |
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(103046)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
154
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were (a) begun and (b) completed between April 2010 and September 2011 by local authority area. |
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(102665)
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155
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2010, Official Report, column 219W, on housing: construction, when he plans to announce the results of his review of circular 05/05 on planning obligations; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102412)
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156
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what forms of evidence local planning authorities will be required to provide at independent examination of development plan documents to demonstrate they have complied with the duty to co-operate in section 110 of the Localism Act. |
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(102417)
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157
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to issue guidance in addition to the National Planning Policy Framework to local authorities on how to comply with the duty to co-operate in section 110 of the Localism Act. |
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(102418)
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158
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the duty to co-operate in section 110 of the Localism Act will apply to qualifying bodies for the purposes of neighbourhood plans. |
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(102419)
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159
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the £50 million funding for neighbourhood planning has been allocated. |
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(102488)
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160
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many towns have submitted applications to become Town Team pilots. |
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(102489)
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161
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the implementation of property-owner business improvements districts. |
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(102492)
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162
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to publish outstanding Ministerial data for his Department on gifts and hospitality received by Ministers and meetings held between Ministers and third parties; and what steps he is taking to publish future information on a quarterly basis. |
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(102493)
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163
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the community rights to challenge provisions in the Localism Act allow parish and town councils to challenge to exercise planning functions. |
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(102742)
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164
|
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the iRail 2012 lecture by Professor Andrew McNaughton, Designing High Speed Rail for Britain, what assessment he has made of the suggestion that the construction of HS2 will lead to a new city constructed on greenbelt land in the Meriden Gap between Birmingham and Coventry; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102756)
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165
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102943)
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166
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of empty hereditaments that were liable for non-domestic rates in each region in each of the last five years. |
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(102294)
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167
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to ensure that neighbourhoods can appeal against planning decisions granted by the Planning Inspectorate. |
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(102663)
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168
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Local Nature Partnership plans will be taken into account as a material consideration in a planning application under the guidance of the National Planning Policy Framework. |
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(102664)
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169
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John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many community land auction pilots the Government plans to run; where each will be conducted; in each case, which local authority or agency will be responsible for managing the auction; which local authority or agency will capture the value gain; and when the pilots will commence. |
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(103075)
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170
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John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the community land auction pilots announced in the 2011 Budget will be conducted using (a) publicly-owned land, (b) privately owned agricultural land and (c) privately-owned industrial or non-agricultural land. |
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(103076)
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171
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John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the markets for (a) housing and (b) land in each of the areas proposed for community land auction pilots announced in the 2011 Budget; and if he will place a copy of any such assessment in the Library. |
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(103077)
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172
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John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his criteria is for selecting the areas for pilot community land auctions. |
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(103078)
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173
|
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council, (b) housing association, (c) shared ownership and (d) any other model of social housing homes there are in each parliamentary constituency. |
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(103120)
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174
|
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the change in the level of employer contributions to the Firefighters' Pension Scheme, what plans he has for the surplus to the Scheme following the application of the new cost ceiling in 2015. |
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(102721)
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175
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on integrating the capital element of grant funding into the overall revenue grant for fire and rescue services. |
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(102722)
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176
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure an equitable distribution of formula grant for fire and rescue services in years three and four of the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
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(102723)
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177
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures he proposes to put in place to ensure stability in the grant formula for fire and rescue services. |
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(102724)
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178
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether fire and rescue services will be able to bid for an element of the funding set aside from the national non-domestic rate redistribution. |
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(102725)
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179
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Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to allow councils at each level to hold prayers at the beginning of their meetings if they wish. |
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(102398)
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180
N
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Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much income each local authority in England raised from fees and charges in each year since 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of the amount each will receive from these sources in each of the next two financial years. |
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(102547)
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181
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total spending on wine and other alcoholic beverages was by his Department in the last six months. |
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(103125)
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182
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103144)
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183
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita and (b) Serco in the last 12 months. |
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(103166)
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184
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103180)
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185
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103181)
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186
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103182)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
187
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102941)
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188
N
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Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to encourage the recruitment of staff for the London Olympic Games from Northern Ireland. |
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(102635)
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189
|
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with which telecommunications companies he has held discussions on deaf people's access to telecommunications; and which companies have responded to his request for cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of deaf people. |
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(103038)
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190
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when Ofcom will publish the results of its consultation on relay services. |
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(103039)
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191
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the formation of a video relay sub-group of the e-Accessibility Forum; and when it will hold its first meeting. |
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(103040)
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192
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Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to introduce ultra-fast broadband to Liverpool. |
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(103042)
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193
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Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) the economy and (b) business of the London 2012 Olympics. |
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(102485)
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194
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the provision of broadband in rural areas. |
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(102291)
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195
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a universal service obligation for broadband provision. |
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(102292)
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196
N
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) publicly and (b) charitably funded (i) art galleries, (ii) museums and (iii) archives which (A) closed and (B) opened in each local authority area in each of the last five years. |
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197
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Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) bed and breakfast establishments, (b) bed and breakfast rooms, (c) paid lodging establishments and (d) paid lodging rooms in each parliamentary constituency or local authority area. |
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198
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John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on its conclusion in its 4G spectrum auction consultation that those mobile operators without low frequency spectrum will not be able to provide coverage in hard to reach areas. |
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199
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John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to Ofcom's consultation on the 4G spectrum auction, whether all of the hard to serve areas described will be covered by the Mobile Infrastructure Project. |
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(102426)
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200
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John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the comparative merits of using spectrum in the (a) 800 MHz and (b) 1800 MHz bands for extending (i) outdoor and (ii) indoor coverage in mobile broadband not spots. |
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(102427)
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201
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Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, on how many occasions he met the Chief Executive of the Arts Council in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date. |
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(102707)
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202
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy is on spectrum white spaces and use of the 600mHz band. |
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(102599)
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203
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likelihood that all Broadband Delivery UK's superfast broadband funding will be allocated to BT; and if he will make a statement. |
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204
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision by Apple not to support European 4G frequencies on its new iPad on (a) 4G take up and (b) spectrum congestion. |
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(103061)
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205
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Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what regulations cover the practice of some companies of sending unsolicited text messages for which recipients are charged at high rates; and what steps he is taking to end this practice. |
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(102487)
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206
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103159)
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207
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103225)
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208
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103226)
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209
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103227)
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210
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Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the 2012 Budget, what criteria he plans to use to allocate the additional funding for a second wave of 10 smaller super-connected cities. |
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(102376)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
211
N
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department had discussions with Augusta Westland prior to its decision to withdraw work contracts from Vector Aerospace. |
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(102758)
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212
N
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Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of his Department's contracts with Augusta Westland have been re-negotiated in the last 12 months. |
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(102759)
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213
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Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members are of the Defence Exports Support Group; how often it meets; what its budget is; and who his Department's Director is with responsibility for export co-ordination. |
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(102744)
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214
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was in the current spending round of the maintenance of Trident and all aspects of preparation for its successor. |
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(102636)
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215
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Trident Alternatives Review being conducted by his Department will consider alternative basing locations for the nuclear deterrent fleet. |
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(102637)
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216
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Opposition front benches will be provided with a copy of the Trident Alternatives Review. |
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(102638)
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217
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government will publish the conclusions of the Trident Alternatives Review. |
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(102639)
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218
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the closure of the Tamar ferry servicers will be necessary for any future visits of (a) Vanguard class and (b) Astute class submarines to Devonport. |
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(102640)
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219
N
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Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce his decision on whether (a) Redford Barracks and (b) Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh are to be vacated or disposed of. |
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(102501)
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220
N
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Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates valuations of (a) Redford Barracks and (b) Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh have been made since 2007. |
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(102538)
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221
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to bring all Mastiff, Ridgeback and Foxhound vehicles back to the UK after the British role in Afghanistan has been completed. |
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(102414)
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222
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will award the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal to Territorial Army personnel who have served over five continuous years but not qualified for the 2012 bounty. |
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(102415)
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223
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Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to keep sections of the Army fully trained in the use of Mastiff, Ridgeback and Foxhound vehicles for use in future counter-insurgency operations. |
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(102416)
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224
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102948)
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225
N
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Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many children of armed forces personnel have been bereaved as a result of the conflicts in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. |
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(102633)
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226
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Ministry of Defence Police to identify and investigate incidents of (a) respirators and (b) other armed forces equipment being available for purchase on the internet. |
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(103107)
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227
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to prevent theft of its equipment. |
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(103108)
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228
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received on equipment for armed forces personnel being available for purchase on the internet; and if he will make a statement. |
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(103109)
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229
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of theft from his Department have been referred to the Ministry of Defence Police for investigation in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(103110)
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230
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of theft of his Department's equipment there were in the fiscal year 2011-12. |
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(103239)
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231
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Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the fatality rate per 1,000 personnel-years of ISAF-trained Afghan National Army personnel who were deployed alongside UK-troops in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. |
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(102393)
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232
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 9W, on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, what the through-life costs were for the carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter in 2011-12; what the projected costs are for 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102411)
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233
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 465W, on Departmental contracts, how much his Department has spent on (a) contracts with media companies and (b) media campaigns in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102915)
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234
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2012, Official Report, column 421W, on departmental theft, (a) how many of the thefts were investigated by (i) local police and (ii) military police and (b) how many of these investigations resulted in (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; and if he will make a statement. |
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(103041)
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235
N
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it will cost to install the fibre optic telephone system at Waterbeach Barracks. |
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(102364)
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236
N
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much is being saved from the Reserve in each year of this Parliament from operations in Afghanistan; and from where such savings are being found in each year. |
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(102764)
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237
N
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to save £2.4 billion from the Reserve from operations in Afghanistan. |
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(102765)
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238
N
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment is being moved out of Afghanistan this year. |
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(102767)
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239
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been signed for the (a) Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and (b) arrester hook equipment to be installed on the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. |
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(102512)
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240
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of all end-to-end equipment for catapult and trap operations on the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. |
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(102513)
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241
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) CN-295, (b) Saab 2000 MPA, (c) P-3 Orion and (d) P-8 Poseidon airframes and their capacity to conduct (i) maritime surveillance, (ii) anti-submarine warfare and (iii) overland ISTAR and airborne early warning missions. |
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(102514)
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242
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel (a) of each rank, (b) in each service and (c) at each location will train with the (i) French and (ii) US navies in (A) catapult and trap aircraft launching procedures and (B) maintaining carrier strike capability. |
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(102515)
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243
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has stopped any work or deferred signing contracts on (a) the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and (b) the arrester hook equipment. |
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(102516)
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244
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what long lead items have been purchased for the (a) Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and (b) arrester hook equipment; and what the cost to the public purse was of any such purchases. |
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(102517)
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245
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Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 73W, on Blue Force Property, whether the Ministry of Defence Police launched a formal investigation into the Blue Forces property management company based at Colchester; whether he has considered the findings of the review undertaken by insolvency practitioners FRP Advisory into the liquidation of the Blue Forces group; and whether his Department is providing (a) financial and (b) other assistance to current and former members of the armed forces who lost money as a result of the collapse of Blue Forces; and if he will make a statement. |
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(103251)
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246
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Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received any representations or enquiries about the potential implications for the Royal Navy of the proposal to build a pier in Plymouth Sound. |
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(102997)
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247
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Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Typhoon's potential as a carrier-borne aircraft. |
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(103005)
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248
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Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Typhoon's ability to take off from a carrier in considering the value for money of the F-35C. |
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(103044)
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249
N
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Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the range and payload criteria currently established in the Missile Technology Control Regime. |
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(102372)
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250
N
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Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he proposes to amend the Missile Technology Control Regime in the light of the development of unmanned aerial vehicles. |
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(102373)
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251
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103151)
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252
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita and (b) Serco in the last 12 months. |
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(103164)
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253
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103207)
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254
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103208)
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255
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103209)
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256
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department expects to allocate through the Centre for Defence Enterprise in each of the next four years; and how much of that funding will be allocated through small business research initiative competitions. |
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(102617)
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257
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) research and (b) development in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (i) research and (ii) development in each of the next three years. |
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(102618)
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258
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's research and development expenditure in 2009-10 and 2010-11 was spent (a) within his Department excluding the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), (b) by DSTL, (c) with Qinetiq, (d) with UK universities, (e) with UK small and medium-sized enterprises, (f) with other UK companies and (g) with overseas-based organisations. |
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(102619)
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259
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of research and development expenditure in 2009-10 and 2010-11 was spent on (a) technology development, (b) operational research and (c) evaluating procurement options. |
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(102620)
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260
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of research and development expenditure in 2009-10 and 2010-11 was (a) related to major procurement programmes and (b) concerned with evaluating future procurement options. |
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(102621)
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261
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by the Centre for Defence Enterprise in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and what proportion of such expenditure was made with (i) small and medium-sized enterprises, (ii) other companies, (iii) universities and (iv) non-UK organisations. |
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(102642)
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262
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many projects were funded by the Centre for Defence Enterprise through Small Business Research Initiative competitions in 2009-10 and 2010-11; and what the value of such projects was. |
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(102643)
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263
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the long-term outcomes for disabled and traumatised veterans; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102651)
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264
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's development expenditure in 2009-10 and 2010-11 was the subject of a bundled contract in which an agreed research and development allocation was included within an overall procurement contract. |
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(102743)
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Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
265
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Commission on a Bill of Rights. |
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(102455)
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266
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received from the Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons. |
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(102460)
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267
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on reducing the size of the Executive. |
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(102480)
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268
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Coalition Agreement, what progress he has made on proposals to fund all-postal primaries. |
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(102481)
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269
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Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on reform of the House of Lords. |
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(102394)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
270
N
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Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he expects the Education Funding Agency to employ any personnel transferred from (a) his Department and (b) Partnerships for Schools; and how many. |
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(102449)
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271
N
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Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of studies on the provision of toilet paper, locking cubicles and toilet seats in school toilets; and whether the new School Premises Regulations will include requirements in these areas that are equivalent to standards for adult employees in the Workplace Regulations. |
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(102477)
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272
N
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Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of removing the requirement for schools to provide a minimum number of toilets for a given number of pupils. |
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(102478)
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273
N
|
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to improve school toilets. |
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(102479)
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274
N
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Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will conduct an inquiry into Ofsted's correspondence procedures with hon. Members. |
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(103132)
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275
N
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Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if it is within Ofsted's remit to share hon. Members' correspondence with an organisation that they are investigating. |
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(103133)
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276
N
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Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if Ofsted is required to ensure that their contacts with any person raising concerns about an organisation under their remit will remain confidential. |
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(103134)
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277
N
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Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been made to his Department about breach of confidentiality by Ofsted. |
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(103135)
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278
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Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency and (b) Medway were in foster care waiting for adoption in each of the last five years. |
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(103037)
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279
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Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for education programmes for children with (a) Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and (b) other alcohol-related disabilities. |
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(103009)
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280
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Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to teachers who teach pupils diagnosed with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. |
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(103010)
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281
N
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Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacant primary school places there are in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and Humber and (d) England in the last five years for which information is available. |
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(102295)
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282
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102944)
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283
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Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Minister of State for Schools plans to respond to the letter of 22 February 2012 from the hon. Member for Weaver Vale on behalf of Ron and Pat Earps. |
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(102990)
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284
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Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department gathers on participation in Sure Start programmes (a) overall, (b) in each region and (c) of each socio-economic or income group. |
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(102597)
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285
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Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of year 11 academy pupils achieved at least (a) five A* to C GCSEs, excluding any other qualification judged to be equivalent and (b) five A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics but excluding any other qualification judged equivalent in each academy in 2010-11; and how many and what proportion of such pupils were entitled to free school meals. |
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(103241)
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286
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Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of GCSEs A* to C grades or equivalent were (a) academic GCSEs, (b) applied GCSEs and (c) other qualifications judged to be equivalent to A* to C GCSEs in 2010-11; and how many students in each such category were in receipt of free school meals. |
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(103242)
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287
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Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of year 11 academy pupils (a) in total and (b) in each academy were entered for (i) history GCSE, (ii) a geography GCSE, (iii) a modern foreign language GCSE, (iv) a physics GCSE, (v) a chemistry GCSE, (vi) a biology GCSE, (vii) a science GCSE, (viii) an English GCSE, (ix) an English literature GCSE, (x) a mathematics GCSE, (xi) an OCR national level 2 qualification in information and communications technology and (xii) a diploma in digital application in 2010-11; and how many and what proportion in each such category were eligible for free school meals. |
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(103243)
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288
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Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of academy Key Stage Four exam entries in 2010-11 were in (a) academic GCSEs, (b) applied GCSEs and (c) other qualifications equivalent to A* to C GCSEs; and how many students were in receipt of free school meals in each such category. |
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(103244)
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289
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve the quality of school buildings in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency. |
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(103004)
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290
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has designated the Maharishi Academy, Lancashire as a religious school. |
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(102380)
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291
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether free schools are permitted to give independent schools priority as feeder schools in their admissions arrangements. |
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(102381)
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292
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free schools employ teachers without Qualified Teacher Status. |
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(102382)
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293
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Section 9 of the Academies Act 2010, what arrangements he has put in place to take account of the effects of establishing an additional school on neighbouring schools. |
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(102383)
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294
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what correspondence (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have had with (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central constituency on academy status; and what representations he has received from primary schools in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central constituency on this issue. |
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(102610)
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295
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what governance arrangements are in place when two or more schools join together in an academy federation; what governing bodies are responsible for such schools; and where the primary accountability to the Secretary of State lies. |
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(103063)
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296
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Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration he has given to the introduction of a single national advocacy helpline for looked after children. |
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(102729)
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297
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103142)
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298
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita and (b) Serco in the last 12 months. |
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(103168)
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299
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103189)
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300
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103190)
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301
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103191)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
302
N
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of loft and cavity wall insulation meeting the golden rule any ancillary costs are factored in. |
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(102584)
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303
N
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish updated numbers of (a) hard and (b) easy to treat cavities in the impact assessment to be published alongside the Government response to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation. |
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(102585)
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304
N
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of remaining (a) hard and (b) easy to treat domestic wall cavities. |
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(102587)
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305
N
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the potential ancillary costs that the Green Deal will add to the cost of basic loft and cavity wall insulation. |
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(102588)
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306
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Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether secondees to his Department were involved in the preparation of the subsection of the Final National Policy Statement on Nuclear Power EN-6, June 2011, Volume 1, Part 2, entitled Policy on the need for new nuclear power stations and the benefits of early deployment. |
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(102553)
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307
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Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether secondees to his Department were involved in the preparation of the Final Overarching Energy National Policy Statement (EN-1) June 2011, Part 3: Section 3.3, subsections (a) The need for more electricity capacity to support an increased supply from renewables and (b) Future increases in electricity demand and the urgency of the need for new electricity capacity. |
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(102555)
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308
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Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether secondees to his Department were involved in the preparation of the first bullet point, entitled The demand for electricity is likely to rise, on page six of the 2011 White Paper, Planning our Electric Future. |
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(102556)
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309
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102946)
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310
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had (a) at EU level, (b) with the US and (c) with OPEC countries on releasing strategic oil reserves in order to reduce oil prices. |
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(102752)
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311
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland who spent more than 10 per cent of their income on fuel in the last year. |
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(102753)
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312
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Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of collective purchasing in the energy market. |
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(102483)
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313
N
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2012, Official Report, column 15W, on HomeSun Holdings, what the final legal costs incurred by his Department were in the case of HomeSun Holdings Ltd v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. |
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(102609)
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314
N
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2012, Official Report, column 906W, on renewable energy: feed-in tariffs, whether his Department has estimated the Government's potential liability for loss of income following the Supreme Court ruling on its consultation on the feed-in tariff for solar power. |
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(102768)
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315
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the electricity generation capacity from gas-fired power stations it expects to become operational in each year from 2012 to 2020. |
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(102913)
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316
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with (a) Atlantic, (b) EDF Energy, (c) British Gas, (d) Swalec, (e) E.ON, (f) Npower, (g) Scottish Hydro, (h) Scottish Power, (i) Southern Electric and (j) SSE to discuss progress in meeting their obligations under the community energy saving programme and carbon emission reduction target. |
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(102914)
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317
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what investigations Ofgem is currently undertaking. |
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(102926)
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318
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 1002, on low-carbon technologies, what forecast his Department has made of the level of renewable electricity generation it expects to become operational in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017, (f) 2018, (g) 2019 and (h) 2020. |
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(102929)
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319
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 758W, on energy: billing, when the data for the average level of debt for domestic customers for 2011 will be published. |
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(102930)
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320
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2012, on the Warm Front discount scheme; how many households which have received help with their energy bills are part of (a) the core group, (b) the broader group and (c) the legacy spending element of the previous voluntary agreement through social and discounted tariffs. |
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(102931)
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321
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 1002, on low-carbon technologies, if he will publish a list of the installed renewable electricity generation he expects to become operational in 2012. |
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(102932)
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322
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 997, on onshore wind energy, what assessment his Department has made of the electricity generation capacity for which (a) there is planning consent and (b) planning permission is being sought for (i) offshore wind, (ii) tidal sources, (iii) small-scale hydro-sources, (iv) large-scale hydro-sources, (v) landfill gas, (vi) sewage sludge, (vii) municipal solid waste combustion, (viii) animal biomass and (ix) plant biomass. |
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(102937)
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323
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has received any representations to extend the deadline for (a) the community energy saving programme and (b) the carbon emission reduction target. |
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(102956)
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324
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Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of gas-fired power stations for which (a) there is planning consent and (b) planning permission is being sought; and what the likely capacity of electricity which would be generated by power stations in each such category. |
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(102957)
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325
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 761W, on environmental protection: taxation, how much an average household would save each year by 2020 if the Energy Company Obligation, EU Emission Trading Scheme, Carbon Floor Price, Renewables Obligation, Green Deal and feed-in-tariffs were removed and electricity market reform discontinued. |
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(102672)
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326
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Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what alternatives he considered to smart metering; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102710)
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327
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of drought conditions on the generation of electricity. |
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(103097)
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328
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of drought conditions on energy production costs. |
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(103100)
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329
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Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to make an announcement on the next stage of policy development for the Renewable Heat Incentive; and whether bioliquids will be included in the scheme. |
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(102560)
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330
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Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will meet representatives from the Oil Firing Technical Association to discuss the inclusion of bioliquids in the Renewable Heat Incentive. |
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[R]
(102561)
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331
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total spending on wine and other alcoholic beverages was by his Department in the last six months. |
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(103127)
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332
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103143)
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333
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103222)
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334
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103223)
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335
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103224)
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336
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Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on how many prospective (a) gas and (b) coal carbon capture and storage projects there are worldwide. |
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(102998)
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337
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Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the coal used in the UK was imported in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(102999)
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338
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Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has made any estimate of the global installed capacity of gas-fired electricity generation in 2010 and the likely level of such capacity in (a) 2020 and (b) 2030. |
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(103000)
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339
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Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any coal power station will be generating in the UK after 2023. |
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(103001)
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340
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Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the probable installed capacity of (a) unabated gas-fired electricity generation and (b) unabated coal-fired electricity generation that there will be in the UK electricity system in 2025. |
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(103177)
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341
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Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost per kilometre of new onshore carbon dioxide pipelines. |
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(103178)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
342
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Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish an updated list of Ministerial meetings. |
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(102558)
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343
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in her Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in her Department after that period. |
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(102951)
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344
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she expects a decision will be reached on her Department's preferred option for the measuring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by UK companies before the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012; whether she plans to discuss company reporting at Rio+20; and if she will make a statement. |
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(103079)
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345
N
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce legislative proposals based on the US Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act 1996 to protect from civil and criminal liability food donors and recipient agencies where food had been donated in good faith. |
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(103136)
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346
N
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress reports the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has received on the phasing out of tiger farms following the decision taken at the Conference of the Parties in 2008. |
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(103138)
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347
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the outcome of her Department's review of the horse passport scheme; and if she will make a statement. |
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(102430)
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348
N
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Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to meet the named consultees in the consultation on the introduction of a licensing regime for the use of wild animals in circuses. |
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(102681)
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349
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance she is planning to provide to farmers who operate in areas of drought. |
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(103101)
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350
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of below-average rainfall in drought affected areas during the 2012-13 winter. |
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(103111)
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351
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department primarily deal with drought response and planning. |
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(103112)
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352
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of drought conditions on her Department's budget and expenditure in 2012. |
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(103113)
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353
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the economy of drought conditions in early 2012. |
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(103114)
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354
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in her Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103158)
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355
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by her Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103204)
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356
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts her Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103205)
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357
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the Permanent Secretary in her Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103206)
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358
N
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the inshore under 10 metre fleet in Hartlepool is able to obtain additional foundation quota of appropriate species; and if she will make a statement. |
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(103066)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
359
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost to date is of legal expenditure in respect of defending actions brought by Chagos Islanders in respect of the British Indian Ocean Territories. |
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(102369)
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360
N
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
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(102960)
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361
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of (a) Sudan and (b) South Sudan on the protection of Christian communities in those countries. |
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(102349)
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362
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of how the promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy assists implementation of the National Counter Proliferation Strategy 2012-15; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102714)
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363
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he plans to provide additional resources to the UK diplomatic network to support implementation of the National Counter Proliferation Strategy 2012-15 announced on 23 March 2012. |
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(102715)
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364
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Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take following the March 2012 Global Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. |
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(102716)
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365
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the actions of Moroccan forces in the houses of Saharawi Abdallahi Souayeh, Sid Ahmed Nailad and Bachir Sid Ahmed Mahjoub in El Aaiun, Western Sahara, on 11 August 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102741)
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366
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Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the forced repatriation of North Korean refugees. |
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(102482)
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367
N
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Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Arabic-speaking British national diplomatic staff in UK embassies and consulates work in (a) Arab and (b) non-Arab countries. |
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(102964)
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368
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to support British activities in the Antarctic region. |
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(102471)
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369
N
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Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to support the work of the British Antarctic Survey in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(102472)
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370
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) EU and (b) Hungarian counterparts on the issuance of Hungarian passports to ethnic Hungarians who are not Hungarian nationals or resident in Hungary; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102297)
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371
N
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the Chinese government's policy on tiger conservation. |
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(103137)
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372
|
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the government of India on the sentence of capital punishment in the case of Balwant Singh Rajoana. |
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(102987)
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373
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what vehicles are provided for the use of HM ambassadors in each of the member states of the EU. |
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(102622)
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374
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Tajikistan on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102623)
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375
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Turkmenistan on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102624)
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376
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Uzbekistan on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102625)
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377
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Kyrgyzstan on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102626)
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378
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of China on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
|
(102627)
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379
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of India on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102628)
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380
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102629)
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381
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Russia on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102630)
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382
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Turkey on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102631)
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383
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Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Iran on the involvement of regional powers in the future of Afghanistan before and after the departure of ISAF forces. |
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(102632)
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384
N
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Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has as to whether Shorland armoured cars manufactured by Short Brothers and approved for export to Syria in the 1980s have been patrolling the streets of Homs. |
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(102975)
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385
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with his EU counterparts the possible imposition of travel restrictions on people accused of committing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102543)
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386
N
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Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been removed with escorts to Sri Lanka who have (a) maintained contact with the British High Commission and (b) been interviewed or arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
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(103070)
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387
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total spending on wine and other alcoholic beverages was by his Department in the last six months. |
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(103129)
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388
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
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(103155)
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389
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
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(103192)
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390
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
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(103193)
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391
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Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the Permanent Under-Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
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(103194)
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392
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Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next Friends of Yemen meeting in Riyadh will take place. |
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(103102)
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393
N
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to respond in full to the letter from Stephenson Harwood Solicitors of 23 February 2012 on behalf of Dr Ahmad Azizi and Mr Ali Sedghi. |
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(102542)
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394
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Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Chinese government the number of self-immolation cases in Tibet and surrounding provinces. |
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(102994)
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395
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Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterparts in countries surrounding Somalia to act collectively against acts of piracy. |
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(103014)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
396
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department and its agencies in the last two years. |
|
(102375)
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397
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bonuses and (b) incentives were paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible in each of the last two years. |
|
(102384)
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398
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred against each such contract in each of the last three years. |
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(102385)
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399
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (i) cards, (ii) parties and (iii) decorations in the last two years. |
|
(102386)
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400
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's officials have (a) been reprimanded and (b) had their contract of employment terminated in the last two years. |
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(102387)
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401
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many plasma screen televisions his Department purchased in each of the last two years; and what the cost was of purchasing and installing such televisions in each such year. |
|
(102388)
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402
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to assess patient satisfaction with hospital meals in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(102435)
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403
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in reducing the incidence of smoking among 11 to 15 year olds in the last two years. |
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(102437)
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404
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times foreign objects requiring surgical removal have been left inside patients following an operation in each of the last 10 years. |
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(102438)
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405
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has visited any sickle cell disorder support groups in the last 12 months. |
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(102439)
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406
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of maintaining his Department's website was in each of the last two years. |
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(102440)
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407
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last travelled by (a) bus and (b) taxi in the course of his official duties. |
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(102495)
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408
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) Ministerial photoshoots and (b) the production of videos in which Ministers appear in the last two years for which figures are available. |
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(102496)
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409
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) are employed by and (b) work for his Department. |
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(102497)
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410
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors his Department's website received in the last two years. |
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(102498)
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411
N
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Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2012, Official Report, column 733, on cancer care: for what reasons one year cancer survival rates have been listed as a potential indicator and not a current indicator in the Commissioning Outcomes Framework. |
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(103069)
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412
N
|
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the minutes of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs meeting of 9 March 2012 to be published. |
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[R]
(102972)
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413
N
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Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs meeting at which the Committee reviewed its recommendations on fresh frozen plasma made in 2009; and if he will make a statement. |
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[R]
(102973)
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414
N
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Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Government's response to any further recommendations by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs on fresh frozen plasma; and what timetable he has set for responding. |
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[R]
(102974)
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415
N
|
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2012, Official Report, column 800W, on prescription drugs, what steps his Department has taken as a result of meetings held with national supply chain stakeholders on the supply of prescription drugs. |
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(102374)
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416
|
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to bring forward regulations under section 56 of the National Health Service Act 2006 relating to consultation by NHS foundation trusts seeking to merge. |
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(102938)
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417
N
|
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to make a test for Leikodystrophies a part of standard perinatal procedure; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102968)
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418
N
|
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote the early diagnosis of Adrenoleukodystrophy. |
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(102969)
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419
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that food ingredients accepted as safe for use in the UK are not prohibited under the provisions of the Addition of Nutrients to Food Regulation unless a prima facie case has been made that the ingredient is unsafe and demonstrably used in food within the EU. |
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(102772)
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420
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of procedures adopted by the EU under the provisions of the Addition of Nutrients to Food Regulation for the addition of substances to lists of (a) banned substances and (b) under scrutiny substances in preventing Member States from securing the prohibition of the use of food ingredients that are accepted as safe for use in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102773)
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421
|
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of retinoblastoma in children. |
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(102995)
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422
|
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent studies his Department has commissioned into retinoblastoma; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102996)
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423
|
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of people diagnosed with retinoblastoma in (a) Medway Primary Care Trust, (b) West Kent Primary Care Trust, (c) Kent and (d) England in each of the last five years. |
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(103036)
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424
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that doctors are trained to diagnose and treat foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. |
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(102700)
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425
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what education programmes for teenagers the Government has put in place on (a) avoiding alcohol in pregnancy and (b) children with alcohol-related brain damage to prevent foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. |
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(102701)
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426
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that GPs make referrals for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis. |
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(102702)
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427
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage all medical colleges to include foetal alcohol spectrum disorder education in their curriculum. |
|
(102703)
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428
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes he has in place to prevent women giving birth to children with alcohol-related brain damage. |
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(102704)
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429
|
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to inform the public about drinking in pregnancy and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the last year; and what plans he has for such a campaign in the next 12 months. |
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(103008)
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430
N
|
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been (a) diagnosed with and (b) treated for tuberculosis in the last five years for which figures are available. |
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(102296)
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431
N
|
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) diagnosed with and (b) treated for tuberculosis in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) Yorkshire and Humber in the last five years for which figures are available. |
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(102299)
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432
N
|
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for (a) kidney, (b) liver and (c) heart transplants was in (i) Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust and (ii) Yorkshire and Humber in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
|
(102300)
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433
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
|
(102945)
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434
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) ambulances and (b) rapid response vehicles in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such vehicles are on duty at any one time. |
|
(102507)
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435
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is giving to drug and alcohol rehabilitation schemes in the community. |
|
(102680)
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436
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of women in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last five years. |
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(102682)
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437
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times for outpatient psychiatric care in each NHS trust in the latest period for which figures are available. |
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(102684)
|
438
|
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former NHS trusts or parts of trusts which have been transferred to new social enterprise companies have made their former NHS staff redundant; and how many redundancies have been made for the latest year for which records are available. |
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(102524)
|
439
|
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees of (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities who have accepted redundancy or job termination arrangements have been (i) reappointed to work elsewhere in the NHS and (ii) employed to work for national agencies which provide services to the NHS or his Department. |
|
(102525)
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440
|
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons frontline nursing staff are to be exempt from the provisions made for uniformed services regarding normal pension age under the new public sector pension proposals. |
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(103173)
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441
|
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on health and safety for nursing staff of the proposed increase to the normal pension age to 68 years for nursing staff. |
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(103174)
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442
|
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on patient care of the proposed increase to the normal pension age to 68 years for nursing staff. |
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(103175)
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443
|
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on future recruitment and retention in the nursing profession as a result of the proposed increase to the normal pension age to 68 years for nursing staff. |
|
(103176)
|
444
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the fortification of foodstuffs with folic acid; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102763)
|
445
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what engagement his Department had with WRVS at the recent Loneliness Summit. |
|
(103115)
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446
|
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce loneliness amongst the elderly. |
|
(103148)
|
447
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to create a public register of contracts to provide services to the NHS that are not subject to commercial confidentiality; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103045)
|
448
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the health effects on young people of levels of taurine in energy drinks. |
|
(102378)
|
449
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the NHS bursary scheme in each of the financial years from 2012-13 to 2015-16; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102444)
|
450
|
Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that nursing care is delivered to the highest possible standards in England. |
|
(102537)
|
451
|
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the progress by NHS East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group in developing neuromuscular services in the East Midlands. |
|
(102390)
|
452
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on ending prescription charges for people diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103122)
|
453
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure all patients who need it have access to an out of hours GP service; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103123)
|
454
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to run a national public information campaign on prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102377)
|
455
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the average referral to treatment time for a patient with obstructive sleep apnoea. |
|
(102708)
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456
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that GPs are aware of the warning signs of obstructive sleep apnoea and are screened for that condition using (a) the Epworth sleepiness test or (b) other recognised tests. |
|
(102709)
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457
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, columns 109-11W, on cancer: health services, for what reasons his Department does not collect data on cancer that would allow it to identify instances of the disease, patient numbers and expenditure on treatment broken down by geographical area. |
|
(103116)
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458
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, columns 109-11W, on cancer: health services, what steps his Department has taken to measure the annual NHS spend on cancer since the publication of the Cancer Reform Stategy in 2007. |
|
(103117)
|
459
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, columns 245-6W, on cancer: drugs, how much of the cancer fund was spent in each strategic health authority in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many patients were treated in each strategic health authority in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(103118)
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460
|
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, columns 245-6W, on cancer: drugs, if he will reallocate the underspend on the Cancer Drug Fund to help increase access to radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients in those parts of England that the National Radiotherapy Dataset Report identified as lacking adequate radiotherapy treatment levels. |
|
(103119)
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461
|
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on developing its sexual health policy document; and when he expects it to be published. |
|
(102986)
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462
|
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans any increases to prescription charges in the next three years; and if he will consider providing exemptions for people living with long-term conditions such as HIV and multiple sclerosis. |
|
(103015)
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463
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) requirements and (b) guidelines his Department has put in place in respect of weekend provision of dental services; and who is responsible for providing such services. |
|
(102602)
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464
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what outstanding contracts his Department has with McKinsey and Company. |
|
(102603)
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465
N
|
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Care Services to the Co-Chair of Epilepsy Advocacy Europe of 8 February 2012, who is undertaking the scoping study commissioned by his Department to examine issues regarding late diagnosis; when he expects the study to be available; whether it will be published; whether issues regarding misdiagnosis will form part of the study; whether late diagnosis of epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorders will form part of the study; and whether the study will include consultation with patients and patient groups. |
|
(102550)
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466
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressant drugs were issued in each region of the UK in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population issued with such prescriptions. |
|
(102904)
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467
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish a list of the foods that contain high levels of naturally occurring anti-angiogenic chemicals. |
|
(102916)
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468
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of foods that contain high levels of naturally occurring anti-angiogenic chemicals in prevention of (a) cancer and (b) obesity. |
|
(102917)
|
469
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which angiogenesis drugs are (a) approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), (b) used in the NHS and (c) being tested by NICE; and for which type of cancer they are used. |
|
(102918)
|
470
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with a disease that is characterised by (a) excessive and (b) insufficient angiogenesis in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102919)
|
471
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has asked the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to examine the efficacy of anti-angiogenesis in treating (a) cancer and (b) obesity. |
|
(102920)
|
472
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of anti angiogenesis for the treatment of cancer. |
|
(102934)
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473
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mammogram screenings for women who are under 50, pre menopausal and have dense breasts were analysed digitally in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102935)
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474
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether data on breast density is routinely monitored and collected by GPs. |
|
(102936)
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475
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the detection rate for mammograms are for breast tissue classified as (a) fatty replaced, (b) scattered density, (c) heterogeneously dense and (d) extremely dense. |
|
(102954)
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476
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) treatment of cancer and (b) advice on prevention of cancer in each year for which figures are available. |
|
(103085)
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477
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will give the current survival rates for (a) metastatic kidney, (b) multiple myeloma, (c) metastatic colorectal, (d) gastrointestinal stromal tumour, (e) metastatic liver, (f) metastatic lung and (g) metastatic breast cancer when treated by (i) chemotherapy, (ii) radiation and (iii) surgery; and if he will estimate how such survival rates would be affected by coupling such treatments with angiogenesis. |
|
(103095)
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478
|
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 31 October 2011, Official Report, column 451W, on diabetes: research, if he will place in the Library data on National Institute for Health Research spending on diabetes in 2010-11. |
|
(102523)
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479
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with terminal illnesses elected to die at home in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
|
(102578)
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480
|
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the commissioning arrangements for augmentative and alternative communication aids. |
|
(102712)
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481
|
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the £648 million allocated for primary care trust (PCT) spending on social care was spent on (a) prevention services, (b) communicating equipment, (c) telecare, (d) crisis response services, (e) maintaining eligibility criteria, (f) re-ablement and (g) mental health by each PCT. |
|
(102713)
|
482
N
|
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits for medical technologies experiencing difficulties in gaining access to the NHS market of the Specialised Commissioning Innovation Fund in the 2012-13 financial year. |
|
(102365)
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483
N
|
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what types of innovation will be covered by the Specialised Commissioning Innovation Fund. |
|
(102366)
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484
|
Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) recent and (b) past estimates his Department has made of the number of parents who smoke in cars with children present. |
|
(102534)
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485
N
|
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost saving to the Exchequer resulting from the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme. |
|
(102769)
|
486
N
|
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) patients were treated and (b) therapists were trained under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in each quarter of the last four years. |
|
(102770)
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487
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103153)
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488
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita and (b) Serco in the last 12 months. |
|
(103163)
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489
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103229)
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490
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103230)
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491
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103231)
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492
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have made recent representations to his Department on the issue of prescription drug shortages. |
|
(102521)
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493
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with diabetes in Leicester Primary Care Trust had kidney failure in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2006-07. |
|
(102705)
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494
|
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with diabetes in Leicester Primary Care Trust had a stroke in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2006-07. |
|
(102706)
|
495
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of NHS data on prevalence of and mortality from multiple sclerosis. |
|
(102447)
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496
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the recording of multiple sclerosis on death certificates. |
|
(102448)
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497
|
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what personal medical service allocation was provided to North Staffordshire in the last five years; what his policy is on allocation of resources to areas of high health inequalities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102592)
|
498
|
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the (a) clinical and (b) operational standards for air ambulance services. |
|
(103011)
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499
|
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors there were in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each of the last five years. |
|
(103092)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
500
N
|
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the possible effects of introducing minimum pricing of alcoholic drinks on levels of illegal drug use among (a) under 25 year olds and (b) all age groups. |
|
(102509)
|
501
|
Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the triennial review of the Migration Advisory Committee to be completed. |
|
(103082)
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502
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) all alcohol, (b) beer, (c) cider, (d) vodka, (e) whisky and (f) wine sold in the off-trade in England and Wales that will rise in price as a result of a 40 pence minimum unit price. |
|
(102727)
|
503
N
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in her Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in her Department after that period. |
|
(102959)
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504
|
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on levels of crime in Wales. |
|
(102486)
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505
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to bringing forward proposals to prevent police officers at the rank of Assistant Chief Constable or higher from taking up related posts in the private sector once they have left the service. |
|
(102535)
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506
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent assessment is of the requirements for the national police communications system following the end of the current contract in 2016. |
|
(102536)
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507
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26 March 2012, on the National Policing Improvement Agency, whether she intends to mandate police and crime commissioners to co-operate with (a) the police ICT company and (b) her Department concerning the airwave system and its replacement. |
|
(102564)
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508
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list each completed Joint Investigation Team that UK authorities have participated in since they became available including (a) the names of the other participants, (b) its purpose and (c) its duration in each year; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(103060)
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509
|
Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 has been used to deprive a person of British citizenship; and how many such people were British-born citizens. |
|
(102921)
|
510
|
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the risk assessment prepared by her Department in respect of the decision to exclude itinerant metal dealers from its proposed ban on cash trade in scrap metal. |
|
(102719)
|
511
|
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter sent to the Minister for Immigration by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 20 February with regard to Mr Ali Baba Akbhari. |
|
(102717)
|
512
|
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter sent to her by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 21 February with regard to Ms Isatou Jagne. |
|
(102718)
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513
|
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to bring forward proposals to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to permit senior nurses to (a) carry and (b) prescribe controlled drugs. |
|
(102420)
|
514
N
|
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Interpol about the communication of nominal criminal intelligence at international level to facilitate enforcement operations against the illegal trade in tiger products in source and transit countries. |
|
(103139)
|
515
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(102392)
|
516
|
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change is in the funding which she plans to allocate to youth offending service budgets in (a) Wales and (b) Newport in 2012-13. |
|
(102670)
|
517
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) suicides and (b) homicides there were in each year for which data are available. |
|
(103074)
|
518
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Countryside Alliance Ireland on the cost of shotgun certificate fees. |
|
(102572)
|
519
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of processing a firearms certificate is in England and Wales; and what the cost of obtaining such a certificate is. |
|
(102573)
|
520
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported to Sri Lanka (a) in total and (b) in each month since May 2010. |
|
(102544)
|
521
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refused asylum seekers have been removed with escorts to Sri Lanka in each month since May 2010. |
|
(103071)
|
522
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in her Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103145)
|
523
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts her Department had with (a) Capita and (b) Serco in the last 12 months. |
|
(103167)
|
524
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by her Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103198)
|
525
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts her Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103199)
|
526
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Permanent Secretary in her Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103200)
|
527
|
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average people were held in short-term holding facilities in Northern Ireland following their illegal entry into the UK in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102434)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
528
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that disabled children in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Bangladesh, (c) Burma, (d) Democratic Republic of Congo, (e) Ethiopia, (f) Kenya, (g) Nigeria, (h) Pakistan, (i) Tanzania and (j) Zimbabwe are able to benefit equally from spending by his Department on education. |
|
(102908)
|
529
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on funding education systems that are not accessible to disabled children. |
|
(102909)
|
530
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps he has taken to promote economic development in Palestine. |
|
(102399)
|
531
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government has provided to developing countries for water and sanitation improvements since May 2010. |
|
(102400)
|
532
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department has provided for the reduction of poverty in Bangladesh since May 2010. |
|
(102401)
|
533
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to assist developing countries to cut carbon dioxide emissions since May 2010. |
|
(102402)
|
534
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
|
(102942)
|
535
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken with his international counterparts to help maintain respect for human rights in Democratic Republic of Congo. |
|
(102978)
|
536
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department is having with representatives of (a) Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) neighbouring countries on the outcome of the disputed elections in Democratic Republic of Congo. |
|
(102979)
|
537
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's budget support for developing countries was spent on projects promoting women's rights and empowerment in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102980)
|
538
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his (a) EU and (b) European counterparts on food insecurity in the Sahel. |
|
(102981)
|
539
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the extent of food insecurity in the Sahel. |
|
(102982)
|
540
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to provide humanitarian relief in Syria. |
|
(102984)
|
541
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure long-term food security for the Somali people. |
|
(103018)
|
542
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian effects of the increased troop presence in Somalia announced at the Somalia Conference in February 2012. |
|
(103019)
|
543
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to meet the commitment to better coordinate humanitarian efforts and shift the focus towards long-term development needs following the conference on Somalia in February 2012. |
|
(103020)
|
544
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in (a) Syria and (b) Homs; and what steps the Government is taking to support those affected. |
|
(103021)
|
545
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the freezing of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria expenditure on the prospects of achieving Millennium Development Goal 6 to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; and how the freeze on new projects will affect his Department's targets for reducing cases of these diseases. |
|
(103022)
|
546
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of corruption to developing countries. |
|
(103023)
|
547
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal targets on sanitation. |
|
(103024)
|
548
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to attend the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in June 2012. |
|
(103025)
|
549
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's objectives are for the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in June 2012. |
|
(103026)
|
550
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's objectives are for the G8 meeting in May 2012. |
|
(103027)
|
551
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's objectives are for the G20 meeting in June 2012. |
|
(103028)
|
552
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of the activities of Al Shabaab on delivery of aid in East Africa. |
|
(103029)
|
553
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. |
|
(103030)
|
554
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support the work of UN Women. |
|
(103031)
|
555
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the outcome of the International Conference on Somalia on 23 February 2012. |
|
(103032)
|
556
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the progress on the Millennium Development Goals to achieve universal primary education. |
|
(103033)
|
557
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) human rights and (b) the integrity of the recent elections in Democratic Republic of Congo. |
|
(103034)
|
558
|
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department spent at least 75 per cent of their time working on HIV and AIDS policy issues (a) in 2005 and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102395)
|
559
|
Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to publish his Department's position paper on maternal health; and whether he has any plans to consult civil society organisations before the publication of the paper. |
|
(102443)
|
560
N
|
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of UK aid spent on Palestinian school textbooks; and what proportion of UK aid this figure represents. |
|
(102965)
|
561
N
|
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes are in place to monitor the content of Palestinian school textbooks. |
|
(102966)
|
562
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103157)
|
563
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103213)
|
564
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103214)
|
565
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103215)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
566
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juvenile offenders from (a) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and (b) Westminister City Council have been held in a (i) secure children's home, (ii) secure training centre and (iii) young offender institution in each month since May 2005. |
|
(102911)
|
567
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult offenders aged 18 to 20 years old from (a) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and (b) Westminister City Council have been held in (i) young offender institutions, (ii) local prisons, (iii) womens prisons and (iv) other parts of the secure estate, in each month since May 2009. |
|
(102912)
|
568
|
Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of employment support allowance tribunal appeals in each of the years from 2008 to 2011. |
|
(102551)
|
569
|
Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juvenile offenders from (a) the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and (b) the London Borough of Havering have been held in (i) a secure children's home, (ii) a secure training centre and (iii) a young offender institution in each month since May 2005. |
|
(102902)
|
570
|
Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult offenders aged between 18 and 20 years from (a) the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and (b) the London Borough of Havering have been held in (i) young offender institutions, (ii) local prisons, (iii) women's prisons and (iv) other parts of the secure estate, in each month since May 2009. |
|
(102903)
|
571
|
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous convictions for vehicle interference for an individual convicted of an offence of vehicle interference without being sent to prison in each of the last three years; and how many offences the offender had committed in total at the point of sentence for this offence. |
|
(102413)
|
572
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
|
(102949)
|
573
|
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Minister of State plans to respond to the letter of 18 January 2012 from the hon. Member for Weaver Vale on behalf of Mr Hugh Panton. |
|
(102989)
|
574
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid were (a) received and (b) granted by the Legal Services Commission in (i) England, (ii) the North West, (iii) Cumbria and (iv) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in each of the last five years. |
|
(102679)
|
575
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department expects to outline its plans for the new model for insolvency proceedings as committed to during the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
|
(102225)
|
576
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the insolvency profession regarding maintaining and improving recoveries for the taxpayer and businesses following his commitment during the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to a new model for insolvency proceedings. |
|
(102230)
|
577
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide details on the new model for insolvency proceedings as committed to by his Department during the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
|
(102231)
|
578
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sex offenders are serving a prison sentence in England and Wales. |
|
(102422)
|
579
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the length of sentence was of each sex offender received into prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years. |
|
(102423)
|
580
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sex offenders of each gender were received into prison in England and Wales under sentence in each of the last five years. |
|
(102424)
|
581
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of money confiscated was under the 2006 Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognitions to confiscation orders, which the UK has received, from confiscation orders issued by (a) the UK and (b) other member states in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103056)
|
582
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total monetary value was of the proceeds of crime or property related to crime which the Asset Recovery Office has traced or identified as a result of information exchanges and co-operation with other EU member states under the 2007 Council Decision concerning co-operation between Asset Recovery Offices in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103057)
|
583
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many financial penalties have been transmitted by the UK to another EU Member State under the Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103058)
|
584
N
|
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscation orders the UK has transmitted to another EU Member State under the 2006 Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognitions to confiscation orders in each year since it came into operation; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103059)
|
585
N
|
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Corston Report. |
|
(102473)
|
586
|
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult offenders aged 18 to 20 years in each local authority area in Lancashire have been held in (a) young offender institutions, (b) local prisons, (c) women's prisons and (d) other parts of the secure estate in each month since May 2009. |
|
(102644)
|
587
|
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juvenile offenders in each local authority area in Lancashire have been held in (a) a secure children's home, (b) a secure training centre and (c) a young offender institution in each month since May 2005. |
|
(102645)
|
588
N
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted offenders involved in the August 2011 riots have been given compensation orders as part of their sentences, according to the Libra case management system; what the total value is of the compensation orders issued; for what offence types compensation orders have been issued; and how many compensation orders have been issued to offenders who also received (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a community sentence. |
|
(102771)
|
589
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that a new victims code is effectively monitored and enforced. |
|
(103103)
|
590
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the European institutions on sentencing. |
|
(102575)
|
591
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103152)
|
592
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita and (b) Serco in the last 12 months. |
|
(103165)
|
593
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103201)
|
594
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103202)
|
595
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103203)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
596
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what dates he has met with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to discuss (a) drug classification, (b) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, (c) explosives, (d) security, (e) extradition and (f) immigration in the last 12 months. |
|
(103012)
|
597
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
|
(102940)
|
598
N
|
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has held discussions with the US Secretary of State regarding the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston College oral history project. |
|
(102545)
|
599
N
|
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Department of Justice on the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston College oral history project (i) prior to and (ii) subsequent to that request being made. |
|
(102546)
|
600
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendation of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee's Third Report that the UK Government should develop comprehensive legislation on the Irish language in Northern Ireland to protect and implement more effectively the language rights of persons belonging to the Irish-speaking community. |
|
(102468)
|
601
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total spending on wine and other alcoholic beverages was by his Department in the last six months. |
|
(103126)
|
602
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103150)
|
603
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103210)
|
604
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103211)
|
605
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103212)
|
Questions to the Prime Minister
606
N
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, whether any officials or special advisers in 10 Downing Street have directed Ministers, officials or special advisers in government departments to meet (a) Peter Cruddas, (b) representatives of Peter Cruddas and (c) individuals suggested by Peter Cruddas. |
|
(102451)
|
607
N
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions staff in 10 Downing Street have had with Peter Cruddas or his representatives since May 2010; who took part in any such discussions; and what their purpose was. |
|
(102452)
|
608
N
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a list of meetings between members of the No 10 Policy Unit and external individuals, bodies and agencies since May 2010 with a description of the purpose of each meeting. |
|
(102453)
|
609
N
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has entertained guests at (a) his Downing Street flat and (b) Chequers since May 2010; who the guests were; and for how many events the costs were met privately or by the Conservative Party. |
|
(102454)
|
610
N
|
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions Peter Cruddas has visited 10 Downing Street on official business since May 2010; who he met; and what the purpose of each visit was. |
|
(102470)
|
611
|
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a list of all those he has dined with in an official capacity since May 2010 who have business interests in Wales. |
|
(103245)
|
612
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he held meetings with Peter Cruddas to discuss plans for a referendum on independence for Scotland. |
|
(103002)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
613
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
|
(102939)
|
614
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his communications strategy will be in respect of the referendum on Scottish independence. |
|
(102574)
|
615
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103146)
|
616
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103216)
|
617
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103217)
|
618
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103218)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
619
|
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total number of new training roles for UK ratings created by shipping companies (a) outside and (b) inside the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2000-01. |
|
(102669)
|
620
|
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rate of recruitment is of UK ratings in the maritime sector; what assessment she has made of the likelihood of a deficit in UK ratings in the maritime sector by 2021 based on current recruitment rates; and whether she has made a recent estimate of the extent of any such future deficit. |
|
(102927)
|
621
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London and Network Rail on the proposal to electrify the Barking to Gospel Oak section of the London Overground system. |
|
(102370)
|
622
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has held with Network Rail and the Mayor of London on step-free access to Finsbury Park and Highbury and Islington stations. |
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(102371)
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623
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Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in her Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in her Department after that period. |
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(102950)
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624
N
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many low-carbon buses will be built in the UK using funding from the Green Bus Fund. |
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(102673)
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625
N
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have had with the European Commission on EU Directive 96/53 and the prohibition of cross-border transport of long and heavy vehicles; and what representations her Department has received on EU Directive 96/53. |
|
(102674)
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626
N
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department made of the road safety implications of cross-border transport of long and heavy vehicles. |
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(102675)
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627
N
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Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) level of carbon emissions and (b) modal shift from rail implications of cross-border transport of long and heavy vehicles. |
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(102676)
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628
N
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding will be put towards transport schemes from the (i) Local Sustainable Transport Fund, (ii) Regional Growth Fund and (iii) Major Local Transport scheme to each scheme in each year of the current spending review period. |
|
(102677)
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629
|
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assumptions about the (a) procurement and (b) deployment of rolling stock were made in relation to (i) her Department's press release of 26 November 2010 and (ii) paragraph 1.17 of her Department's publication on reforming our railways. |
|
(102565)
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630
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the draft aviation framework ahead of a call for evidence on maintaining the UK's aviation hub status. |
|
(102661)
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631
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on (a) retaining runway alternation and (b) the introduction of mixed mode operations at Heathrow. |
|
(102662)
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632
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date she expects to finalise proposals for the Dee Harbour Revision Order. |
|
(102559)
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633
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the development of an airport in the Thames Estuary. |
|
(102649)
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634
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work her Department has undertaken on the possible effect of the EU Emissions Trading System Scheme on the volume of traffic at UK airports. |
|
(102666)
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635
N
|
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wycombe of 29 February 2012, Official Report, column 311W, on High Speed 2 railway line, and to the hon. Member for South Northamptonshire of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 20W, on Crossrail, for what reasons there are more officials working on the High Speed 2 proposals than on Crossrail; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(102499)
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636
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the provision in the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 that allows bus passes issued in any part of the UK to be used throughout the UK since May 2010; and what plans she has to discuss this issue with the devolved administrations. |
|
(103013)
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637
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Richmond Park of 15 March 2012, Official Report, column 388W on Aviation: Working Hours, if she will make it her policy to oppose the European Aviation Safety Agency's proposals (NPA 2010 to 2014) in their current form and call for EU flight safety regulations to be harmonised with the UK's pilot flight time limitations; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(102446)
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638
|
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department committed to the Northern Hub rail project prior to May 2010. |
|
(103104)
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639
|
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on the Northern Hub rail project in each year between 2005 and 2010. |
|
(103105)
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640
|
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many track miles of the Northern Hub rail project were completed between 2005 and 2010. |
|
(103106)
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641
|
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of maintaining the UK's road infrastructure in each year from 2009 to 2011 inclusive. |
|
(102749)
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642
|
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central government spent on improving the road network in each year from 2009 to 2011 inclusive. |
|
(102750)
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643
|
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was collected in road tax payments in respect of each category of vehicles in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. |
|
(102751)
|
644
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cambridge of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 635W, on electrification, how many miles of track were electrified in (a) Wales, (b) the North East, (c) the North West, (d) Yorkshire and the Humber, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the East Midlands, (g) the East of England, (h) the South West, (i) the South East and (j) London between 1997 and May 2010. |
|
(102604)
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645
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cambridge of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 635W, on electrification, how many miles of track the Government plans to electrify in (a) Wales, (b) the North East, (c) the North West, (d) Yorkshire and the Humber, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the East Midlands, (g) the East of England, (h) the South West, (i) the South East and (j) London. |
|
(102605)
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646
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cambridge of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 635W, on electrification, what estimate she makes of the annual saving in carbon emissions as a result of the track electrified between May 1997 and May 2010. |
|
(102606)
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647
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cambridge of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 635W, on electrification, what estimate she makes of the annual saving in carbon emissions that will be achieved as a result of the Government's proposals to electrify railway tracks. |
|
(102607)
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648
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department provided to local councils for the repair of potholes in each year between 2005 and 2010. |
|
(102608)
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649
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has allocated to local councils for the repair of potholes in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
|
(103087)
|
650
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail ticket offices were closed between May 2005 and May 2010. |
|
(103088)
|
651
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail ticket office closures were approved by Ministers in her Department between May 2005 and May 2010. |
|
(103089)
|
652
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many rail ticket offices Ministers in her Department approved a reduction in opening hours between May 2005 and May 2010. |
|
(103090)
|
653
|
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail ticket offices reduced their opening hours between May 2005 and May 2010. |
|
(103091)
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654
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average flying hours were per (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for a commercial pilot in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102579)
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655
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the European Aviation Safety Agency evaluation of flight time limitations. |
|
(102580)
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656
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average Flight Duty Period was for (a) UK pilots and (b) pilots in other EU countries in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102581)
|
657
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the frequency with which the Flight Duty Period is extended for UK pilots. |
|
(102582)
|
658
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to protect commercial pilots from fatigue. |
|
(102583)
|
659
|
Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will establish a cross-departmental maritime strategy for the UK. |
|
(103006)
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660
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to improve the frequency of flights to Brazil, India and China; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the volume of flights to such countries on levels of UK exports. |
|
(102566)
|
661
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in her Department have had with Belfast International Airport and Belfast George Best Airport on the Civil Aviation Bill. |
|
(102567)
|
662
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total spending on wine and other alcoholic beverages was by her Department in the last six months. |
|
(103128)
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663
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in her Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103147)
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664
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by her Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103195)
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665
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts her Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103196)
|
666
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Permanent Secretary in her Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103197)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
667
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what her policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in her Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in her Department after that period. |
|
(102952)
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668
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total spending on wine and other alcoholic beverages was by her Department in the last six months. |
|
(103130)
|
669
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in her Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103149)
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670
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by her Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103219)
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671
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contracts her Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103220)
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672
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times the Permanent Secretary in her Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103221)
|
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
673
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with representatives of Christian organisations on the Equality Act 2010. |
|
(102577)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
674
|
Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals to employment support allowance tribunals were successful in each of the years from 2008 to 2011. |
|
(102552)
|
675
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples received the savings element of pension credit in each constituency in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12. |
|
(102736)
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676
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies have withdrawn from unpaid work experience agreements with his Department since 1 January 2012. |
|
(102367)
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677
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to each London borough of transitional payments in lieu of housing benefits cap in each of the last six months. |
|
(102368)
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678
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals have been made to Work Programme providers in Coventry of employment and support allowance claimants in each of the last six months. |
|
(102967)
|
679
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve data transparency in his Department. |
|
(103047)
|
680
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to require Work Programme providers to publish all performance data. |
|
(103048)
|
681
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against employment and support allowance decisions there were in Coventry in each of the last six months; and how many such appeals were upheld. |
|
(103049)
|
682
|
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials, and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period. |
|
(102947)
|
683
|
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disability living allowance applications in (a) the year prior to and (b) the year following Atos Healthcare being awarded the BPO Medical Services Contract were approved (i) initially and (ii) following appeal. |
|
(103043)
|
684
|
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of failed disability living allowance applications in the last year are now subject to appeal. |
|
(103093)
|
685
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of housing benefit claimants who were (a) evicted and (b) deemed intentionally homeless as a result of rent arrears in each of the last five years. |
|
(102290)
|
686
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to recover overpayments of carer's allowance in cases where the person to whom the claim relates has died. |
|
(102293)
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687
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of council tax benefit in (i) England, (ii) the North West, (iii) Cumbria and (iv) South Lakeland in each of the last five years. |
|
(102503)
|
688
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households eligible for winter fuel payments in 2011-12; how many applications his Department received for such payments; and how many such payments were made in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Cumbria and (d) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency. |
|
(102678)
|
689
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of the pension credit guarantee credit. |
|
(102923)
|
690
N
|
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease are excluded from continued assessment for medical-related back to work benefits. |
|
(102456)
|
691
N
|
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 76WH, on work capability assessment, what initial scoping work has been carried out in respect of the Gold Standard Review for descriptors for mental, intellectual and cognitive function and fluctuating conditions; how many cases will be used to test the new descriptors; and what the timescale is for the completion of the work. |
|
(102683)
|
692
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his proposal to reduce the application charge for use of the future statutory child maintenance scheme to £20 for all applicants, whether he has any plans to review the level of the future calculation only charge. |
|
(102532)
|
693
|
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Figure 14 of the report by the National Audit Office on Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Costs Reduction, HC 1793, what assumptions the Commission made on the level of (a) the application charge, (b) charges for enforcement, (c) collection deductions levied on parents with care and (d) collection surcharges levied on non-resident parents when estimating future fee income. |
|
(102533)
|
694
|
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) constituency are receiving the basic state pension. |
|
(102748)
|
695
|
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has made the proportion of non-resident parents within the statutory child maintenance system who are likely to experience changes in their earnings in the course of a year of (a) 25 per cent or more, (b) 15 per cent or more and (c) 10 per cent or more. |
|
(102905)
|
696
|
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of current Child Support Agency cases with a positive maintenance liability is the value of the weekly maintenance (a) £5 or less, (b) £10 or under, (c) £20 or under, (d) £30 or under, (e) £40 or under, (f) £50 or under and (g) more than £50. |
|
(102906)
|
697
|
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of cases under the new statutory schemes with a positive maintenance liability the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission expect the weekly child maintenance liability to be (a) £5 or under, (b) £10 or under, (c) £20 or under, (d) £30 or under, (e) £40 or under, (f) £50 or under and (g) more than £50. |
|
(102907)
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698
|
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that a woman with a child under 12 who no longer receives child benefit due to household earnings will also have linked national insurance payments removed. |
|
(102711)
|
699
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases with outstanding child maintenance arrears has the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission taken a decision not to pursue collection of child maintenance arrears. |
|
(102646)
|
700
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether parents with care who are owed arrears of maintenance and who choose to transfer to the future child support scheme will be notified at the point of transfer as to the amount of the arrears which the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission considers collectable and which will be transferred to the future scheme for collection. |
|
(102647)
|
701
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will establish a residuary body to manage old child support debt with powers to negotiate or factor debts to optimise returns as recommended by Sir David Henshaw in 2006. |
|
(102653)
|
702
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the names of the members of the Independent Panel established by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission to consider child maintenance arrears and advise on how such arrears might be dealt with most effectively in the long term. |
|
(102654)
|
703
|
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice and recommendations has the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission received to date from the independent panel it has established to consider child maintenance arrears. |
|
(102655)
|
704
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the (a) cumulative effect of his planned reforms to benefits and services on disabled people and (b) extent to which planned reforms to benefits and services are enabling (i) government and (ii) local authorities to comply with their obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(103080)
|
705
N
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2012, Official Report, columns 236-7W, on Action for Employment, what involvement his Department has in the contracts with A4e for delivery of the Offender Learning and Skills Service. |
|
(102346)
|
706
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of new applications to the Child Support Agency has the applicant been a parent with care, or the partner of someone, in receipt of income-related benefits in the last 12 months. |
|
(102652)
|
707
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Support Agency assessed cases with a positive liability involve (a) parents with care in receipt of income-related benefits, (b) non-resident parents in receipt of income-related benefits and (c) cases where both parents are in receipt of income-related benefits. |
|
(102728)
|
708
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average child maintenance liability was (a) including and (b) excluding nil liability for parents with care in receipt of income-related benefits in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102737)
|
709
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding from the Access to Work Scheme has gone to support people in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency in each of the last five years. |
|
(103003)
|
710
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people under 30 years old are out of work following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease; and how many such people have gained employment in the last 12 months. |
|
(103124)
|
711
|
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people with Parkinson's Disease get back into work; and what financial support is available to such people. |
|
(103238)
|
712
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to work with the Department for Education to ensure that universal credit supports young people aged 16 and 17 years who are estranged from their parents to participate in education or training after the rise in the participation age. |
|
(102985)
|
713
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 and 17 year olds were in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance severe hardship payments and (b) income support in each of the last five years; and whether he plans to make any changes to the eligibility criteria after the introduction of universal credit. |
|
(103035)
|
714
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that claimants can telephone benefits officers without being subjected to large phone bills; and what (a) guidance is given to and (b) performance measures set for benefits offices answering and calling back claimants who telephone them. |
|
(103062)
|
715
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to tackle unemployment amongst people aged over 50. |
|
(102570)
|
716
|
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that Territorial Army soldiers taking on additional duties do not lose entitlement to jobseeker's allowance. |
|
(102571)
|
717
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many offshoring proposals were received by his Department in each of the last five years; and how many such proposals were accepted. |
|
(102347)
|
718
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to announce the changes in circumstances which will lead to a loss of transitional protection under universal credit. |
|
(102457)
|
719
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people making new claims for employment and support allowance who were (a) placed into the work-related activity group and (b) found fit for work have lodged an appeal against the decision. |
|
(102458)
|
720
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects the system designed to pay universal credit in respect of rent to be fully operational by October 2013; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102465)
|
721
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his indicative forecasts for employment and support allowance clients joining the work programme take account of the first revised descriptors; and what assessment he has made of their effect on the number of people found fit for work. |
|
(102467)
|
722
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish data on the number of appeals and successful appeals against employment and support allowance fit for work and work-related activity group decisions. |
|
(103051)
|
723
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he next plans to analyse Work Programme supply chains to establish how many referrals are being made to voluntary sector providers. |
|
(103052)
|
724
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many voluntary sector referrals to the Work Programme are made (a) on an end-to-end basis and (b) on a spot-purchase basis. |
|
(103053)
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725
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations into breaches by civil servants of the Civil Service Code of Conduct occurred in his Department in each month from May 2010 to March 2012. |
|
(103156)
|
726
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department had with (a) Capita, (b) Serco and (c) ATOS in the last 12 months. |
|
(103169)
|
727
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts Vodafone has been awarded by his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(103183)
|
728
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts his Department has with Vodafone. |
|
(103184)
|
729
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Permanent Secretary in his Department has met Vodafone representatives in the last 12 months. |
|
(103185)
|
730
|
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role Warbreck House will play in processing personal independence payments. |
|
(102738)
|
731
|
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role Warbreck House will play in the processing of disability living allowance (a) between 2012 and 2016 and (b) after 2016. |
|
(102739)
|
732
|
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Personal Independence Payment claims relating to children will be processed on the Fylde Coast. |
|
(102740)
|
733
|
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of local housing allowance have had their rate altered to the shared accommodation rate in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) England. |
|
(103121)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
734
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with ARM on the effect of its new flycatcher technology on communications. |
|
[Transferred]
(102600)
|
735
N
|
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Student Finance England on the release of student email addresses. |
|
[Question Unstarred][Transferred]
(102831)
|
736
|
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK unversities and research establishments are working on anti-angiogenesis; and how much funding his Department has provided to such establishments for such research in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
[Transferred]
(102922)
|
737
N
|
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 1.227 of Budget 2012 Red Book, what the terms of reference are for Lord Heseltine's review; what resources will be provided to Lord Heseltine to allow him to undertake his review; which relevant public sector bodies have been selected for review; which economies will be used for the benchmarking exercise; what private sector companies have been selected for review; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(103140)
|
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
738
|
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the European Union procurement review to conclude. |
|
[Transferred]
(102491)
|
739
|
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of microbusinesses in each parliamentary constituency. |
|
[Transferred]
(103086)
|
740
|
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been (a) fined and (b) prosecuted as a result of not completing the 2011 Census. |
|
[Transferred]
(102648)
|
741
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current level of unemployment is among black males aged 16 to 25; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(103240)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
742
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the (a) removal of enhanced capital allowance and (b) reduction of the standard rate of capital allowance for expenditure on solar PV on likely future levels of take-up of solar PV. |
|
[Transferred]
(102953)
|
743
|
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to a typical small business of introducing real time reporting of PAYE information. |
|
[Transferred]
(102494)
|
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
744
|
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has had from (a) charities and (b) trade unions about the consultation on a statutory register of lobbyists. |
|
[Transferred]
(103162)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
745
|
Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether secondees to the previous Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform were involved in the preparation of the 2008 Nuclear White Paper, Cm 7296, Section 2: Subsection entitled Our proposals on nuclear power: the Government's preliminary view and Government response. |
|
[Transferred]
(102554)
|
746
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with its EU counterparts on the views of (a) China and (b) other non-EU countries on the EU Emissions Trading System and the decision to include international aviation in the scheme. |
|
[Transferred]
(102650)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
747
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of water levels in water courses abstracted by electricity generation plants. |
|
[Transferred]
(103098)
|
748
|
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which electricity generation plants directly abstract water from the natural environment for cooling purposes. |
|
[Transferred]
(103099)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
749
|
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in South Sudan. |
|
[Transferred]
(102484)
|
750
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of human rights abuses in Syria. |
|
[Transferred]
(102983)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
751
|
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was between the submission of an appeal against a decision on the award of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance and the date of the appeal hearing in each administrative office in the Greater London area in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11 and (iv) April to December 2011. |
|
[Transferred]
(102910)
|
752
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of additional funding for tribunal services in order to deal with the backlog of appeals against employment and support allowance decisions. |
|
[Transferred]
(103050)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
753
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of a third runway at Heathrow with the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change in its report on Meeting the UK aviation target: options for reducing emissions to 2050, published in December 2009. |
|
[Transferred]
(102660)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
754
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to increase the take-up of council tax benefit. |
|
[Transferred]
(102502)
|
755
|
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 1007, on the loss of a memory stick containing data relating to Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station, if he will make a statement on the investigations his Department has undertaken into the data loss. |
|
[Transferred]
(102933)
|
