Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 18 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 Wednesday 18 April 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 18 April 2012

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 18 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 Wednesday 18 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 18 April see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104160)

2	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in each region of the UK in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
	(104162)

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

3
N

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the written Ministerial Statement of 29 February 2012, Official Report, column 31WS, on English for speakers of other languages, which colleges and training providers have received additional funding to deliver English language training in the 2011-12 academic year; and how much each provider has received.

(103744)

4 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will establish a methodology for measuring the effects of government decisions on small businesses.
	(103475)

5 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on business: government assistance, what the cost of administration was of each of the business support schemes referred to in the Answer.
	(103741)

6 N	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103535)

7 N	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103536)

8	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received regarding the potential effect of plain packaging of cigarettes on independent retailers.
	(104115)

9	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential effect of plain packaging of cigarettes on independent retailers.
	(104117)

10	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote Green Deal apprenticeships.
	(104005)

11	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in allowing access to credit union accounts through the Post Office network.
	(103866)

12	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses in Wrexham constituency of relaxing the provisions of the Sunday Trading Act 1994 between 22 July and 9 September 2012.
	(103794)

13	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to prevent companies which have gone into administration from making payments to administrators and solicitors ahead of repaying creditors.
	(103951)

14	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that small businesses and individuals who are creditors of companies which have gone into administration are prioritised in the repayment of debts.
	(103952)

15	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of start-ups by women in the construction industry.
	(103832)

16	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency, (b) Birmingham City Council area and (c) the West Midlands.
	(103834)

17	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 858W, on higher education, whether due diligence checks will be retrospectively applied to courses that have been designated by his Department.
	(103883)

18	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 858W, on higher education, if he will publish the criteria included in the due diligence checks.
	(103884)

19	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had on Tier 2 visas with Ministerial colleagues in the devolved administrations responsible for higher education.
	(103885)

20	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total (a) cost and (b) number of staff hours spent administering bids for contestable student places in higher education.
	(103955)

21	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions representatives of his Department have had with representatives of other Government departments on the OECD guidelines on multi-national enterprises.
	(103891)

22	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to promote the OECD guidelines on multi-national enterprises.
	(103892)

23	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the UK's import dependency in the area of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials.
	(104173)

24	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 15 September 2011, Official Report, column 532W, on mobile phones, what estimate he has made of the level of provision of a standardised mobile phone charger and compatible mobile phones since 1 January 2012.
	(103886)

25	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104159)

26	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to discourage insurers from charging high car and home insurance premiums as a result of consumers making changes to their policies, choosing to pay by instalments or cancelling their policies; and if he will make a statement.
	(104161)

27	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2012, Official Report, columns 309-10W, on land registration, which five UK regions have the highest proportion of land that is unregistered; how much that proportion is in each case; and if he will make a statement.
	(104164)

28	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the responsibilities of the new National Trading Standards Board will be; how many staff it will have; what its budget will be; and if he will make a statement.
	(104170)

29	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104085)

30	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104086)

31	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104087)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

32 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the number of people over 60 years of age who are unemployed in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham, (c) the West Midlands and (d) the UK.
	(103494)

33 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103522)

34 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas since May 2010.
	(103523)

35 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what process is used to determine the costs of government facilities and official residences which are made available to politicians or political parties where they are expected to reimburse those costs; and what costs have been determined for the use of each such facility.
	(103524)

36 N	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any categories of meeting are excluded from the Government's commitment to publish on a quarterly basis the details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations.
	(103525)

37	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of businesses in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) the UK that employ fewer than five people.
	(103889)

38	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104158)

39	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104061)

40	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104062)

41	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104063)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

42 N	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for which events held at (a) Dorneywood and (b) 11 Downing Street the Government has been reimbursed by (i) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (ii) the Conservative Party; and how much was reimbursed in each case.
	(103539)

43 N	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103540)

44 N	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103541)

45	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which will accrue to the Exchequer as a consequence of the removal of the zero VAT rate for alterations to listed buildings.
	(103795)

46	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on listed places of worship of the removal of the zero VAT rate for alterations to listed buildings.
	(103796)

47 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appointments of people earning (a) over £142,500 per annum and (b) over £142,500 per annum pro rata he approved between (i) April 2010 and March 2011 and (ii) April 2011 and December 2012; and how many approved appointments were related to GPs working in clinical commissioning groups.
	(103505)

48 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised in Scotland from (a) stamp duty land tax and (b) landfill tax in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103615)

49	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Money Advice Service is delivering its objectives whilst also achieving value for money.
	(104114)

50	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the directors are of the Money Advice Service; what their salaries were in 2011-12; and what their salaries are in 2012-13.
	(104119)

51 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households with an income over £50,000 per annum which will retain the full level of child benefit after the implementation of the proposals in his 2010 Budget.
	(103489)

52 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of holiday caravans sold each year which conform with British Standard 3632.
	(103531)

53	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the Global Warming Policy Foundation in the latest period for which information is available.
	(103914)

54	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sixth form colleges which are not related to a school or academy paid VAT on purchases in the last period for which figures are available.
	(103960)

55	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on sixth form colleges which are not related to a school or academy of being required to pay VAT on purchases.
	(103961)

56	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allow sixth form colleges which are not related to a school or academy not to pay VAT on purchases.
	(103962)

57	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to limit the maximum interest rates that can be charged by consumer credit entities.
	(103868)

58 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that institutions in which the Government holds shares through UK Financial Investments do not invest in or otherwise fund, directly or indirectly, payday loan companies or other companies offering short-term, high interest loans; and if he will make a statement.
	(103481)

59 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any institution in which the Government holds shares through UK Financial Investments has funded, invested in or set up (a) direct and (b) indirect financial arrangements with companies offering payday loan facilities or similar short-term, high-interest loans since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
	(103482)

60 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be affected by his decision to increase the personal tax allowance; and what estimate he has made of the average level of financial benefit for such people.
	(103072)

61 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of revenue which will result from the proposed rise in fuel duty from August 2012; and whether his Department has made any estimate of the number of litres of fuel liable for the new rate which will be purchased between August 2012 and 31 March 2013.
	(103073)

62 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of administering changes in child benefit for the financial year 2012-13.
	(103237)

63	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase publicly-funded research and development for the purposes of promoting growth in the UK economy.
	(103831)

64
N

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the Exchequer (a) gained and (b) foregone as a result of the recent changes in the top rate of income tax for persons earning (i) £150,000 a year, (ii) £250,000 a year, (iii) £500,000 a year, (iv) £1,000,000 a year, (v) £2,000,000 a year and (vi) £5,000,000 or more per year; and what the (A) gain and (B) revenue to the Exchequer foregone is for each in pension tax relief as a result of his recently announced change.

(103616)

65
N

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on couples with (a) one child aged eight years and (b) two children aged eight to 10 years of changes to (i) working tax credit, (ii) child benefit, (iii) the level of VAT and (iv) housing benefit where their income is (A) £15,000, (B) £20,000, (C) £25,000, (D) £30,000, (E) £40,000 and (F) £50,000 a year.

(103618)

66 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax inspectors HM Revenue and Customs employed in each year since 1982.
	(103621)

67	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of introducing compulsory pre-legislative scrutiny for future Finance Bills.
	(104030)

68	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made in the Council of the European Union on measures to reduce tax avoidance.
	(104034)

69	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to restrict tax relief for overseas charities.
	(103862)

70	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104143)

71	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, column 59W, on the Crown Estate Commissioners: manufacturing industries, how much rental income the Crown Estate receives from tenants engaged in manufacturing or engineering; and if he will make a statement.
	(104165)

72	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the level of penalty charges associated with over-limit fees and failed direct debits levied by banks on UK banking customers; and if he will make a statement.
	(104166)

73	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who (a) have no bank account, (b) have no mainstream financial products and (c) are underbanked with only one or two financial products; and if he will make a statement.
	(104172)

74	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104097)

75	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104098)

76	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104099)

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

77	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial effects of VAT changes to repairs for listed church buildings in the diocese of (a) Hereford and (b) Lichfield.
	(103807)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

78	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the number of new units of affordable housing built was expressed as a proportion of the number of people on the housing waiting list at the last count date in that year for each local authority in England in each of the last five years.
	(104120)

79	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new units of affordable housing were built in each of the last five years for each local authority in England.
	(104121)

80 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103519)

81 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas since May 2010.
	(103520)

82	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the local community is represented on the Board of High House Production Park in Thurrock.
	(104112)

83	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how much money was transferred to the Board of Trustees of the High House Production Park on the closure of the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation.
	(104113)

84	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on who has been appointed trustees of the High House Production Park in Thurrock; by whom they were appointed; and for how long.
	(104116)

85	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on bringing long-term empty domestic dwellings back into use in the (a) Richmond-upon-Thames and (b) Kingston local authority area.
	(103906)

86
N

Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to each local authority of participating in the troubled families programme including the costs of working with more families than the indicator number for each authority as set out in the financial framework in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.

(103512)

87 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to a local authority of each family eligible for the payment-by-results scheme through the troubled families programme.
	(103513)

88 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a local authority will receive a payment if a family in the troubled families programme satisfies the anti-social behaviour, crime and education criteria but an adult loses his or her job through no fault of their own.
	(103514)

89	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of higher parking charges on the wider economy in towns and cities.
	(103954)

90 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters left the Firefighters' Pension Scheme in each of the last five years.
	(103750)

91 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters enrolled in the Firefighters' Pension Scheme in each of the last five years.
	(103751)

92	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what systems for monitoring have been established to ensure that the disabled facilities grant devolved without ring-fencing to local authorities has been spent for the purposes for which it was intended.
	(103947)

93	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what formula was used to distribute the disabled facilities grant to local authorities; and what size of grant was distributed to each local authority.
	(103948)

94 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of homes are insulated to regulatory standards; how many and what proportion were insulated to these standards in each of the last 10 years; and how many are not insulated to these standards.
	(103549)

95	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the accessibility, timeliness and presentation of local authority budget data.
	(103814)

96	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104156)

97	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104046)

98	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104047)

99	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104048)

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

100 N	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to reduce the number of nuisance telephone calls.
	(103490)

101 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, who determines the eligibility criteria for the Queen's Jubilee medal; and if consideration was given to making it available to personnel who were serving in the armed forces when Her Majesty ascended the throne.
	(103236)

102	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from senior management at Johnston Press following their announcement to restructure large sections of their local newspaper portfolio; and if he will make a statement.
	(104133)

103	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure public access to works of art placed in the conditional exemption scheme.
	(103827)

104	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104155)

105	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who secured tickets for the London 2012 Olympics and have since moved home will have their tickets sent to the right address; and if he will make a statement.
	(104163)

106	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104064)

107	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104065)

108	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104066)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

109 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the Red Dragon Hanger facility at St Athan.
	(103484)

110 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for his Department's site at St Athan; and if he will make a statement.
	(103485)

111 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits there were to the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force from (i) England, (ii) Ireland, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in each of the last five years.
	(103739)

112 N	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of each equipment programme managed by Defence Equipment and Support.
	(103533)

113 N	Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed by Defence Equipment and Support at Abbey Wood; and what the cost of their salaries was in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(103534)

114 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what projects his Department has undertaken with the US as part of the US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.
	(103517)

115 N	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to arm the Army's variant of the Wildcat with (i) Sting Ray and (ii) Brimstone.
	(103740)

116	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the additional funding to improve service family accommodation will be spent on energy efficiency measures in 2013-14.
	(104044)

117	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that serving Royal Navy personnel on deployment have accurate information on proposed changes to their pensions; and whether there will be a consultation exercise on proposed changes to the pension scheme that includes the views of those on deployment.
	(104132)

118 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to Question 101758, tabled on 20 March for answer on 23 March 2012.
	(103742)

119 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the operation of Defence Business Services of awarding the contract to Serco.
	(103502)

120 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he expects to save as a result of awarding the contract for Defence Business Services to Serco; and how such savings will be made.
	(103503)

121 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there will be any redundancies as a result of the decision to award the contract for Defence Business Services to Serco.
	(103507)

122 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the provisions of Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) legislation will apply to the transfer of Defence Business Services operations to Serco; and whether these provisions would apply in the event that Serco outsources any elements of Defence Business Services work.
	(103508)

123 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the contract for Defence Business Services awarded to Serco was not publicly advertised.
	(103509)

124	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the technical fault discovered in the Boeing Sentry E3D aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
	(103803)

125
N

Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Government Ministers, (b) Ministers from devolved governments, (c) Members of the UK Parliament, (d) Members of the Scottish Parliament, (e) Members of the Northern Irish Legislative Assembly and (f) Assembly Members of the Welsh Assembly have made a visit to Afghanistan organised by his Department since the beginning of Operation Herrick; when each such visit took place; and what the duration of each such visit was.

(102977)

126	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the total value of his Department's artwork and historical artifacts located in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) overseas.
	(103915)

127	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and buildings, (b) single use military equipment, (c) dwellings and (d) other departmental assets were disposed of in each year since 2008; and what their value was.
	(103916)

128	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what aspects of Flag Officer Sea Training take place in Scotland.
	(103917)

129	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much revenue his Department received from training sailors from other countries in Flag Officer Sea Training in each of the last five years, broken down by country.
	(103918)

130	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel will work at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy; and what the cost to the public purse will be in each of the next five years.
	(103919)

131	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government has contributed to NATO's (a) civil budget, (b) military budget and (c) Security Investment Programme since 2002.
	(103920)

132	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots participated in the NATO Flying Training in Canada programme in each of the last five years.
	(103921)

133	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots participated in the Euro-NATO joint jet pilot training programme in each year since 1982.
	(103922)

134	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of aircraft launch and recovery equipment manufactured in the US.
	(103923)

135	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many GR4 Tornado aircraft have been equipped with the Helmet Mounted Cueing System; how many such aircraft will be equipped; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the installation of such systems.
	(103924)

136	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines will be permanently based.
	(103925)

137	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Paveway IV guided munitions will be procured to replace those used in Operation Ellamy.
	(103926)

138 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to implement Clause 7 of the Lesvos Declaration to inform nuclear test veterans of the levels of radiation to which they have been exposed and the consequences of the exposure.
	(103546)

139	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104154)

140	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104088)

141	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104089)

142	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104090)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

143	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which of his Office's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104103)

144	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Office collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104104)

145	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Office accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104105)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

146 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve educational provision for children with special needs.
	(103510)

147 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities which wish to improve their special needs provision.
	(103511)

148	Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he plans to put in place for the parents of at-risk children to reduce the number of care applications.
	(103867)

149	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of taking (a) separate and (b) double award science GCSE on students choosing a science-based career.
	(103830)

150	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104157)

151	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104049)

152	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104050)

153	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104051)

154 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the results of the first round of the (a) Academies Capital Maintenance Fund and (b) private finance initiative Priority School Building Programme applications.
	(103537)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

155	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many customers have been contacted by his Department in relation to eligibility for the warm homes discount scheme since May 2010.
	(103902)

156	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners in receipt of the pension credit guarantee credit whose energy supplier has fewer than 250,000 customer accounts.
	(103903)

157	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many customers contacted by his Department in relation to eligibility for the warm homes discount scheme have (a) applied for assistance under the scheme, (b) had their claim accepted and (c) had their claim rejected.
	(103904)

158	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made of the development of national occupational standards for Green Deal advisers; and if he will make a statement.
	(103995)

159	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects learning providers to begin to offer training that leads to a Green Deal adviser qualification.
	(103996)

160	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many learning providers have expressed an interest in offering training that leads to a Green Deal adviser qualification.
	(103997)

161	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many learning providers he expects to offer training that leads to a Green Deal adviser qualification.
	(103998)

162	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Ofqual-approved awarding organisations he expects to take up Green Deal qualifications.
	(103999)

163	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how long he expects training leading to a Green Deal adviser qualification to take.
	(104000)

164	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what he expects the likely cost to be to individuals undertaking training leading to a Green Deal assessor qualification.
	(104001)

165

Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what definition of rural was adopted in his Department's evaluation of the Carbon Energy Reduction Target (CERT) that led to the conclusion on page 133 of his Consultation document on the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation that rural areas in Great Britain had received a proportionate rate of delivery under CERT.

(103899)

166	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to support a national roll-out of voltage optimisation devices to (a) commercial buildings and (b) residential buildings.
	(103905)

167	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the power which could be generated by marine energy in each region of the UK.
	(103908)

168	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has for the future funding of the Marine Energy Array Demonstrator Scheme.
	(103913)

169
N

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the expected levelised costs of electricity generated at Hinckley Point C; and what the minimum level of Government support under the carbon price support and the contract for difference is that EDF Energy has stated the project will need to be economically viable.

(103471)

170 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to publish the guaranteed price of electricity to be agreed with EDF Energy for Hinckley Point C.
	(103472)

171 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the cost of capital reduction for renewable energy projects following the introduction of contract for difference under electricity market reform of the Government not acting as the counterparty for the contracts with electricity generators.
	(103473)

172 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on whether the revenue support for new nuclear under his proposals for electricity market reform will receive state aid clearance.
	(103474)

173	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people in fuel poverty in (a) Wrexham, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in the last year.
	(103888)

174	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures will be introduced to ensure that feed-in tariffs will be adjusted to reflect rising costs as well as falling costs of solar PV modules and installation to ensure stable growth for the industry.
	(103898)

175

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2012 to the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton, Official Report, column 600W, on energy: meters, whether the smart metering trials being conducted will address all the issues of concern raised by the Public Accounts Committee in its Report of January 2012 on Preparations for the roll-out of smart meters (Sixty-third Report, HC 1617).

(103984)

176	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has any plans to review the regulation of fracking and other water intensive mining operations following the drought warnings in the South East.
	(103797)

177 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the adequacy and reliability of the supply of dysprosium and neodymium for the manufacture of wind turbines and electric vehicles.
	(103608)

178	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104153)

179	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme who have died before receiving compensation in each (a) nation and (b) parliamentary constituency.
	(104025)

180	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average award made through the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme has been since the scheme's inception.
	(104026)

181	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average length of time for the settlement of claims relating to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme has been since the scheme's inception.
	(104027)

182	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease scheme in each year since its inception.
	(104028)

183	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104055)

184	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104056)

185	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104057)

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

186	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government response to the report by the Forestry Regulation Task Force on the role of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), what plans she has to remove the forestry sector from the scope of the GLA.
	(103890)

187 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprentices were employed by her Department (a) in March 2010, (b) between April 2010 and March 2011 and (c) between April 2011 and March 2012; and how many apprentices she expects her Department to employ between April 2012 and March 2013.
	(103495)

188 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding she allocated to apprenticeships in her Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in 2012-13.
	(103496)

189 N	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has (a) quantified and (b) commissioned any research on the potential waste saving from the introduction of retail water competition in England.
	(103526)

190	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will incorporate the provisions of the Food Waste Bill into the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill.
	(104006)

191	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the National Farmers Union on the financial implications of cage-trapping badgers.
	(103985)

192	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider altering her Department's approach to badger culling to require cage-trapping to be part of the process.
	(103986)

193	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of neonicotinoids and other nerve-agent pesticides on bee colonies.
	(103987)

194	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the use of nerve-agent pesticides on levels of food production.
	(103988)

195	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussion she has had with her EU counterparts on the effect of the use of nerve-agent pesticides on (a) global food production and (b) bee colonies across Europe.
	(103989)

196	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what parts of the UK nerve-agent pesticides are being used; and what assessment she has made of the geographical dispersal of such pesticides.
	(103990)

197	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken any research on the effect of nerve-agent pesticides on (a) UK food production, (b) global food production and (c) bee colonies (i) in the UK, (ii) across Europe and (iii) globally.
	(103991)

198	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had on the effect of nerve-agent pesticides in (a) the UK and (b) Europe; when such discussions took place; and who attended such discussions.
	(103992)

199	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has placed an annual monetary value on bees' pollination services.
	(103993)

200	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the use of antibiotics on livestock farms.
	(103994)

201 N	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103515)

202 N	Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas since May 2010.
	(103516)

203 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of B&Q on the phasing out of peat use by 2020.
	(103672)

204	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken on animal health legislation within Europe to improve disease prevention.
	(104175)

205	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the supply of ultra low sulphur red diesel for off-road equipment.
	(103829)

206	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the availability of ultra low sulphur red diesel for off-road equipment.
	(103835)

207	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to promote the safety of horses in future Grand Nationals.
	(104032)

208 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on reducing light pollution.
	(103609)

209	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the regulation of the sourcing of rabbit meat from animals produced in industrial cages; and if she will make a statement.
	(103825)

210	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from her Department since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(104152)

211	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104076)

212	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104077)

213	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104078)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

214	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on pressing for a moratorium on drilling for oil in the Virunga National Park and UNESCO World Heritage site in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	(103912)

215	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had any discussions with the Indian authorities in 2012 on the use of the death penalty in India; and if he will make a statement.
	(103880)

216 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of women serving prison sentences in Afghanistan; what proportion of such women are serving sentences for zina; and if he will make a statement.
	(103666)

217	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further steps (a) his Department and (b) the EU has taken to impose restrictive measures against the government of Syria.
	(104174)

218	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the name is of the UK official who attended the mortuary in Chongqing following the death of Neil Heywood in November 2011.
	(103798)

219	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular support his Department has provided to the family of Neil Heywood since his death in Chongqing, China in November 2011.
	(103799)

220	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to diplomatic staff on the processes to be followed after the death of a UK citizen abroad.
	(103801)

221	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will increase the number of technical advisers his Department provides to the government of South Sudan.
	(103804)

222	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese government on investigating the events leading up to and following the death of Neil Heywood in Chongqing in November 2011.
	(103812)

223	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the possibility of armed conflict between Sudan and South Sudan over the Heglig Oilfield.
	(104031)

224	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the ceasefire in Syria is enforced.
	(104033)

225 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Israeli government on the use of administrative detention of Palestinians.
	(103476)

226 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to raise the issue of human rights at EU level in the context of the EU-Israel Economic Association agreement.
	(103477)

227 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the government of Israel on its duties as a UN state party to the World Heritage Convention to protect sites of religious and cultural importance such as Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
	(103478)

228

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of (a) the use of anti-conversion laws in India and (b) the loss of scheduled caste status and its accompanying benefits for Dalits in India who adopt religions other than Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism; and if he will raise these issues with the government of India.

(103818)

229	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the statement by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on the use of laws and bills on religious conversion in several states of India to persecute Christians and Muslims; and if he will raise this issue with the government of India.
	(103820)

230 N	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will support the President of South Sudan's proposal to withdraw South Sudanese forces from Heglig if an international presence is stationed there and an agreement reached that Heglig will no longer be used to launch aerial attacks on South Sudanese territory.
	(103748)

231	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals are serving as EU civil servants; and what proportion of the total number of EU civil servants this represents.
	(103877)

232	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on increasing the number of British nationals applying to be civil servants for the EU.
	(103878)

233	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on improving communications between his Department and British nationals working as civil servants for the EU.
	(103879)

234 N	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103667)

235 N	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas since May 2010.
	(103668)

236 N	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a list of all events held in his Department for which the Government has been reimbursed by (a) him and (b) the Conservative Party since May 2010; and what the total amount reimbursed was in each case.
	(103669)

237 N	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a list of all events held at 1 Carlton Gardens for which the Government has been reimbursed by (a) him and (b) the Conservative Party since May 2010; and what the total amount reimbursed was in each case.
	(103670)

238 N	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a list of all events held at Chevening for which the Government has been reimbursed by (a) him and (b) the Conservative Party since May 2010; and what the total amount reimbursed was in each case.
	(103671)

239	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government provides to assist Tunisia's transition towards democracy; and if he will make a statement.
	(103823)

240	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards agreement of the Japan-EU Economic Integration Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	(103824)

241	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the report by Human Rights Watch entitled Afghanistan Moral Crimes; and what representations his Department has made to the Afghan government on ending the wrongful imprisonment of women and girls.
	(103828)

242	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104151)

243	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104100)

244	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104101)

245	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104102)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

246 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103521)

247 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, column 987W, on genetics: screening, what the nature is of the shared strategic framework that his Department plans to put in place.
	(103743)

248	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of new GP commissioning arrangements on the referral and treatment of schizophrenia.
	(104130)

249 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of the constituent parts of the transitional risk register for the Health and Social Care Bill have been provided to third parties outside his Department.
	(103610)

250 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has met representatives of private healthcare providers since May 2010.
	(103611)

251 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(103613)

252 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
	(103614)

253 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date his Department plans to publish information on senior NHS appointment arrangements which could be perceived as minimising tax and national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.
	(103504)

254 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of GPs working in clinical commissioning groups who have payments made directly to their practice and avoid paying employee rates of income tax and national insurance.
	(103506)

255 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the draft Commissioning Outcomes Framework does not include any indicators to hold commissioners to account for the quality of care being offered to people with musculoskeletal conditions.
	(102589)

256 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason there are no rheumatoid arthritis Commissioning Outcomes Framework indicators included in the draft proposals for the Commissioning Outcomes Framework.
	(102590)

257 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make representations to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the NHS Commissioning Board on the importance of including rheumatoid arthritis indicators in the finalised version of the Commissioning Outcomes Framework.
	(102591)

258 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the inspection model used by the Care Quality Commission in the maternity unit at Furness General Hospital in June 2010.
	(103470)

259	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 123W, on drugs: delivery services, if he will estimate the number of emergency deliveries made to pharmacies.
	(104126)

260 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions to hospital there were for people aged (a) 0 to 15, (b) 16 to 74 and (c) over 75 in each quarter since 2006-07.
	(103499)

261 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency re-admissions to hospital there were within 28 days of discharge for people aged (a) 0 to 15, (b) 16 to 74 and (c) over 75 in each quarter since 2006-07.
	(103500)

262 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his special adviser Jenny Jackson has ceased to be employed by his Department; whether he received a payment on departure; what the sum was of any payment; and how much of any payment was included in his original contract with his Department.
	(103607)

263	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his timetable is for making regulations and orders under the Health and Social Care Act 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(103900)

264	Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department requires the publication of data on local NHS (a) performance, (b) outcomes and (c) use; and what data is required to be published by independent providers of local NHS services.
	(103815)

265	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which private sector providers of PIP breast implants in the UK (a) have and (b) have not agreed to replace them free of charge; and how many patients are potentially entitled to a free replacement.
	(103806)

266	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of attendances at accident and emergency between 2002-03 and 2010-11 as recorded in his Department's statistics.
	(103833)

267	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the proportion of people who attended accident and emergency more than (a) twice and (b) five times a year in the last period for which figures are available.
	(103869)

268 N	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the effect of the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act on Scotland in respect of (a) the General Medical Council, (b) xenotransplation and (c) abortion.
	(103464)

269 N	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether payments made to NHS foundation trusts for treating patients living in Scotland are considered as private income for the purposes of the foundation trust private income cap.
	(103465)

270 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foetuses were aborted after (a) 0 to 10, (b) 10 to 15, (c) 15 to 20, (d) 20 to 24 and (e) 24 weeks' gestation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(103673)

271 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were carried out on women in each age group in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(103674)

272 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives there were in each region (a) including and (b) excluding bank and agency staff and in each case expressed on a (i) whole-time equivalent and (ii) headcount basis in each of the last 10 years.
	(103518)

273 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what governance measures his Department plans to put in place for the maintenance of NHS buildings held by NHS Property Services Ltd.
	(103456)

274 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department is having with primary care trusts on the transfer of assets to NHS Property Services Ltd.
	(103457)

275	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is of the North of England Strategic Health Authority in financial year 2012-13.
	(103870)

276	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days per week the Chief Executive of NHS North of England works (a) within the Strategic Health Authority cluster and (b) in his role as Chief Operating Officer of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority.
	(103871)

277	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to prevent conflicts of interest between officials in roles in the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and roles held concurrently in strategic health authorities.
	(103872)

278	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much expenditure per head of population there was in the (a) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area, (b) Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust area and (c) area covered by the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority in the financial year 2010-11.
	(104007)

279	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104150)

280	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104052)

281	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104053)

282	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104054)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

283	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving (a) UK Border Agency and (b) UK Border Force officers have been charged with criminal offences in the last year.
	(103881)

284	Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving (a) UK Border Agency and (b) UK Border Force officers have been sacked or suspended from duty on national security grounds in the last year.
	(103882)

285	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with internet service providers on the monitoring of their customers' internet browsing activity.
	(103911)

286	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to amend the provisions in Part III of the Police Act 1997 that allow the police to remotely access personal computers without the owner's consent.
	(104003)

287 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police officer numbers trained to deal with public order offences during the public disorder of August 2012.
	(103752)

288 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider establishing a central record of the number of level 1 and level 2 public order police officers.
	(103753)

289 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been appointed to the Office of Surveillance Commissioner since its inception; when each such person was appointed; and what functions they carry out.
	(103754)

290	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides guidance and training to nightclub security staff on identifying and seizing identification documents; and if she will make a statement.
	(103901)

291	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): 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.
	(103816)

292 N	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103462)

293 N	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103463)

294 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU migrants have leave to remain in the UK as a student, excluding student visitors.
	(103612)

295	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor applications for entry to the UK from people resident in Bacau, Romania.
	(103817)

296	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last reviewed whether to proscribe the group Hizbut-Tahrir.
	(103821)

297	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.
	(103864)

298	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 18 July 2011, Official Report, column 531W, on police: bureaucracy, what recent progress has been made by the Reducing Bureaucracy Programme Board on police bureaucracy.
	(103887)

299	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from her Department since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(104149)

300	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the location of police stations with a custody suite and the number of cells contained therein in London in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
	(104168)

301	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites, with how many cells, there are in use in police stations in each English region; and if she will make a statement.
	(104169)

302	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff worked for the (a) NPIA, (b) Forensic Transition Board and (c) Forensic Regulator in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; how many staff are expected to work for those organisations in 2012-13; and if she will make a statement.
	(104171)

303 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on referrals to Victim Support in Hove in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011.
	(103455)

304	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of her Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104091)

305	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
	(104092)

306	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104093)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

307	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.
	(103909)

308	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the progress towards the 2015 targets set out in its document Choices for Women.
	(103895)

309	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what framework his Department is using to measure progress towards the 2015 targets set out in its document Choices for Women.
	(103896)

310	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the Government's policies on biofuels and the effects on developing countries.
	(103860)

311	Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the proposed EU transparency rules for the extractive industry.
	(103861)

312 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which schools in Wrexham have received grants under the Global Schools Partnership Scheme since 2003; and how much each school has received.
	(103411)

313 N	Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he expects to achieve the Government's target to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on overseas aid by 2013.
	(103738)

314	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa; and what assistance his Department has offered to aid the peoples of Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
	(104029)

315	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help poor countries provide free health care for (a) pregnant women and children and (b) other people.
	(104109)

316	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the human rights and working conditions of workers in Burma; and what steps he is taking to persuade the Burmese government to allow workers to form trades unions.
	(104110)

317	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to persuade the Burmese government to release political prisoners.
	(104111)

318	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104148)

319	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104073)

320	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104074)

321	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104075)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

322 N	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103468)

323 N	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103469)

324 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many neighbourhood justice panels have been established since May 2010.
	(103488)

325	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to reform the regulation of claims management companies.
	(104118)

326	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to extend the intensive alternatives to custody pilot schemes to other parts of England.
	(103910)

327 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) in Hull and (b) nationally have been waiting more than 12 months for an employment and support allowance appeal.
	(103497)

328	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are waiting to have an appeal tribunal hearing as a result of withdrawal of disability living allowance; what the average waiting time is; and what the (a) shortest and (b) longest times are in each local authority area.
	(103946)

329 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have any discussions with (i) the Law Society of Scotland, (ii) the Scottish Refugee Council, (iii) the Faculty of Advocates, (iv) the Scottish Crown Office and (v) the Scottish Trade Unions Congress on his proposals to alter the terms of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	(103460)

330 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have made allegations against staff at HM Prison Ranby in the last 12 months which resulted in an investigation.
	(103542)

331 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison staff and (b) sub-contractors have been (i) arrested and (ii) dismissed for bringing mobile telephones or drugs into prisons in the last 12 months.
	(103543)

332 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service staff have been dismissed in the last 12 months; and how many have resigned or retired through ill health where a disciplinary hearing had been ongoing prior to their departure.
	(103544)

333 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many grievances have been lodged by Prison Service staff in each prison in the last 12 months.
	(103545)

334 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people held on remand (a) nationally and (b) in London in the last year have been held for (i) three to six months, (ii) six to to nine months, (iii) nine to 12 months, (iv) one to two years and (v) more than two years whilst awaiting trial.
	(103617)

335	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners of each nationality were held in prisons in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(103800)

336	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in prisons in England and Wales hold dual UK and other country nationality.
	(103802)

337 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for human trafficking in Scotland in 2011 led to successful convictions and how many of those convicted were given a custodial sentence.
	(103479)

338 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for human trafficking led to successful convictions in England and Wales in 2010-11 and how many of those convicted were given a custodial sentence.
	(103480)

339	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals regarding voting rights for prisoners.
	(103822)

340	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104147)

341	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 217W, on litter: prosecutions, what proportion of the people (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted of dropping litter resided in (i) London and (ii) each local authority in London.
	(104167)

342 N	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juvenile offenders from each local authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region were 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.
	(103498)

343 N	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult offenders aged 18 to 20 in each local authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region were held in (a) young offender institutions, (b) local prisons, (c) women prisons and (d) other parts of the secure estate in each month since May 2009.
	(103501)

344	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104094)

345	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104095)

346	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104096)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

347	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104146)

348	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104070)

349	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104071)

350	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104072)

Questions to the Prime Minister

351 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to appoint a new family champion.
	(103487)

352 N	Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Prime Minister, which business representatives visited Burma with him on his trip to that country on 13 April 2012.
	(103749)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

353	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many anonymous submissions have been made to his Department's consultation on Scotland's constitutional future.
	(104124)

354	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether pro-forma responses to his Department's consultation on Scotland's constitutional future will be treated differently from other responses to the consultation.
	(104125)

355 N	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the effect in Scotland of his proposals to alter the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	(103461)

356	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will have discussions with the Scottish Government on its plans to withdraw from NATO in the event that Scotland becomes independent.
	(103813)

357	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104145)

358	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104058)

359	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104059)

360	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104060)

361	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many responses to the UK Government's consultation on Scotland's constitutional future have been submitted using a UK government computer.
	(104106)

362	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many anonymous contributions have been received to the consultation on Scotland's constitutional future.
	(104107)

363	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many responses to the consultation on Scotland's constitutional future have been received from political parties.
	(104108)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

364 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on electrification of railways in each (a) nation and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.
	(103483)

365	Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is considering making any changes to the criteria for blue badges in respect of mental health disabilities.
	(103809)

366 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations her Department has received on extraction of oil from tar sands; and what progress has been made on the inclusion of a default value for tar sands in the European Fuel Quality Directive.
	(103532)

367	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the International Civil Aviation Organisation's work programme on a global agreement to tackle aviation emissions; and if she will make a statement.
	(103907)

368	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she plans to give to the proposal to ease restrictions on night flights by the Airbus A380 at Heathrow airport.
	(103956)

369	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times operational freedoms at Heathrow airport have been deployed since the end of Phase 1 of the trial.
	(104004)

370	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department expects to respond to its consultation on a proposed European Commission Regulation on the type approval and market surveillance of 2- and 3- wheeled vehicles and quadricycles.
	(103893)

371	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on reaching agreement on European Regulation COM(2010)542.
	(103894)

372	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's negotiating position is on the ability of motorists to modify their motorcycle in discussions on European Regulation COM(2010)542.
	(103897)

373	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the merits of Government incentives to encourage innovation in the field of carbon abatement technology.
	(103957)

374	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the widening of the Sulphur Emission Control Areas to include all European waters; and what representations she has made to her European counterparts.
	(103958)

375	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of sulphur regulations on the shipping industry.
	(103959)

376	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the shipping industry of compliance with (a) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and (b) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Annex IV.
	(103963)

377	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect on the number of jobs in the shipping industry of compliance with (a) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and (b) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Annex IV.
	(103964)

378	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the shipping industry of compliance with the Ballast Water Convention.
	(103965)

379	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the shipping industry of compliance with the Nitrogen Oxide Regulations.
	(103966)

380	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the renewal of the European Commission's Guidelines on State Aid to Maritime Transport.
	(103967)

381	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will assess the effectiveness of the role of the tonnage tax on the UK shipping industry.
	(103968)

382	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made with her international counterparts on the dispute over whether anchor-handling vessels must be flagged in an EU country in order to qualify for tonnage tax.
	(103970)

383	Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost associated with (a) increasing the motorway speed limit to 80 mph and (b) maintaining the speed limit at 70 mph on stretches of the motorway network where 80 mph is not deemed to be appropriate on the grounds of safety.
	(104002)

384 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes in the financial performance of the owning group of a company which has completed the pre-qualification process for a rail franchise her Department deems significant enough to be considered during the bidding process.
	(103466)

385 N	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration her Department gives to the financial performance of owning groups of companies which have completed the pre-qualification process during the bidding process for rail franchises.
	(103467)

386	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department received an official response to its consultation on a sustainable framework for UK aviation from the Labour Party.
	(103865)

387	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of brown tourist signs on the Highways Agency managed road network are paid for (a) from the public purse and (b) by the tourist sites they relate to.
	(103873)

388	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which companies provide contract services to the Highways Agency; for which types of work; and when each contract is due for review.
	(103874)

389	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff worked for the Highways Agency in each of the last three financial years.
	(103875)

390	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff worked for the Highways Agency in the Yorkshire and Humber region in each of the last three financial years.
	(103876)

391	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from her Department since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(104144)

392	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of her Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104079)

393	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104080)

394	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104081)

395
N

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 January 2012, Official Report, columns 19-20WS, on charging heavy goods vehicles, for which types of heavy goods vehicles in each vehicle excise duty taxation category the overall cost burden will increase under her proposals; and by how much for each such category.

(103665)

396 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many heavy goods vehicles paid vehicle excise duty in each category in each of the last five years; how much revenue was raised from each category; and whether her Department has made an estimate of future levels of revenue in each category.
	(103746)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

397	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from her Department since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(104142)

398	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of her Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104067)

399	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104068)

400	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104069)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

401	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of inequalities faced by Christians in the UK.
	(103927)

402	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects to publish her response to the consultation on the future of the Equality and Human Rights Commission entitled Building a Fairer Britain: Reform of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
	(103810)

403	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with the Scottish Government and Welsh Government on the proposed closure of the Equality and Human Rights Commission helpline; and if she will make a statement.
	(103811)

404	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
	(103953)

405 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of instructing lawyers in respect of the European Court of Human Rights case relating to the right to wear symbols of the Christian faith at work.
	(103459)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

406 N	Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has any plans for the Disability and Carers Service to be required to provide details to applicants of why claims for assistance are refused.
	(103747)

407	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people diagnosed with schizophrenia who are employed.
	(104131)

408 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that older workers have access to training to improve their skills; and if he will make a statement.
	(103492)

409 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support he is providing to older people who are unemployed.
	(103493)

410	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals the Government is considering on the use of Housing Benefit to help contribute towards the rental costs of those living in supported housing within the social and voluntary sectors; and if he will make a statement.
	(104129)

411 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in JobCentre Plus offices in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Nottinghamshire, (iii) East Midlands and (iv) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103486)

412
N

Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working-age households in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) East Midlands and (d) England were in receipt of benefits that totalled more than the proposed benefit cap under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 excluding those households which are exempted in the latest period for which figures are available.

(103538)

413 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications his Department received for the Social Fund Funeral Payment in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(103745)

414
N

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) nationally and (b) in the Hull region have been receiving the assessment phase rate of employment support allowance for (i) more than 12 months, (ii) more than 10 months, (iii) more than eight months, (iv) more than six months, (v) more than four months and (vi) more than two months.

(103491)

415 N	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas since May 2010.
	(103547)

416 N	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103548)

417	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had an award of disability living allowance which was determined by an appeal tribunal subsequently withdrawn by the Department; and for what reasons any such withdrawals were made.
	(103949)

418	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Motability has advised him of how many Motability adapted cars have been repossessed while people are awaiting the outcome of their disability living allowance appeal.
	(103950)

419	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have identified restricted growth as their primary disability are currently in receipt of disability living allowance broken down by higher/lower rate mobility and higher/middle and lower rate care components for the latest period for which figures are available.
	(104127)

420	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with restricted growth identified as their primary disability have had their entitlement to disability living allowance withdrawn in (a) the last financial year and (b) the latest period for which figures are available.
	(104128)

421	Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects all child support cases, including clerical cases, to be reassessed under the guidelines of the new system for assessment.
	(103808)

422 N	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to issue guidance on the distribution of funding allocated for the work of credit unions.
	(103458)

423	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the effect of the time taken obtaining Criminal Records Bureau checks on individuals' ability to obtain employment.
	(103819)

424	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(104141)

425	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what the cost to the public purse was of such verification.
	(104082)

426	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
	(104083)

427	Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
	(104084)

428	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of refitting, repairing and general maintenance of each Remploy building earmarked for vacation or closure in each of the last five years.
	(104035)

429	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of his Department's liability for redundancy payments consequent upon the planned closures of each Remploy factory.
	(104036)

430	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Remploy facilities identified for vacation following the announcement of the closure programme are (a) owned and (b) leased; what estimate his Department has made of the costs of relinquishing those leases; and what estimate it has made of the cost of vacating these offices.
	(104037)

431	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were located at each HM Revenue and Customs office in Scotland in each of the last five years.
	(104038)

432	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what subsidiary businesses Remploy operates in Scotland.
	(104039)

433	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any of the Remploy factories earmarked for closure were funded through the private finance initiative.
	(104040)

434	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the running costs were of each Remploy factory in Scotland in each of the last five years; and what the fixed accommodation cash running costs of Remploy factories in Scotland were over each of the last five years.
	(104041)

435	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of service is of staff employed by Remploy factories at each of its locations in Scotland.
	(104042)

436	Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which estate partners Remploy holds contracts relating to accommodation and facilities management for its offices in Scotland.
	(104043)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

437	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Iranian nationals are residing in the UK on a visa.
	[Transferred] (103805)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

438	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on diplomats intervening in UK visa application cases; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (103826)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

439	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the level of imports of palm oil for bio-fuels in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (103863)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

440 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the use of strychnine for pest control.
	[Transferred] (103527)

441 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the use of strychnine for pest control.
	[Transferred] (103528)

442 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of alternatives to strychnine for pest control.
	[Transferred] (103529)

443 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what toxicity analysis has been carried out on the relative effect of strychnine pesticides on human health compared to pesticides including (a) herboxone and (b) formaldehyde.
	[Transferred] (103530)

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