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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 April 2012

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 26 April 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 April 2012

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 26 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 Thursday 26 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 26 April see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the take-up of career development loans has been by postgraduate students undertaking postgraduate taught and research degrees in each academic year since 2009-10; how many applications have been received; how many students were granted a loan; what the average loan provided was; and whether his Department has conducted any equality impact assessment of the outcomes of such loans.
(105311)
2
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) EU national and (b) international postgraduate students there have been on (i) taught and (ii) research degrees in each subject in each academic year since 2009-10.
(105312)
3
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has undertaken to evaluate the anticipated effect on postgraduate numbers, undertaking both postgraduate taught degrees and research degrees arising from changes in student visa regulations.
(105313)
4
N 		Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many banks are participating in the career development loan scheme; and what assurances he has received from such banks that the current scheme will continue.
(105314)
5
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to review the effects of his Department's student fees and funding charge system over time; and if he will publish the arrangements for any such review.
(106015)
6
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the disposal of assets of significant value by institutions of higher education in receipt of public funding.
(106016)
7
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies have occurred in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency since May 2010.
(105923)
8
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on procurement from small and medium-sized enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2010-11.
(105878)
9
N 		Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) gender, (b) age and (c) ethnic composition was of students admitted to youth and community work degree courses offering Joint Negotiating Committee qualifications in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
(103626)
10
N 		Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places were available on degree level youth and community work courses in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and how many places are available in 2012-13.
(103627)
11
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund (a) ranks the bids and (b) provides reasons for the rejection of bids submitted to the Fund when presenting its advice to Ministers.
(105701)
12
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what methodology the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund uses to assess how bidders to the Fund meet the six criteria specified in the Fund's application form.
(105702)
13
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund provides recommendations of funding levels to be approved and conditionality that should be applied when presenting its advice to Ministers.
(105703)
14
N 		Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the due diligence process on successful bidders from the first two rounds of the Regional Growth Fund.
(105704)
15
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the outcomes of the UK National Contact Point's determinations.
(105796)
16
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the work of the UK-Israel Life Sciences Council.
(105783)
17
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of progress with the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership Regenerative Medicine Initiative.
(105784)
18
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to facilitate access to the Australian market for UK pork exporters.
(105818)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
19
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish details of any contracts held by departments with Addison Lee.
(105959)
20
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of average alcohol consumption in the UK in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date.
(106017)
21
N 		Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of full implementation of the G-Cloud and the Government Application Store.
(105598)
22
N 		Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on plans to consolidate government data centres.
(105600)
23
N 		Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data centres the Government maintained in (a) May 2010, (b) March 2011, (c) September 2011 and (d) March 2012.
(105601)
24
N 		Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made towards the targets set by the Government in March 2011 to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of government data centres.
(105602)
25
N 		Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the implementation of G-Cloud computing.
(105603)
26
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the net change in the number of private sector jobs was in (a) Barnsley East constituency and (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in the latest period for which figures are available.
(105865)
27
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable he has set for implementation of the G-Cloud.
(105879)
28
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of local authorities have placed their contracts on the Government's Contract Finder website.
(105880)
29
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012 are implemented during new procurement negotiations.
(105883)
30
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Big Society community organisers were trained in the (a) first and (b) second quarter of 2011-12.
(105884)
31
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms the Government Application Store has put in place to provide small and medium-sized businesses with greater access to Government IT contracts.
(105885)
32
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will participate in National Citizen Service in 2012.
(105886)
33
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made in reducing fraud, overdue debt and errors in public procurement; and how much has been saved through such initiatives since May 2010.
(105887)
34
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to place their procurement contracts on the Government's Contract Finder website.
(105888)
35
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has assessed the Welsh Government's community benefit policy on public procurement.
(105889)
36
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of government contracts to small and medium-sized enterprises have been paid late since May 2010 using his Department's standard definition of lateness.
(105946)
37
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of each participant in the National Citizen Service in the (a) first and (b) second quarter of 2011-12.
(105947)
38
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of each other European Economic Area member state are legally resident in the UK.
(105595)
39
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of non-European Economic Area countries are legally resident in the UK other than by virtue of EU law.
(105596)
40
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of each other European Economic Area (EEA) member state are legally resident in the UK by virtue of EU law; and how many of these have the right to residence under EU law by virtue of being a family member of a national of another EEA member state.
(105597)
41
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2011, Official Report, column 619W, on departmental procurement, if he will publish the Efficiency and Reform Group's analysis of procurement spend.
(105537)
42
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
(105814)
43
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Big Lottery Fund distributed in total for each purpose in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it expects to distribute in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
(105687)
44
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 557W, on the National Lottery, how much funding the Big Lottery Fund has allocated for each of its key priorities in 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(105694)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
45
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families will no longer be entitled to tax credits as a result of the decision in the June 2010 Budget to taper the family element of child tax credit straight after the child element.
(105961)
46
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Duty Paid tax stamp for spirits in protecting revenue from excise duty since its introduction.
(105955)
47
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many printers print UK tax paid labels for spirits in (a) the UK and (b) Europe; and how many printers based overseas print such labels.
(105965)
48
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means spirits manufacturers and label printers inform HM Revenue and Customs when UK tax paid labels for spirits are lost or stolen.
(105966)
49
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK tax paid labels for spirits were lost or stolen in each financial year between 2005-06 and 2010-11.
(105967)
50
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises was in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105874)
51
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105892)
52
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from Vodafone on proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements in India.
(105999)
53
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with representatives of Vodafone regarding proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements in India.
(106000)
54
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how often he has met representatives of Vodafone since May 2010.
(106001)
55
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the government of India on their retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements.
(106002)
56
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from companies and organisations other than Vodafone in relation to the government of India's proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements.
(106003)
57
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with representatives of companies and organisations other than Vodafone on the government of India's proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements.
(106004)
58
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employee personal pension arrangements were (a) DSS rebated only, (b) DSS and employee contribution based, (c) DSS employee and employer contribution based and (d) in another form in each of the last 30 years.
(105500)
59
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women in employment were members of public sector pension schemes in each of the last 30 years.
(105502)
60
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the effect on listed churches of the imposition of VAT on alterations to listed buildings; what proportion of the extra cost to listed churches will be offset by any increases in the funding of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme; and if he will make it his policy to exclude listed places of worship from the imposition of VAT on alteration work.
(105322)
61
Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Redditch constituency received the child element of child tax credit in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
(105810)
62
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with his EU counterparts introducing a policy requiring that taxes be paid by companies in countries where their products are made or their services delivered, irrespective of where their ownership is registered.
(105698)
63
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that profits made by (a) Amazon and (b) other retailers from book sales in the UK are taxed in the UK and not in another country.
(105699)
64
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of assets he has allowed under the conditional exemption scheme for art works in each of the last 20 years; what the level of (a) inheritance tax and (b) capital gains tax foregone by the Exchequer as a result was in each such year; and how many (i) art works, (ii) art collections, (iii) castles, (iv) stately homes, (v) gardens and (vi) landed estates benefitted from such provisions.
(105700)
65
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential capacity of the Financial Conduct Authority to implement the EU Transparency Directive.
(105795)
66
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
(105811)
67
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of banks which offer basic bank accounts; and if he will make a statement.
(105692)
68
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers involved in the PAYE real time information pilot use (a) their bank's internet banking platform and (b) a BACS service user number to pay their employees.
(105610)
69
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the interim solution adopted for real time information for PAYE will allow for reconciliation of information provided by employers with actual sums paid to employees when those employers make payments through internet banking and do not have a BACS service user number.
(105611)
Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
70
N 		Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the removal of VAT relief on maintenance and restoration of churches, abbeys and cathedrals with listed building status on parochial church councils.
(104383)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
71
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104663 on risk assessment.
(105708)
72
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104641 on zero-carbon homes.
(105709)
73
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104642 on public sector land.
(105710)
74
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104120 on affordable housing.
(105711)
75
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104121 on affordable housing.
(105712)
76
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on betting shops from (a) local authority leaders, (b) the Mayor of London and (c) the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months.
(106008)
77
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) he and (b) representatives of his Department have had with employees of (i) William Hill, (ii) Ladbrokes, (iii) Paddy Power, (iv) Betfred, (v) Joe Jennings and (vi) representatives of gambling sector trade bodies since May 2010.
(106009)
78
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on developing a scheme to streamline the pre-qualification questionnaire process for contracts worth over £100,000.
(105890)
79
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much architects were charged to register with the Architects Registration Board in each year since 2000.
(105964)
80
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to prevent the re-housing of vulnerable people from areas of high rental prices to low.
(105820)
81
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to minimise the risk of fire to (a) elderly and (b) disabled people.
(105925)
82
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an impact assessment of (a) the effectiveness of the installation of sprinkler systems in homes in reducing deaths from fire and (b) the cost-effectiveness of retrofitting automatic sprinklers in all social housing.
(105926)
83
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to encourage (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private landlords to install residual current devices in their properties.
(105605)
84
N 		Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic fires in England were caused by electrical faults in each of the last five years; and what estimate has been made of the cost of such fires to the Fire and Rescue Services.
(105680)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
85
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of female television and film scriptwriters employed in the UK.
(105606)
86
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many listed buildings are in community ownership.
(105788)
87
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to publish details of (a) the starting time of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, (b) the time at which the Athletes' Parade is scheduled to start, (c) the time at which the British team will enter the stadium and (d) how many members of the British team are expected to take part in the opening ceremony.
(105927)
88
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that costs incurred in the transportation of the Olympic Torch by LOCOG are not disproportionate.
(105963)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
89
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Australian decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned on the UK's stated timetable for withdrawal.
(106021)
90
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the Foxhound vehicle; and if he will make a statement.
(105895)
91
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on procurement in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105877)
92
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of departmental procurement spend went to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
(105882)
93
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates each of the (a) existing Trident submarines will leave and (b) future Trident submarines will enter service; and if he will make a statement.
(105319)
94
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost difference between (a) prolonging the Astute-class submarine building programme for seven boats and (b) building an eighth boat in the extra period caused by postponing the Trident successor submarine programme; and if he will make a statement.
(105320)
95
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy has the capacity to man more than a seven-boat attack submarine fleet.
(105321)
96
N 		Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse was of spending by MOD Bicester on third party logistics organisations in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011; and what proportion of such spending in each such year was allocated to (i) Palletings, (ii) Hacklings, (iii) Metcalfe Farms Haulage, (iv) Kenyons, (v) Reason Transport, (vi) Andover Transport, (vii) Pertemps agency drivers, (viii) City Sprint, (ix) other private hauliers and (x) other couriers.
(105565)
97
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF personnel who have been made redundant and are liable for reserve service will receive a daily allowance; what the rate of any such daily allowance is; and if he will make a statement.
(105806)
98
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel who have been made redundant from the service in the last 12 months remain liable for reserve service; for how long this condition will apply; and if he will make a statement.
(105807)
99
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the reserve liability policy for each of the three services; and if he will make a statement.
(105808)
100
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what thefts there were from his Department's establishments in (a) January, (b) February and (c) March 2012; what the value was of the items taken; and if he will make a statement.
(105816)
101
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, if he will publish details of the case that resulted in prosecution and conviction; and if he will make a statement.
(106026)
102
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, how many identified suspected perpetrators faced internal disciplinary action; and what sanctions were applied in each of the last three years.
(106027)
103
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, what level of evidence is required to apply internal disciplinary action in cases of suspected theft; who conducts investigations to identify perpetrators; who conducts disciplinary hearings in each case; whether the suspected perpetrator has access to (a) an advocate, (b) legal advice and (c) appeal; and if he will make a statement.
(106028)
104
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with police forces local to RAF, Army and Royal Navy bases about the investigation of crimes on those bases; what protocols have been established for the conduct of investigations; and if he will make a statement.
(106029)
105
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 527W, on the Falkland Islands, how his Department defines (a) campaign medal and (b) service medal; and if he will make a statement.
(106030)
106
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long it takes to train an individual to operate STOVL aircraft.
(105531)
107
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it costs to train an individual to operate STOVL aircraft.
(105532)
108
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier pilots have been made redundant since May 2010.
(105533)
109
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier pilots have been redeployed to other duties since May 2010.
(105534)
110
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel his Department plans to train to operate STOVL aircraft.
(105535)
111
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has saved as a result of the changes in the number of civil servants announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
(105763)
112
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Peter Cruddas has been inside Ministry of Defence buildings since May 2010.
(105764)
113
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of former members of Gurkha regiments living in the UK have the right to vote in general elections.
(105765)
114
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all information held by his Department on his Department's policy on Gulf War syndrome.
(105766)
115
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tablets in nerve agent pre-treatment sets in dealing with soman and sarin.
(105767)
116
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment he expects to be moved out of Afghanistan in 2012.
(105768)
117
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for the change announced in Budget 2012 to the Family Welfare Grant in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
(105769)
118
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has changed the eligibility criteria for the Family Welfare Grant since March 2012.
(105770)
119
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department decided to refit HMS Vengeance.
(105771)
120
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a Secretary of State has made an official visit to accompany the signing-off of refit work on defence equipment in the latest period for which figures are available.
(105772)
121
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department attended the meeting at the Canadian Embassy in Washington to discuss the F35 programme.
(105773)
122
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army personnel have been trained to drive fuel tankers in preparation for a strike by tanker drivers.
(105774)
123
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on preparing army personnel for a strike by fuel tanker drivers; and how much has been spent training army personnel to drive fuel tankers.
(105775)
124
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it costs his Department to train an individual to drive a fuel tanker in preparation for a strike by fuel tanker drivers.
(105776)
125
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he did not make an Oral Statement on Ministry of Defence Police redundancies on 27 March 2012.
(105777)
126
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals he expects will benefit from 100 per cent council tax relief for members of the armed forces deployed on operations in the next year.
(105778)
127
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals he expects to be eligible for the changes in the Budget 2012 to the Family Welfare Grant.
(105779)
128
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the implications for the UK carrier programme were of the meeting at the Canadian Embassy in Washington to discuss the F35 programme.
(105780)
129
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has issued new guidance on (a) contact between members of the armed forces and parliamentarians and (b) sanctions for any individual found guilty of leaking information.
(105781)
130
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on sanctions individuals found guilty of leaking information would face.
(105782)
131
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all the material and reports held by his Department on the tablets issued in nerve agent pre-treatment sets.
(105785)
132
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to spend on its contract with SERCO for Defence Business Services in each of the next three years.
(105786)
133
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on Gulf War Syndrome.
(105787)
134
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) his officials and (d) special advisers have met Peter Cruddas; what the purpose was of each such meeting; and when and where each such meeting took place.
(105800)
135
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of NATO on the protection and safety of NATO non-combat personnel in Afghanistan after 2014.
(105864)
136
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) Mark Bamford, (b) Jean Parmer, (c) Mary Cross, (d) Edwin Healey, (e) Nicholas Jenkins, (f) Alexander Knaster, (g) David Rowland, (h) Michael Farmer, (i) Jonathan Wood, (j) May Makhzoumi, (l) Paul Beecroft, (m) Chris Rokos, (n) Sir Anthony Bamford, (o) Michael Hintze, (p) Paul Ruddock, (q) Michael Freeman, (r) Clara Freeman and (s) Michael Spencer has been inside his Department's buildings since May 2010.
(105953)
137
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) officials and (d) special advisers have met (i) Mark Bamford, (ii) Jean Parmer, (iii) Mary Cross, (iv) Edwin Healey, (v) Nicholas Jenkins, (vi) Alexander Knaster, (vii) David Rowland, (viii) Michael Farmer, (ix) Jonathan Wood, (x) May Makhzoumi, (xi) Paul Beecroft, (xii) Chris Rokos, (xiii) Sir Anthony Bamford, (xiv) Michael Hintze, (xv) Paul Ruddock, (xvi) Michael Freeman, (xvii) Clara Freeman and (xviii) Michael Spencer; what the purpose was of each such meeting; and when and where each such meeting took place.
(105954)
138
N 		Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support armed forces couples with children (a) during deployment and (b) at other times since May 2010.
(105607)
139
N 		Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to support armed forces couples with children (a) during deployment and (b) at other times.
(105608)
140
N 		Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many certified child minders his Department employs.
(105678)
141
N 		Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on (a) serving forces couples and (b) serving forces couples who are deployed at the same time.
(105682)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
142
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Ministerial engagements were between 27 March and 16 April 2012.
(106014)
143
N 		Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school playing fields were sold in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the reasons were for their sale; and if he will make a statement.
(105696)
144
N 		Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under which criteria the sale and development of playing fields at Elliott School Wandsworth was approved; and if he will make a statement.
(105697)
145
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has raised concerns with the UK Border Agency about its trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes.
(105992)
146
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department was first notified about the trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes being conducted by the UK Border Agency.
(105993)
147
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes, what assessment his Department has made of the acceptability of exposing children to ionising radiation for non-medical purposes.
(105994)
148
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department's communications department established the Stakeholder Advocacy Group; and on what date the Group started work.
(105995)
149
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, why his Department's Stakeholder Advocacy Group was shut down; and on what date it ceased work.
(105996)
150
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on its Stakeholder Advocacy Group; and how much it spent on re-organising its communications department at the inception and subsequent abolition of that Group.
(105997)
151
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Plymouth Unitary Authority have received funding from the pupil premium; and how many pupils in each such school have attracted payment of the pupil premium.
(105817)
152
Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the future of design and technology classes for all age groups in schools.
(105998)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
153
N 		Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage local energy generation for local communities.
(105318)
154
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of Germany's decision to build new coal and gas-fired power stations.
(105805)
155
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department is providing for the development of energy co-operatives.
(105792)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
156
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 April 2012, Official Report, on tackling irresponsible dog ownership, how much of the £50,000 funding for the RSPCA, Battersea Cats and Dogs Home and the Dogs Trust (a) had and (b) had not previously been committed or given to each organisation.
(105684)
157
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 April 2012, Official Report, on tackling irresponsible dog ownership, what estimate her Department has made of the likely savings on kennelling costs by police forces as a result of her plans to tackle irresponsible dog ownership.
(105685)
158
N 		Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of fracking in the UK on the sustainability of water resources.
(105695)
159
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on procurement from small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105872)
160
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to tackle electric beam trawling by foreign fishing vessels within the 12 nautical miles UK coastal zone.
(105793)
161
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on ensuring cross-EU compliance with the welfare of laying hens directive.
(105570)
162
N 		Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the proportion of laying hens which have not been removed from conventional battery cages in (a) Austria, (b) Belgium, (c) Bulgaria, (d) Cyprus, (e) the Czech Republic, (f) Denmark, (g) Estonia, (h) Finland, (i) France, (j) Germany, (k) Greece, (l) Hungary, (m) Ireland, (n) Italy, (o) Latvia, (p) Lithuania, (q) Luxembourg, (r) Malta, (s) the Netherlands, (t) Poland, (u) Portugal, (v) Romania, (w) Slovakia, (x) Slovenia, (y) Spain and (z) Sweden.
(105675)
163
N 		Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to secure the long-term future of rivers and waterways.
(105402)
164
N 		Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will oppose any proposals for the downlisiting of elephant protection within CITES.
(105317)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
165
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2012, Official Report, column 155, on Afghanistan, with which women's organisations in Afghanistan the British Embassy is working to ensure women's full participation in forthcoming elections.
(105508)
166
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to update advice offered to UK nationals in or intending to visit Sudan and South Sudan.
(106019)
167
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Bahraini authorities on the recent civil disturbances and their reaction to them.
(106020)
168
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in OPEC countries on fuel prices in the last six months.
(105956)
169
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105891)
170
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
(105813)
171
N 		Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which vehicles are provided for the use of high commissioners and consuls in each of the Commonwealth countries.
(105185)
172
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on (a) the Abuyeva judgment and (b) other outstanding European Court of Human Rights judgments relating to human rights violations in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement.
(105679)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
173
N 		Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Lord Walton of Detchant of 26 March 2012, Official Report, House of Lords, column 208WA, on in-vitro diagnostic tests, whether he has any plans to require health institutions to report adverse incidents with in-house pathology tests in the same manner as for commercial pathology tests.
(105530)
174
N 		Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget has been spent in the private sector, including contracts awarded to the private sector, since May 2010.
(105501)
175
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in alcohol consumption over the last 10 years.
(105924)
176
Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of falls at (a) the West Cumberland Hospital and (b) the Cumberland Infirmary in September and October (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of falls.
(105861)
177
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was in the accident and emergency ward at Kings Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.
(105496)
178
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for an operation at Kings Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.
(105497)
179
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious emergency calls were received by Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service in each of the last three years.
(105498)
180
N 		Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's liver strategy.
(105315)
181
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations have been cancelled by hospitals in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in the last 12 months.
(105866)
182
N 		Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in respect of food outlets which do not sign up to his Responsibility Deal agreements on calorie labelling.
(105506)
183
N 		Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the top 10 high street restaurant chains have complied with the Responsibility Deal agreement on providing calorie labelling on menus.
(105507)
184
N 		Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for reform of the Care Quality Commission.
(105503)
185
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with Ministers in the Home Department on the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes prior to the commencement of that trial on 29 March 2012.
(105989)
186
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has raised concerns with Ministers in the Home Department about the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes.
(105990)
187
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received about the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes.
(105991)
188
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
(105815)
189
N 		Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days were lost in the NHS due to industrial action in each of the last five years.
(104781)
190
N 		Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) Performance and Capability Review will assess the merits of (a) creating different inspection regimes to reflect the different types of providers inspected and (b) more clearly separating the roles and responsibilities of the former Mental Health Act Commission section of the CQC.
(105560)
191
N 		Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections of (a) acute and (b) secure mental health facilities were undertaken by the Care Quality Commission in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(105561)
192
N 		Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist mental health inspectors were employed by the Care Quality Commission in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(105562)
193
N 		Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the announcement of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) new judgement and enforcement framework, what plans the CQC has to recruit additional inspectors with a specialism in mental health.
(105563)
194
N 		Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Care Quality Commission has made of its ability to inspect accurately (a) acute and (b) secure mental health services.
(105564)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
195
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to police forces in England of policing anti-social behaviour associated with betting shops.
(106005)
196
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the police forces in England of disorder and crime associated with betting shops.
(106007)
197
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in one punch attacks in (i) Nottinghamshire, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
(105494)
198
N 		Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change is in the level of funding which she plans to allocate to youth offending service budgets in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in 2012-13 compared to 2011-12.
(105495)
199
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent to date on legal fees relating to proceedings involving Abu Qatada.
(105951)
200
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on legal fees in each of the last three years.
(105952)
201
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU measures in justice and home affairs matters falling under the responsibility of her Department the UK has sought to accept after their adoption by the EU; and in which such cases the European Commission or the Council of the EU decided to require the UK to fulfil particular conditions before it could become bound by the relevant EU measure; what those conditions were in each such case; and whether the UK fulfilled them.
(105920)
202
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the UK has requested to participate in activities of the EU agency Frontex under Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004; what the activities were; and whether the UK's request was approved or rejected in each such case.
(105922)
203
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's response of 22 December 2011 to Freedom of Information request T19647/11, for what reason the Taser statistics for March 2010 to December 2011 have not been published.
(105538)
204
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been transferred from the UK to each other EU member state under the provisions of the Dublin II Regulation in each year since the Regulation took effect.
(105594)
205
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been transferred to the UK from each other EU member state under the provisions of the Dublin II Regulation in each year since the Regulation took effect.
(105599)
206
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 788W, on suicide, what the names are of the Government-led cross-sector forums seeking to improve practice in the investigation of sudden deaths; what the membership of each such forum is; when she expects the forums to report; and if she will make a statement.
(105794)
207
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment has been conducted in relation to the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
(105941)
208
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she obtained approval from the National Ethics Research Service for the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
(105942)
209
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure meaningful consent is obtained from young people involved in the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
(105943)
210
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases young people who were age assessed as aged over 18 years were later determined to be under 18 years old in the last 12 months.
(105944)
211
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for the age assessment dental x-ray pilot.
(105945)
212
N 		Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police holding cells have been mothballed in the Metropolitan Police area since April 2011.
(104666)
213
N 		Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holding cells were available to the Metropolitan Police in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
(104667)
214
N 		Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a ban on all those holding an Israeli passport who live in the Occupied West Bank entering the UK; and if she will discuss with her counterparts in each EU member state introducing such a ban.
(105707)
215
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Metropolitan Police received in respect of the policing of football matches from (a) Chelsea Football Club, (b) Fulham Football Club, (c) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, (d) Queens Park Rangers Football Club and (e) Arsenal Football Club in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
(105693)
216
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of her Department will attend the Government's procurement service training academy.
(105797)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
217
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he and Ministers of his Department had with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Foreign Secretary on the decision to fund an airport in St Helena; and whether the awarding of contracts to build the airport was discussed on any such occasions.
(105821)
218
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he and Ministers of his Department had discussions with Lord Ashcroft on awarding contracts for the construction of (a) an airport and (b) two hospitals in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(105822)
219
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist charities and aid groups working in Central and Western Africa to eliminate hunger in the region.
(106018)
220
Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to promote equal access to schools for disabled children in the developing world.
(105860)
221
Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to fund voucher schemes for private schools in Africa in the latest period for which figures are available.
(105862)
222
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on procurement in the fourth quarter of 2010-11; and what proportion of this was with small and medium-sized enterprises.
(105876)
223
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2012, Official Report, column 809W, on mining, what consideration he gave to the Answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, column 61W, on coal mining: Bangladesh, when preparing the answer.
(106058)
224
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the International Crisis Group report on Sri Lanka: Women's Insecurity in the North and East, if he will provide aid to non-governmental organisations in Sri Lanka to assist women who are or are at risk of becoming victims of sexual violence and exploitation.
(105677)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
225
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure that the new Victims Code is monitored and enforced.
(106010)
226
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure in any plans for local commissioning that there is a minimum quality standard in all areas.
(106011)
227
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of devolved commissioning of victims' services to police and crime commissioners on the current level of victims services provided.
(106012)
228
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to put the new Victims Code on a statutory footing.
(106013)
229
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is considering bringing forward proposals to introduce a charge to obtain information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(105184)
230
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons participate in the email a prisoner scheme; what checks are in place at such prisons to monitor such emails; and what estimate he has made of the number of contacts through the scheme each prisoner has had in each of the last three years.
(105803)
231
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of judges from a working-class background.
(105804)
232
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the early guilty plea scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(105809)
233
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were brought before each Crown court in each of the last two years; and how many such cases resulted in a custodial sentence.
(105893)
234
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment cases were won by (a) employees and (b) employers at each tribunal court in each of the last three years, by category.
(105894)
235
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous convictions for being drunk in charge of a vehicle held by an individual convicted of that offence without being sent to prison in each of the last three years; and how many previous criminal convictions each such person had at the point of sentence for that offence.
(105948)
236
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many burglaries were committed by people on bail for burglary in each of the last five years.
(105949)
237
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in (a) the first and (b) the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105875)
238
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Department's procurement expenditure went to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
(105881)
239
N 		Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has (a) undertaken any review, (b) initiated any action and (c) commenced any consultation on matters of legislation relating to the Duchy of Cornwall or Stannery law in the last five years.
(105316)
240
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which EU measures in justice and home affairs matters falling under the responsibility of his Department the UK has sought to accept after their adoption by the EU; and in which such cases the European Commission or the Council of the EU decided to require the UK to fulfil particular conditions before it could be bound by the relevant EU measure; what those conditions were in each such case; and whether the UK fulfilled them.
(105921)
241
N 		Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the effect on rates of failure to comply or other breaches of increasing the electronic tag sentence maximum from eight to 16 hours.
(104631)
242
N 		Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the effect on rates of failure to comply or other breaches of increasing the electronic tag sentence maximum from six to 12 months.
(104632)
243
N 		Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the savings which could be achieved in (a) a full financial year and (b) a Parliament by reducing the number of probation trusts in England and Wales to between six and 10.
(104633)
244
N 		Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what savings were made when London Probation was reorganised from five separate areas to one in Greater London in 2000-01.
(104634)
245
N 		Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what have been the savings from the merger of Surrey and Sussex probation trusts in 2011-12.
(104635)
246
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
(105812)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
247
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the value for money of the work of each member of the Parades Commission.
(105957)
248
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's percentage procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises was in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
(105873)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
249
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts her Department holds with Addison Lee.
(105958)
250
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of motorcycle MOT tests revealed illegal modification of unrestricted motorcycles in the latest period for which figures are available.
(105950)
251
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Chief Engineer for HS2 Ltd Professor Andrew McNaughton was outlining Government policy in his recent iRail 2012 Distinguished Lecture, Designing High Speed Rail for Britain at the Derby College Roundhouse, when he predicted (a) up to 30 trains per hour on HS2 in the future and (b) additional acceleration lines alongside those tracks already planned at the Birmingham Interchange Station to allow future HS2 trains to get up to speed before joining the main track; and if she will make a statement.
(105819)
252
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of congestion on the roads in Shipley constituency.
(105801)
253
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of (a) the value of metal stolen from railways in Barnsley in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 and (b) costs incurred by (A) Network Rail and (B) train operating companies owing to the theft of metal from railways in the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in (1) 2010 and (2) 2011.
(105870)
254
N 		Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic and employment effects on other ports and communities of permitting turnaround operations at the City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal.
(105683)
255
N 		Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 January 2012, Official Report, column 26WS, on the City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal, whether the Government has sought independent advice on the repayment of public subsidy used to finance the terminal.
(105686)
256
N 		Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on whether a franchised service operator continues to be charged marginal track access costs when they buy out or take over an open access operator.
(105323)
257
N 		Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the differential in charges is for track access costs between open access operators and those rail companies who are franchised service operators.
(105324)
258
N 		Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many open access operator routes there are in operation in England.
(105325)
259
N 		Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.42 of her Department's publication, Reforming our Railways: Putting the Customer First, whether open access bids that are currently in the pipeline will be given consideration.
(105353)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
260
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings will accrue to the public purse from the abolition of savings credit for new pensioners in each fiscal year from 2015-16 to 2019-20.
(105919)
261
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the saving that would be made by the introduction of a seven-year minimum qualifying rule for the new flat-rate state pension in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20.
(105960)
262
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new pensionsers will no longer be entitled to savings credit once it is abolished for new pensioners in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
(105962)
263
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people normally resident in Barnsley East constituency were prosecuted for offences relating to fraudulent claims for jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years.
(105867)
264
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people successfully placed in jobs by work programme contractors in Barnsley East constituency in each of the last three months; and how many people claiming employment and support allowance were referred into the work programme in Barnsley East constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
(105868)
265
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): 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) Barnsley East constituency and (ii) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in the latest period for which figures are available.
(105869)
266
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working-age households in (a) Barnsley East constituency and (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough were in receipt of benefits that totalled more than his 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.
(105871)
267
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women over retirement age (i) did not qualify for a national insurance retirement pension and (ii) drew a reduced retirement pension in each of the last 30 years; what factors in a claimant's contributory record accounted for this; and what assessment he has made of trends in these factors in that period.
(105499)
268
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Child Support Agency's assessed caseload is constitued by individuals who are in employment and pay their child maintenance liabilities via a deduction from earnings order.
(105789)
269
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the financial circumstances of Child Support Agency-assessed cases where the non-resident parent is not employed.
(105790)
270
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of Child Support Agency cases where maintenance is paid via the Agency it is done so by (a) direct debit, (b) a deduction from earnings order and (c) a deduction order.
(105791)
271
N 		Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether parents who receive national insurance credits linked to child benefit will no longer receive those credits if their child benefit is withdrawn on the basis of their household income.
(105504)
272
N 		Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means he plans to determine eligibility for national insurance credits linked to child benefit under his proposed changes to child benefit.
(105505)
273
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in child support arrears is owed by non-resident parents to parents with care, in each parliamentary constituency, in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(106022)
274
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the special teams established by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in 2010 to target historic child maintenance arrears, what work those teams have undertaken since their establishment to reduce historic arrears; and what assessment he has made of their success to date in collecting arrears owed.
(106023)
275
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is outstanding in child maintenance payments, and by how many people, in respect of sums owed to (a) the Secretary of State and (b) parents with care, broken down by cases dealt with under (i) the CSCS computer systems, (ii) the CS2 computer system and (iii) off-main-systems arrangements.
(106024)
276
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average non-resident parent child maintenance debt is that is owed to (a) parents with care and (b) the Secretary of State.
(106025)
277
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment entitled Under-occupation of social housing, whether the application of private rented sector size criteria to the social rented sector will include the criterion that an individual under 35 years should live in a property with shared facilities; what discussions he has had on the extension of this aspect of private rented sector size criteria to the social rented sector; and if he will make a statement.
(106053)
278
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 848W, on Universal Credit, which organisations and interests are represented in the membership of the Business and IT Solutions Steering Group; for what reason local authorities are represented; and if he will make a statement.
(106057)
279
N 		Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that the Government will meet any liabilities in the Remploy Pension Fund.
(105529)
280
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of extending the New Enterprise Allowance to participants in the work programme; and if he will make a statement.
(105604)
281
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a single national fund has been established for wage subsidies payable under the Youth Contract rather than the subsidies being made available on the basis of likely need in each provider's area.
(105609)
282
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of transitional protection under universal credit in each year up to 2015.
(105681)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
283
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the projected population in the Bradford district in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.
[Transferred] (105802)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
284
John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether clinical commissioning groups will be liable to pay corporation tax in the event that the legislation envisaged in the Red Book, page 79, is not enacted; and whether current primary care trusts are liable to pay corporation tax.
[Transferred] (105863)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
285
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received from Gamcare; and what assessment he has made of such representations in assessing the effect of gambling addiction.
[Transferred] (106006)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
286
N 		Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the extent of drought; and if she will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred] (105418)
287
N 		Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to improve air quality.
[Question Unstarred] (105419)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
288
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is a safe country to which to repatriate prisoners; and what the evidential basis is for that assessment.
[Transferred] (105536)

Prepared 26th April 2012