Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 30 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.

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 30 April 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 30 April 2012

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This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 30 April of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 30 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 30 April see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the training as a Sandwich Artist Apprenticeship offered by Subway has been classified as meeting his Department's standards for apprenticeship training.
	(106139)

2	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department contributes any funding to Subway's Sandwich Artist apprenticeships.
	(106142)

3	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that apprentices receive adequate on the job and off the job training.
	(106144)

4	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the public purse was awarded to Forward Thinking Training Solutions of Basingstoke before it entered administration in March 2012.
	(106145)

5	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the standard of training offered to apprentices by Lyons Painters and Decorators in Stourbridge, Dudley.
	(106146)

6	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on apprentices in the Dudley area of Forward Thinking Training Solutions going into administration.
	(106147)

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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have completed training in (a) agriculture, horticulture and animal care, (b) arts, media and publishing, (c) business, administration and law, (d) construction, planning and the built environment, (e) education and training, (f) engineering and manufacturing technologies, (g) health, public services and care, (h) information and communication and technology, (i) leisure, travel and tourism and (j) retail and commercial enterprise in each of the last three years.

(106192)

8	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices failed to complete their training in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the West Midlands and (d) Dudley in each of the last three years.
	(106193)

9	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been completed in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the West Midlands and (d) Dudley North constituency in each of the last three years; and how long any such apprenticeship lasted for.
	(106194)

10	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what controls are in place to ensure that drivers working for (a) Addison Lee and (b) other minicab companies receive the national minimum wage.
	(106210)

11 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress he has made on the state aid application for the Green Investment Bank.
	(106039)

12	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from Consumer Focus on challenges with the introduction of the post office local operating model.
	(106143)

13	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of unscrupulous money lending on Teesside.
	(106151)

14 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to Post Office Ltd to delay the rollout of the post office local model until a full public consultation has taken place.
	(106188)

15 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies operating under the National Apprenticeship Service are incentivised to hire apprentices after their training is complete.
	(105901)

16 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department takes to monitor the treatment of apprentices taking part in an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.
	(105902)

17 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what statistics his Department holds on rates of employment for those finishing an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.
	(105903)

18	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what statutory provision has been made for the appointment of student governors of higher education establishments.
	(106062)

19	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of institutions of higher education becoming insolvent; and what statutory provision has been made for such an eventuality.
	(106107)

20 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to introduce a Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill.
	(105542)

21 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to include in his Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill legislative proposals to give the adjudicator the power to fine supermarkets.
	(105543)

22 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will respond to the findings of the British Chambers of Commerce's trade survey entitled Exporting is Good for Britain: Skills.
	(105509)

23 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the survey by the British Chambers of Commerce entitled Exporting is Good for Britain: Social Connections, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage collaboration and networking of UK businesses with international partners.
	(105510)

24 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to answer Question 104021 on management consultants tabled on 16 April 2012 for answer on 23 April 2012.
	(106273)

25	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department provided to companies exhibiting at SOFEX in Jordan in 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(106204)

26	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will respond to the findings of the British Chambers of Commerce's Exporting is Good for Britain and Exporters Need Skills trade survey.
	(106219)

27	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage collaboration and networking by UK businesses with international partners.
	(106220)

28	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from other EU member states attending UK universities have student loans.
	(106195)

29	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from other EU member states enrolled in UK universities in each year since 1997.
	(106196)

30	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from other EU member states are studying at UK universities.
	(106197)

31	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of EU students leaving UK universities repaid their student loans in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(106198)

32	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to grant powers to the forthcoming Groceries Code Adjudicator to fine supermarkets and launch investigations based on evidence from third parties.
	(106360)

33 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to visit Azerbaijan in connection with trade and investment opportunities.
	(106115)

34 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will establish a Groceries Adjudicator with powers to impose fines on supermarkets and to launch investigations on the basis of evidence presented by third-sector organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	(106047)

35	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has regarding charges levied on small businesses for licences to play radio stations in their place of work.
	(106155)

36 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105834)

37 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of (a) the reasons for the fall in construction output in the first quarter of 2012 and (b) whether there is a correlation between Government policy and output levels in the construction sector.
	(106070)

38 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will convene a meeting for the purpose of establishing what additional assistance could be provided to the construction sector and its supply chain to (a) raise output and (b) increase employment within the sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(106125)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

39 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on establishing the Behavioural Sciences Unit; and how much his Department has budgeted for the future costs of the Unit.
	(105838)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

40	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Addison Lee on whether their drivers are considered to be employed or self-employed.
	(106208)

41 N	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer (a) Questions 102273, 102272, 102276 tabled on 22 March 2012 for answer on 27 March 2012 on tax thresholds and (b) Question 102733 tabled on 27 March 2012 for answer on 16 April 2012 on working tax credit.
	(106171)

42 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the average waiting time for a response from HM Revenue and Customs for calls to 0845 numbers for public helplines in each month of the last three years.
	(106183)

43 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of the revenue generated by HM Revenue and Customs' use of 0845 numbers for public help lines in each month of the last three years.
	(106184)

44 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the changes to VAT for caravans on (a) Humberside and (b) other sub-regional economies.
	(105235)

45	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that remote or offshore gambling companies with UK customers will be required to pay the same rate of tax as companies which are based in the UK offering land-based gambling.
	(106324)

46 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of small mortgage brokers who have surrendered their licences and withdrawn from mortgage business in the last year.
	(105975)

47 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small mortgage brokers are licensed to trade.
	(105976)

48	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the National Infrastructure Plan in 2012; and what the outcome was of such discussions.
	(106118)

49	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in the GDP of Wales was between the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012.
	(106153)

50 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the use of 0845 telephone numbers for public services provided by his Department.
	(106066)

51 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness and implications of using 0845 telephone numbers in public service help lines.
	(106067)

52 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that annuity brokers should only receive fees from the prospective annuitant and prohibit all payments to annuity brokers by annuity providers and their agents.
	(105911)

53 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that application fees charged to prospective annuitants seeking an enhanced or impaired life annuity are subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
	(105912)

54	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question (a) 104962, (b) 104963, (c) 104964, (d) 105003 and (e) 104961 on child benefit fraud, tabled on 18 April 2012, for answer on 23 April 2012.
	(106348)

55	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are liable for the 50 pence income tax rate in (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) the Portsmouth tax district.
	(106356)

56	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on parents of children with autism of changes to the disability care component of the working tax credit.
	(106137)

57	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of evasion of vehicle excise duty.
	(106355)

58	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets HM Revenue and Customs have set in respect of the processing of tax rebate claims in full.
	(106357)

59	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce the average length of time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to assess and process tax rebate claims in full.
	(106361)

60 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his special adviser Rupert Harrison has (a) met and (b) exchanged emails with Graham McWilliam of BSkyB in the last two years.
	(105968)

61 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) English Heritage and (b) the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings on VAT.
	[R] (105969)

62 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates his special adviser Rupert Harrison has received or sent emails relating to official business, from any email account, to any representative or senior employee of (a) News Corp, (b) BSkyB and (c) other companies owned by Rupert Murdoch in the last two years.
	(105970)

63 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish all emails between representatives of (a) News Corp and (b) BSkyB and special advisers in his Department in the last two years.
	(105971)

64

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes he is making to the inheritance tax exemption for non-domiciled taxpayers; how much money will be allowed to be transferred between spouses and civil partners; what estimate he has made of the annual revenue forgone over each of the next five years; and how many people he expects to benefit from such changes in each of these years.

(106381)

65 N	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the merits of simplifying the filing of corporation tax returns for those in rural areas who do not have access to broadband.
	(106226)

66 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with UK Financial Investments Ltd on implications for the public purse of LIBOR investigations.
	(105934)

67 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make representations to the government of Belgium to enable owners of UK leisure craft to use port facilities without fear of prosecution when the vessels are powered by red diesel purchased in the UK in accordance with UK tax regulations; and if he will make a statement.
	(105928)

68 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amounts were transferred by Ofgem to the consolidated fund under section 1 of the Civil List Act 1952 in each year from 2009 to 2011.
	(105831)

69 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has placed conditions on the £200 million additional funding allocated to the Department for Energy and Climate Change for the introduction of the Green Deal; and what those conditions are.
	(105832)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

70 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 93236, on localising support for council tax benefit.
	(106055)

71 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 97985, on training of town and parish councillors.
	(106056)

72 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104978, on the Local Authority Pension Scheme.
	(106059)

73 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to update local authority population figures before the 2013-14 local government financial settlement.
	(106261)

74 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will use the Office for National Statistics provisional mid-year population estimates published in 2011 when assessing local authority baselines in respect of the 2013-14 local government settlement.
	(106262)

75 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation document of November 2010, what plans he has to introduce local fee setting for planning applications; and what his projected timetable is for laying before Parliament any secondary legislation that may be required.
	(106044)

76 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on national fees for planning applications for 2012-13; whether any such fees will be index-linked for inflation; and if he will make a statement.
	(106045)

77 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to conduct annual reviews of the amount charged as part of national fees regulations in planning applications.
	(106046)

78 N	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the refurbishment of empty and vacant homes.
	(105733)

79	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of introducing an exemption to empty property rates for properties owned by pensioners.
	(106209)

80	Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of house purchases by first time buyers in (a) Worcester and (b) Worcestershire in each of the last five years.
	(106339)

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

81 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish the rental terms for the parts of the spectrum that are used for mobile communications.
	(106248)

82 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to business of the delay in the implementation of a 4G mobile network.
	(106249)

83 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he, (b) his officials and (c) his special advisers had with Alex Salmond, his officials or his special advisers on the bid for BSkyB; and when such discussions took place.
	(106173)

84 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he has received any representations from the Scottish Executive on the BSkyB takeover bid; and what account he took of any such representations.
	(106179)

85 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he spoke to Alex Salmond on 3 March 2011; what was discussed; whether his officials were party to that conversation; and if he will publish any notes of the conversation.
	(106182)

86	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the effects of Gambling Commission investigation practices on small business licence holders.
	(106325)

87 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether Adam Smith was the point of contact for opponents of the News International bid to take over BSkyB.
	(106126)

88 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to his meeting with James Murdoch on 28 June 2010, what advice he received from his Department before the meeting on (a) whether a civil servant should attend, (b) what subjects should be discussed and (c) what record should be made.
	(106189)

89 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library all the (a) emails and (b) text messages between himself and Frederic Michel of News Corporation between 1 June 2010 and 31 July 2011.
	(106268)

90 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library all the (a) emails and (b) text messages between (i) himself and Adam Smith and (ii) Adam Smith and Frederic Michel of News Corporation between 1 June 2010 and 31 July 2011.
	(106269)

91 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England awarded to arts projects specialising in working with (a) the criminal justice system and (b) the National Health Service in each year for which figures are available.
	(106108)

92 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of public sector redundancies on attendance figures for the arts in the (a) North East, (b) West Midlands and (c) North West Region.
	(106109)

93 N	Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish the report by the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority on the business benefits of the London 2012 construction project.
	(106033)

94 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which emails between Frederic Michel and representatives of his Department have breached Office of Fair Trading guidance in the last two years.
	(105972)

95 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which staff in his Department have been appointed to external positions by his Department since May 2010; and to which organisations they have been appointed.
	(106127)

96	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will require mobile telephone operators bidding in the spectrum auction to (a) provide filters or (b) provide equipment and professional installation support if required for digital television consumers whose reception is affected after 4G mobile services come into operation.
	(106346)

97	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers in (a) multi-occupancy dwellings and (b) public buildings do not incur costs to retain digital television reception after 4G mobile services come into operation following the spectrum auction.
	(106347)

98	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households who will require professional installation support to guarantee digital television reception after 4G mobile services come into operation following the spectrum auction.
	(106353)

99	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households whose digital television reception will be affected once 4G mobile services come into operation following the spectrum auction.
	(106354)

100 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many tickets, in what sports, have not yet been sold via the (a) UK ticketing process and (b) overseas ticketing processes for the London 2012 (i) Olympics and (ii) Paralympics; and if he will make a statement.
	(105980)

101 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate the London 2012 Organising Committee has made of the number of purchasers of undelivered tickets for the London 2012 Olympics they may have to contact in order to ensure that purchasers receive their tickets in time; and if he will make a statement.
	(105981)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

102	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 718W, on the Defence Exports Support Group, if he will name the Director of Exports and Commercial Strategy.
	(106131)

103 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has produced a scientifically robust characterisation of the levels of trans-uranic material contaminants, such as plutonium, which are present across all batches of the UK's in-service CHARM3 ammunition manufactured from depleted uranium sourced from the US.
	(106164)

104 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military leaders from foreign armed forces have received UK military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
	(106286)

105 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that foreign armed forces with which it co-operates observe international human rights conventions.
	(106287)

106 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure UK military assistance to foreign armed forces is not used to train under 18s to be deployed to active service.
	(106288)

107 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanism his Department has put in place to monitor whether foreign armed forces receiving military assistance from the UK deploy child soldiers.
	(106289)

108 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what long-term plans his Department has developed for HMS Caroline.
	(106227)

109 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1061W, on the Falkland Islands, how many (a) training and (b) flying hours are flown by crews in search and rescue services provided by the RAF; and if he will make a statement.
	(105907)

110 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the formation of the Royal Flying Corps.
	(106190)

111 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the unit cost of the F35B aircraft.
	(105852)

112 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been awarded by his Department relating exclusively to the conversion of the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration since May 2010; and what the value was of each contract.
	(105853)

113 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items have been ordered by his Department relating exclusively to the conversion of the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration since May 2010; and what the value was of each item.
	(105854)

114 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on feasibility studies on conversion of the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration since May 2010.
	(105856)

115 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on preparation for the installation of catapult and arrestor gear to (a) the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier and (b) the Prince of Wales aircraft carrier since May 2010.
	(105857)

116 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F35B aircraft his Department plans to (a) procure and (b) operate.
	(106172)

117 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministers in his Department have received any representations on technical difficulties associated with converting the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration; from whom any such representations were received; and when they were received.
	(106176)

118 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which nations carrier strike capability with a STOVL configuration is interoperable.
	(106242)

119 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to restore carrier strike capability.
	(106243)

120	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the future of HMS Caroline; and if he will make a statement.
	(106156)

121	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the future of HMS Caroline.
	(106157)

122 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the E-3D Sentry fleet will return to non-operational routine flying.
	(105930)

123 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the airborne assets required to protect the airspace around London during the Olympics.
	(105931)

124 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the E-3D Sentry will have in monitoring the airspace around London during the Olympics.
	(105932)

125	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many main battle tanks are in the supported fleet for the Army.
	(106364)

126	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) the number of each type of main battle tanks to be disposed of following the Strategic Defence and Security Review and (b) the value of each such tank.
	(106365)

127	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what option he is considering for the disposal of unsupported challenge main battle tanks.
	(106366)

128 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the Defence Rotary Wing Capability Study; and if he will make a statement.
	(105898)

129 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely maintenance cost per plane of the (a) F35C and (b) F35B in (i) five and (ii) 10 years from the anticipated in-service date of each.
	(105909)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

130 N	Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 622W, on Bill of Rights, with which three members of the Commission on a Bill of Rights he had a telephone conference; on what date that telephone conference took place; and whether a record was kept of that telephone conference.
	(106169)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

131	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been received by his Department in respect of supply teacher agencies.
	(106350)

132 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils achieved five GCSE A* to C grades including mathematics and English in schools (a) without and (b) with sixth forms in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(105117)

133	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which local authorities are fulfilling their duty to identify home-schooled children who are not receiving a suitable education.
	(106293)

134	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were being home-schooled in (a) Hampshire and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(106294)

135	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that parents who are home educating their children are actually delivering a suitable education for their children.
	(106295)

136	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that children who are being educated at home are receiving an education suitable to their age, ability and aptitude, as required by section 7 of the Education Act 1996; and what criteria are used to define a suitable education.
	(106296)

137 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to primary schools for the purchase of sports equipment in connection with the London 2012 Olympics.
	(106167)

138	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on the implementation of the Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(106383)

139	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects personal budgets for special educational provision to be offered to parents in each of the local authorities listed in Schedule 2 of the Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2012.
	(106384)

140	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce absences from school due to bullying.
	(106316)

141 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency were assessed for a special educational needs statement in 2011-12; and how many of these were (a) provided with and (b) refused a statement.
	(103555)

142 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency are on a waiting list for an assessment for a special educational needs statement.
	(103556)

143 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department gave permission for the age assessments dental x-ray pilot currently being conducted by the UK Border Agency.
	(106038)

144 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question (a) 94256, tabled on 3 February 2012 and (b) 97217, tabled on 23 February 2012.
	(106130)

145 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105835)

146 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has undertaken an impact assessment of the effect of the introduction of the pupil premium on the number of free school meal claimants in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England.
	(105844)

147 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium funding was received (a) in South West Bedfordshire and (b) by Central Bedfordshire Council in 2011-12; and how many pupils attracted this funding.
	(105842)

148 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school headteachers are (a) male and (b) female.
	(104140)

149 N	Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to the National Childminding Association in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much such funding was allocated through (i) local authorities and (ii) executive agencies of his Department.
	(106122)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

150 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department were working on the (a) Green Deal and (b) Energy Company Obligation on (i) 1 May 2010, (ii) 1 November 2010, (iii) 1 May 2011, (iv) 1 November 2011 and (v) 1 April 2012.
	(106040)

151 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department plans to cap the number of Green Deal packages allowed to be taken out during the controlled launch period of the Green Deal; and what any such cap will be.
	(106041)

152 N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department took up secondments to outside organisations in the latest period for which information is available; what the length of each secondment was; what the cost to the Department of each secondment was; and what the name of the organisation and the location of each secondment was.

(106042)

153 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Green Deal packages that will be taken out between 1 October 2012 and 31 December 2022.
	(106043)

154 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 618W, on Ofgem, how many staff received bonuses in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011 in excess of (i) £1,489, (ii) £2,267, (iii) £5,000, (iv) £10,000, (v) £20,000 and (vi) £50,000.
	(106031)

155 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 618W, on Ofgem, what the largest amount paid to an individual member of staff as a bonus was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(106032)

156 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 612W, on carbon emissions, how the Carbon Saving Communities Obligation will be different from (a) the Community Energy Saving Programme and (b) the Carbon Emission Reduction Target.
	(106051)

157 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 612W, on carbon emissions, when he expects to publish his response to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation.
	(106052)

158	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what additional resources he has allocated to fund the Franco-British high-level group on nuclear energy; if he will publish in advance the agenda for each meeting of the group; and if he will publish the minutes of each meeting on his departmental website.
	(106191)

159	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information he has received from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on plans to ship radioactively contaminated heat exchangers from Magnox nuclear plant to Studsvik Nuclear AB at Nykoping in Sweden for treatment.
	(106259)

160	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to repatriate the radioactive contamination removed from the heat exchangers from the Berkeley Magnox nuclear power plant shipped to Studsvik Nuclear AB at Nykoping in Sweden for treatment.
	(106320)

161 N	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any new power station commencing construction before the first allocation of capacity contracts for the British electricity market will be treated as a new plant for the purposes of the capacity market.
	(105824)

162 N	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether electricity market reform will mean new and existing plants are treated differently in the capacity market; and if he will make a statement.
	(105825)

163 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the contract for difference feed-in tariffs taking account of risk allocation and financeability in the (a) strike price and (b) terms of the contract.
	(105848)

164 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministeral Statement of 18 October 2010, Official Report, columns 42-4WS, on national policy statements, whether it is his policy that contract for difference feed-in tariffs would have a single technology-neutral strike price and standard technology-neutral terms and conditions.
	(105900)

165 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Certified Emissions Reduction credits were purchased by the Government under the Clean Development Mechanism in each year from 2005 to 2012 to date; and what the cost was of purchasing those credits in each year.
	(106177)

166 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much commission was paid by the Government when purchasing Certified Emissions Reduction credits under the Clean Development Mechanism in each year from 2005 to 2012 to date; and to which companies this commission was paid.
	(106178)

167 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, from which Clean Development Mechanism projects the Certified Emissions Reduction credits purchased by the Government originated in each year from 2005 to 2012 to date.
	(106180)

168	Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Water Framework Directive on the hydropower industry and of the implications of the Environment Agency's interpretation of that Directive on future restrictions on hydropower schemes in England and Wales.
	(106063)

169 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of arrangements for access to the (a) feed-in tariff and (b) Renewable Heat Incentive schemes that customers will have to provide a proportion of money to fund a microgeneration installation within the Green Deal.
	(105830)

170 N	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on future support for the oil refining industry; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on improving UK competitiveness in that industry.
	(106244)

171 N

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy that for combined heat and power installations, the proportion of electricity and heat used for consumption by the generator of such electricity and heat is exempt from carbon price support for energy intensive industries at risk of carbon leakage; and if he will make a statement.

(106247)

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

172	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of noise complaints received by local authorities in England in each of the last five years.
	(106203)

173	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider bringing forward legislative proposals on the introduction of compulsory minimum terms in dairy farmers' milk contracts.
	(106120)

174	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable her Department has set for progress on its irresponsible dog ownership consultation after it closes on 15 June 2012.
	(106149)

175	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of dog control orders under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 in promoting responsible dog ownership and tackling dangerous dogs.
	(106212)

176	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that dog control orders under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 are consistently consulted on and implemented in different parts of the country.
	(106213)

177 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the (a) possible effect of fracking on local water supplies and (b) potential effect of current or future drought restrictions on the viability of shale gas extraction; and if she will make a statement.
	(105897)

178 N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake a comparative assessment of the (a) charges paid by consumers and (b) performance in meeting leakage targets of water companies that are (i) privately-owned and pay dividends to shareholders and (ii) owned by their customers via a social enterprise not-for-profit model; and if she will make a statement.

(105908)

179 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) steps taken by and (b) the powers of Ofwat to (i) ensure water companies meet leakage targets, (ii) enable householders to save water and (iii) maintain water bills at affordable rates; and if she will make a statement.
	(105910)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

180	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to raise concerns over the decline of the Christian community in the Palestinian territories with the Palestinian authorities.
	(106111)

181	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in the West Bank; and what plans he has to make representations to the Palestinian authorities on the protection of religious minorities.
	(106112)

182	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the growth of the Christian community in Israel.
	(106113)

183	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the size of the Christian community in (a) Egypt, (b) Iraq, (c) Israel, (d) Jordan, (e) Lebanon, (f) the Palestinian Territories, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Syria.
	(106116)

184	Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security of the Christian community in (a) Egypt, (b) Iraq, (c) Israel, (d) Jordan, (e) Lebanon, (f) the Palestinian Territories, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Syria.
	(106117)

185	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the conflicts between Sudan and South Sudan.
	(106119)

186 N	Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the work of his Department's Migration Directorate is funded by the UK Border Agency.
	(106222)

187 N	Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff in the Migration Directorate are on secondment from the UK Border Agency.
	(106223)

188 N	Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role staff from his Department's Migration Directorate play in investigating claims of mistreatment of refused asylum seekers who have been forcibly removed from the UK.
	(106224)

189 N	Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the Migration Delivery Officer at the British High Commission in Colombo has played in investigating claims that Tamils forcibly removed to Sri Lanka have suffered ill-treatment on return.
	(106225)

190 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of freedom of religion in the Palestinian Territories.
	(106263)

191 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of freedom of religion in Israel.
	(106264)

192 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in Bethlehem.
	(106270)

193 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in the Gaza strip.
	(106271)

194 N	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in Israel and their access to holy places.
	(106272)

195	Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department is using in analysing the content of Palestinian school textbooks.
	(106060)

196 N	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(105841)

197 N	Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston College oral history project with the US Secretary of State.
	(106233)

198 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Afghanistan on the number of women imprisoned for zina in Afghanistan since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
	(106048)

199 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 492W, on Afghanistan, if he will work with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission to examine the increase in the number of women being arrested and imprisoned for zina in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(106049)

200 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to extend the Middle East and North Africa regional component of the National Action Plan beyond the six countries detailed in the February 2012 revision of the National Action Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(106050)

201	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to promote the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights to companies listed in the UK.
	(106129)

202	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning a Diamond Jubilee event at the European Parliament.
	(106254)

203	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have requested consular support in Syria in each of the last three months.
	(106255)

204	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on comments on churches in the Arab peninsular made by the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin on 12 March 2012; what discussions he has had on the comments with his Saudi Arabian counterpart; and if he will make a statement.
	(106256)

205	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of civil unrest in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
	(106257)

206	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Iranian and (b) Turkish counterpart on the current civil unrest in Syria.
	(106258)

207	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements he plans to make for celebrations of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in British embassies and consulates.
	(106278)

208 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the boarding in international waters by members of the Israeli armed forces of the ships Beethoven and Victoria in April 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	(106291)

209 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Israeli navy boarding ships in international waters.
	(106292)

210 N	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with countries in sub-Saharan Africa on the prevention of female genital mutilation of girls from the UK.
	(105904)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

211	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department conducted an equality impact assessment on the introduction of the Gardasil form of the human papillomavirus vaccination (HPV) for the HPV programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(106159)

212 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that primary care trusts consult independent nursing homes when making changes to their payment terms for funded nursing care payments.
	(105977)

213 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has recently had discussions with Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) about changes to its payment terms for funded nursing care payments; and whether he has made an assessment of the subsequent effects on cash-flow for independent nursing homes receiving payments from Buckinghamshire PCT.
	(105978)

214	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance and support he expects clinical commissioning consortia to receive to ensure that they commission an appropriate range of services for people with speech, language and communication needs.
	(106150)

215 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited more than 24 hours to receive prescription medication due to medicine stock shortages in (a) Coventry and (b) England in March 2012.
	(105539)

216 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that UK medicine stocks are protected from the effects of international economic factors.
	(105540)

217 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Euro exchange rate fluctuations on medicine stock shortages in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(105541)

218 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Dilnot Report.
	(105849)

219 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks are made on whether an applicant to register with a GP is entitled to NHS care.
	(105929)

220 N	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to prescribers on the practice of issuing prescriptions without physically examining the patient.
	(106230)

221 N	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he has not published his Department's risk assessment in relation to the Health and Social Care Bill.
	(106231)

222 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many live births occurred of infants with (a) spina bifida, (b) hydrocephalus and (c) other neural tube defects in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(105896)

223 N	Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people in (a) England and (b) each local authority who sold their homes to pay for residential care in each of the last five years.
	(106236)

224 N	Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure GPs communicate the changes to health and social care to NHS patients.
	(104389)

225	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) applications were made and (b) posts were available for (i) acute medicine, (ii) obstetrics and gynaecology, (iii) general surgery and (iv) anaesthesia in each year since 2002.
	(106385)

226 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions he has overruled a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendation on the availability of a drug on the NHS; and what the circumstances were in each such case.
	(106232)

227	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve education and health checks in schools on the risks associated with both types of diabetes.
	(106317)

228 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish quality standards for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
	(103733)

229 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific guidance and support he expects clinical commissioning consortia should receive to ensure that they commission an appropriate range of services for people with autism.
	(103760)

230 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have waited longer than four hours for treatment in accident and emergency units since January 2012.
	(106165)

231 N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on community hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
	(106175)

232 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of programmes providing support for men with mental health problems between the ages of 21 and 27 years old in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(105905)

233 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department gave approval for the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106037)

234 N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1106W, on epilepsy: health services, what information (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excelence holds on compliance with the recommendation that a review by an epilepsy specialist should take place within two weeks of presentation.

(105899)

235 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105837)

236	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2012, Official Report, columns 413-4W, on anti-depressants, for what reason the number of prescriptions for anti-depressants increased between 2009 and 2011; and how many prescriptions for anti-depressant drugs were issued in each region in each year between 2004 and 2008.
	(106215)

237

Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the funding allocated for primary care trust spending on social care was spent on (a) prevention services, (b) communicating equipment and adaptations, (c) telecare, (d) crisis response services, (e) maintaining eligibility criteria, (f) re-ablement and (g) mental health by each primary care trust in England in the latest period for which figures are available.

(106114)

238	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will protect public funding of the National Childbirth Trust's practitioner training.
	(106359)

239 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of spinal muscular atrophy among health care professionals and the public.
	(105826)

240 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will give consideration to routinely offering blood tests to all pregnant women to test for the presence of spinal muscular atrophy and genetic abnormalities.
	(105827)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

241	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) consultation document, (b) consultation responses and (c) economic impact assessment of her plans to ban cash payments for scrap metal.
	(106201)

242	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her consultation on a minimum unit price for alcohol before the summer recess.
	(106202)

243 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received by the UK Border Agency from passengers arriving at UK airports about the length of the queues they experienced in each of the last three years.
	(105688)

244	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency has any plans to recognise the citizen card as proof of identity.
	(106133)

245	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training police officers receive in dealing with people with autism.
	(106134)

246	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department has received on police handling of suspects with autism.
	(106135)

247 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the healthcare and managing non-compliance sections of the operating standards for the Cedars secure pre-departure accommodation have not yet been published.
	(106064)

248 N

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Short Term Holding Facility Rules that would apply to the Cedars secure pre-departure accommodation have not yet been published; which rules apply to the operation of the Cedars secure pre-departure accommodation; and whether the Cedars secure pre-departure accommodation may operate without published rules.

(106065)

249 N	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department's response to the public consultation on the EU Directive on Animal Experimentation has not yet been published.
	(106290)

250 N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for leave to remain as a student under Tier 4 of the Points Based System have been completed in under four weeks from the date biometric data is taken in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average time has been (a) between initial submission of an application and an applicant's biometric data being taken, (b) between an applicant's biometric data being taken and notification of the final decision and (c) for processing applications fast-tracked on compassionate grounds.

(105986)

251 N	Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has discussed the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston College oral history project with the US Secretary of State.
	(106234)

252 N

Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2012 from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Official Report, column 49W, on Boston College, what discussions she had with (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland, (b) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, (c) the Northern Ireland Justice Minister, (d) the Prime Minister and (e) the Attorney General (i) prior to and (ii) after the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston College oral history project.

(106235)

253 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she 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 she will make a statement.
	(106054)

254 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the (a) Equality and Human Rights Commission, (b) Secretary of State for Health, (c) Secretary of State for Education and (d) National Ethics Research Service about the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106034)

255 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from (a) medical experts, (b) children's welfare organisations and (c) other government departments about the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106035)

256 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has sought legal advice on the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106036)

257 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by her Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105836)

258 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the services provided to asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and what plans she has to improve interagency and intersectoral working in respect of refugees and asylum seekers.
	(105828)

259 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representation there is on the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum from (a) government departments and non-departmental public bodies and (b) voluntary and community sector representatives based in Northern Ireland.
	(105829)

260 N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference are of her Department's co-ordinating group referred to in Section 3.9 of the Northern Ireland Racial Equality Strategy; what the date has been of each meeting of that group since March 2009; what agenda items were discussed at each meeting; which government departments or non-departmental public bodies attended each meeting; and which voluntary and community sector representatives attended each meeting.

(105933)

261	Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, how many applications to release collected data resulted in an arrest under suspicion of terrorism since 2010.
	(106358)

262 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police spent on hotels in 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
	(105979)

263 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of recruiting the new Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and if she will make a statement.
	(105982)

264 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police spent on first-class train tickets in 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
	(105983)

265 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 26 March 2012, ref: M1309525 / CTS ref: M5289/12; and what the reasons are for the time taken to respond.
	(106170)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

266	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the evidential basis was for his decision to allocate funding for the building of an airport in St Helena.
	(106061)

267	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(106199)

268 N	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will bring forward proposals in the new Session to place on a statutory basis the Government's commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on overseas aid.
	(105974)

269	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what special arrangements he plans to make for celebrations of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in his Department's offices overseas.
	(106277)

270 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many loans under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures have been submitted to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Board since September 2011 related to projects in Argentina; and on what dates any such loans were made.
	(105566)

271 N

Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates he expects (a) submissions to be made on International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) projects in Argentina, (b) votes on projects involving Argentina to take place in the IBRD and (c) meetings of the IBRD Board to be held under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures on such projects.

(105567)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

272 N	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider ring fencing resources spent on victims' services when they are devolved to police and crime commissioners.
	(106185)

273 N	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he took of the views of victims and witnesses in developing his proposals for local commissioning of victims' services.
	(106186)

274 N	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how plans for local commissioning of victims' services will ensure a minimum quality standard across England and Wales.
	(106187)

275	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions was for drug offences for an individual convicted of drug offences without being sent to prison in each of the last three years; and how many offences they had committed in total at the point of sentence for this offence.
	(106326)

276 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 104023, on management consultants, tabled on 17 April 2012 for answer on 23 April 2012.
	(106275)

277 N	Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring into force the provisions of section 50 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
	(106245)

278 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate resources for prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to get fair access to the therapy programmes they need to prove they are no longer a danger to society.
	(106166)

279 N	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2012, Official Report, column 920W, on Family courts: expert evidence, if he will bring forward proposals to allow non-legally qualified people who are not party to the proceeding to refer expert reports in family proceedings to regulators.
	(106221)

280 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 208W, on fines: EU law, what the total value was of the financial penalties transmitted to other EU Member States under EU Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA, in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement.
	(106071)

281	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult offenders from each London borough aged 18 to 20 years were being held in HM Young Offender Institution (a) Aylesbury, (b) Feltham, (c) Isis, (d) Littlehey, (e) Portland, (f) Reading and (g) Rochester in each month since May 2009.
	(106205)

282

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adult offenders aged 18 to 20 years old from the (a) London Borough of Barnet, (b) London Borough of Bexley, (c) London Borough of Bromley, (d) London Borough of Croydon, (e) London Borough of Hillingdon, (f) Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames and (g) London Borough of Sutton were held in (i) young offender institutions, (ii) local prisons, (iii) women's prisons and (iv) other parts of the secure estate in each month since May 2009.

(106207)

283	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug rehabilitation programmes were removed from prisons in England and Wales due to reductions in budget and staffing in the latest period for which figures are available; and from which prisons.
	(106121)

284	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were being prescribed methadone while in custody in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(106124)

285	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in each prison in England and Wales are enrolled on drug rehabilitation programmes.
	(106138)

286	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account his Department has taken of the views' of victims organisations in developing its proposals for local commissioning.
	(106152)

287	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account his Department has taken of the views of victims and witnesses in developing its proposals for local commissioning.
	(106160)

288	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he expects police and crime commissioners to take to enable those victims of crime who find it hardest to access support to receive support.
	(106161)

289	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what effect he expects the local commissioning of services for victims and witnesses to have on (a) services for victims and (b) the satisfaction rating with services.
	(106162)

290	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how plans for local commissioning of victims services will affect minimum quality standards across England and Wales.
	(106163)

291	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider ring-fencing resources for victims services when they are devolved to police and crime commissioners.
	(106214)

292 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he monitors the effectiveness of police training provided through his Department's Justice for All programme.
	(105839)

293 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which countries his Department's Justice for All programme has provided police training since November 2010.
	(105840)

294	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty of (a) drunk and disorderly behaviour and (b) drunk and aggravated behaviour in Lancashire in each of the last five years.
	(106216)

295	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for drunk and disorderly behaviour of people aged between 10 and 17 years old there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years.
	(106218)

296	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2012, Official Report, columns 435-6W, on prisoners on remand, how many people were held on remand in the period in question; and what the cost to the public purse was of holding those prisoners on remand in that period.
	(106382)

297 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards he is seeking to ensure that the proposed accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights does not impose additional human rights obligations or liabilities on the UK Government and population.
	(106132)

298 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the proposed accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights is in line with the Brighton Declaration.
	(106181)

299	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who will bear the cost of the pension deficit in respect of unpaid work and the tendering process in the London probation area.
	(106334)

300	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to integrate probation and youth justice functions as part of the police commissioner role in the future.
	(106335)

301	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to improve justice outcomes and reduce reoffending.
	(106336)

302	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expected breach rate is of offenders placed on his proposed intensive community punishment order.
	(106337)

303	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on custody of the introduction of the intensive community punishment order.
	(106338)

304 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the initiation of infringement proceedings by the Committee of Ministers under Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
	(105973)

305 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of unregistered interpreters illegally working in Crown and magistrates' courts in the last five years; and what assessment his Department has made of the possibility of a miscarriage of justice in each case which such an interpreter provided interpretation for.
	(105833)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

306 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on plans for the future of HMS Caroline.
	(106228)

307 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the takeover by IAG of bmi on the Belfast City to Heathrow air route.
	(106265)

308	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future use of HMS Caroline.
	(106158)

Questions to the Prime Minister

309 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason his deputy press spokewomen informed the media on 19 July 2011 that he had had no discussions with James Murdoch about BSkyB.
	(106068)

310 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Prime Minister, what advice he has taken about whether he is required to initiate an investigation into whether the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport was in breach of the Ministerial Code with respect to the proposed takeover of BSkyB.
	(106069)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

311	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will review and terminate any contracts with any private hire company whose drivers have been instructed to breach road traffic regulations.
	(106206)

312 N	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the contribution of her predecessor to the Transport Committee, Oral Evidence, HC 1185, Q 554, on high speed rail, whether it remains her Department's policy to place the High Speed 2 scheme under close scrutiny in the event that the estimated benefit to cost ratio falls below 1.5; and if she will make a statement.
	(106168)

313 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will seek a guarantee from Arriva North East that bus fares will not be increased in the Tees Valley during 2012 and 2013.
	(106174)

314	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department plans to spend on the High Speed 2 project in 2012-13; and how much of this expenditure will be allocated to consultancy fees.
	(106148)

315 N	Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in Scotland on prosecutions for offences relating to vehicle registration and licensing in Scotland.
	(106246)

316 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has given to the Rail Fares and Ticketing Review on the closure of ticket offices.
	(105915)

317 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies have been given permission by her Department to close ticket offices in the latest period for which figures are available; and in respect of which stations such permission has been given.
	(105916)

318 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies have made requests to (a) close and (b) reduce opening hours at station ticket offices in the latest period for which figures are available; and in respect of which stations such applications have been made.
	(105917)

319 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent communications have taken place between her Department and London Midland on the closure of station ticket offices; and on what dates such communications took place.
	(105984)

320 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether decisions on the closure of station ticket offices are taken by her Department or by train operating companies.
	(105985)

321	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's support for rail electrification in South Wales during his visit to Wales on 5 April 2012, on what date she expects to make an announcement on her plans for rail electrification; and what geographical areas that announcement will cover.
	(106217)

322	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she conducted an environmental impact assessment on the sea shipment of radioactive heat exchangers from the decommissioned Magnox nuclear plant at Berkeley from Avonmouth port in Gloucestershire to Studsvik Nuclear AB at Nykoping in Sweden.
	(106260)

323 N	Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on regional connectivity between Belfast City and Heathrow of IAG's takeover of bmi.
	(106229)

324	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to the conclusions of the legal working group on application of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 to seafarers working on non-UK registered vessels travelling between UK ports; and if she will make a statement.
	[R] (106280)

325	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to convene a working group to assess the monitoring and enforcement of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011.
	[R] (106281)

326

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South, of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 912W, on shipping: EU law, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 will prevent social dumping in the (a) shipping and (b) offshore industries; and if she will place in the Library a copy of any such assessment.

[R] (106282)

327	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South, of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 912W, on shipping: EU law, whether the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 applies to all seafarers working on vessels in UK territorial waters, irrespective of (a) seafarer nationality and (b) flag of state.
	[R] (106283)

328	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2012, Official Report, column 876W, on shipping: treaties, what legal advice she has received on the Maritime Labour Convention 2006; and if she will place in the Library a copy of any such advice.
	[R] (106284)

329

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2012, Official Report, column 876W, on shipping: treaties, what the requirements of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 that the UK is already compliant with are; what recent meetings she has had with (a) the shipping industry and (b) trade unions at which UK compliance was discussed; how many such meetings there have been since May 2010; and on what dates any such discussions have taken place.

[R] (106285)

330	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of untaxed cars in use in the last 12 months; and how much revenue was not collected as a result of unpaid vehicle excise duty in 2010-11.
	(106154)

331 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage transport authorities to consult on the introduction of voluntary partnerships or quality contracts; and if she will make a statement.
	(105843)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

332	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of existing customers of the live and assessed caseload of the Child Support Agency, who will not be invited to reapply to the future scheme; and what his criteria is for making such decisions.
	(106200)

333	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value per year will be for a new pensioner no longer entitled to Savings Credit once it is abolished for new pensioners.
	(106211)

334 N	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the March 2009 IT contract agreed between the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and Tata Consultancy Services, what links to other IT systems were required to be built into the new IT system for the future statutory child maintenance system; and which those systems were.
	(105987)

335 N	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes or additions have been made to the IT contract agreed between the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and Tata Consultancy Services in 2009; and what the extra cost to his Department has been of any such changes or additions.
	(105988)

336	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many blind people will have their income reduced as a result of changes to contributory employment and support allowance.
	(106349)

337	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has advised job centres to prioritise new claimants for entry into the Work Programme.
	(106351)

338	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which job centres have a policy of only referring new claimants to the Youth Contract.
	(106352)

339	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish all guidance given to Jobcentre Plus centres by his Department on the Youth Contract.
	(106362)

340	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus centres have reported difficulties with capacity; and which Jobcentre Plus centres have made such reports.
	(106363)

341 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) cost and (b) administrative burden of a voluntary, any time opt-out from the Automatic Enrolment Regulations for temporary workers; and what steps his Department has taken to minimise the administrative obligations for (i) agency workers and (ii) agencies.
	(105232)

342 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the competitiveness of the agency worker industry of the staged implementation scheme for the Automatic Enrolment Regulations.
	(105233)

343 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to (a) monitor the impact of the Automatic Enrolment Regulations on the competitiveness and flexibility of the agency worker industry and (b) review the provisions of the Regulations once their effect has been evaluated.
	(105234)

344 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish the findings of the trial audio recording of medical interviews conducted by ATOS in April 2011.
	(105913)

345 N	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has to charge for the collection of old child maintenance arrears which have accumulated under the previous two child support schemes when fees to use the new statutory child maintenance system are introduced from July 2013.
	(105823)

346	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations his Department has received on the complexity of the disability living allowance application form; and how many appeals against decisions taken have resulted from this.
	(106136)

347

Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension a single pensioner with no other income or capital reaching pensionable age on 11 April 2012 will receive if their pension was paid (a) weekly, (b) fortnightly, (c) four-weekly and (d) 13-weekly in each of the next three years; how much each such pensioner would receive annually in pension payments; what the annual entitlement would be for each such pensioner for tax purposes; and how much tax would be payable by each such pensioner in each such year, based upon current rules and projections.

(106110)

348	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role he expects local authorities to play in supporting the delivery of universal credit and housing benefit.
	(106318)

349	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what timetable he has set for the transfer of responsibilities for administering housing benefit from local authorities to his Department.
	(106319)

350 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which benefits and other forms of social assistance the right-to-reside test is applied; and what representations he has received from the European Commission on the application of the test.
	(105846)

351 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had on assisting the Child Support Agency in tracing non-UK citizens who are non-resident parents of children in the UK.
	(105847)

352 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals of countries outside the EEA were receiving social security benefits from the UK, other than by virtue of EU law, in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much was paid out to those persons other than under any entitlements under EU law, by type of benefit.
	(105914)

353 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foreign nationals received social security benefits by virtue of EU law, in the latest period for which figures are available, by nationality; and how much was paid to persons of each nationality, broken down by type of benefit.
	(105918)

354 N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any investigations by his Department of welfare to work providers have resulted in the referrals to or involvement of (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) any other prosecuting body in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the result was of any such referral.
	(106274)

355 N

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the evidence of the Minister for Employment to the Work and Pensions Committee of 19 March 2012, HC 1903, Q61, what the subjects were of the 125 allegations related to welfare to work contracts with his Department since 2005; how many of the allegations were treated as accounting errors or similar; how many resulted in further investigation; which providers were involved in allegations which were investigated; and how many investigations each provider has experienced.

(106279)

356 N

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 467W, on housing benefit, on what dates he has met representatives of the (a) National Landlords Association and (b) Residential Landlords Association to discuss direct payment of housing benefit to tenants under universal credit; and if he will make a statement.

(105906)

357 N

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the proposal from the European Commission for a Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Turkey with regard to the provisions on the co-ordination of social security systems, COM(2012) 152 final; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the UK of this decision.

(105845)

358 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the limit in the Budget of £2.5 billion on the additional cost of universal credit from 2015-16 will be based on forecast AME expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
	(105850)

359 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how he proposes local authorities will obtain tax credit and child benefit information to deliver the household benefit cap for families not receiving universal credit.
	(105851)

360 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the statutory maternity pay caseload in each of the next five years.
	(105855)

361 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what monthly data his Department will receive during HM Revenue and Custom's pilot of PAYE real time information.
	(105858)

362 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessment decisions have been subject to compulsory reconsideration before appeal; and what the outcomes of such reconsiderations have been.
	(105859)

363 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the funding allocated to universal credit he plans to spend on IT development in 2012-13.
	(106237)

364 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those who entered the employment and support allowance work-related activity group between the introduction of employment and support allowance and April 2010 left it within (a) one year and (b) two years.
	(106238)

365 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those previously on incapacity benefit who have been reassessed for employment and support allowance and (a) placed into the work-related activity group and (b) found fit for work have appealed against the decision.
	(106239)

366 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many placements on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme have been contracted nationwide.
	(106240)

367 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the factors accounting for the time taken to establish the Employers Liability Insurance Bureau; and when he expects to announce a date for its establishment.
	(106241)

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

368	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria his Department uses to distinguish apprenticeships that attract the national apprentice rate from work attracting the national minimum wage.
	[Transferred] (106140)

369	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that organisations do not replace jobs paying the national minimum wage with apprenticeships paying the national apprentice rate.
	[Transferred] (106141)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

370 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners have drawdown pensions; and how many such pensioners have received a new three yearly valuation from the Government Actuary's Department.
	[Transferred] (106128)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

371 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	[Question Unstarred] (105722)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

372	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on providing methadone to drugs programmes in prisons in England and Wales in each year between 2005 and 2012.
	[Transferred] (106123)