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Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 20 March 2012

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

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

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 20 March 2012

For Written Questions for answer on the day of issue of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

TUESDAY 20 MARCH 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

*1
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): What recent progress he has made on proposals for a statutory register of lobbyists.
(100622)
*2
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): What steps he is taking to extend the powers of enforcement of electoral registration officers.
(100623)
*3
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent representations he has received on reform of the House of Lords.
(100624)
*4
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): What assessment he has made of the likely effect of bringing forward the annual canvass on levels of electoral fraud.
(100625)
*5
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): What recent progress the Government has made on devolution; and if he will make a statement.
(100626)
*6
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): What recent discussions he has had on political donations arising from the proceeds of crime as part of his proposals for the reform of party funding.
(100627)
*7
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): What recent representations he has received on individual electoral registration.
(100628)
*8
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): What assessment he has made of the potential implications for the Parliament Acts of his proposals for House of Lords reform.
(100629)
*9
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): What recent assessment he has made of the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register.
(100630)
*10
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): When he expects the Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons to report.
(100631)
*11
John Pugh (Southport): What recent progress he has made on reform of party funding.
(100632)
*12
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): What progress he has made on changing the law on succession to the throne.
(100633)
*13
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): What recent representations he has received on a power for constituents to recall their Member of Parliament.
(100634)
*14
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): What recent representations he has received on reform of the House of Lords.
(100635)
*15
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): What recent discussions he has had on the introduction of a bill on war powers.
(100636)

At 2.50 pm

Topical Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): If he will make a statement his departmental responsibilities.
(100637)
*2
Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood):
(100638)
*3
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton):
(100639)
*4
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):
(100640)
*5
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow):
(100641)
*6
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):
(100642)
*7
Anna Soubry (Broxtowe):
(100643)
*8
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central):
(100644)
*9
Karen Lumley (Redditch):
(100645)
*10
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):
(100646)
*11
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East):
(100647)
*12
Julie Hilling (Bolton West):
(100648)
*13
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):
(100649)
*14
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South):
(100650)
*15
Simon Wright (Norwich South):
(100651)

At 3.10 pm

Oral Questions to the Attorney General

*1
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Serious Fraud Office.
(100652)
*2
Chris Evans (Islwyn): What assessment the Crown Prosecution Service has made of the effect of its Transforming through Technology programme on small firms of solicitors.
(100653)
*3
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reform of the UK's extradition arrangements.
(100654)
*4
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What assessment he has made of the effect on prosecutions of the roll-out of the streamlined process in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England in reducing police paperwork and in summarising key evidence to a high standard.
[R] (100655)
*5
Jim Shannon (Strangford): What recent progress he has made in increasing the rate of prosecutions for domestic violence.
(100656)
*6
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): What recent assessment he has made of the role of special domestic violence courts in improving prosecution rates for domestic violence.
(100657)
*7
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Crown Prosecution Service.
(100658)
*8
Hugh Bayley (York Central): What recent discussionshe has had with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on penalties imposed on BAE Systems following the company's conviction for offences connected with the sale of a radar system to Tanzania.
(100659)
*9
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): What recent assessment he has made of the role of the Serious Fraud Office in tackling international corruption.
(100660)
*10
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): What recent estimate he has made of the number of legal proceedings concerning the European Convention on Human Rights which affect the UK.
(100662)
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 6 March
1
N 		Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to protect Jewish students attending university from anti-Semitic attacks; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (99086)
2
N 		Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on plans for mayoral referendums.
(99085)

Notices given on Friday 9 March
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what the latest progress is on Cardiff being approved as a superfast city under the Government's urban broadband fund.
(100003)

Notices given on Monday 12 March
1
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of inheritance tax collected was in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11.
(100149)
2
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of HM Revenue and Customs are employed in the collection of inheritance tax.
(100150)

Notices given on Tuesday 13 March
1
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps UK Trade and Investment has taken to support inward investment in the West Midlands.
(100353)
2
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will deregulate the publication of planning permission applications in local newspapers.
(100347)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-maintained schools in Coventry have not expressed interest in or applied for academy status.
(100351)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school pupils in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE by Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index decile in each of the last three years.
(100352)
5
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of whales killed by cargo ships and tankers in the last year for which figures are available; and what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of such activity.
(100510)
6
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to place requirements on (a) local authorities, (b) utility companies, (c) the Highways Agency, (d) property developers and (e) other businesses if the requirement to place traffic regulation orders in local papers is lifted.
(100348)
7
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received on advertising traffic regulation orders.
(100349)
8
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic regulation orders were placed in local newspapers by (a) utility companies, (b) the Highways Agency, (c) local authorities, (d) property developers and (e) other businesses in the latest period for which figures are available.
(100350)
9
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in road accidents on the A15 in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(100509)
10
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bids for funding for improvements and widening to the A15 have been made to her Department since May 2010.
(100511)
11
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the route options for the Y route of HS2 proposed by HS2 Ltd will be published.
(100512)
12
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effects on local businesses of the construction of HS2; and what estimate she has made of the number of such businesses likely to close as a result of HS2 construction.
(100513)
13
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ensure that the terms of the HS2 compensation package do not adversely affect community cohesion by providing different benefits for those living in the same area.
(100514)

Notices given on Wednesday 14 March
1
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has any plans to update the low-carbon industrial strategy published in 2009.
(100770)
2
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been (a) begun and (b) completed in (i) Peterborough constituency and (ii) North West Cambridgeshire constituency since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(100769)
3
N 		Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the memorial to British nuclear test veterans in Staffordshire was funded.
(100768)
4
N 		Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2012, Official Report, columns 828-9W, on Katrice Lee, how many police officers and other resources are assigned to the open case; and if he will make a statement.
(100681)
5
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that British farmers are not disadvantaged during discussions on Common Agricultural Policy reform.
(100767)
6
N 		Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on combating discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity through the Council of Europe since November 2011.
(100836)
7
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) North West Cambridgeshire constituency are being managed under multi-agency public protection arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
(100682)
8
N 		Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what matters are covered by the term explosives security in the devolution settlement.
(100835)
9
N 		Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will estimate the number of taxpayers in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in Wales who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012.
(100844)
10
N 		Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will estimate the number of taxpayers in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in Wales who will no longer be eligible to pay income once the income tax threshold is changed.
(100845)
11
N 		Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will estimate the number of taxpayers in Wales who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if she will estimate the likely number of taxpayers in Wales who will benefit from such an increase in 2012-13.
(100846)

Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N 		Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Attorney General, what criteria the Crown Prosecution Service uses to determine the level of evidence required to proceed with a prosecution in a case of racially aggravated crime.
(101065)
2
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of introducing plain packaging of tobacco products on the UK black market in counterfeit tobacco products.
(101121)
3
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the potential effects of an introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products on (a) the supply and demand of counterfeit tobacco products and (b) potential violations of UK and international trade mark law.
(101210)
4
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chinese authorities on rare earth imports into the UK.
(101057)
5
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of local government staff in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101092)
6
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of fire fighters in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101093)
7
N 		Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward the draft regulations to implement his proposed changes to working tax credits relating to couples working between 16 and 24 hours.
(101105)
8
N 		Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2012, Official Report, column 72W, on working tax credit, for those parliamentary constituencies for which no figures were given, whether this was because (a) no couples fell into category and (b) no figures were available at the time of answering; and if he will provide figures where they have become available since his Answer.
(101114)
9
N 		Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of Scottish taxpayers who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if he will estimate the likely number of Scottish taxpayers who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13.
(101104)
10
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects provisions within the Localism Act 2011 relating to the duty of local authorities to hold a register of community assets to come into force.
(101106)
11
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the funding allocated for the troubled families initiative will be spent in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
(101107)
12
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the criteria to be used to identify families eligible for assistance as part of his Department's troubled families initiative.
(101108)
13
N 		Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether outcome measurements will be used to determine payments to local authorities or their contractors as part of the troubled families initiative.
(101118)
14
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a list of all the risk registers compiled by officials in his Department.
(101109)
15
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of fire fighters in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in their personal allowance in April 2012.
(101094)
16
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the Mobile Infrastructure Project on expanding mobile broadband coverage to hot-spot areas.
(101119)
17
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the Electronic Communications Code.
(101120)
18
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what his policy is on using the white spaces in television spectrum for other uses; and what assessment has been made of the potential to use 600mhz spectrum as white space spectrum.
(101099)
19
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential of smart city technology; and whether any trials are planned by his Department.
(101100)
20
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance he has issued to members of the armed forces on contact with hon. Members.
(101115)
21
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had on the rules governing contact between hon. Members and members of the armed forces.
(101116)
22
N 		Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has changed the rules governing contact between hon. Members and members of the armed forces in the last 12 months.
(101117)
27
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Green Deal consultation.
(101125)
28
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, where the call centres for the Green Deal Helpline will be based.
(101204)
29
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who the administrator of the Green Deal Helpline will be.
(101205)
30
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Green Deal Helpline to enter service.
(101206)
31
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Green Deal Helpline; and how that cost will be met.
(101207)
32
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's strategy is for promoting the low-carbon manufacturing base.
(101097)
33
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department is using to determine the technologies eligible for use in smart meters.
(101098)
35
N 		Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the necessity for Saudi authorities to return former President Ben Ali to Tunisia to face outstanding charges against him.
(100928)
36
N 		Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on support for a UN Human Rights Council resolution on the implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission Report in Sri Lanka; and what reports he has received on consultation with the government of Sri Lanka on implementation of the recommendations in the report.
(100933)
37
N 		Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met representatives of the government of Sri Lanka.
(100934)
38
N 		Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on representations made by the US administration to other governments on the support of the government of Sri Lanka for a resolution on implementation of the recommendations in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission Report.
(100935)
39
N 		Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist Sri Lanka in the reconciliation process.
(100936)
40
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the International Criminal Court on arrest warrants for people accused of war crimes in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
(101194)
41
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of introducing plain packaging of tobacco products on smoking rates in the UK.
(101122)
42
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the potential effects of an introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products on smoking rates.
(101209)
43
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children and young people of each gender and of each age who committed acts of self-harm in England in 2011.
(101101)
44
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under 18 have been held under the Mental Health Act in England in each of the last five years.
(101102)
45
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients under the age of 18 spent time on adult psychiatric wards in England in each of the last 10 years; and how long on average they spent in such wards.
(101103)
47
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of health and well-being boards on the role and influence of public governors in NHS foundation trusts.
(101096)
48
N 		Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 701W, on midwives, what proportion of people completing midwifery courses started as midwives in the NHS in each year since 2002-03; and what other careers such students go on to in each such year.
(101212)
49
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many international students who enrolled on courses of longer than four years duration have been granted visas in each of the last five years.
(101095)
50
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the situation whereby academics apply for indefinite leave to remain under the 10-year residency rule, despite having had to spend significant periods of time abroad as required by their jobs.
(100993)
51
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to EU Council Decision 2002/494/JHA of 13 June 2002, what the UK contact point is for the exchange of information concerning the investigation of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; on how many occasions since 2002 that contact point has been requested to provide available information under Article 2(1) of the Decision; and what assessment her Department has made of the Decision's effectiveness.
(100992)
52
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who applied for residency in the UK have subsequently gone on to face prosecution for genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes (a) in the UK, (b) in another EU member state or (c) before an international criminal court since May 2003.
(101195)
53
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to EU Council Decision 2003/847/JHA of 27 November 2003, whether the drugs 2C-I, 2C-T-2, 2C-T-7 and TMA-2 are subject to control measures and criminal penalties in the UK.
(101199)
54
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many freezing orders the UK (a) sent to and (b) received from other EU member states under the procedure established by EU Council Framework Decision 2003/577/JHA of 22 July 2003 in each year since 2003; and how many such freezing orders were executed.
(101200)
55
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the UK has implemented the provisions of EU Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003; and what assessment she has made of its effectiveness in tackling corruption.
(101201)
56
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of liaison officers operating under EU Council Decision 2003/170/JHA of 27 February 2003; and how many such liaison officers the UK (a) sent to and (b) hosted from other EU member states in each year since 2003.
(101202)
57
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal cases concerned complaints in relation to service provision change in TUPE transfers; and how many appeals were granted by the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning complaints in relation to service provision change in TUPE transfers in the last 10 years.
(101126)
58
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many redundancy claims alleging failure to inform and consult concerned the issue of whether or not an employer should have consulted the appropriate representatives where he or she was dismissing (a) more than 20 people based at one establishment and (b) fewer than 20 people based at one establishment in the last five years.
(101127)
59
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many discrimination claims before employment tribunals in the last five years were for (a) direct discrimination, (b) associative discrimination, (c) discrimination by perception, (d) indirect discrimination, (e) harassment or harassment by a third party and (f) victimisation.
(101128)
60
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the jurisdictional complaints for the multiple claims accepted in employment tribunals were in the last five years; and how many multiple claims in the last five years consisted of actions against the same employer according to the different types of jurisdiction.
(101129)
61
N 		Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many equal pay claims before employment tribunals in the last five years were multiple claims.
(101130)
62
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to provide a substantive response to Questions (a) 95743, (b) 95744 and (c) 95745 tabled on 17 February 2012 for named day answer on 22 February 2012.
(101208)
63
N 		Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of (a) arson and (b) assault there were by prison establishment in each of the last 10 years.
(100929)
64
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland about welfare reform; and if he will make a statement.
(101085)
65
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on measures to tackle the level of female unemployment in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(101086)
66
N 		Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what specific recommendations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about measures to support jobs and growth in Northern Ireland in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement.
(101087)
67
N 		Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of how many taxpayers in each local authority area in Scotland will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101123)
68
N 		Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of how many taxpayers in each local authority area in Scotland will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012.
(101124)
69
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expected monetary value is of mandatory work activity contracts made by his Department.
(101089)
70
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many places on the mandatory work activity scheme his Department budgeted for when tendering for the contracts to provide it.
(101090)
71
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider collecting further data on the (a) profiles of claimants and (b) purposes of awards made under the Flexible Support Fund for the purposes of monitoring effectiveness.
(101091)
72
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many awards were made under the Flexible Support Fund to claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) income support.
(101196)
73
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parent and partner claimants were in receipt of in-work child care payments prior to the establishment of the Flexible Support Fund.
(101197)
74
N 		Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of statutory maternity pay were earning in excess of £40,000 in each financial year since 2008-09.
(101088)
75
N 		Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of the highest single payment of statutory maternity pay to an individual in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2008-09.
(101198)

Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N 		Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101110)
2
N 		Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012.
(101111)
3
N 		Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants who will benefit from an increase in their income tax personal allowance in 2012-13.
(101112)
4
N 		Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants who benefited from an increase in their income tax personal allowance in 2011-12.
(101113)
5
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on allegations of war crimes committed during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka; if he will assess whether human rights abuses are taking place in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(101211)
6
N 		Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lift the restriction on certain controlled drugs to enable full nurse prescribing to be implemented; and if she will make a statement.
(100991)
7
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a list of the Government Procurement Card transactions detailing each (a) transaction date, (b) supplier and (c) amount for the London Development Agency in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.
(101286)
8
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the amount of revenue foregone by HM Revenue and Customs due to multinational company tax write-offs.
(101217)
9
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer has received from the EU Emissions Trading System in each year the scheme has been in operation.
(101258)
10
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue the Exchequer will receive from the Carbon Price Floor in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(101259)
11
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101253)
12
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role was played by the RAF Regiment radiation monitoring team in Japan following the accident at Fukushima in March 2011; and what the cost was of the deployment of this team.
(101255)
13
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure extremist political groups have not accessed and influenced the armed forces and cadet forces.
(101274)
14
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on academy status for Top Valley School, Nottingham.
(101273)
15
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101252)
16
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much energy was generated by each nuclear power station in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
(101260)
17
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many EU Emissions Trading System allowances were distributed in the UK in each year the scheme has been in operation.
(101261)
18
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installations in each region of the UK are covered by the EU Emissions Trading System.
(101262)
19
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total value of EU Emissions Trading System allowances was in the UK in each year the scheme has been in operation.
(101263)
20
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met representatives of the Environment Agency to discuss the regulation of the EU Emissions Trading System.
(101276)
21
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many private secretaries have served under each Minister in his Department since May 2010.
(101277)
22
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the European Council last discussed the EU Emissions Trading System; and what the outcome of these discussions was.
(101278)
23
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he (a) last chaired and (b) will next chair a meeting of the Offshore Wind Developers' Forum.
(101282)
24
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to realise the Offshore Wind Developers' Forum target for UK-based suppliers to provide at least 50 per cent. of the supply chain for future wind farms.
(101283)
25
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of UK offshore wind development contracts have been awarded to firms based in the UK in each of the last three years.
(101284)
26
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what methodology his Department plans to use to measure progress in achieving the Offshore Wind Developers' Forum target of 50 per cent. local contract.
(101285)
27
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Emissions Trading System on domestic energy bills; and by what means he carried out such an assessment.
(101288)
28
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect the Carbon Price Floor will have on domestic energy bills; and by what means he carried out such an assessment.
(101289)
29
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the European Commission to discuss the operation of the EU Emissions Trading System.
(101290)
30
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the EU Emissions Trading System.
(101291)
31
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish details of the process by which an assessment is made of the carbon emissions of installation in connection with the Carbon Price Floor.
(101292)
32
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the EU Commission to discuss state aid rules in relation to support for energy intensive industries under the Carbon Price Floor.
(101293)
33
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the EU Commission to discuss the legality of a Carbon Price Floor under EU state aid rules.
(101294)
34
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the level of indirect subsidy to nuclear power under the EU Emissions Trading System.
(101296)
35
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees of the Environment Agency are assigned to regulating the EU Emissions Trading System (a) full-time, (b) full-time equivalent and (c) part-time.
(101275)
36
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the rules that prohibit anaerobic digestion activities within 250 metres of buildings used by public and private dwellings can be waived through the award of bespoke permits.
(101221)
37
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the use of private finance initiative contracts to fund future construction of waste incinerators and anaerobic digesters.
(101223)
38
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward initiatives at the Global Nuclear Security summit in Seoul on 26 and 27 March 2012.
(101256)
39
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the resolution of the House of 7 March on human rights abuses and the death of Sergei Magnitsky.
(101220)
40
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101251)
41
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has made an assessment of recent allegations made by Human Rights Watch that UK aid to Ethiopia is not closely monitored at field level by the donor community.
(101218)
42
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to recent allegations made by Human Rights Watch concerning UK development assistance to Ethiopia, if he will instigate an independent, impartial and transparent field-based investigation into the use of donor-funded government services for political purposes in Ethiopia.
(101219)
43
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on support for projects that involve open pit coal mining.
(101279)
44
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has provided support for the proposed Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh since 2006.
(101280)
45
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what correspondence and discussions his Department has had with UN Special Rapporteurs on the proposed Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh.
(101281)
46
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to provide greater protection for small businesses who are encouraged to enter into binding legal contracts by the use of recorded telephone messages.
(101257)
47
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to address the concerns raised by the Financial Ombudsman Service on the risk to consumers of a double disadvantage when using claims management companies.
(101272)
48
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has made an assessment of the letter and briefing on the financing of new nuclear power plants sent to him by four former directors of Friends of the Earth on 13 March 2012.
(101254)
49
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects Rotherham Central Station to be fully re-opened.
(101216)
50
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on concessionary bus travel in Birmingham Ladywood constituency in each year since the scheme was introduced.
(101287)
51
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pensioners claimed free bus travel in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency in each year since the scheme was introduce.
(101295)
52
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people classified as in poverty were (a) in work and (b) unemployed in each year from 1995 until the most recent date for which figures are available.
(101222)
WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

*1
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): If he will undertake an impact assessment on the effect of changes in resource for the Civil Service on delivery of Government policy.
(100937)
*2
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What recent discussions he has had with Permanent Secretaries on Government outsourcing of policy advice.
(100938)
*3
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): What recent discussions he has had on the types of Government funding models available to the voluntary and community sector.
(100939)
*4
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): What assessment he has made of the change in the level of funding to the voluntary sector in 2011-12.
(100940)
*5
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield): What steps he is taking to ensure that the community and voluntary sector is considered in policy formulation in all departments.
(100941)
*6
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): How much and what proportion of Government procurement was made from small and medium-sized enterprises in the latest period for which figures are available.
(100942)
*7
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): What assessment he has made of the state of the community and voluntary sector in the North.
(100943)
*8
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): If he will undertake an impact assessment on the effect of changes in resource for the Civil Service on delivery of Government policy.
(100944)
*9
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): What recent progress he has made on opening up public sector procurement to small and medium-sized enterprises.
(100945)
*10
John Pugh (Southport): What recent assessment he has made of Government policy on open source software and open standards; and if he will make a statement.
(100946)
*11
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What steps he is taking to ensure that Government departments publish details of awarded procurement contracts in a timely manner.
(100947)
*12
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): What recent progress he has made on opening up public sector procurement to small and medium-sized enterprises.
(100948)
*13
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): What recent discussions he has had on the types of Government funding models available to the voluntary and community sector.
(100949)
*14
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What recent progress he has made on opening up public sector procurement to small and medium-sized enterprises.
(100950)
*15
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): What recent progress he has made on opening up public sector procurement to small and medium-sized enterprises.
(100951)

At 11.53 am

Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(100952)
*2
Jim McGovern (Dundee West):
(100953)
*3
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South):
(100954)
*4
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South):
(100955)
*5
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey):
(100956)
*6
Chris Evans (Islwyn):
(100957)
*7
John Pugh (Southport):
(100958)
*8
Charlie Elphicke (Dover):
(100959)
*9
Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald):
(100960)
*10
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):
(100961)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.

*1
Mark Menzies (Fylde): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 21 March.
(100962)
*2
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):
(100963)
*3
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire):
(100964)
*4
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):
(100965)
*5
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead):
(100966)
*6
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck):
(100967)
*7
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): Further to his letter to the hon. Member for Nottingham North of 15 August 2011, when he expects the Civil Service to issue the full tender document required to set up an early intervention foundation.
(100968)
*8
Robert Halfon (Harlow):
(100969)
*9
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside):
(100970)
*10
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark):
(100971)
*11
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire):
(100972)
*12
Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford):
(100973)
*13
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
(100974)
*14
Richard Drax (South Dorset):
(100975)
*15
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy):
(100976)
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 7 March
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review his policy on VAT insofar as it affects charitable organisations who serve their local communities.
(99374)

Notices given on Thursday 8 March
1
N 		Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of digitising attendance allowance records for the purposes of allowing data to be used more widely by organisations in the care system to target prevention and other holistic services.
(99931)

Notices given on Monday 12 March
1
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxable estates there were in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
(100148)

Notices given on Wednesday 14 March
1
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will encourage universities to adopt a transparent approach to publicising all costs associated with courses in addition to tuition fees in their course prospectuses.
(100616)
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the Higher Education Funding Council to monitor costs to students of university courses additional to tuition fees.
(100617)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the role that (a) bursaries and (b) other factors play in widening access to education.
(100618)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of additional fees levied in some higher education institutions for items such as (a) core textbooks, (b) field trips and (c) laboratory equipment on the course decisions of undergraduates.
(100619)
5
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will bring forward proposals to introduce means-tested support for course costs additional to tuition fees available across all university departments.
(100620)
6
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxable estates between (a) £325,000 and £500,000, (b) £500,000 and £1,000,000 and (c) over £1,000,000 there were in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
(100837)
7
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of estates that claimed (a) agricultural property relief, (b) business property relief and (c) any other relief apart from charitable relief or spouse relief in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
(100839)
8
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue foregone through the claim of taxable estates for (a) agricultural property relief, (b) business property relief and (c) any other relief apart from spouse exemption or charitable relief in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.
(100840)
9
N 		Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely level of take-up of the New Buy Guarantee scheme in London.
(100699)
11
N 		Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal action relating to war pensions for nuclear test veterans.
(100772)
12
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary school pupils and (b) secondary school pupils in each local education authority in (i) the East of England and (ii) Greater London did not have English as their first language as at 30 September (1) 2009, (2) 2010 and (3) 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(100773)
13
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Peterborough local education authority area had received in respect of the pupil premium at 28 February 2012; and if he will make a statement.
(100841)
14
N 		Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that members of GP Commissioning boards are trained on mental health issues.
(100843)
15
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in contesting deportation appeals by those convicted of criminal offences before the first-tier and upper tribunal of the Asylum and Immigration Chamber, for what reason and on how many occasions the UK Border Agency has disclosed evidence from police officers and field intelligence officers to judges that had not been considered as part of their criminal trials.
(100771)

Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N 		John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unitary authorities have populations (a) under 150,000, (b) between 150,000 and 250,000 and (c) over 250,000.
(100838)
2
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Urabe strains of the MMR vaccine Pluserix and Immravax were licensed for use in the UK.
(101084)

Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N 		Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the level of female unemployment in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency.
(101213)
2
N 		Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the level of ethnic minority unemployment in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency.
(101214)
3
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department defines the term digital economy.
(101226)
4
N 		Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of Gift Aid contributions made by non-taxpayers in error and then reported by HM Revenue and Customs in 2010-11.
(101236)
5
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of firefighters in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101228)
6
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of firefighters who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if he will estimate the likely number of firefighters who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13.
(101229)
7
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of local government staff in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012.
(101230)
8
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of local government staff in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101231)
9
N 		Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of local government staff who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if he will estimate the likely number of local government staff who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13.
(101232)
10
N 		Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider bringing forward proposals to change the level of air passenger duty paid at band A by passengers travelling from Northern Ireland to destinations within the UK.
(101238)
11
N 		Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of civil servants who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if he will estimate the likely number of civil servants who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13.
(101233)
12
N 		Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of civil servants in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000.
(101234)
13
N 		Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of civil servants in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012.
(101235)
14
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how his Department defines the term digital economy.
(101224)
15
N 		Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of femtocell technology in expanding mobile coverage in not-spot areas.
(101225)
16
N 		Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the threat to UK national security arising from the activities of the Taliban.
(101239)
17
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children received A* to C grades in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) geography and (d) sciences in (i) West Sussex and (ii) Mid Sussex constituency in each of the last five years.
(101266)
18
N 		Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 March 2012, Official Report, column 23WS, on EU justice and home affairs measures, what estimate she has made of how many underlying measures the UK will continue to be bound by in each of the next three years; and what those measures are.
(101227)
19
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 1 of the Administrator's Monitoring Requirements of the Framework agreement between his Department and Applied Language Solutions, how many performance management meetings between the administrator and the contractor have been held since the Framework Agreement went operational nationwide on 30 January 2012; and when the next meeting will be held.
(101267)
20
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the provisional Framework agreement between his Department and Applied Language Solutions that the contractor will provide management reports through the web-based portal, what management reports have been submitted to date containing information on (a) breakdown of available interpreter numbers by region, language, tier and vetting status, (b) details of complaints received, upheld, timescale for resolution and outcome, per collaborative partner, (c) number of new interpreters added per tier per region, (d) gaps in availability of languages per region, (e) report status on performance against collaborative partner key performance indicators, (f) telephone interpreting: monthly breakdown of number of calls, number of minutes, total price, per collaborative partner, (g) translation: monthly breakdown of number of single linguist tasks, number of second linguist proof reads, total price and discounts for translation memory, per collaborative partner, (h) transcription: monthly breakdown of number of tasks and total price, per collaborative partner and (i) British Sign Language/deaf blind: monthly breakdown of number of assignments, assignment costs, and travel costs, per collaborative partner; and if he will place those reports in the Library.
(101268)
21
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to consult on the regulation of claims management companies.
(101269)
22
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to curb the practice of claims management companies (a) pursuing claims against lenders where the product in question was never sold and (b) automatically referring claims to the Financial Ombudsman Service when the lender has confirmed that the product in question was never sold to the consumer.
(101270)
23
N 		Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consumers are aware of the free alternative to using claims management companies.
(101271)
24
N 		Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the use of bus passes by disabled people before 9.30 am; and if she will make a statement.
(101237)
25
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions a Jobcentre Plus decision-maker did not follow the advice of an Atos-approved healthcare professional when making a decision on the eligibility for employment and support allowance in each month since May 2010.
(101240)
26
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments have been carried out by Atos Healthcare in each month since May 2010.
(101241)
27
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals to work capability assessment decisions have been heard in each month since May 2010.
(101242)
THURSDAY 22 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 12 March
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new successful applications have been made to the new enterprise allowance scheme in each month since its launch, in each region.
(100215)

Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to rationalise and streamline the support schemes administered by his Department and its agencies.
(101066)
2
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials work on each of the business support schemes that his Department and its agencies currently operate.
(101083)
3
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the scope for abuse of the disability VAT exemption for the purchase of motor homes; and what steps he is taking to tackle any such abuse.
(101082)
5
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on those in rural areas of those areas having a choice of fewer than four mobile operators.
(101067)
6
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support rural communities and the rural economy.
(101068)

Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what new measures she is taking to support rural communities and the rural economy.
(101069)
2
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the technology strategy board spent in each region in each of the last three years; how many grants it awarded in each such year; and which companies received financial assistance from the board in each such year.
(101243)
3
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to initiate a consultation on the revision of the European assisted areas map.
(101244)
4
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of staff that have been made redundant by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since May 2010; what the average cost per staff member was of such redundancies; how many redundancies involved an individual redundancy payment of over £40,000; and what the cost to the public purse has been of such redundancies since May 2010.
(101264)
5
N 		Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancies there were in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a result of the implementation of NHS reforms in financial year 2010-11; how many he expects there to be in financial year (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14; and what resources he plans to transfer to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to cover the cost of his proposed NHS reorganisation.
(101265)
FRIDAY 23 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to introduce civil penalties for those failing to respond to the request to complete an individual electoral registration form.
(101070)
2
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he plans to consult on introducing civil penalties for those failing to respond to the request of an Electoral Registration Officer to register to vote.
(101071)
3
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on levels of electoral fraud of his proposals to bring forward the annual canvass in autumn 2012.
(101072)
4
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received on individual electoral registration.
(101080)
5
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposals on individual electoral registration on geographical difference in the completeness of the electoral register.
(101081)
MONDAY 26 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 13 March
1
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent examination he has made of the comparative cost of (a) fitting catapults and arrestor gear to one of the future carriers and (b) acquiring instead short take-off and vertical landing aircraft for use on either of the future carriers; whether both of those carriers would be used in the fixed-wing strike aircraft role if VSTOL aircraft were acquired for the Fleet Air Arm; what assessment he has made of the potential effects this would have on the availability of a continuous fixed-wing carrier-strike capability; and if he will make a statement.
(100397)

Notices given on Wednesday 14 March
1
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(100683)
2
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(100685)
3
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(100684)
4
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(100686)
5
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(100687)

Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if his Department will provide financial assistance for the cost of femtocells to individuals in those areas identified in Appendix C of the Mobile Infrastructure Project where the project fails to improve 2G and 3G coverage.
(101074)
2
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions have been made by his Department to end disability living allowance in respect of children in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2012 to date; and in what proportion of such cases an appeal was made in respect of the decision in each such year.
(101075)

Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has made available to businesses through each of the business support schemes operated by his Department and its agencies.
(101245)
TUESDAY 27 MARCH 
Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 12 March
1
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to issue guidance to local authority pensions managers on academies pooling with their former local authority.
(100107)
2
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the application process for those applying for entry to the Foundation Programme in August 2012.
(100103)
3
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all graduates of medical schools are able to gain a place on the 2012 Foundation Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(100104)
4
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK Foundation Programme Office on the response to oversubscription of the 2012 Foundation Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(100105)
5
N 		Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK Foundation Programme Office on plans for responding to oversubscription of the Foundation Programme in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
(100106)

Notices given on Tuesday 13 March
1
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a role in developing intellectual property policy.
(100354)

Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101215)
2
N 		Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the (a) costs and (b) benefits of installing fire sprinkler systems in new schools.
(100994)
3
N 		Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what fire safety requirements apply to free schools where buildings are converted from other uses to educational use.
(101076)
4
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to an individual of purchasing a femtocell to benefit from his Mobile Infrastructure Project.
(101079)
5
N 		Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to free schools on the installation of fire sprinkler systems in new school premises.
(101077)
6
N 		Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions have been made by his Department to end disability living allowance in respect of those aged 16 to 18 in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2012 to date; and in what proportion of such cases an appeal was made in respect of that decision in each such year.
(101078)

Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101246)
2
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101250)
3
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101248)
4
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101247)
5
N 		Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development.
(101249)

Prepared 19th March 2012