Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Monday 26 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 Friday 23 March 2012
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Monday 26 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.
MONDAY 26 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
*1
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Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What plans he has to co-operate with the authorities in the United Arab Emirates on defence issues. |
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(101596)
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*2
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Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): What recent steps he has taken to strengthen the Military Covenant. |
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(101597)
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*3
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Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald): How much he plans to invest in improving the welfare of families of service personnel in the next year. |
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(101598)
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*4
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Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): What recent progress his Department has made on co-operation with the government of France on defence equipment; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101599)
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*5
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Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What steps he is taking to increase sales of the Eurofighter Typhoon abroad. |
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(101600)
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*6
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Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What recent progress he has made on the carrier programme; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101601)
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*7
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Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What steps his Department is taking to improve service accommodation; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101602)
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*8
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Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): What steps his Department is taking to improve service accommodation; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101603)
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*9
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Robert Halfon (Harlow): What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101604)
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*10
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Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): What recent assessment he has made of the level of morale in the armed forces. |
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(101605)
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*11
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Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on defence policy on Iran. |
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(101606)
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*12
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Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): What recent assessment he has made of the level of morale in the armed forces. |
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(101607)
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*13
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Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What recent progress his Department has made on implementation of the provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2011. |
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(101608)
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*14
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Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): What assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Armed Forces Community Covenant Scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101609)
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*15
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Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): What plans he has to co-operate with the authorities in the United Arab Emirates on defence issues. |
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(101610)
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*16
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Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to ensure that military personnel deployed in combat zones have sufficient training and experience. |
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(101611)
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*17
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Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the recent transfer of criminal investigations from his Department's Police Criminal Investigations Department to the Home Department; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101612)
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*18
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Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): What role UK troops will play in Afghanistan after 2014; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101613)
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*19
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Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): What steps his Department is taking to support conflict prevention; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101614)
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*20
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Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What progress he has made on plans for the withdrawal of UK armed forces from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101615)
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*21
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Lyn Brown (West Ham): What steps his Department is taking to support the children of service personnel. |
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(101616)
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*22
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Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What role UK troops will play in Afghanistan after 2014; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101617)
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*23
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Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): When he expects the study on alternatives to Trident to be completed. |
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(101618)
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*24
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Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What steps his Department is taking to improve service accommodation; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101619)
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*25
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Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on defence policy on Syria. |
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(101620)
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At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
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Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
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(101621)
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*2
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): |
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(101622)
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*3
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Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): |
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(101623)
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*4
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Graeme Morrice (Livingston): |
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(101624)
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*5
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Guy Opperman (Hexham): |
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(101625)
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*7
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Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): |
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(101627)
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*9
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): |
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(101629)
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*10
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Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): |
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(101630)
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Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 13 March
1
N
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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 carriers; whether both 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. |
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(100397)
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Notices given on Wednesday 14 March
1
N
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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. |
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(100683)
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2
N
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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. |
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(100685)
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3
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development. |
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(100684)
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4
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development. |
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(100686)
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5
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has a role in intellectual property policy development. |
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(100687)
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Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N
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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. |
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(101074)
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2
N
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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. |
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(101075)
|
Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N
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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. |
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(101245)
|
Notices given on Monday 19 March
1
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what UKTI trade delegations have travelled to (a) Nigeria and (b) West Africa since May 2010; and how many firms took part from (i) Newcastle, (ii) the North East and (c) in total in each case. |
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(101548)
|
2
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to improve the educational attainment of children with Tourette's syndrome; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101382)
|
3
N
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any UK companies or ships are involved in exporting phosphates from occupied Western Sahara. |
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(101536)
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4
N
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Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Moroccan counterpart the attack of 24 February 2012 by Moroccan police on Saharawi attending a reception in El Aaiun for participants in the UN-sponsored family exchange programme. |
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(101537)
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5
N
|
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding per head of population he plans to allocate to the Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group. |
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(101508)
|
6
N
|
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many itinerant collectors were operating in the UK in the last three years; how many of of these (a) were registered under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 (SMDA), (b) had record keeping exemptions under section 3.1 of the SMDA and (c) had applied for and maintained a waste carrier's licence in that period; and how many inspections of itinerants' records maintained either under section 2 or section 3 of the SMDA have been carried out by the relevant authorities in the last three years. |
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(101385)
|
8
N
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Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on translation and interpretation at (a) Peterborough Crown Court and (b) Peterborough Magistrates' Court in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101384)
|
9
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action she is taking to ensure that railway stations have adequate car parking capacity to encourage more long distance commuters. |
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(101509)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 20 March
1
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policies she is pursuing to reduce the incidence of uninsured vehicles on the road in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) England and Wales; and if she will make a statement. |
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(101383)
|
2
N
|
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK exporters have received assistance through the Export Enterprise Finance Guarantee since it was established. |
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(101760)
|
3
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment before the end of 2012 of whether any permanent change to Sunday trading hours should be made following the Olympic trial of relaxed Sunday trading hours; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101730)
|
4
N
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on implementation of the recommendations of the Square Kilometre Array Site Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101678)
|
6
N
|
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households in each region which will no longer be entitled to tax credits following the introduction of changes to those credits from April 2012. |
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(101762)
|
7
N
|
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many first time buyers in each local authority area have benefited from the zero rate of stamp duty land tax on house purchases below £250,000 since 2010. |
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(101763)
|
8
N
|
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of working tax credits in Clwyd South constituency work between 16 and 24 hours a week. |
|
(101592)
|
9
N
|
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential revenue to the Exchequer arising from applying capital gains tax to non-resident UK citizens. |
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(101774)
|
10
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of likely changes to the number of pensioners who will take up council tax benefit if localisation of the benefit is introduced. |
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(101764)
|
11
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect on lone parents with (a) one child and (b) two children in receipt of working tax credit of (i) a 16 per cent. reduction in council tax benefit awards and (ii) an increase in the taper to 25 per cent. |
|
(101770)
|
12
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to increase the number of working class families engaging with the arts. |
|
(101719)
|
13
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department is offering to local authorities on impact assessments of their festivals and cultural event programmes throughout the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
|
(101720)
|
14
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of the relocation of Waterbeach Barracks to Kinloss. |
|
(101721)
|
15
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the relocation of Waterbeach Barracks to Kinloss was brought forward. |
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(101722)
|
16
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it cost to install the Defence Information Infrastructure system at Waterbeach Barracks. |
|
(101724)
|
17
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) number of assessment criteria, (b) frequency of evaluation and (c) volume of accompanying evidence required is in respect of the (i) financial management and governance evaluation and (ii) former financial management standard in schools. |
|
(101670)
|
18
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to academies of completing a financial management and governance evaluation. |
|
(101671)
|
19
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Young Person's Learning Agency of collecting and collating financial management and governance evaluations from academies. |
|
(101672)
|
20
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when (a) she and (b) her Ministers last met representatives of the National Farmers Union; and what was discussed. |
|
(101727)
|
21
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the interpretation by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive in respect of products used as either food supplements or medicines exempt from the need for a medicinal products licence; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101668)
|
22
N
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish secondary legislation on elections for the posts of police and crime commissioner. |
|
(101669)
|
23
N
|
Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to consult on the removal of gender markers from passports. |
|
(101673)
|
24
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has fully enacted the provisions of EU Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA; and what assessment her Department has made of its effectiveness in combating illicit drug trafficking. |
|
(101723)
|
27
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Article 5 of EU Council Decision 2004/919/EC, what the UK contact point is for tackling cross-border vehicle crime; and on how many occasions it has exchanged information with the contact points of other EU member states on methods and best practices of preventing vehicle crime in each year since 2005. |
|
(101728)
|
28
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Article 3 of EU Council Common Position 2005/69/JHA, with how many EU member states the UK exchanges present and future passport data. |
|
(101729)
|
29
N
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, what the role was of each official who reported to Mr Steve Hilton during his employment at 10 Downing Street. |
|
(101766)
|
30
N
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Mr Steve Hilton had access to papers on (a) policy in the forthcoming Communications Green Paper and (b) policy on the internet during his employment at 10 Downing Street. |
|
(101767)
|
31
N
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Mr Steve Hilton attended meetings on (a) policy in the forthcoming Communications Green Paper and (b) policy on the internet during his employment at 10 Downing Street. |
|
(101768)
|
32
N
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Mr Steve Hilton made any declaration of conflicts of interest under paragraph 15B of the model contract for special advisers. |
|
(101769)
|
33
N
|
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had any discussions with the Money Advice Service on the tendering process to be instituted by it in autumn 2012 for the provision of a new face-to-face service starting in autumn 2013. |
|
(101665)
|
34
N
|
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had any discussions with (a) the Scottish Government, (b) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (c) Citizens Advice Scotland on the tendering process to be instituted by the Money Advice Service in autumn 2012 for the provision of a new face-to-face service starting in autumn 2013. |
|
(101666)
|
35
N
|
Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what long-term plans are in place for emergency towing vessel cover in Scottish waters after 24 March 2012. |
|
(101667)
|
36
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the possibility of increased congestion and delays at British airports before, during and immediately after the London 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(101775)
|
37
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effects of levels of pollution and fuel use of stacking at UK airports; what steps she plans to take to reduce stacking; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(101776)
|
38
N
|
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with persons under the age of 65 years in receipt of council tax benefit in each local authority area contain (a) at least one disabled person and (b) at least one adult with caring responsibilities. |
|
(101765)
|
39
N
|
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits a higher education student intercalating as a result of illness is eligible to receive until they return to their course of study. |
|
(101759)
|
40
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures the provider assurance team follows during its reviews of contracted providers on the mandatory work activity scheme. |
|
(101674)
|
41
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the time taken in making the decisions involved in the site selection aspect of the integrated assurance and approvals plan for universal credit; and when he expects to make those decisions. |
|
(101675)
|
42
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long the Aberdeen Chapel Jobcentre Plus has only been open to new claims. |
|
(101676)
|
43
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of the size of live jobseeker's allowance registers at each individual Jobcentre Plus; and what the number of referrals to the Work Programme is from each Jobcentre Plus as a proportion of each centre's register. |
|
(101677)
|
44
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2012, Official Report, column 351W, on universal credit, if he will set a date for an announcement on the impact of TUPE and staff transfers on universal credit implementation. |
|
(101718)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 21 March
1
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely benefits derived from the EU exchanging classified information with Bosnia and Herzegovina under the terms of EU Council Decision 2004/731/EC. |
|
(101725)
|
2
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely benefits derived from the EU exchanging classified information with Norway under the terms of EU Council Decision 2004/843/CFSP. |
|
(101726)
|
3
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policies she is pursuing to reduce the incidence of uninsured vehicles on the road in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) England and Wales; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(101383)
|
4
N
|
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) median and (b) mean income was of households with (i) no children, (ii) one child, (iii) two children, (iv) three children, (v) four children, (vi) five children and (vii) more than five children on the latest date for which information is available. |
|
(101761)
|
5
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what definition his Department uses for small and medium-sized enterprise; and what assessment he has made of the usefulness of the term in categorising businesses. |
|
(101858)
|
6
N
|
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women aged over 24 years were studying for qualifications at Level 3 and Level 4 or above in England in the latest period for which figures are available; and in which curriculum areas they were studying. |
|
(101951)
|
7
N
|
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women aged over 24 years were enrolled for study at Level 3 or above at each incorporated college of further education in England in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(101952)
|
8
N
|
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent comparison he has made of the cost of electricity to intensive-energy industries in the UK and (a) France and (b) Germany; and if he will publish his findings. |
|
(101853)
|
9
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 96W, on Office for Life Sciences, for what reason the Office for Life Sciences is undergoing a restructure; if he will place a copy of the business case developed to support the restructure in the Library; and when he expects the restructure to be completed. |
|
(102020)
|
10
N
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the location recommended by the independent Square Kilometre Array Site Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101956)
|
11
N
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the independent Square Kilometre Site Advisory Committee has completed its evaluation of the cost and infrastructure implications of the African and Australian and New Zealand bids to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101957)
|
12
N
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the independent Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Advisory Committee has submitted its recommendations regarding the location of the SKA; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101958)
|
13
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has estimated the prevalence of cybercrime to inform his cybercrime strategy; and how any such estimate has been made. |
|
(102015)
|
14
N
|
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to close HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland. |
|
(102021)
|
15
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many road hauliers have had their licences withdrawn as a result of successful HM Revenue and Customs action to tackle alcohol duty fraud in each of the last five years. |
|
(101959)
|
16
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage EU member states to implement the non-mandatory counter-fraud functionalities within the Excise Movement and Control System to combat alcohol duty fraud. |
|
(101961)
|
17
N
|
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding will be provided from the Growing Places Fund as part of the funding announced in the 2012 Budget broken down by local enterprise partnerships excluding the £70 million allocated for the Greater London Authority. |
|
(101953)
|
18
N
|
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which financial year he has allocated the increase in the Growing Places Fund which was announced in his Budget Statement of 21 March 2012. |
|
(101954)
|
19
N
|
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher rate taxpayers there were in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(102029)
|
20
N
|
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals earnt over £1 million in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(102030)
|
23
N
|
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Colchester constituency who pay the additional rate of income tax. |
|
(102023)
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24
N
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Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which policies in his Department's (a) Equality Strategy and (b) Social Mobility Strategy he expects to help reduce Black unemployment; and how he plans to measure the effectiveness of each policy. |
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(101848)
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25
N
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Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to evaluate the implementation of the measures contained in its document Creating the Conditions for Integration. |
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(101850)
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26
N
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Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department plans to evaluate the success of (a) the Big Lunch and (b) community music days in facilitating integration. |
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(101851)
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27
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were employed in interim posts by (a) his Department and (b) a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by the Department through (i) Penna Consulting, (ii) Reed Personnel Services and (iii) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus) on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such people (A) had been in post for over a year and (B) worked full-time at that date. |
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(101841)
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28
N
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Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many retrospective planning applications were received in each of the last five years in Bournemouth; and of these, how many were granted in each year. |
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(101949)
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29
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, over what timescale the additional funding for the Growing Places Fund announced in his Budget Statement of 21 March 2012 will be delivered to local enterprise partnerships. |
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(101950)
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30
N
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Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the increase of the maximum discount cap for tenants with the right to buy or preserved right to buy, what estimate has been made of the number of cases where this will have the effect of increasing the quantum of the discount claimed by purchases within the Greater London Authority area in the first 12 months of operation. |
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(101955)
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31
N
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Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will consider applying the video game age classification system to mobile applications and online games. |
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(102027)
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32
N
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Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the system for video game classification. |
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(102028)
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33
N
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department is offering local authorities to conduct impact assessments of festivals and cultural event programmes throughout the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
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(101847)
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34
N
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support cross-regional tourist strategies. |
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(101855)
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35
N
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Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of the arts to reducing (a) racism, (b) homophobia, (c) disability hate crime and (d) anti-social behaviour; and what projects are planned to increase the arts' involvement in the prevention of these crimes. |
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(101856)
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36
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many supply and re-supply operations there have been to Afghanistan since (a) operations began and (b) January 2011; and what the cost of those operations was in each period. |
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(101836)
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37
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been (a) killed and (b) injured during supply and re-supply operations in Afghanistan since (i) operations began and (ii) January 2011. |
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(101837)
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38
N
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) pilots, (b) service personnel and (c) civilian personnel have been trained to operate the catapult and arrestor gear as part of the conversion of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. |
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(101842)
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39
N
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Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF pilots have learnt foreign languages as part of the carrier programme. |
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(101843)
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40
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the payload is of the (a) F35B and (b) F35C aircraft. |
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(101844)
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41
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on training individuals to handle and fly CATOBAR aircraft. |
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(101845)
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42
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which other nations' aircraft carriers the F35B fighter jet would be interoperable with a full weapon load. |
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(101846)
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43
N
|
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage teaching through educational video games. |
|
(102026)
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44
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people were employed in interim posts by (a) his Department and (b) a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by the Department through (i) Penna Consulting, (ii) Reed Personnel Services and (iii) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus) on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such people (A) had been in post for over a year and (B) worked full-time at that date. |
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(101840)
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45
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what parameters will be set against which parents and pupils may judge whether school toilets and washing facilities meet a suitable standard as proposed in the School Premises Regulations. |
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(101833)
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46
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make standards for school toilets and washing facilities equivalent to those for facilities in the workplace by incorporating requirements from the Workplace Regulations into the new School Premises Regulations. |
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(101834)
|
47
N
|
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the standard of school toilet facilities; and whether an assessment has been made of any relationship to the incidence of continence problems in young people. |
|
(101835)
|
48
N
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) demand for and (b) supply of school places in Birmingham in the next five years. |
|
(101849)
|
49
N
|
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) academies and (b) free schools are adhering to his Department's regulations on school food standards. |
|
(102022)
|
50
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment criteria will be issued to primary schools for Key Stage 2 English writing assessments. |
|
(101854)
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51
N
|
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government spent on research and development into clean coal technology in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what projection he has made of spend in each of the next three years. |
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(101857)
|
52
N
|
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of her Department's review of the implementation of the EU Habitats and Wild Birds Directives in England. |
|
(101972)
|
54
N
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce alcohol consumption by 11 to 15 year olds who drink regularly. |
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(101931)
|
56
N
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stomach pumps were used in accident and emergency departments to treat patients in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date; and how many such devices were used to treat patients under (i) 16 and (ii) 25 years old. |
|
(101933)
|
57
N
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital as a consequence of intoxication through alcohol in each of the last 12 months; how many people were treated for alcohol abuse in each of the last 12 months; and how many (a) women and (b) men were admitted to hospital for treatment for the effects of alcohol abuse in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012. |
|
(101964)
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58
N
|
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the usefulness of (a) predictive and (b) predisposition genetic tests. |
|
(102024)
|
59
N
|
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation in personalised cancer treatments. |
|
(102025)
|
60
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were employed in interim posts by (a) his Department and (b) a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by the Department through (i) Penna Consulting, (ii) Reed Personnel Services and (iii) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus) on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such people (A) had been in post for over a year and (B) worked full-time at that date. |
|
(101839)
|
61
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the UK Border Agency's work with officials in other EU member states to tackle organised criminal activity related to alcohol duty fraud. |
|
(101960)
|
62
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars, vans and lorries have been intercepted at points of entry into the UK as part of the UK Border Agency's steps to tackle alcohol duty fraud in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years. |
|
(101962)
|
63
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 569W, on cybercrime, what definition her Department uses of cybercrime; and whether that definition is used by (a) other Government departments and (b) the Attorney General. |
|
(102019)
|
66
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has fully enacted the provisions of EU Council Decision 2005/222/JHA; and what assessment her Department has made of its effectiveness in tackling attacks against information systems. |
|
(101927)
|
67
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has fully enacted the provisions of EU Council Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA; and what assessment her Department has made of its effectiveness in dealing with the confiscation of crime-related proceeds. |
|
(101928)
|
69
N
|
Andrew Griffiths (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of each type of crime related to alcohol duty fraud in each of the last five years. |
|
(101963)
|
70
N
|
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of students (a) cycle, (b) walk, (c) take public transport and (d) are driven in a private car to (i) further education and (ii) sixth form colleges in England in each local authority area. |
|
(102018)
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71
N
|
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance is available to people who are granted refugee status, with particular reference to housing; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101852)
|
72
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Work Programme contracts include clauses on maintaining commercial confidentiality and programme reputation which prevent providers from making public comments; and what contracts for previous employment programmes operated by his Department included such clauses. |
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(101859)
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73
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 489W, on contracts for services, how many offshoring proposals received since May 2010 he has accepted. |
|
(101930)
|
Notices given on Thursday 22 March
1
N
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the UK centre for aerodynamics announced in the Budget Statement will be a Catapult Centre; whether it will receive funding from (a) the Catapult scheme and (b) the Technology Strategy Board; and what estimate he has made of the level of private sector funding that will be leveraged from the public investment. |
|
[Transferred]
(102016)
|
2
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the financial statement of 21 March 2012, if he will publish a breakdown of where and when funding for new university research facilities will be spent; how much of the funding announced is from the public purse; and what plans he has to use the funding to leverage further private sector funding. |
|
[Transferred]
(102017)
|
3
N
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether he plans to put further restrictions on the advertisement of alcohol. |
|
[Transferred]
(101838)
|
4
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely benefits derived from the EU exchanging classified information with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under the terms of EU Council Decision 2005/296/CFSP. |
|
[Transferred]
(101925)
|
5
N
|
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the drinks industry on the Government's alcohol strategy. |
|
[Transferred]
(101932)
|
6
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Article 4 of EU Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA, how many final decisions requiring a financial penalty to be paid by a natural or legal person the UK has (a) transmitted to and (b) received from other EU member states in each year since 2005; and how many such decisions were enforced. |
|
[Transferred]
(101926)
|
7
N
|
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to EU Council Decision 2003/642/JHA, what assessment his Department has made of the likely benefits of applying the convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of members states of the European Union to Gibraltar. |
|
[Transferred]
(101929)
|
8
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Attorney General, what the Government position is on the discrimination cases of Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin currently before the European Court of Human Rights. |
|
(102096)
|
9
|
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the potential annual economic benefit to the UK from each EU free trade agreement under negotiation; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102034)
|
10
|
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the annual economic benefit to UK consumers from the increased variety of goods and services resulting from (a) liberalisation of the single market and (b) EU free trade agreements; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102035)
|
11
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on financial education for applicants wishing to study on higher education courses on a part-time basis since May 2010. |
|
(102170)
|
12
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 519W, on industry: carbon emissions, if he will publish a further implementation plan specifically on the low-carbon sector. |
|
(102159)
|
13
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who the members of the four expert advisory groups advising the Intellectual Property Office are; and what the remuneration is of each such member. |
|
(102207)
|
14
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to reinstate the research and development scorecard. |
|
(102208)
|
15
|
Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total (a) number and (b) monetary value was of grants for research and development provided under (i) micro projects, (ii) research projects, (iii) development projects and (iv) exceptional development project categories, or their replacement schemes in (A) 2007, (B) 2008, (C) 2009, (D) 2010 and (E) 2011; what the total monetary value was of the contributions to project costs made by companies which qualified for grants under each category in each year; and what assessment he has made of any future demand under these schemes. |
|
(102174)
|
16
|
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average income was of (a) full-time male, (b) ful-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female workers in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (ii) London in the last 12 months. |
|
(102118)
|
17
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account was taken of lessons learned from the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the revision of the energy sector risk profiles in the 2012 edition of the National Risk Register for Civil Emergencies. |
|
(102036)
|
18
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether targets exist for the proportion of Government services which citizens can use online. |
|
(102259)
|
19
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government services can only be accessed online. |
|
(102268)
|
20
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure public sector construction projects deliver value for money. |
|
(102071)
|
21
|
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 56W, on Homes and Communities Agency: statistics, if he will place in the Library a copy of the UK Statistics Authority guidance on communicating notifications under section 16 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and any guidance on the practice of pre-releasing notifications. |
|
(102143)
|
22
|
Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 56W, on Homes and Communities Agency: statistics, on what date the Board of the UK Statistics Authority took the decision under section 16 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 to write to the Minister of State for Housing and Local Government and to make a notification; and if that decision was made at a formal meeting of the Board. |
|
(102144)
|
23
|
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential added value to exports in financial services from achieving a fully integrated EU financial services market; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102177)
|
24
|
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value of exports in financial services to other EU countries was in each of the last 15 years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102178)
|
25
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of taxpayers in Northern Ireland who will be affected by the reduction in the 50 per cent. rate of income tax. |
|
(102042)
|
26
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of the reduction in the 50 per cent. rate of income tax for Northern Ireland. |
|
(102043)
|
27
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget Statement, what the cost to the Exchequer is of the changes to the personal age-related allowances for pensioners in Northern Ireland. |
|
(102044)
|
28
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of pensioners in Northern Ireland who will be affected by the freezing of the age-related personal allowance for pensioners in April 2012. |
|
(102045)
|
29
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of pensioners in Northern Ireland who will be affected by his abolition of the age-related personal allowance in April 2013. |
|
(102046)
|
30
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of introducing regional pay on Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102047)
|
31
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the level of economic growth in Northern Ireland in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015. |
|
(102052)
|
32
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which measures announced in the Budget generated a Barnett consequential payment to devolved administrations; what the (a) value and (b) purpose of any such payments are; and whether any payments were made to devolved administrations outside of the formula. |
|
(102192)
|
33
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the new funding allocated to the get Britain Building Fund will be spent on housing in Wales. |
|
(102198)
|
34
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the £1 billion reduction in costs to business over five years as a result of the rationalisation of environmental regulations was calculated. |
|
(102199)
|
35
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will be used to judge whether significant administrative savings are deliverable following the consultation on the Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme; when the consultation will begin; and for what time period it will run. |
|
(102200)
|
36
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Ogmore constituency and (b) Wales will be liable to pay the 45 pence rate of income tax from April 2013. |
|
(102244)
|
37
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many properties in (a) Ogmore constituency and (b) Wales will be subject to a 15 per cent rate of stamp duty on sale from April 2013. |
|
(102245)
|
38
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Ogmore constituency and (b) Wales earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £60,000 per annum. |
|
(102246)
|
39
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes on hot foods on average monthly household food costs. |
|
(102247)
|
40
|
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the measures contained in the 2012 Budget on child poverty in Wales. |
|
(102167)
|
41
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women in each region will be affected by proposals to introduce regional variations in public sector pay; what assessment has been undertaken of the impact on economic equality between women and men of such measures; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102087)
|
42
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of parents who will fail to inform HM Revenue and Customs that they earn above the amount where they are entitled to claim child benefit; and what estimate he has made of the consequent loss of revenue to the Exchequer. |
|
(102066)
|
43
|
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs of administering the new arrangements for child benefit. |
|
(102081)
|
44
|
Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of changes in public sector pay in disadvantaged regions under his proposals on reform of public sector pay. |
|
(102205)
|
45
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure small and medium-sized construction firms are able to compete for Government funded projects. |
|
(102072)
|
46
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to minimise noise transference in newly built social housing. |
|
(102041)
|
47
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of complaints received by local authorities on noise transference within social housing in each of the last five years. |
|
(102057)
|
48
|
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Growing Places Fund has been used to build homes to date. |
|
(102095)
|
49
|
Ben Gummer (Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what housing advice his Department offers to offenders prior to their being released from prison. |
|
(102152)
|
50
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, columns 469-70W, on housing: energy, what steps his Department has taken to consult on the implementation of the recast of the energy performance of buildings directive and the requirement that all new buildings occupied and owned by public authorities after 31 December 2018 shall be nearly zero energy buildings; what his timetable is for submitting the UK's plans to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102233)
|
51
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has procured any goods from Remploy factories in the last three years; and what the value was of any procurements. |
|
(102175)
|
52
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with Remploy concerning the procurement of goods. |
|
(102176)
|
53
|
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been (a) begun and (b) completed in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency since May 2010. |
|
(102171)
|
54
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Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many visits he has made to each English region since May 2010. |
|
(102197)
|
55
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the Budget 2012, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of expanding high-speed internet infrastructure into rural areas as well as large cities. |
|
(102242)
|
56
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has procured any goods from Remploy factories in the last three years; and what the value was of any procurements. |
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(102146)
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57
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Remploy concerning the procurement of goods. |
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(102147)
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58
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Weightless Special Interest Group on developing standards for white space spectrum usage. |
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(102206)
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59
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to the announcement in the 2012 Budget, which smaller cities will receive the new investment for super-connected cities funding; how such cities have been or will be selected; and how he proposes the funding will be divided between the cities. |
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60
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to work with the US administration to resolve the situation in Syria. |
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(102038)
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61
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Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ISAF-trained Afghan National Army personnel were deployed alongside UK troops at the end of (a) June 2009, (b) December 2009, (c) June 2010, (d) December 2010, (e) June 2011 and (f) December 2011. |
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62
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Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ISAF-trained Afghan National Army personnel were deployed present for duty alongside ISAF troops at the end of (a) June 2009, (b) December 2009, (c) June 2010, (d) December 2010, (e) June 2011 and (f) December 2011. |
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63
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Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan National Army personnel had been ISAF-trained by the end of (a) June 2009, (b) December 2009, (c) June 2010, (d) December 2010, (e) June 2011 and (f) December 2011. |
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(102075)
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64
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of (a) training and (b) flying hours will be stipulated in the contract to provide search and rescue services. |
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(102093)
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65
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the privatisation of search and rescue services in the Falkland Islands; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102094)
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66
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military helicopters will be stationed in the Falkland Islands following the privatisation of search and rescue services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102097)
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67
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to retaining military search and rescue capability in the Falkland Islands following the privatisation of search and rescue services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102098)
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68
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider giving the deployment of armed forces to the Falkland Islands an operational name; and if he will award a service medal to all personnel who have completed tours of duty. |
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(102100)
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69
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to support conflict prevention; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102126)
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70
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Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2011, Official Report, column 685W, on students: transport, whether all local authorities published a transport plan for people of sixth form age for academic year 2011-12; and what assessment he has made of such plans. |
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(102070)
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71
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the transfer of responsibility for the pay and conditions of teachers to the Welsh Government. |
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(102193)
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72
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Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the standard of school washing facilities; and what assessment has been made of the potential effects of such standards on infection control in schools. |
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(102172)
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73
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Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will include clear requirements for soap and drying facilities in the forthcoming revision of the School Premises Regulations for the purposes of setting the same standards for children as adult employees. |
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(102173)
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74
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he intends to publish quarterly information on meetings attended and gifts received by Ministers and special advisers in his Department for (a) July to September 2011 and (b) October to December 2011. |
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(102179)
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75
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he intends to publish details of (a) his and (b) his special advisers meetings with senior representatives of media organisations since July 2011. |
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(102180)
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76
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with Remploy concerning the procurement of goods. |
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(102145)
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77
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on financial education for applicants wishing to study higher education courses on a part-time basis since May 2010. |
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(102169)
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78
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Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have applied for matched funding to purchase phonics material; and from which providers such materials will be purchased. |
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(102260)
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79
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Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academies in England and Wales are private finance initiatives. |
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(102069)
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80
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of students studying medicine. |
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(102124)
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81
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of students studying nursing. |
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(102129)
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82
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Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve citizenship education in schools. |
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(102061)
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83
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what is the current generation capacity of private wire networks in the UK; and how many such generators currently operate on private wire networks. |
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(102090)
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84
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff working on Electricity Market Reform (EMR) in his Department have expertise in community-scale renewable energy; and if he will give the staff in his Department working on EMR a specific remit to ensure that new arrangements encourage community-owned renewable energy schemes. |
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(102091)
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85
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department are working on (a) community scale renewable energy, (b) electricity market reform and (c) new nuclear power. |
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(102092)
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86
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department has given to the utilisation of wind power in British Overseas Territories. |
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(102137)
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87
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department has given to the utilisation of solar power in British Overseas Territories. |
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(102138)
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88
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Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to take account of recommendations from the Hills Fuel Poverty review on the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) in his response to consultations on Green Deal and ECO. |
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(102282)
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89
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Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to publish a response to the report of the Consents barriers and retaliatory evictions working group. |
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(102283)
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90
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Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultations. |
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(102284)
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91
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Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to ensure that clear and reliable information is available to those investing in the Green Deal and delivering programmes through the Energy Company Obligation. |
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(102285)
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92
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Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will include bioliquids in his scheme of assistance for domestic heating installations under the Renewable Heat Incentive. |
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(102289)
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93
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Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the renegotiation of the Gothenburg Protocol on long-range transboundary air pollution. |
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(102058)
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94
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Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on a new implementation agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea for the conservation of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction including marine protected areas. |
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(102059)
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95
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what rationale her Department used when permitting the participation of the Electronic Collar Manufacturers' Association in its commissioned research on the use of electronic shock devices on dogs; and what steps her Department has taken to ensure that any involvement of the Association in this research is independent and impartial. |
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(102237)
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96
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of farms will be affected by the change to the corporate tax rate in the 2012 Budget; and what assessment she has made of the likely effect of this change on the incorporation of farms. |
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(102238)
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97
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role of enterprise loans in encouraging young people to become farmers. |
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(102239)
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98
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Budget 2012, what assessment she has made of the role of food and drink exports in the Government's export target for the next decade. |
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(102240)
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99
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that the Budget 2012 target to provide mobile telephone coverage to 60,000 rural households is achieved. |
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(102241)
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100
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which measures announced in Budget 2012 will directly benefit rural areas; and if she will make a statement. |
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(102243)
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101
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost effectiveness of mobile incubators in the diagnosis of (a) Schmallenberg virus and (b) other animal diseases. |
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(102248)
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102
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk of direct transmission of the Schmallenberg virus between animals. |
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(102249)
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103
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of other countries placing import restrictions on British livestock products due to the Schmallenberg virus. |
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(102250)
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104
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of making the Schmallenberg virus notifiable. |
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(102251)
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105
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the regulatory burden on farmers of changes in nitrate-vulnerable zones. |
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(102252)
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106
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she expects to provide grant aid in the event that the storage of silage, slurry and fuel oil derogation is removed. |
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(102253)
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107
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 550W, on organic food: families, what assessment she has made of the factors underlying declines in (a) organic food sales and (b) organically-farmed land in the UK. |
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(102254)
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108
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the animal welfare standards of red tractor food labelling in comparison with (a) the Soil Association Organic Standard, (b) RSPCA Freedom Food and (c) other food labelling systems. |
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(102255)
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109
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency facilities on the economies of local rural areas. |
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(102256)
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110
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2011, Official Report, column 899W, on Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA); what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of AHVLA facilities on the transport of animal samples; and what assessment she has made of the risk that transport times will cause sample deterioration. |
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(102257)
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111
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which tests will be retained at post-mortem Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency sites. |
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(102258)
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112
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 551W, on rural areas: broadband, what proportion of the £530 million budget is open to technologies which do not deliver superfast speeds. |
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(102286)
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113
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Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had on (a) US-UK extradition arrangements and (b) sustainable development and climate change during his recent visit to Washington DC. |
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(102055)
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114
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will use the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the OSCE Minsk Group talks over Nagorno Karabakh to urge the co-chairs to increase their efforts to secure the withdrawal of Armenian forces in line with UN Security Council resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884. |
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(102037)
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115
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Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Bosnian government on establishment and implementation of its Anti-Corruption Agency in order to facilitate EU membership. |
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(102039)
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116
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Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received on the honouring by the Palestinian Authority of Palestinian citizens that have participated in terrorist acts. |
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(102082)
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117
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Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authorities on the naming of cultural and sporting events after Palestinian terrorists. |
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(102083)
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118
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what basis catch levels have been (a) assessed and (b) set in the granting of commercial fishing licences in Ascension Island. |
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(102130)
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119
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Sri Lanka. |
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(102131)
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120
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage dialogue between Singhalese and Tamil communities in Sri Lanka. |
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(102132)
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121
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Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes in scrutinising the appointment of diplomats to embassies and high commissions in the UK to ensure that such appointments do not provide immunity to alleged war criminals. |
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(102261)
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122
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of repeat abortions performed on (a) married and (b) unmarried women aged (i) under 16, (ii) under 18, (iii) 18 or 19, (iv) between 20 and 29, (v) between 30 and 34 and (vi) 35 years and over in each primary care trust area in (A) 2010, (B) 2011 and (C) the latest period for which figures are available in 2012. |
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(102086)
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123
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on artworks in the last 12 months. |
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(102168)
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124
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many illnesses attributable to the use of food supplements were recorded in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102186)
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125
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas training courses were attended by officials of his Department in the latest period for which figures are available; how many such officials attended each such course; and what the total cost to the public purse was of each such course. |
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(102187)
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126
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials of his Department are currently in its redeployment pool. |
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(102188)
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127
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on away days in the last 12 months; and what the (i) subject and (ii) location of each away day was. |
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(102189)
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128
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have high cholesterol; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102190)
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129
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on works and refurbishment to offices allocated to Ministers in his Department's buildings in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest date for which figures are available in 2012. |
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(102234)
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130
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care beds are available at each London acute hospital; and what recent estimate he has made of their rate of occupancy. |
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(102235)
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131
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Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives his Department is taking to enhance palliative care. |
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(102117)
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132
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects a universal and full service for the treatment of Asperger's syndrome to be available following diagnosis without a second condition. |
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(102053)
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133
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Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that agreements with pharmaceutical companies and prescribers provide the same pricing policy for foundation trusts and those working in primary care; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102060)
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134
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of doctors specialising in endocrinology. |
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(102119)
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135
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of doctors specialising in geriatrics. |
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(102120)
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136
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of doctors specialising in neurology. |
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(102121)
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137
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of doctors specialising in radiology. |
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(102122)
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138
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of doctors specialising in cardiology. |
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(102127)
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139
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of doctors specialising in immunology. |
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(102128)
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140
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to combat superbug infections in hospitals. |
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(102139)
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141
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of lack of physical exercise to the NHS. |
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(102140)
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142
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of poor diets to the NHS. |
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(102141)
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143
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to families with autistic children. |
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(102142)
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144
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have registered to be organ donors in each of the last five years. |
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(102202)
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145
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners in Havering have received free eye tests in each year since the scheme's inception. |
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(102203)
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146
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners have received free eye tests in each year since the scheme's inception. |
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(102204)
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147
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to implement proposals for reform of the Scrap Metal Dealer's Act 1964. |
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(102163)
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148
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons itinerant collectors are exempted from a proposed ban on cash payments for scrap metal. |
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(102164)
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149
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Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward the date for the completion of the review of the offence of buying scrap metal for cash. |
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(102165)
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150
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Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits she has made to each English region since May 2010. |
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(102191)
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151
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Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of police officers 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 to £8,105 in April 2012. |
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(102078)
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152
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Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of police officers 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. |
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(102079)
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153
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Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of police officers who benefited from an increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if she will estimate the likely number of police officers who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13. |
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(102080)
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154
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Chris Bryant (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of relocating the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. |
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(102054)
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155
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Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of foreign nationals in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency pursuing applications of any kind with the UK Border Agency who do not have access to public funds; and how many such foreign nationals are children. |
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(102125)
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156
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John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation she has held with (a) non-governmental organisations and (b) other interested parties on protection for migrant domestic workers; how many responses to the consultation Employment Related Settlement, Tier 5 and Oveseas Domestic Workers her Department received; and how many responses to the consultation Employment Related Settlement, Tier 5 and Overseas Domestic Workers answered yes to question 28 on the removal of the right to change employer for migrant domestic workers. |
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(102040)
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157
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Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 13 February 2012 with regard to Mr M Ali. |
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(102076)
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158
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new criminal offences have been created in legislation since 2009. |
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(102150)
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159
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many doctors from outside of the EU have emigrated to Havering in each of the last five years. |
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(102123)
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160
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan nationals have been granted asylum in each of the last 10 years. |
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(102133)
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161
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan nationals have been refused entry to the UK in each of the last 10 years. |
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(102134)
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162
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Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to complete its review into ketamine. |
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(102183)
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163
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Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cases of theft from the Parliamentary Estate were reported in each year since 2010; and what items were reported stolen in each case. |
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(102182)
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164
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Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the level of investment in research and development for new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for tuberculosis in developing countries; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such investment. |
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(102077)
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165
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Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to discuss with his EU counterparts the re-orientation of the EU development budget towards tackling the inter-relationship between environmental management, climate change and poverty alleviation. |
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(102056)
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166
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Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress he has made on achieving the Millennium Development Goal on sanitation. |
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(102185)
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167
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Nicky Morgan (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of the construction of the Teepaimukh Dam in India on people living in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh; what representations he has made to the Indian government regarding their compliance with the 1997 UN Convention on non-navigable watercourses; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102166)
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168
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to visit Sri Lanka. |
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(102135)
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169
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Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of his Department are currently stationed in Sri Lanka. |
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(102136)
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170
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2012, Official Report, columns 368-9W, on Employment Tribunals Service, how many of the 1,495 unpaid employment tribunal awards and Acas settlements passed to High Court enforcement officers in financial year 2010-11 have been fully enforced; how many have been partially enforced; how many could not be enforced; and how many cases remain unresolved. |
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(102099)
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171
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created; and how many such places are shared by (a) two and (b) three prisoners in each year since 1997. |
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(102148)
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172
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average prison population was in each year since 1990. |
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(102149)
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173
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) suicides, (b) deaths by natural causes and (c) unclassified deaths of prisoners there have been in each of the privately-run prisons since they opened. |
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(102151)
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174
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Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are taking part in the pilot study for drug free wings. |
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(102181)
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175
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for West Bromwich West of 22 February 2012, Official Report, columns 873-4W, on regulation of the pub industry, if he will place a copy of his letter to the hon. Member in the Library. |
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(102158)
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176
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had on the introduction of regional pay in her Department. |
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(102196)
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177
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Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered bringing forward proposals to change Transport for London's remit to include responsibility for the South East. |
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(102084)
|
178
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Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received bids from Transport for London for overground rail services in the London area; and what assessment she has made of the potential effects of the awarding of any such contracts on commuters from Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency. |
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(102085)
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179
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish data on public perceptions of the safety of cycling in each local authority area. |
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(102088)
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180
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Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage non-London local authorities and the Highways Agency to identify and prioritise junctions where cycle safety improvements are most needed. |
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(102089)
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181
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) discussions he has had and (b) consideration he has given to the transfer of responsibilities from his Department to the Welsh Government. |
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(102194)
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182
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had on the introduction of regional pay in his Department. |
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(102195)
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183
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Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on reducing fuel poverty. |
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(102184)
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184
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John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) the cost to his Department was of each jobseeker found work by A4e, (b) the targets were which were set for A4e and (c) his Department's budget allocation to cover expected costs was in 2011-12; and what he expects each to be in each year from 2012-13 to 2016-17. |
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(102157)
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185
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people aged 18 to 24 years have participated in the Government's work experience programme in Birmingham Ladywood constituency; and what proportion of participants have since gained employment with the organisation with which they undertook work experience. |
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(102067)
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186
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Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many under (a) 18s and (b) 21s currently work as agency workers. |
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(102068)
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187
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Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his planned extension of online service, what information his Department holds on the proportion of benefit claimants who have broadband at home. |
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(102201)
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188
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of off-flows from jobseeker's allowance (JSA) in each of the last 48 months related to transfers from JSA to training allowance. |
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(102262)
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189
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of people in receipt of training allowance was in each of the last five years. |
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(102263)
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190
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed either jobseeker's allowance or training allowance in each of the last 48 months. |
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(102264)
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191
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who left jobseeker's allowance (JSA) to claim training allowance and subsequently returned to claiming JSA in each of the last five years. |
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(102265)
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192
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people under the age of 24 who had been claiming jobseeker's allowance or training allowance or were in a Government-funded placement on the Future Jobs Fund in each of the last three years. |
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(102266)
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193
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Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals received training allowance between 1997 and 2010. |
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(102267)
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194
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2012, Official Report, columns 647-8W, on work capability assessment, what the criteria was for Atos to accept or refuse requests for audio recording of work capability assessments; and what measures are in place to monitor differential rates of acceptance or refusal nationally. |
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(102232)
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TUESDAY 27 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
*1
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Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): What plans he has to improve individual choice and standards for end-of-life care. |
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(101872)
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*2
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Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): What his most recent estimate is of the cost of NHS reorganisation. |
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(101873)
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*3
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Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What assessment he has made of progress in tackling tuberculosis in England. |
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(101874)
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*4
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the treatment by the NHS of patients with defective breast implants. |
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(101875)
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*5
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John Robertson (Glasgow North West): On how many occasions and on what dates he has met the Secretary of State for Scotland to discuss the potential effects of the Health and Social Care Bill on the NHS in Scotland. |
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(101876)
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*6
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Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): What the average cost has been of a consultation at an NHS walk-in centre since 2008. |
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(101877)
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*7
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Gavin Shuker (Luton South): What his most recent estimate is of the cost of NHS reorganisation. |
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(101878)
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*8
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Guy Opperman (Hexham): What his policy is on the rationalisation of PFI deals in the North East for the purposes of making savings on long-standing PFI hospitals; and if he will make a statement. |
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[R]
(101879)
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*9
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): What steps his Department is taking to develop more effective performance management of GPs. |
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(101880)
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*10
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Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): What steps he is taking to ensure that people receiving care at home funded by the NHS are involved in making the arrangements for that care. |
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(101881)
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*11
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Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): What recent representations he has received on the 111 pilot telephone service; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101882)
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*12
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): If he will introduce proposals to require a minimum ratio of nurses to patients in hospitals. |
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(101883)
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*13
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Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What steps he is taking to provide services for people diagnosed with Raynaud's disease and scleroderma. |
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(101884)
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*14
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Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What recent progress he has made on the review of adult congenital cardiac services. |
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(101885)
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*15
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Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What assessment he has made of the provision of vision screening for children. |
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(101886)
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*16
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Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of services for older people. |
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(101887)
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*17
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Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What steps he is taking to raise the professional standards of healthcare workers and care assistants. |
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(101888)
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*18
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Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): How he plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the Public Health Responsibility Deal. |
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(101889)
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*19
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Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What assessment he has made of the involvement of the private healthcare sector in the NHS. |
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(101890)
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*20
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Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): What estimate he has made of the average waiting time for patients to see their GP in the lastest period for which figures are available. |
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(101891)
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*22
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David Mowat (Warrington South): What plans he has to review the health allocation formula. |
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(101893)
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*23
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Margot James (Stourbridge): What assessment he has made of the conclusions and recommendations of the joint report by the NHS Confederation, Age UK and the Local Government Association on improving dignity in the care of older people; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101894)
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*24
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David Wright (Telford): What estimate his Department has made of future costs of long-term care. |
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(101895)
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*25
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John Mann (Bassetlaw): What progress the NHS East Midlands Specialised Commissioning Group has made in developing neuromuscular services in the region; and if he will make a statement. |
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(101896)
|
At 11.53 am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
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Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
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(101897)
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*2
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Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): |
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(101898)
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*3
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Grahame M. Morris (Easington): |
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(101899)
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*4
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Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): |
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(101900)
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*6
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Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): |
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(101902)
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*8
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Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): |
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(101904)
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*9
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Simon Wright (Norwich South): |
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(101905)
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*10
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Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): |
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(101906)
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Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 12 March
1
N
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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. |
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(100107)
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2
N
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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. |
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(100103)
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3
N
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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. |
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(100104)
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4
N
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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. |
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(100105)
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5
N
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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. |
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(100106)
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Notices given on Tuesday 13 March
1
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a role in developing intellectual property policy. |
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(100354)
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Notices given on Thursday 15 March
1
N
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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. |
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(101215)
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2
N
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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. |
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(100994)
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3
N
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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. |
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(101076)
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4
N
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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. |
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(101079)
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5
N
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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. |
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(101077)
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6
N
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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. |
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(101078)
|
Notices given on Friday 16 March
1
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development. |
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(101246)
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2
N
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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. |
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(101250)
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3
N
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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. |
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(101248)
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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. |
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(101247)
|
5
N
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Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has a role in intellectual property policy development. |
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(101249)
|
Notices given on Monday 19 March
1
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK strategic export control licences to Syria are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods or services are under each licence. |
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(101390)
|
2
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK strategic export control licences to Bahrain are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods or services are under each licence. |
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(101391)
|
3
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK strategic export control licences to Yemen are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods or services are under each licence. |
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(101392)
|
4
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arms export licences have been revoked subsequent to the Government's response, Cm 8079, to the First Report of the Committee on Arms Export Controls, on Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011), HC 686; and if he will provide this information in the same format as that used in Annex 1 of Cm 8079. |
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(101393)
|
5
N
|
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of people recruited to initial teacher training courses for secondary schools in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 trained as teachers in (i) art, (ii) citizenship, (iii) English, (iv) drama, (v) geography, (vi) leisure and tourism, (vii) history, (viii) mathematics, (ix) modern foreign languages, (x) classical languages, (xi) religious education, (xii) science, (xiii) vocational subjects/diploma subjects, (xiv) sociology/social studies, (xv) psychology, (xvi) media studies, (xvii) business studies, (xviii) dance, (xix) performing arts, (xx) textiles and (xxi) food technology. |
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(101386)
|
6
N
|
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) applications have been received and (b) places were available for the 2012-13 academic year in (i) free schools and (ii) all state schools. |
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(101387)
|
7
N
|
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of pupils were (a) entered for and (b) passed the English Baccalaureate in 2010-11 in each parliamentary constituency. |
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(101388)
|
8
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 192W, on NHS: standards, how many people waited longer than 18 weeks for a consultation in secondary services in January 2012. |
|
(101389)
|
9
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in tackling tuberculosis in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101397)
|
10
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of progress towards international tuberculosis control targets as set out in the Global Plan to Stop TB 2011-2015; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101398)
|
11
N
|
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to relocate any staff in his Department to new offices in Birmingham. |
|
(101395)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 20 March
1
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Prime Minister's contribution in debate of 21 March 2011 in response to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, Official Report, column 707, what training licences have been reviewed and to which countries; and which of these licences have subsequently been revoked. |
|
(101394)
|
2
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK strategic export control licences to Egypt are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods or services are in each licence. |
|
(101679)
|
3
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK strategic export control licences to Libya are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods or services are in each licence. |
|
(101680)
|
4
N
|
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK strategic export control licences to Tunisia are currently extant; and what the nature and quantity of the licensed goods or services are in each licence. |
|
(101681)
|
5
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families will be included in his Department's Troubled Families initiative in the Peterborough City Council area in 2012-13; how much funding he expects to allocate for such purposes; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(101684)
|
6
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with betting companies and their representatives on unclaimed winnings and dormant betting accounts. |
|
(101593)
|
7
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of withdrawing targets for increasing participation in school sport on numbers of young people joining sports clubs set up under the 14 to 24 Sport England programme. |
|
(101594)
|
8
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what plans he has to increase participation in sport; and what targets he has set. |
|
(101595)
|
9
N
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to including public acceptability in the sustainability criteria for renewables obligation certificates. |
|
(101682)
|
10
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of expenditure by primary care trusts on management consultants contracted to support shadow clinical commissioning groups in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 to date. |
|
(101731)
|
11
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work was carried out by McKinsey under contracts held by Monitor in 2011-12; and what the duration is of those contracts. |
|
(101771)
|
12
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by NHS bodies on external management consultants in 2011-12 to date. |
|
(101772)
|
13
N
|
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of foreign nationals in Lewisham, Deptford constituency pursuing applications of any kind with the UK Border Agency who do not have access to public funds; and how many such foreign nationals are children. |
|
(101683)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 21 March
1
N
|
Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what recent progress he has made on his plans to extend superfast broadband to the North East and Northumberland. |
|
(102032)
|
2
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish draft statutory guidance on careers guidance. |
|
(102031)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission. |
|
(101862)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve pancreatic cancer survival rates. |
|
(101863)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last made an assessment of the standards of care and treatment available to pancreatic cancer patients. |
|
(101864)
|
6
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of geographical variations in care for cancer patients. |
|
(101865)
|
7
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that pancreatic cancer patients are (a) more involved in their care and (b) supported by clinical nurse specialists. |
|
(101866)
|
8
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts with external consultants were held by the Care Quality Commission in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; how many have been held in 2011-12 to date; for what services the contracts were made; and what the cost was of each. |
|
(101867)
|
9
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts with external consultants were held by Monitor in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; how many have been held in 2011-12 to date; for what services the contracts were made; and what the cost was of each. |
|
(101868)
|
10
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to commission external consultants to carry out independent assessments of the boards of NHS trusts. |
|
(101869)
|
11
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by NHS bodies on external consultants in 2010-11. |
|
(101870)
|
12
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department's arm's length bodies on external consultants in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
|
(101871)
|
13
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to emerging clinical commissioning groups on the acceptance of support from management consultancy firms on a pro bono or commercial basis. |
|
(101965)
|
14
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on expenditure on external consultants by (a) his Department, (b) its arm's length bodies and (c) Connecting for Health. |
|
(101966)
|
15
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 65W, on universal credit, how much of the £2 billion allocated to the introduction of universal credit he estimates will be spent in 2012-13; and how much of that will be spent on (a) increases in benefit expenditure, (b) additional benefit administration costs in the transition period, (c) IT development and implementation, (d) communications, (e) staff training and (f) programme management. |
|
(101860)
|
16
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2011, Official Report, column 65W, on universal credit, how much of the £105 million allocated to the introduction of universal credit which is to be spent in 2011-12 will be spent on (a) increases in benefit expenditure, (b) additional benefit administration costs in the transition period, (c) IT development and implementation, (d) communications, (e) staff training and (f) programme management. |
|
(101861)
|
Notices given on Thursday 22 March
1
N
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any new contracts have been let by his Department to A4e between 27 February and 27 March 2012. |
|
(102113)
|
2
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women in England who are following courses leading to qualifications at Level 3 or above are aged (i) 24 to 30, (ii) 31 to 40, (iii) 41 to 50, (iv) 51 to 60, (v) 61 to 65 and (vi) 66 and above. |
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(102279)
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3
N
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Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on English for speakers of other languages learners in further education colleges of the removal of basic skills qualifications in literacy and numeracy after academic year 2012-13. |
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(102280)
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4
N
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Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage banks to work in partnership with small to medium-sized property developers and construction firms to develop new projects. |
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(102115)
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5
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish data on the (a) number and (b) monetary value of collaborative research and development project grants awarded by the Technology Strategy Board in each year since 2007 showing (i) the average number of organisations participating per project (ii) the average number of universities and other higher educational establishments participating per project, (iii) the average number of micro businesses participating per project, (iv) the average number of other small businesses participating per project, (v) the average number of other small and medium-sized enterprises participating per project, (vi) the average number of large businesses participating per project and (vii) the average number of other organisations participating per project. |
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(102209)
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6
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total monetary value of collaborative research and development grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board was to (a) micro businesses, (b) other small businesses, (c) other small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2007 together with the value of contributions to project costs made by each category of business in each of those years. |
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(102210)
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7
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total monetary value was of collaborative research and development grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board to companies other than small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since 2007, together with the value of contributions to project costs made by those companies in each of those years. |
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(102211)
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8
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total monetary value was of collaborative research and development grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board to universities and other higher educational establishments in each year since 2007, together with the value of contributions to project costs made by them in each of those years. |
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(102222)
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9
N
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Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total monetary value was of collaborative research and development grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board to organisations which were not small to medium enterprises, other companies, universities or higher educational establishments in each year since 2007, together with the value of contributions to project costs made by them in each of those years. |
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(102223)
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10
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in interim posts by the Department, or a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by his Department through (a) Penna Consulting, (b) Reed Personnel Services and (c) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus); how many such people have been in post for over a year; and how many are full-time. |
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(102106)
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11
N
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Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he or his Department have provided any briefing or other guidance to witnesses other than Ministers appearing before the Select Committee on Public Administration in connection with its inquiry on the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments; and what the names and job titles are of the (a) witnesses and (b) officials responsible for the briefing. |
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(102062)
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12
N
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Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public sector pension schemes will continue to be uprated using the retail prices index. |
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(102156)
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13
N
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Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in interim posts by the Department, or a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by his Department through (a) Penna Consulting, (b) Reed Personnel Services and (c) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus); how many such people have been in post for over a year; and how many are full-time. |
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(102108)
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14
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of single-parent households that will lose child benefit (a) altogether and (b) partially as a result of his Budget proposals. |
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(102161)
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15
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the administrative cost of recovering through the tax system child benefit paid to families with a person earning over £50,000 a year in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14. |
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(102269)
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16
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of households with an income in excess of (a) £60,000 and (b) £80,000 per annum which will retain child benefit in 2013-14. |
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(102270)
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17
N
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Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers who do not currently have to submit a tax return will be required to do so as a result of the Government's proposals in relation to child benefit. |
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(102271)
|
18
N
|
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to remove the privilege of confidentiality in relation to tax returns from recipients of child benefit with a partner earning in excess of £50,000 per annum. |
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(102281)
|
19
N
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse per household of the total increase in the tax threshold over the last three budgets for (a) couples with at least one child with gross earnings between £7,000 and £20,000 per annum and (b) single people with gross earnings between £30,000 and £40,000 per annum, taking into account the reduction in tax paid and the savings in housing benefit and council tax expenditure caused by the increased individuals' net income arising from the increase in the tax threshold. |
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(102272)
|
20
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total household income including working tax credit, child tax credit, child benefit and council tax benefit of a couple with two children working 16 hours a week on the minimum wage living in their own home and paying £1,000 in council tax (a) currently, (b) after the changes to qualifying hours for working tax credit are introduced on 1 April 2012 and (c) including out of work benefits. |
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(102273)
|
21
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people whose gross earnings are higher than the tax threshold for (a) April 2012 and (b) April 2013 and are claimants of (i) housing benefit and council tax benefit, (ii) housing benefit alone and (iii) council tax benefit alone. |
|
(102275)
|
22
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings in housing benefit and council tax benefit that have accrued as a result of the measures to increase the tax threshold in each of the last three budgets. |
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(102276)
|
23
N
|
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) value and (b) extent of forestalling in advance of the coming into effect of his planned changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax. |
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(102162)
|
24
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each employee in PAYE, how many items of data his Department will pass to the Department of Work and Pensions in order for that person's universal credit to be calculated in each payment period; and what those items of data will be. |
|
(102218)
|
25
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of implementing PAYE real time information. |
|
(102220)
|
26
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department adopted the interim solution to provide real time information for PAYE; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102221)
|
27
N
|
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effects of a reduction in the rate of VAT to five per cent. for home repair, maintenance and improvement work. |
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(102114)
|
28
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from housing associations on provision of credit to those seeking to purchase property under shared ownership schemes from lenders (a) wholly in the private sector and (b) wholly or partly publicly-owned; and what information his Department holds on the level of cash deposits requested by lenders granting mortgages for those participating in shared ownership schemes. |
|
(102063)
|
29
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing survey coverage in rural areas. |
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(102064)
|
30
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new affordable rural homes in smaller settlements have been completed since 2008. |
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(102103)
|
31
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in rural areas were living in temporary accommodation on the latest date for which information is available. |
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(102104)
|
32
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many people are employed in interim posts by the Department, or a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by his Department, through (a) Penna Consulting, (b) Reed Personnel Services and (c) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus); how many such people have been in post for over a year; and how many are full-time. |
|
(102111)
|
33
N
|
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's Business Plan 2011-15, what steps his Department took to complete action (a) 5.1.i on examining external barriers to new providers seeking to invest in fibre optic networks and (b) 5.2.ii on delivery of super-fast broadband; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102226)
|
34
N
|
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many alcohol licences have been revoked in Brigg and Goole constituency due to the sale of alcohol to children since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. |
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(102153)
|
35
N
|
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed in interim posts by the Department, or a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by his Department through (a) Penna Consulting, (b) Reed Personnel Services and (c) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus); how many such people have been in post for over a year; and how many are full-time. |
|
(102107)
|
36
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average flight duty period for RAF personnel is; and what assessment he has made of how this compares to other NATO countries. |
|
(102212)
|
37
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the European Aviation Safety Agency evaluation of flight time limitations. |
|
(102213)
|
38
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF personnel are subject to European flight time limitations. |
|
(102214)
|
39
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average flying hours for RAF personnel are. |
|
(102215)
|
40
N
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the flight duty period was extended in the last 12 months. |
|
(102216)
|
41
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the weight given to the internally-assessed writing element of Key Stage 2 English in setting the level of achievement. |
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(102228)
|
42
N
|
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools have opted for an external assessment for the writing element of the Key Stage 2 English assessment in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102229)
|
43
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what arrangements are in place for academies to reply to letters from hon. Members who have written on behalf of their constituents regarding admission places; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102101)
|
44
N
|
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that Walsall Academy replies to letters from the hon. Member for Walsall North when he writes on behalf of constituents regarding admission places; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102102)
|
45
N
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on including public acceptability in the sustainability criteria for the Renewable Obligations Certificates in the same way as the criterion for PFI credits. |
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(102048)
|
46
N
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will define the 60 per cent. greenhouse gas emissions savings standard compared with fossil fuel which he proposes for use of biomass in CHP generators. |
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(102049)
|
47
N
|
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of rural England is served by rural housing enablers funded by her Department. |
|
(102065)
|
48
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Mauritania. |
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(102109)
|
49
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the provision of processing and landing facilities will be included in a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Mauritania. |
|
(102110)
|
50
N
|
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's proposal to ban multi-buy discounts for the purchase of alcoholic beverages will be applied to discounts for wine bought by the case. |
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(102160)
|
51
N
|
Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have met employees of Crosby-Textor since May 2010. |
|
(102217)
|
52
N
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on proposed investment in and redevelopment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital; whether formal agreement of the funding required for this project will be secured by the end of this financial year; and if he will make a statement. |
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(102116)
|
53
N
|
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address the misdiagnosis of epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorder. |
|
(102227)
|
54
N
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency implements the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive in a manner that does not impose unnecessary burdens on the manufacturers of such products. |
|
(102277)
|
55
N
|
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 217W, on legal aid: fees and charges, in respect of how many cases the Legal Services Commission makes a profit on the basis of the rate of interest on the statutory charge. |
|
(102287)
|
56
N
|
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 217W, on legal aid: fees and charges, for what reason the rate of interest on statutory charges is fixed at eight per cent. |
|
(102288)
|
57
N
|
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the Commission on a Bill of Rights delivering on its terms of reference. |
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(102155)
|
58
N
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2012, Official Report, column 169W, on security and the Answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 444W, on the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), whether matters relating to SOCA work in Northern Ireland are reserved or a matter for the devolved administration. |
|
(102051)
|
59
N
|
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of households in (i) England and (ii) each constituency in England which spent more than 10 per cent. of their income on transport costs in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(102050)
|
60
N
|
Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a role in intellectual property policy development. |
|
(102278)
|
61
N
|
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the numbers of people in work who are claiming (a) housing benefit and council tax benefit, (b) housing benefit alone and (c) council tax benefit alone. |
|
(102274)
|
62
N
|
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the application form for personal independence payment will ask for information on people's difficulties with (a) communication and (b) mobility. |
|
(102224)
|
63
N
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any new contracts have been let by his Department to A4e between 28 February and 27 March 2012. |
|
(102112)
|
64
N
|
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of payments made to ATOS in respect of the Harrington changes to work capability assessments for employment and support allowance claims. |
|
(102105)
|
65
N
|
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are claiming benefits to which they are not entitled by (a) region, (b) sex and (c) age; what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of such claims; and what measures are being put in place to reduce that number. |
|
(102154)
|
66
N
|
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to announce what role local authorities will play in delivering universal credit; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(102219)
|
MONDAY 16 APRIL
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 22 March
1
N
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John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department expects to outline its plans for the new model for insolvency proceedings as committed to during the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
|
(102225)
|
2
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the insolvency profession regarding maintaining and improving recoveries for the taxpayer and businesses following his commitment during the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to a new model for insolvency proceedings. |
|
(102230)
|
3
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide details on the new model for insolvency proceedings as committed to by his Department during the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. |
|
(102231)
|
THURSDAY 19 APRIL
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 19 March
1
N
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Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken by the DVLA was to process applications for return of driving licences from people who were previously medically barred from driving but whose doctors have given them clearance to drive in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(101396)
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