Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 17 April 2012

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

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 16 April 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 17 April 2012

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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.

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TUESDAY 17 APRIL 
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

*1	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the political situation in Afghanistan.
	(102851)

*2	Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): What reports he has received on the capacity of the authorities in Afghanistan to preside over free and fair presidential elections in 2014.
	(102852)

*3	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): Whether he has had discussions with the Ethiopian government on the human rights situation in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	(102853)

*4	David Rutley (Macclesfield): What steps his Department is taking to support the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.
	(102854)

*5	Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington): What reports he has received on the conduct of recent presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
	(102855)

*6	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): What reports he has received on the capacity of the authorities in Afghanistan to preside over free and fair presidential elections in 2014.
	(102856)

*7	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the situaiton in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
	(102857)

*8	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): What reports he has received on the cohesion of the opposition to the Syrian government.
	(102858)

*9	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What representations he has made to the government of Israel on the increase in demolition of Palestinian houses in the last year.
	(102859)

*10	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): What reports he has received on the capacity of the authorities in Afghanistan to preside over free and fair presidential elections in 2014.
	(102860)

*11	James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(102861)

*12	Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What recent assessment he has made of the political and security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(102862)

*13	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): What reports he has received on the conduct of recent presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
	(102863)

*14	Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(102864)

*15	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): What recent discussions he has had on human rights in Sri Lanka.
	(102865)

*16	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What recent contact he has had with the government of Iran to discuss improving diplomatic relations.
	(102866)

*17	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): What discussions he had with the US administration during the Prime Minister's visit to Washington DC on ending the combat role of British troops in Afghanistan.
	(102867)

*18	Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): What reports he has received on the conduct of recent presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
	(102868)

*19	Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest): What support the Government is providing to Falkland Islanders; and if he will make a statement.
	(102869)

*20	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): What recent reports he has received on the security situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
	(102870)

*21	Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(102871)

*22	Clive Efford (Eltham): What discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on co-ordination of the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan.
	(102872)

*23	Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): What recent assessment he has made of due process and fairness in trials in Iraq.
	(102873)

*24	Stephen Timms (East Ham): What recent assessment he has made of human rights in Sri Lanka.
	(102874)

*25	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): What discussions he has had with the governments of Sudan and South Sudan on the ongoing dispute over oil.
	(102875)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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

*1	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(102876)

*2	Robert Halfon (Harlow):
	(102877)

*3	Fiona Bruce (Congleton):
	(102878)

*4	Phil Wilson (Sedgefield):
	(102879)

*5	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West):
	(102880)

*6	Guy Opperman (Hexham):
	(102881)

*7	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):
	(102882)

*8	Stephen Timms (East Ham):
	(102883)

*9	Caroline Dinenage (Gosport):
	(102884)

*10	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):
	(102885)

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Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 27 March

1 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many organisations bid for the tender issued by his Department in January 2012 to test, evaluate and fine-tune proposals for Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation brokerage models.
	(102775)

2 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Energy Company Obligation and Green Deal brokerage function to become operational.
	(102776)

3 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many local authorities he expects to participate in the Green Deal brokerage.
	(102777)

4 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of neural tube defects; and if he will make a statement.
	(102778)

5 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on procedures to ensure that EU citizens released on completion of custodial sentences are removed from the UK expeditiously; and if she will make a statement.
	(102774)

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effect on the operation of the Crown Prosecution Service of the proposed reorganisation in Yorkshire and the Humber.
	(103576)

2	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what plans the Crown Prosecution Service has for the future (a) funding and (b) number of witness care units.
	(103358)

3	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether he proposes that deferred prosecution agreements for companies who report financial wrongdoing should apply to offences committed prior to the implementation of such agreements.
	(103359)

4	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from (a) individuals and (b) organisations on the proposed relaxation of Sunday trading laws during the London 2012 Olympics.
	(103262)

5	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the relaxation of Sunday trading laws during the London 2012 Olympics on (a) small to medium retailers and (b) large retailers in (i) London, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Dudley.
	(103263)

6	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of businesses in (a) London, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Dudley that will open longer as a result of the proposed relaxation of Sunday trading laws during the London 2012 Olympics.
	(103264)

7	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103640)

8	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether secondary legislation will be required to implement the introduction of loans for further education students aged 24 years and over; and when he expects to publish any such legislation.
	(103398)

9	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has any plans for UK Trade and Investment missions focusing on sustainable biofuels.
	(103304)

10	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2011, Official Report, column 271W, on fossil fuels: export credits guarantees, whether he plans to announce his decision before the end of the current Parliamentary session.
	(103659)

11	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much VAT was paid on metal collected by registered itinerant metal collectors in each of the last 10 years.
	(103725)

12	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in Wrexham constituency have received payments to take on their first young apprentice under the Government's incentive scheme since the scheme's inception.
	(103692)

13	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage retailers to (a) simplify unit pricing and (b) provide clearly-labelled information on fruit and vegetables.
	(103406)

14	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed by Consumer Focus Scotland; and how many of these will be transferred into the Regulated Industries Unit when it is established in April 2013.
	(103564)

15	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms he has established to (a) exchange information on infringements of trading standards regulations and (b) co-ordinate cross-border enforcement action between the National Trading Standards Board and trading standards offices in Scotland.
	(103565)

16	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff were employed by the Consumer Direct helpline in Scotland in 2011; and how many of these were transferred to the Citizens Advice service in April 2012.
	(103566)

17	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consumer protection legislation the Scottish Government has requested be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
	(103567)

18	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost to small retailers of offering card payment facilities to customers.
	(103320)

19	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase competition in the market for payments cards.
	(103321)

20	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what human rights due diligence processes the (a) Export Control Organisation and (b) UK Trade and Industry Defence and Security Organisation (i) has in place and (ii) plans to implement.
	(103342)

21	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what human rights training UK Trade and Industry officials receive prior to posting.
	(103343)

22	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to promote the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises to (a) UK businesses and (b) other countries.
	(103344)

23	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the outcomes of the UK National Contact Point's determinations.
	(103346)

24	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department takes to ensure that all Government departments and agencies are aware of the decisions of the UK National Contact Point.
	(103347)

25	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has any plans to publish a corporate responsibility strategy.
	(103352)

26	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration was given to human rights issues in developing the UK Trade and Industry's exporting for growth strategy.
	(103353)

27	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many knowledge transfer partnership placements there were in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in each year since the inception of the scheme.
	(103562)

28	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is considering providing to the aviation industry following the (a) introduction of the EU Emissions Trading System scheme and (b) inclusion of aviation in the scheme.
	(103705)

29	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System Scheme on (a) jobs and (b) workforce skills.
	(103706)

30	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on future levels of investment in UK industry of the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading System Scheme.
	(103707)

31	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on UK manufacturing of the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
	(103708)

32	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the manufacturing industry of the inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
	(103709)

33	Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects on UK manufacturing of China's decision to suspend Airbus orders.
	(103710)

34	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of Government websites to withstand distributed denial of service cyber attacks.
	(103648)

35	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what grounds an organisation can lose its charitable status in the UK.
	(103289)

36	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process was for the awarding of bonuses to civil servants in 2011-12; how many civil servants received bonuses in 2011-12; what the monetary value was of such bonuses; and what the annual salaries were of the recipients.
	(103271)

37	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died of mesothelioma in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 2005.
	(103720)

38	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people aged 18 to 24 who re-entered the workplace following a period claiming jobseeker's allowance found employment with (a) small and medium-sized enterprises, (b) other businesses and (c) public sector organisations in Wrexham in each of the last five years.
	(103694)

39	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total amount of public funding (a) paid to and (b) offered to companies owned by the Peel Group by the Government in each year since 2002.
	(103656)

40	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 14 December 2011, Official Report, column 341WH, what recent advice he has received on whether a minimum unit price for alcohol could be incompatible with article 34 of the Treaty of the European Union.
	(103451)

41	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103637)

42	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation he undertook with smaller retailers before announcing the relaxation of the Sunday Trading laws for the period around the London Olympic Games 2012.
	(103446)

43	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to set out how he will implement recommendations put forward by the Office of Tax Simplification.
	(103364)

44	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to use the Whole of Government Accounts to inform policy making.
	(103365)

45	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will clarify how businesses owed money in insolvency cases will receive credit through the new insolvency proceedings as set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
	(103366)

46	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to publish details of the types of business which secure loans through the National Loan Guarantee Scheme.
	(103367)

47	Conor Burns (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve HM Revenue and Customs' service standards for the purposes of minimising burdens on small business.
	(103368)

48	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what schemes the Government acts as the (a) funder of last resort or (b) lender of last resort.
	(103600)

49	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment prior to his 2010 Budget of the effectiveness of rebate schemes which provide a refund to new car-buyers for purchasing low-emission cars funded by taxes on high-emission cars; and whether he has any plans to introduce such a scheme.
	(103305)

50	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey who will no longer pay income tax as a result of his proposed increase in the personal allowance (i) from April 2012 and (ii) to £10,000 by April 2015.
	(103413)

51	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Woking constituency pay income tax at (a) 20 per cent, (b) 40 per cent and (c) 50 per cent; and how much revenue was raised from (i) income tax and (ii) national insurance contributions in Woking constituency in the tax years (A) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11.
	(103429)

52	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Wrexham constituency were in receipt of child benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103693)

53	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Wrexham constituency, (b) Wales and (c) UK who are no longer entitled to tax credits following the introduction of changes to those credits from April 2012.
	(103695)

54	Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal measures he is taking to support tourism in the North West.
	(103762)

55	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue the Exchequer received from taxation of emplyees and businesses in the solar PV sector in 2010-11; and what revenue he expects to receive from this source in each financial year between April 2012 and April 2014.
	(103584)

56	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the up-rating of frozen state pensions for Britons living overseas.
	(103585)

57	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the revenue which will accrue from and (b) the number of businesses affected by his decision to add VAT to the price of food sold at above ambient temperature in Scotland.
	(103407)

58	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will conduct a spillover analysis of the effects on developing countries of planned changes to UK tax policy in the 2012 Budget.
	(103603)

59	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the proposed changes to controlled foreign company rules; and if he will publish an impact assessment on the effect of these changes on the tax revenues of developing countries.
	(103604)

60	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that changes to controlled foreign company rules do not affect adversely the ability of poor countries to exit aid dependence.
	(103605)

61	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on the effects on international development policy of changes to controlled foreign company rules.
	(103606)

62	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples.
	(103586)

63	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the proportion of diesel sold in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland that is illicit.
	(103661)

64	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the market for cigarettes acounted for by illegal cigarettes in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	(103713)

65	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue forgone due to tobacco smuggling in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	(103714)

66	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what the cost was of metal theft from Church of England property in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) England in each of the last three years.
	(103421)

67	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what order green belt protections will be applied under the National Planning Policy Framework.
	(103394)

68	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the protection core principle in paragraph 17 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the new building construction policy in paragraph 89 will be applied before paragraph 55 in green belt protection cases.
	(103395)

69	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will clarify whether paragraph 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework permits new developments on the green belt; and under what circumstances.
	(103396)

70	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103630)

71	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value is of any contracts (a) his Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate has with the Hayes McKenzie Partnership; when any such contracts commenced; and when they finish.
	(103334)

72	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the names are of the companies and individuals who advise the Planning Inspectorate on noise.
	(103335)

73	George Hollingbery (Meon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to lay before Parliament regulations under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010.
	(103336)

74	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what per capita grant from central Government funds was allocated to each local authority area in Surrey, combining the per capita grants from both local authorities in two tier local authority areas, in each of the last three years.
	(103428)

75	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had on the charging of business rates for public conveniences which are transferred from local authority to community control.
	(103577)

76	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103663)

77	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103711)

78	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the benefit of hosting the London 2012 Olympics to (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey.
	(103420)

79	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103642)

80	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an assurance on the future of the Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
	(103275)

81	Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 92452 tabled by the hon. Member for North East Fife on 25 January for answer on 30 January 2012.
	(103441)

82	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with employers on the proposed increase in volunteer numbers in the army in Scotland.
	(103372)

83	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the recruitment of volunteers to the army in Scotland.
	(103373)

84	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered conducting a review of the quality of the volunteer estate in Scotland.
	(103374)

85	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the capacity review of the army estate in Scotland to be completed.
	(103375)

86	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's capacity review of the army estate in Scotland will incorporate the volunteer estate.
	(103376)

87	Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to explain the role of the Army Reserve to potential volunteers and employers.
	(103761)

88	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many credit card transactions made by employees of his Department the person making the transaction has been asked to refund his Department in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(103427)

89	Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military bases have installed (a) wind turbines, (b) solar panels, (c) photovoltaic panels and (d) anaerobic digestion facilities; and what proportion of their energy is generated from these technologies.
	(103303)

90	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking on development of European air-to-air refuelling capabilities.
	(103569)

91	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings were expected to accrue from the decision to replace the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter with the carrier variant.
	(103337)

92

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the additional cost was to the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier programme of the decision to replace the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter with the carrier variant; and how much of this expenditure will be written off in the event that a decision is made to return to a vertical take-off aircraft.

(103360)

93	Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate of the cost of fitting catapult and arrestor technology was provided to Ministers in his Department when the decision to replace the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter with the carrier variant was taken.
	(103735)

94	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for which events held at Chevening (a) he and (b) the Liberal Democrat Party have made a payment to the public purse; and what the total amount reimbursed was in each such case.
	(103662)

95	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings (a) he, (b) his special advisers and (c) his officials have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103664)

96	Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings (a) he, (b) his special advisers and (c) officials in his office have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103712)

97	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103632)

98	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has any plans to increase the proportion of teachers who will receive first aid training.
	(103588)

99	Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers in Salford and Eccles constituency have received first aid training.
	(103589)

100	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to schools and governing bodies on the use of school funds for foreign travel
	(103318)

101	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues on (a) students being taken out of school for family holidays during term time and (b) staff taking holidays during term time.
	(103319)

102

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he expects the new School Premises Regulations to be enforced in respect of the obligation for schools to provide suitable toilets and washing facilities; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of the requirements for a certain number of facilities to be provided for a given number of pupils from the regulations on the effectiveness of enforcements.

(103447)

103	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support (a) ICT enhanced learning, (b) MIRANDANET and its partners in the creation of a British Library for ICT enhanced learning and (c) teaching of design technology in schools.
	(103293)

104	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many youth centres have closed since May 2010.
	(103369)

105	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the amount of money given by businesses to youth projects in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(103370)

106	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of limiting tax relief on charitable giving on his plans for business sponsorship of youth services.
	(103371)

107	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many two-year-olds will be eligible for 15 hours per week of free nursery care in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) England by 2015.
	(103414)

108	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took a foreign language at GCSE level in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) England in 2011; and what proportion achieved grades A* to C.
	(103415)

109	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Woking constituency have received funding from the pupil premium.
	(103416)

110	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have attracted payment of the pupil premium in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey.
	(103417)

111	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were awarded A*-C grades in (a) A-level and (b) GCSE (i) mathematics and (ii) English in (A) Woking constituency and (B) Surrey in each of the last five years.
	(103418)

112	Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have (a) converted and (b) applied to convert to academy status in (i) Woking constituency, (ii) Surrey and (iii) England.
	(103419)

113	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training in (a) Redditch constituency and (b) the West Midlands.
	(103391)

114	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families in Redditch constituency will receive free early education for the poorest two year olds in each year of the Spending Review period.
	(103392)

115

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, column 1014W, on sustainable development, what consideration he has given to the recommendation by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum Review that the curriculum should promote understanding of sustainability in the stewardship of resources locally, nationally and globally.

(103734)

116	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence on the effectiveness of provision of learning within Jobcentre Plus centres he took account of before deciding to end inspections of such provision.
	(103430)

117	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance is available to parents and guardians of deaf children to undertake adult education courses in sign language and other skills related to the care of their child.
	(103444)

118	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse arising from independent schools that have adopted and applied to adopt free school status.
	(103348)

119	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what exceptions from the Schools Admissions Code he has granted to schools since his appointment.
	(103349)

120	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the catchment areas of those independent schools that have adopted free school status.
	(103350)

121	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with private sector providers on the establishment of for-profit free schools.
	(103351)

122	Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate funding to assist Park Lane School in Halifax to build a new sixth form centre.
	(103332)

123	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103635)

124

Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installations were accredited for feed-in tariffs in Scotland at the latest date; what the cost has been to the public purse of the subsidy paid; what projections have been made of the cost of future subsidies for the operation of this scheme in Scotland; what other Government financial support is made available to the renewable sector in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

(103443)

125	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with industry on minimum planning and delivery times for community Energy Saving Programme schemes; and if his Department will publish the outcome of any such discussions.
	(103399)

126	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Ofgem's update on the Community Energy Saving Programme, issue 4, what assessment his Department has made of the prospects of delivering 100 per cent of the programme by December 2012.
	(103729)

127	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to report on his banding review of the Renewables Obligation.
	(103650)

128	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2012, Official Report, column 1002W, on the Warm Front scheme, how much funding allocated for the Warm Front scheme in 2011-12 was (a) spent, (b) committed to expenditure and (c) unspent.
	(103679)

129	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2012, Official Report, column 1002W, on the Warm Front scheme, what his policy is on any underspend in the budget allocated to the Warm Front scheme in 2011-12.
	(103680)

130

Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 2.1 of his Department's publication Extra Help Where it is Needed: A new energy company obligation, published in May 2011, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the carbon emission reduction target has been very successful at installing simple loft and cavity wall insulation.

(103681)

131	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2012, Official Report, column 751W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many applications for a Warm Front grant were (a) accepted and (b) rejected in the whole of 2011-12.
	(103682)

132	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution by the Secretary of State of 11 January 2012, Official Report, column 263, if he will publish the number of consumers who switched energy supplier between 17 October 2011 and 31 March 2012.
	(103683)

133	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the date and location was of each official visit by a Minister in his Department since May 2010.
	(103684)

134	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has placed a requirement on energy suppliers to report on the number of people receiving assistance under the Warm Home Discount scheme.
	(103715)

135	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure customers are never charged more for home improvements under the Green Deal than they save in cheaper energy bills.
	(103716)

136	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whal research his Department has undertaken on consumer attitudes to the Green Deal in the last year.
	(103717)

137	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the (a) Community Energy Savings Programme and (b) Carbon Energy Reduction Target has been spent in (i) off gas grid and (ii) mains gas areas to date.
	(103389)

138	Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will revise the forward projections to 2027 of carbon emission factors for electricity for the purposes of the Standard Assessment Procedure based on the announcement in the Budget Statement that gas will be the largest single source of electricity in the coming years.
	(103390)

139	Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has any plans to include air tightness testing in the Green Deal home energy efficiency measures.
	(103724)

140	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of jobs in the solar PV sector in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	(103582)

141	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support he plans to provide to maximise the deployment of solar PV.
	(103583)

142	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on the advanced conversion technology industry of the Renewables Obligation banding review; and if he will make a statement.
	(103322)

143	Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the volume of methane escaping to the atmosphere from the Elgin Field; and what the warming potential of this is in carbon dioxide equivalent.
	(103307)

144	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103636)

145	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide an update on the progress her Department has made on discussions with the insurance industry on the future of flood insurance following the expiry of the Statement of Principles; and if she will make a statement.
	(103597)

146	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will commit to ensuring an agreement with the insurance industry on the future of flood insurance by 30 June 2012.
	(103598)

147	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what principles her Department is using to assess the suitability of models proposed to ensure the availability and affordability of flood insurance following the expiry of the Statement of Principles; and if she will make a statement.
	(103599)

148	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to require pig farmers to reduce the gaps in slatted floors to comply with new regulations.
	(103651)

149	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential cost to pig farmers of reducing the gaps in slatted floors in order to comply with new regulations.
	(103652)

150	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the pig industry about any proposed changes to the size of the gaps in slatted floors.
	(103653)

151	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers the Major Infrastructure and Environment Unit will have to hold relevant public bodies to account.
	(103306)

152	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussionsshe has had with the insurance industry on provision for areas at high risk of flooding following the expiration of the Statement of Principles.
	(103316)

153	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Gloucester were at high risk of flooding in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(103317)

154	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the overall cost was of Performance Related Pay (PRP) for staff with PRP in their contracts at British Waterways in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103452)

155	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage change in total remuneration, including Performance Related Pay (PRP), was for (a) directors, (b) the lowest paid member of staff and (c) the median salaried member of staff at British Waterways in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103453)

156	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average Performance Related Pay (PRP) received by (a) the Chief Executive, (b) directors and (c) staff with PRP in their contracts at British Waterways was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103454)

157	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations shehas received from UK producers of desinewed meat on the European Commission's proposal for a moratorium on such products.
	(103400)

158	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on (a) animal and (b) human health of the production process for desinewed meat.
	(103401)

159	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the European Commission on allowing the production of desinewed meat to continue; and if she will make a statement.
	(103402)

160	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on UK meat producers of proposals by the European Commission on desinewed meat.
	(103403)

161	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the government of (a) Uruguay and (b) Argentina concerning responsible fisheries since 2009.
	(103283)

162	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she can take under the UN Fish Stock Agreement to protect the capture of juvenile illex squid prior to them reaching maturity in the territorial waters off the Falkland Islands.
	(103284)

163	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcomes were of the discussions at the Fisheries Council in Brussels on 19 March 2012.
	(103763)

164	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103638)

165	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation for trade unionists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
	(103649)

166	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides funding for the work of the Jewish National Fund.
	(103290)

167	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects and programmes are being funded under the Arab partnership fund in (a) Mauritania, (b) the Palestinian Territories, (c) Lebanon, (d) Iraq, (e) Kuwait, (f) Qatar, (g) Saudi Arabia, (h) Oman, (i) Bahrain, (j) United Arab Emirates, (k) Yemen and (l) Iran.
	(103563)

168	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the British embassy in Germany has spent on hospitality for incoming (a) UK delegations and (b) foreign delegations in each of the last three years.
	(103265)

169	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the British Embassy in France has spent on hospitality for incoming (a) UK delegations and (b) foreign delegations in each of the last three years.
	(103266)

170	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the British Embassy in Belgium has spent on hospitality for incoming (a) UK delegations and (b) foreign delegations in each of the last three years.
	(103267)

171	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the British Embassy in the US has spent on hospitality for incoming (a) UK delegations and (b) foreign delegations in each of the last three years.
	(103268)

172	Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Libyan authorities send Saif Al-Islam to the International Criminal Court for trial.
	(103560)

173	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) security and (b) humanitarian situation in Mali.
	(103595)

174	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recent International Conference on Somalia, what objectives and terms of reference have been set for the new task force group; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that the work of the task force does not unintentionally increase the risk to ships and seafarers.
	(103737)

175	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with British (a) companies and (b) banks on oil exploration near the Falkland Islands.
	(103340)

176	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the safety of British Embassy staff in Buenos Aires.
	(103341)

177	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance and training his Department has offered to the government of Afghanistan on domestic violence; and if he will make a statement.
	(103590)

178	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance and training his Department has offered to the government of Afghanistan on the detention of women in prison; and if he will make a statement.
	(103591)

179	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of funding allocated by his Department to programmes to develop the prison sector in Afghanistan have been used to construct women's prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	(103592)

180	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Afghanistan on the imprisonment of women; and if he will make a statement.
	(103596)

181	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what total estimated income is derived from the Falklands fishing industry.
	(103282)

182	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date and at what time the UK Embassy in China was informed of the death of Neil Heywood.
	(103296)

183	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the US government on the death of Neil Heywood in China and the meeting between Chinese authorities and the US Embassy in China to discuss Mr Heywood's death.
	(103297)

184	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will have discussions with his US counterpart on the potential for North Korea sharing long-range missile technology with Iran.
	(103298)

185	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with its EU counterparts to prevent companies exporting drugs for use in executions.
	(103571)

186	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support a moratorium on the death penalty in India.
	(103573)

187	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103631)

188	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of stock levels of prescription medicine.
	(103276)

189	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the provision of health and social care for people with Alzheimer's disease in the Tees Valley.
	(103404)

190	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people appealing a decision on entitlement to employment and support allowance were successful in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	(103314)

191	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of health tests for claimants of employment and support allowance with (a) mental health issues and (b) autism.
	(103315)

192	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish his Department's social care White Paper.
	(103295)

193	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take as part of his proposed reforms of adult social care to improve support available for adults with Asperger syndrome.
	(103301)

194	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with mesothelioma in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 2005.
	(103719)

195	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of (a) laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, (b) sleeve gastrectomy, (c) biliopancreatic diversion, (d) Roux-en Y gastric bypass and (e) other types of gastric bypass in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103309)

196	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bariatric surgery operations were performed in the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103310)

197	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of (a) diabetes treatment and (b) obesity related illnesses in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103311)

198	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has undertaken research to examine the potential cost savings for the NHS of bariatric surgery for obese patients.
	(103312)

199	Margot James (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has undertaken of the potential benefits of bariatric surgery for obese patients.
	(103313)

200	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish guidelines on commissioning services for those with conditions on the autistic spectrum.
	(103690)

201	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on social care for (a) the elderly, (b) those with mental health problems, (c) those with learning disabilities and (d) younger physically disabled persons in each of the last 10 years.
	(103619)

202	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an inquiry into the local authority funded system of domiciliary care and the costs and benefits at the present level of overall funding.
	(103620)

203	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were registered as deaf in (a) Lancaster City Council Area, (b) Lancashire County Council Area and (c) the North-West of England at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(103445)

204	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the next radiotherapy dataset will include information on the provision of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy including information on waiting times and variations in clinical practice.
	(103325)

205	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the next radiotherapy dataset to be published.
	(103326)

206	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many external beam radiotherapy tariffs have been set for 2012-13; and whether Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) or Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Treatment (SBRT) is included amongst those tariffs.
	(103327)

207	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the National Cancer Action Team (NCAT) Guidelines document Radiotherapy: an Introduction for Commissioners and providers, what the evidential basis is for the statement that chemotherapy is the primary modality in two per cent of cancer causes.
	(103328)

208	Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, columns 111-2W, on cancer: health services, for what reasons the collection of outpatient procedure data for cancer treatment is not mandated by his Department.
	(103657)

209	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time permanent midwives were working in a single shift in (a) the South West, (b) South East Cornwall and (c) the City of Plymouth in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103285)

210	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery posts have been filled by temporary staff at (a) the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and (b) Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011.
	(103286)

211	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of patients per qualified midwife on a post natal ward was at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust for night time hours in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
	(103287)

212	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of babies was on a post natal ward during night time hours at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
	(103288)

213	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what input (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) foundation trusts will have into decisions on assets held by NHS Property Services Ltd.
	(103578)

214	Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of any relationship between the process of divorce and suicide mortality amongst men.
	(103393)

215	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of infection control protocols in the air ambulance sector.
	(103361)

216	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish the response to its consultation on proposed changes to regulations for Care Quality Commission registration.
	(103362)

217	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the moratorium on new domestic regulation for micro-businesses will apply to her plans to ban cash payments for scrap metal.
	(103433)

218	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) consultation and (b) economic impact assessment has taken place on her plans to ban cash payments for scrap metal.
	(103434)

219	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the consultation on a minimum unit price for alcohol to be published.
	(103435)

220	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) economic impact on legitimate traders of (i) banning cash payments for scrap metal, (ii) the introduction of mandatory verification of identity by sellers and (iii) the introduction of a register of legitimate merchants.
	(103436)

221	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will be responsible for enforcing a ban on cash payments for scrap metal; and what resources will be available for that purpose.
	(103437)

222	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which forms of scrap metal a ban on cash payments will apply.
	(103438)

223	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for exempting itinerant collectors from a ban on cash payments for scrap metal.
	(103439)

224	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward the date of the review of the offence of buying scrap metal for cash.
	(103440)

225	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review of alcohol guidelines announced in the Alcohol Strategy will be launched.
	(103448)

226	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the new Alcohol Strategy, what evidence she has received that a ban on multi-buy alcohol promotions will reduce harmful drinking in England and Wales.
	(103449)

227	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the consultation on a ban on multi-buy promotions of alcohol will be published.
	(103450)

228	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103634)

229	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider reviewing the terms of the Proceeds of Crime Recovery Fund to allow churches to make claims.
	(103272)

230	Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why the UK Border Agency does not recognise asylum seekers from non-Arab ethnic groups from Darfur as members of such groups; and what assessment she has made of the likelihood of non-Arab Darfuri asylum seekers returned from the UK to Sudan being at great risk of detention and torture.
	(103654)

231	Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of the ethnicity of the 15 non-Arab Sudanese in detention at Campsfield facility and 13 at the Dover facility being subject to detention and torture if returned to Sudan.
	(103655)

232	Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place on the agenda of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking the establishment of an independent National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking.
	(103329)

233	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many itinerant metal collectors her Department estimates are not registered under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964.
	(103302)

234	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Travellers without fixed address were stopped by police for non-payment of road tax in each constabulary area in England in each of the last five years.
	(103601)

235	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Travellers without fixed address were stopped by police for not having a licence to tow a caravan, in each constabulary area in England in each of the last five years.
	(103602)

236	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) level one and (b) level two public order police officers in each of the last 10 years.
	(103689)

237	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with her Dutch counterpart the effects of the independent National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings on the Dutch government's human trafficking policies.
	(103431)

238	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with (a) her Finnish counterpart and (b) the Finnish Ombudsman for Minorities the effects of the independent National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings on the Finnish government's human trafficking policies.
	(103432)

239	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children (a) in total, (b) under the age of 14 years and (c) who are girls were arrested in each division in the South Wales Police area in each of the last four years; and if she will make a statement.
	(103412)

240	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports confiscated by nightclub security staff were returned to the Identity and Passport Service by police forces in England and Wales in each of the last two years; and if she will make a statement.
	(103422)

241	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were returned to the Identity and Passport Service having been confiscated by nightclub door security staff in the latest period for which figures are available; how many of these were destroyed; and if she will make a statement.
	(103423)

242	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police officers have to (a) hold passports seized by nightclub security staff and (b) destroy passports seized in this way; and if she will make a statement.
	(103424)

243	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for the conclusion of asylum applications for victims of human trafficking in each of the last three years.
	(103559)

244	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that information is provided to the public on the law prohibiting cycling on pavements.
	(103299)

245	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Metropolitan Police Service enforces the law against persons cycling on pavements.
	(103300)

246	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will consider decreasing Rob Whiteman's salary to reflect his reduced responsibilities as chief executive of the UK Border Agency.
	(103277)

247	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were found to be victims of child trafficking in each year since 2000.
	(103727)

248	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passports have been issued to British nationals residing in Scotland in each year since 1998; and what the cost was to the public purse in each year.
	(103728)

249	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2010, what types of procedures were carried out on the 417 macaques who were used for the primary purpose of protection of man, animals or the environment.
	(103363)

250	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is for the UK Border Force in 2012-13.
	(103383)

251	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts her Department held with A4e in each of the last five years; and what the value was of each contract.
	(103570)

252	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on applications to the UK Border Agency from the Bidoon people; what changes there have been to such policy since May 2010; whether Ministers in her Department have issued instructions to UK Border Agency staff on such applications since May 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(103587)

253	Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances a stateless person would be expected to provide a passport when making an application for asylum in the UK.
	(103628)

254

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided for aid and development projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to promote and protect human rights when providing funding to projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(103647)

255	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's private sector team engages with (a) cooperatives and (b) young people.
	(103345)

256	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department expects to present to Parliament legislative proposals to establish a statutory requirement to spend 0.7 per cent. of national income on aid by 2013.
	(103572)

257	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle high food prices in developing countries and ensure food security.
	(103575)

258	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103639)

259	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were serving short sentences in prison in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103377)

260	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to prevent drug and alcohol misuse among those entering women prisons.
	(103378)

261	Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cases of self-harm in women prisons.
	(103379)

262	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence he has received on the relationship between Curfew Orders and re-offending rates.
	(103442)

263	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that resources for victims' services are maintained once the commissioning of services is devolved to police and crime commissioners.
	(103354)

264	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of ring-fencing the resources for victims' services which are devolved to police and crime commissioners.
	(103355)

265	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to create a statutory basis for the new Victims' Code.
	(103356)

266	Simon Danczuk (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that a new Victims' Code is adequately monitored and enforced.
	(103357)

267	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who had previously been convicted of a crime received a payment from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in the year to 31 March 2011; how much was paid to people previously convicted under each band; and how many people previously convicted received compensation in each band.
	(103333)

268	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been diagnosed with pleural plaques in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 2005.
	(103721)

269	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders he expects to take part in the successor scheme to the Daedalus initiative.
	(103308)

270	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 516W, on young offenders: Haringey, how many juvenile offenders from the London Borough of Haringey have been held in each young offender institution since May 2005.
	(103730)

271	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 516W, on young offenders: Haringey, how many young adult offenders from the London Borough of Haringey were held in each (a) young offender institution and (b) prison in each month since May 2009.
	(103731)

272	Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2012, Official Report, column 76W, on Feltham Young Offender Institution, how much funding for the Daedalus initiative came from (a) the European Social Fund, (b) the Greater London Authority, (c) the Youth Justice Board and (d) other sources in each year of the project.
	(103732)

273	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the access to redress in the UK by people overseas for the actions of UK companies.
	(103685)

274	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate probate for British citizens who owned property in more than one EU member state.
	(103558)

275	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library any correspondence received from the (a) Police, (b) Metropolitan Police and (c) Association of Chief Police Officers relating to the abolition of indeterminate public protection sentences.
	(103696)

276	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for mistrial or unlawful detention have been brought relating to a failure to provide adequate translation services by Applied Language Solutions in the last 12 months.
	(103697)

277	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in respect of the failure to provide translators by Applied Language Solutions.
	(103698)

278	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on translation services in each of the last 12 months.
	(103699)

279	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish a list of the highest earning barristers from legal aid.
	(103700)

280	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library any risk assessment his Department has conducted on the decommissioning of dangerous and serious personality disorder units.
	(103701)

281	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library any risk assessment his Department has conducted on the ending of indeterminate public protection sentences.
	(103702)

282	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of industrial disease claims for damages were vexatious or frivolous in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103703)

283	Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the vexatious or frivolous claims for mesothelioma; and if he will make a statement.
	(103704)

284	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the denial of parole to long-term prisoners on the basis that they continue to protest their innocence; and if he will make a statement.
	(103574)

285

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons made available the (a) Building Skills for Recovery programme, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO) programme, (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration programme, (e) FOCUS programme, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community programme, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step programme and (i) Bridge programme to prisoners with drug addictions in the latest period for which figures are available.

(103380)

286

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners with drug addictions enrolled on the (a) Building Skills for Recovery programme, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO) programme, (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration programme, (e) FOCUS programme, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community programme, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step programme and (i) Bridge programme in the year for which figures are available.

(103381)

287

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Building Skills for Recovery programme, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO) programme, (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration programme, (e) FOCUS programme, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community programme, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step programme and (i) Bridge programme which are available to prisoners with drug addictions in the latest period for which figures are available.

(103382)

288	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been arrested for offences related to fuel fraud in each of the last 10 years.
	(103722)

289	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences related to fuel fraud in each of the last 10 years; and how many such people received a custodial sentence in each such year.
	(103723)

290	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Prime Minister, what the name and job title is of each person with a desk at 10 Downing Street who is not a Minister, special adviser, civil servant or police or security staff.
	(103568)

291	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he, (b) his special advisers and (c) officials in 10 Downing Street have had any meetings with Sarah Southern since May 2010.
	(103644)

292	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he, (b) his special advisers and (c) officials in 10 Downing Street have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas since May 2010.
	(103645)

293	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will provide a list of all events held at (a) Chequers and (b) 10 Downing Street for which the Government has been reimbursed by (i) the Prime Minister and (ii) the Conservative Party; and what the total amount reimbursed was in each case.
	(103646)

294	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the number of students not registered to vote.
	(103273)

295	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to register students to vote prior to the (a) May 2012 local elections and (b) November 2012 police and crime commissioner elections.
	(103274)

296	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103633)

297	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government Car Service has provided any car or travel services to the Leader of the Opposition since May 2010; and at what cost to the public purse.
	(103291)

298	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the effect on households without internet connectivity of her proposed abolition of the statutory duty to place notice of traffic regulation orders in local newspapers.
	(103405)

299	Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers she has to review her Department's funding agreement for the current Spending Review period with Transport for London (TfL) if TfL's commitments are not met; what assessment she has made of any potential requirement for additional funding for TfL to meet such commitments; and if she will make a statement.
	(103593)

300	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on resolving whether anchor-handling vessels fall within the scope of the tug paragraph in the EU state guidelines and therefore whether they must be flagged in an EU country to qualify for tonnage tax; and what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on this matter.
	(103259)

301	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will assess the effectiveness of the strategic and commercial management test in determining eligibility for the tonnage tax.
	(103260)

302	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the tonnage tax in promoting the revival of the UK shipping industry.
	(103261)

303	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department received a formal offer from Alstom to build five-car Pendolino trains for use on the Glasgow to Manchester Transpennine passenger service.
	(103269)

304	Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with train manufacturers concerning the procurement of new units for the Manchester to Glasgow Transpennine Express route.
	(103270)

305	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her proposed closure of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) offices, what estimate she has made of how many affected DVLA staff could be redeployed and to which departments; and if she will make a statement.
	(103678)

306	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of additional (a) A and (b) B roads her Department has committed to funding or assisting the funding of since May 2010.
	(103384)

307	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of single carriageway A roads her Department has committed to dual since May 2010.
	(103385)

308	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of single carriageway A-roads were dualled between May (a) 1997 and (b) 2010.
	(103386)

309	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional miles of motorway were completed between May (a) 1997 and (b) 2010.
	(103387)

310	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many track miles of the Northern Hub rail project her Department has committed to complete since May 2010.
	(103388)

311	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum increase in regulated fares was in each year between 2005 and 2010; and which franchise implemented the fare increase in each such case.
	(103686)

312	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which rail franchises had fully implemented driver only operated trains before May 2010.
	(103687)

313	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which routes and franchises driver only operated trains were operated in May 2010.
	(103688)

314	Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2012, Official Report, column 393W, on Thames Estuary Airport, what organisation officials in her Department she met in respect of proposals for a Thames Estuary Airport.
	(103658)

315	Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Governemnt is taking to reduce the cost of motoring.
	(103660)

316	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103629)

317

Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's main objective will remain to support separated families and securing children's futures by maximising the number of children living in separated families who receive fair and regular financial support from the non-resident parent when the Commission becomes an executive agency.

(103278)

318	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has agreed the detail of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's proposed target operating model; and which stakeholders have been consulted by the Commission on the target operating model.
	(103279)

319	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the chnage in the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's estimated operational savings over the next 10 years since June 2010; and for what reason the expected benefits from closing the existing child support schemes have fallen.
	(103280)

320	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Costs Reduction, HC 1793, what steps his Department has taken to require the Commission to improve the planning tool used to develop its forecasts for the future statutory scheme.
	(103281)

321	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of the last six months.
	(103641)

322	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's definition is of fit for purpose in relation to medical reports carried out to assess eligibility for benefit.
	(103594)

323	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value is of each current contract between his Department and Atos.
	(103718)

324	Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department places restrictions on executive salaries on companies undertaking contracts with the Department.
	(103736)

325	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he (a) has commissioned and (b) plans to commission any research into the operation of the annuity purchase process and the payment of fees with or without the prospective annuitant's permission.
	(103294)

326	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff of his Department are tasked with work on the employment and support allowance; and how many of these have been in post for less than six months.
	(103579)

327	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to the ESA 50 form following the recommendations on mental, intellectual and cognitive function contained in Professor Harrington's second independent review of the Work Capabilty Assessment.
	(103580)

328	Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department consulted the Disability Benefits Consortium on changes to the ESA 50 form following the recommendations on mental, intellectual and cognitive function contained in Professor Harrington's second independent review of the Work Capabilty Assessment.
	(103581)

329	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what long term plans he has for the role of Jobcentre Plus (a) alongside Work Programme providers and (b) in provision of support for the unemployed.
	(103292)

330

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the results were of the unadjusted survey data from the customer insight analysis undertaken by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission to determine the behavioural impact of the introduction of fees to use the future statutory child maintenance system on (a) levels of future compliance and (b) use of the future statutory collection service from 2013 onwards.

(103338)

331

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission made in interpreting the raw survey data from its customer insight analysis to determine the behavioural impact of the introduction of fees to use the future statutory child maintenance system in its (a) cautious and (b) optimistic estimate for the number of customers prepared to pay fees.

(103339)

332	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents were consulted as part of the customer insight analysis undertaken by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission to determine the behavioural impact of the introduction of fees to use the future statutory child maintenance system.
	(103397)

333	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workplaces offering work experience placements in each parliamentary constituency.
	(103330)

334	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of work experience placements completed in each parliamentary constituency.
	(103331)

335	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to introducing cost reducing measures to offset the cost of Guaranteed Minimum Pension equalisation for UK pension schemes.
	(103256)

336	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the administrative burden of the equalisation of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions.
	(103257)

337	Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely cost to UK pensions schemes of the requirement to equalise Guaranteed Minimum Pensions; and if he will make a statement.
	(103258)

338	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission can decide to re-visit a suspended case having taken a decision to suspend the collection of child maintenance arrears.
	(103323)

339	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to inform a parent with care when the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes a decision not to pursue the collection of child maintenance arrears and to suspend the arrears on its accounting records.
	(103324)

340	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people were in receipt of the (a) care and (b) mobility component of disability living allowance in (i) Wrexham constituency, (ii) Wales and (iii) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(103691)

341	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department proposes to consider 16 to 18 year olds as working age adults for the purposes of the personal independence payment.
	(103408)

342	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to take account of the needs of young people with (a) serious health conditions and (b) disabilities in the personal independence payment (i) independent medical assessment and (ii) decision-making process.
	(103409)

343	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the personal independence payment meets the needs of cancer patients (a) aged 16 to 25 and (b) of all ages.
	(103410)

344	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will confirm how many in-work households were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) the City of Glasgow and (b) Glasgow North constituency in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011.
	(103726)

345	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on offshoring of jobs by its contracted companies; what discussions he had with Accenture and IBM of offshoring prior to awarding the contract for the universal credit IT system; and if he will make a statement.
	(103425)

346	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of jobs which will be created overseas by companies contracted to deliver the universal credit IT system; how much funding from the public purse will be allocated to support these jobs; and if he will make a statement.
	(103426)

347	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on the volume of requests for consultants to complete hospital reports for his Department in respect of claimants of disability living allowance or employment and support allowance.
	(103561)

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WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

*1	Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): What recent representations he has received on the provisions of the Scotland Bill.
	(102886)

*2	John Robertson (Glasgow North West): How many meetings he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the two weeks preceding his Financial Statement of 21 March 2012 on the effect of the Budget on Scotland.
	(102887)

*3	David Mowat (Warrington South): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the funding formula for Scotland.
	(102888)

*4	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What assessment his Department has made of the responses to its consultation on the proposed referendum on independence for Scotland.
	(102889)

*5	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): How many people in Scotland will be affected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal to withdraw the additional personal allowance for people over 65 years of age.
	(102890)

*6	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What assessment his Department has made of the implications for the currency used in Scotland of a vote in favour of independence for Scotland.
	(102891)

*7	Guy Opperman (Hexham): What steps are being taken by the Government and the Office of Fair Trading to tackle fuel poverty in Scotland.
	(102892)

*8	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): What assessment his Department has made of the responses to its consultation on the proposed referendum on independence for Scotland.
	(102893)

*9	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): How many pensioners in Scotland will be affected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision on age-related personal allowances.
	(102894)

*10	Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): How many pensioners in Scotland will be affected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision on age-related personal allowances.
	(102895)

*11	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What powers would be devolved to Scotland under devo max.
	(102896)

*12	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What recent assessment he has made of the performance of the economy in Scotland.
	(102897)

*13	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): How many pensioners in Scotland will be affected by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision on age-related personal allowances.
	(102898)

*14	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What recent representations he has received from employers and organisations representing them in Scotland on the need to review employment legislation.
	(102899)

*15	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): What recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Scottish Government on independence.
	(102900)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1	Naomi Long (Belfast East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 18 April.
	(102685)

*2	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):
	(102686)

*3	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):
	(102687)

*4	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead):
	(102688)

*5	George Freeman (Mid Norfolk):
	(102689)

*6	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):
	(102690)

*7	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester):
	(102691)

*8	Ian Murray (Edinburgh South):
	(102692)

*9	Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West):
	(102693)

*10	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):
	(102694)

*11	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):
	(102695)

*12	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North):
	(102696)

*13	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):
	(102697)

*14	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central):
	(102698)

*15	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston):
	(102699)

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Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 26 March

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

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

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

Notices given on Tuesday 27 March

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

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

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

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

5 N

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

(102977)

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N

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

(103744)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many firefighters left the Firefighters' Pension Scheme in each of the last five years.
	(103750)

15 N	Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many firefighters enrolled in the Firefighters' Pension Scheme in each of the last five years.
	(103751)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 N

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

(103616)

25 N

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

(103618)

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

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

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

29 N

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

(103512)

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

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

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

33 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on reducing light pollution.
	(103609)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

52 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the expected levelised costs of electricity generated at Hinckley Point C; and what the minimum level of Government support under the carbon price support and the contract for difference is that EDF Energy have stated the project will need to be economically viable.
	(103471)

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

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

55 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the use of strychnine for pest control.
	(103527)

56 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the use of strychnine for pest control.
	(103528)

57 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of alternatives to strychnine for pest control.
	(103529)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

114 N	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juvenile offenders from each local authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region were held in (a) a secure children's home, (b) a secure training centre and (c) a young offender institution in each month since May 2005.
	(103498)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

124 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 January 2012, Official Report, columns 19-20WS, on charging heavy goods vehicles, for which types of heavy goods vehicles in each vehicle excise duty taxation category the overall cost burden will increase under her proposals; and by how much for each such category.
	(103665)

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

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

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

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

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

130 N

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

(103538)

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

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

133 N	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) nationally and (b) in the Hull region have been receiving the assessment phase rate of employment support allowance for (i) more than 12 months, (ii) more than 10 months, (iii) more than eight months, (iv) more than six months, (v) more than four months and (vi) more than two months.
	(103491)

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

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

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

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THURSDAY 19 APRIL  Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 19 March

1 N	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)

Notices given on Tuesday 27 March

1 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in his Department's Efficiency and Reform Group; and how many such people receive a salary over £100,000 at full-time equivalent.
	(103247)

2 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how he measures the progress of the Efficiency and Reform Group in driving efficiency since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(103248)

3 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants working for his Department are based in the 70 Whitehall building.
	(103249)

4 N	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many buildings his Department has paid rent for since September 2011; and what the names are of each such building.
	(103250)

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Sarah Southern since 12 May 2010.
	(103550)

2 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Peter Cruddas since 12 May 2010.
	(103551)

3 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many solar PV installations qualifying for the feed-in-tariff there were between (a) 3 March 2012 and (b) 1 April 2012.
	(103756)

4 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the funding announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review to support low-carbon technologies has been allocated.
	(103757)

5 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which projects have been allocated funding from the funding announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review to support low-carbon technologies; and how much funding has been allocated to each such project.
	(103758)

6 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made with Aerospace, Defence and Security in developing and implementing UK national standards for private military and security companies.
	(103677)

7 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided for the restructuring of Cleveland Fire Brigade.
	(103552)

8 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answers of 12 March 2012, when she plans to answer written questions (a) 99352, (b) 99353 and c) 99354, all tabled on 7 March 2012 for answer on 12 March 2012; and if she will make a statement.
	(103675)

9 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had on re-establishing a Moscow bureau of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency.
	(103622)

10 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with the Russian authorities on the safety of UK-based employees of Hermitage Capital Management; and what concerns were discussed.
	(103623)

11 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information on UK-based employees of Hermitage Capital Management the Russian authorities have requested from the UK since 1 January 2009; what information was disclosed in response to each such request; and what the reasons were for any such disclosures.
	(103624)

12 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made representations regarding improving human rights protection in Russia during the course of discussions on rebuilding links between the two countries to tackle serious crime.
	(103625)

13 N	Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information regarding the home address of Ivan Cherkasov have been made by the Russian authorities since 1 January 2009; what information was disclosed in response to such requests; and what the reasons were for any such disclosures.
	(103755)

14 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost-benefit ratio is of each application she has received for electrification in the high level output specification programme.
	(103553)

15 N	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received in relation to the use of EU funding on electrification of railway lines in Wales.
	(103554)

16 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the seatbelt wearing rates in the front and rear seats for each age group for the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(103759)

17 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) National Landlords Association and (b) Residential Landlords Association on direct payment of housing benefit to tenants under universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	(103676)

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THURSDAY 26 APRIL  Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) gender, (b) age and (c) ethnic composition was of students admitted to youth and community work degree courses offering Joint Negotiating Committee qualifications in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
	(103626)

2 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places were available on degree level youth and community work courses in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and how many places are available in 2012-13.
	(103627)

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MONDAY 30 APRIL  Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

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

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

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

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

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TUESDAY 1 MAY  Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the European Criminal Records Information System to ensure that British citizens are treated in the same way as other residents of EU member states; and what safeguards have been put in place in this respect.
	(103557)