Oral Answers
Tuesday 10 January 2012

Health 1
      A and E and Maternity Departments 15
      Access to Drugs 3
      Bowel Cancer Screening 14
      Cancer Drugs Fund 5
      Early Intervention 16
      Fuel Poverty 8
      Group B Streptococcus 10
      Health and Social Care Bill 12
      Hospital Volunteers 1
      NHS Reorganisation Cost 11
      NHS Reorganisation Cost 15
      NICE-approved Drugs 6
      Paediatric Cardiac Services 4
      Suicide Prevention 8
      Telecare and Telehealth Services (Congleton) 9
      Topical Questions 18

Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday 10 January 2012

Communities and Local Government 1WS
      Department's Work (Christmas Recess) 1WS
Culture, Media and Sport 4WS
      Youth Sport Strategy 4WS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 5WS
      Falkland Islands 5WS
Health 6WS
      NHS Future Forum 6WS
      PIP Silicone Gel Breast Implants 7WS
Justice 7WS
      Legal Services Board and Office for Legal Complaints Triennial Reviews 7WS
Transport 8WS
      Blue Badge Improvement Service 8WS
      High Speed Rail 9WS
Treasury 1WS
      Finance Bill 1WS

Petitions
Tuesday 10 January 2012

Energy and Climate Change 1P
      Alternatives to a Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley Point (Somerset) 1P
Transport 2P
      Keynsham Railway Station Access 2P

Written Answers
Tuesday 10 January 2012

Attorney-General 103W
      Cyber Crime: Business 103W
      E-mail 104W
      Equality 104W
      Japan Tobacco International 104W
Business, Innovation and Skills 180W
      Apprentices 180W
      Arms Trade 181W
      Billing 181W
      Business: Loans 182W
      Business Regulation 182W
      Conditions of Employment 182W
      Copyright: Electronic Publishing 183W
      Departmental Manpower 184W
      Economics, Strategy and Better Regulation Directorate 185W
      Green Investment Bank 185W
      Higher Education: Admissions 185W
      Local Enterprise Partnerships 186W
      Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance 186W
      Overseas Trade 187W
      Public Houses 188W
      Regional Growth Fund 187W
      Southampton Port 188W
      Stamp Duties: Tax Avoidance 189W
      Students: Loans 190W
      Third Sector 184W
      Working Hours: EU Law 189W
      Written Questions: Government Responses 191W
Communities and Local Government 42W
      Affordable Housing 42W
      Apprentices 49W
      Cleveland Fire Brigade 43W
      Compulsory Purchase 44W
      Co-operatives 47W
      Council Tax: Non-Payment 48W
      Debt Recovery 49W
      Departmental Written Questions 50W
      Empty Property 51W
      Food Procurement 49W
      Government Procurement Card 52W
      High Street Review: Parking 55W
      Housing Benefit: Greater London 55W
      Housing: Berkshire 55W
      Housing: Greater London 56W
      Housing: Sales 56W
      Japan Tobacco International 56W
      Local Government Association: Finance 56W
      Local Government Ombudsman 57W
      Non-Domestic Rates 57W
      Non-Domestic Rates: Retail Trade 58W
      Parking: Fees and Charges 58W
      Parking: Urban Areas 58W
      Planning Permission 58W
      Planning Permission: Rural Areas 58W
      Planning: Property 59W
      Planning: Urban Areas 59W
      Renewable Energy 59W
      Retail Trade: Empty Property 60W
      Right-to-Buy Scheme 60W
      Services: Social Value 50W
      Temporary Accommodation 61W
Culture, Media and Sport 27W
      Apprentices 30W
      Arts Council England 27W
      Arts Council England: Finance 27W
      BBC: Expenditure 28W
      BBC: Licensing 28W
      Broadband 28W
      Broadband: Scotland 28W
      Co-operatives 29W
      Copyright: Music 29W
      Debt Collection 29W
      Departmental Advertising 30W
      Departmental Manpower 31W
      Diamond Jubilee 2012: Local Government Expenditure 32W
      Diamond Jubilee 2012: Medals 32W
      Digital Technology 33W
      Equality 31W
      Food Procurement 31W
      Infrastructure 33W
      Japan Tobacco International 35W
      Local Broadcasting 33W
      Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges 33W
      Mobile Phones: Health Hazards 34W
      Museums and Galleries 34W
      Olympic Games 2012 35W
      Olympic Games 2012: Hexham 35W
      Olympic Games 2012: Local Government Expenditure 35W
      Olympic Games 2012: National Lottery 36W
      Olympic Games 2012: North East 36W
      Olympic Games 2012: Plastic Bags 37W
      Radio Frequencies 37W
      Recruitment 31W
      Redundancy Pay 32W
      Sign Language 38W
      Sikhs 38W
      Telecommunications 39W
      Telephone Services: Fees and Charges 40W
      Temporary Employment 32W
      UK Sport: Disability 40W
Defence 1W
      A400M Aircraft 1W
      Air Force: Ammunition 5W
      Air Force: Radiation Exposure 5W
      Aircraft Carriers 6W
      Ammunition: Transport 7W
      Armed Forces: Animals 9W
      Armed Forces: Education 10W
      Armed Forces: Food 10W
      Armed Forces: Military Decorations 10W
      Armed Forces: Recruitment 11W
      Armed Forces: Training 12W
      Arms Trade 13W
      Challenger Tanks 15W
      Challenger Tanks: International Law 15W
      Debt Collection 15W
      Defence: Inflation 16W
      Defence Supplies 15W
      Departmental Manpower 16W
      Departmental Pay 17W
      Departmental Travel 19W
      Documentation: Security 18W
      Ex-servicemen: Employment 20W
      Ex-servicemen: War Pensions 20W
      Gurkhas: Pensions 21W
      Japan Tobacco International 21W
      Jordan Bancroft 21W
      Military Aircraft 22W
      Military Attachés 23W
      Military Bases: Kirknewton 24W
      Motorways: Fires 25W
      Navy 25W
      Nimrod Aircraft 26W
      Peacekeeping Operations: Commonwealth Personnel 2W
      Procurement 17W
      Recruitment 18W
      Redundancy Pay 19W
      Services: Social Value 19W
      Voluntary Work 20W
      Warships: Wrecks 27W
      Written Questions: Government Responses 27W
Deputy Prime Minister 222W
      Electoral Register 222W
      Equality 222W
      Lobbying 223W
Education 224W
      Academies: Bournemouth 224W
      Advertising: Job Vacancies 225W
      Colleges 224W
      Co-operatives 225W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 228W
      Design: Education 228W
      Drugs: Health Education 228W
      Education: Harrow 229W
      Education Maintenance Allowance 228W
      Equality 226W
      Free Schools 229W
      GCSE 230W
      Michaela Community School 231W
      Mobile Phones 226W
      Official Hospitality 226W
      Physical Education 231W
      Postgraduate Education: Admissions 232W
      Private Education: Inspections 233W
      Public Expenditure 234W
      Pupil Exclusions 234W
      Pupil Referral Units: Standards 234W
      Pupils: Assessments 237W
      Pupils: Bullying 237W
      Reading: Primary Education 238W
      Recruitment 227W
      Redundancy Pay 227W
      Residential Schools: Scotland 238W
      School Meals: Academies 239W
      Schools: Admissions 240W
      Schools: Expenditure 240W
      Schools: Olympic Games 2012 241W
      Schools: Sports 242W
      Schools: Standards 242W
      Schools: Transport 243W
      Secondment 227W
      Teachers 244W
      Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings 245W
      Teachers: Qualifications 246W
      Teachers: Scholarships 246W
      Women's Rights: Curriculum 247W
      Young People: Sports 247W
      Young People: Training 248W
      Young People: Unemployment 248W
Electoral Commission Committee 41W
      Electoral Register 41W
Energy and Climate Change 124W
      Apprentices 125W
      Coal: Concessions 125W
      Coal Fired Power Stations: Closures 124W
      Debt Recovery 126W
      Energy 129W
      Energy: Billing 131W
      Energy: Prices 131W
      Energy: Wales 132W
      Environment Protection 132W
      Equality 126W
      EU Emission Trading Scheme 133W
      Fossil Fuel Levy 134W
      Green Deal Scheme 133W
      Natural Gas: Exploration 135W
      Nuclear Power 135W
      Nuclear Reactors 136W
      Renewable Energy 138W
      Renewable Energy: Costs 139W
      Renewable Energy: Heating 139W
      Renewables Obligation 141W
      Solar Power 143W
      Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs 143W
      Wind Power: Planning Permission 144W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 72W
      Adam Werritty 72W
      Algeria: Christianity 73W
      Algeria: Religious Freedom 73W
      Apprentices 78W
      Arms Trade 74W
      Bahrain: Human Rights 76W
      British Nationals Abroad: Kidnapping 77W
      Colombia: Armed Conflict 77W
      Debt Recovery 78W
      Departmental Redundancy Pay 79W
      Departmental Written Questions 79W
      Diplomatic Service 80W
      Employment Agencies 81W
      Equality 79W
      Eritrea: Politics and Government 81W
      Ethiopia: Politics and Government 82W
      Falkland Islands 82W
      Forced Marriage 83W
      Forced Marriage: Young People 84W
      Haiti: Reconstruction 85W
      Ilois: Resettlement 85W
      Lancaster House: Energy Performance Certificates 86W
      Laos: Diplomatic Service 86W
      Libya: Assets 86W
      Libya: Politics and Government 86W
      Nigeria: Equality 87W
      Occupied Territories: Housing 87W
      Sikhs 88W
      Somalia: Conferences 88W
      Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict 88W
      Sri Lanka: Politics and Government 91W
      Syria: Christianity 92W
      Syria: Opposition 92W
      Syria: Politics and Government 93W
      Unmanned Air Vehicles 94W
      Yemen: Politics and Government 94W
Health 105W
      A and E Departments 106W
      Access to Drugs 106W
      Alcoholic Drinks: Scotland 107W
      Apprentices 110W
      Brain Cancer 107W
      Care Quality Commission: Recruitment 107W
      Carers: Finance 108W
      Computer Sciences Corporation 108W
      Debt Recovery 109W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 109W
      Disability: Children 110W
      Doctors: Retirement 110W
      Drugs: Licensing 110W
      Dystonia 111W
      Early Access Scheme 105W
      Electro-convulsive Therapy 112W
      Excess Winter Deaths 106W
      General Practitioners 112W
      Health Services: North East 113W
      Health Visitors: North West 113W
      Herbal Medicine 114W
      Injuries: Dogs 114W
      Japan Tobacco International 115W
      Maternity Provision: Outer North East London 105W
      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy 115W
      Mental Health Services 116W
      Muscular Dystrophy 117W
      Neurology 117W
      NHS 118W
      NHS: Drugs 119W
      NHS: ICT 119W
      NHS: Pensions 119W
      NHS: Redundancy Pay 120W
      NHS Reorganisation 105W
      Out of Area Treatment: Scotland 120W
      Pain: Clinics 121W
      Patient Data 106W
      Radiotherapy 121W
      Redundancy Pay 109W
      Stem Cells 123W
      Sugar 123W
      Telemedicine: Care Homes 123W
      Treatment Centres: Runcorn 124W
      Tuberculosis: Drugs 124W
      University College Hospital 124W
      Whistleblowing 105W
Home Department 145W
      Age: Discrimination 146W
      Alcoholic Drinks: Antisocial Behaviour 146W
      Animal Experiments 146W
      Animal Experiments: Botulinum Toxin 147W
      Animal Experiments: Primates 148W
      Apprentices 155W
      Arrest Warrants 149W
      Asylum 149W
      British Nationality 151W
      Brodie Clark 152W
      Brodie Clark 157W
      Burglary 152W
      Civil Disorder 152W
      Civil Disorder: Greater London 153W
      Crime 153W
      Crime: Economic Situation 154W
      Crime: Scotland 154W
      Crimes of Violence 154W
      Debt Recovery 155W
      Departmental Manpower 156W
      Departmental Responsibilities 157W
      Departmental Temporary Staff 157W
      Departmental Written Questions 158W
      Deportation: Offenders 158W
      Disability Living Allowance 159W
      Domestic Violence: Charitable Trusts 160W
      Domestic Violence: Crime Prevention 160W
      Drugs 161W
      Drugs: Arrests 161W
      Drugs: UK Border Agency 161W
      Drugs: Young People 163W
      Equality 156W
      Extradition: Russia 163W
      Extradition: USA 163W
      Forced Marriage 164W
      Foreign Nationals: Offenders 164W
      Forensic Science Service 164W
      Forensic Science Service: Drugs 165W
      Human Trafficking 165W
      Human Trafficking: Moldova 165W
      Human Trafficking: Prosecutions 166W
      Human Trafficking: Sexual Offences 166W
      Human Trafficking: Victims 166W
      Illegal Immigrants 167W
      Illegal Immigrants: Northern Ireland 167W
      Immigrants: Detainees 168W
      Immigration 168W
      Immigration Controls 170W
      Immobilisation of Vehicles 170W
      Japan: Tobacco International 178W
      Legal Advice and Assistance 170W
      Legal Services 171W
      Members: Correspondence 171W
      Metal Theft 178W
      Metropolitan Police 172W
      National Policing Improvement Agency 172W
      Non-molestation Orders 172W
      Offenders: EU Nationals 173W
      Offensive Behaviour: Football 173W
      Police 173W
      Police and Crime Commissioners 174W
      Police: Bureaucracy 175W
      Police Federation 174W
      Police: Manpower 175W
      Police: Olympic Games 2012 175W
      Police Stations: Medway 174W
      Police: Surveillance 176W
      Police: Wales 176W
      Postcodes 176W
      Prevent Strategy 176W
      Recruitment 157W
      Security Vetting 179W
      Security Vetting: Third Sector 179W
      Smuggling: Tobacco 177W
      Social Justice Committee 178W
      Stalking And Harassment: Internet 145W
      Statisticians 178W
      Victims: Gender Recognition 179W
      Visas 179W
      Written Questions: Government Responses 180W
International Development 144W
      Arms Trade 144W
      Debt Recovery 145W
      Developing Countries: Water 145W
      Nigeria: Equality 145W
Leader of the House 42W
      Legislation 42W
Northern Ireland 99W
      Departmental Manpower 99W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 100W
      Japan Tobacco International 100W
      Recruitment 100W
      Redundancy Pay 100W
Prime Minister 41W
      Departmental Guidance: Email 41W
      Festivals and Special Occasions 41W
      Ministerial Committees 42W
Scotland 100W
      Banks: Regulation 100W
      Debt Recovery 101W
      Departmental Manpower 101W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 102W
      Devolution 102W
      Employment Schemes: Young People 102W
      Equality 101W
      Japan Tobacco International 103W
      Judicial Review 103W
      Railways 103W
      Recruitment 101W
      Redundancy Pay 102W
Transport 193W
      Community Transport 193W
      Co-operatives 193W
      Correspondence 194W
      Crossrail 194W
      Departmental Written Questions 194W
      Electrification: Greater London 195W
      Invalid Vehicles: Accidents 195W
      Invalid Vehicles: Safety 195W
      Network Rail: Level Crossings 196W
      Ports: Greater London 196W
      Railway Stations: Greater London 197W
      Railway Stations: Manpower 197W
      Railways: East Anglia 197W
      River Thames: Bridges 198W
      Severn Bridges Act 1992 198W
      Transport: Planned Public Expenditure 198W
      Transport: Weather 205W
      Underground Railways: Greater London 206W
Treasury 61W
      Air Passenger Duty 61W
      Banks: China 62W
      Business: Loans 62W
      Carbon Sequestration: Finance 63W
      Charitable Trusts 63W
      Child Benefit 63W
      Combined Heat and Power: Feed-in Tariffs 64W
      Company Liquidations 64W
      Debit Cards: Fees and Charges 64W
      Debt Recovery 65W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 65W
      Devolution: Finance 65W
      Excise Duties: Fuels 66W
      Excise Duties: Tobacco 66W
      Get Britain Building Investment Fund 62W
      Housing Revenue Accounts: Wales 66W
      Income Tax 66W
      Income Tax: Overpayments 68W
      Inland Revenue: Gifts and Endowments 68W
      Non-domestic Rates: Appeals 68W
      Personal Savings 68W
      Public Expenditure: Housing 69W
      Public Sector: Pensions 69W
      Redundancy Pay 65W
      Revenue and Customs: Contracts 69W
      Revenue and Customs: Redundancy Pay 70W
      Risk Assessment 65W
      Stamp Duties 70W
      Trading Funds 71W
      Universal Credit 71W
      VAT: Overpayments 72W
      Working Tax Credit 72W
Wales 95W
      Business Support 95W
      Christmas 95W
      Coal 95W
      Debt Recovery 96W
      Departmental Manpower 96W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 96W
      Devolution 96W
      Domestic Visits 96W
      Domestic Visits: Higher Education 97W
      Domestic Visits: Schools 98W
      Employment Agencies 98W
      Redundancy Pay 96W
      Secondment 96W
      Social Fund 98W
      Tourism 99W
      Welsh Conservative Group 99W
Women and Equalities 191W
      Advertising: Education 191W
      Barristers: Females 191W
      Equal Opportunities 192W
      Equality 192W
      Equality and Human Rights Commission: Finance 192W
Work and Pensions 206W
      Atos Healthcare 206W
      Carers 207W
      Cold Weather Payments 208W
      Departmental Manpower 210W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 210W
      Disability Living Allowance 211W
      Disability Living Allowance: Autism 212W
      Disability Living Allowance: Children 212W
      Disability Living Allowance: Prisoners 213W
      Electrical Safety 214W
      Employment and Support Allowance 213W
      Employment Schemes 214W
      Employment: Young People 215W
      Future Jobs Fund 215W
      Housing Benefit: Females 216W
      Jobcentre Plus: Finance 217W
      National Insurance Contributions 217W
      NDPBs 210W
      New Enterprise Allowance 218W
      Pensions 218W
      Poverty: Children 219W
      Redundancy Pay 209W
      Sick Leave: Pain 219W
      Social Security Benefits: Gurkhas 219W
      Troubled Families Scheme: Wales 220W
      Unemployment: Older Workers 220W
      Unemployment: Young People 220W
      Work Capability Assessments: Kilmarnock 221W
      Work Experience: Private Sector 222W

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Written Answers
Tuesday 10 January 2012

Cabinet Office 249W
      Charity Commission: Public Appointments 249W
      Civil Proceedings 251W
      Deloitte 250W
      Departmental Judicial Review 251W
      Departmental Manpower 252W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 252W
      Disadvantaged 253W
      Electoral Register 253W
      Employment: Private Sector 254W
      Food: Prices 255W
      Job Creation: Private Sector 255W
      Public Sector: Females 256W
      Public Sector: Morale 256W
      Public Sector: Pensions 256W
      Public Sector: Procurement 257W
      Public Sector: Stress 257W
      Public Sector: Trade Unions 258W
      Redundancy Pay 249W
      Third Sector 258W
      Trade Unions 258W
      Voluntary Work: Young People 258W
      Wales 260W
Justice 260W
      Apprentices 265W
      Bail and Accommodation Support Service: Thanet 260W
      Bailiffs 265W
      Chief Coroner 260W
      Contempt of Court: Non-Molestation Orders 261W
      Co-operatives 261W
      Courts 262W
      Defamation Bill: Draft 265W
      Departmental Manpower 266W
      Departmental Temporary Employment 268W
      Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 268W
      Email 271W
      Equality 266W
      European Court of Human Rights 271W
      Fisheries: North West 272W
      Harassment 272W
      Harassment 287W
      Homicide: Life Imprisonment 272W
      Human Trafficking 272W
      Information Commissioner 277W
      Japan Tobacco International 277W
      Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits 277W
      Non-Governmental Organisations 278W
      Offenders: Compensation 279W
      Offenders: Expenditure 279W
      Offenders: Rehabilitation 279W
      Police: Crimes of Violence 281W
      Prisoners Employment 281W
      Prisoners: Learning Disability 284W
      Prisoners’ Transfers: Scotland 282W
      Prisons: Energy 284W
      Prisons: Foreign Nationals 287W
      Recruitment 266W
      Redundancy Pay 267W
      Rights of Accused: EU Action 288W
      Secondment 267W
      Sentencing: Drugs 289W
      Sexual Offences 289W
      Witnesses: Finance 290W
      Young Offenders: Learning Difficulty 290W
      Youth Justice 291W