Session 2010-11
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 20 October 2010

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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 20 October 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 20 October 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 20 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 20 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 20 October see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Attorney General, for how many days on average staff in the Law Officers' Departments in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18580)

2	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought in respect of offences relating to female genital mutilation in each of the last five years.
	(18442)

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

3	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of universities which will be in operation 12 months after the implementation of the proposals of the Browne Review of higher education.
	(18848)

4	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will take steps to (a) improve the quality of and (b) increase provision for enterprise education in colleges and universities; and if he will make a statement.
	(18818)

5	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on ensuring that all internet service providers have (a) equal access to fibre optic cables and (b) equal opportunities to lay new cables.
	(18528)

6	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking together with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to assist manufacturing industries.
	(18531)

7	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18565)

8	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18627)

9 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects his Department's review of new regulations to be concluded; and if he will make a statement.
	(17795)

10	Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) sixth form colleges, (b) general further education colleges, (c) land-based colleges, (d) art, design and performing art colleges and (e) special designated colleges offer courses to 14 and 15 year olds.
	(18540)

11	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the number of women who have gained a qualification as a result of taking part in the Women and Work Sector Skills Pathway Initiative in (a) Redditch constituency, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England.
	(18647)

12	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the number of women who have increased their salary levels as a result of taking part in the Women and Work Sector Skills Pathway Initiative in (a) Redditch constituency, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England.
	(18648)

13	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the UK's attractiveness to the scientific, technical and research sectors.
	(18641)

14	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate his Department has made of the contribution that UK science and technology research makes to the global economy.
	(18642)

15	Esther McVey (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist science and technology research institutions in contributing to economic growth.
	(18643)

16	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the funding currently allocated by regional development agencies to strategically important and vulnerable subjects.
	(18870)

17	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the implementation of the proposed reform of non-departmental public bodies on levels of support for strategically important and vulnerable subjects.
	(18871)

18	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of funding for strategically important and vulnerable subjects in each of the next three years.
	(18872)

19	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of funding for high-cost science subjects in each of the next three years.
	(18873)

20	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution of strategically important and vulnerable subjects to economic growth.
	(18874)

21	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of funding for each strategically important and vulnerable subject as a proportion of the total budget allocated to such subjects in each of the next three years.
	(18875)

22	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what factors he took into account when allocating funding for strategically important and vulnerable subjects.
	(18876)

23	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the cost of courses in strategically and important vulnerable subjects in universities was covered by (a) central government and (b) tuition fees in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(18877)

24	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since his Department's inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(18772)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since his Department's inception; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.

(18773)

26	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since his Department's inception; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18774)

27	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since his Department's inception.
	(18775)

28	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since his Department's inception; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18776)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since his Department's inception.

(18777)

30	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals in the Browne review of higher education on future graduates who are (a) men and (b) women.
	(18688)

31	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the cost of means-testing parents of university students to determine student loan and student fee reduction eligibility in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(18535)

32	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the provisions of the EU Parental Leave Directive.
	(18890)

33	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made on the effect on small businesses of implementation of the EU Parental Leave Directive.
	(18891)

34	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of its staff who have run a small business employing fewer than 10 people (a) in and (b) outside the South East.
	(18895)

35	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representatives of small businesses serve on (a) boards of and (b) advisory committees associated with his Department.
	(18896)

36	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many visits (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have made to (a) Skipton and Ripon constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the North of England since May 2010.
	(18897)

37	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with other Departments on job and wealth creation for small businesses since his appointment.
	(18898)

38	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings officials of his Department have had with the Government Equalities Office on the effect of equalities legislation on small businesses since his appointment.
	(18899)

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2010, Official Report, column 335W, on paternity leave, what criteria his Department will use to determine whether shared paternal leave works for businesses; what method his Department used to estimate the proportion of small businesses to be affected by the introduction of additonal paternity leave; what criteria were used to determine whether a small business would be affected; and when his Department proposes to (a) open and (b) close the consultation on its proposals for additional paternity leave.

(18900)

40	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to maintain the UK's opt-out from the provisions of the Working Time Directive.
	(18902)

41	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to small businesses of the extension of the right to request flexible working.
	(18903)

42	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) time and (b) financial costs to small businesses incurred in observing the statutory duty to consider Right to Request requests from employees.
	(18904)

43	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to bring forward further proposals for the right to request flexible working.
	(18905)

44	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on foreign direct investment in the UK of the application of UK and EU employment law.
	(18906)

45	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has assessed the effect on inward investment of the introduction of additional paternity leave.
	(18907)

46	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to consult on the ending of the default retirement age; what the likely timetable is for such consultation; and what plans he has to consult small businesses.
	(18908)

47	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress is being made on his Department's consultation on extending the right to request flexible working to all employees.
	(18909)

48	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to consult small businesses on his proposals on the right to request flexible working.
	(18910)

49	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what employment legislation his Department is responsible; and what progress has been made on the Government's proposed review of employment law.
	(18912)

50	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the name is of each member to join the Better Regulation Strategy Group since his appointment.
	(18913)

51	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of members of the Better Regulation Strategy Group (i) manage a small business of fewer than 10 people and (ii) are based in the North of England.
	(18914)

52	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration his Department has given to increasing the accessibility and attractiveness to small businesses of its website.
	(18915)

53	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the mandate of the Better Regulation Executive.
	(18916)

54	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff work in the Better Regulation Executive.
	(18917)

55	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in the Better Regulation Executive have managed a small business of under 10 employees.
	(18918)

56	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what short-term measures the Better Regulation Executive has considered to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses.
	(18919)

57	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff of the Better Regulation Executive work in other Government departments.
	(18920)

58	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse of (a) the Better Regulation Executive and (b) the Better Regulation Strategy Group was in the last 12 months.
	(18921)

59	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what initiatives his Department has taken to connect with small businesses through the use of new technology (a) in consultations and (b) otherwise since his appointment.
	(18922)

60	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has undertaken of the effect on small businesses of the end of the default retirement age.
	(18923)

61	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students normally resident in (a) London, (b) Lambeth and (c) Streatham constituency applied during academic year 2009-10 for university entry in (i) autumn 2010 and (ii) autumn 2011.
	(18552)

62	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students normally resident in (a) London, (b) Lambeth and (c) Streatham constituency who applied during academic year 2009-10 for university entry in autumn 2010 and autumn 2011 were not offered a place.
	(18553)

63	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes his Department has in the higher education system to encourage women entrepreneurs; and how much his Department spent on each such programme (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(18443)

64	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the number of companies listed on the FTSE 100 index who have women on their executive boards.
	(18444)

65	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the number of private sector enterprises (a) in each sector and (b) of each size with women on their executive boards.
	(18445)

66	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises run by women (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands.
	(18447)

Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what process his Department has put in place for disposing of the assets of Yorkshire Forward; and when his Department expects to determine the future ownership of (a) the Odeon site and car park, Princes Way, Bradford, (b) the former Bradford Business and Innovation Centre, (c) the former police headquarters at The Tyres, Bradford, (d) land at the former Furniture City warehouse site at Valley Road, Bradford and (e) land at 2-16 Great Horton Road, Bradford.

(18827)

68	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions and for what periods the website of the Intellectual Property Office has been unresponsive as a result of denial of service attacks in the last three years.
	(18672)

69	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what reports he has received on the denial of service attacks on the Intellectual Property Office's website on 16 October 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(18673)

70	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what reports he has received on denial of service attacks undertaken on websites carried out under the banner of Operation Payback; and if he will make a statement.
	(18674)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

71	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department has decided to undertake a second wave national survey of charities and social enterprises.
	(18593)

72 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of gross domestic product used to pay interest on the national debt (a) between 1980 and 1990, (b) between 2000 and 2006 and (c) between 2006 and 2010.
	(18035)

73	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18730)

74	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18731)

75	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18732)

76	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18733)

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18734)

78	Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to reduce the cost to public bodies of the procurement process.
	(18501)

79	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of officials who were identified as being (a) from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and (b) disabled who left the Civil Service before retirement age in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(18498)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

80	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the duty derogation applicable to liquid petroleum gas (a) until 2014 and (b) in subsequent years.
	(18518)

81	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the effects of different classes of shares with differential voting rights on the long-term profitability of public limited companies.
	(18532)

82 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he plans to make the first payments to Equitable Life policyholders affected by maladministration in the regulation of that society; what estimate he has made of the total sum to be paid to policyholders; and to how many policyholders he expects to make payment.
	(18034)

83	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) administrative cost to and (b) change in the level of business for the retail industry of the proposed increase in the rate of VAT to 20 per cent.
	(18523)

84	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a cap on the annual percentage rate that commercial companies can charge customers on unsecured loans.
	(18524)

85	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18572)

86	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2010, (a) how many, (b) for what period of time and (c) at what cost to his Department staff were re-deployed temporarily to work on the Spending Challenge in July and August 2010.
	(18429)

87	Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many submissions his Department has received to its Spending Challenge initiative; and how many such submissions addressed (a) the defence budget and (b) the maintenance or replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system.
	(18678)

88 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publish equality impact assessments undertaken by his Department as part of the comprehensive spending review; and if he will make a statement.
	(18278)

89	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) companies and (b) individuals have moved their tax domicile offshore in the last five months; and what estimate he has made of the consequent loss of revenue to the Exchequer through corporation tax.
	(18547)

90	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the likely cost to the Exchequer of tax evasion by (a) large businesses, (b) small and medium-sized enterprises and (c) individuals in the next (i) 12 months and (ii) five years.
	(18548)

91	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much BP has received in tax relief in respect of measures to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; and what estimate he has made of the total sum to be foregone by the Exchequer in such relief.
	(18682)

92	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Livingston constituency are in receipt of child benefit.
	(18635)

93	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families in Livingston constituency in receipt of child benefit who will cease to be eligible for payments following the implementation of his proposals to change the administration of child benefit.
	(18636)

94	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of implementing and monitoring compliance with legislation transposing EU requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18760)

95	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18761)

96	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18762)

97	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18763)

98	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18764)

99	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18765)

100

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18796)

101	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of recording the household income of all households with children in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(18534)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

102	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the provisions of the Housing Act 2002 and associated guidance on housing allocation to enable positive behaviour by tenants in respect of property maintenance to be taken into account in the allocation of social housing.
	(18551)

103	Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department makes available to local authorities on attracting sponsorship from local businesses to support their services; and what plans he has for the future of arrangements for such sponsorship.
	(18438)

104	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the merits of introducing a statutory requirement for making emergency planning arrangements for flooding.
	(18595)

105	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future funding of fire authorities; and if he will make a statement.
	(18670)

106	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18566)

107	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18623)

108	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to give local councils and neighbourhoods more powers to take decisions on planning; and if he will make a statement.
	(18538)

109	Kris Hopkins (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he intends to review the (a) role, (b) responsibilities and (c) powers of the Planning Inspectorate; and if he will make a statement.
	(18539)

110 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the representations (a) his Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency has received on the 2010-11 National Affordable Housing Programme in respect of the East of England since 6 May 2010.
	(17942)

111 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bodies had been allocated funding under the Homes and Communities Agency's continuous market engagement scheme in the East of England as at 30 September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(17943)

112	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2010, Official Report, column 179W, on Audit Commission, what steps his Department is taking to develop a mutual model for the Audit Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(18537)

113	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has assessed the merits of establishing a fully mutual model to undertake the functions of the Audit Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(18555)

114

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) agency staff and (c) fixed-term contractors in the last five months; and whether he has made an estimate of his Department's expenditure on such personnel in (i) the remainder of 2010-11 and (ii) each of the subsequent four financial years.

(18549)

115	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of holding confirmatory referendums on directly-elected mayors in each of the 12 largest cities in England.
	(18644)

116	Ian Mearns (Gateshead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to provide funds for the holding of confirmatory referendums on directly-elected mayors in the 12 largest cities in England.
	(18645)

117	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18736)

118	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18737)

119	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18738)

120	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18739)

121	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18740)

122

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18741)

123	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his plans are for the future of Planning Circular 04/2007 on travelling showpeople.
	(18880)

124	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the preparedness of local fire authorities and the readiness of contingency plans in the event of industrial action.
	(18881)

125	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of days lost to sickness absence in each local authority in each of the last three years.
	(18882)

126	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to encourage district councils to take into account the views of parish councils and parish meetings in making decisions at a local level.
	(18933)

127	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on the conduct of its review of parish boundaries.
	(18934)

128	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who are homeless (a) nationally, (b) in London, (c) in Lambeth borough and (d) in Streatham constituency.
	(18499)

129	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of homelessness his Department uses for the purposes of compiling statistical information.
	(18554)

130	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology his Department uses to collect data on homeless people; and whether he plans to take further steps to identify as such homeless people who do not present themselves to local authorities for assistance.
	(18431)

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

131	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the implementation by Ofcom of its regulatory duties under the Digital Economy Act 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(18459)

132	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18567)

133	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18742)

134	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18743)

135	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18744)

136	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18745)

137	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18746)

138

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18747)

139	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of implementing and monitoring compliance with legislation transposing EU requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18889)

140	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a legacy for Skipton and Ripon constituency from the London 2012 Olympics.
	(18935)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

141	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of NATO's proposal for an anti-ballistic missile shield.
	(18527)

142	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his Russian counterpart on NATO's proposed anti-ballistic missile shield.
	(18529)

143	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the participation of the Russian government in NATO's proposed anti-ballistic missile shield.
	(18530)

144	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the Helicopter Search and Rescue Service based at RAF Chivenor retains 24 hours a day cover.
	(18509)

145	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of persons who have (a) enlisted in and (b) deserted from the (i) Afghan National Army and (ii) Afghan Police in each of the last 12 months.
	(18668)

146	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18568)

147	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18628)

148 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on exempting the pay of armed forces personnel from tax during periods of service abroad; and if he will make a statement.
	(17796)

149 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last made an assessment of the merits of exempting from tax the pay of service personnel serving abroad; and what its findings were.
	(17797)

150
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 172W, on military decorations and 15 September 2010, Official Report, column 1286W, on armed forces: medals, whether the review team on the award of medals has been constituted; whether the terms of reference for the review have been set; and if he will make a statement.

(17798)

151	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18724)

152	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18725)

153	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18726)

154	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18727)

155

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18729)

156 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recovery placements Defence Career Partnering has made since its inception.
	(18274)

157 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has entered into in establishing Defence Career Partnering.
	(18275)

158 N	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services his Department contracts for the delivery of Defence Career Partnering.
	(18276)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

159	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms exist for the co-ordination of the implementation in the UK of the Government's obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
	(18583)

160	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the future of enterprise education in primary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(18817)

161	Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on funding for enterprise education in schools and colleges; and if he will make a statement.
	(18819)

162	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of administration associated with Ofsted inspections.
	(18591)

163	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofsted inspections as a means of evaluating education outcomes.
	(18592)

164 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to improve arrangements for accountability in decision-making in respect of decisions on removal of children from parental care.
	(18367)

165	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18569)

166	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what vacant leasehold properties his Department owns; how many years are left until the lease break clause in each case; and what the average rent was in each case in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18649)

167	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18631)

168
N

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what grants his Department has made to (a) the Personal Social Health and Economic Education Association, (b) the Sex Education Forum of the National Children's Bureau and (c) the National Personal and Social Education Association for Advisors, Inspectors and Consultants in each of the last five years; how much grant funding is planned for each body in the next two years; what the (i) monetary value and (ii) purpose of each such grant is; and if he will make a statement.

(17857)

169 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to publish equality impact assessments undertaken by his Department as part of the comprehensive spending review; and if he will make a statement.
	(18277)

170	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students normally resident in Rotherham receive education maintenance allowance.
	(18427)

171	James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on enabling secondary schools rated as good by Ofsted to apply for academy status.
	(18640)

172	Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to implement the recommendation of the Social Work Task Force to introduce an assessed year in practice for new social workers.
	(18638)

173	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18748)

174	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18749)

175	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18750)

176	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18751)

177	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18752)

178

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18753)

179	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the administrative cost to (a) his Department, (b) local authorities and (c) schools of producing school travel plans in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
	(18845)

180	Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to take final decisions on the funding of Playbuilder projects.
	(18500)

181	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether selective grammar schools in the state sector which become academies may retain their current selective admissions criteria.
	(18940)

182	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to local education authorities on reduction of their schools budgets.
	(18941)

183	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of (a) modular and (b) terminal examinations at (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level.
	(18942)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

184	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the Government's position as operator of last resort in the event of the insolvency of a private owner of a nuclear installation.
	(18597)

185	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on the level of private insurance cover available to operators of nuclear installations in other countries.
	(18667)

186	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18570)

187	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Dartford constituency were in fuel poverty on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(18847)

188	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take into account in his assessment of the renewable status of heat pumps the level of carbon dioxide emissions in respect of (a) heat pump hardware and (b) the manufacture and emission of fluorocarbon refrigeration gases; and if he will make a statement.
	(18512)

189	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department collects on the fluorocarbons emitted during the manufacture and operation of heat pumps; and if he will make a statement.
	(18513)

190	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of installed heat pumps which fail to meet the required EU standard on coefficient of performance.
	(18514)

191 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to publish equality impact assessments undertaken by his Department as part of the comprehensive spending review; and if he will make a statement.
	(18279)

192	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since the Department's inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(18791)

193	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department received bonuses and other payments in each year since the Department's inception; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18792)

194	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since his Department's inception; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18793)

195	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since his Department's inception.
	(18794)

196	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many days the his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since his Department's inception; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18795)

197

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since his Department's inception.

(18883)

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

198	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average farm gate price was of (a) corn, (b) wheat and (c) soya beans in each month of the last five years.
	(18495)

199	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) farmers, (b) directors, (c) partners and (d) spouses worked in each agricultural sector in each of the last five years.
	(18497)

200	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the monetary value was of payments in respect of animals disposed of under the National Fallen Stock Scheme in each of the last five years.
	(18520)

201	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) cases of positive bovine tuberculosis and (b) inconclusive reactor cattle were identified in the latest period in which figures are available.
	(18637)

202	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) monitoring, (b) protecting and (c) surveying marine fisheries in each of the last five years.
	(18820)

203	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK-registered fishing vessels were reported as lost at sea in each of the last five years.
	(18821)

204	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average farm business income of (a) all farm types, (b) sheep farms and (c) dairy farms was in each of the last five years.
	(18822)

205	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to retain BeeBase as a voluntary registration scheme for beekeepers.
	(18823)

206	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many beekeepers have alerted the National Bee Unit to bee health problems in each of the last five years.
	(18824)

207	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many beekeepers have registered on BeeBase since its creation.
	(18825)

208	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of active beekeepers registered on BeeBase.
	(18826)

209	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the welfare of farmed animals of the closure of the Farm Animal Welfare Council.
	(18596)

210	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the feasibility of a national social tariff for water charges.
	(18508)

211	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Ofwat on a national social tariff for water charges.
	(18510)

212	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on the bio-security of equestrian events at the London 2012 Olympics.
	(18804)

213	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on the recent outbreak of equine infectious anaemia.
	(18808)

214	Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the equine industry on the recent outbreak of equine infectious anaemia.
	(18811)

215	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many days on average her Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18571)

216	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts her Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18621)

217	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons in (a) refrigeration and (b) heat pumps; and if she will make a statement.
	(18515)

218	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she made of the cost to her Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
	(18754)

219	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid to officials in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18755)

220	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18756)

221	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18757)

222	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days her Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate she made of the cost to her Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18758)

223

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18759)

224	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that support for farm workers continues following the proposed abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board.
	(18936)

225	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the nature of rural communities is reflected in the outcome of the comprehensive spending review.
	(18937)

226	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with supermarkets and food companies on food labelling policy.
	(18938)

227	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of its staff who have operated diversified farm businesses.
	(18939)

228	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Single Payment Scheme leased land agreements the Rural Payments Agency failed to reinstate to the owner at the lease agreement end date owing to computer technical difficulties in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(18683)

229	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of Single Payment Scheme payment entitlements were not paid owing to technical problems in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(18684)

230	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in respect of how many Single Payment Scheme entitlements the Rural Payments Agency has not yet released payments owing to computer technical difficulties in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
	(18685)

231	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect on small sanctuaries of the definition of a zoo set out in the Zoo Licensing Act 1981.
	(18666)

232	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to promote the introduction of a country of origin labelling regime for meat and fish products to provide that a single country of origin may be cited only if the animal was born, reared and slaughtered in one country.
	(18852)

233	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for (a) all fresh meat products and (b) the meat ingredient in processed meat and fish products; and if she will make a statement.
	(18853)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

234	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation of the Baha'i population in Iran.
	(18516)

235	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on (a) the human rights situation and (b) freedom of the press in the Gambia.
	(18517)

236	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which programmes and projects he has funded to raise awareness of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child overseas in the last five years.
	(18585)

237	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effectiveness of the Government's strategy in Helmand province to December 2014.
	(18598)

238	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18579)

239	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18625)

240	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of British nationals resident in (a) Armenia, (b) Azerbaijan and (c) Georgia.
	(18503)

241	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people were employed by his Department's diplomatic mission in (a) Armenia, (b) Azerbaijan and (c) Georgia on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(18504)

242	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to seek to secure progress in respect of the political situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
	(18505)

243	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made in the OSCE Minsk Group discussions on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh.
	(18506)

244	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the state of relations between the UK and Azerbaijan.
	(18507)

245

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the treatment by Ugandan police of Dr Kizza Besigye on 9 June 2010; what assessment he has made of (a) the extent of implementation in Uganda of the 2006 recommendations of the EU and the Commonwealth on the Electoral Commission and (b) the prospect of free, fair and peaceful elections in Uganda; and if he will make a statement.

(18675)

246	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on (a) freedom of speech in Uganda and (b) confiscation by the Ugandan authorities of copies of The Correct Line, Uganda under Museveni, by Dr Olive Kobusingye; and if he will make a statement.
	(18677)

247	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his timetable is for UK ratification of the EU's stabilisation and association agreement with Serbia.
	(18428)

248	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18766)

249	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18767)

250	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18768)

251	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18769)

252	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each year since 1997.
	(18770)

253

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18771)

254	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Minister for Overseas Territories plans to visit the Pitcairn Islands in 2010-11.
	(18854)

255	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to preserve biodiversity on Henderson Island.
	(18856)

256	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of UK relations with the Pitcairn Islands; and if he will make a statement.
	(18860)

257	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the Pitcairn Islands.
	(18861)

258	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the number of British citizens being held as (a) prisoners and (b) political prisoners in each country.
	(18433)

259	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in respect of how many cases relating to (a) British prisoners and (b) political prisoners abroad his Department is involved.
	(18434)

260	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent in respect of the cases of British prisoners held in prison in each country in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(18435)

261	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Israel and the Palestinian National Council on the situation of members of the Palestinian legislature; and if he will make a statement.
	(18851)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

262	Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence plans to consult on the proposed protocol to be used to determine whether it assesses products, services and technologies for rare conditions or refers them to the Advisory Group on National Specialised Services.
	(18430)

263	Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of NHS patients who receive radiotherapy were treated with IMRT or GRT in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18616)

264	Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to improve the treatment of older people who are living with HIV/AIDS.
	(18617)

265 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that people with rheumatoid arthritis are given a personalised care plan; and who will be responsible for developing that plan with the patient.
	(16995)

266 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of regional variations in the usage of treatments approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for rheumatoid arthritis; and if he will make a statement.
	(16996)

267 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Clinical Guideline 79 for rheumatoid arthritis in England.
	(17328)

268	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on medicinal drugs in each of the last five years; and how much he expects it to spend in the next two years.
	(18599)

269	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18573)

270 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to implement the proposals on the engagement of consultants in dental public health and dental practice advisers in the development of new arrangements for NHS dentistry as referred to in his Department's White Paper on Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS.
	(18368)

271	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net cash requirement for the NHS pension scheme was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and whether any excess was paid into the Consolidated Fund as income in each year in which the requirement was negative.
	(18816)

272
N

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what grants his Department has made to (a) Brook, (b) the fpa and former Family Planning Association, (c) Marie Stopes International, (d) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (e) Education for Choice and (f) the Terrence Higgins Trust in each of the last three years; how much grant funding is planned for each body in the next two years; what the (i) monetary value and (ii) purpose of each such grant is; and if he will make a statement.

(17858)

273 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) 11 and (b) 12 years were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in each of the last five years; if he will make it his policy routinely to publish figures on the number of STI diagnoses among under-12s in future years; and if he will make a statement.
	(17859)

274	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has (a) commissioned or (b) evalulated research on a potential link between the swine influenza vaccine and the development of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
	(18525)

275	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on the effect of his proposed reforms to the duties of general practitioners on the terms and conditions of general practitioners in Wales.
	(18671)

276	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the initial costs incurred in respect of ending primary care trusts and replacing them with GP consortia in (a) England and (b) Birmingham.
	(18545)

277	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on its review of dementia drugs.
	(18522)

278	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2010, Official Report, columns 1110-11W, on general practitioners: finance, how the formula for the allocation of funding by the NHS Commissioning Board to GP consortia will take account of levels of need.
	(18526)

279	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what epilepsy awareness training is provided to paramedics working in the National Health Service.
	(18689)

280	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of epilepsy groups on the future of epilepsy services in the National Health Service.
	(18690)

281	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to encourage GPs to comply with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's recommendation in the proposed Quality and Outcomes Framework for 2011-12 for GPs to talk to women with epilepsy about drug risk during pregnancy.
	(18691)

282	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that proposed GP consortia comply with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on services for people with epilepsy.
	(18692)

283	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of proposed GP consortia to commission epilepsy services appropriately.
	(18693)

284	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his spent on external consultants for the building of new health centres in Bentham and Settle in 2009-10.
	(18931)

285	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the use of neuroleptics in the management of psychosis-related conditions.
	(18932)

286	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of setting up the Care Quality Commission; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of the care home information gathered through its registration process which had already been collected by former social care bodies.
	(18686)

287	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home registrations the Care Quality Commission has (a) lost and (b) failed to process within the target timescale for processing since its inception; and how many complaints regarding the Commission (i) the Commission and (ii) his Department has received in that period from care home providers.
	(18687)

288	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of transferring the commissioning of NHS primary dental care to the NHS Commissioning Board, as referred to in his Department's White Paper on Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.
	(18439)

289	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body will be responsible for commissioning salaried primary care dental services under the proposals in his Department's White Paper on Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.
	(18440)

290	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role consultants in dental public health will have in commissioning NHS dentistry under the proposals in his Department's White Paper on Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.
	(18441)

291	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role dental practice advisers will have in the structure of the NHS under the proposals in his Department's White Paper on Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.
	(18446)

292	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that young people are not exposed to tobacco advertising and sponsorship at music festivals.
	(18850)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

293	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the likely effects of her Department's cap on immigration on the number of (a) farmers, (b) directors, (c) partners and (d) spouses in each agricultural sector in 2010-11.
	(18496)

294	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many days on average her Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18574)

295	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts her Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18629)

296 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners held on the prison estate have completed their sentences but have yet to be deported to their home countries; and if she will make a statement.
	(17793)

297 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain from applicants originally from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Pakistan, (c) Iraq, (d) Somalia, (e) Zimbabwe, (f) Turkey and (g) India have been (i) received and (ii) approved in each quarter since May 2005; and if she will make a statement.
	(17794)

298 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to publish equality impact assessments undertaken by her Department as part of the comprehensive spending review; and if she will make a statement.
	(18280)

299

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that personnel working with animals in establishments designated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are trained and competent following the transposition into domestic law of the EU Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes; and if she will make a statement.

(18797)

300	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effects on the level of protection given to pre-hatch birds used in experimental procedures the transposition into domestic law of the EU Directive on the protection of animals used in scientific procedures will have.
	(18798)

301	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many procedures have been licensed which were deemed likely to cause severe pain or distress to animals that could not be alleviated in each of the last three years.
	(18799)

302	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to transpose into domestic law the derogation within the EU Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes allowing the use of procedures involving severe pain, suffering or distress to animals that is likely to be long-lasting and cannot be ameliorated.
	(18800)

303	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspections of establishments designated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate in 2009.
	(18801)

304	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the likely change in the number of inspections of designated establishments carried out by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(18802)

305	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which areas she plans to opt to maintain the provisions of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for safeguarding animal welfare where they are more restrictive than those that will be required within the EU Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
	(18803)

306

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2010, Official Report, column 201W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, what estimate she has made of the number of people who were in receipt of out of work-related benefits for up to 30.86 days on average because of the time taken for the Criminal Records Bureau to process a disclosure in the latest period for which figures are available.

(18618)

307	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2010, Official Report, column 201W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, on how many occasions the processing of enhanced disclosures initially received in each month of 2010 to date has taken more than 28 days.
	(18619)

308	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department and its non-departmental public bodies of implementing and monitoring compliance with legislation transposing EU requirements in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
	(18778)

309	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
	(18779)

310	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid to officials in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18780)

311	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18781)

312	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18782)

313	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days her Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate she made of the cost to her Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18783)

314

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18784)

315	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force spent on (a) leisure and sporting activities and (b) promotional materials in each of the last three years.
	(18813)

316	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days each police force lost to sickness absence (a) in total and (b) per officer in each of the last three years.
	(18814)

317	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force spent on overtime (a) in total and (b) on average per officer in each of the last three years.
	(18866)

318	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on foreign direct investment of the inclusion of inter-company transfers within the proposed non-EU economic migrant cap.
	(18929)

319	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to businesses of familiarisation with provisions of immigration law.
	(18930)

320	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2010, Official Report, column 304W, on khat, whether her Department has undertaken a breakdown of the use of khat by ethnic origin of users.
	(18550)

Questions to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission

321	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost was of the State Opening of Parliament in 2010.
	(18650)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

322	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to support (a) food aid programmes and (b) agricultural development in each country in (i) sub-Saharan Africa and (ii) Asia in each of the last five years.
	(18519)

323	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the efffectiveness of (a) structural adjustment programmes and (b) poverty reduction strategy papers on reducing poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.
	(18590)

324	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2010, Official Report, column 920W, on developing countries: maternity services, what datasets his Department collects on its maternal and newborn health programmes in each (a) region and (b) country.
	(18665)

325	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18578)

326	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18624)

327	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated for expenditure through the World Bank in each of the last five years; for what purposes such funding was used; what evaluation he has made of the outcomes of the expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
	(18849)

328	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the International Monetary Fund on the interest on Pakistan's debt repayments.
	[R] (18546)

329	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18706)

330	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary values was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18707)

331	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18708)

332	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18709)

333	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18710)

334

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) it total in each year since 1997.

(18711)

335	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) his international counterparts on the Pitcairn Islands in the last six months.
	(18855)

336	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to programmes related to the preservation of biodiversity on Henderson Island in each of the next three years.
	(18857)

337	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment his Department has made of future levels of biodiversity on Henderson Island; and if he will make a statement.
	(18858)

338	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department allocated to programmes in the Pitcairn Islands in each of the last 10 years.
	(18859)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

339	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Commission on a British Bill of Rights will consider the extent to which children's rights under the Convention on the Rights of a Child are protected in UK law.
	(18584)

340	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18575)

341	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18630)

342 N	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of young offenders re-offended within one year of being released from custody in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18398)

343	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.
	(18700)

344	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since its inception; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary values was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18701)

345	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since its inception; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18702)

346	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since its inception.
	(18703)

347	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since its inception; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18704)

348

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18705)

349	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on food and refreshment services for prisoners (a) in total, (b) per prisoner per meal and (c) per prisoner per day in each year since 1997.
	(18834)

350	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on education services for prisoners in each year since 1997.
	(18835)

351	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were engaged in education services in each year since 1997; and what the average cost to the public purse per prisoner was of providing such services.
	(18836)

352	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse per day of housing a prisoner in each category was in each year since 1997.
	(18837)

353	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were released (a) before the scheduled end of sentence, (b) after the scheduled end of sentence and (c) on the day scheduled for the end of sentence in each year since 1997.
	(18838)

354	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on (a) caseload, (b) processing times and (c) the number of adjournments in courts in Devon and Cornwall of HM Courts Service expenditure reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	(18829)

355	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on prisoner numbers in Devon and Cornwall of Probation Service expenditure reductions of (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 30 per cent.
	(18830)

356	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on the (a) caseload of Devon and Cornwall Probation Service and (b) provision by that service of (i) court reports and (ii) supervision of people on parole licences of Probation Service spending reductions of (A) 10, (B) 20 and (C) 30 per cent.
	(18832)

357	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on (a) staff headcourt and (b) prisoners in Devon and Cornwall of Probation Service spending reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	(18833)

358	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many owners of small businesses employing 10 people or fewer have applied to participate in the employment tribunal system since May 2010.
	(18924)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

359

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Statement of 12 October 2010, Official Report, columns 155-57, on higher education and student finance, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications for the block grant to Scotland of the Government's policy on higher education in England.

(18589)

Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

360

Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will make representations to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for claims made by hon. and right hon. Members to be repayable without the requirement that they must be made within 90 days of the expense being incurred.

(18676)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

361	Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the costs of High Speed 2 he expects to be met from European Union funds.
	(18587)

362	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department is taking to ensure that drivers with foreign number plates are (a) complying with the requirement to register their vehicle properly and (b) if not, if he intends to ensure that this is enforced.
	(18521)

363	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18577)

364	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18626)

365	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of congestion in Southwark, Waterloo and Vauxhall caused by traffic disruption on the day of the State Opening of Parliament.
	(18615)

366

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 408W, on bicycles, what mechanisms there are in place to encourage the use of folding bicycles; if he will use the same mechanisms to encourage the provision of additional capacity to allow more space for bikes to be carried on trains; and whether the remit of the Station Travel Plan pilot project covers the issue of provision for bicycles on trains.

(18620)

367	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effects of raising the existing cap on annual increases for train fares on the number of people commuting by train between Brighton and Hove and London.
	(18901)

368 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much each train operating company has invested in the rail network in each year since 2002.
	(18369)

369 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to each train operating company in each of the last 10 years.
	(18370)

370 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the expenditure by each train operating company on (a) stations and (b) ticketing systems in the last 10 years.
	(18371)

371	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18718)

372	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary values was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18719)

373	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18720)

374	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18721)

375	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days his Department has lost to staff sickness in each year since 1997; and what estimate he made of the cost to his Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18722)

376

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18723)

377	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between his Department and National Express on (a) the Greater Anglia franchise, (b) rail fares on that franchise, (c) timetable changes on that franchise and (d) the National Station Improvement Programme for stations covered by that franchise since 2008.
	(18815)

378	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of new high speed rail lines for communities beyond the reach of each proposed route.
	(18925)

379	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) the use of the Airedale line by Network Rail and (b) its Northern Route Utilisation Strategy.
	(18926)

380	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what employment legislation his Department is responsible; and what progress his Department has made on the Government's review of employment law.
	(18927)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

381 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to publish equality impact assessments undertaken by the Government Equalities Office as part of the comprehensive spending review; and if she will make a statement.
	(18281)

382	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects the gender pay gap to be closed.
	(18543)

383	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Government Equalities Office of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement.
	(18785)

384	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much was paid to the Government Equalities Office in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary value was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18786)

385	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in the Government Equalities Office in each year since its inception; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18787)

386	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18788)

387	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many days the Government Equalities Office has lost to staff sickness in each year since its inception; and what estimate she made of the cost to her Department of sickness absence in each such year.
	(18789)

388

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since its inception.

(18790)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

389	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many days on average his Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in 2009-10.
	(18576)

390	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department has with Capita; and how much it has paid to Capita under such contracts in 2010-11 to date.
	(18622)

391	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals were continuously in receipt of out-of-work benefits between 1 June 1997 and 31 May 2010.
	(18862)

392	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Dartford constituency participated in (a) a community taskforce and (b) work-focussed training programme in the last 12 months.
	(18669)

393	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is considering new policies to tackle the low-pay, no-pay cycle.
	(18536)

394	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of appeals proceedings against work capability assessment decisions relating to employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18679)

395	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of appeals proceedings against medical assessment decisions relating to disability living allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18680)

396	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue his Department expects to accrue consequent on the removal of housing benefit excess in each of the next 10 years; and what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the administration of that change in each relevant year.
	(18541)

397

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the ability of housing associations to raise and service finance on the capital markets to fund the building of housing in each of the next five years of (a) the proposed weekly cap on housing benefit and (b) the uprating in housing benefit, with reference to the consumer price index rather than average rents.

(18542)

398	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of housing benefit claimants in (a) England, (b) Birmingham and (c) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency who are in paid employment.
	(18544)

399

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of how many households his Department expects income to fall below the 60 per cent. median poverty line as (a) a result of the (i) proposed cap on housing benefit, (ii) uprating of housing benefit with reference to the consumer price index, (iii) cap in total household benefits and (b) in total (A) nationally and (B) in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency in each of the next 10 years.

(18600)

400	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the number of pensioners whose income is likely to fall below the 60 per cent. median poverty line as a result of the (a) proposed weekly cap on housing benefit and (b) up-rating of housing benefit with reference to the consumer price index.
	(18601)

401	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total monetary value was of winter fuel payments paid to recipients in Livingston constituency in 2009-10.
	(18632)

402	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Livingston constituency received the cold weather payment in 2009-10.
	(18633)

403	Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total monetary value was of cold weather payments paid to recipients in Livingston constituency in 2009-10.
	(18634)

404	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he made of the cost to his Department and its non-departmental public bodies of compliance with (a) domestic, (b) European and (c) other international human rights requirements in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(18712)

405	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in each year since 1997; how many officials received such payments; and what the monetary values was of the largest 20 payments made in each such year.
	(18713)

406	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what allowances and payments in addition to salary were available to officials in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value was of payments and allowances of each type in each such year.
	(18714)

407	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department have been (a) subject to disciplinary action, (b) removed from post, (c) transferred to another position and (d) dismissed for matters relating to their (i) disciplinary record and (ii) performance in each year since 1997.
	(18715)

408

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department have had (a) fewer than five days, (b) five to 10 days, (c) 10 to 15 days, (d) 15 to 20 days, (e) 20 to 25 days, (f) 25 to 50 days, (g) 50 to 75 days, (h) 75 to 100 days, (i) 100 to 150 days, (j) 150 to 200 days, (k) more than 200 days, (l) more than three months, (m) more than six months and (n) one year on paid sick leave (i) consecutively and (ii) in total in each year since 1997.

(18717)

409	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of Erith and Thamesmead constituency in receipt of winter fuel payment are higher rate tax payers.
	(18846)

410	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people convicted of benefit fraud had two or more previous such convictions in each year since 2005.
	(18681)

411	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) East Sussex and (b) Hastings and Rye constituency were in receipt of benefits other than disability living allowance of more than £500 a week in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18425)

412	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) East Sussex and (b) Hastings and Rye constituency were in receipt of housing benefit of more than £400 a week in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18426)

413	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the proportion of the population of each (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency which was in receipt of local housing allowance in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(18602)

414	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what employment legislation his Department is responsible; and what progress his Department has made on the Government's proposed review of employment law.
	(18928)

415	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist residents in Pendle constituency who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance to enter employment.
	(18586)

416	Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons support for mortgage interest payments was reduced before agreement on averaging out rates was reached.
	(18639)

417	Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome have had their initial application for disability living allowance turned down in the last three years for which figures are available.
	(18646)

418	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the implications for the social rented housing market of his Department's welfare reforms.
	(18432)

419	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of non-resident parents who are liable to pay child maintenance to a parent with care who also receive child support payments from that parent (a) nationally and (b) in Walsall South constituency.
	(18436)

420	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of parents with care who both pay and receive child maintenance (a) nationally and (b) in Walsall South constituency.
	(18437)

421	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission on the position of (a) single parents without a new partner and (b) parents with new families under split care arrangements.
	(18448)

422	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of non-resident (a) mothers and (b) fathers (i) nationally and (ii) in Walsall South constituency who have deductions for other relevant children taken into account before their income is tested for child maintenance payments to qualifying children.
	(18511)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

423	Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five-year survival rate from ovarian cancer was in the latest period for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (18828)

424	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people originating from (a) Armenia, (b) Azerbaijan and (c) Georgia who are resident in the UK.
	[Transferred] (18502)

425

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in respect of participation in political life in regard to its provisions for (a) ensuring that voting procedures, facilities and materials are appropriate, accessible, easy to understand and use, (b) protecting the right of persons with disabilities to vote by secret ballot in elections and public referendums without intimidation and to stand for elections, to effectively hold office and perform all public functions at all levels of government, facilitating the use of assistive and new technologies where appropriate and (c) guaranteeing the free expression of the will of persons with disabilities as electors and to this end, where necessary, at their request, allowing assistance in voting by a person of their own choice.

[Transferred] (18594)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

426	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the statutory regime governing the display of tobacco products in shops; when he plans to do so; and what assessment he has made of the effects of the current legislation on small business owners.
	[Transferred] (18533)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

427	Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) nationally and (b) resident in Hastings and Rye constituency have been subject to more than one Criminal Records Bureau check within 12 months during the latest period for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (18424)

428	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effects on police (a) staffing levels and (b) detection rates in Devon and Cornwall of expenditure reductions of (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 per cent.
	[Transferred] (18831)

429	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to assess the effect on small businesses of the provisions of the Equalities Act 2010.
	[Transferred] (18892)

430	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to small businesses of implementation of the provisions of the Equalities Act 2010.
	[Transferred] (18893)

431	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of cases expected to be brought against employers arising from the provisions of the Equalities Act 2010.
	[Transferred] (18894)


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