Written answers
Thursday, 13 September 2012
- Attorney-General
- Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Attorney-General whether any staff in the Law Officers' Departments have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for inappropriate internet usage in the last 12 months.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Dairy Farming
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what effect the agreement of a voluntary code on contractual relationships between milk buyers and dairy farmers will have upon...
- Engineers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to assist with marine-based training for engineers aged between 16 and 24 years.
- European Patent Court
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will commission research to establish what effect the creation of the European Patent Court will have on economic growth in...
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the total value of British exports to other Commonwealth countries in each of the last five years.
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the total value of British exports to other member states of the EU in each of the last five years.
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the value of British exports to Russia in each of the last five years.
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the value of British exports to China in each of the last five years.
- Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the value of British exports to India in each of the last five years.
- Farepak
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the review into the lessons learnt from the Farepak disqualification proceedings will be made public in its entirety.
- Foreign Investment in UK: Barnsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many inward investment companies have located in Barnsley Central constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the...
- Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the status is of the Government Innovation Growth Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with UK universities on the harmonisation of fees or financial support in respect of overseas...
- Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) if he will bring forward proposals to make it easier to recruit, train and retain factory managers in the automotive...
- Overseas Students: Entry Clearances
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, columns 1086-7W, on overseas students, what assessment he has made of...
- Overseas Students: Entry Clearances
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support and assistance he has put in place to help educational institutions comply with the UK Border Agency guidelines; and...
- Post Offices: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the potential loss of income to post offices from the loss of the provision of Driver and...
- Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the ongoing additional costs to (a) Post Office Ltd and (b) Royal Mail as a result of the...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2012, Official Report, column 514W, on publications, how much his Department has spent on (a)...
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the Growth Fund is being handed to local newspapers to manage; and which local newspapers have won Regional...
- Research and Development Tax Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on research and development tax credits and small businesses.
- Science
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the science budget has been allocated to life sciences in the last three years.
- Cabinet Office
- British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens living outside the UK.
- Offences Against Children: Charities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many charities registered in England and Wales have been (a) investigated or (b) the subject of a regulatory inquiry by the Charities Commission for...
- Communities and Local Government
- Audit Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the monetary value was of the (a) basic pay including responsibility allowances, (b) bonus, (c) employer pension...
- Audit Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he had made of the costs to the National Audit Office of preparing the code of practice to be followed by auditors...
- Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average time taken was by his Department to reply to correspondence from hon. Members and Peers in the last 12 months;...
- Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the maximum amount which could be raised by changes to second home discounts and empty property...
- Council Tax Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of council tax benefit subsidy reduction in each local authority area in the next financial year.
- Emergencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the role and responsibilities of his Department's resilience and emergencies division is; and what work is carried out in...
- European Regional Development Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the total funding allocated under the European Regional Development Fund between 2007 and 2012 is currently...
- Family Intervention Projects
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many troubled families were helped by family intervention projects in each of the last five years in England and Wales.
- Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget was of his Department for advertising for its Fire Kills campaign in 2011-12.
- Fire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the percentage change is in his Department's grant to each precepting fire and rescue authority between 2011-12 and 2012-13.
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the National Landlords Association on changes to housing benefit regulations.
- Local Government: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by local authorities in procuring goods, works and services in each of the last five years; and if he will...
- Local Government: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Federation of Small Businesses...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to answer the letter dated 6 July 2012 on asset transfer sent by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North and...
- Parks
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will take steps to create a body to assess the effect of reductions in Government spending on urban parks.
- Regional Resilience Forums
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regional resilience forums in relation to level 1 incidents; and if he...
- Riots Communities and Victims Panel
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total cost to the public purse was of the Riots Community and Victims Panel and its report.
- Defence
- Belize
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training has taken place at British Army Training Support Unit Belize since July 2011; and if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of such...
- Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make a decision on the Maritime Indirect Fire System; and what estimate he has made of the unit cost of such a system.
- Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the SC-130J aircraft's suitability as a maritime patrol aircraft; (2) what assessment he has made of C-295...
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) the US military and (b) other US authorities on military intervention in Syria using (i) USAF Lakenheath and (b)...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Carbon Emissions: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to reduce carbon emissions from farming.
- Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate his Department has made of the average tariff differentials between (a) pre-payment meters, (b) standard credit,...
- Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of electricity price differentials (a) outside and (b) within suppliers' former monopoly regions.
- Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department took to encourage responses to its consultation on the consumer engagement strategy before the smart meter...
- Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what role Ministers in his Department have in taking decisions on requests made to his Department under the provisions of the Freedom...
- Nuclear Energy Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from what sources funding is drawn for the Government's participation in and membership of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the...
- Nuclear Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what procedures he is putting in place to ensure maximum transparency in the setting of the strike price for new nuclear generation.
- Nuclear Risk Insurers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) hospitality and (b) sponsorship Ministers and officials in his Department have received from Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd since...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's policy is on taking into account when assessing tenders submitted for departmental contracts the (a)...
- Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on soft furnishings, plants, artwork and other office improvements since May 2010; and what items...
- Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funds his Department spent on energy subsidies for (a) wind, (b) solar and (c) hydro-electric power in each financial year since...
- Third Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office report, Central Government's...
- Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) media and (b) public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010; and what the (i) date and...
- Warm Front Scheme: Coventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in (a) Coventry and (b) Coventry North East constituency who applied for help through the Warm Front scheme were...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Advisory Committee on Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish full details of the background, expertise, previous and current employment, and commercial interest, of...
- Bees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the statement in the letter of 23 July 2012 from Lord Taylor of Holbeach, reference MC 278501, on the...
- National Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what definition of gross domestic product-plus his Department uses.
- Scallops
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science project to obtain scallop data for modelling...
- Third Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations made by the National Audit Office in its report, Central...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Al Shabaab
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the activities of Al Shabaab in East African countries.
- Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the name and address is of each building owned by his Department; and what the estimated book value is of each such building.
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government is assisting the Government of Burma with technical and other assistance on repealing and replacing that...
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received that ethnic Rohingya are being forced out of the town of Sittwe in Burma.
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of how many people have been internally displaced by conflict and human rights abuses in Burma since...
- EU Justice and Home Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on Protocol 36 of the Treaties of the European Union regarding the UK's ability to opt out...
- European Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the requirement for a referendum under the European Union Act 2011 would apply should the UK opt in to measures covered by...
- India
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of India's response to the UN's Universal Periodic Review; what assessment he has made of the level...
- India
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of progress in India since the last EU human rights dialogue; and what his priorities are for the...
- India
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to authorities in India on the treatment of the Sikh community in that country.
- Nigeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Nigeria.
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has made to the Zimbabwean government on the public sector pensions of UK citizens entitled...
- Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with countries of the African Union on the payment of civil service or military pensions...
- Health
- Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on his Department's proposed consultation on abortion counselling; and when he plans to publish the consultation document.
- Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited longer than four hours for accident and emergency treatment in each of...
- Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to tackle the problem of binge drinking by children and young teenagers.
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what timetable he has set for development of one and five-year cancer survival rate indicators; (2) what steps he is taking to ensure clinical...
- Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the west midlands and (c) England waited longer than one month from an urgent referral for suspected cancer to...
- Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of care for (a) Class A, (b) Class B and (c) Class C drug users; and if he will make a statement.
- General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether local commissioning bodies are required to comply with the local health requirements of their health and wellbeing boards.
- Health Services: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of differences in the use of intermediate care services across the NHS; and how many strategic health...
- Health Services: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the care system for elderly people; and if he will make a statement.
- Hospitals: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fires have occurred in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years.
- Hospitals: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) heart and (b) eye operations in Liverpool, Walton constituency in each of the last 10 years.
- Hospitals: Swindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what percentage hospital admissions in Swindon are forecast to change over the next 20 years.
- Hospitals: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England waited for more than a year for treatment in each of the last five...
- Mesothelioma: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each hospital trust in Merseyside were diagnosed with mesothelioma in each of the last five years; what plans he has to provide...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the 10 highest paid staff are in his Department; and what the annual salary is of each such member of staff.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the name is of each company with which his Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is; and what is provided to his...
- Third Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report, Central Government's implementation of the...
- Home Department
- Anti-slavery Day
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to mark Anti-Slavery Day on 18 October 2012.
- Arrests: Football
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested at and (b) ejected from football stadiums by the police in each year since 1990.
- Civil Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many payments have been made under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 to date; and how much in total has been paid out.
- Drugs: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to which countries with capital punishment for drugs offences does the UK provide bilateral assistance on drug enforcement; and what steps...
- Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the global war on drugs; (2) whether her Department has made an...
- Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of whether the UK Border Agency has fulfilled its commitment to an holistic approach in assessing colleges under...
- Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many educational institutions had their highly trusted status licence refused, suspended or downgraded prior to April 2011 on the basis...
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans her Department has to make the National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Trafficking a responsibility of the National Crime Agency.
- Human Trafficking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to ensure all local authorities set up a local multi-agency information sharing process to share information on patterns...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas students studying at London Metropolitan University have been contacted by the UK Border Agency concerning their status in...
- London Metropolitan University
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials of the UK Border Agency have been deployed to the task force for London Metropolitan university; and what their remit is.
- Ministerial Ethnic Minority Steering Group
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Ministerial Ethnic Minority Steering Group is still constituted; on how many occasions it has met since May 2010; and how many...
- Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to publish data providing comparable national statistical information on police and crime commissioner performance in...
- Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to publish the Welsh Forms Order for police and crime commissioner elections.
- Police: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2012, Official Report, column 662W, on police: conditions of employment, what the involvement was of other...
- Police: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has issued any guidance to chief constables on the circumstances in which authorisation should be given to an...
- Police: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has received representations on possible confusion between the uniforms worn by Newham law enforcement officers and those worn by...
- House of Commons Commission
- Postal Services
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House spent on Royal Mail unpaid postage fees in (a) 2009, (b) 2010...
- Justice
- Driving Under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) women and (b) men were found guilty of drink driving, in each region in each of the last five years.
- Hospitals: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in relation to assaults on hospital staff in each region in the last two years.
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the likely (a) highest, (b) median, (c) median full-time equivalent and (d) lowest full-time equivalent salary to be paid by...
- Road Traffic Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many foreign registered vehicles from each country of registration were the subject of prosecutions for road traffic offences in each of the...
- Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of the legal action brought by Mr Berezovsky against Mr Abramovich.
- Leader of the House
- House Business Committee
To ask the Leader of the House what steps he is taking to introduce a House Business Committee.
- Northern Ireland
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate she has made of the likely (a) highest, (b) median, (c) median full-time equivalent and (d) lowest full-time equivalent salary to...
- Public Order
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions she has issued certificates stating that an act has been done for the purpose of safeguarding national security or...
- Prime Minister
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish the details of his meetings on 4 September 2012 with the Secretary of State for International Development in connection with her appointment to the...
- Scotland
- Infrastructure: (Financial Assistance) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to his answer of 6 September 2012, Official Report, column 397W, on the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill, what criteria will be used...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the likely (a) highest, (b) median, (c) median full-time equivalent and (d) lowest full-time equivalent salary to be paid...
- West Coast Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2012, Official Report, column 398W, on the West Coast railway line, what discussions he has had with the Secretary...
- Winter Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people who live in Scotland are eligible for winter fuel allowance.
- Winter Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department paid out in winter fuel allowance to people in Scotland in each of the last three financial years.
- Working Tax Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2012, Official Report, column 398W, on working tax credit, what the monetary value was of payments made through...
- Transport
- Airports: Thames Estuary
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers he has to direct any windfall gained from a sale of the Heathrow site into funding the construction of an airport in the Thames Estuary.
- Bus Services: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to encourage greater use of talking buses to assist blind passengers.
- Heathrow Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many airport slots are used for flights from Heathrow to Manchester; and what proportion of the total number of slots this figure represents.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of local traffic effects arising from the proposed HS2 Old Oak Common interchange.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the March 2012 advice his Department received from HS2 Ltd, when he plans to announce the route and station option for Leeds,...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the High Level Output Specification, whether the cost of the western connection to Heathrow will be included in High Speed 2 cost...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) for what reason a different methodology was used to assess the value of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Preliminary...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about the effect of the High Speed Rail 2 project on tourism in...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what methodology he used to assess the value of the Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Economic Case for HS2: Value for Money...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the land value categorisation of non-urban land in the Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and if he will make a statement.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the lower landtype categorisation of non-urban land in...
- Large Goods Vehicles: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review his Department's decision on the rights of large goods vehicle drivers to an employment tribunal claim if they are prevented from...
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many investigations the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch conducted in each year since 1998.
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) funding and (b) staffing levels were for the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch in each year since 1998.
- Motorcycles: Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many accidents took place during module one motorcycle tests between the introduction of the test and September 2012; and how many of these...
- Motorcycles: Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress the learning to ride groups have made as part of the motorcycle test review; and if he will make a statement; (2) when he expects...
- Motorcycles: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what safety recommendations the motorcycle Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) group has made in relation to improving CBT.
- Ports: Channel Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether ports in the Channel Islands are classified as overseas ports.
- Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the meetings his Department has had with the United Road Transport Union to discuss the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005;...
- Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on the sums spent by train operating companies on the purchase of new rolling stock in each of the last 10 years...
- Shipping: Channel Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on how many residents of the Channel Islands hold a British Seamen's Card.
- Stansted Airport: Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has recently discussed with Cross Country Trains and Greater Anglia the possibility of introducing a half-hourly service between Cambridge...
- Stansted Airport: Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage Greater Anglia to improve journey times from Cambridge and London Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street.
- Unmanned Air Vehicles: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the proposals in the European Commission working document SWD (2012) 259 final of 4 September 2012 entitled Towards a European...
- West Coast Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the West Coast Main Line bid was assessed in relation to deliverability of projected passenger numbers; and if he will make a statement.
- Treasury
- Enterprise Zones: Lancashire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefits to the Lancashire economy of the Warton enterprise zone.
- Insurance: Travel
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department will investigate the potential benefits of making insurance compulsory for people travelling abroad.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigations were carried out by HM Revenue and Customs into (a) public limited companies, (b) sole traders and (c) partnerships with a turnover...
- Shareholders: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the treatment of shareholder loans for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement.
- Taxation: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans his Department has to use the registration of an individual overseas voter in its revenue investigations.
- Taxation: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use his Department makes of information on the registration of overseas voters.
- Taxation: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs (a) uses and (b) plans to use appearance on the UK electoral register as a criterion for assessing the tax status of Britons...
- Taxation: Business
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses HM Revenue and Customs has selected for local compliance with tax and national insurance contributions in each of the last five years.
- Culture Media and Sport
- Mobile Phone Coverage: Argyll and Bute
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans she has to improve mobile telephone coverage in Argyll and Bute constituency.
- Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what priority she gives to tourism policy in England.
- Listed Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what progress she has made on her consultation on improvements to the system of listed building consents; and if she will make...
- Competitive Sport: Disabled People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans she has to increase participation in competitive sport by people with disabilities.
- Television Reception: Thanet
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if she will assess the adequacy of television reception in Thanet.
- Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to ensure that broadcasters retain and share audience data with producers to enable...
- Sports: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effect that the removal of ring-fenced funding for school sport will have on the...
- Telephones: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with Ofcom on whether access charges for numbers beginning (a) 08, (b) 09 and (c) 118 will be...
- Education
- Abortion: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the Government monitors the accuracy of information on abortion provided to schoolchildren; if he will contact the campaigning organisation...
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many (a) children and (b) black and mixed-heritage children were looked after by local authorities in each of the last five years; (2) what...
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has recently commissioned any research into the quality of care provided to black and mixed-heritage children looked after by...
- Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many submissions have been received via the Tell Tim page on his Department's website; (2) how many policy suggestions received via the Tell...
- Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average cost to Ofsted is of inspecting an individual child care setting for each category of provider.
- Children: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will implement the recommendations relevant to his Department contained in the Report of the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum...
- Children: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to ensure that the statutory requirement on local authorities to establish and maintain registers for sight impaired and...
- Education: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of children in each local authority have statements of educational need.
- Further Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what access to further education will be available to young people with a statement of special educational needs who turn 16 years old before the...
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of (a) pupils receiving free school meals, (b) pupils not receiving free school meals and (c) all pupils at the end of key...
- Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to encourage schools to educate children on the risks of childhood obesity and diabetes.
- Parents: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many vouchers have been distributed under the CANparent trial scheme; (2) what discussions his Department had with church groups on the...
- Pupils: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of Stonewall's School Report 2012 report; and if he will make a...
- Schools: Boxing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools teach boxing.
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of the additional £44 million funding for education places for 16 to 19 year olds in 2012-13 will be allocated to meet the...
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many families are receiving direct payments for special educational needs provision under the terms of the Special Educational Needs (Direct...
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department has provided to Wiltshire County Council on the implementation of its responsibilities under the Special Educational Needs...
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what representations he has received from (a) parents and carers and (b) hon. Members and councillors in affected local authority areas on the...
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on special educational needs in each financial year from 2009-10 to date; and what estimate he has made of such spending...
- Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people are employed in his Department; and how many people were employed by his Department on 5 May 2010.
- Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers were prohibited from teaching by the General Teaching Council for England due to professional incompetence in 2011-12.
- Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers were referred to the General Teaching Council for England for professional incompetence in the last 10 years.
- Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers referred to the General Teaching Council for England for professional incompetence in the last year for which figures are available...
- Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average pay rise for full-time classroom teachers was in (a) academies and (b) maintained schools in each of the last three years.
- Third Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to put into practice the recommendations of the National Audit Office's review of Central Government's implementation of the...
- Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many journeys (a) he and (b) officials in his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each of...
- Written Questions: Government Responses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to answer questions 107269, 107270, 107141, 107066, 107062 and 107061, tabled on 10 May 2012 for answer on 14 May 2012.
- International Development
- Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department takes to ensure co-ordination with the Ministry of Defence on training on humanitarian airdrop or relief...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether it remains her policy to support the hon. Member for Preston's private Members' Bill to enshrine in law that the Government...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether it remains her policy to support enshrining in law a requirement that the Government should spend 0.7% of gross national income...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether it remains her policy to spend 0.7% of gross national income on official development assistance by 2013.
- Work and Pensions
- Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of the cost of calling the Child Support Agency on low-income households.
- Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2012, Official Report, column 865W, on employment schemes: young people, when he expects to announce whether...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 6 February 2012, Official Report, column 110W, on housing benefit, how much housing benefit by (a) value and (b)...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consideration he has given to increasing the social housing underoccupancy penalty in housing benefit in the event that the savings...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will rank all English local authorities by the percentage change in the number of (a) all households receiving housing benefit and (b)...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what proportion of new housing benefit claimants in each local authority area were in employment in (a) April 2010 and (b) May 2012; (2)...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the gross expenditure was in real terms on housing benefit for (a) all working age claimants and (b) working age claimants in employment...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the gross expenditure in real terms on housing benefit for (a) all working age claimants and (b) working age...
- Housing Benefit: Haringey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of housing benefit claimants in the London Borough of Haringey were in work in each year since 2001.
- Housing Benefit: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance claimants in (i) Brighton and Hove local authority area and...
- Housing Benefit: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any of the (a) claimants of and (b) landlords interviewed for the recently-published research on the effect of the (i) housing benefit...
- Housing Benefit: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of housing benefit claimants in Wales are in employment.
- Independent Living Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding his Department has allocated for consultation with Independent Living Fund recipients on the future of the fund; and if he...
- Independent Living Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to consult independent living fund recipients on the future of the fund; and if he will make a statement.
- Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what permits and licences his Department and its public bodies issue to businesses.
- Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what safeguards he has put in place to ensure that deaf people receive adequate financial support through the personal independence payment...
- Social Security: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to extend the European Social Funding provisions for support for families with multiple problems to Wales.
- State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of increasing the 25 pence increase to the state pension for people over the age of 80 to £10 a week if (a)...
- Third Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the National Audit Office report, Central Government's implementation...
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2012, Official Report, columns 361-2W, on work capability assessment, whether Atos Healthcare...
