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• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the decile amounts of the deduction from state pension made in respect of periods of contracted-out employment for (a) men and (b) women reaching state pension age in (i) the latest year for which figures are available and (ii) each of the previous five years.

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 11 February 2013, Official Report, column 510W, on state retirement pensions, what proportion of people would receive an amount greater than £144 per week net of any deduction made in respect of periods of contracted-out employment should the current system remain in place.

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to Text Box 2.2 of his Department's White Paper, The single-tier pension, CM 8528, when his Department's population projections will be published.

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to Chart 2.4 of his Department's White Paper, The single-tier pension, CM 8528, if he will provide the figures used to produce that chart.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Tonnage Tax
  

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from shipping companies in the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2000-01.

• Written Answers — Transport: Merchant Shipping (Diving Safety) Regulations 2002
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he next plans to discuss repeal of the Merchant Shipping (Diving Safety) Regulations 2002 with officials from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE); and if he will publish the (a) dates and (b) minutes of all previous meetings his Department has held with HSE officials to discuss that subject.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Tonnage Tax
  

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the UK's annual (a) imports and (b) exports in each year since 2000-01 were accounted for by vessels in the tonnage tax scheme.

• Written Answers — Transport: Rail Franchise Advisory Panel
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the annual rate of pay will be for each member of the Rail Franchise Advisory Panel.

• Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Franchises
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff from (a) his Department and (b) other government departments are involved in negotiations with the incumbent franchisee for an extended rail passenger service contract on the (i) Essex Thameside, (ii) Thameslink, (iii) Inter City West Coast, (iv) Great Western, (v) Greater Anglia, (vi) Northern, (vii) London Midland, (viii) East Midlands and (ix) South Eastern line.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Tonnage Tax
  

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value of concessions given by HM Revenue and Customs to shipping companies in respect of the tonnage tax scheme was in 2012-13.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Tonnage Tax
  

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many vessels qualified for the tonnage tax scheme in 2012-13; and how many have qualified to date for the scheme in 2013-14.

• Written Answers — Transport: Tonnage Tax
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the current total is for Payments in Lieu of Training made by shipping company groups that qualified for the tonnage tax scheme in 2012-13.