Written Answers

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• Written Answers — Transport: Seafarers
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the European Commission on seafarers' pay differentials.

• Written Answers — Transport: Shipping: Pay
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport

  (1) what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have held with the British Chamber of Shipping on the Carter Review into seafarers' pay differentials;

  (2) what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have held with the European Commission on the Carter Review into seafarers' pay differentials; and whether the European Commission has expressed support for the Carter Review recommendations.;

  (3) whether his Department has received any (a) legal advice or (b) guidance from the European Commission over the last five years on the Government's obligations on seafarers pay differentials.

• Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Floods: Cumbria
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the role of the Government Office for the North West in the response to the 2009 Cumbrian floods; and how he expects that role to be fulfilled in future.

• Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Government Offices for the Regions
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the Government Office Network played in co-ordinating the Government's response to the swine influenza outbreak; and what plans he has for coordination of regional responses to future similar events.

• Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Government Offices for the Regions: Voluntary Organisations
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which voluntary sector organisations he consulted as part of his review of the Government Office Network.

• Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the role of the Government Office for the South East in the response to the Buncefield oil depot explosion; and how he expects that role to be fulfilled in future.

• Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Arts: Finance
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with officials and Ministers in HM Treasury on future levels of arts funding.

• Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Arts: Finance
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he plans to ring-fence Arts Council England funding.

• Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Performing Arts
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to place a statutory duty on local authorities to fund performing arts.

• Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Theatre
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to provide support for the theatre sector.

• Written Answers — Justice: Prison Service: Ex-servicemen
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice

  (1) what protocols have been agreed between the Prison Service and the Ministry of Defence on the identification of service personnel in prisons since 1998;

  (2) if Ministers in his Department will meet practitioners in the criminal justice system who specialise in work with ex-service personnel to discuss the matter of ex-service personnel in prison.

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Industrial Health and Safety
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what methodology his Department uses to monitor public attitudes towards health and safety legislation.

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Industrial Injuries
  

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many workplace injuries there were in each year from 1997 to 2009.