Strong Local Voice, Strong Local Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers local authorities have to determine the bands into which those waiting for housing should be placed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account is taken of bedroom size when allocating social housing; and what ability local authorities have to determine whether bedrooms are appropriately sized in their Allocations Policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home swaps have taken place under the HomeSwap Direct Scheme in (a) Mid-Dorset and North Poole constituency and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether an academy trust would be personally liable for an asbestos exposure claim against the academy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the proportion of work contracts offered to apprentices at the end of their training that have been full-time in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the oral answer of 19 January 2012, Official Report, column 895, on littering and fly-tipping, over what time period her Department plans to monitor the efficacy of the power granted to local authorities in the London Local Authorities Bill 2007-08 to 2010-12 to make littering from vehicles a civil offence; and what plans she has to pilot this power in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what feedback his Department has received from applicants for employment and support allowance diagnosed with myalgic encephalopathy following the implementation of the Harrington Review of the work capability assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the suitability of the work capability assessment for applicants with fluctuating conditions such as myalgic encephalopathy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to develop a set of assessment criteria for personal independence payments that recognises fluctuating conditions such as myalgic encephalopathy and chronic fatigue syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what statistics his Department holds on rates of employment for those finishing an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to monitor the treatment of apprentices taking part in an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies operating under the National Apprenticeship Service are incentivised to hire apprentices after their training is complete.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps are being taken to improve school toilets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the effects of removing the requirement for schools to provide a minimum number of toilets for a given number of pupils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of studies on the provision of toilet paper, locking cubicles and toilet seats in school toilets; and whether the new School Premises Regulations will include requirements in these areas that are equivalent to standards for adult employees in the Workplace Regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the number of firefighters in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance to £8,105 in April 2012.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer

(1) if he will estimate the number of firefighters in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000;

(2) if he will estimate the number of firefighters who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if he will estimate the likely number of firefighters who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13;

(3) if he will estimate the number of local government staff in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax following the increase in the personal allowance in April 2012;

(4) if he will estimate the number of local government staff in each (a) region and (b) local authority area who will no longer be eligible to pay income tax once the income tax threshold is set at £10,000;

(5) if he will estimate the number of local government staff who benefited from the increase in the personal allowance of income tax in 2011-12; and if he will estimate the likely number of local government staff who will benefit from the increase in 2012-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of children and young people of each gender and of each age who committed acts of self-harm in England in 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients under the age of 18 spent time on adult psychiatric wards in England in each of the last 10 years; and how long on average they spent in such wards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people under 18 have been held under the Mental Health Act in England in each of the last five years.