Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the statement on page 57 of the Autumn Statement (Cm 8231) that the Government will invest £5 million to set up a nationwide taskforce to target metal thieves and scrap metal dealers who illegally trade in stolen metal, of whom this taskforce will comprise; who will lead the taskforce; what the anticipated timescale is of its operation; on what basis its budget has been set; and if she will make a statement. [84939]

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to develop and promote vocational rehabilitation services. [85761]

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): May we have a debate early next year on social care and paying for the costs of care homes? We have been promised a White Paper in the spring, but it appears that this is going to be no more than a progress report and will not contain substantive policy decisions. It is sometimes argued that it is difficult to establish cross-party agreement on this issue, but if we were to have a debate, we could see whether there was cross-party agreement on the funding of social care and the cost of care homes. As co-chair of the all-party group on carers, I very much hope that this issue can be resolved before I leave Parliament. At the present rate of progress, however, I will be contesting a number more elections in Banbury before this matter is resolved.

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): My hon. Friend and I are privileged to represent Oxford constituencies, and Oxford county council is managing to keep all 43 public libraries open notwithstanding a difficult financial settlement. Is not the reasonable inference that some local authorities have elected to make deep cuts in front-line services simply to make a political point and that it is perfectly possible, if local authorities put their minds to it, to keep libraries open?

Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement during the Autumn statement that the East-West rail link will go ahead, North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry asked Ministers about whether the Ministry of Defence has been involved in any discussions with the Department of Transport regarding the potential for greater use of the existing rail infrastructure in and around Bicester.

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): May I offer my right hon. Friend many congratulations on what has been achieved? Does he agree that one of the major achievements of Durban was that for the first time everyone in the world, including the major emitters—the United States, India and China—are now committed to the same process of a legally binding agreement? For the first time ever, everyone is going in the same direction towards the same objective. A simple machinery of government question: will the funding for the green climate fund come from the budget of my right hon. Friend’s Department or that of Department for International Development?

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of people in the United Kingdom who have no right to be within the jurisdiction. [85208]

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking in respect of her Department’s performance in arresting and detaining those who do not comply with immigration controls. [85206]

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the statement on page 57 of the Autumn Statement (Cm 8231) that the Government will provide £4 million to Skills for Logistics to improve training approaches to increase the competitiveness and productivity of the logistics sector; how will these funds be allocated; who can apply for funding; and if he will make a statement. [84938]

Figures from the police obtained by the BBC show there were 263 thefts between May and October, compared with 99 during the same period in 2010.