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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 14 May 2013

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 14 May 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 14 May 2013

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 14 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 14 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 14 May see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General
1
N 		Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the current status is of the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into alleged bribery by GPT Special Project Management Limited in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.
(155176)
2
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) convictions, (b) prosecutions, (c) civil settlements and (d) investigations were brought about by the Serious Fraud Office in 2012-13.
(155202)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the revenue to be accrued to the Government through the sale of its shares in Urenco.
(155102)
4
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the sale of the Government's shares in Urenco to be completed.
(155103)
5
N 		Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to implement the Low Pay Commission's recommendation in its 2013 report to publish on gov.uk effective, clear and accessible guidance on all aspects of the minimum wage.
(154958)
6
N 		John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many L1 examiners at each location are employed by the Insolvency Service; and how many such examiners (a) were employed at each location before implementation of restructuring under the Delivery Strategy and (b) will be employed at each location after that restructuring is complete.
(155093)
7
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds from his Department have been received by the University of Sussex in each of the last five years; and to what use such funds have been put.
(155107)
8
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the regulatory and accountability regime of the University of Sussex.
(155108)
9
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will conduct a financial and academic audit of the University of Sussex.
(155109)
10
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will arrange an urgent review of the financial situation of the Central Sussex College.
(155110)
11
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2013, Official Report, column 261W, on climate change, what statistical models were used in any analyses done to calculate significances.
(153909)
12
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will being forward legislative proposals relating to the Insolvency Service for the purposes of allowing (a) individuals or (b) organisations to request, upon the receipt of evidence and for an acceptable reason, investigation of an individual's ability to act as a director; and if he will make a statement.
(155196)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
13
N 		Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much No. 10 Downing Street spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
(154882)
14
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the full Major Projects Authority report into High Speed 2 which carries a red/amber classification.
(154908)
15
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many current Government special advisers have been subject to (a) all forms of personnel security control, (b) a counter terrorism check, (c) a security check and (d) developed vetting.
(155094)
16
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Security Vetting Appeals Panel has met since May 2010.
(155177)
17
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers have used the appeals process to challenge an adverse vetting decision since May 2010.
(155182)
18
N 		John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Barrow and Furness constituency which do not have access to the internet.
(155089)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
19
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of people who have been wrongly advised by a financial adviser and have subsequently gone out of business in each year since 2010-11.
(154848)
20
N 		Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) recourse and (b) compensation is available to people who have gone out of business as a result of being wrongly advised by a financial adviser.
(154849)
21
N 		Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formula his Department will use to adjust the block grant to Scotland to reflect the implementation of the new taxation powers contained in the Scotland Act 2012.
(155174)
22
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples.
(154907)
23
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from shipping companies in the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2000-01.
(155242)
24
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask Mr 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.
(155243)
25
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the value of extending the establishment of the Natural Capital Committee.
(155271)
26
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of the childcare element of working tax credit claimed for the maximum eligible childcare costs for (a) one child and (b) two or more children; and how many such households incurred childcare costs in excess of these limits in each year since 2005-06.
(155079)
27
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to defend the competitiveness of the UK video game industry in respect of the European Commission scrutiny of tax relief for video games investment in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(155200)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
28
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend clause 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 to allow York to be part of the Leeds City Region combined authority.
(155184)
29
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will list (a) the total amount of European Regional Development Fund funding by English region committed to projects to date and (b) what percentage of the total allocation this represents.
(155185)
30
N 		Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to remove the barriers to social tenants running a business from home.
(155186)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
31
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recommendations of the Independent Review of E-lending in Public Libraries in England, published in March 2013, when lending rights will be extended to (a) e-books and audiobooks lent on library premises and (b) e-books lent remotely.
(154886)
32
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many apprenticeships have been created in (a) the tourism sector and (b) libraries in (i) Barnsley Central constituency, (ii) South Yorkshire and (iii) England in (A) 2010, (B) 2011 and (C) 2012.
(154888)
33
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many apprenticeships were created by her Department in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(154889)
34
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to prevent the closure of local theatres as a result of local authority spending reductions.
(154890)
35
N 		Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to maintain access to the arts in rural communities.
(154891)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
36
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to include measures regarding reservists in the Defence Reform Bill announced in the Queen's Speech.
(154884)
37
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish the Reserves White Paper before introducing the Defence Reform Bill to Parliament.
(154885)
38
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who has responsibility of determining whether to carry out an internal review or a service inquiry in the case of service personnel killed in action.
(155190)
39
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the criteria are for determining whether to carry out an internal review rather than a service inquiry recommended by a coroner in the case of service personnel killed in action.
(155191)
40
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of child abuse there were by (a) service personnel and (b) civilian staff against (i) service personnel and (ii) civilian staff based in Germany by service in each year since 2005; how many of those were (A) referred for prosecution and (B) resulted in a conviction; and if he will make a statement.
(155250)
41
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 613W, on armed forces: disciplinary proceedings, of the appeals against both finding and punishment, how many have resulted in the (a) finding being changed and (b) sentence being changed; and if he will make a statement.
(155251)
42
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 613W, on armed forces: disciplinary proceedings, of the appeals against punishments, how many have resulted in the punishment being (a) altered and (b) quashed; and if he will make a statement.
(155252)
43
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1229-30W, on armed forces: sexual offences, what the (a) average length of an investigation is and (b) start date of each case was; and if he will make a statement.
(155253)
44
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answers of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1128W and 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1129W, on armed forces: sexual offences, whether any of the allegations made by service personnel relate to children placed in schools funded by the continuity of education allowance; when such allegations were made; and if he will make a statement.
(155254)
45
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1128W, on armed forces: sexual offences, which Department is responsible for investigations in lieu of local authority responsibilities under child protection legislation; what training is made available to staff in order to conduct investigations into child sexual offences; and if he will make a statement.
(155255)
46
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 12 June 2012, Official Report, column 446W, to the hon. Member for Luton North, on armed forces: domestic violence, whether the domestic abuse protocol has been rolled out to all garrison areas; and if he will make a statement.
(155256)
47
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many climate assessments in relation to equality and diversity have been conducted by each of the three services since 2010; if he will place a copy of each such assessment in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
(155257)
48
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations relating to the possession of indecent images have been made against (a) armed forces personnel and (b) civilian staff based in Germany in each year since 2005; how many such allegations have (i) been referred for prosecution and (ii) resulted in a conviction; and if he will make a statement.
(155258)
49
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answers of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1128W and 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1129W, on armed forces: sexual offences, how many allegations made (a) by and (b) against service personnel were referred to local authorities for investigation under child protection legislation; which local authorities were notified; and if he will make a statement.
(155259)
50
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to evaluate the effectiveness of the JSP 913 Tri-Service Policy on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence; and if he will make a statement.
(155260)
51
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2013, Official Report, column 903W, on Defence Support Group, whether the dividend returns from Defence Support Group represents a net gain to the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
(155261)
52
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of domestic violence have been reported to (a) service police and (b) civilian police by (i) family members of serving personnel and (ii) serving personnel based (A) in the UK and (B) overseas since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(155262)
53
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) assault by penetration against members of the armed forces have been reported by civilians to the service police in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(155263)
54
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations of child abuse were made (a) by and (b) against (i) service personnel and (ii) civilian staff based in the UK in each service in each year since 2005; how many such allegations (A) were referred for prosecution and (B) resulted in a conviction; and if he will make a statement.
(155264)
55
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2013, Official Report, column 1126W, on armed forces: sexual offences, if he will provide a breakdown by year for (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and sexual assault by penetration of (i) the number of cases not investigated (ii) cases investigated but not resulting in a person being referred to a prosecuting authority under the Armed Forces Act 2006, (iii) cases resulting in persons being referred to a prosecuting authority under the Armed Forces Act 2006 but did not result in Court Martial or other disciplinary proceedings, (iv) cases resulting in a conviction, (v) cases which resulted in a Court Martial or other disciplinary proceedings which resulted in a conviction for a lesser offence, (vi) cases resulting in a Court Martial or other disciplinary proceedings which did not result in a conviction and (vii) cases ongoing; and if he will make a statement.
(155265)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
56
N 		Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to consult on eligibility for free school meals ahead of the introduction of universal credit.
(153906)
57
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has put in place to monitor School Direct trainees' subsequent employment within their training school or group of schools; and whether their employment will be on a permanent or temporary basis.
(155095)
58
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Skills Funding Agency will produce its property data survey.
(155096)
59
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to announce the first batch of the priority school building programme.
(155097)
60
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2013, Official Report, column 360W, on academies, if he will publish anonymised details of the complaints concerning the conduct of academy brokers and the outcome of any investigations by his Department.
(155098)
61
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the stop lists of policy activity referred to in his Department's recent Infrastructure and Funding Division newsletter.
(155101)
62
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Ofsted and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education on the relaxation of childcare ratios.
(155270)
63
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to enhance the professionalism of teachers.
(155086)
64
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of proposals for the establishment of a Royal College of Teaching.
(155087)
65
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage continuing professional development for teachers.
(155088)
66
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities (a) are in intervention and (b) have been issued with improvement notices for children's services.
(155165)
67
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1170-1W, on Dominic Cummings, who else attended the meetings held in his Department described as being for discussion on funding pressures on (a) 27 January 2011, (b) 27 January continued, (c) 1 February 2011 and (d) 2 February 2011.
(155166)
68
N 		Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1170-1W, on Dominic Cummings, what outcomes and decisions arose from the meetings held in his Department described as being for discussion on funding pressures on (a) 27 January 2011, (b) 27 January 2011 continued, (c) 1 February 2011 and (d) 2 February 2011.
(155167)
69
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under 18 years old have died while in care of local authorities in the last 10 years in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement.
(155195)
70
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that children of recipients of universal credit are automatically (a) entitled to and (b) provided with free schools meals.
(155198)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
71
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff from the Behavioural Insights Team have advised his Department on consumer take-up of the Green Deal to date.
(155104)
72
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress the Behavioural Insights Team has made in advising his Department on how to encourage consumer take-up of the Green Deal.
(155105)
73
N 		Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) fuel cells and (b) hydrogen are being considered as suitable for a feed-in tariff by April 2014.
(155106)
74
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2013, Official Report, column 454, on the deep-mine coal industry, what progress has been made in developing a short to medium-term coal strategy.
(155208)
75
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had since 30 January 2013 on the reviewing of the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely programme; and if he will place in the Library and (b) post on his Department's website minutes of each such meeting.
(155267)
76
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what communications his Department has received from the Office for Nuclear Regulation on (a) transport safety and (b) security issues created by geographically dispersed (i) interim stores and (ii) final disposal repositories for radioactive waste outside Cumbria since May 2010.
(155268)
77
N 		Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his reply to Question 37 at the sitting of 15 January 2013 of the Public Bill Committee on the Energy Bill, when he plans to publish the consultation paper on a community energy strategy.
(155183)
78
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to make energy bills more easily understood.
(155085)
79
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent by energy companies on the rural safeguard sub-obligation delivering their carbon saving communities obligation to rural low income houses to date; and how many (a) oil-fired and (b) LPG-fired boilers have been replaced under the Affordable Warmth Scheme of the Energy Companies Obligation to date.
(153907)
80
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) assessments have been undertaken, (b) households have signed up to an installation and (c) households have received an installation under the Green Deal to date.
(153908)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
81
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assess the rehabilitation and aftercare of dogs used in racing where owners no longer intend to keep such animals; and if he will make a statement.
(155244)
82
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to increase maximum sentences for cases of animal fighting; and if he will make a statement.
(155233)
83
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review sentences available for cases of animal abuse; and if he will make a statement.
(155234)
84
N 		Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department is funding into an antidote for ash dieback disease.
(155111)
85
N 		Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2013, Official Report, column 73W, on floods: insurance, if he will make it his policy to require providers of flood insurance to take account of flood prevention measures put in place by local authorities when calculating premiums and the terms on which continuing cover will be offered.
(154719)
86
N 		Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2013, Official Report, column 73W, on floods: insurance, what steps he is taking to ensure that insurance premiums and terms of cover take account of all relevant flood mitigation measures not just recently-installed, property-level measures.
(154720)
87
N 		Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake (a) an audit of the flood prevention measures implemented by local authorities in each of the last five years and (b) an analysis of the relationship between such expenditure and the cover offered and premiums charged to householders occupying premises at historic risk of flooding.
(154721)
88
N 		John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by Forest Enterprise England in Cumbria; and what proportion of such staff are paid (a) at and (b) above the relevant level of the living wage.
(155090)
89
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider bringing forward proposals to establish a standard code for refrigeration, processing and air conditioning; and if he will make a statement.
(155197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
90
N 		Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 637W, on Israel, which of the Israeli companies that participated in the UK Israel Tech Hub mission (a) are based in a settlement in the Opt or the Golan and (b) have provided equipment, services or infrastructure to such a settlement.
(155084)
91
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent sexual violence in Somalia.
(155203)
92
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the representation of women's issues at the conference on Somalia held on 7 May 2013.
(155204)
93
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many women attended the conference on Somalia held on 7 May 2013 in London as delegates; what proportion of the total delegates were women; and if he will make a statement.
(155229)
94
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with representatives of Somali women prior to the conference on Somalia held on 7 May 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(155230)
95
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions will be taken with regard to protecting and advancing women's rights in Somalia as a result of the conference on Somalia on 7 May 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(155231)
96
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of China on refugees from North Korea in China and on arrangements for such refugees to be resettled in third countries.
(154910)
97
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the commission of inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in North Korea, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2013, is adequately resourced to conduct an investigation and make recommendations by March 2014.
(154911)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
98
N 		Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the needs of patients of all ages and from across the UK are provided for in the composition of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation.
(155081)
99
N 		Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the Board of NHS England to publish all minutes of its meetings that do not pertain to commercial confidentiality.
(155091)
100
N 		Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish all calculations undertaken in the process of allocating resources to clinical commissioning groups for 2013-14; and what (a) formulae and (b) criteria were used in each such calculation.
(155092)
101
N 		Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he first asked the Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group to put in place a review process for NHS patients excluded from the Cancer Drugs Fund national list from 1 April 2013.
(154950)
102
N 		Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the review process is for NHS patients for cancer treatments excluded from the Cancer Drugs Fund national list from April 2013.
(154952)
103
N 		Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding mechanism has been available from 1 April 2013 to allow NHS patient access to selective internal radiation therapy prior to the outcomes of the review by the Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group.
(154953)
104
N 		Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of newly presenting NHS patients who will not receive cancer treatment from 1 April 2013 as a consequence of the transition of the Cancer Drugs Fund to the national list.
(154954)
105
N 		Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the review process by the Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group into selective internal radiation therapy will be conducted; and if he will make a statement.
(154955)
106
N 		Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans his Department has to respond to the potential spread of a human variant of the H7N9 influenza virus; and which Ministers have responsibility for civil contingency planning relating to an influenza pandemic.
(155178)
107
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on the cost of treating foreign nationals at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last four years.
(155199)
108
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on the number of never events that took place during surgical episodes at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last four years.
(155201)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
109
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Peru visited the UK in each of the last three years; how many visa applications from that country were refused; and whether she has given consideration to ending the existing visa requirement between the UK and Peru.
(155273)
110
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinians from (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank have applied to travel to the UK for study or visits in each of the last three years; and how many such applications were (i) accepted and (ii) declined.
(155274)
111
N 		Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the devolved administrations of her Department's proposals for the new Police Remuneration Review Body.
(154883)
112
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the salary bands of any staff who (a) are employed in and (b) otherwise contribute to the work of the Relationships and Communications Team of the Communications Capabilities Development Programme; what the total salary cost of all staff employed in this team is; and how many people the team employs.
(154876)
113
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1365-6W, on UK Border Agency, on which dates the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration was formally (a) consulted about and (b) given final confirmation of the abolition of the UK Border Agency and the return of its functions to her Department.
(154877)
114
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the money spent on the Communications Capabilities Development Programme has been paid to service providers under the cost recovery system to date.
(155077)
115
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victimless prosecutions in cases of domestic violence have been conducted by each police force in each year since 2005; and if she will make a statement.
(155232)
116
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested in each of the last five years were found to be living in the UK illegally.
(154960)
117
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently held in immigration detention centres.
(154961)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
118
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if there is a written record confirming the South African government's agreement to the UK ending its bilateral aid programme to South Africa in 2015.
(154875)
119
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she reached agreement with the South African government to end the UK's bilateral aid programme to South Africa in 2015.
(154879)
120
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with which South African government department it was agreed that the UK's bilateral aid programme to South Africa should end in 2015.
(154964)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
121
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the National Offender Management Service is taking to improve opportunities for imprisonment for public protection prisoners to progress towards release.
(155194)
122
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidences of (a) suicide, (b) attempted suicide and (c) self-harming there were in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
(155173)
123
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount was spent in total on the prisoner transit contract in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(155175)
124
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what total amount was paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey and (e) Capita for all services undertaken on behalf of his Department in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
(155179)
125
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which (a) publicly-run and (b) privately-run prisons prisoners are expected to wear a uniform at (i) entry level and (ii) any other times.
(155180)
126
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours on average each prisoner spent per week (a) in a cell and (b) on purposeful activity in (i) each prison, (ii) each category of prison and (iii) the entire prison estate in each of the last five years.
(155181)
127
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy that the Probation Service should not use door-to-door selling as part of the rehabilitation of young offenders.
(155099)
128
N 		Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are any statutory requirements for probation officers to offer training to offenders as door-to-door salesmen as part of their rehabilitation programme.
(155100)
129
N 		Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid out in criminal legal aid costs to solicitors firms in (a) Wrexham constituency and (b) North Wales in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(154887)
130
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mental health treatment options are available to prisoners; whether there is proven-cost-effectiveness for those treatments; and what the average cost is of prison-based mental health treatment per prisoner.
(154959)
131
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the respective roles are of a victim's commissioner and a police and crime commissioner in relation to victims.
(154962)
132
N 		Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to provide assistance with emotional, legal and practical problems to victims' families who were bereaved before the implementation of the Victim Support National Homicide Service in November 2010.
(154963)
Questions to the Prime Minister
133
N 		Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria were used to select which backbench hon. Members would accompany him on his recent trip to India; and what the cost was of travel and board for those hon. Members.
(154881)
134
N 		Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) women's sector organisations and (b) women's interest groups Councillor Laura Trott has met in her role as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister since February 2012.
(155080)
135
N 		Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, what relationships the hon. Members appointed by him serve on the Conservative Policy Board have with the Downing Street Policy Unit; whether they (a) have access to government papers, (b) are required to make a declaration of interests in the same manner as Ministers of the Crown and (c) are bound by government collective responsibility.
(155187)
136
N 		Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed his possible attendance at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo during his recent bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Harper of Canada.
(155074)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
137
N 		Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable temporary Blue Badges.
(154847)
138
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of air passenger duty on the UK's tourism, aviation and airport industries.
(155245)
139
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department intends to publish and introduce the High Speed 2 Preparation Bill as announced in the Queen's Speech of 8 May 2013.
(154905)
140
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department's High Speed 2 Environmental Report is not intended to be displayed at the (a) Little Chalfont and (b) Chalfont Street Peter libraries in Chesham and Amersham constituency.
(154909)
141
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a study to outline the feasibility and initial cost of introducing a half-hourly train service between Cambridge and Stansted Airport.
(155075)
142
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing a half-hourly train service between Cambridge and Stansted Airport.
(155076)
143
N 		Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential gross value added to the economy of the East of England by improving rail links between Cambridge and Stansted Airport.
(155078)
144
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): 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.
(155241)
145
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): 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.
(155249)
146
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the future regulatory role of traffic commissioners in respect of the bus industry; and if he will take steps to (a) expand the regulatory remit and (b) increase the resourcing of traffic commissioners.
(155209)
147
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which regulations affecting the bus industry have been withdrawn since May 2010.
(155246)
148
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many streetlights, which had been switched off by a local authority, have been turned back on following (a) a coroner's report and (b) resident pressure in the latest period for which figures are available.
(155275)
149
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of turning off streetlights on increasing the fear of crime.
(155276)
150
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of turning off streetlights on the emergency services.
(155277)
151
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of streetlights on social activities.
(155278)
152
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has an Invest to Save strategy for streetlights.
(155279)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
153
N 		Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, columns 702-3W, on Jobcentre Plus, which of his ministerial colleagues visited each of the Jobcentre Plus centres listed in the last 12 months.
(154880)
154
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what milestones for the delivery of IT support for universal credit he expects not to be met.
(155188)
155
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) target set and (b) rate of achievement is for response to call back telephone calls for his Department's call centres.
(155269)
156
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of double-handled calls made to his Department's call centres in the last period for which figures are available; what the cost was of handling such calls; and what assessment he has made of the effect on customer service of such reforms.
(155272)
157
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects to be in receipt of universal credit by April 2014.
(154956)
158
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the earliest date on which one million people will be in receipt of universal credit.
(154957)
159
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) cost savings will be made and (b) benefits for the claimant will result from reassessing personal independence payment claimants who have a degenerative illness.
(155206)
160
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will undertake unannounced and anonymous mystery shopper visits at new assessment centres for personal independence payments.
(155207)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
161
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department's (a) export refinancing scheme and (b) Direct Lending Facility will be in operation.
[Transferred] (155205)
162
N 		Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2012, Official Report, column 291W, on entertainers, if he will implement the Low Pay Commission's recommendation to provide sector-specific guidance on the national minimum wage for the entertainment sector.
[Transferred] (154906)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
163
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone enquiries were received by the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle in each month since January 2012; how many cases were resolved by the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle in each month since January 2012; what the standard response time for case resolution is; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (155235)
164
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed at the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle to (a) answer telephone enquiries in relation to the payment of statutory maternity pay and (b) process cases; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (155236)
165
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed at the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle in each month since January 2012; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (155237)
166
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff employed at the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle were absent from work in each month since January 2012; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (155238)
167
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make available an MP hotline to facilitate casework enquiries with the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (155239)
168
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what circumstances staff at the Statutory Payment Dispute Team in Newcastle can prioritise cases for resolution; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (155240)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
169
N 		Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the percentage that will be deducted from the salaries of members of the (a) Defence Fire and Rescue Service and (b) Ministry of Defence Police in employee pension contributions in 2015-16 when their normal pension age is (i) the state pension age or (ii) 60 years old.
[Transferred] (154951)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
170
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide asylum for Afghan translators used by British military forces in Helmand province in Afghanistan when UK armed forces are withdrawn from that country.
[Transferred] (155266)

Prepared 14th May 2013