Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 June 2013

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 6 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 June 2013

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 6 June 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 Thursday 6 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 6 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158458)

2 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the monetary value is of (a) fines and (b) civil recovery orders imposed on (i) individuals and (ii) companies by the courts as a result of Serious Fraud Office investigations which led to convictions in 2012-13.
	(158325)

3 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the average prison sentence per conviction was of offenders receiving sentences of imprisonment following a prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office which led to a conviction in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the previous five years.
	(158326)

4 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, at what time and on what date he issued guidance to the media about what could be broadcast about the circumstance of the death in Woolwich of Drummer Lee Rigby; and if he will make a statement.
	(158327)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

5
N

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 381W, on gangmasters, and with reference to the Written Statement by the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise of 8 November 2012, Official Report, column 43WS, on Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, whether any orders have been made under that Act which are exceptions to the general rule, as set out in that statement, that powers to impose fixed monetary penalties, variable monetary penalties and restoration notices will only be granted where their use is restricted to undertakings with more than 250 employees.

(158379)

6	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency and (b) Medway in each of the last three years.
	(158701)

7	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers to offer industrial placements to (a) science undergraduates and (b) chemistry undergraduates.
	(158554)

8	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to extending the chemistry initial teacher training scholarship scheme to primary school initial teacher training.
	(158555)

9	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure the future skills needs of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) based industries are met and (b) ensure graduates in STEM subjects are equipped with the skills employers need.
	(158556)

10	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ban the advertising of payday loans on television.
	(158690)

11 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the policy of his Department is on promoting physical activity as a strategy for reducing workplace absenteeism.
	(158308)

12	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will increase the scope of the pilot TradeUK credit scheme so that it can offer credit to a wider range of small and micro-businesses.
	(158456)

13	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applicants to the Regional Growth Fund in the North West have received funds from the Regional Growth Fund to date; and when such payments were made.
	(158703)

14	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs about the potential for improving the UK's bilateral trading relationship with countries in Central America.
	(158739)

15	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the importance of improving bilateral trading relationships with the BRIC countries.
	(158740)

16	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent measures he has put in place to help start-up businesses survive and expand.
	(158741)

17	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support business societies at UK universities.
	(158743)

18	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage entrepreneurship amongst 16 to 25 year olds.
	(158744)

19	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage nations outside the EU to purchase UK-manufactured goods.
	(158745)

20	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage growth in the manufacturing sector.
	(158746)

21	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the importance of the manufacturing sector to the UK economy.
	(158747)

22	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on improving technological skills training in secondary schools.
	(158748)

23	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the economic effect of new cogent digital camera technology has been on smaller sub-post offices.
	(158750)

24	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158457)

25	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve the transparency of UK companies operating in developing countries.
	(158734)

26 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the full-time equivalent of HEFCE-fundable part-time students, by parliamentary constituency in which those students have their home address, in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
	(158439)

27 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for how many days each week the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise is based at (a) his Department and (b) the Department of Energy and Climate Change; and how many members of staff are employed in the Minister's office at each department.
	(158443)

28 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution he expects the Green Investment Bank to make to green growth.
	(158078)

29 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the reopening of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society.
	(158172)

30 N	Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution he expects the Green Investment Bank to make to green growth.
	(158096)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

31	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are working on zero hours contracts in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency and (b) Medway.
	(158700)

32 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish in full the data on which table 2.7, Prevalence of being a victim of a sexual offence in the last 12 months among females aged 16 to 59 in An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and Wales, published on 10 January 2013, was based.
	(158392)

33 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in England and Wales described their national identity in their 2011 Census return as (a) Scottish, (b) British and (c) Scottish and British.
	(158320)

34	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158459)

35	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the employment rate was in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2007.
	(158719)

36	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people over the age of 64 years in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK who were unemployed in each year since 2007.
	(158721)

37	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people between 55 and 64 years in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK who were unemployed in each year since 2007.
	(158722)

38 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department had with the Social Investment Business Group about the funding of the Big Society Network via the Social Action Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(158314)

39 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department has allocated for the Big Society Awards in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 and what funding has been allocated for this purpose in 2013-14; which organisations organise and deliver the awards; and if he will make a statement.
	(158433)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

40 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time for customers telephoning HM Revenue and Customs' Self Assessment Helpline was in May 2013.
	(158173)

41	Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent consideration he has given to reducing the rate of gross profit tax for bingo to 15 per cent.
	(158763)

42 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners in Scotland currently pay (a) no income tax, (b) the basic rate of income tax, (c) the higher rate of income tax and (d) the additional rate of income tax.
	(158441)

43 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions there were for offences of failure to pay the national minimum wage in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(158316)

44	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158635)

45	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158651)

46	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158669)

47	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158686)

48
N

Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with the Scottish Government regarding support to individuals affected by relief at source tax arrangements to ensure they receive the correct amount of tax relief following the introduction of different tax rates under the Scotland Act 2012.

(158180)

49 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that taxpayers in Scotland who are members of pension schemes which operate the relief at source process are not adversely affected by differing rates of income tax in Scotland provided for by the Scotland Act 2012.
	(158189)

50 N	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he met representatives of (a) Flybe and (b) EasyJet in each of the last 12 months at which the issue of air passenger duty was discussed.
	(158436)

51 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what types of tax relief were claimed by each FTSE-100 company in the last financial year; and how much each such company received under each such tax relief.
	(158185)

52 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require HM Revenue and Customs to define publicly the limits of what an internet company can do in the UK before it is deemed to have a taxable presence.
	(158390)

53 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce penalties against legal, accountancy or other companies or advisers who are found to have promoted arrangements the primary purpose of which is to avoid tax rather than to conduct any substantive economic transaction.
	(158391)

54	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help people who have been missold loans by high street banks.
	(158768)

55	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure banks accurately explain the relationship between variations in the Bank of England base rate of interest and the interest charged on their variable rate loans.
	(158769)

56	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable people are not missold loans they cannot afford to repay.
	(158770)

57	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of bringing Midland Expressway Limited into public ownership.
	(158702)

58	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158474)

59	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to enforce the minimum wage.
	(158723)

60 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what grants and investments have been made under the Business Finance Partnership to date; and of these what funds have been (a) allocated and (b) drawn down to date.
	(158440)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

61 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria he proposes to use to identify high-risk areas where landlords will be required to check on the immigration status of prospective tenants; and whether the proportion of ethnic minorities living in an area will form part of those criteria.
	(158386)

62 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library maps of the areas granted exemptions from permitted development rights for change of use from office to residential.
	(158387)

63 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to issue guidance relating to Clause 1 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013.
	(158388)

64
N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library copies of the letters sent to all of the local authorities that applied for exemptions from permitted development rights for change of use from office to residential informing them of the outcome of their application; and if he will tabulate for each application the assessment scores across each criterion.

(158389)

65
N

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy staff and (e) any other communications staff were employed by his Department in 2012-13; and what the total cost of their salaries and any on-costs was in that period.

(158394)

66	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the cumulative effect of Government schemes to increase house building.
	(158537)

67 N	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to respond to the consultation on making it easier to set up new town and parish councils; and if he will make a statement.
	(157477)

68	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many enquiries have been made with regards to the Government's Help to Buy scheme in (a) Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.
	(158607)

69	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new housing starts began in (a) Tameside Metropolitan Borough and (b) Stalybridge and Hyde constituency in 2012-13.
	(158704)

70	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158460)

71 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets have been set for job creation for each enterprise zone; and how many jobs have been created by each enterprise zone to date.
	(158437)

72 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets have been set for the number of firms located at each enterprise zone; and how many firms are currently located at each enterprise zone.
	(158438)

73 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he and officials of his Department have had with (a) colleagues in other departments and (b) local authorities on the delivery of enterprise zones.
	(158444)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

74 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what amount has been spent and in what categories of expenditure by her Department in North East Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last five years.
	(158196)

75 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to assess the potential lessons to be learned for Government policy on internet safety from recent court cases of child murders.
	(158400)

76	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to encourage the sharing of mobile telephone mast sites between mobile network operators; and to what extent such sharing will be promoted in rural and island areas in the forthcoming review of the Electronic Communications Code.
	(158787)

77	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158461)

78 N	Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to answer Question 156335, tabled by the hon. Member for Reading East on 15 May 2013 for Answer on 20 May 2013.
	(158396)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

79	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified unmanned aerial vehicle pilots are currently employed by the Royal Air Force.
	(158752)

80	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been allocated for research and development funding in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
	(158776)

81	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Reaper and (b) Hermes 450 vehicles have crashed and subsequently been taken out of service in each year since each model came into operation.
	(158777)

82	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes his Department plans to make to the data collection process relating to compensation claims for deaths caused by drone strikes in Afghanistan.
	(158778)

83	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when and for how long any UK armed forces personnel have been stationed at Shamsi Airbase in Pakistan; and what the purpose of such personnel deployed to that base was.
	(158779)

84	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Watchkeeper training flights have taken place; what the location was of such flights; and what the cost to the public purse has been to date.
	(158780)

85	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on research and development funding on unmanned air vehicles in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
	(158782)

86 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded sub-contracts for construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales; at which sites he expects work under each such contract to be carried out; and what the monetary value is of each such contract.
	(158311)

87	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the RAF's operational range requirement for the Tornado GR4 replacement is; and if he will make a statement.
	(158445)

88	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the airworthiness of the Grob 115E training aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
	(158446)

89	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's work in Libya counted towards the UK's Overseas Development Assistance target.
	(158447)

90 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the continued requirement for a conventional force parachute capability.
	(158317)

91 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent advice has been issued to the chain of command on (a) membership of the English Defence League (EDL), (b) attendance at EDL marches or meetings and (c) references to EDL on social media.
	(158318)

92	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department gives on wind turbine applications.
	(158696)

93	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the operation of the radar at Rangehead is for test facility or for national security.
	(158697)

94	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects on the radar at Cletraval, Uist, of small domestic turbines in the machair.
	(158698)

95	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with the development of technology to allow radar to function effectively with wind turbines in line of sight situations; what plans he has to roll out such technology; and when he anticipates the installations of such technology in the Hebrides Range.
	(158699)

96 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military agreements the UK has with countries in East Asia.
	(158213)

97 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence attaché posts in East Asia have been closed since May 2010.
	(158214)

98 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which East Asian countries the UK has a defence attaché.
	(158215)

99 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK capabilities are deployed in East Asia to protect shipping lanes.
	(158216)

100 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military agreements the UK has with (a) China, (b) Japan, (c) Australia, (d) New Zealand, (e) South Korea and (f) Vietnam.
	(158217)

101	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the recent Joint Warrior training exercises and their effect in preparing troops for combat; and if he will make a statement.
	(158730)

102	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the use of the Black Hornet Nano unmanned air vehicle in operations; and if he will make a statement.
	(158731)

103	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the use of Urban Warrior 5 technology in recent training exercises; and if he will make a statement.
	(158732)

104	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department's new Operating Model is being implemented and the desired effects are achieved.
	(158733)

105	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what strategic advantages the use of the Wildcat helicopter in maritime operations brings; and if he will make a statement.
	(158735)

106	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Joint Forces Command will have in ensuring robust financial management in the armed forces.
	(158736)

107	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the new Operating Model will affect his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(158737)

108	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the standards of training being given by the newly commissioned Defence Explosives Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search Training Regiment; and if he will make a statement.
	(158738)

109	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF recruits undertook flight training in each of the last 12 months.
	(158525)

110	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Grob 115E tutor trainer aircraft to be back in service; and what the effect of its grounding has been on the RAF's ability to train new pilots.
	[R] (158526)

111	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has estimated the cost of extending the in-service life of RFA Fort Rosalie and RFA Fort Austin beyond their retirement dates of 2022 and 2021.
	(158609)

112	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the re-fit of RFA Fort Austin; and whether three replacement solid support ships will be in service in the early 2020s under the contract for the MARS vessels.
	(158612)

113	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158462)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

114	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his most recent estimate is of the number of unregistered voters.
	(158538)

115 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on the implementation of the Heseltine Review.
	(158435)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

116 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the likely effects of the provisions of the Children and Families Bill to seek child protection outcomes within a 26-week window.
	(158179)

117	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data assessment his Department has made of the performance of (a) children on free school meals and (b) children not on free school meals in (i) London and (ii) other parts of the country (A) in secondary education before 2005 and (B) in primary education in 2009.
	(158548)

118	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teaching appointments were made through (a) Teach First and (b) other routes in each Government office region in the last year for which information is available.
	(158549)

119	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to alter the school calendar and school day; and if he will make a statement.
	(158530)

120 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring is undertaken by his Department to ensure that free schools do not discriminate against applicants with disabilities.
	(158380)

121 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to free schools to ensure that interviews for places do not take place during the school day.
	(158397)

122 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring his Department undertakes to ensure that free schools do not select pupils on the basis of SATs results.
	(158398)

123	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158630)

124	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158637)

125	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158655)

126	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158672)

127 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to primary schools on the teaching of swimming.
	(158305)

128 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues to primary schools in relation to the spending of ring-fenced funds for physical education and sport.
	(158306)

129	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to swimming lessons for school children.
	(158767)

130	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to assist and encourage charitable organisations in educating school pupils about business and associated skills.
	(158742)

131	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will publish plans for the introduction of a single category of special educational need.
	(158761)

132	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158463)

133	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on and how many people received education maintenance allowance in (a) England and (b) Oxfordshire in the last full year of that scheme's operation.
	(158450)

134 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much direct funding his Department provided to each civil society organisation it funded in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much he expects to provide to each such organisation in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(158315)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

135	Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 358W, on fracking, what plans he has to commission further studies on the volume of shale gas in place to determine a total UK shale gas resource.
	(158553)

136	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the UK's new fleet of nuclear power stations will come on line; and if he will make a statement.
	(158451)

137	Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in the UK were disconnected by their (a) energy and (b) gas supplier in 2010-11.
	(158536)

138	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what onshore wind energy generation capacity (a) had been installed, (b) had gained planning consent and (c) was seeking planning permission on 1 June 2013.
	[R] (158541)

139	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158631)

140	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158638)

141	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158656)

142	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158673)

143	Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage green officers in private businesses to reduce energy consumption and promote green employment.
	(158547)

144	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158464)

145 N	Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress the Government has made on facilitating exploration of UK shale gas reserves.
	(158088)

146	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to ensure access to free and subsidised insulation schemes for people who live in park homes as part of the Green Deal.
	(158552)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

147	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158617)

148	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158639)

149	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158657)

150	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158674)

151	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what evidential basis the badger cull has been planned.
	(158455)

152	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to allow the prosecution of owners of dogs that attack other animals.
	(158751)

153	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the introduction of the bill to ban wild animals in circuses; and if he will make a statement.
	(158693)

154	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158465)

155 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of homes in London at risk of (a) flash flooding and (b) other forms of flooding; and if he will make a statement.
	(158434)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

156	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent correspondence and meetings have taken place between his Department and the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights; and if he will place such correspondence and the minutes of such meetings in the Library.
	(158781)

157	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the presence of anti-personnel mines in Jonglei State, South Sudan, in breach of the Mine Ban Treaty; and what representations he has made to the government of South Sudan on that matter.
	(158753)

158	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received about the case of Redha al Gasra in Bahrain; and what assessment he has made of the legal proceedings being taken against him in that country.
	(158540)

159	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to secure the release of Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb in Bahrain.
	(158544)

160	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of trades union freedom in Bahrain.
	(158545)

161	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the trial and detention of Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb in Bahrain.
	(158546)

162	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in assisting the Afghan government to implement fully the law on the elimination of violence against women.
	(158557)

163	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what priority has been given by his Department to women's rights in Afghanistan.
	(158564)

164	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the interests of UK citizens residing and owning property in Goa.
	(158764)

165 N	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what circumstances the European Gendarmerie Force would be used in the UK.
	(158399)

166	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158618)

167	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158640)

168	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158658)

169	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158675)

170

Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the strength of the evidence base for the accusations made by the Colombian government that the March for Peace, held across Colombia on 9 April 2013, had been partly organised with money from FARC; and if he will make a statement on the implications for human rights in that country, particularly freedom of association.

(158535)

171	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Baroness Amos following her visit to Sudan.
	(158783)

172 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Ambassador to Burma has attempted to meet (a) Myint Soe and (b) other political prisoners imprisoned in that country.
	(158323)

173 N	Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of grants provided by the British Embassy in Rangoon were allocated to projects which promote human rights in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(158324)

174	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158466)

175 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on negotiations on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
	(158403)

176 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on negotiations on the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty.
	(158404)

177 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on negotiations on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
	(158405)

178 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on negotiations on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
	(158406)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

179 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the new dementia diagnosis targets for each Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) showing the (a) CCG name and code, (b) CCG current diagnosis rate, (c) CCG diagnosis rate ambition for 2013-14 and (d) CCG diagnosis rate ambition for 2014-15.
	(157631)

180 N	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to review the National Dementia Strategy for England.
	(157632)

181	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to address the lack of a specialist neuromuscular care adviser and a specialist neuromuscular consultant in the West Midlands since the agreement of funding for those posts in March 2010.
	(158606)

182 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of repeat abortions; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of these measures.
	(158183)

183 N	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of abortions carried out on girls under the age of 16; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such measures.
	(158184)

184
N

Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2013, Official Report, column 938W, on abortion, what progress has been made in (a) cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) prosecutions commenced, (c) random inspections of licensed abortion centres and (d) other follow-up steps following the Chief Medical Officer's letter to abortion providers sent in February 2012.

(158309)

185	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's announcement of 10 April 2013, when the hospices allocated funding under the capital grants programme will formally receive funds.
	(158760)

186

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Risk-Sharing Scheme (RSS) that makes disease-modifying treatments available to those with multiple sclerosis; what steps he is taking to ensure there is a review of the RSS pending publication of 10-year data; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the provision of treatment of multiple sclerosis meet its associated care, support costs and ensures that new treatments for multiple sclerosis are made available to patients.

(158689)

187 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on providing advice on diet and lifestyle with the objective of reducing the number of hospital admissions.
	(158319)

188	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that Public Health England works with health and well-being boards to promote health awareness in young people; and what steps he is taking to monitor progress in this area.
	(158527)

189	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what incentives he has given to health and well-being boards to encourage them to invest in drug and alcohol prevention work aimed at young people.
	(158528)

190	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given to clinical commissioning groups and health and well-being boards on coordinating health commissioning for people with (a) alcohol addiction, (b) drugs addiction and (c) dual-diagnosis mental health and addiction problems.
	(158529)

191	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many job descriptions for directors of public health to be appointed by health and well-being boards his Department has approved to date; and how many such appointees are currently in post.
	(158772)

192	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158620)

193	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158642)

194	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158660)

195	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158677)

196	Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on the management of HIV-infected healthcare workers.
	(158453)

197	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical pensions in the NHS since 2005.
	(158534)

198 N	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether members of the boards of clinical commissioning groups have to declare membership of political parties.
	(158221)

199 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls NHS 111 received in each week since 1 April 2013; how many of these calls were answered; and how long, on average, it took for such calls to be answered in each such week.
	(158312)

200 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which accident and emergency units each Minister in his Department has visited since their date of appointment; and what the date of each such visit was.
	(158313)

201 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements have been made for the Keogh Review team to meet hon. Members whose constituencies are served by hospitals being investigated by that Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(158218)

202	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158467)

203
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the longest waiting time in days for patients in (a) England and (b) London was for (i) fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract and biopsy of lesion of upper gastrointestinal tract, (ii) computed tomography of head, (iii) insertion of prosthetic replacement for lens NEC, (iv) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder, (v) computerised tomography NEC, (vi) continuous intravenous infusion of therapeutic substance NEC, (vii) unspecified diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract, (viii) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of colon, (ix) diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of colon and biopsy of lesion of colon and (x) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of lower bowel using fibreoptic sigmoidoscope in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.

(158401)

204
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) number of total finished consultant episodes, (b) mean waiting time and (c) median waiting time was for (i) fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract and biopsy of lesion of upper gastrointestinal tract, (ii) computed tomography of head, (iii) insertion of prosthetic replacement for lens NEC, (iv) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder, (v) computerised tomography NEC, (vi) continuous intravenous infusion of therapeutic substance NEC, (vii) unspecified diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract, (viii) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of colon, (ix) diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of colon and biopsy of lesion of colon and (x) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of lower bowel using fibreoptic sigmoidoscope in London in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.

(158402)

205 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the potential effects on NHS waiting times for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy courses of opening up the market to those who provide the course to clients who pay.
	(158168)

206 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) NHS and (b) private provider waiting time for patients with depresssion in Sussex for the mindfulness based cognitive therapy course.
	(158169)

207 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects on accident and emergency departments of the prescription of the NICE-recommended mindfulness-based cognitive therapy courses for patients with anxiety and depression.
	(158170)

208 N	Mike Weatherley (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of prescriptions written for antidepressants since the launch of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.
	(158171)

209	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) quality of fertility services in (i) Hartlepool and (ii) the North East Region; and if he will make a statement.
	(158561)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

210 N	Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many points of entry to the UK there are for foreign vehicles; how many such points of entry have automatic number plate recognition cameras; and what use is made of those cameras for registering foreign vehicles entering the country.
	(158197)

211	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of 3D printers in the UK producing plastic firearms.
	(158566)

212 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2013, Official Report, column 154W, on Violence Against Women and Girls Ministerial Group, what the ministerial level or civil service grade is of each attendee from each department at each of that Group's last five meetings.
	(158384)

213 N	Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish in full the data on which table 3.2, Number of sexual offences recorded by the police, 2005-06 to 2011-12 in An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and Wales, published on 10 January 2013, was based.
	(158393)

214	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the removal of 1,136,000 DNA profiles from the national DNA database.
	(158774)

215	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of DNA profiles that have been removed from the national DNA database that will be put back on the database in the next three years; and what the total cost to the public purse will be of such a process.
	(158775)

216 N	Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure requests made under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties are delivered expediently to the United States of America; when such measures were introduced; and if she will make a statement.
	(158146)

217	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will respond to Philip Alliah's letter regarding his mother Diana Adzorker's application for entry clearance.
	(158694)

218	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will respond to the letter of Robert Kelly regarding his business partner, Shuai Feng Zhao's business visa application.
	(158695)

219	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target her Department sets for answering letters from hon. Members.
	(158765)

220	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential consequences of withdrawing from the EU on (a) EU economic migrants residing in the UK and (b) the future of UK citizens working in other EU countries.
	(158691)

221 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to review the effectiveness of police and crime commissioners.
	(158321)

222	Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the Children's Society report into asylum support for children and young people, published in January 2013; and if she will make a statement.
	(158539)

223	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by her Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158621)

224	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158643)

225	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158661)

226	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by her Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158678)

227 N	Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol licences have been issued to premises in England and Wales with a rateable value of over (a) £1,000,000 and (b) £2,000,000 in each year since 2007.
	(157476)

228	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158468)

229	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) the Minister for Immigration have had with the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice on human trafficking in the UK.
	(158724)

230	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) the Minister for Immigration has had with (i) the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and (ii) the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs in the Scottish Government on human trafficking in the UK.
	(158725)

231	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve knowledge of human trafficking amongst social workers in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
	(158726)

232	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Children and Young People in the Scottish Government on improving knowledge of human trafficking amongst social workers in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency and (b) Scotland.
	(158727)

233 N	Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review her Department's guidelines to make it clear that asylum seekers are entitled to volunteer for work with public sector organisations.
	(158322)

234 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the establishment of a European sexual offenders register.
	(158219)

235 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers are currently working on Operation Nitrate; and whether her Department has provided Operation Nitrate with additional funding.
	(158220)

236 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has visited Europol since May 2010.
	(158385)

237 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 12W, on the UK Border Agency, if she will arrange for the hon Member for Walsall North to receive a reply from the interim director general, UK Visas and Immigration, to his letter of 28 March 2013, reference H1162268.
	(158310)

Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission

238	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the House of Commons Commission were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158622)

239	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Commission spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158644)

240	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Commission spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158662)

241	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the House of Commons Commission since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158679)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

242	Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Jonglei State, South Sudan; and what access is being provided by the government of South Sudan to humanitarian and other non-governmental organisations.
	(158754)

243 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the benefits of the product development partnerships model for the development of new technologies for (a) HIV, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria.
	(158395)

244	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by her Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158632)

245	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158645)

246	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158663)

247	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by her Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158680)

248	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the current situation in the Yida and Ajuong refugee camps in South Sudan.
	(158784)

249	Stephen Mosley (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the supply of food in Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.
	(158785)

250	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the government of St Helena on the (a) current water supply infrastructure and (b) anticipated demand following the opening of the airport and increased tourism; and if she will make a statement.
	(158692)

251	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158469)

252	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to young disabled refugees from Syria in (a) Lebanon, (b) Jordan, (c) Iraq and (d) Turkey.
	(158717)

253	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the work conducted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in supporting (a) Palestinian refugees who have not been displaced as a result of the conflict in Syria and (b) newly-displaced Palestinian refugees from Syria.
	(158718)

254	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects her Department funds in Area C of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
	(158755)

255	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the relative poverty of Palestinians living in (a) Area C, (b) Areas B and A and (c) East Jerusalem.
	(158756)

256	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to Palestinians living in Area C of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
	(158757)

257	Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the risks and benefits of funding projects in Area C of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
	(158758)

258

Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had on funding of development infrastructure in those parts of Area C of the Occupied Palestinian Territory covered by Palestinian master plans with (a) other Government departments, (b) international development ministers of other EU member states and (c) the European Commission.

(158759)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

259	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for registered intermediaries have been made by (a) children and (b) adults in each month since January 2013.
	(158562)

260	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries were appointed in each of the last three years for which data is available; and what the type of case was in each case.
	(158563)

261	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population is serving a prison sentence of (a) one year or more and (b) two years or more.
	(158542)

262 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were dealt with by the commercial courts in England and Wales in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(158177)

263 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the running costs of the commercial courts in England and Wales were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and how much income was generated by those courts in each such year.
	(158178)

264	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158633)

265	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what value of fines have been paid under each privately-operated prisoner escort contract in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(158448)

266	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what fines can be levied against each privately-operated prisoner escort contract for (a) late delivery to court of offenders and (b) late delivery of offenders at prison establishments; and if he will make a statement.
	(158449)

267	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions each prison reception in the UK has had to remain open due to the late arrival of offenders from courts in each of the last 12 months.
	(158454)

268	David Mowat (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in legal aid fees to (a) Mr Mohammed Tayyab Khan and (b) Mr Dean Kershaw; and what the total amount paid in legal aid fees was arising from the case of Crown v Ali and Others held at Stafford Crown Court between May and September 2011.
	(158565)

269	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158470)

270 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person there were in civil cases in each of the last three years.
	(157980)

271 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many High Court judges were appointed in each of the last three years.
	(157981)

272 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what type of claims for judicial review were made in each of the last three years.
	(157982)

273 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses were received by the Government's consultation on the Reform of Judicial Review.
	(157983)

Questions to the Leader of the House

274	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Leader of the House, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Office were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158634)

275	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsels (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158646)

276	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158664)

277	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Leader of the House, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Office since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158681)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

278	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, at how many party conferences the Parades Commission has been represented in each year since that body's creation.
	(158558)

279	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Parades Commission has spent on attendance at political party events in Northern Ireland in each year since that body's creation.
	(158559)

280	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Parades Commission has spent on (a) marketing and (b) press advertising in each year since its creation.
	(158560)

281	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by her Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158623)

282	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158647)

283	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158665)

284	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by her Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158682)

285	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158471)

Questions to the Prime Minister

286 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his letter to the leaders of the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories of 20 May 2013 on tax information exchange and beneficial ownership, whether he has received any replies to that letter; and if he will publish any replies received in full.
	(158182)

Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

287	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how much the Public Accounts Commission has spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158707)

288	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how much the Public Accounts Commission has spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsels (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158710)

289	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Public Accounts Commission since 7 May 2010 has been.
	(158713)

290	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Public Accounts Commission in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 were; to whom such payments were made; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158715)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

291	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158625)

292	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158649)

293	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158667)

294	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158684)

295 N	Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the effect of different Scottish rates of income tax on individuals who are members of pension schemes who operate the relief at source process for tax relief.
	(158181)

296	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158472)

Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

297	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission has spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158706)

298	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission has spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158709)

299	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Electoral Commission since 7 May 2010 has been.
	(158712)

300	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Electoral Commission in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 were; to whom such payments were made; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158716)

Questions to the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

301	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158705)

302	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158708)

303	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority since 7 May 2010 has been.
	(158711)

304	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 were; to whom such payments were made; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158714)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

305	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission new survey data for use in calculating the benefits of High Speed 2 to business travellers.
	(158608)

306	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 Ltd will (a) complete and (b) publish an independent audit of passenger demand forecasts and analysis.
	(158610)

307	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review his Department's benefit to cost ratio for High Speed 2 to take into account the assumptions on the relationship between passenger numbers and GDP growth that were published in August 2012.
	(158611)

308	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of passengers on trains to London from (a) Gillingham station and (b) Rainham station in each of the last five years.
	(158773)

309	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the level of light dues in the remainder of this parliament.
	(158524)

310	Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds his Department makes available to upgrade local authority managed seafront piers.
	(158452)

311 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect and change in response times that HS2 construction traffic will have on the accident and emergency ambulance routes along the length of the London to Birmingham route of HS2; and if he will make a statement.
	(158186)

312	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158626)

313	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158650)

314	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158668)

315	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158685)

316	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to electrify the Windermere branch line; and if he will make a statement.
	(158771)

317	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings (a) heand (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Post Office to discuss the implementation of new digital technology to process driving licence applications in post offices.
	(158749)

318	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158473)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

319	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158627)

320	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158652)

321	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158670)

322	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158687)

323	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158475)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

324	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Government Equalities Office were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158619)

325	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158641)

326	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158659)

327	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Government Equalities Office since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158676)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

328 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many wage incentives have been taken up under the Youth Contract since April 2012.
	(158208)

329 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people flowing on to jobseeker's allowance (JSA) were in receipt of (a) income-based JSA and (b) contribution-based JSA in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(158209)

330 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the income level is beyond which individuals are no longer eligible for support for mortgage interest; and what the age profile is of recipients of support for mortage interest.
	(158210)

331 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to support people leaving the Work Programme after two years without a successful job sustainment.
	(158211)

332 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have successfully claimed universal credit in the pathfinder to date.
	(158212)

333 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Scotland have received a sanction on (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five occasions in each year since 2010.
	(158442)

334	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants referred to prime contractors in the last six months have had (a) zero, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three and (e) four or more interviews.
	(158543)

335	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants with mental illness have been referred to treatments within the NHS or with subcontractors in the last period for which figures are available.
	(158762)

336	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants are mentally ill; how many of such claimants have been referred for treatment; and if he will make a statement.
	(158766)

337	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	(158628)

338	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	(158653)

339	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department since 7 May 2010 was.
	(158688)

340 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to companies in England of workplace absenteeism.
	(158307)

341 N	Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in the last three years for which information is available.
	(157350)

342	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
	(158476)

343	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help unemployed people over the age of 64 years in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK return to work.
	(158720)

344 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps a person undergoing a work capability assessment has to take in order to obtain an audio recording of their assessment.
	(158174)

345 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department had a £248 million underspend on the Work Programme in 2012-13; and in what alternative ways this was spent.
	(158175)

346 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether the Work Programme budget will be underspent in 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
	(158176)

347 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what items of equipment are available for the audio recording of the work capability assessments.
	(158187)

348 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for an audio recording of the work capability assessment have been turned down to date; and for what reasons.
	(158188)

349 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to carry out an impact assessment on the introduction of housing costs contributions under universal credit.
	(157629)

350 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on youth (a) unemployment and (b) homelessness of the introduction of housing costs contributions under universal credit.
	(157630)

Questions to the Attorney General

351	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Attorney General, what his policy is on prosecuting people for crimes committed while being controlled by traffickers.
	[Transferred] (158728)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

352	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by No. 10 Downing Street were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such payments were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	[Transferred] (158624)

353	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; to whom such sums were paid; and for what reasons the legal advice was sought.
	[Transferred] (158629)

354	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Deputy Prime Minister's Office spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	[Transferred] (158636)

355	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much No. 10 Downing Street spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	[Transferred] (158648)

356	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Deputy Prime Minister's Office spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	[Transferred] (158654)

357	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much No. 10 Downing Street spent on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
	[Transferred] (158666)

358	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office since 7 May 2010 was.
	[Transferred] (158671)

359	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by No. 10 Downing Street since 7 May 2010 was.
	[Transferred] (158683)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

360	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful appeals have been made against existing house price valuations in each region of the UK in the last five years for which data is available.
	[Transferred] (158550)

361	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests for the revaluation of business premises have been made in each region in the last five years for which data is available.
	[Transferred] (158551)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

362 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Bailey Review on the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood, published in June 2011.
	[Transferred] (158381)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

363 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the level of public support for offshore and onshore wind.
	[Question Unstarred] (158092)

364 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce demand for energy.
	[Question Unstarred] (158083)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

365 N	Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the incidence of child abuse images on the internet.
	[Transferred] (158382)

366 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration the Government has given to implementing a central bank register to facilitate the seizing of proceeds of crime.
	[Transferred] (158383)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

367	Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to eradicate slavery in business supply chains.
	[Transferred] (158729)

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