Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 12 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 Wednesday 12 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 12 June 2013
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 12 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 Wednesday 12 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 12 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
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Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Attorney General, how many finalised defendant prosecutions were prosecuted under charges relating to sexual offences involving a victim under 18 (a) for the last three years for which data is available and (b) for each month since January 2013, by ethnicity. |
(159529)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
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David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater partnership between the business community and educationalists. |
(159392)
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3
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Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of animals used in scientific procedures; what steps he is taking to reduce the number of animals used in such procedures; and if he will make a statement. |
(159402)
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4
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the planning process for offshore wind farm applications and the involvement in that process of businesses in the UK; and what discussions he has had with the Secretaries of State for (a) Energy and Climate Change and (b) Communities and Local Government to ensure that UK businesses are able to benefit from an efficient and streamlined planning policy application. |
(159397)
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Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
5
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Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births there were in each constituent country of the UK in each quarter of 2012. |
(159569)
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6
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Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 343W, on the High Speed 2 railway line, and consequent on the Information Commissioner's decision on publication of the Major Projects Authority Report into High Speed 2, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the report. |
(159498)
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7
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Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the net change in the number of private sector jobs in (a) North Swindon constituency and (b) Swindon Borough was in the latest period for which figures are available. |
(159389)
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Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
8
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1240W, on Revenue and Customs: telephone services, what steps he is taking to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs meets its stated target of answering 80 per cent of calls within five minutes. |
(159561)
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9
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on steps to prevent organisations registering as charities with the Charity Commission for tax avoidance purposes. |
(159477)
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10
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that charities registered with the Charity Commission are not being used as tax avoidance schemes; and if he will make a statement. |
(159478)
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11
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he expects the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs to meet its target of protecting £1.4 billion in revenue over the current spending review period. |
(159479)
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12
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement. |
(159480)
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13
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been allocated to the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs over the current spending review period. |
(159481)
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14
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Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many charities registered with the Charity Commission have been identified by HM Revenue and Customs as being used for tax avoidance purposes in each of the last five years. |
(159482)
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15
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John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sums in PAYE and national insurance contributions remain unpaid by football clubs who are members of the FA Premier League and the Football League in respect of the tax year ended 5 April (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and what sums are outstanding in cases where clubs (i) have not yet been contacted by the local tax office or debt management office, (ii) are working with the local tax or debt management office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to an enforcement office, (iii) are working with an enforcement office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to the solicitor's office and (iv) have had their case forwarded to the solicitor's office for action in the High Court. |
(159581)
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16
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John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many football clubs who are members of the FA Premier League and the Football League have not fully paid PAYE and national insurance contributions due in respect of the tax year ended 5 April (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and how many such clubs (i) have not yet been contacted by the local tax office or debt management office, (ii) are working with the local tax or debt management office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to an enforcement office, (iii) are working with an enforcement office and are either subject to an arrangement to pay or are having the case forwarded to the solicitor's office and (iv) have had their case forwarded to the solicitor's office for action in the High Court. |
(159582)
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17
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Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations HM Revenue and Customs has received from the Information Commissioner to release the address of each individual named on the Consulting Association database of blacklisted workers. |
(159567)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
18
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Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his contribution of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 604, for what reasons he stated that red tape in Wales would add £13,000 to the cost of building a new home compared to England; if he will provide an analysis of the regulatory costs contributing to that figure; what representations he has received on the outcome of the Callow Mount Sprinkler Retrofit Project; and if he will meet Ann Jones AM to discuss the provisions of the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011. |
(159562)
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19
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Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will reallocate unspent funds from the Portas pilots to other town teams. |
(159494)
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20
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what criteria his Department allocates available formula grant to upper tier authorities to fund highways maintenance. |
(159466)
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21
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Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority properties in Swindon Borough have been purchased through the right-to-buy scheme in each of the last five years. |
(159394)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
22
N
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Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration her Department has given to sharing spectrum at 2.3GHz; and how soon she hopes to be able to share this spectrum. |
(157985)
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23
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Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department takes to ensure that museums and charities follow Charity Trust guidance when auctioning archive material no longer deemed as a necessary part of their collection. |
(159395)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
24
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Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual education and resettlement officers there have been in each of the last three years. |
(159517)
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25
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Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army service leavers failed to receive a service leaver's pack from the termination cell within nine months of their date of termination in each of the last three years. |
(159518)
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26
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Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on individual education and resettlement officers in each of the last three years; and how much funding he plans to allocate in each of the next five years. |
(159519)
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27
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects veterans to receive the Arctic Convoy Medal. |
(159413)
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28
N
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Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in each Territorial Army infantry company in each location received a bounty in each of the last three years. |
(159287)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
29
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school children who live in poverty receive free school meals. |
(159504)
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30
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of school children who are living in poverty and who are not receiving free school meals in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham, Hall Green constituency in the last three years for which figures are available. |
(159508)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
31
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) number of grants awarded to households living in (i) social housing, (ii) private rented housing and (iii) privately-owned housing under the Green Deal scheme. |
(159564)
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32
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) number of grants awarded to households living in (i) social housing, (ii) private rented housing and (iii) privately-owned housing under the Energy Company Obligation scheme. |
(159565)
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33
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans his Department has to offer households living in privately-owned properties with gas central heating access to the same level of Energy Company Obligation funding as is available to similar households with electric heating. |
(159566)
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34
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Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with National Grid on energy transmission infrastructure projects to connect North and South Wales. |
(159514)
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35
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Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what government subsidies were for (a) onshore wind and (b) solar panels in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012. |
(159403)
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36
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Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost per unit of energy for the total of solar panels and wind turbines in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
(159404)
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37
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Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will next review the Government's policy on subsidising wind turbines and solar panels. |
(159409)
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38
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Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that penalties imposed by energy regulators are not passed on to consumers. |
(159473)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
39
N
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Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help harnessed guide dogs from being attacked by other dogs. |
(159297)
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40
N
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Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to control stray dogs. |
(159298)
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41
N
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Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to preserve the bee population in Lancashire. |
(159299)
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42
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the research conducted by the University of Warwick in developing a urine test for TB in badgers and cattle. |
(159584)
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43
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department proposes to take to ensure that the badger culls will not be detrimental to the survival of the population concerned as required under Article 9 of the Bern Convention. |
(159032)
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44
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what criteria his Department will assess the humaneness of the badger cull. |
(159033)
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45
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the method of free shooting to cull badgers has been abandoned on grounds of (a) safety and (b) humaneness. |
(159034)
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46
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the additional costs associated with cage trapping and shooting of badgers will be borne by (a) the Government and (b) the National Farmers' Union. |
(159035)
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47
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Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people required admission to hospital as a result of injuries caused by dogs in 2012-13. |
(159509)
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48
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 786W on bovine tuberculosis, what the next steps to be taken are; and how the effectiveness and intake of such steps will be monitored. |
(159388)
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49
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 792W on food: festivals and special occasions, which body provided the funding for such festivals in each year between 2010 and 2012. |
(159400)
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50
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted for offences under the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 since implementation of that Order. |
(159427)
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51
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Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department ensured compliance with CITES regulations, especially Article III, during the trade of 20 Chelonioidea sea turtles from the Cayman Turtle Farm to Merlin Entertainments Group. |
(159459)
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52
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Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what veterinary or other assessment was made by officials in his Department during the trade of 20 Chelonioidea sea turtles from the Cayman Turtle Farm to Merlin Entertainments Group in 2006. |
(159471)
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53
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Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the incidence of (a) malignant oviduct magnum tumours and (b) non-malignant tumours in spent laying hens was in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012. |
(159396)
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54
N
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Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the incidence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in the UK sheep flock has been in each of the last 10 years for which data is available. |
(158834)
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55
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Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of animals used in scientific procedures; what steps he is taking to reduce the number of animals used in such procedures; and if he will make a statement. |
(159410)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
56
N
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to discourage private sector organisations from trading with and investing in Israeli settlements. |
(159347)
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57
N
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide UK businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories with guidelines for responsible business conduct in accordance with human rights. |
(159348)
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58
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions and for what purposes he has visited Libya in 2013. |
(158865)
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59
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Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Colombia on identifying and prosecuting those responsible for the death of José Rogelio Lopez on 11 April 2013; and if he will make a statement. |
(159560)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
60
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England have made of the effect on public health of musculoskeletal conditions; and if he will make a statement. |
(159522)
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61
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of access to and availability of weight management services funded from the public purse; and if he will make a statement. |
(159523)
|
62
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential relationship between osteoarthritis and obesity; what steps his Department is taking to encourage the appropriate level of physical activity for people with osteoarthritis; and if he will make a statement. |
(159524)
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63
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Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities offer access to fracture liaison services linked to every hospital in a local area involved in the care of people with fragility fractures; and if he will make a statement. |
(159525)
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64
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department issues guidance on whether a GP should inform his or her patients if he or she moves to a different practice. |
(159412)
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65
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on measures to ensure that patients with disabilities receive personal information from GPs and hospitals in a format that is accessible to them. |
(159520)
|
66
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Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations on making personal information from GPs and hospitals accessible to patients with disabilities. |
(159521)
|
67
N
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Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Walk-In centres have closed in England since 2010. |
(159336)
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68
N
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Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Walk-In centres have closed in the South West since 2010. |
(159337)
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69
N
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Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints his Department received from people having difficulty making a timely appointment with their GP in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. |
(159338)
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70
N
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Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries offered extended hours in the evenings and at weekends in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and how many are currently doing so. |
(159339)
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71
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce epilepsy-related deaths. |
(159288)
|
72
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the adequacy of data on epilepsy-related deaths for informing the development of policy to tackle epilepsy mortality. |
(159289)
|
73
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. |
(159290)
|
74
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet representatives of SUDEP Action to discuss that organisation's work on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. |
(159291)
|
75
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authorities in dealing with instances of abuse or neglect of the elderly in residential care. |
(159499)
|
76
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of the UK's gross domestic product of people giving up work to care for older people in each of the last five years. |
(159526)
|
77
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Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have submitted a notification of intention to practise as a midwife in each of the last five practice years. |
(159570)
|
78
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Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish statistics on the number of home maternities in each local health authority area in England in 2012. |
(159571)
|
79
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what input general dental practitioners in the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull will have into clinician-led commissioning using additional funding. |
(159503)
|
80
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role local representative committees are to have in shaping primary care dentistry services. |
(159505)
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81
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in the number of units of dental activity will be needed to achieve the improved access requirements for the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull for 2006 to 2016. |
(159506)
|
82
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net funding allocation to general dental service contracts for the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull is for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
(159527)
|
83
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many net units of dental activity are required from the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
(159528)
|
84
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in the budget for dental services has been allocated to meet the access targets for the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
(159563)
|
85
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely additional funding arising from NHS efficiency savings to be allocated to the local area team in Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16. |
(159568)
|
86
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Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse will be of running the NHS 111 service in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Swale Borough in 2013-14. |
(159460)
|
87
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Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees in the NHS earn less then the national living wage. |
(159393)
|
88
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Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who require augmentative and alternative communication aids. |
(159406)
|
89
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Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the commissioning arrangements for augmentative and alternative communication aids. |
(159407)
|
90
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Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources he plans to make available to support the diagnosis and care of people who require augmentative and alternative communication aids. |
(159408)
|
91
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Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibility NHS England has to assess the quality of clinical training; and if he will make a statement. |
(159515)
|
92
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Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to monitor the effect on nurse training of the inclusion of care quality improvement projects. |
(159516)
|
93
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Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of animals used in scientific procedures; what steps he is taking to reduce the number of animals used in such procedures; and if he will make a statement. |
(159405)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
94
N
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Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many current applicants for Home Office travel documents have been waiting (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to nine months, (d) nine to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months from the date of application for their document to be issued. |
(159315)
|
95
N
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Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assist applicants for Home Office travel documents who are unable to obtain or retain a job because all their papers are with their application in her Department; and if she will make a statement. |
(159316)
|
96
|
Jenny Chapman (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that commercial organisations distributing information about available benefits to new and expecting mothers do not use data gathered about mothers and their children for other purposes. |
(159470)
|
97
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission on cases relating to deaths during or following police contact in each of the last three years. |
(158861)
|
98
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of legal representation of the Government at inquests into all cases relating to deaths during or following police contact in each of the last three years. |
(158862)
|
99
|
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that all major contractors to her Department abide by the corporate social responsibility standards. |
(159387)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
100
N
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UNRWA supported by British aid funds in directing aid to assist supported Palestinian refugees who have fled Syria for Lebanon. |
[R]
(159286)
|
101
N
|
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if she will make a statement. |
(159156)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
102
|
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what obligations solicitors have to advise clients on their potential entitlement to legal aid. |
(159578)
|
103
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Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the financial and administrative cost on legal businesses of the requirement proposed in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid, to assess whether EEA nationals have enjoyed a right to reside in the UK for 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the average number of hours per EEA national client it will take a legal aid contractor to assess whether EEA nationals have enjoyed a right to reside in the UK for 12 months. |
(159579)
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104
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Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the potential cost savings to the Government on legal services of placing a ceiling on the amount the Government spends on legal services for itself, so that it does not pay fees above legal aid rates to a Government-instructed lawyer or expert and does not pay for more hours of legal services than would be allowed in a court's detailed assessment of costs for legal aid clients; and if he will estimate the potential cost savings of prohibiting the pursuing of litigation which does not have a reasonable prospect of success. |
(159587)
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105
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigations following deaths in custody in each of the last three years. |
(158863)
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106
N
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Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of legal representation of the Government at inquests into all cases where the state is represented in deaths in custody in each of the last three years; and how much his Department spent on legal aid for families of the deceased in such cases during the same time period. |
(158864)
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107
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposed legal aid reforms on the number of self-represented litigants. |
(159468)
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108
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the income distribution of legal aid recipients in each year since 2002. |
(159469)
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109
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Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all data recorded by the Legal Aid Agency on all certificate outcomes for judicial review cases funded in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. |
(159474)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
110
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David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Serious Organised Crime Agency on fuel smuggling in Northern Ireland. |
(159390)
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111
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David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with HM Revenue and Customs on identifying a marker for laundered fuel. |
(159391)
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112
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David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with HM Revenue and Customs in relation to the time taken in conducting the Invitation to Make Submissions process on the development of a new fuel marker. |
(159398)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
113
N
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Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider introducing a national road safety awareness campaign aimed at children and young people similar to the Green Man campaigns of the past. |
(159300)
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114
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Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on removing blue parking permits from circulation once the permit holders are deceased. |
(159399)
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115
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Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the integrated transport block. |
(159415)
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116
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Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money implications of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the Integrated Transport Block. |
(159416)
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117
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Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Government planned to provide to integrated transport authorities and passenger transport executives in the 2010 Spending Review; and how that funding changed as a result of announcements made in each Budget and Autumn Statement since. |
(159417)
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118
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Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a cumulative assessment of the distributional regional effects of (a) changes to funding formula for significant funding blocks and (b) competitive funding awards. |
(159475)
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119
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Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the redistributive effects of the options for changing the formula for the integrated transport block between metropolitan areas and shire counties. |
(159476)
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120
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of rail carriages which are currently not compliant with rail vehicle accessibility requirements; and what plans he has to ensure compliance with such requirements by 2020. |
(159461)
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121
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) new carriages and (b) cascaded carriages have been bought by (i) Northern Rail, (ii) London Midland, (iii) Transpennine Express and (iv) rail franchises that provide commuter services in London and the South East since 2004. |
(159462)
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122
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the future costs to travel concession authorities of reimbursement to bus operators under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme in each of the next five years. |
(159463)
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123
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the distribution of spending in Network Rail control periods (a) three and (b) four between (i) regional rail, (ii) long distance rail services and (iii) rail services in London and the South East. |
(159464)
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124
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which funding streams his Department funds highways maintenance expenditure by local authorities. |
(159465)
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125
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what criteira his Department allocates available grants to upper tier authorities to fund highways maintenance. |
(159467)
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126
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Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has reviewed the formula for allocating the road maintenance block grant since 1 January 2010. |
(159510)
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127
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Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities in accidents involving young drivers there were in (a) England and (b) Swindon in each of the last five years. |
(159414)
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Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
128
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will support the No More Page 3 campaign. |
(159350)
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129
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government Equalities Office will investigate the effect of topless modelling in newspapers on the negative representation of women in the media. |
(159351)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
130
N
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Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish data on the transport costs incurred by claimants of jobseeker's allowance in each (a) age group and (b) parliamentary constituency. |
(159349)
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131
N
|
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings he has had with ministerial colleagues in (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department for Education on the treatment of passported benefits under universal credit. |
(159317)
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132
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Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings he has had with Ministers and officials in (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department for Education on the treatment of passported benefits under universal credit. |
(159511)
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133
|
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the decision to bring forward the date of introduction of the single tier pension. |
(159500)
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134
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the funding of pensions from national insurance revenue following the abolition of contracting out. |
(159501)
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135
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Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the sums allocated to means tested benefit and allowances which have not been claimed in each year since 2010. |
(159502)
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136
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Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were referred by jobcentres to food banks in (a) Birmingham, Hall Green constituency, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13. |
(159507)
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137
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of measures to support working families with the costs of childcare announced in Budget 2013 on levels of (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty. |
(159580)
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138
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Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of covering 85 per cent of childcare costs for all families in receipt of universal credit. |
(159583)
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139
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Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) pension companies, to ensure all pension companies provide trivial commutation of pension pots; what assessment he has made of the number of pension funds which are not providing trivial commutation to policyholders; and if he will bring forward proposals to make the offer of trivial commutation to policyholders compulsory. |
(159411)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
140
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Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 789W on exports: EU countries, what the (a) value and (b) proportions of UK food exports to (i) the EU and (ii) EU free trade areas was in each of the last three years. |
[Transferred]
(159401)
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141
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Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assurances his Department sought from Merlin Entertainments Group as to the purpose of the Chelonioidea sea turtles bought from Cayman Turtle Farm in 2006. |
[Transferred]
(159472)
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