Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 13 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 June 2013

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 13 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 13 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 13 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General

1	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1227W, on fraud, how many of the prison sentences imposed as a result of Serious Fraud Office prosecutions in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the previous five years were (i) immediate and (ii) suspended.
	(159750)

2	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office is providing any assistance to fraud prosecutors in Germany to assist in the trial of Bernie Ecclestone.
	(159751)

3	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office is assisting overseas prosecutors in any investigations into corruption concerning AgustaWestland.
	(159752)

4	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, for what offences people were convicted in 2012-13 as a result of Serious Fraud Office investigations; and what sentence was applied in each such case.
	(159753)

5	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many corporate prosecutions the Serious Fraud Office undertook in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the five preceding years.
	(159754)

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has received a referral from the police for a charging decision for a suspected offence under (a) section 44, (b) section 45 and (c) section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 in each of the last five years; and how many such referrals were for cases of a terrorist nature.

(159755)

7	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of whether the new Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) policy on right of review will affect the right of victims to seek a judicial review of a decision by the CPS.
	(159756)

8	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions decisions of the Crown Prosecution Service have been challenged via judicial review in each of the last five years; and how many such challenges were successful.
	(159757)

9	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the projected annual cost is to the Crown Prosecution Service of bringing in the victims' right to review.
	(159758)

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many out-of-court disposals were recommended by the Crown Prosecution Service for offences of (a) child abuse, (b) crimes against an older person, (c) forced marriage, (d) homophobic and transphobic hate crimes, (e) honour crimes, (f) racist hate crime and (g) religious hate crime in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) each of the previous five years.

(159759)

11	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted an offence under (a) section 44, (b) section 45 and (c) section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 in each of the last five years; how many such cases were against offences of a terrorist nature; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
	(159760)

12	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has recommended an out-of-court disposal for an offence under (a) section 44, (b) section 45 and (c) section 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007; and how many such offences were of a terrorist nature in each of the last five years.
	(159761)

13	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted cases of the downloading and viewing of indecent images of children in each of the last five years; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
	(159762)

14	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has recommended out-of-court disposal for cases of the downloading and viewing of indecent images of children in each of the last five years.
	(159763)

15	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has taken no further action on allegations of downloading and viewing indecent images of children that have been referred to it by the police for a charging decision in each of the last five years.
	(159764)

16	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the police have referred to the Crown Prosecution Service a charging decision of suspected cases of the downloading and viewing of indecent images of children in each of the last five years.
	(159765)

17	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has taken no further action regarding allegations of child abuse involving multiple suspects referred to it by the police for a charging decision.
	(159813)

18	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on alternatives to prosecutions, in what circumstances the Crown Prosecution Service issues a final warning rather than a charge to an offender whose case is (a) rape-flagged and (b) domestic violence-flagged.
	(159814)

19	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on alternatives to prosecutions, how many of those (a) cautioned, (b) reprimanded and (c) who received a final warning for (i) domestic violence-flagged and (ii) rape-flagged offences in the last three years have subsequently reoffended.
	(159815)

20	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on alternatives to prosecution, how many of the out-of-court disposals issued from the Crown Prosecution Service were given to perpetrators who had previously received a caution for a similar offence.
	(159816)

21	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on alternatives to prosecution, how many previous warnings from the Crown Prosecution Service each of the recipients of final warnings for rape in 2012-13 had previously received.
	(159817)

22	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on alternatives to prosecutions, how many previous warnings from the Crown Prosecution Service each of the recipients of final warnings for domestic violence had received.
	(159818)

23	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Knowsley of 4 June 2013, Official Report, column 1377, on rape convictions, if he will require the Crown Prosecution Service to record the number of occasions when it recommends a caution for all indictable-only offences.
	(159836)

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

24 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the benefit to businesses of local authorities providing free transport to 16 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training.
	(159558)

25	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to promote the Employer Ownership of Skills Fund amongst employers in Scotland.
	(159845)

26	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect that applications from the maritime sector to the Employer Ownership of Skills Fund could have on (a) the maritime skills base, (b) seafarer training and (c) ratings training.
	(159882)

27	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which applications have been submitted to the Employer Ownership of Skills Fund from the maritime sector; what decision was taken on each such application; and when he expects decisions to be reached on any outstanding applications from the maritime sector.
	(159883)

28	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment is made of the effect that applicants to the Employer Ownership of Skills Fund will have on the industrial skills base when making a decision to grant funds.
	(159884)

29	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the Employer Ownership of Skills Fund has been allocated to date, in each industry.
	(159930)

30	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in Sunderland Central constituency applied to attend university in academic year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how many such applicants were successful.
	(159691)

31	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will support the re-location of post offices to new premises in rural villages where this is necessary to ensure the long-term viability of the post office.
	(159710)

32	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) local authority and (b) Government grants Tesco Stores Ltd received in the last 10 years; and what information his Department holds on Tesco Stores Ltd receiving grants from the EU in the same time period.
	(159776)

33 N	Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the provision of broadband; and if he will make a statement.
	(159359)

34 N	Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his plans are for the future of Royal Mail.
	(159376)

35	Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department offers to small and medium-sized enterprises who want to expand in the (a) EU and (b) rest of the world.
	(159769)

36
N

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on EU grants and loans, how much EU structural funding will be allocated to each local enterprise partnership (LEP) in England for 2014 to 2020; and how much such funding would have been allocated to (a) England and (b) each LEP in England if the EU formula for the allocation of funds had been implemented.

(159444)

37	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of accepted undergraduate students enrolled in 2012-13 who received credit and advanced standing as a result of credit earned in other higher education institutions in previous years.
	(159711)

38 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who the successful bidders were for Round 1 of the employer ownership pilots, by English administrative region.
	(159424)

39 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bids were received for Round 2 of the employer ownership pilots, by English administrative region.
	(159425)

40 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what strategies he plans to put in place to attract, retain and upskill the further education teaching workforce.
	(159426)

41	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159846)

42	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created in (a) Bury North constituency and (b) Greater Manchester as a result of grants made from Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund.
	(159728)

43	Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will amend the criteria for successful consideration of bids to the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative to include explicit reference to (a) sustainability and (b) industries using high levels of resources such as water and energy.
	(159784)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

44	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the importance and role of charity trustees.
	(159588)

45	Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in generational giving.
	(159684)

46 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the grounds on which the Major Projects Authority gave universal credit amber-red status.
	(159532)

47 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on modernisation of buildings that are part of the Cabinet Office estate in each of the last three years.
	(159545)

48 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will assess the consequences for the cyber security of UK companies and individuals of the US Prism programme.
	(159575)

49	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion and how many of those employed in North-East Lincolnshire were employed in the public sector in each year since 2007.
	(159929)

50	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of Cabinet committees currently in operation; and what the membership is of each such committee.
	(159695)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

51 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of implementing PAYE Real Time Information.
	(159530)

52	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of implementing PAYE Real Time Information.
	(159732)

53	Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters to all the UK's dependent territories.
	(159924)

54 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of his Department are engaged on the project to implement the Scottish rate of income tax.
	(159550)

55 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1239W, on income tax: Scotland, how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland pay income tax at (a) the highest rate or (b) the additional rate.
	(159552)

56 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1167W, on income tax: Scotland, what steps he has taken to control the costs of the implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
	(159553)

57 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2013, Official Report, column 1167W, on income tax: Scotland, when he expects to be able to report a revised estimate of the costs of implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
	(159554)

58	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the joint project of HM Revenue and Customs and the Developing Countries Capacity Building Unit with the Tanzania Revenue Authority, what representations he has received from UK investors on the current environment for foreign investment in Tanzania.
	(159811)

59	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the joint project of HM Revenue and Customs and the Developing Countries Capacity Building Unit with the Tanzania Revenue Authority will address the issue of government corruption in Tanzania.
	(159812)

60	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the joint project of HM Revenue and Customs and the Developing Countries Capacity Building Unit with the Tanzania Revenue Authority make towards improving the environment for foreign investment in Tanzania.
	(159832)

61	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to making child benefit claim forms available through registry offices as an alternative to bounty packs.
	(159694)

62	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of each pay grade in his Department are working on High Speed 2; and what the responsibilities are of each such official.
	(159835)

63	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Northern Ireland have received fines or other penalties for employing illegal labour in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(159957)

64 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs have been unanswered in (a) the first quarter of 2013 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
	(159449)

65 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of letters to HM Revenue and Customs have remained unanswered in (a) the first quarter of 2013 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
	(159450)

66 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many English and Welsh football teams with an up-to-date arrangement with HM Revenue and Customs to pay by instalments their PAYE and national insurance contribution (NIC) deductions have not paid fully their PAYE or NIC deductions in tax year (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 to date.
	(159585)

67	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that foreign nationals from other EU countries (a) pay income tax and (b) make insurance contributions on (i) self-employed earnings and (ii) earnings from employment.
	(159713)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

68 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he plans to call in the planning proposals by Peterborough City Council for a renewable energy park east of Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
	(159486)

69 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking against late payment of invoices by local authorities.
	(159418)

70	Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has yet received the South Worcestershire Development Plan; and when he expects the independent examination of this plan to have been completed.
	(159837)

71	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159847)

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

72	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people in Sunderland who live in areas with low-speed broadband.
	(159611)

73 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community radio licences are unallocated.
	(159538)

74 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that Ofcom use up unallocated community radio licences.
	(159539)

75 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department gives to community radio stations.
	(159540)

76 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will consider listing the Smithfield (a) General Market and (b) Fish Market in order to save them from demolition.
	(159541)

77	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in her Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159906)

78	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support marine tourism in the UK.
	(159778)

79
N

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the circumstances in which the draft Royal Charter on press regulation published on 18 March 2013 would be subject to renegotiaton prior to its sealing by Her Majesty in Council; whether she has received any indications from party leaders that such a renegotiation is likely to occur; and if she will make a statement.

(159445)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

80	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulatory permissions have been issued by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in regards to HMS Tireless since its reactor coolant leak was identified; and if he will place copies of any such permissions in the Library.
	(159820)

81	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any radioactive emissions were vented to the atmosphere following the recent reactor coolant leak of HMS Tireless; where such releases were emitted; when they took place; and what quantities of radioactivity was released.
	(159821)

82	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where and when the reactor of HMS Tireless was shut down following its recent reactor coolant leak.
	(159822)

83	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Moray of 1 March 2013, Official Report, column 718W, on HMS Tireless, what the expected duration and cost of repairs to HMS Tireless is; and whether a decision has yet been made as to whether the submarine will remain in service following the recent reactor coolant leak.
	(159823)

84	Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department's (a) hazard assessment and (b) technical justification for public protection advice in the event of an emergency involving the transportation of nuclear weapons was last reviewed; and when the next review is scheduled to take place.
	(159712)

Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Project Teutates Technology Development Centre at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston; what the (a) total project costs and (b) projects costs incurred by the Government for Project Teutates has been in each year since 2010; and what he estimates such costs will be in each year to 2015.

(159714)

86	Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the write-off costs are as a result of cancelling Project Hydrus at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
	(159715)

87 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment was tested under Better Equipment through Ashchurch; what cost savings were made as a result of that programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(159557)

88 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on early departure payments to those who have previously had a break in their service in the armed forces.
	(159536)

89 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces with an interrupted service career history were re-employed in the armed forces between 6 April 2005 and 1 January 2010.
	(159537)

90 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review his policy on early departure payment awards to members of the armed forces who have an interrupted service career history.
	(159542)

91 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees of his Department who have worked on the Government's nuclear policy have been made redundant since 2010.
	(159543)

92	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of teenage recruits to the armed forces prematurely ending their service contracts in each of the last five years.
	(159916)

93	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any disciplinary measures have been brought against army personnel in relation to the operation of unmanned aerial systems.
	(159698)

94	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of any review of tactical and operational policy relating to targeting by unmanned aerial systems undertaken by his Department to ensure compliance with international humanitarian law.
	(159699)

95	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to publish promptly International Security Assistance Force findings on civilian casualties.
	(159700)

96	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support the government of Afghanistan in mitigating, tracking, investigating and ensuring accountability for civilian casualties.
	(159701)

97	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that the UK is operating in compliance with the revised COMISAF Tactical Directive, Rev 5.1 in Afghanistan.
	(159702)

98	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the five incidents of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles which resulted in civilian casualties that were recorded by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in 2012 were carried out by the UK.
	(159703)

99	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ex gratia payments his Department has made to Afghan civilians; what the amounts of such payments were; where the civilians concerned are located; and what the nature of the incidents was to which those payments related.
	(159704)

100	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the economic effects of the UK's submarine building programme.
	(159626)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

101	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the literacy level of primary school leavers in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency and (b) Medway in each of the last five years.
	(159770)

102	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many pupils in schools in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency and (b) Medway English is a second language.
	(159771)

103 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent children being excluded from school solely on the grounds that they have (a) diabetes or (b) other health conditions.
	(159534)

104	Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on teaching assistants.
	(159900)

105	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of newly-qualified teachers graduated in each degree class in each Government office region in the last year for which figures are available.
	(159692)

106	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the ratio of applicants to vacancies was for newly-qualified teachers in each Government office region, in the last year for which figures are available.
	(159693)

107

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has (a) conducted within his Department, (b) asked other Departments to conduct and (c) commissioned independent external sources to conduct an assessment of possible (i) reductions in childcare costs and (ii) increases in childcare staff salaries resulting from increasing staff-to-child ratios in childcare settings.

(159609)

108

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 384W, on children: day care, whether Andreas Schleicher or any other representative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has advocated increasing child-to-staff ratios in childcare settings in representations to his Department; and if he will place a copy of any such representation in the Library.

(159616)

109	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 382W, on children: day care, for what reasons his Department's consultation on childcare qualifications did not also consult on the principle of increasing child-to-staff ratios in childcare settings.
	(159617)

110	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 382W, on children: day care, how many responses he received from each category of respondent defined in the consultation document.
	(159618)

111	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 382W, on children: day care, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals his Department has approached with a view to establishing pilot schemes for increasing child-to-staff ratios in childcare settings.
	(159619)

112	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 381W, on childminding, who the members of the Task and Finish Group for childminder agencies are.
	(159620)

113

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 381W, on childminding, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals (i) have been actively approached by his Department with a view to piloting childminder agencies, (ii) have expressed an interest in piloting childminder agencies and (iii) are currently working with his Department in planning childminder agency pilot schemes.

(159634)

114 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many readers were used in public examinations to help pupils in the latest period for which figures are available; and which other organisations hold such information.
	(159487)

115	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159848)

116 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 89-90WS, on school funding reforms, how this change will affect the education budget for Cumbria County Council.
	(159419)

117 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 89-90WS, on school funding reforms, what discussions he has had with stakeholders to inform this policy.
	(159420)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

118 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 711W, on the Green Deal Scheme: North East, what information will be contained in the first quarterly Official Statistics which his Department plans to publish on 27 June 2013.
	(159544)

119 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he plans to publish the number of Green Deal packages that have been signed since the programme's inception.
	(159546)

120 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect (a) on levy control framework funding of his proposals for the capacity market and (b) of the interaction between the two.
	(159547)

121 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of electricity market reform on the development of (a) gasification, (b) pyrolysis and (c) other nascent technologies.
	(159548)

122	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department is responsible for the decommissioning costs of fossil fuel-fired power stations in Wales.
	(159596)

123	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1643, on per capita carbon emissions, what assessment he has made of the role of the EU Green Growth Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(159719)

124	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1648, on decarbonisation, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there has been a big increase in investment in renewables since May 2010.
	(159720)

125	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1645, on energy bills, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there are hundreds of new small and medium-sized energy efficiency enterprises.
	(159721)

126	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1649, on green investment, what the evidential basis is for the statement that £29 billion of new investment has been announced in renewable energy since 2010.
	(159722)

127	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1654, on energy efficiency, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there are very few cavity walls left to fill.
	(159723)

128	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1656, what the evidential basis is for the statement that support for fuel poverty will increase over the lifetime of the spending review.
	(159724)

129

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which individuals and organisations have been invited to his Department's non-governmental organisation workshop on the review of the site selection process for a geological disposal facility for high-activity radioactive waste in London on 18 June 2013; what documentation has been provided in advance to attendees; what resources have been provided to attendees to facilitate attendance; which individuals or organisations declined invitations; and what reasons were given for invitations being declined.

(159734)

130 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent consideration has been given to official recognition for the service of non-conscripts who worked in mines during the Second World War.
	(159556)

131	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159907)

132 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to increase investment in green and renewable technology.
	(159375)

133	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received from the Welsh Government regarding shale gas exploration in Wales.
	(159594)

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

134	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) cats, (b) dogs and (c) other household pets poisoned by antifreeze in each of the last 10 years.
	(159914)

135	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much waste originating in Medway was sent to landfill in each of the last five years.
	(159774)

136	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste from Medway ended up in landfill in each of the last five years.
	(159775)

137	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159849)

138 N	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to eliminate bovine tuberculosis in addition to the current cull of badgers.
	(159446)

139 N	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to test a tuberculosis vaccine on (a) cattle and (b) badgers; and if he will make a statement.
	(159447)

140 N	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to work with Save Me, the Badger Trust and the RSPCA to look at alternatives to the forthcoming badger cull.
	(159448)

141	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his ministerial colleagues on possible proposals to amend the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
	(159592)

142	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on amending the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
	(159593)

143 N	Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) contagious equine metritis and (b) equine viral arteritis are to remain notifiable diseases under the Animal Health Act 1981.
	(159549)

144	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received from the Welsh Government on the draft Water Bill.
	(159685)

145 N	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 688W, on horseracing; if he will publish the names of all racehorses (a) killed outright and (b) destroyed on British racecourses or shortly afterwards due to injury in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(159434)

146 N	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 688W, on horseracing; if he will estimate the number of racehorses killed outright or destroyed at each British racecourse in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(159454)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

147	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent changes he has made to the travel advice offered to British citizens travelling to or working in Kenya.
	(159841)

148	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in Kenya and the effects of the recent election on the security situation in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	(159919)

149	James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of preparations for the forthcoming elections in Swaziland.
	(159780)

150	James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on Swaziland being referred to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group.
	(159781)

151	James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits the British High Commissioner to Pretoria has made to Swaziland in each of the last five years.
	(159782)

152	James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions representatives of the Government have had with King Maswati III of Swaziland.
	(159783)

153	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from UK investors regarding the current environment for foreign investment in Tanzania.
	(159829)

154	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Tanzania regarding (a) the treatment of UK investors in the mining industry, (b) the enforcement of law and order and (c) the level of corruption in that country.
	(159830)

155

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which states which are signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and were present at the recent NPT Preparatory Committee meeting in Geneva raised concerns about (a) the continued possession by the P5 of nuclear weapons, (b) the lack of progress towards nuclear disarmament by the P5 and (c) the current plans of the Government to renew Trident; and what response was made by the UK representative to any such criticisms.

(159716)

156

Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held between the UK and US on the renewal and extension of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement on Atomic Energy Matters in the last 12 months; who attended such discussions; where they were held; what matters have been agreed in such discussions to date; and what matters remain to be concluded.

(159717)

157	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with their US counterparts on the PRISM data gathering system since May 2010.
	(159904)

158	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has given the US government authority to allow the US National Security Agency (NSA) to process data acquired by the NSA on UK citizens at the NSA's new Utah Data Center.
	(159905)

159 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek assurances that communications of British parliamentarians are not monitored by the National Security Agency.
	(159576)

160 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek an exemption to the US Prism programme for UK companies and individuals.
	(159577)

161 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of his Department who have worked on the Government's nuclear policy have been made redundant since 2010.
	(159535)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

162

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of restrictions in access to novel oral anticoagulants for people with (a) atrial fibrillation, (b) deep vein thrombosis and (c) pulmonary embolism in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(159842)

163	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on access to novel oral anticoagulants for people with (a) atrial fibrillation, (b) deep vein thrombosis and (c) pulmonary embolism in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	(159843)

164	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions he has given to (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) local NHS providers on ensuring that novel oral anticoagulants with a positive National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal are available to all patients; and if he will make a statement.
	(159844)

165	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS complaints procedure is transparent and fit for purpose.
	(159589)

166	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of NHS Blood and Transplant in Devon.
	(159838)

167	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of transplant blood used in (a) Devon and (b) across the UK was sourced from abroad in each year since 2008.
	(159839)

168	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that blood donors in Devon have access to local blood donation stations.
	(159840)

169	Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards developing a framework for statutory regulation of herbalists.
	(159918)

170 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged up to 18 years in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) England were diagnosed with diabetes in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
	(159533)

171	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff of City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust took voluntary redundancy in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(159610)

172	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce health inequalities in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	(159926)

173	Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer sufferers resident in Scotland travel to England to gain treatment using cancer drugs denied to them in Scotland; and whether he has any plans to prevent such cross-border treatment.
	(159767)

174	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's Report, Direct Access to Diagnostic Tests for Cancer, Best Practice Referral Pathways for General Practioners, what steps his Department is taking to monitor access to the four key cancer diagnostic tests; and how many general practioners have applied such tests in the last 12 months.
	(159921)

175	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159850)

176	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment and support is available for people who suffer from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP); and what research into PSP is being funded by his Department.
	(159705)

177 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many apprentices are employed in the National Health Service; and what the average wage is of a full-time NHS apprentice.
	(159421)

178	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing the uptake of NHS health checks.
	(159927)

179	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government regarding plans to relocate neo-natal care services into England.
	(159595)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

180	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children seeking asylum in the UK have been subject to the use of physical force in the last six months.
	(159899)

181	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on the handling of children seeking asylum in the UK whose age is disputed.
	(159901)

182	Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children seeking asylum in the UK have been strip-searched in the last six months.
	(159902)

183	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal workers in Medway.
	(159772)

184	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency and (b) Medway have been fined for employing illegal foreign national workers in each year since 2008.
	(159773)

185	Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of supplying policing for the meeting of the Bilderberg Group in Watford in June 2013; and whether the Cabinet Ministers who attended did so in their official capacity or as private citizens.
	(159718)

186	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which meetings of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking have taken place in the last two years; who was eligible to attend; and who attended each such meeting.
	(159955)

187	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the extent of human trafficking in Northern Ireland; and what recent steps she has taken to tackle this issue.
	(159958)

188 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first became aware of the US Prism programme.
	(159574)

189	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an evaluation of the effectiveness of the DASH risk assessment tool.
	(159707)

190	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police services in England and Wales use the DASH risk assessment tool in cases of domestic violence.
	(159708)

191	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will evaluate the effects of the reducing bureaucracy pilot on assessments of risk in cases of domestic violence in Hampshire.
	(159709)

192	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence-related homicides were committed in England and Wales in 2012.
	(159735)

193	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Gender Champion for asylum seekers.
	(159777)

194	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) performance of G4S in delivering its COMPASS contract for asylum seekers and (b) capacity of G4S to make provision for vulnerable asylum seekers under that contract.
	(159779)

195	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received about the Azure card.
	(159819)

196	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the UN on levels of proof used by the Government to ascertain torture when dealing with asylum seekers; and what steps she has taken in this area.
	(159824)

197	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from non-governmental organisations representing asylum seekers on the issue of asylum in the UK.
	(159825)

198	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance management systems her Department has for monitoring the administration of asylum decision making.
	(159831)

199	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers receive legal advice.
	(159891)

200	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum interviews are (a) audio taped and (b) video taped.
	(159892)

201	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men won their asylum appeal in each of the last 10 years.
	(159893)

202	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many returned asylum seekers returned to their country of origin have since returned to the UK and have been accepted as victims of persecution in the last five years.
	(159894)

203	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints she has received about (a) country of origin reports, (b) operational guidance notes and (c) country policy bulletins in dealing with asylum seekers in the last six months.
	(159895)

204	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the asylum screening centres serving (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland are based.
	(159896)

205	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether persecution because of gender is grounds for claiming asylum in the UK.
	(159897)

206	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers are currently homeless.
	(159903)

207	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken for a decision on asylum was for (a) male and (b) female applicants in each of the last 10 years.
	(159915)

208	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specialist training her Department gives to doctors to assist in identifying asylum cases involving torture.
	(159920)

209	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Warley will receive a reply to her letter to the UK Border Agency of 15 March 2013 regarding the case of Nurul Islam.
	(159733)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

210	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's expenditure was spent on (a) aid and (b) trade development in developing countries in the last year for which figures are available.
	(159925)

211	Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to support capacity building for tax revenue authorities in developing countries.
	(159889)

212	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has made to the Tanzania Revenue Authority regarding the issue of government corruption in Tanzania.
	(159833)

213	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much official development assistance her Department has paid to Tanzania in each of the last three years.
	(159834)

214	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of her Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159851)

215 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK gives to wildlife conservation in sub-Saharan Africa.
	(159551)

216 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of drone strikes on shifting livelihood strategies in the affected regions in Somalia and Yemen.
	(159422)

217 N	Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has undertaken research on retaliation attacks on local and international aid workers following drone strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
	(159438)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

218 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were dismissed for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(159428)

219 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were dismissed for breaches of the code of conduct in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(159440)

220 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are available for prison service employees to report incidence of corruption to his Department's Corruption Prevention Unit.
	(159441)

221 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents were reported to the Corruption Prevention Unit in 2012; what the nature was of each such incident; and what the outcome was of each such report.
	(159442)

222 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is expected of employees in HM Prison Service in dealing with corruption (a) on commencing their employment and (b) on an ongoing basis as part of continuing professional development.
	(159443)

223	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159852)

224	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish records of (a) all contractors and (b) the value of such contracts entered into by each prison in the last five years.
	(159597)

225	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the cost of all services in each prison in the UK.
	(159598)

226	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many working positions in (a) cooking, (b) serving meals, (c) prison maintenance and (d) cleaning there are in each prison in the UK.
	(159599)

227	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have a labour board to assign work to prisoners.
	(159600)

228	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that recent changes to the Incentives and Earned Privileges measures are fully enacted in prisons.
	(159601)

229	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons require prisoners to apply and interview for employment whilst in prison.
	(159602)

230	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the expectation for prisoners to work towards their own rehabilitation is measured by prison staff.
	(159603)

231	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what purposeful activities are currently undertaken in prisons.
	(159604)

232	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in the UK are in receipt of unemployment pay.
	(159605)

233	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the budget of each prison in the UK is spent on procuring external services.
	(159606)

234	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people employed by HM Prison Service to (a) cook, (b) serve meals, (c) do prison maintenance and (d) clean are not serving prison sentences; and what the cost of their employment was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(159607)

235	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have working allotments on site.
	(159608)

236	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to rule 31 of the prison rules, what the procedure is for dealing with convicted prisoners who refuse to work at any point during their sentence.
	(159696)

237	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners are participating in work schemes under rule 31 of the prison rules.
	(159697)

238 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department saved through the contract for interpreters and translation services in (a) February 2012 and (b) May 2013.
	(159451)

239 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department was of the contract for interpreters and translation services in (a) February 2012 and (b) May 2013.
	(159452)

240	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of reforms to legal aid on Welsh language services.
	(159686)

Questions to the Leader of the House

241 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to page 27 of the Coalition Agreement, when he plans to bring forward proposals for a House Business Committee.
	(159493)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

242 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many days Hillsborough Castle was open to the public in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
	(159555)

243 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was allocated to Northern Ireland in block grant in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how much has been allocated for (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
	(159572)

244 N	Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent (a) in total and (b) under each category of expenditure in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and how much it plans to spend in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15.
	(159573)

245	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions she has met the Chief Constable of the Police Service for Northern Ireland in the last year; and who initiated each such meeting.
	(159956)

246	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in her Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159909)

247 N	Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the family of Patrick Finucane.
	(159453)

Questions to the Prime Minister

248
N

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1266W, on tax avoidance, whether he has received any replies to his letter of 20 May 2013 to the UK's Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories on tax information exchange and beneficial ownership; and what steps he plans to take if any of the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories do not make their policies on this issue clear publicly.

(159485)

249	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, how many officials in No. 10 Downing Street are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159910)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

250	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159911)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

251	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
	(159826)

252	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the working of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch; and if he will make a statement.
	(159827)

253 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities provide free bus travel to 16 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training.
	(159559)

254	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role energy network operators will play in carrying out works for future rail electrification; and what the estimated cost will be to those operators.
	(159706)

255	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what monitoring his Department will undertake of the number of staff departures from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency during the regrading process of staff in that body.
	(159725)

256	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends the staff regrading process at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to be complete.
	(159726)

257	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguard watches have been understaffed; and at which stations in the last 12 months.
	(159727)

258	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on the regrading of Maritime and Coastguard Agency staff.
	(159729)

259	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159912)

260	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age was of UK seafarer (a) ratings and (b) officers in (i) the most recent period for which figures are available and (ii) each year since 2000-01.
	(159687)

261	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings with representatives of the UK Chamber of Shipping (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had since September 2012.
	(159688)

262	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that statistics profiling the demographics of UK seafarers are published as part of his Department's annual publication of seafarer statistics for 2013.
	(159689)

263	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the UK Chamber of Shipping on the demographic profile of UK seafarers; and if he will make a statement.
	(159690)

264	Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on the introduction of public charging points for electric vehicles.
	(159768)

265	Mr Robin Walker (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on reducing journey times between (a) Worcester and London and (b) Worcester and Birmingham.
	(159828)

266	Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to meet representatives of the Derby Bombardier workforce to discuss the Thameslink and Crossrail rolling stock contracts.
	(159591)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

267	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the potential effects on (a) university and college applications and (b) grade comparability between English and Welsh qualifications of the Government's planned reforms to GCSEs in England.
	(159785)

268	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on future employer acceptance of GCSE qualifications gained in Wales following the Government's planned reforms to GCSEs in England.
	(159786)

269	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government to encourage it to adopt the Government's planned reforms to GCSEs in England.
	(159787)

270	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether schools in Wales will be permitted to teach the new GCSEs following the implementation of the Government's planned reforms to GCSEs in England.
	(159788)

271	Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the introduction of a grade comparator for the purposes of comparing GCSE grades between England and Wales following the implementation of the Government's planned reforms to GCSEs in England.
	(159789)

272	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159913)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

273	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job titles and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(159908)

274 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the average cost of setting up a new (a) childminding and (b) nursery business; and what proportion of such costs for (i) individual childminders and (ii) nursery businesses the Childcare Business grant scheme is expected to cover.
	(159429)

275 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Liberata regarding the criteria for distribution of the Childcare Business grant scheme; and whether she will place a copy of such criteria in the Library.
	(159430)

276 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, for what reasons men have been excluded from applying to the Childcare Business grant scheme; and if she will reconsider this exclusion.
	(159431)

277
N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the tender process carried out by her Department for the management of the Childcare Business grant scheme; which other organisations tendered for this project; what criteria she used to award the bid; how much the tender process cost; what fee Liberata will receive for administering the scheme; and whether this cost is part of the £2 million allocated for the scheme.

(159432)

278 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many Childcare Business grants have been allocated through the Childcare Business grant scheme to date; who has received each grant; what the value of each such grant is; and when each grant was distributed.
	(159433)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

279 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether his Department's budget for universal credit will be underspent in 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
	(159531)

280 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) forecast and (b) actual expenditure of his Department on the universal credit was in 2012.
	(159586)

281	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) forecasted and (b) actual spend of the universal credit budget was in 2012.
	(159730)

282	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) the Secretary of State for Education on the treatment of passported benefits under universal credit.
	(159731)

283	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of carer's allowance are caring for a disabled relative who suffered injuries whilst serving in the armed forces in the Afghanistan or Iraq wars.
	(159590)

284 N	Pat Glass (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was to the Child Support Agency of compensating customers in the form of conciliatory payments for the financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
	(159183)

285 N	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support employment opportunities for deaf people.
	(159483)

286
N

Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of implementing the recommendation in the Fifth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2012-13, The Single-tier State Pension: Part 1 of the draft Pensions Bill, HC 1000, on providing transitional arrangements for 15 years with regard to derived benefits under the new single tier state pension.

(159484)

287	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials of his Department are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of any such secondee.
	(159853)

288	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in North East Lincolnshire have been assessed by Atos to date; how many of those assessed have been moved from disability living allowance to jobseeker's allowance; and how many appeals against those decisions have been made.
	(159917)

289

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent in housing benefit for residents of (a) houses in multiple occupation, (b) the private rented sector, (c) local authority housing and (d) other social housing in the last year for which figures are available; and what the average cost per person was in each such case in each of the last 10 years.

(159766)

290 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former recipients of incapacity benefit who have been re-assessed for eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA) were initially found to be (a) entitled to ESA and (b) not entitled to ESA, including those who appealed against the refusal of their benefit.
	(159423)

291
N

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former recipients of incapacity benefit who have been re-assessed for eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA) and initially found not entitled to ESA have appealed against the decision; and, of those, how many have (a) had their appeal upheld, (b) had their appeal refused and (c) not had their appeal determined.

(159435)

292 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former recipients of incapacity benefit who have migrated to employment and support allowance have a mental health condition.
	(159436)

293 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the migration from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance to be complete.
	(159437)

294 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specialist training is provided to Atos assessors making work capability assessments on understanding the needs of individuals with mental health disorders; and if he will make a statement.
	(159439)

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

295 N	Guy Opperman (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support pubs.
	[Question Unstarred] (159364)

296 N	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of Lord Young's report on Growing Your Business.
	[Question Unstarred] (159363)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

297	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department compiles data on rates of pay for seafarer ratings working in the UK maritime sector.
	[Transferred] (159898)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

298	Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that UK-linked tax havens do not enable tax avoidance in developing countries.
	[Transferred] (159890)

299	Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reach an agreement on beneficial ownership of multinational corporations with (a) developing countries as and (b) members of the G8.
	[Transferred] (159922)

300	Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prioritise the creation of a new global automatic tax information exchange regime that includes developing countries.
	[Transferred] (159923)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

301	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 582W, on children in care: death, how many such deaths were recorded at coroners inquests as the result of (a) accidents, (b) natural causes, (c) suicide and (d) unlawful killing; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (159928)

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