Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 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.

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 17 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 June 2013

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This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 17 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 Monday 17 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 17 June see Part 2 of this paper.

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Questions to the Attorney General

1	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Attorney General, how many staff were suspended from the Law Officers' Departments and their associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160406)

2 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about the effect of the proposed changes to criminal legal aid on the principle of equality of arms in legal proceedings in the courts of England and Wales.
	(159856)

3	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether there have been any recent instances of evidence for current or past Serious Fraud Office investigations being (a) lost or (b) returned to the wrong people.
	(160059)

4 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what his response is to the open letter from Treasury Counsel on the Government's plans to reform legal aid and judicial review.
	(160192)

5 N	Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether he plans to discuss with the Secretary of State for Justice the open letter he received from Treasury Counsel on the Government's plans to reform legal aid and the right to seek judicial review.
	(160193)

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

6	Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance he has issued to the Post Office on (a) opportunities which support the business growth of sub-post offices and (b) preventing concentration of workload in urban Crown offices.
	(160357)

7 N	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 on advertising agencies.
	(159633)

8	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to publish delegated legislation to implement Section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
	(160341)

9	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department last conducted a study of rates of pay for seafarer ratings working in the UK maritime sector; what its findings were; and if he will take steps to regularly undertake and publish the results of such a study.
	(160119)

10	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) location and (b) value is of each property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160215)

11	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people who have moved away from rural areas to urban areas in search of long-term employment in (a) England and (b) Cumbria in each year since 2008.
	(160429)

12	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the GM industry about his policy on granting approval for the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(160308)

13	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with scientists sceptical about the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(160400)

14 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with local enterprise partnerships to discuss the arts and the creative industries.
	(159614)

15 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department has given to local enterprise partnerships on support for the arts and creative industries.
	(160183)

16 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the contribution made by local enterprise partnerships to growth in the creative industries.
	(160184)

17	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many projects have been allocated financial support through the Green Investment Bank; and what the value of such projects is.
	(160234)

18 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the apprentices employed by his Department are aged (a) under 19, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 59 and (e) over 60 years old.
	(159804)

19	Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what targets he has set for increased funding for small and medium-sized enterprises through the establishment of a Business Bank.
	(159966)

20	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a company's (a) history of tax avoidance and (b) compliance with the national minimum wage is taken into account when awarding grants from his Department.
	(160096)

21	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what new development grants his Department makes available to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(160097)

22	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the role of local enterprise partnerships in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(160439)

23	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that companies involved in blacklisting of workers are banned from tendering for public sector contracts.
	(160038)

24 N	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 that will be created as a result of loans made from (a) Round one and (b) Round two of the Regional Growth Fund to companies in (i) Bury North constituency and (ii) Greater Manchester.
	(159746)

25 N	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies in (a) Bury North constituency and (b) Greater Manchester have been given a loan from (i) Round one and (ii) Round two of the Regional Growth Fund.
	(159747)

26 N	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 that will be created as a result of grants made from Round one of the Regional Growth Fund to companies in (a) Bury North constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.
	(159748)

27 N	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies in (a) Bury North constituency and (b) Greater Manchester have been awarded a grant from (i) Round one and (ii) Round two of the Regional Growth Fund.
	(159749)

28	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the change in the real wages of workers in Wales since May 2010.
	(160446)

29 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department makes available for apprentices to ensure that the cost and availability of transport is not a barrier to their taking up placements.
	(159489)

30	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how much funding his Department allocated to and (b) what contracts his Department held with the Big Society Network in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
	(160109)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

31	Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to clarify and reinforce the objectives of the Charity Commission.
	(160491)

32	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160274)

33 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Scotland have been employed on zero hours contracts in each year since May 2010.
	(160289)

34	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drug-related deaths there were in (a) the North East, (b) Sunderland local authority area and (c) Sunderland Central constituency in 2012.
	(160158)

35 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs created in Cumbria in each of the last five years.
	(160045)

36	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the ease of use and ease of access to data for users of the Office for National Statistics' website.
	(160144)

37	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of people in South Antrim constituency were employed in the (a) private and (b) public sector in each of the last three years.
	(160098)

38	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants from the Cabinet Office are currently seconded to any of the four largest accountancy firms; and what the (a) job title and (b) pay grade is of each such secondee.
	(160084)

39 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he intends to publish the Open Government Partnership Action Plan.
	(159861)

40 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 1175W, on community organisers, what estimate he has made of the number of senior community organisers to be appointed in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(159800)

41	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Commonwealth citizens, who are not UK passport holders, reside in each of the country's 650 parliamentary constituencies; and if he will make a statement.
	(160125)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

42 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is spent annually on (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits in each region of the UK.
	(160256)

43	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of his Department's progress on eliminating child poverty by 2020.
	(160472)

44	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the location of the headquarters of the re-privatised Royal Bank of Scotland.
	(160490)

45	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful requests for the revaluation of business premises there have been in each region in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(160122)

46 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 462W, on income tax: Scotland, if he will place in the Library the agenda and minutes of the last three meetings of the (a) Pensions Technical Group, (b) Charities Technical Group and (c) Income Tax Group.
	(159933)

47 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he will establish the value of the Scottish block grant after the implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
	(160182)

48	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160287)

49	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much duty has been refunded on unused airline tickets in each year since the introduction of air passenger duty.
	(160032)

50 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the forthcoming spending review.
	(159807)

51 N	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Sunderland Central to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury dated 19 April 2013 and 24 May 2013, relating to the Sunderland enquiry offices closure.
	(159622)

52 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider reducing the rate of VAT charged to hotels in the UK for the purposes of enabling them to run their businesses at similar levels of taxation to hotels in other EU countries.
	(159678)

53	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projects are currently being managed by Infrastructure UK; and if he will estimate the value of each such project.
	(160228)

54	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the projects managed by Infrastructure UK have (a) started and (b) been completed.
	(160229)

55	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which measures of public sector debt are used for setting fiscal rules and targets.
	(160230)

56	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responsibilities (a) the Office for Budget Responsibility and (b) the Office for National Statistics have to measure debt in the public sector.
	(160231)

57	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers (a) the Office for Budget Responsibility and (b) the Office for National Statistics have to determine how debt in the public sector is (i) measured and (ii) accounted for.
	(160232)

58	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many projects have received support under the borrowing guarantees scheme since that scheme's inception; and what the value of such projects is.
	(160233)

59	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which body is responsible for deciding how to classify public sector debt in the UK accounts; and what international rules this body must follow in making its classifications.
	(160236)

60	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made any assessment of the extent to which the introduction of the affordability assessment for mortgages has affected Government schemes to help couples (a) with and (b) without children to become homeowners.
	(160504)

61	Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding in (a) capital DEL (b) resource DEL and (c) financial transfers have been allocated to the Scottish Government in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
	(160273)

62 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to make it easier for charities to access gift aid from small donations made in the workplace.
	(160178)

63 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs has a faster and more effective appeals process.
	(160241)

64 N	Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what manner funds raised through fuel duty and road tax are apportioned in the budget.
	(159873)

65	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from VAT on car fuel in each of the last three years.
	(160099)

66	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the loss of revenue as a result of fuel laundering activities in the Republic of Ireland.
	(160100)

67	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much from the public purse has been loaned or gifted to the Republic of Ireland since the financial crisis in that country.
	(160101)

68	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with banks and other financial institutions about making additional finance available to small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(160102)

69 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the corporate structure and tax liabilities of water companies operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(160054)

70	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons the tobacco smuggling strategy of HM Revenue and Customs did not meet its operational targets in 2012-13.
	(160404)

71 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted a distributional analysis of the take-up of junior individual savings accounts.
	(159797)

72 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of those eligible for junior individual savings accounts have opened such accounts in each year since their inception.
	(159798)

73	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the working relationship between Lloyds Banking Group and Deloitte and their respective handling of PPI complaints; and if he will make a statement.
	(160062)

74	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in 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 each such secondee.
	(160117)

75	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislative proposals to allow fines to be levied on those who devise tax avoidance schemes which are subsequently struck down by HM Revenue and Customs as well as those who take advantage of such schemes.
	(160157)

76	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve engagement and cooperation between EU member states in tackling tax fraud.
	(160148)

77	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how much funding his Department allocated to and (b) what contracts his Department held with the Big Society Network in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
	(160121)

78	Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher-rate tax payers were aged 65 years or older in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(160088)

79 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees since taking office.
	(160186)

80	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the national insurance and tax revenue lost as a result of bogus self-employment contracts in the courier industry in each of the last five financial years.
	(160497)

81	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many jobs will be lost if the proposed closure of HM Revenue and Customs' enquiry centre in St Helens goes ahead.
	(160498)

82	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of visitors to HM Revenue and Customs' enquiry centre in St Helens in each of the last five years.
	(160499)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

83	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the National Planning Policy Framework on the quality of design in the built environment.
	(159965)

84	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures he is taking to deliver upon the commitment outlined in A Housing Strategy for England, Chapter 7, to improve standards of design for new houses in England.
	(160130)

85	Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to facilitate the completion of outstanding and future payments from the European Regional Development Fund to the East of England Energy Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(160351)

86 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local planning authorities in England were more than 20 per cent of major decisions overturned at appeal in the last two years.
	(159995)

87 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local planning authorities in England were 30 per cent or fewer of major decisions made on time in the last two years.
	(159996)

88 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on meeting the commitment in the 2011 Carbon Plan to encourage voluntary take-up of display energy certificates in the commercial sector.
	(159987)

89	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of the cost implications for local councils of the changes to permitted developments for householders.
	(160507)

90 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated to each local authority in homelessness prevention grant or its predecessor in each of the last five years; and how much has been allocated to each local authority in 2013-14.
	(159944)

91

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to mark Anti Slavery Day on 18 October 2013; and if he will take steps to ensure that ministers and officials in his Department are offered opportunities to be involved in various events organised by his Department, local authorities and non-governmental organisations.

(160430)

92	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160275)

93 N	Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the decision-making process is for decisions to approve onshore wind farms of (a) under and (b) over 50 MW capacity in both England and Wales.
	(159613)

94 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new affordable homes built in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Cumbria in each of the last 10 years.
	(160043)

95 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to local enterprise partnerships to support the arts and creative industries.
	(159681)

96	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) housing starts and (b) housing completions there have been for (i) all properties, (ii) properties for social rent, (iii) properties for affordable rent and (iv) all properties classed as affordable housing since 2007-08.
	(160235)

97	John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social, (b) other affordable and (c) other housing units starts on site have commenced using the borrowing guarantees scheme to date; and what the value was of starts of each such type of unit.
	(160237)

98	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty properties have been brought back into use, by local authority, since May 2010.
	(159973)

99	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless (a) children and (b) adults are in temporary accommodation in each local authority area in the West Midlands.
	(160238)

100	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in each constituent part of the UK have been evicted in the last five years; and what proportion of such evictees have had children.
	(160104)

101 N	Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total cost to his Department is of the consultation on fire brigade mutualisation.
	(160248)

102	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have transferred audit work from the Audit Commission to one of the big four accountancy firms to date; and if he will estimate the likely cost to the public purse.
	(159980)

103 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (a) how much funding his Department allocated to and (b) what contracts his Department held with the Big Society Network in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
	(160110)

104	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160408)

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

105	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect the public from unsolicited telephone calls.
	(159967)

106	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to reply to Question 157610, tabled on 21 May 2013 for ordinary written answer on 3 June 2013.
	(160061)

107	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property her Department owns in Scotland.
	(160276)

108	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on promoting the Titanic Experience in Belfast.
	(159979)

109	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the different tourism promotion bodies in the UK.
	(159993)

110 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the participation targets set by Sport England for sports governing bodies; and if she will make a statement.
	(160260)

111 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of population changes on participation levels recorded in the Active People Survey; and if she will make a statement.
	(160261)

112 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution made by regional development agencies to growth in the creative industries.
	(159615)

113 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings she has had with local enterprise partnerships to discuss the arts and the creative industries.
	(159631)

114	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage youth sport participation.
	(160299)

115	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much in capital investment in youth sport her Department has spent in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
	(160300)

116	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department provided to amateur sports clubs in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
	(160301)

117	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provided to sport in schools in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
	(160469)

118 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the Cultural Education Plan.
	(160177)

119 N

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from the Science Museum Group regarding the future of the Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester); whether Ministers in her Department have visited the Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) since May 2010; and what steps she is taking to safeguard the future of the Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester).

(159854)

120 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has allocated to the (a) Science Museum Group and (b) Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) for (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14, (v) 2014-15 and (vi) 2015-16.
	(159858)

121 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of reductions in the budget of the (a) Science Museum Group and (b) Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) on visitor numbers; and whether she has any plans to introduce visitor charges at those museums.
	(159859)

122 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions Ministers in her Department have had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills about the future of the (a) Science Museum Group and (b) Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester).
	(159862)

123 N	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with executives fom the Science Museum Group regarding the future of the Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester).
	(159632)

124	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the burning of the White House, Washington DC, US by the British army on 24 August 1814; and if she will make a statement.
	(160206)

125 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times she or her Department's Ministers and officials have met the Big Society Networks to discuss the funding or activities of the Britain's Personal Best project and its subsidiary in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 to date; and if she will make a statement.
	(160046)

126 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how much funding her Department allocated to and (b) what contracts her Department held with the Big Society Network in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
	(160111)

127	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff were suspended from her Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160409)

128 N	Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings she has had with the Chairman of the BBC Trust since her appointment.
	(159857)

129 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support she plans to offer local authorities and other interested groups to help mark the role of Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in World War One during the upcoming centenary commemorations.
	(160185)

130 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated under the Places People Play programme to projects in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency and (b) Cumbria to date.
	(160188)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

131 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Territorial Army in Northern Ireland are eligible to be recruited to UK Special Forces.
	(159940)

132	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160277)

133	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been made available to provide security for the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
	(160105)

134	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the success of Afghan-led security operations in Helmand Province.
	(160438)

135	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in 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 each such secondee.
	(160114)

136	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Army Families Federation with regards to the number of enquiries that body has received from foreign and Commonwealth soldiers since January 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	(159978)

137	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 487W, on armed forces: domestic violence, what protocols exist between the police and military police in relation to military bases; and if he will make a statement.
	(160131)

138 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people engaged in defence intelligence speak (a) Chinese, (b) Japanese, (c) Vietnamese, (d) Taiwanese and (e) Korean.
	(159932)

139 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which East Asian countries the UK has military facilities or personnel; and what change there has been in such deployments in the last 10 years.
	(159934)

140 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department speak (a) Chinese, (b) Japanese, (c) Vietnamese, (d) Taiwanese and (e) Korean.
	(159935)

141 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defence engagement the UK has with Japan and the US.
	(159936)

142 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when each review currently undertaken by his Department will (a) conclude and (b) publish.
	(160253)

143 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what trilateral defence engagement the UK has with Australia and New Zealand.
	(160254)

144 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual average cost to the public purse of a defence attaché is.
	(160258)

145 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the UK defence attaché network is funded; and what the annual cost to the public purse of this total network was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(160259)

146 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals have been employed within his Department to work on cyber security issues since May 2010.
	(160293)

147	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the support given to injured service personnel.
	(160063)

148	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that surface protection on military (a) land, (b) air vehicles and (c) marine vehicles is appropriate for the modern theatre of war.
	(160132)

149	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the use of unmanned marine vehicles.
	(160133)

150	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department is carrying out into underwater security in order to assist maritime operations.
	(160134)

151	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the authorised establishment is of the Corps of Army Music; and how many posts were unfilled as at 31 March 2013.
	(160207)

152	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to reduce the number of military bands; and if he will make a statement.
	(160208)

153	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bands there were in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010.
	(160209)

154	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160410)

155	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost for food on Christmas day was for each member of the armed forces stationed in the UK.
	(159969)

156	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether vegan options are given at every meal for soldiers stationed in the UK.
	(159971)

157	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full meal Christmas Day (a) breakfast, (b) lunch and (c) dinner menu was for soldiers based in the UK in 2012.
	(160033)

158 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he and his ministerial colleagues have held regarding the possible privatisation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in the last year.
	(160187)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

159	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Commonwealth citizens living in the UK, who are not UK passport holders, are eligible to vote in UK parliamentary elections.
	(160127)

160	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list those Commonwealth countries whose citizens are allowed to vote in the UK's parliamentary elections if residing in the country.
	(160128)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

161	Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department expects to announce the calculation of the return funds to local authorities following the 2012-13 top slicing for academies; and when local authorities will receive that payment.
	(160214)

162 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to a (a) school and (b) local authority of employing a (i) teacher and (ii) classroom assistant; and what forecast he has made of the equivalent cost in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
	(159456)

163	Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children resident in Sunderland Central constituency received special education needs statements in 2012.
	(159992)

164 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the apology by the Australian Prime Minister for the past treatment of unmarried mothers and the previous policy of forced adoptions in that country; and whether the Prime Minister plans to issue such an apology for similar past practices in this country.
	(159740)

165 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of school places available at (a) primary and (b) secondary level in (i) England, (ii) the North West and (iii) Cumbria in each of the next 10 years.
	(160044)

166	Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary school teachers were female in each Government office region in the last year for which data are available.
	(159972)

167

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 124W, on education, what the GCSE performance was of (a) students in London eligible for free school meals, (b) students outside London eligible for free school meals, (c) students in London not eligible for free school meals and (d) students outside London not eligible for free school meals in each of the five years up to and including the start of the London Challenge.

(160035)

168

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total number of children is in each local authority area; how many such children are classified under (a) School Action and (b) School Action Plus; how many have Special Educational Needs (SEN) statements; and how many SEN tribunals were requested and how many SEN tribunals were actually commenced in the last year for which data are available.

(160494)

169	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether HM Chief Inspector of Schools is able to express publicly opinions on Government policy and policy proposals in an official capacity.
	(160108)

170	Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools Ministers in his Department have visited since May 2010.
	(160118)

171 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average attendance rate is for schools in (a) Barnsley local education authority area, (b) Barnsley Central constituency, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England.
	(160242)

172	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make representations to HM Treasury in support of proposals to introduce a VAT refund scheme for sixth form colleges that mirrors the scheme currently in place for school sixth forms, academies and free schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(160145)

173 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to increase the proportion of children leaving school with training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
	(159796)

174 N	Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, columns 999-1000W, on child minding, how many times the Task and Finish Group has met; and which organisations have attended each such meeting.
	(159949)

175	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy that the War of 1812-14 between British North America (Canada) and the United States is included in the history curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
	(160210)

176	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to schools in caring for pupils with type-1 diabetes.
	(160352)

177	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on requiring schools to provide support for pupils with type-1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement.
	(160354)

178 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how much funding his Department allocated to and (b) what contracts his Department held with the Big Society Network in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
	(160112)

179	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in secondary schools receive free lunches.
	(160344)

180	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when changes to the criteria to receive free school lunches were last made.
	(160345)

181	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much is spent on daily school lunches for each student in the UK; and how much is brought in through purchasing each day.
	(160347)

182	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students there are in secondary schools.
	(160349)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

183	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that households living in (a) private rented housing and (b) privately-owned housing are able to access the Green Deal scheme.
	(160123)

184	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that households living in (a) private rented housing and (b) privately-owned housing are able to access the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
	(160124)

185 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to ensure gasification and pyrolysis technologies are supported under Electricity Market Reform.
	(159739)

186 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 28 January 2012, Official Report, column 603W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how much his Department has lent to the Green Deal Finance Company to date.
	(159989)

187 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 1 November 2012, Official Report, column 395W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how many Green Deal apprentices have (a) begun and (b) completed their training.
	(159990)

188 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2012, Official Report, column 824W, on the Green Deal Scheme, what estimate he has made of the number of insulation sector jobs created as a result of the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation to date.
	(159991)

189	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160278)

190	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average annual payment has been to households in receipt of entitlements under the national concessionary fuel scheme in the last five years.
	(160336)

191	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in receipt of entitlements under the national concessionary fuel scheme received (a) solid fuel and (b) a cash allowance in each of the last 10 years.
	(160338)

192	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) the UK and (b) each parliamentary constituency have received entitlements under the national concessionary fuel scheme in each of the last 10 years.
	(160339)

193	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households in receipt of entitlements under the national concessionary fuel scheme in each of the next five years.
	(160340)

194

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his contribution of 24 May 2012, Official Report, column 1308, on feed-in tariffs scheme, and pursuant to his Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1650, on green investment, what his most recent estimate is of when solar PV will reach grid parity; what plans he has to mitigate the negative effect of EU import tariffs on the UK solar industry and associated businesses; if he will (a) run a public campaign in summer 2013 to highlight the benefits of solar panels to householders and businesses and (b) carry out a review of feed-in tariff (FIT) support and capacity triggers for non-domestic FIT bands for solar PV over 250 kilowatt; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (160506)

195	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of trends on energy prices; and if he will make a statement.
	(160441)

196	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Deep Geothermal Review Study, which he has commissioned from Atkins Global, will be published.
	(160470)

197	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of customer satisfaction with the Green Deal.
	(160154)

198	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the level of bureaucracy in the Green Deal.
	(160155)

199	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal (a) assessors, (b) providers and (c) installers are located in Wales.
	(160156)

200	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal applications have been (a) made and (b) successfully completed to date.
	(160216)

201	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160412)

202 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency, (b) Cumbria and (c) North West England have received loans under the Green Deal scheme to date.
	(159943)

203 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his Statement of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 115WS, on onshore wind, if he will extend the requirements for community benefit payments to other energy generation methods.
	(160255)

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

204	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ogmore of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 83W, on dangerous dogs, if he will take steps to collect information on the number of incidents of guide dogs being attacked by other dogs; and if he will make a statement.
	(160213)

205	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160279)

206	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the GM industry on his policy on granting approval for the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(160305)

207	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Monsanto, (b) Bayer and (c) BASF on his policy on granting approval for the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(160306)

208	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Rothamsted Research, (b) the John Innes Centre and (c) the Institute of Food Research on his policy on granting approval for the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(160307)

209	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with scientists sceptical about the planting of genetically modified crops.
	(160401)

210	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each EU member has contributed to the Common Fisheries Policy in each of the last five years; and how much each contributing member has received through this policy in that time.
	(160082)

211	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the revised Common Fisheries Policy is to be financed; and what the scale of contribution from each EU member state will be.
	(160092)

212	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the purchase of fishing rights from third party nations is permitted under the new Common Fisheries Policy settlement.
	(160163)

213	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received concerning the hot branding of horses; and if he will make a statement.
	(159962)

214	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the hot branding of horses and ponies; and if he will make a statement.
	(159963)

215	Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with equine welfare and veterinary organisations on the hot branding of horses and ponies; and if he will make a statement.
	(159964)

216	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which parliamentary constituencies over 50 households have been flooded in each of the last 10 years.
	(160072)

217	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on replacing the Statement of Principles governing flood insurance.
	(160073)

218 N	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the extension for the statement of principle for flood insurance covers both residential and business premises.
	(160249)

219 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1285W, on floods: Greater London, what estimate he has made of the number of such properties in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	(159799)

220	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160413)

221 N

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members were of the (a) Committee on Agricultural Valuation, (b) Consumer Council for Water, (c) Environment Agency, (d) Food from Britain, (e) Gangmasters Licensing Authority, (f) Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel, (g) Inland Waterways Advisory Council, (h) Joint Nature Conservation Committee and (i) Marine Management Organisation on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) term of office and (ii) remuneration is of each such member.

(159947)

222 N

Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members were of the (a) Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances, (b) Advisory Committee on Pesticides, (c) Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, (d) Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committes, (e) Agriculture Wages Board for England and Wales, (f) Agricultural Wages Committees, (g) Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, (h) Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and (i) Commission for Rural Communities were on 1 January 2013; and what the (i) term of office and (ii) remuneration is of each such member.

(159948)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

223	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on protests and violence in that country.
	(159976)

224	Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests for assistance UK embassies and consulates in Turkey have received from British nationals in that country.
	(159977)

225 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the government of Israel distinguishes between (a) Israel and (b) Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in statistical data provided as part of its membership of the OECD.
	(159495)

226 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to discourage UK citizens from buying property in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	(159496)

227 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is taking steps to discourage UK citizens from buying property in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	(159982)

228	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights' report Protesters in Bahrain Behind Bars; and if he will make a statement.
	(160085)

229	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conviction of Mohammed Mirza in Bahrain and his subsequent treatment in detention.
	(160086)

230	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Turkish government on police tactics against Turkish protestors.
	(160203)

231

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 862W, on Occupied Territories, what assessment he has made of the level of indirect finance provided by the Government to Israeli settlements through procurement, tax benefits or participation in bilateral programmes since 2005; and what assistance is planned for the future.

(160211)

232

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 862W, on Occupied Territories, whether he has obtained legal advice on the due diligence required of the Government to avoid breaching international law through aiding and assisting illegal Israeli settlements by indirect payments via procurement, tax benefits or bilateral programmes.

(160212)

233	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160280)

234	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that weapons' shipments are not sent to Syria without a full debate in Parliament.
	(160334)

235	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in 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 each such secondee.
	(160115)

236	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the US administration on the possible re-settlement of Chagos islanders who wish to return to their homeland since his commitment to review the policy on re-settlement on 20 December 2012.
	(160083)

237	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the establishment and maintenance of ceasefires in conflicts between the government of Myanmar and minority ethnic groups in that country.
	(160146)

238	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the government of Myanmar towards the constitutional recognition of equality of all ethnic groups.
	(160147)

239	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention.
	(160159)

240	Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Bosnia to become a member of NATO; and if he will make a statement.
	(160037)

241 N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the governments of Ethiopia and Egypt regarding the Renaissance Dam; and if he will make a statement.
	(159874)

242	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many biosecurity policy breaches have occurred in (a) British Antarctic Territory and (b) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in each of the last five years.
	(160139)

243

Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed implementing measure for Articles 7a-e of the Fuel Quality Directive on the UK's trade relations with North America; and what recent discussions he has had with (a) representatives of the European Commission and (b) his EU counterparts on this matter.

(160140)

244	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160414)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

245	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on refreshments since January 2013.
	(159968)

246	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under 18 years of age in each (a) socio-economic and (b) gender group were admitted to hospital with suspected alcohol-induced conditions in (i) 2013 to date and (ii) each of the last three years.
	(160071)

247

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on the Public Health Responsibility Deal of the findings of research carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which found that in order for such voluntary agreements to be effective they need to include robust independent monitoring and substantial disincentives for non-participation and sanctions for non-compliance.

(160129)

248 N

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the difference between the audited number of cases for each children's heart surgery centre produced by the Central Cardiac Audit Database in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and used in the decision-making business case for the safe and sustainable review of children's congenital heart services, and those numbers published by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research in April 2013; and if he will make a statement.

(159676)

249 N

Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for York Central of 11 June 2013, if he will place in the Library a table showing (a) the cash allocation for 2013-14 for each care community group (CCG) in England and (b) the figures provided to his advisory panel on NHS funding which illustrated how much each CCG would have received for 2013-14 if the money had been distributed according to the NHS funding formula used in previous years to determine the level of funding for each primary care trust.

(159675)

250	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 159W, on heart diseases: children, if he will collect and collate data in the form as requested for the three years 2009-10 to 2011-12.
	(160060)

251 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for greater energy efficiency in the NHS.
	(159988)

252 N	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people using out-of-hours dental care in London in the last year.
	(160056)

253 N	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of out-of-hours dental care in (a) Ealing Borough and (b) London.
	(160057)

254 N

Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce a new out of hospital care test to include a requirement that proposals that include the closure of accident and emergency departments also include the publication of an independently evaluated, costed plan for investing in enhanced primary care, community health and social care before proceeding to consultation with the public and other interested parties; and if he will make a statement.

(159872)

255 N	Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many horses, in which abattoirs, have been slaughtered without the presence of a Government vet in the last five years.
	(159855)

256 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to the NHS of employing a (a) nurse, (b) midwife and (c) doctor; and what forecast he has made of the equivalent cost in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
	(159457)

257	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160281)

258 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to introduce flexibility on the tariff for radiotherapy to enable smaller satellite radiotherapy units to meet demand in rural areas.
	(159679)

259 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the maximum travel time for cancer patients to receive radiotherapy treatment.
	(159680)

260 N	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he intends to continue the principle of clinically-led decision-making that has been implemented through the Cancer Drugs Fund once that fund closes in January 2014.
	(160048)

261 N	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential for regional variations in patients' access to medicines when the current Cancer Drugs Fund arrangements end.
	(160049)

262 N	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of future demand for medicines currently funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund and which will not be covered by the new value-based pricing scheme from January 2014.
	(160050)

263 N	Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last had discussions with NHS England about the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
	(160051)

264	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by NHS South on ensuring the long-term future of the neuromuscular care pathway co-ordinator and patient advocate post for the South East Coast region; and if he will make a statement.
	(160042)

265	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum nurses were used by the NHS in England in each year since 2010; and how many times each such nurse was used in each such year.
	(160239)

266	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records exist to monitor the number of occasions where the maximum numbers of patients per nurse are exceeded on a general adult ward in each of the last 12 months.
	(160452)

267	Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the 111 number; and if he will make a statement.
	(160440)

268	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that augmentative and alternative communication services are appropriately commissioned by NHS England.
	(160455)

269	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how much has been spent on legal advice by parties involved in the proposed merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts.
	(159975)

270	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospitals which are considering mergers have had to consult lawyers specialising in competition law.
	(160093)

271	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has considered developing an NHS Staff Outcomes Framework for the purpose of improvement in the care and support provided to staff by the NHS as an employer; and if he will make a statement.
	(160036)

272	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendation of the Boorman Review into health and wellbeing, published in November 2009, in respect of all NHS providers developing a strategy to improve staff health and wellbeing; and if he will make a statement.
	(160070)

273	Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations made by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in its report entitled Fit enough for patients? An audit of workplace health and wellbeing services for NHS staff published in March 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	(160094)

274 N	Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the ethical standards applied in the safe and sustainable review of children's congenital heart services.
	(159677)

275	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people served by each strategic health authority who have received treatment as a consequence of the introduction of the Cancer Drugs Fund.
	(160074)

276 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority public consultation on preventing mitochondrial DNA disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(159860)

277	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was returned to the Government by each primary care trust in England before their dissolution.
	(160169)

278	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date each Merseyside primary care trust returned funding to his Department before its dissolution.
	(160170)

279 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the underspend was for each Merseyside primary care trust in each of the last five financial years.
	(160173)

280 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issued to primary care trusts in Merseyside on dealing with underspends before their dissolution.
	(160174)

281 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether each Merseyside primary care trust provided reasons to his Department for their return of underspent funds for 2011-12.
	(160175)

282	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of vacancies which exist nationally for NHS prosthetists and orthotists and (b) the number of NHS prosthetists and orthotists currently in training.
	(160492)

283	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children began treatment for type-1 diabetes in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in each of the last five years.
	(160353)

284 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how much funding his Department allocated to and (b) what contracts his Department held with the Big Society Network in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14 to date.
	(160113)

285	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160416)

286 N	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for each Health and Wellbeing Board in England is.
	(159937)

287	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost (a) of breakfast, (b) of lunch, (c) of dinner and (d) in total is for each patient in the NHS.
	(159970)

288	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of each individual Christmas Day meal for patients in the NHS; and how much was spent in this fashion in 2012.
	(160346)

289 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions hospitals operated by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust have declared a black alert in (a) each of the last three years and (b) 2013 to date.
	(159801)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

290	Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tighten control over illegal internet sites.
	(160358)

291	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she and her ministerial colleagues have had with representatives of Europol since May 2010.
	(160171)

292 N	Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential scope of the extradition of nationals of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden from those countries if the UK opted-out of the European Arrest Warrant Framework.
	(160176)

293	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Scottish Government has requested any meetings with her to discuss the provision of counter terrorism intelligence sharing in the event of Scottish independence.
	(160402)

294	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Scottish Government requested any discussions with her Department to discuss the potential provision of dual nationality for Scottish citizens in the event of Scottish independence.
	(160403)

295	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the obligations set out in the EU Anti-Human Trafficking Directive have been implemented; and when she plans to implement the others.
	(160431)

296	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated in 2012-13 and has allocated in 2014-15 for (a) research into the prevention of human trafficking and (b) rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking.
	(160493)

297	Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of which provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings are (a) being complied with and (b) not being complied with by the UK, by Government department.
	(160495)

298 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the average cost to a police authority of employing a (a) police officer and (b) police community support officer; and what forecast she has made of the equivalent costs in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
	(159455)

299	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property her Department owns in Scotland.
	(160282)

300 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the logging of port address translation data relating to mobile telephone internet use and internet protocol address resolution is both technically and economically viable.
	(160058)

301	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date she expects the e-Borders programme to fulfil its original objective of covering all international travellers using all UK ports.
	(159974)

302	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2012, Official Report, column 412W, on e-Borders, when a copy of the original business case for the e-Borders programme will be placed in the Library.
	(159981)

303	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on reaching a settlement with Raytheon Systems Ltd on the e-Borders programme; and when the arbitration progress is scheduled to be completed.
	(160166)

304	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal fees for the binding arbitration process with Raytheon Systems Ltd relating to the e-Borders programme to date.
	(160167)

305	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial provision her Department has made to cover the (a) ongoing legal costs of and (b) costs of a potential settlement resulting from the binding arbitration process brought by Raytheon Systems Ltd.
	(160168)

306	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities regarding the repeal of dog control orders.
	(160473)

307	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings (a) she and (b) her Ministerial colleagues have held with representatives from the animal welfare sector between 1 January 2013 and 13 June 2013.
	(160500)

308	Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly on the use of dog control notices.
	(160501)

309	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complex immigration cases relating to Northern Ireland were processed by her Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what the time taken to processs each such case was.
	(160335)

310	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum legacy cases relating to (a) Northern Ireland and (b) North Down constituency were oustanding on 1 June 2013; what steps her Department is taking to reduce such figures; and if she will make a statement.
	(160343)

311	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 7 May 2013 from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr P. Chakawata.
	(160039)

312	Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 7 May 2013 from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms F.M. Ismail.
	(160040)

313 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of investigating a domestic violence-related homicide in England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(159736)

314 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police officers in England and Wales are trained in the use of the Dash risk assessment tool.
	(159737)

315 N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to roll-out the reducing bureaucracy pilot from Hampshire to other police forces in England and Wales.
	(159738)

316 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to customers who incurred additional personal expenditure as a direct result of maladministration by the UK Border Agency in each of the last three years.
	(159795)

317 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were misplaced by the UK Border Agency in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(159942)

318	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in 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 each such secondee.
	(160116)

319 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police investigations were dropped before a charge was brought against the accused in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(159985)

320	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to publish on the making of public spaces protection orders as outlined in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill.
	(160120)

321	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget of the UK Border Agency was in each year of its establishment.
	(160075)

322	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many temporary migration cases were judged to be backlogged in each of the last 10 years.
	(160076)

323	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by the UK Border Agency in each year of its establishment.
	(160077)

324	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last assessed the performance of the Azure card.
	(160161)

325	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) Tier 1 and (b) Tier 4 applications were processed on time by the UK Border Agency in each year for which data is available.
	(160162)

326	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 900W, on human trafficking, which types of data are held by each authority; and whether this information is also centrally held.
	(160502)

327	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 900W, on human trafficking, which authorities were involved in each trafficking case.
	(160503)

328	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the scale of under-reporting of domestic abuse.
	(160471)

329 N	Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex of 15 May 2013, Official Report, column 210W, on inflation, what level of inflation index was used when determining the level of asylum support rates announced by her Department on 6 June 2013.
	(159938)

330 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens have been brought back to the UK from other EU member states under the European Arrest Warrant in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(160244)

331 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens subject to a European Arrest Warrant have been held in prisons and subsequently found not guilty in other EU member states in each of the last three years.
	(160245)

332 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens of other EU member states have been returned from the UK to their home country under the European Arrest Warrant in each of the last three years.
	(160246)

333 N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens of other EU member states have been held in UK prisons under the European Arrest Warrant and subsequently found not guilty in each of the last three years.
	(160247)

334 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of pedal cycles were recorded in Barrow and Furness constituency in the last three years.
	(159946)

335	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun licences were issued by each police force in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
	(160164)

336	David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review gun licence fees.
	(160165)

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

337	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff were suspended from the House of Commons Service on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160418)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

338	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property her Department owns in Scotland.
	(160283)

339	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Iranian government about its commitments under Article 3 of the 1958 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation and its treatment of the Baha'i community.
	(160442)

340 N

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has received representations from UK investors in Tanzania regarding (a) the maintenance of law and order at mining properties in the country, (b) safety from violence of personnel working in overseas-owned companies in the country, (c) corruption in government bodies responsible for that country's mining industry, (d) respect for the property rights of foreign-owned companies and (e) the stability of the legal framework affecting foreign-owned investments in that country.

(159863)

341 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has made to the government of Tanzania regarding (a) the nationalisation of foreign shareholdings in mining companies in Tanzania, (b) the enforcement of law and order on mining properties and (c) corruption in that country affecting the mining industry.
	(159864)

342 N

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assurances she has sought from the government of Tanzania, as part of negotiations over international aid regarding (a) the tackling of corruption in that country, (b) the safety from violence of people working in that country for foreign-owned companies, (c) respect for the rights of overseas investors in that country and (d) ensuring a stable legal framework for foreign-owned companies operating in that country.

(159875)

343 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the contribution that the joint project of her Department's Developing Countries Capacity Building Unit and HM Revenue and Customs with the Tanzania Revenue Authority will make towards improving the environment for foreign investment in Tanzania.
	(159876)

344 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from UK investors regarding the current environment for foreign investment in Tanzania.
	(159877)

345

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the representations sent to the Prime Minister on 3 June 2013 from (a) African civil society organisations and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa and (b) the Coalition of UK Campaign Groups, regarding their concerns that the G8's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition poses dangers to smallholder farmers and efforts to combat hunger in Africa, undermines the work of the UN Committee on Food Security and should be rejected in favour of alternative strategies to protect sustainable agricultural techniques already in development across Africa which puts food security before profits; and if she will make a statement.

(160218)

346

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, columns 879-80W on developing countries: economic growth, which countries received funding from her Department for wealth creation projects in 2012-13; and how much each such country received for such projects in each of the preceding three financial years.

(160172)

347	Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to encourage young people to volunteer in the humanitarian aid sector.
	(160160)

348	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to the government of St Helena to ensure that the development of a commercial fishery on the island is done in a sustainable manner.
	(160135)

349	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many endemic invertebrate species will be affected by the St Helena airport project; and which of such species have global populations which are entirely located within the confines of the airport development area.
	(160136)

350	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many gallons of water have been used in the airport construction project on St Helena (a) per day and (b) since construction began.
	(160137)

351	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term effect of chronic water shortages on the sustainable development of St Helena.
	(160138)

352	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff were suspended from her Department and its associated public body on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160419)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

353	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial reductions his Department has negotiated at each privately-operated prison; and if he will make a statement.
	(160078)

354

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) operational support grades, (b) prison officer grades, (c) administrative grades, (d) operational and senior operational manager grades and (e) other grades received an exceeded marking on their staff personal development record at each prison establishment in the Prison Service North East area in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

(160079)

355	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria he uses to calculate fines for non-delivery by private sector providers on each electronic monitoring contract.
	(160080)

356	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what fines have been ordered against each company in relation to each electronic monitoring contract in each of the last five years.
	(160081)

357	Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contractual amendments have been negotiated at each privately-operated prison since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(160091)

358	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160284)

359	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 for aggravated threatening knife offences since 3 December 2012; and what sentence or disposal was handed down in each case where the defendant was found guilty or admitted the offence.
	(160087)

360	Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the definition of housing costs for the purpose of qualification for legal aid will be on an (a) imputed or (b) actual basis.
	(160034)

361 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimates he has made of the additional costs to his Department as a result of the construction of High Speed 2.
	(159866)

362 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful prosecutions there have been under the Bribery Act 2010 since that act came into force.
	(159868)

363 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of smuggling drugs and contraband into prisons were committed by (a) prison staff and (b) non-prison staff in 2012.
	(159869)

364 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many current prison service employees have criminal convictions.
	(159870)

365 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether new applicants for work as prison officers are disqualified as a result of previous convictions.
	(159871)

366	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each constituent part of the UK had their homes repossessed in each of the last five years.
	(160103)

367	Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided to Travellers under the exceptional funding scheme relating to planning issues in each of the last five years.
	(160149)

368	Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding (a) his Department and (b) the Legal Services Commission has provided to Green Planning Solutions in the last five years.
	(160150)

369	Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Legal Services Commission has provided for Travellers to provide representation at (a) planning inquiries and (b) court cases on planning in each of the last five years.
	(160151)

370

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Travellers (a) facing planning enforcement cases and (b) applying for retrospective planning permission, are eligible for legal aid; and what his policy is on using money from the public purse to assist Travellers in challenging planning enforcement decisions of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

(160152)

371	Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided through the Legal Services Commission to the Community Law Partnership for the provision of legal advice for Travellers on planning in each of the last five years.
	(160153)

372 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners of retirement age refuse to work.
	(159624)

373 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons prisoners of retirement age receive a weekly payment of £3.25.
	(159625)

374 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any UK prisons use non-prison workers to (a) cook, (b) serve meals, (c) perform prison maintenance and (d) clean.
	(159627)

375 N	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 wages of those providing external auxiliary services (a) in total and (b) excluding the wage costs of prison officers and prisoners.
	(159628)

376 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in Essex were required to testify against a defendant in court in the last 12 months.
	(159984)

377 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether consent is required before sentenced criminals undertake restorative justice processes.
	(159986)

378 N

David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in May 2013; in which (i) region, (ii) local authority area and (iii) parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; and which agency referred each case to the scheme.

(160055)

379	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160420)

380	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of providing (a) breakfast, (b) lunch, (c) dinner and (d) all meals to each inmate at a young offenders institute was on Christmas Day 2012.
	(160333)

381	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juveniles of secondary school age there are currently in young offenders institutions.
	(160348)

382	Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost is of food (a) for breakfast, (b) for lunch, (c) for dinner and (d) in total for each juvenile in a young offenders institution.
	(160350)

383 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many homes were repossessed by county court bailiffs in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency, (b) Cumbria and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	(159802)

Questions to the Leader of the House

384	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff were suspended from his Office on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160421)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

385 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff have been recruited to work for or with the Historical Enquiries Team in the last 12 months; and what the community background is of those who (a) applied for such positions and (b) were recruited in that period.
	(159939)

386	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Community Relations Council since September 2012.
	(159994)

387	Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings she has planned with attendees to the G8 Summit on encouraging inward investment to Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
	(160342)

388	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the (a) security cost and (b) total cost to the public purse of the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
	(160095)

389	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff were recruited by her Department in 2011-12.
	(160106)

390	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations she has made to the Northern Ireland Assembly to ensure that the GCSE examination is protected and viewed consistently across the UK.
	(160107)

391	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff were suspended from her Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160422)

Questions to the Prime Minister

392 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has any plans to abolish the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
	(159621)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

393 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues about the implementation costs of the Scottish rate of income tax.
	(160252)

394	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160285)

395 N	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the total loss to the Scottish economy as a result of underemployment.
	(160290)

396	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff were suspended from his Department on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160423)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

397	Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met the Postal Affairs Minister to discuss the installation of Cogent digital camera equipment in post offices to process driving licence applications and the effect this has had on the rural post office network.
	(160355)

398 N	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce concessionary bus travel for 16 to 24 year-olds not in employment, education or training.
	(159497)

399 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider introducing a phased reduction in driving licence fees for drivers in the years immediately prior to their 70th birthday.
	(159941)

400	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in May 2013.
	(160296)

401	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of shifts at maritime rescue co-ordination centres were staffed at below risk-assessed levels in May 2013.
	(160297)

402	Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in May 2013.
	(160298)

403	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with train operating companies in respect of the provision of adequate toilet facilities.
	(160219)

404	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department collects on the provision of toilet facilities or working toilet facilities by rail franchise.
	(160220)

405	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department collects on concerns raised on the adequacy of toilet facilities provided by train operators.
	(160221)

406	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sanctions are available to his Department against train operating companies who do not provide adequate toilet facilities; and what sanctions have been employed against train operating companies in the last five years.
	(160222)

407	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is a requirement in franchise agreements for train operators to have working toilets on all of their services.
	(160224)

408	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a requirement in franchise agreements for train operators for a minimum level of working toilet provision on train services before a train enters service.
	(160225)

409	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are different requirements for toilet provision in train franchises in respect of (a) commuter, (b) intercity and (c) regional services.
	(160226)

410	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which body is responsible for monitoring whether train operators provide adequate and working toilet facilities; and what methodology is used for any such monitoring.
	(160227)

411 N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what other wholly owned subsidiaries have been established by Directly Operated Railways in addition to GW Railway Ltd.
	(160250)

412	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160286)

413	Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on the expansion of air cargo in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(160337)

414 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what working assumptions his Department has used on the level of expected financial contribution from local authorities on the proposed route of High Speed 2.
	(159865)

415 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the extra costs to be borne by local authorities along the proposed High Speed 2 route; and if he will make a statement.
	(159867)

416	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bids he considered for awards from the New Stations Fund; and whether the New Stations Fund will be underspent.
	(160453)

417	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the rate of growth in the number of rail passengers travelling into major UK cities over the last (a) 10 and (b) 20 years.
	(160089)

418	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding provided by Government departments to fund the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme in each year since 2006.
	(160090)

419	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) new national rail stations and (b) miles of new or reopened miles of passenger lines have been brought into service in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) each region of England in each of the last 10 years.
	(160240)

420 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the use of airports outside south east England.
	(159803)

421 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking alongside the aviation industry to develop a comprehensive nationwide approach to noise compensation.
	(159805)

422

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his ministerial colleagues and (b) climate scientists on the potential implications of the exploitation of (i) tar sands and (ii) other unconventional fossil fuels which have potential to be used for transport for the UK's international commitment to keep global temperatures below a two degree centigrade rise; if he will make it his policy to support the classification of oil from tar sands as highly polluting under the European Commission Fuel Quality Directive; and if he will make a statement.

(160041)

423 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to vary the degree of separation between cycle lanes and motor vehicle lanes according to the speed limit applied in an area.
	(160189)

424 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce casualties of pedestrians and cyclists as a result of road traffic accidents.
	(160190)

425 N	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the use of cycle-specific traffic lights.
	(160191)

426 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reasons Network Rail have given (a) him and (b) officials in his Department for their refusal of the application from Virgin Trains to provide direct train services between Blackpool and London.
	(159959)

427 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations (a) he and (b) officials in his Department made to Network Rail prior to its refusal of Virgin Trains' proposal to provide a new direct line service between Blackpool and London.
	(159960)

428 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department held with Network Rail about Virgin Trains' proposal to provide a direct train line service between Blackpool and London prior to the refusal of that application.
	(159961)

429 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the punctuality and performance on the West Coast Main Line in 2012.
	(160179)

430 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling his Department produced in assessing Virgin Trains' proposals to operate direct rail services between London Euston and Blackpool North from December 2013.
	(160180)

431 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines his officials have issued for the basis of growth in additional services on the West Coast Main Line from 2014 to 2016.
	(160181)

432	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of television campaigns in preventing (a) drink driving and (b) drug driving.
	(160064)

433	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on campaigns promoting road safety in each of the last three years.
	(160065)

434	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase awareness about the potential dangers of using level crossings.
	(160066)

435	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure young drivers are given adequate training for driving on rural roads.
	(160067)

436	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers between the ages of 17 and 25 years took the Pass Plus training course in each of the last five years.
	(160068)

437	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Pass Plus in helping to prevent accidents among new drivers.
	(160069)

438	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on encouraging the use of alternative methods of transportation other than the car when travelling short distances.
	(160141)

439	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of telematics in helping to prevent accidents among new drivers.
	(160142)

440	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage drivers between the ages of 17 and 25 to take Pass Plus after passing their driving tests.
	(160143)

441	Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of car insurance companies offering lower premiums to drivers who use telematics technology.
	(160428)

442 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the bus industry and (b) his ministerial colleagues on how to provide young people with more consistent and affordable bus fares.
	(159488)

443 N

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that operators of registered bus services should be required under their licensing conditions to supply the relevant local transport authorities with full details of the fares applicable to each service to enable those authorities to publicise comprehensive information on services and fares.

(159490)

444 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in its efforts to encourage the bus industry to offer travel discounts to all people aged 18 and under.
	(159491)

445 N	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the proportion of the reimbursement costs relating to the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme which are funded from local revenue sources.
	(159492)

446	Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has held to review the road maintenance block grant since 1 January 2010; with whom those meetings were held; and what the outcome was of those meetings.
	(160505)

447	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160424)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

448 N	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the forthcoming spending review.
	(159808)

449 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what visits he has made to Work Programme providers in Wales since the work programme commenced.
	(160047)

450 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the effects of the planned reform of criminal legal aid in Wales.
	(160052)

451 N	Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on the effects of the planned reform of criminal legal aid in Wales.
	(160053)

452	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the Welsh block grant ahead of the Spending Review.
	(160432)

453	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes have been made to the the Welsh block grant in each year of the current Parliament in both real and absolute terms.
	(160433)

454	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of trends in long-term youth unemployment in Wales since May 2010.
	(160434)

455	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the role of the UK's membership of the European Union on the level of inward investment into Wales.
	(160436)

456	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list all official visits that (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have undertaken in the last six months, including the dates of the visit.
	(160437)

457	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to publish the draft Wales Bill announced in the Queen's Speech.
	(160443)

458	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department have been tasked with analysing the implications of the recommendations of the first report of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.
	(160444)

459	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list all Twitter accounts for which his officials (a) have had or (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating.
	(160445)

460	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Cabinet Ministers in the Welsh Government in the last six months.
	(160447)

461	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the increase in unemployment in Wales since May 2010.
	(160448)

462	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Jobs Growth Wales in tackling youth unemployment in Wales.
	(160449)

463	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has published a summary of measures in the Queen's Speech that will have an effect on Wales.
	(160450)

464	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff were suspended from his Department on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160426)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

465	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff were suspended from the Government Equalities Office on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160415)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

466 N	Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been allocated to each local authority in discretionary housing payment in each of the last five years; and how much has been allocated to each local authority in 2013-14.
	(159945)

467 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed single-tier pension on pensioner poverty.
	(159741)

468 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to release figures on the number of children in out-of-work benefit households.
	(159742)

469 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioners claimed means-tested benefits in each of the last three years.
	(159743)

470 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons figures on lone parents receiving jobseeker's allowance have not yet been published; and when he expects such figures to be released.
	(159744)

471 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pensioners in receipt of the single-tier pension who will claim means-tested benefits.
	(159745)

472 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish the results of the consultation on measuring child poverty.
	(160257)

473 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Remploy workers have been made redundant to date; and how many of them have found work.
	(160291)

474 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether adult children who are in the armed forces but who continue to live with parents during periods of leave, will be treated as continuing to live at home for the purposes of applying the size criteria when deployed on operations.
	(160292)

475 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the guidance published to local authorities on 25 March 2013, for the purposes of the spare room subsidy, what constitutes living with parents when applied to adult children who are in the armed forces but who continue to live with parents when not deployed on operations.
	(160294)

476	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in the work programme have been successful in finding employment since its inception.
	(160201)

477	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have participated in the Work Programme since its inception.
	(160202)

478	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome have been classified as Fit for Work under the Atos Back to Work assessments.
	(160204)

479	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome have been successful in appealing against a Fit for Work judgement under the Atos Fit for Work assessments.
	(160205)

480 N

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of lone parents affected by the benefit cap who are in receipt of income support; what investigation he has made of explaining the apparent discrepancy between the requirement for lone parents to work only when their youngest child reaches five and the requirement for individuals to work in order to avoid the benefit cap regardless of the age of their youngest child; and if he will make a statement.

(160251)

481 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of winter fuel payments in each (a) region of the UK and (b) parliamentary constituency are (i) higher rate taxpayers and (ii) additional rate taxpayers.
	(159458)

482	Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
	(160288)

483 N

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2013, Official Report, columns 660-1W, on children: maintenance, for what reason, in the circumstances envisaged in the Answer, where the parent with care is within the statutory maintenance service due to an abusive non-resident parent having withheld Direct Pay payments of child maintenance in order to control or financially abuse the parent with care, a child maintenance collection fee of four per cent will be levied on the parent with care.

(159612)

484	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of complaints made against Atos and any other firm carrying out work capability assessments.
	(160217)

485	Richard Harrington (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he is making with his planned reforms to the compensation cap on the Pension Protection Fund.
	(160295)

486	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were in receipt of the (i) higher and (ii) lower rate mobility component of disability living allowance in each year since that allowance's introduction.
	(160302)

487

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been interviewed and had their benefits reassessed since May 2010; and how many such assessments (i) resulted in award of a lower level of benefit, (ii) led to the removal of all the allowance and (iii) were successful on appeal.

(160303)

488 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices are currently employed by his Department; and how many such apprentices are aged (a) under 19, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 59 and (e) more than 60 years old.
	(159806)

489 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when jobcentres in Barnsley will start to accept applications for universal credit.
	(160243)

490	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2012-13.
	(160356)

491	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated in discretionary housing payment funding to (a) each local authority, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in 2012-13.
	(160359)

492	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in work with children were earning less than the average national weekly income in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	(160451)

493	Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the amount no longer spent by his Department on people in (a) North-East Lincolnshire and (b) Henley-on-Thames as a result of all changes made to the welfare system since May 2010.
	(160304)

494 N	Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated in discretionary housing payments; and what amounts were actually paid out to tenants in each local authority in Scotland in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(159983)

495	Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of working age Halifax residents are employed in the public sector.
	(160360)

496	Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) public sector and (b) private sector jobs have been lost in Halifax since May 2010.
	(160454)

497	Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Work Programme in tackling unemployment in Wales.
	(160435)

498	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were suspended from his Department and its associated public bodies on full pay in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and what costs were incurred as a result of such suspensions.
	(160427)

499 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of increasing the first and subsequent child elements of universal credit by (a) five per cent, (b) 10 per cent and (c) 15 per cent on the proportion of (i) children and (ii) working age adults living in households of below 60 per cent of median income.
	(159790)

500 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of increasing the earnings disregard for lone parents in universal credit by (a) 10 per cent, (b) 20 per cent and (c) 30 per cent on the proportion of (i) children and (ii) working age adults living in households of below 60 per cent of median income.
	(159791)

501 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of a second earner disregard in universal credit set at (a) 30 per cent and (b) 50 per cent of the first earner disregard, on the proportion of (i) children and (ii) working age adults living in households of below 60 per cent of median income.
	(159792)

502 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of increasing the universal credit earnings disregard levels by (a) 10 per cent, (b) 20 per cent and (c) 30 per cent on the proportion of (i) children and (ii) working age adults living in households of below 60 per cent of median income.
	(159793)

503 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of reducing the taper for universal credit to (a) 60 per cent and (b) 55 per cent on the proportion of (i) children and (ii) working age adults living in households of below 60 per cent of median income.
	(159794)

504 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies there are in Barrow and Furness constituency; and how many vacancies there were on the first day of each month in the last five years.
	(159931)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

505	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Commonwealth citizens who are not UK passport holders reside in the UK.
	[Transferred] (160126)

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

506	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will give consideration to expanding the remit of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority to include (a) courier firms and (b) other smaller industries to ensure they are given their full employment rights and are protected against the use of bogus self-employment contracts.
	[Transferred] (160496)