Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 18 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 Tuesday 18 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 18 June 2013

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This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 18 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 Tuesday 18 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 18 June see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1 N

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department had with representatives of the (i) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (ii) Post Office, (iii) UK Border Agency and (iv) Identity and Passport Service to discuss the implications of new digital technology to process photo ID applications in post offices in each of the last three years.

(160477)

2 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has produced estimates to analyse and examine the loss of income to post offices incurred when the check and send service for driving licence applications ended in May 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	(160478)

3 N	Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what commercial viability studies took place prior to the installation of Cogent digital technology in 755 post offices.
	(160479)

4 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the recommendation of the British Chambers of Commerce report entitled Exporting is good for Britain but knowledge gaps and language skills hold back exporters, that the Government considers financial incentives for non-exporting businesses that train up their existing staff to export.
	(160533)

5 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.
	(160405)

6 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints Companies House has (a) received and (b) acted upon on firms failing to disclose overseas subsidiaries under the Companies Act 2006 in each financial year since 2010-11.
	(160262)

7 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many failures to disclose overseas subsidiaries under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 have been made in each financial year since 2010-11; and how many overseas subsidiaries were found to be undeclared in each such year.
	(160263)

8 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department and its executive agencies are currently working on enforcement of requirements to disclose overseas subsidiaries under the Companies Act 2006.
	(160264)

9 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many successful actions have been brought against firms for failing to comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 on the declaration of overseas subsidiaries in each financial year since 2010-11.
	(160265)

10 N	Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many open cases investigating firms for failing to comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 on the declaration of overseas subsidiaries are currently in progress in (a) Companies House and (b) other relevant investigating agency.
	(160266)

11 N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 2 May 2013 on behalf of a constituent (departmental case ref 335557); and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.
	(160314)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

12 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses with over 500 employees have premises in (a) Coventry South constituency and (b) Coventry.
	(159950)

13 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized enterprises have premises in (a) Coventry South constituency and (b) Coventry.
	(159951)

14 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.
	(160407)

15 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs created in Bradford in each of the last five years.
	(160361)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

16 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a mechanism to prevent people without a credit record in the UK from using the Help to Buy scheme to purchase a home will be in place with effect from the launch of that scheme in 2014.
	(160510)

17 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been distributed to businesses through the Funding for Lending scheme in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (b) Barnsley Central constituency, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(160456)

18 N	Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle Upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications have been received by HM Revenue and Customs for membership of the General Anti-Abuse Rule Advisory Panel; and on what date panel members will be announced.
	(160534)

19 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.
	(160425)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

20 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether EU citizens who exercise Treaty rights to reside in the UK and who (a) do and (b) do not have a credit record will be able to participate in the Help to Buy scheme.
	(160511)

21 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether foreign nationals who have a (a) bank account, (b) credit card, (c) personal loan, (d) business loan, (e) mobile telephone contract and (f) hire purchase agreement in the UK will be eligible to participate in the Help to Buy scheme on the basis that they have a UK credit record.
	(160512)

22 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether foreign nationals who have a credit record in the UK will be eligible to participate in the Help to Buy scheme.
	(160513)

23 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of new commercial leases granted together with a current energy performance certificate.
	(160521)

24 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of commercial properties sold together with a current energy performance certificate since 2010.
	(160522)

25 N	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Pudsey of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 1221, on right-to-buy scheme, which local authorities have refused his Department's offer to help promote the Right to Buy.
	(160529)

26 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases of local authority housing rent arrears there have been since January 2010; and what the cost to local authorities' housing revenue accounts has been from such arrears in each month since January 2010.
	(160525)

27 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many evictions for rent arrears took place in each month in each local authority since January 2010.
	(160527)

28 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on temporary accommodation due to homelessness in each month since January 2010.
	(160528)

29 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing tenants in each local authority were in rent arrears in (a) March 2013, (b) April 2013 and (c) May 2013.
	(160309)

30 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to extend or repeat the transition funding provided to local authorities in respect of council tax support schemes.
	(160369)

31 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many enquiries have been made with regards to the Government's Help to Buy scheme in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (b) Barnsley Central constituency, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England since that scheme's inception.
	(160457)

32 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many inquiries about the Government's Help to Buy scheme have been received from Warrington to date.
	(160481)

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

33 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she and officials or Ministers of her Department have had with representatives of the Press Board of Finance (PressBof) regarding the (a) content of and (b) timing of the submission of PressBof's Royal Charter on press regulation to the Privy Council.
	(160508)

34 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any changes have been (a) proposed and (b) agreed to the cross-party Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press following her discussions with the Scottish Executive; and when she expects those discussions to conclude.
	(160509)

35 N

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Application for Emergency Debate, 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 630, on the Royal Charter on Press Conduct, if she will publish any amendments to the proposed Royal Charter which have been (a) proposed and (b) agreed to following her discussions with the Scottish Executive.

(160535)

36 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 803W, on press: regulation, for what reasons she did not submit the Royal Charter on self-regulation in the press to the Privy Council (a) following the debate in the House on 18 March 2013 and (b) before 30 April 2013.
	(160537)

37 N	Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 803W, on press: regulation, for what reasons the Government will not submit to the Privy Council the cross-party Royal Charter on press regulation.
	(160538)

38 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will sign up to the proposals put forward for a Cultural Strategy for Rural England by the Littoral Arts Trust.
	(160460)

39 N	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 May 2013, Official Report, column 67WS, on sporting legacy, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the funding of £1,984,203 for the English Federation of Disability Sport for 2013-15 will effectively reach the voluntary sector.
	(160539)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

40	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to schools in Rossendale to spend on improving PE and sport in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(160546)

41	Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to schools in Blackburn with Darwen to spend on improving PE and sport in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(160547)

42 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who will be eligible for free nursery care in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015.
	(160461)

43 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who are currently getting free nursery care in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.
	(160464)

44 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.
	(160411)

45 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to consult and engage with child care associations regarding the introduction of childminder agencies.
	(160480)

46 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has held discussions with the UK Childminding Association on the introduction of childminder agencies.
	(160514)

47 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have been excluded from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Barrow and Furness constituency in each of the last 10 years.
	(160518)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

48 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities in the UK insulation industry in the light of recent job losses in that industry.
	(160523)

49 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with representatives of the insulation industry since the implementation of the Green Deal.
	(160524)

50	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the introduction of smart meters in domestic properties will be funded.
	(160563)

51	Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress has been made on the introduction of smart meters into every home in the UK.
	(160565)

52 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) financial value and (b) number of full-time equivalent jobs provided in the UK by the wind turbine supply chain in each of the last five years.
	(160516)

53 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs provided by (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind operations in each of the last five years.
	(160517)

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

54 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average income of a dairy farmer in England in each year since 2005.
	(160463)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

55 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Prime Minister will personally request the release of Shaker Aamer the next time he speaks to President Obama.
	(160526)

56 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish his Department's business and human rights strategy; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that strategy.
	(160012)

57	Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the Iranian government be allowed to reopen its embassy in London.
	(160564)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

58	Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of admissions to hospital via accident and emergency department were related to dental problems in each year since 2005-06.
	(160577)

59	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop a new national cancer strategy.
	(160572)

60	Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department and NHS England have for the development of new indicators for the measurement of cancer patient experience.
	(160573)

61 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the amount spent on external consultants by each NHS hospital trust in the north of England in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
	(160462)

62	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken with the Department of Education to help ensure that young carers achieve the same standards of educational attainment at GCSE level as other young people.
	(160566)

63	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department has made available for young carers in each year since 2010.
	(160567)

64	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department gives to young carers from a minority background who do not speak English as their first language.
	(160568)

65	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that people who need regular and high standard social care receive the support that they need.
	(160579)

66 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many black alerts have been declared at each hospital in the North West in each year since 2010.
	(160482)

67 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase access for patients in stroke units to psychological services; and if he will make a statement.
	(160483)

68 N	Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential health and economic benefits of investment in psychological services for stroke survivors and the potential effect on rates of (a) cardiovascular disease and (b) mental health problems.
	(160484)

69 N	David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider adopting the Royal Blackburn Hospital's protocol on dealing with children with deep vein thrombosis as best practise in the NHS.
	(160370)

70 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS health checks will be carried out in order to identify people with and at risk of diabetes.
	(160530)

71 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps in order to ensure additional funding will be allocated for diabetes management in the future.
	(160531)

72 N	Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with diabetes receive all nine of the annual checks recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to assist with the management of their condition.
	(160532)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

73 N	Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of her Department's review of asylum support rates.
	(160316)

74 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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.
	(160417)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

75 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the recent United Nations report, led by Professor Robert Black, which concluded that malnutrition is estimated to cost the world £2.3 trillion in healthcare and lost productivity.
	(159952)

76 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle maternal under-nutrition alongside child under-nutrition in developing countries.
	(159953)

77 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the cost of expanding existing nutritional intervention programmes in developing countries.
	(159954)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

78 N	Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the use of restorative justice approaches within the secure children's estate.
	(160515)

79	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people that have successfully applied for legal aid since the introduction of the Legal Aid Online Information Service.
	(160569)

80	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on traditional methods of applying for legal aid of the introduction of the Legal Aid Online Information Service.
	(160570)

81	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received relating to the Legal Aid Online Information Service since its inception.
	(160571)

82 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was raised from fines for driving whilst uninsured in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last 10 years.
	(160458)

83 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Hardship Fund have been (a) received and (b) accepted since the new scheme was established.
	(160474)

84 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Hardship Fund were rejected due to being received after the four week eligibility cut-off point since the new scheme was established.
	(160475)

85 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid out by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Hardship Fund since the new scheme was established.
	(160476)

86 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected since the new scheme was established, by type of injury.
	(160485)

87 N	Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme have been rejected due to the injuries not being within the scope of the new scheme since that scheme was established.
	(160486)

88 N	Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1314W, on prisoners: pay, how much was spent per head on prisoners' earnings in each of the last five years.
	(160399)

89 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice will reply to the letter from the hon. Members for Houghton and Sunderland South and for Sunderland Central of 20 March 2013.
	(160194)

90 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms currently deal with legal aid cases in (a) Barrow and Furness constituency, (b) South Lakeland and (c) Cumbria.
	(160519)

91 N	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed reforms to legal aid funding on provider choice in rural areas.
	(160520)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

92	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has already provided, or is planning to provide, over the period of the current Spending Review, to (a) Transport for London and local transport authorities outside London and (b) protect local bus fares from inflationary increases.
	(160574)

93	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) integrated transport authorities' and (b) passenger transport executives' (i) spending and (ii) budgets is funded from (A) local funding sources and (B) central government allocations and grants.
	(160575)

94	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of local government spending on transport is funded from (a) local funding sources and (b) central government allocations and grants.
	(160576)

95 N	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) platforms, (b) trackside facilities and (c) rail buildings are owned by Royal Mail as part of the railway network.
	(159124)

96 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the period of consultation on the draft Environmental Statement on High Speed 2.
	(160362)

97 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a model invitation to tender ahead of issuing further such invitations for future rail franchise competitions.
	(160311)

98 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Passenger Focus to discuss how to incorporate passenger satisfaction into future invitations to tender for rail franchises.
	(160313)

99 N	Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what form passenger satisfaction assessments will take in future evaluations of rail franchise bids.
	(160315)

100 N	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the decision of Network Rail to permanently close the Lincoln Road level crossing in Enfield; and if he will make a statement.
	(160310)

101 N	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers he has to instruct Network Rail to reverse a decision to confirm the permanent closure of a level crossing; and if he will make a statement.
	(160312)

102	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the introduction of mandatory approaching vehicle audible systems in electric vehicles.
	(160544)

103	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with electric vehicle manufacturers regarding approaching vehicle audible systems; and if he will make a statement.
	(160545)

104	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Directly Operated Railways and GW Railways Ltd regarding the Great Western franchise extension.
	(160548)

105	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on negotiations towards a short-term extension of the Great Western franchise due to commence in October 2013.
	(160549)

106	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that Heathrow Airport be renamed Churchill Airport.
	(160543)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

107 N	Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will be affected by his announcement on 12 March 2013 clarifying the size criteria rules for armed forces' personnel.
	(160536)

108 N	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the volume of former social housing currently in the private rented sector and occupied by tenants in receipt of housing benefit in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Midlothian Local Authority area; and how much is paid in housing benefit to such tenants.
	(160367)

109 N	Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance has been paid to tenants in the private rented sector in Midlothian constituency in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	(160368)

110 N	Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to parents in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in Child Support Agency claims.
	(160459)

111	Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Jarrow of 4 June 2013, Official Report, columns 1103-4W, on work capability assessment, how many of the appeals against the work capability assessment have been upheld in (a) Corby, (b) Northamptonshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) East Anglia in each year since October 2008.
	(160578)

112 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many night shelters have met the qualification criteria for housing benefit payments in each year since 2010.
	(160317)

113 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Freedom of Information requests on universal credit his Department has responded to since May 2010.
	(160363)

114 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the effect of increasing the higher and lower rate disabled 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.
	(160364)

115 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in ensuring that universal credit is available to individuals staying in supported accommodation classified as exempt; and if he will make a statement.
	(160365)

116 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in housing benefit in respect of a stay at a night shelter in each year since 2010; and how much was spent in this fashion as a proportion of total spending on housing benefit in each such year.
	(160366)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

117 N	Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety and rights of religious minorities in the Middle East.
	[Question Unstarred] (160001)