Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 24 June 2013

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


Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 24 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 24 June 2013


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 24 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 24 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 24 June see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Attorney General
1
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences of cruelty to animals were brought by (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the five years prior to the amendment of paragraph 96 of the Adult Court Bench Book in November/December 2010 and in each year since.
(161571)
2
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Attorney General, how many claims for trespass and wrongful detention of property have been brought against the RSPCA since 2010.
(161615)
3
N
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) attempted prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for human trafficking offences in 2012; what length of sentence was handed down to each person convicted; and what the value was of any assets seized.
(160272)
4
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many indictable-only offences were disposed of by the Crown Prosecution Service by a (a) formal caution and (b) conditional caution in 2012-13 and in each of the preceding seven years by offence category.
(161441)
5
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many indictable-only offences were disposed of by the Crown Prosecution Service by a final warning in 2012-13 and in each of the preceding seven years by offence category.
(161442)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
6
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on retrospective increases in interest rates on existing student loans.
(161216)
7
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of ease of access to postgraduate education for students from low-income backgrounds.
(161278)
8
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the relationship between funding science and securing future economic growth.
(161504)
9
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the self-regulation of professional bodies; and what assessment he has made of the efficacy of professional insurance schemes.
(161629)
10
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from those who represent victims of professional negligence on the effectiveness of professional insurance schemes.
(161638)
11
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new companies were started in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last three years.
(161261)
12
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter higher education.
(161395)
13
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to Companies House to enable it to compile and administer the register of beneficial ownership of UK companies which is to be created following the commitment by the Prime Minister at the G8 summit at Lough Erne; when he expects the first such register to be completed; and what public access to the register he expects to be available.
(161510)
14
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial benefits that could be achieved by paying suppliers early in return for rebates.
(160959)
15
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to include individual voluntary arrangements when calculating the value of the grant a student is entitled to receive from Student Finance England.
(160848)
16
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Greenwich University was one of the 40 universities contacted by his Department in 2009 under the auspices of the Prevent strategy; and whether his Department received evidence that Greenwich University had conducted an assessment of the risk of radicalisation on its campus.
(161586)
17
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has allocated to universities in order to deliver the Prevent strategy; and which universities have received such funding.
(161593)
18
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentice (a) starts and (b) completions there were in Hull during each of the last four years for which information is available; and in what categories these apprenticeship starts and completions were.
(161594)
19
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions in Hull in the last four years were (i) advertised and (ii) taken up by each age group.
(161595)
20
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to hire outside consultants to undertake a root and branch analysis to establish the extent of shortcomings in the current UK Trade and Investment structure.
(161399)
21
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to replace civil servants at UK Trade and Investment with experienced private sector professionals with commercial experience.
(161400)
22
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to provide that UK Trade and Investment in future does not report to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office but is a standalone body along the lines of the Technology Strategy Board.
(161401)
23
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he (a) has and (b) plans to put in place to improve awareness of the right to request flexible working amongst (i) employers and (ii) employees with caring responsibilities for older or disabled relatives; and if he will make a statement.
(161553)
24
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has made available in grants to businesses developing new flood protection technologies in each of the last three years; and in which part of the country businesses in receipt of such grants were based.
(161327)
25
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the rise in non-compliance with the minimum wage for apprentices as highlighted in the 2013 Low Pay Commission report into the national minimum wage.
(161040)
26
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to tackle non-compliance with the minimum wage for apprentices.
(161041)
27
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department intends to extend its traineeship programme to young people aged between 20 and 24; and if he will make a statement.
(161042)
28
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2012 to be published.
(161299)
29
N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken as a result of the follow-up research he commissioned into apprentices' pay, training and working hours.
(161300)
30
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the UK's industrial production has changed as a proportion of GDP in each of the last three years.
(161470)
31
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was allocated to seaside towns by each regional development agency in each year for which information is available.
(161540)
32
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department offers British-based sports manufacturers to export their products.
(161507)
33
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information on companies' beneficial ownership is to be registered with Companies House as part of the G8 action plan on corporate transparency.
(161034)
34
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) criminal and (b) regulatory penalties are envisaged for failure to fully and accurately disclose the information required by the proposed central register on the beneficial ownership of companies.
(161035)
35
N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what access the Serious Fraud Office and Crown Prosecution Service will have to the planned central register of information regarding the beneficial ownership of companies.
(161036)
36
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many community interest companies were created in 2012.
(161610)
37
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his Welsh counterpart regarding plans for the new Menai Science Park, Bangor.
(161569)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
38
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Mutuals Taskforce has made of the introduction of procurement options that would permit commissioners to not open to competitive tender the services delivered by a spun-out public service mutual.
(161298)
39
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many teenage pregnancies there have been in Cannock Chase constituency in each of the last five years.
(161208)
40
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses that were operating in (i) Cannock Chase constituency and (ii) Staffordshire in each of the last five years.
(161259)
41
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether data collected in the 2011 Census, relating to the number of 16 to 18 year olds in the current year and the next 10 years, matches that provided by the Office of National Statistics in its latest sub-national population projections; and if he will make a statement.
(161605)
42
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Big Society community organisers have been trained to date.
(161286)
43
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Barnsley East constituency are employed in the construction sector.
(161556)
44
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Barnsley East constituency are employed in the agriculture sector.
(161557)
45
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Barnsley East constituency are employed in the manufacturing sector.
(161560)
46
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential savings it could achieve by paying its suppliers early in return for rebates.
(161012)
47
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers of his Office have attended the inter-ministerial group on drugs since May 2010.
(161577)
48
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had about the RSPCA's charitable status since May 2010.
(161554)
49
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he made to the RSPCA after paragraph 96 of the Adult Court Bench Book was amended in 2010.
(161613)
50
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of his Department's efforts to open up Government procurement to British small and medium-sized enterprises.
(161359)
51
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants in each London borough; and if he will make a statement.
(161475)
52
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the board of the (a) Charity Commission and (b) Big Lottery Fund have declared membership of a political party; and if he will make a statement.
(161478)
53
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time jobs were created in each Government region of England in each year since 2008.
(160968)
54
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of jobs created in each year since 2008 have been (a) self-employed, (b) part-time and (c) self-employed.
(161092)
55
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public sector employees used payroll giving in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
(161607)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
56
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the change in the median household real income before housing costs since May 2010.
(161505)
57
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding he plans to devolve to the proposed North East Combined Authority from 1 April 2014 to enable it to promote better transport, skills and economic development.
(161550)
58
N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held (a) with his ministerial colleagues and (b) between his Department and the Charity Commission and related bodies about (i) the future of the National Fund and (ii) the possibility of its early application to reduce the national debt.
(161044)
59
N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that deaf people have the opportunity to communicate in British Sign Language with (a) tax, VAT and other officials and (b) the agencies and public bodies that support his Department.
(161045)
60
N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the US Department of the Treasury webpage that enables US citizens to donate online to reduce the US national debt; and if he will consider introducing a similar page on gov.uk.
(161047)
61
N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means members of the public can make gifts for the reduction of the national debt.
(161048)
62
N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many gifts from members of the public were made for the purposes of reducing the national debt in each of the last 10 years; what the (a) nature and (b) value of each gift was; and if he will list the non-monetary gifts.
(161049)
63
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, columns 455-6W, on Revenue and Customs, how many of the additional staff are (a) directly employed civil servants, (b) directly employed temporary staff and (c) externally employed staff through an employment agency; and what the terms and conditions are of all the newly-hired additional staff.
(161480)
64
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual total paid out in tax credits is.
(161204)
65
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost is of administering the tax credit system; and how many civil servants are employed in its administration.
(161205)
66
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of raising personal allowance in line with the minimum wage; and what the saving in tax credits payments would be as a result.
(161206)
67
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults in full-time employment are in receipt of tax credits.
(161207)
68
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid inaccurately in tax credits in each of the last three years.
(161416)
69
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing zero-rate VAT for small and medium-sized enterprise care service providers purchasing specialist care equipment.
(161253)
70
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing zero-rate VAT for care service providers purchasing specialist care equipment.
(161257)
71
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 455W, on Members: correspondence, if he will make it his policy to reopen the HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centres, closed as part of the pilot scheme, if such a reopening is supported in the public consultation.
(161609)
72
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to make bearer shares illegal.
(161514)
73
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the role of UK Financial Investments (UKFI) was in determining the amount of compensation received by Stephen Hester as outgoing Chief Executive of RBS; and whether the compensation paid to Mr Hester had to be authorised by UKFI.
(161651)
74
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of increases in the level of air passenger duty on the number of airline routes operating from the UK.
(161103)
75
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of air passenger duty on businesses in the UK.
(161104)
76
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of limiting the standard rate of air passenger duty to business or first class tickets only.
(161105)
77
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visitors visited tax exempt heritage assets in each of the last 10 years.
(161639)
78
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the terms of the tax exempt heritage assets regime were last reviewed.
(161642)
79
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the owners of tax exempt heritage assets are required to loan them to national or local galleries and museums.
(161643)
80
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he records the number of visits by the public to each tax exempt heritage asset.
(161644)
81
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tax exempt heritage assets as a contribution to public enjoyment of heritage assets.
(161645)
82
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent in total on child benefit for families with (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more children in the last year for which figures are available.
(161373)
83
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding in financial transactions was allocated to the Scottish Government in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; and how much he plans to allocate in 2014-15.
(161017)
84
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many limited liability partnerships (LLPs) have been created since 2000; how many partners have been created in such LLPs in that period; and what their average income is.
(161345)
85
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 1069W, on Climate Change Levy: bricks, what progress he has made on setting out the scope of the ceramics industry to be exempt from the Climate Change Levy.
(161280)
86
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total amount of taxation paid by motorists annually.
(161157)
87
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the rate of private sector employment growth.
(161421)
88
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of pensions triple lock on pensioners.
(161422)
89
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's business competitiveness.
(161439)
90
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount of investment qualified for Community Investment Tax Relief in each of the last five years.
(161606)
91
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many community development finance institutions received community investment tax relief in each of the last five years.
(161611)
92
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs incurred on Government publicity campaigns to prevent tobacco smuggling in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
(161410)
Questions to the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
93
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many Church of England churches have been taken out of use for worship in each year since 2007.
(161575)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
94
N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 138W, on fire services, which procurement routes would permit a fire and rescue authority acting as a commissioner to not open up to competitive tender the services that would be delivered by a spun-out fire brigade public service mutual.
(161314)
95
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to use funds from the Energy Company Obligation to address energy inefficient housing.
(161636)
96
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times Ministers of his Department have attended the inter-ministerial group on drugs since May 2010.
(161576)
97
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will consider making failure to meet the Housing Health and Safety Rating System a criterion for allowing selective licensing of landlords.
(161050)
98
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Coalfield Regeneration Fund has been used to assist companies developing new flood protection technologies; and in which coalfield regions such funding has been allocated.
(161289)
99
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the Environmental, Cultural and Protective Services block is distributed using indicators of (a) social deprivation, (b) population density and (c) population sparsity.
(161574)
100
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial support the Government has given to holocaust memorial groups in each year since 1997.
(161256)
101
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of empty properties in England.
(161156)
102
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on the decision to allow Tesco to build a superstore in Margate.
(161282)
103
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Prime Minister has to meet Mary Portas on the issue of regenerating high streets.
(161285)
104
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent through the Working Neighbourhoods Fund in each of the principal seaside towns in each year of the Fund's existence.
(161397)
105
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the name is of each housing initiative announced by the Government since May 2010.
(161538)
106
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Portas Review on the future of high streets, published in December 2011, what progress has been made on enabling successful business improvement districts (BIDs) to take on more powers and responsibilities and become Super BIDs.
(161624)
107
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Portas Review on the future of high streets, published in December 2011, what progress has been made on bringing forward legislative proposals to allow landlords to become high street investors by contributing to their local business improvement district.
(161625)
108
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how many people are employed on zero-hours contracts in each local authority in England.
(161438)
109
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has for future accountability arrangements for fire and rescue services; and if he will make a statement.
(161404)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
110
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy towards fixed-odds betting terminals is.
(161106)
111
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the link between fixed-odds betting terminals and gambling addiction.
(161107)
112
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on whether fixed-odds betting terminals are in breach of their betting licences.
(161108)
113
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will undertake an investigation into the potential link between gambling and use of payday loans.
(161109)
114
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the English Heritage open day scheme.
(161640)
115
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many open days there are annually in the English Heritage open day scheme.
(161641)
116
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department issues to providers of fibre optic infrastructure to ensure that adequate internet speeds are available in all parts of the UK.
(161213)
117
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's definition is of the term economically unviable when applied to cabinets that enable fibre optic broadband.
(161214)
118
N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with providers of fibre optic broadband infrastructure on publishing information on economically unviable cabinets.
(161215)
119
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, columns 51-2W, on coastal areas: regeneration, when the Sea Change programme ended; and what the name was of its successor.
(161542)
120
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2013, Official Report, column 722W, on conditions of employment, if she will require her executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies to confirm whether any staff were retained on zero-hour contracts.
(161479)
121
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's suppliers are social enterprises.
(161323)
122
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times she and Ministers of her Department have met officials of S4C to discuss future funding arrangements since 2010.
(161627)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
123
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training provided by UK forces to recruits at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy will include training on (a) the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and (b) UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
(161630)
124
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prevent female recruits at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy suffering sexual harassment.
(161633)
125
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the future viability of UK defence policy if the costs of new nuclear weapons platforms developments were met wholly from his Department's budget.
(161343)
126
N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation's new competency based application process and (b) the effect of such a process on existing employees in the Organisation.
(160962)
127
N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the redundancy programme at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(160963)
128
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial benefits that could be achieved by paying suppliers early in return for rebates.
(160960)
129
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to the Freedom of Information request from the hon. Member for Bridgend, reference MM/JH/29/04/2013 dated 29 April 2013.
(161329)
130
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 495W, on armed forces: sexual offences, what options are available to a commanding officer where they receive allegations relating to sexual offences not listed in schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(161386)
131
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 495W, on armed forces: sexual offences, what forms of redress are available to armed forces personnel who make allegations of sexual offences not listed in schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 if a commanding officer (a) decides not to investigate that allegation and (b) does not refer the allegation to the service police; and if he will make a statement.
(161387)
132
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2013, Official Report, column 495W, on armed forces: sexual offences, what sanctions against a perpetrator are available to a commanding officer following the conclusion of an investigation of a sexual offence listed in schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 which they have undertaken; and if he will make a statement.
(161388)
133
N
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Second Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have been issued with redundancy notices.
(161164)
134
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many redundancy letters in each tranche have been delivered to personnel stationed at (a) RAF Lossiemouth, (b) RAF Leuchars, (c) HMNB Clyde, (d) RM Condor, (e) Headquarters 2nd Division, (f) Headquarters 51 Brigade, (g) Redford Barracks, (h) Dreghorn Barracks, (i) Kinloss Barracks, (j) Fort George Barracks, (k) Glencorse Barracks, (l) Crombie Defence Munitions Centre, (m) Beith Defence Munitions Centre, (n) Glen Douglas Defence Munitions Centre, (o) HMS Gannet, (p) Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport, (q) MOD Hebrides Ranges, (f) British Underwater Training and Evaluation Centre, (s) Loch Ewe Fuel Depot, (t) Garelochead Defence Fuel Depot, (u) HMS Caledonia, (v) Rosyth Defence Estate and (w) West Freugh Training Ranges.
(161043)
135
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential sale value of the military site at Ashchurch; and if he will make a statement.
(161377)
136
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the available space at Salisbury to potentially accommodate operations currently carried out at Ashchurch military site following the drawdown of forces from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(161379)
137
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability for development of the Ashchurch military site and the possible presence of asbestos and unexploded ordnance; what the likely cost of clean-up of the site would be before it could be sold for development; and if he will make a statement.
(161406)
138
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the British Forces Broadcasting Service currently plays in civilian life; and whether he expects this role to change in the next five years.
(161409)
139
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement his Department has had with the VIRTUS combat body armour project; and if he will make a statement.
(161419)
140
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect vehicles from blast attacks, particularly those that target the sides of vehicles.
(161420)
141
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 241W, on reorganisation, how the new Operating Model will provide transparent processes and improved communications.
(161467)
142
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the value of money held by the Government following uncompleted arms sales to Iran in the 1970s; and in which account such money is held.
(161013)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
143
N
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to make local services more inclusive and accessible for disabled children and their families.
(160596)
144
N
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he plans to make available to children with less complex special educational needs once the School Action and School Action Plus programmes have ended.
(160597)
145
N
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the evaluation of the SEND pathfinder programme process and implementation research report published on 13 June 2013.
(160599)
146
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days were missed due to unauthorised absence from schools in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last five years.
(161258)
147
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Cannock Chase constituency were eligible for free schools meals in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each of the last three years.
(161260)
148
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on ensuring that individuals with education and health care plans have support and access in to apprenticeships.
(161344)
149
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children went missing from the care of each local authority in each of the last three years.
(161038)
150
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have to mark Anti-Slavery Day; and if he will take steps to ensure that officials in his Department are offered an opportunity to be involved in various events organised by (i) his Department, (ii) local authorities and (iii) NGOs.
(161110)
151
N
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that reformed GCSEs and A-levels match the quality of exams in the world's top performing states.
(160873)
152
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices are currently employed by his Department; and how many are aged (a) under 19, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 59 and (e) 60 and over.
(161046)
153
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times Ministers of his Department have attended the inter-ministerial group on drugs since May 2010.
(161581)
154
N
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to protect children from sexual abuse.
(160870)
155
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the pupil premium; and what methodology was used for that assessment.
(161619)
156
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the correlation between students who are entitled to free school meals and those who go on to (a) further and higher education and (b) apprenticeships.
(161620)
157
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of correlations between educational attainment levels and (a) location within a rural community, (b) access to extra-curricular activities and (c) other lifestyle factors.
(161621)
158
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of reasons for differences in attainment levels between schools in rural communities and schools in large cities.
(161622)
159
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve attainment levels of children entitled to free shcool meals.
(161623)
160
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any officials of his Department have visited schools in (a) Cumbria, (b) West Cumbria and (c) Copeland constituency.
(161626)
161
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) take up and (b) performance of academies in Romford constituency.
(161424)
162
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he plans to increase the number of children taking part in competitive sport at school.
(161440)
163
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) failed and (b) underperforming (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools there were in each of the last 30 years.
(161541)
164
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in schools in England were referred to a pupil referral unit in 2011-12.
(161637)
165
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the School Food Plan.
(161203)
166
N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what criteria the pupil premium will be set under universal credit.
(161483)
167
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's suppliers are social enterprises.
(161322)
168
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with his Welsh counterpart regarding the status of GCSEs in Wales and the introduction of I-levels in England.
(161568)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
169
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 413W, on the Green Deal Scheme, when the second update on the number of Green Deal plans be published.
(161291)
170
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 413W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how many staff hours have been spent on producing the first quarterly Official Statistics on Green Deal and Energy Companies Obligation.
(161292)
171
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 413W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how much the first quarterly Official Statistics on Green Deal and Energy Companies Obligation cost his Department to produce.
(161293)
172
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 413W, on the Green Deal Scheme, how many staff have worked to produce the first quarterly Official Statistics on Green Deal and Energy Companies Obligation.
(161294)
173
N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2013, Official Report, column 413W, on the Green Deal Scheme, for what reason the report will only cover the period up to 31 March 2013.
(161295)
174
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in Cannock Chase constituency have received insulation under his Department's programmes in each of the last three years.
(161262)
175
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how low income households are being encouraged to receive energy efficiency assistance under the Energy Companies Obligation.
(161566)
176
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether there has been any successful use of data matching to assist energy suppliers in finding households in fuel poverty.
(161601)
177
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of money used by energy suppliers under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and Community Energy Saving Programme programmes solely for identifying Super Priority Group customers.
(161602)
178
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues in other departments about sharing household data with energy suppliers to ensure a strategic approach to tackling fuel poverty.
(161603)
179
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what calculations he has made of the potential value of matching household incomes and energy performance certificates data to target households who would benefit from the installation of energy efficiency measures.
(161604)
180
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average level of debt was for customers disconnected by their (a) energy and (b) gas supplier in each of the last five years.
(161254)
181
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what reports he has received from the Office for Nuclear Regulation on its special risk assessment of the pressure vessel of the Sizewell B pressurised water reactor conducted following the serious flaws found in two Belgian PWR pressure vessels at Doel 3 and Thiange 2.
(161649)
182
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will report emissions indicators on a consumption, rather than just a production, basis.
(161307)
183
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 20W, on the Arctic, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of the statistical model used by Meier et al. relative to a driftless autoregressive integrated model.
(161269)
184
N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish environmental and technical guidelines on fracking.
(161100)
185
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's suppliers are social enterprises.
(161324)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
186
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences for the destruction of buzzards and buzzard nests have been issued in the last 12 months; and in which counties such licences were issued.
(161160)
187
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2013, Official Report, columns 699-700W, on horses: France, from which country each horse imported from third (non EU) countries was imported from in each of the last four years.
(161403)
188
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, columns 782-4W, on agriculture: finance, what the reasons are for the decrease in the level of funding for Central finance ongoing activity - CAP between 2009-10 and 2011-12.
(161473)
189
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, columns 782-4W, on agriculture: finance, what the reasons are for the increase in the level of funding to the Food and farming group business support between 2009-10 and 2011-12.
(161474)
190
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of levels of honeybees in colonies; if he will take steps to support bee farmers whose colonies have suffered losses to restock; and if he will make a statement.
(161493)
191
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 size of a farm in English uplands in each of the last 10 years.
(160964)
192
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 size of an arable farm in England in each of the last 10 years.
(160965)
193
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 an arable farmer in England in each of the last 10 years.
(160966)
194
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 an uplands farmer in England in each of the last 10 years.
(160967)
195
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing the Australian system of cost-sharing between government and the horticultural industry for tree health and plant biosecurity measures in the UK.
(161268)
196
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with European Commissioners on welfare and husbandry conditions for pigs in other EU member states.
(161437)
197
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports he has received of pig products entering the UK from other European nations which have not been produced in accordance with the EU law on pig and animal welfare.
(161443)
198
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department works with the Home Office to allocate resources to prevent pig products produced to animal welfare standards which do not comply with European law from entering the UK.
(161468)
199
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what written communication he has received from the European Commission on criteria under which field trials for bovine TB vaccination can proceed.
(161646)
200
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding he has made available for the development of an oral TB vaccine for badgers in each of the last three years; and what funding he plans to make available for this purpose in each of the next two years.
(161647)
201
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total cost including policing of the badger cull programme for each badger killed.
(161648)
202
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what use his Department makes of social analytics and horizon scanning software to monitor public opinion on the badger cull; and if he will make a statement.
(161555)
203
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will receive the results of the evaluation of the pilot badger cull.
(161360)
204
Mrs Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will report to Parliament after the pilot badger cull is complete and an evaluation of its effectiveness has been carried out.
(161361)
205
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions to combat the trade in illegal wildlife were decided upon at the governmental meeting hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales on 21 May 2013.
(161014)
206
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has made available for the development of new flood protection technologies in each of the last three years; which specific new technologies have been granted such funding; and which parts of the UK have benefited from that funding.
(161318)
207
Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on the effects of the National Dairy Council of Ireland's new labelling programme on the ability of farmers in Northern Ireland to export their products for sale in the Republic of Ireland.
(161516)
208
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of fly-tipping; and if he will commission a review of steps to prevent it.
(161423)
209
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received regarding potential amendments to the Hunting Act 2004 in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(161463)
210
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward proposals for a statutory instrument allowing more than two hounds to pursue a fox towards guns under the Hunting Act 2004.
(161464)
211
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog attacks have been reported to police in each of the last five years.
(161279)
212
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle dog on dog attacks.
(161281)
213
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reported dog attacks have led to a successful prosecution in each of the last five years.
(161417)
214
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Question 159799, what estimate he has made of the number of new properties built in areas of risk between February 2010 and October 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(161476)
215
N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Question 159799, how much funding he allocated for London's flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(161477)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
216
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition his Department uses for an extremist when allocating military and non-military aid in Syria.
(161367)
217
N
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) people and (b) people described by his Department as extremists fighting in Syria against government forces.
(161368)
218
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Israeli government about salaries paid to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons by the Palestinian Authority.
(161564)
219
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Palestinian Authority about salaries paid to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
(161565)
220
N
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the report on Children in Israeli Military Detention, published by UNICEF in March 2013.
(161155)
221
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the treatment by the Burmese Army of ethnic minority peoples in that country.
(161347)
222
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide guidance to UK tour operators operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the status and legality of Israeli settlement businesses.
(161297)
223
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Hungarian counterpart on the treatment of the Roma minority in Hungary.
(161481)
224
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the decision of President Karzai to boycott the peace talks in Qatar.
(161340)
225
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implementation of UN Resolution 1591 with regards to Sudan and South Sudan.
(161341)
226
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to implement its commitment in the June 2012 White Paper on the Overseas Territories (OTs) to (a) help the populated OTs to extend UN human rights conventions and to implement fully those that have already been extended to them and (b) further safeguard children from abuse.
(161015)
227
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the execution of seven prisoners for armed robbery in that country on 13 March 2013.
(161393)
228
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on that country's human rights record.
(161394)
229
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the UK is advocating that India as a non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should be admitted to the Nuclear Suppliers Group; and if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) post on his Department's website the paper recently presented on behalf of the UK to the annual meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group in Prague.
(161511)
230
N
Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the closure of stores and warehouses belonging to members of the Bahá'i community in Hamadan, Iran by government officials; what assessment he has made of the implications of those actions for the 1958 Convention on Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation; and if he will make a statement.
(160847)
231
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding the Government has allocated to BBC Turkish Services since 6 May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(161414)
232
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 485W, on Colombia, what response he has received from the Colombian Attorney General; if he will place a copy of this response in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
(161328)
233
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 effectiveness of sanctions against Iranian oil and gas companies.
(161319)
234
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 development of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Belarus.
(161321)
235
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to engage with Central Asian states on transition in Afghanistan.
(161330)
236
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a coherent approach is being taken towards the international sale of arms; and if he will make a statement.
(161408)
237
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the current political situation in Turkey is; and if he will make a statement.
(161485)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
238
N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value.
(160846)
239
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2013, Official Report, columns 714-15W, on Human Papillomavirus, if he will make it his policy to ensure that parents of children about the receive the HPV vaccination are given a copy of the vaccine manufacturer's own patient information leaflet prior to signing a consent form for vaccination.
(161339)
240
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff in Staffordshire were paid over (a) £50,000, (b) £65,738 and (c) £100,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
(161277)
241
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many thoroughbred racehorses registered with each passport-issuing authority and previously (a) in training, (b) out of training, (c) in breeding and (d) formerly used for breeding were killed in UK abattoirs in each of the last three years; and how many such animals entered the human food chain.
(161102)
242
N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure on (a) equine DNA testing and (b) phenylbutazone testing by (i) local authorities, (ii) Government and (iii) industry has been in 2013.
(161380)
243
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records are held by his Department on the number of NHS staff who have criminal convictions.
(161492)
244
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals only allow admissions through accident and emergency; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of such a policy on the stress levels of (a) staff and (b) patients.
(161413)
245
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the provision of medical care is equal for those with physical and mental disabilities.
(161572)
246
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authorities dealing with instances of medical negligence against disabled people.
(161600)
247
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made available to accommodate families that choose to stay beside an ill family member whilst in extended care in hospital.
(161631)
248
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve health care for the disabled in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
(161632)
249
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which advertising agency prepared his Department's recent campaign for the FRANK website; and if he will publish the brief given to that agency on the preparation of the campaign advertising.
(161350)
250
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of whether the website of the FRANK drug information campaign is fully compliant with Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement.
(161402)
251
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to clinical commissioning groups on the provision of services through children's centres in their area.
(161335)
252
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on providing services through children's centres in each of the last five financial years.
(161337)
253
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times Ministers of his Department have attended the inter-ministerial group on drugs since May 2010.
(161580)
254
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has made to ensure that the work of its obstructive sleep apnoea working group, established in July 2012, is being continued following the recent NHS reforms.
(161266)
255
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts for outsourced NHS (a) patient, (b) adminstrative, (c) IT and (d) other services have been ended early in the last five years; whether he makes a routine assessment of the (i) adequacy and (ii) transparency of foundation trust procurement where contracts to outsource services are prematurely ended; and if he will make a statement.
(161515)
256
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage research on medically unexplained symptoms as part of wider research on ME and chronic fatigue syndrome.
(161418)
257
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) administrative and (b) management costs each NHS trust in Essex incurred in each year since 2009; and what proportion of each trust's total expenditure those costs represented.
(161301)
258
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) managers and (b) administrative staff were employed in each NHS trust in Essex in each year since 2009; and what proportion of the total staff of each trust each figure represents.
(161305)
259
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available through the NHS for people suffering from Huntingdon's Disease; and if he will make a statement.
(161378)
260
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people per 100,000 with HIV who are (a) gay and (b) not gay.
(161283)
261
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the effect of freshly squeezed citrus fruit juice on tooth enamel and consequent effects on public health.
(161287)
262
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2013, Official Report, column 1071W, on blood: donors, whether the 12 month ban on men who have had sex with men donating blood also applies to donations from those who are stem cell matches for people with illnesses who could benefit from receiving a donation.
(161288)
263
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department gives to the public about the effects of citrus fruit juice on oral hygiene.
(161331)
264
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to deliver the NHS Mandate objective of making rapid progress in the measuring of and acting upon the patient experience.
(161460)
265
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress cancer strategic clinical networks have made in developing their terms of reference; and if he will place in the Library copies of such terms of reference.
(161461)
266
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England plan to take to deliver improvements in the relational aspects of cancer care.
(161462)
267
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people employed at (a) Kettering General Hospital and (b) Northampton General Hospital are on zero hours contracts.
(161374)
268
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care assistants in the East Midlands are on zero hours contracts.
(161375)
269
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people employed in hospitals in England are on zero hours contracts.
(161376)
270
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance or policies his Department issues on the use of zero hours contracts in the NHS.
(161469)
271
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the consequences of closing Corby ambulance station on the ability of the ambulance trust to meet the eight and 19 minute targets.
(161552)
272
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many autistic children whose families reside in Luton access care outside of the borough.
(161263)
273
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department will commence the review to assess the feasibility of introducing a national choice offer for people who wish to die at home.
(161457)
274
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of cancer strategic clinical networks in promoting equality and reducing inequalities in cancer care; and if he will make a statement.
(161458)
275
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's suppliers are social enterprises.
(161326)
276
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has for future accountability arrangements for ambulance services; and if he will make a statement.
(161405)
277
N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions led by NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh.
(161482)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
278
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last inter-ministerial group meeting on human trafficking took place; and who attended that meeting.
(160669)
279
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve data collection on modern day slavery.
(160707)
280
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to receive the Serious Organised Crime Agency and UK Human Trafficking Centre's baseline assessment of the nature and scale of human trafficking in 2012.
(160708)
281
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspected victims of trafficking were found in Scotland in each of the last three years; how many traffickers were prosecuted and convicted in Scotland in that period; and what assets belonging to such traffickers were then seized from the UK and overseas.
(161357)
282
N
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been collected under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 from those convicted of human trafficking in each of the last three years; and how much of this sum has been paid to victims of trafficking by way of compensation.
(161039)
283
N
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many live animals have been used in scientific experiments in each year since 2006.
(161169)
284
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consequences of moving her Department's human trafficking unit to the public risk unit; and if she will make a statement.
(160489)
285
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her plans are to mark Anti-Slavery Day 2013.
(160542)
286
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the potential victims of trafficking referred to the National Referral Mechanism in 2012 (a) did not receive a reasonable grounds decision, (b) (i) did and (ii) did not receive a positive conclusive decision and (c) did not wish to proceed with their referral.
[R] (160540)
287
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many potential (a) adult and (b) child victims of trafficking were referred to the National Referral Mechanism in 2012 by (i) police region, (ii) location of exploitation, (iii) nationality of victim, (iv) exploitation type and (v) gender.
[R] (160541)
288
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Retail Crime Strategy Group (a) has met since May 2010, (b) last met and (c) next plans to meet.
(161356)
289
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial benefits that could be achieved by paying suppliers early in return for rebates.
(160961)
290
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to replace the seasonal agricultural workers scheme.
(161332)
291
N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has set up a national register of girls at risk of female genital mutilation.
(161465)
292
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many apprentices are employed by her Department; and how many of those are aged (a) under 19, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 59 and (e) over 60.
(161162)
293
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to commission or instruct an independent national body to publish a national register of police and crime commissioners' interests.
(161163)
294
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the inter-ministerial group on drugs has met since May 2010; how many times more than four Ministers have been present; and how many times the agenda has included (a) drugs education, (b) drug prevention, (c) the role of Public Health England, (d) new psychoactive substances and (e) co-operation between criminal justice and health bodies.
(161582)
295
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Hizb-ut-Tahrir is active on UK university campuses; and what assessment she has made of the level of any such activity.
(161583)
296
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many counter-terrorism intelligence officers have been funded through the Prevent strategy in each of the last five years; and how many such officers served in the Metropolitan Police Force.
(161584)
297
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided to Greenwich Council under the Prevent programme in each of the last five years.
(161585)
298
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Greenwich University had a Prevent strategy agreed with her Department; and whether it had a dedicated police liaison officer to assist with its implementation.
(161587)
299
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work she has undertaken to create better links between universities, colleges, local authorities and communities engaged in Prevent work.
(161588)
300
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to the National Union of Students to implement the Prevent strategy.
(161589)
301
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prevent strategy regional champions are currently in post; and what assessment she has made of their work.
(161590)
302
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have agreed Prevent strategy programmes with universities.
(161591)
303
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department has given to universities to help implement the Prevent strategy; and what steps she has taken to monitor implementation.
(161592)
304
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 13 May 2013, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Girma Worke and Mrs Nurya Kedir Gobena.
(161543)
305
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 13 May 2013, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Rahman.
(161544)
306
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter dated 13 May 2013, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Edwige Nadebe Koagne.
(161545)
307
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 13 May 2013, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Daniel Olabode Ogun Mulele.
(161546)
308
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 9 May 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Mohammad Jawas.
(161547)
309
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter dated 9 May 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M.S. Anjum.
(161548)
310
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 8 May 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Godfrey Jones.
(161549)
311
N
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is made available by the Government for non-governmental organisations other than the Salvation Army for fighting modern day slavery.
(160600)
312
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to enabling the registration of births in children's centres.
(160970)
313
N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of registrars who have outsourced their registration of births to other places in the community due to high demand.
(160971)
314
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been gathered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 from those convicted of human trafficking in each of the last three years; and how much has been paid out in compensation to victims of trafficking.
(161270)
315
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licence applications the Security Industry Authority refused (a) in total and (b) due to unspent convictions in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
(161454)
316
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licence applications the Security Industry Authority granted in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(161455)
317
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for licences the Security Industry Authority received in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(161456)
318
N
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to implement in full the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive.
(160706)
319
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the effects of the minimum income requirement for UK citizens to bring a spouse or partner of non-European Economic Area nationality to settle in the UK.
(161167)
320
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of policing reforms on community policing.
(161425)
321
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of the 2011 summer riots on crime statistics in each of the last two years.
(161429)
322
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss human trafficking.
(161267)
323
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, columns 595-6W on asylum, if she will provide the relevant figures for the Intake key performance indicator from 2010 to 2013.
(161398)
324
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2013, Official Report, column 1077W, on human trafficking, what amount was awarded by government grant to the (a) Refugee Council and (b) Children's Society for the purpose of scoping the practical care arrangements for trafficked children.
(161411)
325
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2013, Official Report, column 1077W, on human trafficking, what the name is of each other member of the inter-ministerial team on human trafficking; and how many and what proportion of meetings each has attended since the team's establishment.
(161452)
326
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who monitors the performance of the UK national rapporteur on human trafficking.
(161466)
327
N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed by her Department on zero hours contracts.
(161407)
328
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals were made by each police force in England and Wales to the National Ballistics Intelligence Service in each year since 2008.
(161362)
329
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget of Bedfordshire Police was in each year since 2010.
(161382)
330
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers Bedfordshire Police is projected to have by the end of (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(161383)
331
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers of each rank Bedfordshire Police is projected to have by the end of (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(161384)
332
N
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers of each rank, (b) police community support officers and (c) police staff there were in Bedfordshire police force area in each year from 2010.
(161385)
333
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialists work on human trafficking in the UK Border Agency; and if she will make a statement.
(161459)
334
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken to process settlement applications made by asylum seekers was between 1 October and 31 December 2012.
(161010)
335
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's suppliers are social enterprises.
(161608)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
336
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, which specialist advisers to select committees have declared relevant financial interests in the subject matter for which the committee they advise is responsible; and what those declarations were.
(161389)
337
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the name is of each person who acts in an official capacity as a specialist adviser to a select committee.
(161390)
338
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, which specialist advisers to the Defence Select Committee have been issued a photo parliamentary pass.
(161391)
339
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, which specialist advisers to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee have been issued a photo parliamentary pass.
(161392)
340
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many written parliamentary questions were tabled on each of the last 100 sitting days.
(161209)
341
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many written parliamentary questions were tabled on average on each sitting day in each of the last five parliamentary years.
(161210)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
342
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to contribute to the implementation of the UN High Level Panel's (a) stand-alone goal on empowering girls and women and achieving gender equality and (b) target to eliminate discrimination against women in political, social and economic life.
(160468)
343
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether health will be a priority within the post-2015 development framework.
(161349)
344
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to India to achieve universal health coverage.
(161351)
345
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on the creation of a standalone development goal for universal health coverage.
(161352)
346
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what technical support her Department offers to developing countries to held them achieve universal health coverage.
(161353)
347
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what private health insurance projects her Department has supported in developing countries.
(161354)
348
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has reduced budget support for health initiatives.
(161412)
349
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK has taken to champion a strong EU budget and to hold other countries accountable for their aid promises.
(161450)
350
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people (a) applied to and (b) participated in the International Citizen Service programme in the last three years; and how many such people applied from addresses in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
(161311)
351
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to support agricultural productivity in Africa through increased irrigation.
(161161)
352
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes and resources her Department provides for (a) the prevention of violence against women and girls and (b) services for survivors of violence against women and girls in Afghanistan.
(161165)
353
N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources her Department provides to support grassroots women's rights organisations working to prevent violence against women and girls in Afghanistan.
(161166)
354
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children worldwide who are employed in hazardous work conditions; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that number.
(161320)
355
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is providing to Syrian women and children in refugee camps.
(161486)
356
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made any estimate of the number of people who (a) are killed and (b) suffer an incapacitating disability as a result of road accidents in developing countries.
(161506)
357
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of child poverty in Kailahun province, Sierra Leone.
(161509)
358
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department provides support to any programmes to improve road safety in developing countries.
(161512)
359
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made any assessment of the effect on development of poor road safety.
(161513)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
360
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the proportion of prisoners who have speech and language difficulties.
(161501)
361
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many speech and language therapists currently work within (a) prisons and (b) young offender institutes.
(161502)
362
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of human trafficking have been assisted by his Department after they left the subcontractor shelters in which they were placed by the Salvation Army to date.
(160976)
363
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is paid per night to shelters in the UK to accommodate victims referred to them by the Salvation Army Victim Support scheme; what the average length of stay is which is funded; and what funding is available after the reflection period has ended.
(160977)
364
N
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was (a) made available and (b) paid out to the Salvation Army Victim Support scheme in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13; how much will be made available in 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
(160978)
365
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expected budget for HM Courts and Tribunals Service is for the next three years.
(161537)
366
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remand prisoners voted in the May 2010 General Election.
(161096)
367
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on remand in May 2010.
(161097)
368
N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of criminal convictions and guilty pleas in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts resulted in custodial sentences in each of the last five years.
(161098)
369
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants living in each constituency in Wales had to wait more than six weeks for their appeals to be heard against decisions on benefits entitlement made following work capability assessments carried out in the financial year 2012-13.
(161211)
370
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants living in each parliamentary constituency in Wales had their appeals heard during the financial year 2012-13 against decisions on benefits entitlement made following work capability assessments.
(161264)
371
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those sentenced for retail theft as of 21 May 2013 had more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) five and (d) 10 prior convictions.
(161355)
372
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many penalty notices were issued for retail theft of under £200 in each of the last five years; and how many notices were subsequently paid in full.
(161358)
373
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Ministers of his Department have attended the inter-ministerial group on drugs since May 2010.
(161578)
374
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for an employment and support allowance appeal was in (a) the UK and (b) Hull for each of the last 24 months; and what proportion of such appeals were successful.
(161597)
375
N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under section (a) 30, (b) 32 and (c) 35 of the Housing Act 2004 since that Act's enactment.
(161009)
376
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions bodies of the deceased were not released by the coroner within 28 days of death in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(161363)
377
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department received about each local coroner in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(161364)
378
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner-to-prisoner visits there were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(161365)
379
N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison-to-prison transfer movements there were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(161366)
380
N
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2013, Official Report, column 370W, on Salvation Army, of the actual funding allocated to The Salvation Army in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13 how much was (i) spent by The Salvation Army on running the 24 hour helpline and other administration connected with the contract and (ii) paid to shelters caring for victims which are run independently of The Salvation Army; what the names are of NGO subcontractor shelters; and to whom The Salvation Army makes payments.
(160598)
381
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a place in a (a) secure training centre, (b) local authority children's home and (c) young offender institution in each of the last three financial years.
(161445)
382
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were held in a cell, cubicle or room where the number of occupants exceeded its uncrowded capacity on 31 March 2013 in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(161446)
383
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been released on parole licence in each of the last three years.
(161447)
384
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes in the level of National Offender Management Service staffing at each prison establishment have been achieved as a consequence of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
(161448)
385
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were remanded in custody in each month of the last three years.
(161449)
386
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he made to the RSPCA after paragraph 96 of the Adult Court Bench Book was amended in 2010.
(161612)
387
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid the RSPCA claimed in (a) the five years prior to 2010 and (b) in each year since.
(161614)
388
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners responded to the consultation on the Victims' Code of Conduct; and if he will make such responses public.
(161271)
389
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners responded to public consultations run by his Department in the last year.
(161272)
390
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people on the Violent Sex Offender Register (a) are currently in prison, (b) have been to prison in the last year and (c) have never been to prison.
(161273)
391
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances of work-related stress were reported by prison staff in the last year.
(161274)
392
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the population in each probation area are on the Violent Sex Offender Register.
(161275)
393
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which people on the Violent Sex Offender Register currently reside in Witham constituency.
(161276)
394
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of victim personal statements at Parole Board hearings; and if he will make a statement.
(161290)
395
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost of the Prison Library Service to the public purse is.
(161304)
396
N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners borrowed books through the Prison Library Service in each of the last five years.
(161306)
397
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted of burglary offences were given custodial sentences in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(161484)
398
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders currently in prisons have previously served a prison sentence.
(161426)
399
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of re-offenders in UK prisons over the last 20 years.
(161427)
400
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to attempt to reduce the number of offences committed by individuals who have previously served a prison sentence.
(161428)
401
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the number of prisoners over the age of 60 in the last 20 years.
(161430)
402
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the needs of older prisoners compared to younger inmates.
(161431)
403
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health to ensure that older inmates are given adequate support to meet their health requirements whilst in UK prisons.
(161433)
404
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of driving under the influence of illegal substances in the UK in each of the last five years.
(161434)
405
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of driving under the influence of illegal substances in the London Borough of Havering in each of the last five years.
(161435)
406
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to introduce tougher sentences for those caught driving under the influence of illegal substances.
(161436)
407
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the future of HM Prison The Verne; and if he will make a statement.
(161315)
408
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of public confidence in the legal aid system.
(161369)
409
James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of prisoners in England and Wales awaiting placement on sex offender treatment programmes and the number of places available on such courses annually.
(161334)
Questions to the Prime Minister
410
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with President Putin of Russia on nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament at the bilateral meeting on 16 June 2013.
(161650)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
411
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in Scotland have been unemployed for two years or more in each month since May 2010.
(161099)
412
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 469W, on unemployment, what the geographical location of the increase in employment from February to April 2013 is; and what proportion of such jobs are (a) full-time and (b) part-time.
(161152)
413
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 469W, on unemployment, what assessment he has made of the total loss to the Scottish economy as a result of underemployment.
(161153)
414
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 468W, on income tax, if he will report immediately any increases in the estimated implementation cost of the Scottish rate of income tax once this figure is calculated.
(161154)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
415
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the environmental effect of increasing the speed limit on motorways to 80 mph.
(161573)
416
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of accidents that will potentially be prevented as a result of the introduction of new penalty notices for misuse of the middle lane of motorways.
(161634)
417
N
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to public funds is of the replacement on security grounds of current vehicle registration certificates by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency; whether this change was necessitated by a theft of V5C forms; and what steps have been taken to recover these costs.
(161296)
418
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the provision of landing slots at Heathrow Airport for use by flights to the UK's regional airports.
(161346)
419
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to upgrade the A1 North of Tyne and Wear.
(161348)
420
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the risk-assessed staffing level at MRCC Belfast was last altered.
(161628)
421
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requests for discussions he has received from his counterpart in the Scottish Government on its potential involvement in the planned high speed rail networks.
(161342)
422
N
Margaret Curran (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 531W, on West Coast Railway Line, what assessment he has made of the effect on the (a) UK and (b) Scottish economies of the deterioration of the public performance measure.
(161370)
423
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed awareness courses were undertaken in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years; and what the cost of undertaking such a course was in each such area in each such year.
(161338)
424
N
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional compensation schemes for people whose homes are affected by High Speed 2 would be funded under Clause 4(c) of the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill.
(160668)
425
N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the savings it could achieve by paying its suppliers early in return for rebates.
(161011)
426
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to investigate whether BRB (Residuary) Ltd land can be used for cycling routes.
(161432)
427
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.
(161308)
428
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote easier and cheaper (a) bus use and (b) interchange between bus, metro and train.
(161309)
429
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve surface connections to major airports.
(161310)
430
N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of High Speed 2 on UK air travel.
(161471)
431
N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what degree the Government is liable for National Rail's debt.
(161094)
432
N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what agreements his Department has with train operating companies to cover financial losses caused by industrial action.
(161095)
433
N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount of private sector investment in the UK's railway network has been since 1996.
(161159)
434
N
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South of 11 December 2012.
(161101)
435
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the franchising arrangements for South West Trains will be formally reviewed.
(161217)
436
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the future franchising arrangements for South West Trains will be subject to open consultation.
(161302)
437
N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria are for determing whether a train operating company (a) pays a premium and (b) receives subsidy for running services on the rail network.
(161303)
438
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects construction work to commence on electrification of the North Transpennine rail route.
(161617)
439
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratio was in his Department's final business case for the Northern Hub project.
(161618)
440
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amount his Department spent on (a) road building and (b) road maintenance in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(161168)
441
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail about (a) the closure to cyclists of the crossing of the Clacton branch railway line which gives access to the grounds of the University of Essex from the Wivenhoe Trail and (b) similar closures by Network Rail in other parts of the country.
(161562)
442
N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal immigrants who currently hold a UK driving licence.
(161037)
443
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his Department's suppliers are social enterprises.
(161325)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
444
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect on Wales of Government policies on shale gas extraction.
(161284)
445
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has held with ministerial colleagues on the effect on Wales of planned changes to legal aid.
(161652)
446
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he plans to announce the Government's response to the Commission on Devolution in Wales Part 1 Report; and what the reason is for the time taken to respond.
(161567)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
447
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, columns 243-4W, on rape: victims support schemes, how the £1,085,000 funding of rape crisis centres was disbursed.
(161570)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
448
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, column 304W, on food banks, if he will take steps to record all referrals made by government agencies for people to receive emergency food aid or visit food banks.
(161472)
449
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration is of a claimant on jobseeker's allowance, by age group.
(160972)
450
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioners in 2020 are expected to have (a) 35, (b) 30 to 35, (c) 20 to 29, (d) 10 to 19, (e) seven to nine and (f) fewer than seven qualifying years.
(160973)
451
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioners in absolute poverty own their own homes.
(160974)
452
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration is of a claimant on employment and support allowance, by age group.
(160975)
453
N
Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average number of qualifying years of the women born between 1951 and 1953 who would be ineligible to receive the single-tier pension even though men of the same age would be eligible.
(161093)
454
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to local Jobcentre Plus offices on delivering welfare advice and employment-focused programmes through children's centres in their area.
(161333)
455
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on providing services through children's centres in each of the last five financial years.
(161336)
456
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Peterborough City Council area affected by changes in housing benefit as a result of the under-occupancy penalty; and if he will make a statement.
(161381)
457
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Ministers of his Department have attended the inter-ministerial group on drugs since May 2010.
(161579)
458
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Hull found work lasting more than six months through the Work Programme since it inception; how many such people were aged under 24; and how many such people had a disability.
(161596)
459
N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments have been missed or underpayed to clients as a result of error by the Child Support Agency since 2010; what the average wait time for these errors to be rectified is; how many compensation payments have been made to clients who have been underpayed or had their payments delayed; and what the total cost of these compensation payments is to his Department.
(161016)
460
N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions have been applied to claimants in each quarter since 1 April 2012 in each parliamentary constituency in South East Wales.
(161444)
461
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training in myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome received by medical practitioners and assessors employed by Atos Healthcare to carry out work capability assessments.
(161158)
462
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs were created in each of the principal seaside towns under the Future Jobs Fund in each year of that Fund's existence.
(161396)
463
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been killed by cattle in each of the last 30 years.
(161415)
464
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of unemployed people gained access to work under the Work Programme in each month of its existence.
(161539)
465
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the numbers of disabled people likely to return to work as a consequence to changes to disability benefits and the Work Programme.
(161255)
466
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many households in Luton will fall into the poverty bracket following the implementation of universal credit.
(161265)
467
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will issue guidance to decision-makers about the requirement to consider all relevant evidence in work capability assessments and to provide a copy of that evidence to tribunals.
(161453)
468
N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for the rollout of universal credit in the London Borough of Brent.
(161371)
469
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets he has set for the performance of jobcentres in relation to the Youth Contract.
(160969)
470
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent assessment is of the quality of work capability assessments undertaken on behalf of his Department.
(161212)
471
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was withheld as a result of benefit sanctions in 2012-13.
(161312)
472
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount withheld per benefit sanction was in each of the last five years.
(161313)
473
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how he monitors the quality of the work capability assessments carried out on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(161316)
474
N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance indicators are included in the contract between his Department and Atos Healthcare for undertaking work capability assessments; and what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Atos under that contract.
(161372)
475
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on communicating to the public (a) changes to entitlements made by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and (b) assistance available to those affected by such changes.
(161598)
476
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on communicating to the public the introduction of the Government's workplace pension scheme.
(161599)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
477
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the carbon footprint created by the expected greater trade between the US and the EU as a result of the agreement made at the G8 meeting at Lough Erne; and if the Government will conduct an environmental impact assessment of that agreement.
[Transferred] (161508)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
478
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers he plans to devolve to the proposed North East Combined Authority from 1 April 2014 to enable it to promote better transport, skills and economic development.
[Transferred] (161551)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
479
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to implement the commitment in the Prime Minister's recent G8 communiqué statement to tackle the illegal trafficking of protected or endangered wildlife species.
[Transferred] (161503)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
480
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 14 June 2013 at No. 10 Downing Street, if he will publish in full the evidential basis for the Prime Minister's statement that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against Syrian people.
[Transferred] (161616)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
481
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to issue on the enforcement of new penalty notices for misuse of the middle lane on motorways.
[Transferred] (161635)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
482
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make the possession of pornography depicting rape a criminal offence.
[Transferred] (161563)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
483
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Barnsley East constituency and (b) Barnsley Local Authority have had access to financial support from the new enterprise allowance to date.
[Transferred] (161558)
484
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Barnsley East constituency and (b) Barnsley local authority area have had access to mentoring through the new enterprise allowance to date.
[Transferred] (161559)

Prepared 22nd June 2013