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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 26 June 2013

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 26 June 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 26 June 2013

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 26 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 26 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 26 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Attorney General
1
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has recommended out-of-court disposal for cases of the downloading and viewing of indecent images of children in each of the last five years.
(161920)
2
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Attorney General, how many corporate prosecutions the Serious Fraud Office undertook in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the five preceding years.
(161922)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure greater transparency in the consumer credit market; and if he will bring forward proposals to mandate all lenders to show the total cost of credit.
(160372)
4
N 		Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote access to credit in the retail market.
(160373)
5
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent meetings officials in his Department have had with outside agencies to discuss the approval of the planting of genetically modified crops.
(161977)
6
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Monsanto, (b) Bayer and (c) BASF on the approval of planting of genetically modified crops.
(161979)
7
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Rothamsted Research, (b) The John Innes Centre and (c) the Institute of Food Research on his policy on granting approval for the planting of genetically modified crops.
(161980)
8
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what joint projects his Department has participated in with businesses developing new flood protection technologies in each of the last three years; and in which regions such projects have been conducted.
(161808)
9
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the retail vacancy rate was in each of the principal seaside towns in each of the last 30 years.
(161845)
10
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many manufacturing jobs in (a) each constituency and (b) total have been created in the UK in each of the last five years.
(161915)
11
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support his Department makes available for small businesses to take on apprentices.
(161916)
12
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to assist small and medium-sized construction companies.
(161918)
13
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what help his Department is providing to small businesses to receive training in IT skills.
(161919)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
14
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rates were for working age (a) men and (b) women (i) nationally, (ii) in each constituent part of the UK and (iii) in each region in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(161811)
15
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the life expectancy at birth was for (a) men and (b) women (i) nationally, (ii) in each constituent part of the UK and (iii) in each region in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(161812)
16
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rates of death by (a) suicide, (b) heart disease and (c) alcohol-related disease were for (i) men and (ii) women (A) nationally, (B) in each constituent part of the UK and (iii) in each region in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(161813)
17
N 		Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 514W, on honours: Scotland, what the name is of each person nominated to the Honours Committee since May 2007 who has subsequently received an honour.
(161520)
18
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the unemployment rate was in each of the principal seaside towns in each of the last 30 years.
(161846)
19
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what grants his Department has made to local community organisations, voluntary groups and non-governmental organisations engaged in fighting human trafficking in each of the last three years.
(161957)
20
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths there were in each constituency in each month between October 2012 and March 2013.
(161832)
21
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the net change in the number of people employed in (a) Norfolk and (b) Norwich South constituency in each of the last five years.
(161810)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
22
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people, (b) people in work and (c) families in Cannock Chase constituency are in receipt of tax credits.
(161925)
23
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the annual cost of offering the tax exemption for heritage assets.
(161863)
24
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that large UK companies pay correct amounts of tax.
(161900)
25
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what help he is giving to first time buyers.
(161901)
26
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to prevent EU citizens who are (a) residents and (b) non-residents in the UK purchasing a second home to reduce tax liabilities.
(161902)
27
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to give to those who have been paying interest only mortgages and are coming to the end of that agreement with a large lump sum payment to make.
(161917)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
28
N 		Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on proposals to make police and crime commissioners responsible for fire service provision.
(161745)
29
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce a national wheelchair-accessible housing register.
(161876)
30
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many wheelchair-accessible properties have been built in the UK in each of the last five years.
(161877)
31
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities are better able to access wheelchair accessible housing stock in neighbouring areas and more efficiently utilise the national wheelchair accessible housing stock.
(161878)
32
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to issue best practice guidance on the use of the disabled facilities grants to local authorities.
(161879)
33
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many wheelchair-accessible properties there are in the UK.
(161882)
34
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of demand for wheelchair-accessible properties in the UK.
(161883)
35
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide housing to ensure that people with spinal cord injuries are not unsuitably discharged from hospital into a nursing home.
(161884)
36
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide housing for people with spinal cord injuries who are living in nursing homes because they are unable to find suitable housing.
(161934)
37
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to prevent landlords from leaving retail units vacant.
(161818)
38
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made following the Portas Review to encourage local areas to implement free controlled parking schemes for their town centres and a parking league table.
(161822)
39
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations of the Portas Review, what progress he has made on encouraging local authorities to use their discretionary powers to give business rate concessions.
(161869)
40
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations of the Portas Review, what consideration he has given to a review on the basis on which business rates are calculated from RPI to CPI.
(161870)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
41
N 		Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to answer Question 158022, tabled on 31 May 2013 for answer on 4 June 2013.
(161739)
42
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department conducted an impact assessment of the proposals in the Digital Economy Act 2010 to extend public lending right to e-books and audio books.
(161805)
43
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding to extend public lending right to e-books and audio books by commencing the relevant provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
(161806)
44
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received seeking the commencement of the provisions in the Digital Economy Act 2010 that extend public lending right to e-books and audio books.
(161807)
45
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to bring forward legislative proposals to extend public lending right to remote lending of e-books, subject to compliance with the EU Copyright Directive; and what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of extending the public lending right.
(161848)
46
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been provided to Visit Britain to promote visits to Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland in each year since 2010.
(161866)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
47
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to provide additional funding for forces' accommodation in Staffordshire.
(161926)
48
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has conducted a recent survey of the level of service families' satisfaction with the energy efficiency of service family accommodation properties.
(161976)
49
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the presentation of new colours to the four batallions of the Mercian Regiment was.
(161974)
50
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the Territorial Army were serving in Northern Ireland in each year since 2003.
(161907)
51
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from Northern Ireland have enlisted in the (a) Army, (b) Infantry, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Air Force in each of the last five years.
(161908)
52
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent in each constituent part of the UK by the Army Veteran Agency in each of the last five years.
(161914)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
53
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the educational attainment of children in receipt of free school meals in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
(161881)
54
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of paperwork teachers have to complete when taking pupils on educational visits.
(161930)
55
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve teachers' awareness of the Learning Outside the Classroom badge scheme.
(161972)
56
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department will make available to support the participation of children and young people in the 2014 reporting round to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
(161927)
57
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, what steps he plans to take to ensure that children and young people's opinions are represented in the Government's report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
(161961)
58
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, what steps he plans to take to ensure that children and young people are represented in the 2014 reporting process of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
(161967)
59
N 		Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, what provision has been made for parents whose contracts of employment state that they cannot take time off during school holiday periods to be granted leave of absence to take their children on holiday during term time.
(161733)
60
N 		Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will consider making provision for an extension to the proposed 26-week care proceedings limit in very complex cases.
(161500)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
61
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the budget is of the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil; and how many staff that Office has.
(161849)
62
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual energy bill for (a) dual fuel and (b) non-dual fuel for customers paying (i) standard credit, (ii) direct debit and (iii) pre-payment in each region.
(161932)
63
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on fuel poverty, what the monetary value of expenditure on (a) warm front, (b) the super priority group of the carbon emissions reduction target, (c) the community energy saving programme and (d) the voluntary agreement to support vulnerable and fuel poor households was in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12 and (v) 2012-13.
(162000)
64
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on fuel poverty, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households in receipt of assistance under (a) Warm Front, (b) the super priority group of the carbon emissions reduction target, (c) the Community Energy Saving programme and (d) the voluntary agreement to support vulnerable and fuel poor households in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12 and (v) 2012-13.
(162001)
65
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on fuel poverty, what estimate his Department has made of the likely monetary value of expenditure on (a) the Warm Homes Discount scheme and (b) the affordable warmth and carbon saving communities elements of the energy companies obligation in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
(162002)
66
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, columns 622-3W, on fuel poverty, what forecast his Department has made of the number of households that will receive assistance under (a) the Warm Homes Discount scheme and (b) the affordable warmth and carbon saving communities elements of the energy company obligation in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
(162003)
67
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds regarding the location of wind farms to ensure that such farms will not interfere with the flight path of migrating birds.
(161836)
68
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind farms have been granted permission to be located close to migrating birds (a) on land and (b) at sea since May 2010.
(161837)
69
N 		Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 155W, on the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO), if he will take steps to collect data on the number of (a) oil-fired boilers and (b) LPG-fired boilers installed under the ECO scheme.
(161317)
70
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to cap the total costs of the Energy Company Obligation should those costs increase above the figure forecast in his Department's impact assessment.
(161909)
71
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) British Gas, (b) SSE, (c) Scottish Power, (d) First Utility, (e) EDF and (f) E.On on the costs of delivery the Energy Company Obligation; and if he will make a statement.
(161910)
72
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish a review of the operation of the first six months of the Energy Company Obligation to ensure that the costs of that programme are not exceeding the figure forecast in his Department's impact assessment.
(161911)
73
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2013, Official Report, column 1246W, on energy, whether the threshold at which energy suppliers are required to participate in social and environmental programmes will be reviewed in 2013-14.
(161971)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
74
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction of incidents in private places of (a) dogs being dangerously out of control and (b) people being injured by dogs as a result of his proposed changes to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
(161809)
75
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent meetings officials in his Department have had to discuss the approval of the planting of genetically modified crops.
(161978)
76
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on levels of compliance with pig welfare conditions in other European nations.
(161912)
77
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) in the UK are used in the retail sector; which UK retailers were directly invited to attend his Department's Stationary Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps focus group meeting of 21 December 2012 on the EC proposal for a revised F-gas regulation; which UK retailers have been formally consulted on the review of EC Regulation No 842/2006 in the last 12 months; with which companies and individuals his Department has met in the last 12 months to discuss the review of that Regulation; and if he will make a statement.
(161997)
78
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many birds have been killed by wind farm turbines (a) on land and (b) at sea to date.
(161887)
79
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in the number of eels in the last five years; and what steps he has taken to address any such decline.
(161888)
80
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people worked in eel fishing in (a) 1983, (b) 1993 and (c) 2013.
(161889)
81
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to introduce farmers in England and Wales to bee-keeping.
(161890)
82
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Assembly on the promotion of British food producers jointly between England and Northern Ireland.
(161891)
83
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what help he has given to the Falkland Islands government to tackle the plant calafate originally from Argentina; and when this invasion of plant calafate is expected to be eradicated.
(161892)
84
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria the pilot badger culls will use to assess humaneness.
(161821)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
85
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage the EU to add Hezbollah to its proscribed list of terrorist organisations.
(161880)
86
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of discussions on Syria at the recent G8 Conference, in Northern Ireland.
(161973)
87
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consequences of the recent violence in Nigeria for stability in the region.
(161873)
88
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have visited a British Overseas Territory in an official capacity since May 2010.
(162027)
89
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which countries the UK operates a joint investigation team into human trafficking.
(161905)
90
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of bilateral relations with Sierra Leone since November 2012.
(161819)
91
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security situation in Kailahun province, Sierra Leone.
(161820)
92
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to announce the date of the current year's meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council.
(161928)
93
Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that overseas territories sign the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Adminstrative Assistance in Tax Matters; and when he expects them to sign this Convention.
(161963)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
94
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on its priorities for new indicators for the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
(161994)
95
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Public Health England on its responsibility to share information and expertise with local authorities to help them make improvements in the population's obesity outcomes.
(161995)
96
N 		Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on proposals to make police and crime commissioners responsible for ambulance service provision.
(161744)
97
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) one-off payments and (b) pension entitlements Care Quality Commission board members who stepped down or were removed from their posts in 2012 received.
(161738)
98
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of home testing kits used by men to detect bowel cancer returned after use.
(161825)
99
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage a greater production of drugs for rare illnesses; and what incentives his Department offers pharmaceutical companies to increase development of such drugs.
(161826)
100
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with glaucoma in each of the last five years.
(161829)
101
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the age group of those with glaucoma was in each of the last five years.
(161830)
102
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department makes available to tackle suicides; and what discussions he has had with devolved assemblies on implementing a UK-wide strategy to reduce suicides.
(161835)
103
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy; and if he will work with the devolved assemblies to begin a UK-wide publicity strategy of this policy.
(161838)
104
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the reflexology sector on the use of reflexology as a method of pain relief.
(161839)
105
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long it will take for redundancies in the NHS since 2010 to break even and be cost neutral.
(161840)
106
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time for radiotherapy is in England; and what comparative assessment he has made of this figure with that in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
(161841)
107
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce deaths from heart disease; and if he will make funding available to Northern Ireland to improve cardiovascular outcomes.
(161842)
108
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to limit access to health services for immigrants and seek back payment costs for services.
(161843)
109
Mr Michael Thornton (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 149W, on fluoride: drinking water, whether any assessment to add fluoride to drinking water in Southampton and South West Hampshire is in place; and what reports he has received of whether any such proposal is part of an existing scheme.
(161931)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
110
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered proscribing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation.
(161875)
111
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the effectiveness of the visa system in helping to increase tourism and business from (a) China, (b) India and (c) other priority markets.
(161924)
112
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the economy of cybercrime in 2011-12.
(161872)
113
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the UK Border Agency on the collection of information regarding the detention of pregnant women for immigration purposes.
(162041)
114
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the period of detention was for each pregnant woman detained for immigration purposes (a) in 2010, (b) in 2011, (c) in 2012 and (d) on 1 June 2013.
(162042)
115
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant woman were detained for immigration purposes (a) in 2010, (b) in 2011, (c) in 2012 and (d) on 1 June 2013.
(162043)
116
Richard Fuller (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant woman have been assessed under the fast track procedure of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal since the inception of that procedure.
(162044)
117
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of 24 June 2013, Official Report, columns 25-37, on undercover policing, when she expects the Ellison Report to report.
(161998)
118
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Police National Computer (PNC) records have been accessed by the Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office on behalf of each non-police agency in the last 12 months; and how many such checks undertaken on behalf of each such organisation resulted in a matching record on the PNC.
(161999)
119
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome of the work of the joint investigation between Sweden and the UK dealing with human trafficking is.
(161903)
120
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicitions for human trafficking there have been due to the co-operation between the UK and Sweden in each of the last five years.
(161904)
121
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had to ensure that the passport system is robustly enforced.
(161906)
122
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Warley can expect to receive a reply from her Department to his letter of 8 April 2013 to the UK Border Agency regarding the case of Mr Yudon Singh.
(161815)
123
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Warley can expect to receive a reply from her Department to his letter of 18 February 2013 regarding the case of Mr Eugene Komeny.
(161816)
124
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Warley can expect to receive a reply from her Department to his letter of 13 March 2013 to the UK Border Agency regarding the case of Mrs Sukhvinder Kaun.
(161817)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
125
Sir Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any steps have been taken by her Department to consider the extablishment of a UK Development Bank.
(162045)
126
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will offer support to the government of Ecuador in preserving the Yasuni rainforest reserve.
(161975)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
127
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place for expert witnesses to conduct interviews with prisoners in private at Close Supervision Centre, HM Prison Woodhill; and if he will make a statement.
(161992)
128
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Bridgend of 29 May 2013, reference MM/LF/05013.
(161993)
129
N 		Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to prevent a landlord from recovering costs of litigation through future service charges were made to the courts under the provisions of section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such applications were successful.
(160813)
130
N 		Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims in the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal where one of the parties was a registered social landlord were issued in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such claims were successful.
(160814)
131
N 		Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for the forfeiture of leasehold residential property were made to the courts in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such applications were successful.
(160815)
132
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2013, Official Report, columns 928-9W, on criminal proceedings, what the average mean number of days from offence to completion was (a) in each region and (b) in total for (i) magistrates and (ii) Crown courts in England and Wales in (A) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(161701)
Questions to the Leader of the House
133
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Leader of the House, in what locations the (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scottish and (c) Welsh Grand Committees have met in each session of this Parliament.
(161864)
134
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Leader of the House, how many meetings there have been of the (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scottish and (c) Welsh Grand Committees in each session of this Parliament.
(161865)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
135
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the ease of access of her Department's on-line records.
(161893)
136
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance her Department offers to encourage intelligence sharing and co-operation between the Guarda Schiocan and the Police Service Northern Ireland.
(161894)
137
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of the investigation into the incident at McGurk's bar has been to date; and when such investigations are expected to be finalised.
(161898)
138
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many offenders were intercepted by officers at Northern Ireland sea ports last year.
(161899)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
139
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities there have been as a result of road traffic accidents involving (a) motorcyclists, (b) cyclists and (c) pedestrians in Cannock Chase constituency in the last five years.
(161962)
140
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change there was in the number of miles cycled in 2012 compared with 2011; and what assessment he has made on whether any increase was the result of more people taking up cycling or extra trips by existing cyclists.
[R] (161862)
141
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on steps taken in Scotland and Northern Ireland on the drink-drive blood alcohol limit; and if he will reconsider his policy on Sir Peter North's recommendation to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales.
[R] (161996)
142
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial help his Department is making available to local authorities to help repair potholes.
(161867)
143
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much additional money was made available by his Department to (a) each local authority in the UK and (b) Cornwall Council for road repairs in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
(161968)
144
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the green paper on young driver safety; and what the reasons are for the delay in publication of this report.
(161933)
145
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sanctions his Department takes against taxi firms whose vehicles repeatedly fail roadside checks.
(161964)
146
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average length of a licence suspension for taxi drivers whose vehicle failed a roadside check was in each of the last three years.
(161965)
147
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of taxis in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency have failed roadside checks in each of the last three years.
(161966)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
148
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of cyber crime on the Welsh economy.
(161871)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
149
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire are in receipt of the new enterprise allowance.
(161923)
150
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ruling in the case of OR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Isle of Anglesey CC [2013] UKUT 06S (AAC), if he will issue clarification to local authorities as to when a night shelter should and should not be eligible for funding through housing benefit.
(161885)
151
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in Vale of Clwyd constituency returned to work under the Future Jobs Fund in each month of that fund's operation.
(161969)
152
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in Vale of Clwyd constituency returned to work under the Work Programme in each month of that scheme's operation.
(161970)
153
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with the devolved assemblies to reduce the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants.
(161895)
154
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the effects of welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
(161896)
155
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the decision of the Upper Tier Tribunal in ST v SSWP (2012) UKUT 469 (AAC)-(CE/829/2012), what steps he has taken to ensure that all submissions to tribunals concerning appeals against decisions made following application of the work capability assessment contain all the relevant evidence.
(161897)
156
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of entrants to the Work Choice programme found work lasting longer than six months in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
(161734)
157
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of employment and support allowance with a 12 month prognosis participating in the Work Programme secured a sustained job outcome.
(161740)
158
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the first and subsequent child elements of universal credit by (a) five per cent, (b) 10 per cent and (c) 15 per cent.
(161741)
159
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the higher and lower rate disabled child elements of universal credit by (a) five per cent, (b) 10 per cent and (c) 15 per cent.
(161742)
160
N 		Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the current universal credit earnings disregard for lone parents by (a) 10 per cent, (b) 20 per cent and (c) 30 per cent.
(161743)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
161
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, what steps the Prime Minister (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that, in exercising his power to manage the Civil Service, he shall have regard to the need to ensure that civil servants who advise ministers are aware of the constitutional significance of Parliament and of the conventions governing the relationship between Parliament and Her Majesty's Government.
[Transferred] (161991)
162
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in each year from 2007 to 2012.
[Transferred] (161827)
163
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the age group of those diagnosed with prostate cancer was in each year since 2007.
[Transferred] (161828)
164
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in the UK have ovarian cancer; what the age group is of such people; and what their life expectancy is.
[Transferred] (161831)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
165
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston of 12 June 2013, Official Report, columns 335-6, what mechanism will be put in place to stop people using the Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee Scheme to purchase a second home.
[Transferred] (162004)
166
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the mechanism to prevent people using the Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee Scheme to purchase a second home will be in place on the day the scheme launches.
[Transferred] (162005)
167
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston of 12 June 2013, Official Report, column 336, with which organisations or companies (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have met to discuss the mechanism that will be put in place to stop people using the Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee Scheme to purchase a second home.
[Transferred] (162006)
168
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many empty banks there are in each of the principal seaside towns.
[Transferred] (161844)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
169
Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the ruling in the case of OR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Isle of Anglesey CC [2013] UKUT 06S (AAC) on the Government's delivery of the No Second Night Out initiative.
[Transferred] (161886)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
170
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England and Wales have opted for amputation of feet or legs due to continuing mobility problems in the last three years; and what the age group is of such people.
[Transferred] (161833)
171
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were diagnosed with dementia in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (161834)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
172
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses in Northern Ireland have received fines or other penalties for employing illegal labour in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
[Transferred] (161921)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
173
Chris Evans (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Burma.
[Transferred] (161874)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
174
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what commitment the Government has secured on the new Air and Sea Rescue Helicopter contract to ensure that the same level of response will be provided.
[Transferred] (161913)

Prepared 26th June 2013