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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 17 July 2013

Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 17 July 2013
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 17 July 2013

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

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

Questions to the Attorney General
1
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments have a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166079)
2
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments provide services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166097)
3
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, columns 12-13W, on sentencing: appeals, how many of the cases in each category of offence were referred to him by (a) victims or families of victims, (b) the police, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service and (d) other members of the public.
(166265)
4
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, columns 12-13W, on sentencing: appeals, for what offence each out of time case was for; and what the sentence was in each case.
(166266)
5
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many severance packages the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) agreed to in 2012-13; how much each such package was; and for how long each recipient had worked at the SFO.
(166212)
6
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office subsidies the commuting costs of any of its employees.
(166213)
7
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on away days in 2012-13.
(166214)
8
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the value of the severance package to be paid to the Director of Public Prosecutions is expected to be when he steps down in October 2013.
(166215)
9
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many formal complaints from the judiciary the Crown Prosecution Service has received in each of the last seven years.
(166216)
10
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, how many hours Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors spent undergoing tablet training in 2012-13; and how much such training cost the CPS.
(166217)
11
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what the reasons are for the decline in assets recovered from convicted criminals by the Serious Fraud Office between 2011-12 and 2012-13.
(166218)
12
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 352W, on prosecution, what triggered the review by the Crown Prosecution Service of its use of a single prosecutor on homicide cases and cases involving multiple defendants; and when he expects the review to be completed.
(166243)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
13
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses paying salaries between the value of the minimum wage and £7.45 per hour; and how many workers would be in receipt of such a salary.
(166002)
14
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166078)
15
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166096)
16
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his future plans are for support for (a) students aged 16 to 24 with cancer and (b) students aged 16 to 24 with serious and complex long-term health conditions in further and higher education.
(165997)
17
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to (a) students aged 16 to 24 with cancer and (b) students aged 16 to 24 with serious and complex long-term health conditions to help access and maintain further and higher education opportunities.
(165999)
18
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for the Green Construction Board after November 2013.
(166123)
19
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the role of the Green Investment Bank in the Green Deal.
(166128)
20
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has discussed with Tate and Lyle the alleged use of child labour in that company's supply chain in Cambodia.
(166237)
21
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Competition and Markets Authority has to assess market features restricting, preventing or distorting competition between supermarkets and small independent retailers.
(166035)
22
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the timescale is for funding of the Institute for Science of Cyber Security.
(166010)
23
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the NAO report Digital Britain published 28 March 2013, HC 1048.
(166147)
24
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the shipbuilding industry.
(166119)
25
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what quantifiable benefits the privitisation of Royal Mail will bring to postal services in North West Wales.
(166034)
26
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much debt on average (a) in total, (b) excluding loans relating to tuition fees and (c) excluding all loans derived from public funds a student at an institution in England and Wales had on completion of (i) a three year undergraduate degree course, (ii) a two year foundation degree course and (iii) a one year postgraduate degree course in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(166245)
27
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average debt (a) in total, (b) excluding loans relating to tuition fees and (c) excluding all loans derived from public funds likely to accrue to a student at an institution in England and Wales completing (i) a three year undergraduate degree course, (ii) a two year foundation degree course and (iii) a one year postgraduate degree course in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(166246)
28
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average interest rate on debt relating to loans (a) derived from public funding and (b) provided by the private sector taken out by a student at an institution in England and Wales completing (i) a three year undergraduate degree course, (ii) a two year foundation degree course and (iii) a one year postgraduate degree course was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(166247)
29
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average interest rate on debt relating to loans (a) derived from public funding and (b) provided by the private sector taken out by a student at an institution in England and Wales completing (i) a three year undergraduate degree course, (ii) a two year foundation degree course and (iii) a one year postgraduate degree course in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(166248)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
30
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166080)
31
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166098)
32
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each project in Leyton and Wanstead constituency has received funding from the Office for Civil Society to date.
(166143)
33
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to include in the terms of reference of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund the effects of climate change, energy security and resource competition.
(166009)
34
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the net change in the number of people in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in employment in each of the last five years.
(166303)
35
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on putting cybersecurity on the school curriculum.
(165945)
36
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, columns 496-7W, on cybercrime, whether the Government has requested or obtained data from (a) Google, (b) Facebook and (c) Microsoft better to understand the online behaviour of different segments of consumers and small to medium sized-enterprises.
(165947)
37
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase cyber security in further education colleges.
(166033)
38
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to officials on anonymising public data.
(166036)
39
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the format of data published by Government.
(166038)
40
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the accessibility of data published by Government.
(166039)
41
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the resources of the Anti-Corruption Champion are; and to whom he is accountable.
(166142)
42
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2013, Official Report, column 198W, on Big Society Capital, to which Government Minister or other public body Big Society Capital is accountable.
(166211)
43
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the rate of interest at which Big Society Capital is offering to lend money.
(166230)
44
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations he has received regarding Big Society Capital.
(166301)
45
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 403W, on Moira Wallace, what assessment has been made of how long it will take for the costs of Miss Wallace's severance payment to be recouped.
(166016)
46
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 403W, on Moira Wallace, what procedure is in place to allow his Department and HM Treasury to agree on severance payments to civil servants.
(166043)
47
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 403W, on Moira Wallace, if he will list the specific rules in the reformed Civil Service Compensation Scheme that Miss Wallace's severance payment was judged against.
(166044)
48
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 403W, on Moira Wallace, what criteria is used in the Civil Service Compensation Scheme to decide on a permissible severance deal.
(166045)
49
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 403W, on Moira Wallace, what provision there is for clawback of money if an individual has already accepted another form of employment, outside of the Civil Service, when they leave their position.
(166046)
50
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the music industry in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
(166127)
51
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
(166129)
52
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department has provided to the charity Spice in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(165936)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
53
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166094)
54
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166112)
55
N 		Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has allocated in each of the last five years to programmes to support families to meet (a) the cost of childcare and (b) the cost of care of adult children or other family members.
(165857)
56
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he plans to make available for the Green Construction Board in 2015-16.
(166122)
57
N 		Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding in (a) capital DEL, (b) resource DEL and (c) financial transactions has been allocated to the Scottish Government in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
(165765)
58
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of a reduction in air passenger duty on connectivity to and from UK airports.
(166306)
59
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration his Department has given to the removal of air passenger duty for domestic air travel; and if he will make a statement.
(166307)
60
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been given to payday and short-term loan companies in (a) grants and (b) loans in each year since 2010.
(166120)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
61
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166081)
62
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166099)
63
Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to bring Crown tenants within the assured tenancy scheme.
(166210)
64
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2013, Official Report, column 284W, on landlords: urban areas, when he plans to publish details of the further solutions to improve information on high street landlords.
(166117)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
65
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166082)
66
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166100)
67
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the contribution of music festivals to the UK economy.
(166037)
68
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2012, Official Report, columns 816-7W, on Broadband Delivery UK, what the total cost of external consultants employed by Broadband Delivery UK between 30 September 2012 and 30 June 2013 was; and what she anticipates this cost to be from (a) 1 July 2013 to 31 March 2014, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17.
(165858)
69
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure she expects to make on the super connected cities programme in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
(165859)
70
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds have been spent to date on the super connected cities programme.
(165860)
71
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she will be replacing the super connected cities programme with a voucher scheme.
(165861)
72
N 		Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of people seconded to local authorities to help with the roll-out of broadband in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and what the cost of such secondments is expected to be in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16.
(165944)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
73
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166083)
74
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166101)
75
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the decision to sell two of the roll-on-roll-off vessels procured under the Strategic Sealift Service private finance initiative in 2002.
(166238)
76
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the decision was made to sell two of the roll-on-roll-off vessels procured under the Strategic Sealift Service private finance initiative in 2002; and what recent discussions of this decision he has had with representatives of Foreland Shipping.
(166240)
77
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total procurement cost is for the two charter vessels procured under the Strategic Sealift Service private finance initiative in 2002 which his Department proposes to sell.
(166241)
78
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of the sale of the two charter vessels procured under the Strategic Sealift Service private finance initiative in 2002; and for what period funds for maintenance of these vessels have been budgeted.
(166242)
79
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the value of the (a) Reaper, (b) Chinook, (c) Merlin, (d) Puma, (e) Sea King, (f) Apache, (g) Lynx Mk7, (h) Lynx Mk9/9a, (i) Gazelle, (j) Islander, (k) BAE 146, (l) BAE 125, (m) Vigilant, (n) Viking, (o) Lynx Mk8, (p) Lynx Mk3, (q) Rivet Joint, (r) Sentry, (s) Augusta, (t) Griffin HAR2 and (u) F-35 aircraft fleets.
(166267)
80
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Rivet Joint aircraft will enter service.
(166268)
81
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) the unit cost per Rivet Joint aircraft and (b) the cost of training the aircraft crew in Nebraska.
(166269)
82
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the pilots of the Rivet Joint aircraft will be qualifed to refuel the aircraft via a flying boom while airborne.
(166270)
83
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) current and (b) future armaments in the UK inventory will be able to be used in the Joint Strike Fighter's (i) internal weapons bays and (ii) external pylons.
(166271)
84
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the stealth characteristics of the Joint Strike Fighter 35B when external pylons and armaments are on the aircraft.
(166272)
85
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Joint Strike Fighter 35B to land vertically with a full armaments load.
(166273)
86
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the value of all the nuclear warheads and their D5 delivery system in the UK's current arsenal.
(166274)
87
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the value of Atomic Weapons Establishment.
(166275)
88
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the Type 26 Frigates in Clyde shipyards over the next five years.
(166132)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
89
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Office has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166084)
90
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166102)
91
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 800W, on lobbying, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with (i) those likely to be affected by his proposal for a statutory register of lobbyists and (ii) any other interested party.
(166244)
92
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date the Government will respond formally to the McKay Commission; and whether the response will form a package of proposals related to financial powers for Wales.
(166018)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
93
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166085)
94
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166103)
95
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified teachers have left state-funded schools since 2010.
(165839)
96
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher training entrants did not gain qualified teacher status within 12 months of beginning initial teacher training in each year since 2010.
(165840)
97
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified teachers below retirement age were teaching in schools other than in the state sector in each year since 2010.
(165841)
98
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what schools have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in their application to be a national teaching school.
(165842)
99
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools did not have registration recommended in their pre-opening Ofsted inspection in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
(165843)
100
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the level of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in Woking constituency in each of the last five years.
(166304)
101
Jonathan Lord (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey were eligible for free school meals in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each of the last three years.
(166305)
102
N 		Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, 24 April 2013, Official Report, column 986, which employers and leading companies have contributed to the new computer science curriculum; which are engaged in helping schools to implement that curriculum; and how companies who have not been consulted can get involved.
(165946)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
103
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166086)
104
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166104)
105
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK's total solar energy likely to be provided by individual homes under the Renewable Heat Incentive.
(166136)
106
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward proposals to allow Green Deal finance to cover the upfront cost of purchasing heat pumps.
(166007)
107
N 		Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people he expects to sign up to Green Deal packages in the financial years (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(165854)
108
N 		Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many installations he expects to take place under the Green Deal scheme in the financial years (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(165855)
109
N 		Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have been identified as eligible for the Energy Company Obligation.
(165856)
110
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which energy companies have received capital grants from his Department in each of the last five years.
(166126)
111
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2013, Official Report, column 59W, on energy: finance; what projects the Research and Development Expenditure (Programme) payments to E.ON of (a) £1,519,351 in 2009-10 and (b) £8,767,856 in 2010-11 were earmarked for.
(166152)
112
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2013, Official Report, column 59W, on energy: finance, what process was followed in the award to British Gas Trading of a capital grant for heat pumps and thermal storage of £2,800,000 in 2012-13.
(166225)
113
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he or his officials have (a) made and (b) seen of the average annual energy bill for a typical family living in London in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
(165934)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
114
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166087)
115
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166105)
116
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) larch, (b) oak, (c) plane, (d) horse chestnut, (e) elm and (f) pine trees were imported into the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
(166005)
117
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ash trees were imported into the UK in the latest period before the ash import ban was implemented.
(166006)
118
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2013, Official Report, column 731W, on pollinators, whether his review of policy and evidence and national pollinator strategy will consider the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees and other pollinators.
(166017)
119
N 		Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of woodland have been brought into active management since 2002; and what proportion of such woodland was commercial coniferous forestry.
(165851)
120
N 		Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of new forest cover up to 2060 will be commercial coniferous stands.
(165852)
121
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 271-2W, on flood control, if he will list each recorded breach of flood defences in each of the last 30 years.
(166077)
122
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2013, Official Report, columns 272-3W, on flood control, what those statistics are in real terms from 2010-11.
(166125)
123
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the document entitled, Monitoring the humaneness of badger population reduction by controlled shooting provided by his Department to Humane Society International/UK on 16 May 2013, in response to a Freedom of Information request, was heavily redacted.
(166300)
124
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with OFWAT about requiring water and sewerage companies to disclose their level of corporation tax payments; and if he will make a statement.
(165935)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
125
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166088)
126
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166106)
127
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on reports of Israeli incitement against Palestinians.
(166066)
128
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the policy of his Department is on encouraging other Commonwealth member states that criminalise consensual, private same-sex sexual conduct to repeal the applicable legislation; and if he will make a statement.
(166233)
129
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to civil society groups, churches and media organisations (a) in Uganda and (b) internationally in relation to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before the Ugandan parliament; and if he will make a statement.
(166234)
130
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Uganda in relation to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before the Ugandan parliament; and if he will make a statement.
(166235)
131
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government plans to make at the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in relation to discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; and if he will make a statement.
(166236)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
132
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve treatment rates for multiple sclerosis.
(166074)
133
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he has to intervene to ensure that NHS commissioners comply with the requirement to fund treatments covered by the multiple sclerosis risk-sharing scheme.
(166075)
134
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on the effectiveness of treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) of (a) MS nurses, (b) specialist treatment centres and (c) other specialist services delivered by the MS risk-sharing scheme since its inception in 2002.
(166076)
135
N 		Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department work on supporting operational private finance initiative projects of NHS trusts.
(165943)
136
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166089)
137
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166107)
138
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost of the HPV vaccination programme under each cost heading is.
(166137)
139
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in incidences of rickets between 2010-11 and 2011-12.
(166124)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
140
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166090)
141
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166108)
142
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in each pay grade (a) joined and (b) left that organisation in each of the last 12 months.
(166135)
143
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of 8 July 2013, Official Report, columns 23-36, on Abu Qatada: deportation, what plans her Department has for the long-term funding of Abu Qatada's immediate family that remain resident in the UK.
(165994)
144
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the London Borough of Harrow on that local authority becoming financially responsible for the immediate family of Abu Qatada.
(166004)
145
Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of 8 July 2013, Official Report, columns 23-36, on Abu Qatada: deportation, what steps her Department has taken to prevent Abu Qatada returning to the UK if he attempts to exercise his rights in respect of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
(166042)
146
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will amend regulations to take into account contracts guaranteeing future income of returning UK citizens in spousal visa applications where overseas income has been insufficient to meet the new income threshold.
(165845)
147
N 		Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the likely effect of the new income threshold for spousal visas on UK citizens studying abroad who marry overseas' citizens.
(165846)
148
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers are still in the UK.
(166208)
149
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have overstayed their visa in each of the last three years.
(166209)
150
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's expenditure on (a) border control and (b) the asylum system was in each of the last 10 years; and how much of that expenditure was covered by fee income in each such year.
(165948)
151
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 177, on the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, if she will take steps to ensure that the police are required to inform a person of the existence of a European Arrest Warrant against them.
(166011)
152
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of appropriate adults fell within the age range (a) 20 to 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60, (e) 61 to 70 and (f) over 70 in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166249)
153
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of appropriate adults fell in each ethnic category in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166250)
154
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of appropriate adults were (a) women and (b) men in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166251)
155
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the socio-economic background of appropriate adults.
(166252)
156
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was from arrest to charge in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165940)
157
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 389W, on airwave service, whether the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme has made a decision as to the technology basis of the new solution.
(166148)
158
N 		Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) total number of recorded crimes, (b) number of offences in the category of detected (sanction) and (c) sanction detection rate was by (i) police force area and (ii) London borough in (A) 2009-10, (B) 2010-11, (C) 2011-12 and (D) 2012-13.
(165941)
159
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department put in place to control immigration from other EU member states in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2012.
(166151)
160
N 		John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs were incurred to the public purse by the South Wales Police investigation into the conduct of the suspended Chief Constable of Cumbria.
(165849)
161
N 		John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs were incurred to the public purse by the IPCC investigations into the conduct of the suspended Chief Constable of Cumbria.
(165850)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
162
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166091)
163
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166109)
164
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes her Department funds to support the training of teachers in the developing world.
(166012)
165
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all children will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling by 2015.
(166013)
166
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which education programmes her Department is supporting in Malawi.
(166014)
167
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help children and young people in conflict areas who are out of school access some form of education.
(166015)
168
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the new £969 million funding for climate change projects in developing countries is planned to support reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
(166008)
169
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of the plan for expenditure in the next two years in support of her Department's family planning initiative announced in June 2012.
(166226)
170
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) new and (b) additional resources in respect of the pledge made by her predecessor at the family planning summit of June 2012 have been programmed for the provision of such services.
(166227)
171
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on restricting aid to nations that promote and maintain policies and practices that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; and if she will make a statement.
(166140)
172
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on (a) the adult prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS and (b) the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in (i) Uganda and (ii) Africa in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
(166231)
173
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in (a) Uganda and (b) Africa in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(166232)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
174
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166092)
175
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166110)
176
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to HM Courts and Tribunal Service of appeals against personal independence payments.
(165848)
177
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were pursued in UK courts under the Human Rights Act 1998 in the last year; how many such cases were pursued by (a) prisoners and (b) foreign nationals; and how many of those cases were successful.
(166207)
178
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 220W, on parole, how many people (a) were eligible to opt into and (b) did opt into the Probation Victim Contract Scheme in each of the last three years.
(166261)
179
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 220W, on parole, what steps his Department takes to encourage eligible people to opt into the Probation Victim Contract Scheme.
(166262)
180
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, columns 220-22W, on prisoners' release, what steps he takes to inform victims of the scheme.
(166263)
181
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, columns 220-22W, on prisoners' release, how many people are eligible for the scheme; and how many people have contracted in to date.
(166264)
182
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of each category of crime have been moved to a lower category of prison in the last 12 months; what the (a) original and (b) current category of prison is in each such case; and what length of time had been served by each such prisoner at the time of their transfer.
(166308)
183
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on legal aid claims for (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful cases brought against the UK under the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights since 1998.
(166309)
184
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, column 110W, on human trafficking, in what ways publishing the county in which a victim has been found could result in such a victim being rediscovered by their trafficker; and how many victims of trafficking have been placed in a Salvation Army shelter situated in the same county as the one in which they were first discovered.
(165955)
185
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of referral panel members fell within the age range (a) 20 to 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60, (e) 61 to 70 and (f) over 70 in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166253)
186
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of referral panel members fell in each ethnic category in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166254)
187
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of referral panel members were (a) women and (b) men in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166255)
188
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of referral panel members.
(166256)
189
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of members of independent monitoring boards fell within the age range (a) 20 to 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60, (e) 61 to 70 and (f) over 70 in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166257)
190
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of members of independent monitoring boards fell in each ethnic category in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166258)
191
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of members of independent monitoring boards were (a) women and (b) men in the most recent year for which information is available.
(166259)
192
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of members of independent monitoring boards.
(166260)
193
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which providers awarded contracts by the Legal Services Commission to supply face-to-face legal aid services from April 2013 under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 have not yet opened a permanent office in the procurement area.
(166144)
194
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department will take to ensure that each organisation awarded a contract to provide face-to-face legal aid services maintains a permanent presence in the procurement area.
(166145)
195
Sir Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where the providers awarded contracts under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to provide face-to-face legal aid services in the South West from April 2013 are based.
(166146)
196
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was between a crime being committed and an offender being sentenced in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165937)
197
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was from sentencing to appeal hearing in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165938)
198
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was from the end of a trial to sentencing in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165939)
199
N 		Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was from charge to the commencement of a trial in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
(165950)
200
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long each escaped prisoner has been at large; from what category of prison each such prisoner escaped; and for what offence they were imprisoned.
(166019)
201
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escaped prisoners since 1997 escaped from (a) public prisons, (b) private prisons, (c) courts, (d) secure hospitals, (e) prisoner transit and (f) other areas.
(166020)
202
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many seizures of (a) Class A drugs, (b) mobile telephones and (c) knives there were from each prison in London in 2012.
(166021)
203
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts have been closed in each year since 1997; and how much these closures realised in (a) capital receipts and (b) revenue savings.
(166022)
204
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent posts there were in each youth offending team in each year between 2009-10 and 2012-13.
(166023)
205
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budgets for each youth offending team were in each financial year between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
(166024)
206
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much increased capacity in the prison estate since May 2010 has come about as a result of (a) new prison places becoming available, (b) existing accommodation being returned to use, (c) an increase in multiple occupancy of prison cells and (d) other measures.
(166025)
207
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many current prison governors have criminal convictions.
(166026)
208
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in its plans to relocate 1000 posts out of London by 2015.
(166027)
209
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was (a) per case heard and (b) per day in a (i) magistrates' court and (b) Crown court in each year since 2005-06.
(166028)
210
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the likely prison population in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016 and (d) 2017.
(166029)
211
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) remanded in custody and (b) granted bail in each month since May 2010.
(166030)
212
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people granted bail committed offences while on bail; and what offences were committed in each month since May 2010.
(166031)
213
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in reducing its central London estate.
(166032)
214
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals of each nationality there are in prisons in England and Wales.
(166067)
215
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals of each nationality there are in prisons in London; and of what crimes each such prisoner has been convicted.
(166068)
216
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals were repatriated to their home countries in 2012.
(166069)
217
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of what crimes those foreign nationals in prisons in England and Wales were convicted.
(166070)
218
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) laptops, (b) memory sticks, (c) mobile telephones and (d) iPads have been lost by his Department in 2012-13.
(166071)
219
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will publish the findings of its inquiry into payments to G4S and Serco as part of the contracts for provision of electronic tagging.
(166072)
220
N 		Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 161697, tabled by the hon. Member for Bristol North West on 20 June 2013 for answer on 25 June 2013.
(165844)
221
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, in calculating the likely costs or savings arising from his Transforming Legal Aid proposals, of the possibility of (a) increased applications for permission for judicial review and (b) increased applications for costs from public authority opponents, if lawyers are not paid unless permission for judicial review is granted; what the evidential basis was for that assessment; and if he will make a statement.
(166141)
222
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, and on what evidential basis, of the cost implications arising from his Transforming Legal Aid proposals, of (a) lawyers having to investigate compliance with the residence test in all civil legal aid cases and (b) the likelihood of an increase in time spent in immigration detention by people who cannot satisfy the residence test; and if he will make a statement.
(166153)
223
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, and on what evidential basis, of the effect of the removal from scope of (a) resettlement work and (b) work connected with security categorisation arising from his Transforming Legal Aid proposals; and if he will make a statement.
(166154)
224
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, and on what evidential basis, of (a) the amount of time prisoners are likely to spend in custody and (b) the amount of specialist law experience that will be available following implementation of his Transforming Legal Aid proposals; and if he will make a statement.
(166155)
225
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, and on what evidential basis, of the cost implications of an increase in litigants in person in the court system as a result of his Transforming Legal Aid proposal; and if he will make a statement.
(166156)
226
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made, and on what evidential basis, of the costs associated with any increase in appeals and onwards challenges against refusals of funding, resulting from his Transforming Legal Aid proposals; and if he will make a statement.
(166157)
227
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which 50 organisations or persons have received the largest sums of money from the public purse for the provision of legal services in respect of (a) immigration and (b) asylum cases in each of the last five years.
(166138)
228
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much from the public purse has been provided (a) directly and (b) indirectly through third parties to support legal cases related to (i) immigration and (ii) asylum issues in each of the last five years; and how much has been given to each such third party in each such year.
(166139)
Questions to the Prime Minister
229
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has hosted payday loan companies in meetings at 10 Downing Street since May 2010.
(166121)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
230
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166093)
231
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166111)
232
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornoway was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2013.
(165995)
233
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Belfast was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2013.
(165996)
234
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Liverpool was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in June 2013.
(166003)
235
N 		Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons there was an increase in the transaction fees for capacity enhancement projects paid to South West Trains between 2011-12 and 2012-13; and whether such payments form part of the network grant from Network Rail to train operating companies.
(165949)
236
N 		Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department or (b) Network Rail has paid the transaction fees for capacity enhancement projects to South West Trains in each year since 2009-10.
(165957)
237
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on (a) UK shipping and (b) UK seafarers of the decision of James Fisher and Sons to divest its share in the Foreland Shipping consortium; and what recent discussions on the matter he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence.
(166239)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
238
N 		Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which projects administered by the National Assembly for Wales are UK overseas development assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of the Assembly's contribution to UK ODA was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and what the value of that contribution will be in 2013.
(165942)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
239
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
(166095)
240
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
(166113)
241
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in his Department are employed to work on the universal credit project; and what the cost of their employment is.
(165847)
242
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when data on the number of people receiving post-Work Programme support will be made available.
(165862)
243
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of personal independence payment applications which are appealed.
(165863)
244
N 		Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the breakdown by each underlying element is of the projected £245 million saved in 2015-16 as a result of the introduction of a seven-day waiting period for new universal credit claims.
(165956)
245
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to (a) young people aged 16 to 24 with cancer and (b) young people aged 16 to 24 with serious and complex long-term health conditions to assist access to and maintenance of employment and training opportunities.
(165998)
246
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his future plans are for support for (a) young people aged 16 to 24 with cancer and (b) young people aged 16 to 24 with serious and complex long-term health conditions in employment and training.
(166000)
247
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in private rented accomodation are in receipt of housing benefit.
(166130)
248
N 		Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on refunding the cost of travel by jobseekers to jobcentres in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(165853)
249
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the awareness of disability living allowance claimants of its replacement by personal independence payment.
(166131)
250
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average number of weekly job applications submitted by each jobseeker each week in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last 24 months.
(166133)
251
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the full roll-out of universal credit will take place.
(166001)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
252
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of immigration to the UK was from (a) other EU member states and (b) non-EU countries in (i) 2005, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2012.
[Transferred] (166150)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
253
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual pay settlements for local authorities were between 1983 and 1997.
[Transferred] (166228)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
254
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people living in private rented accomodation are living in fuel poverty.
[Transferred] (166134)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
255
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Rural Community Energy Fund's capacity to fund low carbon waste removal projects.
[Transferred] (165993)
256
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risks of (a) water contamination and (b) air pollution arising from fracking for shale gas.
[Transferred] (166229)
257
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Committee on Climate Change's recommendation of banning food waste from landfill.
[Transferred] (166149)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
258
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will investigate the child protection issues raised by the detention of children in adult immigration removal centres.
[Transferred] (166073)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
259
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights since 1998.
[Transferred] (166302)

Prepared 17th July 2013