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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 13 September 2013

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Friday 13 September 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’™)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Friday 13 September 2013

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.

For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.

Friday 13 September  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Attorney General, what assessment the Law Officers' Departments makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169312)
2  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Attorney General, how many square metres of office space the Law Officers' Departments (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169414)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
3 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on retaining British Summer Time throughout the year.
      (168994)
4  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase UK exports.
      (169192)
5  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK manufacturing industry.
      (169193)
6  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in (a) Brighton, Kemptown and Peacehaven and (b) the UK.
      (169194)
7 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the compliance of the items being promoted at the Defence Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair by (a) Magforce International and (b) MyWay International Trading Co. with the UK's Export Control Order 2008; if he will make it his policy to withdraw his Department's support for the DSEI arms fair; and if he will make a statement.
      (169108)
8 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to launch a public consultation on the future status of the Land Registry.
      (168982)
9 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what negotiations are planned to take place between Land Registry employee representatives and the shareholder executive on the outline business case for proposed change of status.
      (168983)
10 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the timetable for the change of status of the Land Registry before a public consultation on that matter takes place; and if he will make a statement.
      (168996)
11  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK of the Horizon 2020 programme.
      (169292)
12  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169311)
13  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169413)
14  
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK Trade and Investment in attracting inward investment to (a) Corby constituency and (b) East Northamptonshire.
      (169186)
15  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169248)
16 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises have benefited from the Apprenticeship Grants for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds Scheme to date.
      (169132)
17  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2013, Official Report, column 584W, on Overseas Trade: Morocco, what the value of the UK's (a) exports to and (b) imports from Western Sahara has been since 1 January 2013.
      (169388)
18  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169442)
19  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169456)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
20  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on answering Government online petitions which reach over 10,000 signatures.
      (169366)
21 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobs created in Scotland since 2010 are part-time; and if he will make a statement.
      (169110)
22 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobs created in Scotland since 2010 are in the manufacturing sector.
      (169112)
23 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pensioners in Scotland who died in 2012-13 were classified as excess winter deaths.
      (169113)
24 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many excess winter deaths there were in Scotland in winter 2012-13.
      (169114)
25 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 379W, on low pay, what estimate he has made of the number of people in work who earn below £7.45 per hour in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, (c) the West Midlands, (d) the North East, (e) the North West, (f) the South West, (g) the East of England, (h) Scotland, (i) the South East and (j) London; and how many such people are (i) women and (ii) men.
      (168990)
26  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169313)
27  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169415)
28  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169249)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
29  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has carried out into the effects of a mansion tax in reducing property values; whether any such research was taken account of in the estimate of average mansion tax liability of £36,000; and if any estimate has been made of reduction in revenue arising from (a) stamp duty level tax and (b) inheritance tax as a result of the introduction of a mansion tax.
      (169392)
30  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of uprating pensions in line with inflation for UK pensioners living in non-EU countries.
      (169336)
31 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 9 September 2013, Official Report, column 706, on G20, if the Prime Minister will raise the issue of money transfer services and global regulation with his US and other G20 counterparts.
      (168979)
32 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward proposals for the continuation of money transfer services in relation to Somaliland and Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
      (169103)
33 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the British banking sector and regulators on the suspensions of money transfer services by Barclays.
      (169104)
34 N
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the United States banking sector and regulators on the suspension of money transfer services by Barclays.
      (169105)
35  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
      (169355)
36  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from Northern Rock Asset Management Action Group; and what assessment he has made of the issues raised by this group.
      (169188)
37  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on alleged manipulation of the AIM share market.
      (169189)
38  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals no longer pay income tax in (a) the smallest geographical area including Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency for which information is available and (b) England as a result of the increase in the personal income tax allowance since May 2010.
      (169237)
39 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure national minimum wage compliance for (a) apprenticeships and (b) other high risk areas.
      (169150)
40 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made by the 20 task force operations targeting national minimum wage rule breakers.
      (169151)
41 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of whether the penalties for non-compliance with the national minimum wage provide a sufficient deterrent.
      (169152)
42 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total costs to date have been of his Department's consultation entitled Stamp Duty Land Tax: Consultation on the potential impacts of devolving to the National Assembly for Wales and Welsh Government.
      (169166)
43  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average disposable income was in each constituency in Wales in each of the last 60 months.
      (169235)
44  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169326)
45  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169428)
46  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169262)
47 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to introduce a dedicated switching service in the insurance industry.
      (168981)
48 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the introduction of a centrally held No Claims Database for use by insurers.
      (168984)
49 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to allow the insurance industry greater access to data that would allow insurance companies to validate an individual's (a) indentification and (b) claims history.
      (168986)
50  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) employment, (b) revenue and (c) tax receipts of introducing a reduced rate of valued added tax applied to tourism-related goods and services; and if he will place copies of all documentation relating to such an assessment in the Library.
      (169432)
51  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the effect on the visitor economy of the introduction of a reduced rate of valued added tax to be applied to tourism-related goods and services.
      (169437)
52  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169454)
53  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169468)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
54 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on 4 February 2013, Official Report, column 12, on house building, what the evidential basis was for the statement that there will be at least 400,000 additional homes as a direct result of the New Homes Bonus.
      (169167)
55 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of single parents with dependent children are claiming council tax support in each (a) lower tier and (b) unitary local authority in England, as a proportion of all council tax support claimants under the age of 65 in each such area.
      (168945)
56 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England take child maintenance into account as income in their council tax support schemes; and in what manner this is being done in each such authority.
      (168946)
57 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued by his Department to local authorities regarding the treatment of child maintenance income for council tax support purposes.
      (168947)
58 N
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many lone parents in each local authority area in England are in receipt of council tax support.
      (168948)
59  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the value of uncollected council tax in each of the last three financial years in (a) England and (b) each local authority area.
      (169430)
60  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of money lost to local authorities in England through fraud in each of the last three financial years; and what steps he plans to take to tackle such losses.
      (169431)
61  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households which are in (a) social housing, (b) private rented accommodation and (c) owner occupation are deemed to be over-crowded in each local authority.
      (169240)
62  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change has been of the number and proportion of households in (a) social housing, (b) private rented accommodation and (c) owner occupation are deemed to be over-crowded in each English local authority in the last 10 years.
      (169241)
63 N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 250W, on social security benefits: EU nationals, whether local authorities are obliged to grant access to the new council tax reduction scheme to EU nationals residing in the UK as jobseekers.
      (168941)
64  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of private tenants' rights in case of landlord bankruptcy.
      (169229)
65  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private landlords were declared bankrupt in each of the last five years.
      (169230)
66  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has held with private tenants' organisations regarding eviction due to landlord bankruptcy.
      (169231)
67  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve protections for private tenants in the case of eviction due to landlord bankruptcy.
      (169232)
68  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of clearing up unauthorised traveller encampments; and if he will make a statement.
      (169198)
69 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool, (c) Merseyside and (d) England are in council tax arrears.
      (168944)
70  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169314)
71  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169416)
72  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169250)
73  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169443)
74  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169457)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
75  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Northern Ireland; what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on enhancing that legacy; and if she will make a statement.
      (169288)
76 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of children in schools in England who are outside the pilots of automatic library membership, have library cards.
      (169069)
77 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department issues guidance on the (a) benefits and (b) risks of boxing.
      (169161)
78  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169315)
79  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many square metres of office space her Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169417)
80  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169251)
81  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169444)
82  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by her Department in that period have been used by her Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169458)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
83 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions he has put in place to limit the transfer of UK military research and development to other countries.
      (169179)
84 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve defence technology co-operation between the UK and US.
      (169180)
85 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reviewed its contracts currently held with companies based in Scotland that could, in the event of Scottish independence, be transferred to other parts of the UK.
      (169181)
86 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the total budget within which his Department would operate in the event of Scotland becoming independent.
      (169182)
87 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to prevent internet hackers from accessing sensitive information held by his Department.
      (169183)
88  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the treatment of, and support given to, (a) retired Gurkha soldiers and (b) other UK soldiers.
      (169204)
89  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much land area in hectares is owned (a) freehold and (b) leasehold by his Department in (i) Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area and (ii) Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area.
      (169396)
90  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169316)
91  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169418)
92  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he has met Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss support for and management of UK defence exports in the last year.
      (169199)
93  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for non-lethal force protection equipment is for 2014-15.
      (169200)
94  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what timetable the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership is to report back on its findings and give recommendations on (a) information sharing, (b) development of threat derived standards and measurement framework and (c) communication and awareness in the supply chain.
      (169201)
95  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership are.
      (169202)
96  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169252)
97  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169445)
98  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169459)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
99  
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to governors of free schools and academies on the financial and legal implications of not obtaining public liability insurance for (a) asbestos risks and (b) risks associated with radon for their pupils and other non-employees.
      (169433)
100 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when each Minister of his Department last visited a childcare setting.
      (169153)
101 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what childcare settings he has visited since May 2010.
      (169154)
102 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of children having a spare room in which to study on educational attainment.
      (169157)
103  
Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on (a) stationery and (b) printing costs in the last four years.
      (169367)
104 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to educate girls on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
      (169067)
105 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nurseries he estimates will open in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
      (169068)
106  
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister of 2 September 2013, how many children in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire will be eligible for free childcare on 1 October (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
      (169363)
107  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what expressions of interest his Department has received on opening a free school in (a) East Sussex, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) Brighton, Kemptown constituency.
      (169217)
108 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department issues on the provision of boxing in schools.
      (169158)
109  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to proceed with the Legislative Reform Order (Regulation of Providers of Social Work Services).
      (169393)
110  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169317)
111  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169419)
112  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169253)
113 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions he copied emails from his private email account to his departmental email account where information was generated in the course of conducting Government business in the last three months; and if he will make a statement.
      (169115)
114 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his involvement is in authorising releases of responses to Written Parliamentary Questions that have been submitted by the hon. Member for West Bromwich East in which information has been requested in relation to his responsibilities or the functioning of his private ministerial office.
      (169141)
115  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169446)
116  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169460)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
117  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs have been carried out by energy companies as part of the (i) Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (ii) Energy Company Obligation to date.
      (169227)
118  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many energy companies offer (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs under the (i) Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (ii) Energy Company Obligation.
      (169228)
119  
Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the projected cost of (a) the Energy Company Obligation, (b) the Renewables Obligation, (c) the EU Emissions Trading System, (d) the carbon floor price, (e) the warm home discount, (f) the feed-in tariff, (g) smart meters, (h) contracts for difference and (i) capacity payments to average household (i) gas, (ii) electricity and (iii) energy bills in each year to 2020.
      (169300)
120  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169318)
121  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169420)
122  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169254)
123  
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Answer of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 686W, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: consultants, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has spent on public affairs consultancy firms since March 2012.
      (169470)
124  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169447)
125  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169461)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
126  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on livestock: transport, on what grounds those 18 vehicles that were subject to additional checks by Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency inspectors at the port of exit were selected for those additional checks.
      (169245)
127  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on livestock: transport, for what reasons Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency inspectors did not select all 46 vehicles for additional checks on departure.
      (169246)
128  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
      (169353)
129  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive on the effectiveness of the plastic bag tax in reducing plastic bag usage in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
      (169287)
130  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to better educate the public on the need to pick up litter from beaches.
      (169215)
131  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Big Beach clean up in Brighton in July 2013; what his policy is on clean beaches; and if he will make a statement.
      (169216)
132  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect the (a) UK coastline and (b) Saltdean, Telscombe Cliffs and Peacehaven stretch of coastline from erosion.
      (169333)
133  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of water quality in the South East.
      (169334)
134  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the surveillance review of potentially-diseased animals to be published.
      (169389)
135  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on current levels of surveillance in (a) England and (b) North Yorkshire.
      (169390)
136  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will maintain the facility to conduct post mortems at Thirsk Veterinary Laboratory; and if he will make a statement.
      (169391)
137  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169319)
138  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169421)
139  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169255)
140  
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to propose that the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement should be limited to Morocco's exclusive economic zone.
      (169329)
141  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169448)
142  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169462)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
143 N
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his overseas counterparts about the recent shelling of the line of control in Kashmir; and what reports he has received of casualties and human rights abuses in that area.
      (169111)
144 N
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries he has visited in an official capacity since taking office in May 2010.
      (169073)
145  
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of the Hazara community in Pakistan.
      (169387)
146  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the calls by the French government asking the EU to ensure EU companies are protected in the current transatlantic trade talks; and if he will make a statement.
      (169332)
147  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the ages of Palestinian children held in Israeli prisons.
      (169299)
148  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in that country.
      (169330)
149  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had regarding the humanitarian situation in Somalia.
      (169331)
150  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart, (b) his Rwandan counterpart and (c) UN officials on the escalation of violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (169197)
151  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received reports by Military Court Watch dated (a) 20 May, (b) 25 June, (c) 25 July and (d) 28 August 2013.
      (169219)
152  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department is giving to improve the operation of the rule of law and standards of law enforcement in West Africa.
      (169220)
153  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many electoral observers from the UK were present at the recent elections in Mali.
      (169221)
154  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Malian counterpart on setting an early date for legislative elections in that country.
      (169222)
155  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes and (b) the World Bank on using the recent World Bank funding package to the region as an incentive for political negotiations between Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
      (169223)
156  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to integrate the preventing sexual violence in conflict initiative in Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (169224)
157  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that a regional approach is taken with regard to development and diplomatic decisions in the Great Lakes Region.
      (169225)
158  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (169226)
159  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the governments of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to resume peace talks.
      (169361)
160  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart, (b) his Rwandan counterpart and (c) officials at the UN on the recent violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (169362)
161 N
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates each of the 14 attacks in Syria using chemical weapons took place; and on what dates the UK Government was informed of each attack.
      (169102)
162  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
      (169294)
163  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the reactivation of the EU Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point.
      (169295)
164  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169320)
165  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169422)
166  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169256)
167  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169449)
168  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169463)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
169  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to clinical commissioning groups on best practice in providing IVF treatment.
      (169236)
170 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to clinical commissioning groups on the psychological effects of skin disease to assist them when drawing up a local dermatology service specification for the purposes of a tender.
      (168991)
171 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent must potential providers of dermatology services demonstrate they have the capacity to address the psychological effects of skin disease when they bid for a service from clinical commissioning groups.
      (168992)
172 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on holding public consultations on reconfiguration proposals prior to any merger of NHS foundation hospital trusts that would entail such reconfiguration.
      (169178)
173 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 837, on accident and emergency departments, in response to the hon. Member for Christchurch, if he will set out the criteria that he would use to assess whether downgrading the accident and emergency unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital would be to the benefit of patients.
      (169184)
174 N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he has to prevent an NHS foundation trust from downgrading one of its accident and emergency departments to a minor injuries unit; and if he will make a statement.
      (169185)
175 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of the Nursery Milk Scheme.
      (169155)
176 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education regarding the Nursery Milk Scheme.
      (169156)
177  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities currently have a local contract for the supply of milk under the Nursery Milk Scheme; and what the average duration of these contracts is.
      (169356)
178  
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims made by victims of tainted blood have been settled out of court in the most recent period for which records are available.
      (169434)
179  
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the commutation policy with regard to relations of deceased sufferers of variant CJD.
      (169435)
180  
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims against his Department made by relations of victims of variant CJD have been settled out of court in the most recent period for which records are available.
      (169436)
181 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of childcare settings participating in the Nursery Milk Scheme in the 2013-14 academic year.
      (169070)
182 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to produce a strategy to address foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
      (169071)
183  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve care for vulnerable older people.
      (169190)
184  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the health of homeless people in Brighton.
      (169191)
185  
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) developing and (b) marketing the Smart Restart mobile application for the Change for Life back to school campaign; and how many downloads of the application there have been to date.
      (169350)
186 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department issues on the health benefits of boxing.
      (169160)
187 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have waited longer than four hours for treatment in accident and emergency units in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (169121)
188  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under which section of the mandate from the Government to the NHS Commissioning Board is NHS England given the authority to restrict the number of providers of radiosurgery services in England.
      (169369)
189  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England launched its review into the provision of stereotactic radiosurgery services; what the scope and duration of that review is; which clinicians, hospitals and other interested parties have been consulted to date; and when the outcome of the review will be published.
      (169370)
190 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the Sativex form of nabiximols is available at NHS facilities in (a) Liverpool, (b) Merseyside and (c) England.
      (169106)
191  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169321)
192  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169423)
193  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what calculation was used for the target price range for a pint of milk included in the direct supply option within his Department's Next steps for nursery milk consultation.
      (169335)
194  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169257)
195 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the population was registered with a GP in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
      (169133)
196  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169450)
197  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169464)
198 N
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 10 September 2013, Official Report, columns 45-8WS, on NHS winter planning, for what reasons he did not allocate any additional resources to hospitals in the North East of England.
      (169163)
199  
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate NHS England has made of the number of cases of musculoskeletal conditions currently managed in primary care; and what assessment NHS England has made of the role that care planning can play in empowering patients with musculoskeletal conditions in relation to their health and wellbeing.
      (169368)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
200 N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to increase resources available for the training of pathologists in the South West.
      (168987)
201 N
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the provision of pathology services in the South West.
      (168988)
202  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) genetically-modified animals and (b) animals with a harmful genetic defect were used in regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2012.
      (169337)
203  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures were carried out under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales in 2012.
      (169338)
204  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in Wales were designated as a (a) supplying establishment, (b) breeding establishment and (c) scientific procedure establishment under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of 2012.
      (169340)
205  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales was in the (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity banding at the end of 2012.
      (169341)
206  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of procedures regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, which were carried out in Wales, was conducted without anaesthesia in 2012.
      (169342)
207  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Wales in 2012; and how many such infringements led to a prosecution.
      (169343)
208  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2010; and how many such project licences were in force at the end of 2012 in respect of work to be carried out in Wales.
      (169344)
209  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out for (a) fundamental and applied studies other than toxicity and (b) toxicity tests or other safety and efficacy evaluation in 2012.
      (169345)
210  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) new world primates and (p) old world primates were used in regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2012.
      (169347)
211  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures conducted in Wales in 2012 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) new world primates and (p) old world primates in 2012; and how many such procedures involved (i) genetically-modified animals and (ii) animals with a harmful genetic defect.
      (169348)
212  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures conducted in Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2012 were performed in (a) public health laboratories, (b) universities and medical schools, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) Government Departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit-making organisations and (g) commercial organisations.
      (169349)
213 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had any recent communication with the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on guidelines surrounding the ministerial use of powers of redaction.
      (168942)
214 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to her Department's hotline as part of the campaign to increase voluntary returns; and how many of those calls directly resulted in individuals voluntarily leaving the country.
      (168943)
215 N
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to introduce full cost recovery for firearms licence applications.
      (169162)
216  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported (a) violent and (b) non-violent crimes there were in (i) Brighton, Kemptown constituency and (ii) Sussex in each of the last five years.
      (169212)
217  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homophobic hate crimes were reported in (a) Brighton, Kemptown constituency, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) Sussex in each of the last five years.
      (169213)
218  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle homophobic hate crimes.
      (169214)
219 N
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department provides on the provision of boxing as an intervention in tackling anti-social behaviour and youth crime.
      (169159)
220 N
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for a reported crime being recorded as a crime.
      (168949)
221 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European arrest warrants the UK (a) issued and (b) received in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013 to date.
      (169072)
222  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169322)
223  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many square metres of office space her Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169424)
224  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169258)
225  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169451)
226  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by her Department in that period have been used by her Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169465)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
227  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many invoices were processed by her Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
      (169351)
228  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure aid funding reaches where it is needed.
      (169209)
229  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve the efficiency of aid spending.
      (169210)
230  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of UK aid to Africa in the last five years.
      (169211)
231  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women's equality and empowerment is part of her Department's agenda after 2015.
      (169218)
232 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the ability of humanitarian organisations to deliver aid in Syria.
      (169074)
233 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what private sector projects her Department will support in India after 2015.
      (169075)
234 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department will provide to the Poorest Areas Civil Society Programme in India after 2015.
      (169076)
235 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK assistance to India after 2015 will benefit the poorest and most marginalised.
      (169077)
236 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has undertaken a human resources review in light of her Department's 30 per cent budgetary increase in 2013 and whether this will affect her Department's staffing levels.
      (169116)
237 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's (a) definition is and (b) plans are for technical assistance as it relates to her Department's support for India from 2015 onwards; and who the providers and intended recipients of that assistance will be.
      (169117)
238  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on training Afghan nationals in relation to the Bost Airfield and Agricultural Business Park Programme; and how many such Afghan nationals were sent abroad for training.
      (169242)
239  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Bost Airfield and Agricultural Business Park received funding through (a) the Helmand Growth Fund and (b) other budgets held by her Department; and what the (i) monetary value and (ii) cost headings were of that funding.
      (169243)
240  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which official in her Department has overall responsibility for delivering her Department's projects in Afghanistan; and who held that position in 2011-12.
      (169244)
241  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much in total has been spent to date on the Bost Airfield and Agricultural Business Park in Afghanistan; and what the original budget was for both those projects.
      (169290)
242  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169323)
243  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many square metres of office space her Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169425)
244  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169259)
245  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public body in each year since 2010-11.
      (169452)
246  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public body (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by her Department in that period have been used by her Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169466)
247  
Simon Wright (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that gender equality is at the heart of her Department's agenda post-2015.
      (169285)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
248 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges in England and Wales have been given training on sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
      (168980)
249  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tenant evictions for landlord possession took place in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
      (169238)
250  
Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tenant evictions for landlord possession took place in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and how many of those evictions were of (i) social housing and (ii) private sector tenants.
      (169239)
251 N
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many abduction notices have been served in each English police force area in each year since the legal provisions for such action were introduced.
      (168995)
252  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners currently held in prison in England have applied for a transfer to a prison in Scotland to complete their sentence.
      (169187)
253 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the discretionary grounds for prohibiting G4S and Serco from applying for contracts from his Department.
      (169109)
254  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169324)
255  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169426)
256  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169260)
257  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169453)
258  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169467)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
259  
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet the families of those who died in the Ballymurphy Massacre in August 1971 to discuss justice for those families.
      (169386)
260 N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what requests she has made for Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland arising from the High Speed 2 project.
      (168993)
261  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking in conjunction with the Secretary of State for Transport to ensure the retention of Northern Ireland's Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency office at Coleraine; and if she will make a statement.
      (169286)
262  
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the overall cost to the public purse of hosting the Haass talks in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
      (169289)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
263  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what latest estimate he has made of likely electoral registration rates in each region of the UK after the introduction of individual registration.
      (169233)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
264  
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amount was paid by HS2 Ltd to KPMG for its report, HS2 Regional Economic Impacts, published in September 2013.
      (169291)
265  
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the statement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 27 June 2013, Official Report, column 465, on Investing in Britain's Future, when he expects the study into the dualling of A303 to be completed.
      (169328)
266 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will conduct a full review of all helicopter operations in the UK Continental Shelf which includes in the terms of reference comparisons with the (a) safety record and (b) inspection of helicopter operations in the Norwegian offshore sector.
      (168989)
267  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
      (169352)
268  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are taking to improve the train service between Brighton and London.
      (169195)
269  
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote cycling in the South Downs National Park.
      (169196)
270  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to require rail companies to replace lost or stolen weekly train tickets when the owner of the ticket can produce a valid receipt of purchase.
      (169365)
271  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to improve airline passenger rights in the event of the (a) cancellation of and (b) severe delay to flights.
      (169293)
272  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169325)
273  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169427)
274  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169261)
275 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of insurance companies being able to store information collected from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for commercial purposes.
      (168985)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
276  
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.
      (169354)
277 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of any additional costs incurred by the Commission on Devolution in Wales due to the Government not responding to the Commission's Part 1 recommendations by the end of Spring 2013.
      (169164)
278 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has put in place to monitor the costs incurred by the Commission on Devolution in Wales.
      (169165)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
279  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 671W, on staff, what commitments her Department made under the 2004 Lyons Review on departmental relocations; and whether those commitments were met.
      (169247)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
280 N
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on reaching an agreement with the European Commission in relation to developing a form suited to the exchange of medical information for benefit purposes; and if he will make a statement.
      (169125)
281 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals placed in the work-related activity group since 2008 have received a prognosis statement that specifically advises work is unlikely in the longer term.
      (169107)
282 N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 250W on social security benefits: EU nationals, what the evidential basis is for housing benefit being a benefit that facilitates access to the labour market for the purposes of EU law.
      (168933)
283  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of armed forces veterans who have been affected by the spare room subsidy in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
      (169298)
284  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to monitor the way in which the discretionary housing payment budgets are being used at local level.
      (169357)
285  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals who are currently living in residential care homes have been written to requesting that they attend a work capability assessment.
      (169359)
286  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals resident in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency, who have been placed in the work-related activity group in each year since the inception of the scheme, have received a prognosis that they will be unlikely to be able to work in the longer term.
      (169360)
287 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) jobs, (b) apprenticeships and (c) work experience placements have been created in Birmingham since the launch of the Youth Contract; and how many his Department estimates will be created in each such category up to 2015.
      (169122)
288 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations his Department consulted prior to the redesign of the foodbank vouchers issued by Jobcentre Plus staff to clients; and when each was consulted.
      (169123)
289  
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to share best practice with other EU member states on reducing youth unemployment.
      (169296)
290  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many formal complaints were made against the conduct of the Child Support Agency in each of the last 10 years.
      (169394)
291  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of service provided by the Child Support Agency.
      (169395)
292  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library best practice documents issued by his Department's regional offices on the reporting of localised statistics to hon. Members.
      (169234)
293  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for public procurement contracts.
      (169327)
294  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the reporting of (a) constituency, (b) ward level and (c) lower super output area statistics concerning welfare claims in each year since 2010.
      (169364)
295  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.
      (169429)
296  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.
      (169263)
297 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether arrears will be deducted directly from a recipient of Universal Credit with rent arrears which triggers a transfer to managed payments.
      (169101)
298 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department will be notified of a universal credit recipient's rent arrears.
      (169118)
299 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a recipient of universal credit accrues eight weeks' rent arrears and is moved to managed payments, how long will it be before they are moved back to direct payments.
      (169119)
300 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he proposes that recipients of universal credit, who already have rent arrears when they claim, will be moved onto direct payment.
      (169120)
301 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons applicants for employment and support allowance with a debilitating progressive condition found unlikely to return to work by an Atos Healthcare professional are being placed, following a work capability assessment, in the work-related activity group; and if he will make a statement.
      (169124)
302  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11.
      (169455)
303  
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies (i) within the original building and (ii) to other buildings in each year since 2009-10; what the cost of (A) removals and (B) refurbishments related to such moves has been; and on how many occasions offices refurbished by his Department in that period have been used by his Department's staff for less than four years before a further move.
      (169469)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
304  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students (a) started and (b) graduated from medical degree courses in England in each year since 1997.
   [Transferred]  (169205)
305  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have undertaken a six year programme consisting of a foundation year followed by a five year programme of medical studies leading to a degree in medicine in each of the last 20 years; how many such students completed their course; and how many students at each medical school started such a course in the latest year for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (169206)
306  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average cost is of (a) a five year and (b) a six year course leading to a medical degree.
   [Transferred]  (169207)
307  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the drop-out rate of students commencing a (a) five year and (b) six year course leading to a degree in medicine is; and what the drop-out rate in such courses was in each medical school in the latest year for which figures are available.
   [Transferred]  (169208)
308 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2013, Official Report, column 551W, on the minimum wage, what the outcome was of the meeting between him, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and officials from HM Revenue and Customs on enforcement of the national minimum wage; and what further steps will be taken against national minimum wage non-compliance as a result.
   [Transferred]  (169168)
309  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to introduce flexible working hours for grandparents helping to care for their grandchildren.
   [Transferred]  (169203)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
310  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of social houses in the UK which have rooms of less than 50 square feet and which are currently classed as bedrooms.
   [Transferred]  (169358)

Prepared 13th September 2013