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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 October 2013

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Thursday 10 October 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Thursday 10 October 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.

Thursday 10 October  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Attorney General, how many finalised defendant prosecutions were prosecuted under charges relating to sexual offences involving a victim under 18 years of age (a) for the last three years for which data are available and (b) since January 2013.
      (170444)
2 N
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Attorney General, what the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service is on (a) the taking over of private prosecutions and (b) the payment of a defendant's costs following a failed prosecution in (i) the Crown Court and (ii) magistrates' courts.
      (170055)
3  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170472)
4  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, with what proportion of local government social services departments the Crown Prosecution Service has protocol agreements for the disclosure of third-party evidence.
      (170387)
5  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of prosecution witnesses attended court (a) one time and (b) at all in each year since 2007.
      (170388)
6  
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of prosecution witnesses in each Crown Prosecution Service area attended court (a) on time and (b) at all in each year since 2007.
      (170389)
7 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Attorney General, how many shops have been prosecuted for selling PEGI rated video games to underage customers since July 2012.
      (170079)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
8 N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans Companies House has to move towards digital data collection and publishing.
      (170310)
9 N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Companies House plans to publish a fully open register, accessible to the general public, without charge.
      (170311)
10 N
Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Companies House plans to become a fully open public register.
      (170312)
11 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on daylight saving time.
      (170062)
12 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of funds raised through the sale of Royal Mail will be reinvested in the business.
      (170069)
13 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the postal address file will be included in the privatisation of Royal Mail.
      (170338)
14  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received in respect of Hibu following suspension of its shares in July 2013.
      (170415)
15 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of graduates commencing their studies in 2013-14 will repay in full their (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance loans.
      (170098)
16 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what average annual fee income will be received from each student subject to regulated fees by English higher education institutions in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2012-13.
      (170099)
17 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average fee to study a part-time degree in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) the most recent year for which figures are available.
      (170100)
18 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the average annual public cost in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 of a full-time three year undergraduate course, including public funding for teaching, maintenance and RAB charges for loans.
      (170190)
19  
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was provided in (a) financial guarantees and (b) other support for UK exports through UK Export Finance in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
      (170233)
20  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170471)
21 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) about (a) NERC's proposal for a new centre for doctoral training in oil and gas and (b) recent progress towards NERC's strategic goal of enabling society to respond urgently to global climate change and increasing pressures on natural resources; and if he will make a statement.
      (170341)
22  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to launch a consultation on measures to regulate the use of zero-hour contracts.
      (170410)
23  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what statistics his Department is collecting on the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts as part of its review of the use of such contracts; at what geographical levels and for which sectors those statistics will be collected; and when those statistics will be published.
      (170537)
24 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department allocated for traineeships in 2013-14; and from which departmental funding streams this is to be delivered.
      (170323)
25 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions Ministers of his Department have had with the Skills Funding Agency regarding the allocation priorities for 24+ advanced learning loans.
      (170324)
26 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with further education colleges and independent providers about the suitability of courses being offered for 24+ advanced learning loans.
      (170325)
27 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's statistics on 24+ advanced learning loans applications, published on 26 September 2013, for what reasons and in what categories 645 applications in the period 1-31 August 2013 were deemed ineligible; and what plans he has to reduce the number of ineligible applications in the future.
      (170326)
28 N
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's announcement on new funding for traineeships scheme on 3 October 2013, whether the extra £20 million funding will be taken from the existing budget for apprenticeships for 2013-14.
      (170327)
29 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 7 of the Royal Mail plc Summary Prospectus, if he will place in the Library a copy of the relationship agreement.
      (170304)
30 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 15 of the Royal Mail summary prospectus if he has decided who he will nominate as non-executive director following privatisation.
      (170305)
31 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many consumer credit firms have been subject to enforcement action relating to use of continuous payment authorities in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
      (170320)
32  
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to UK Export Finance's Annual Report and Accounts for 2012-13, how many of the 138 transactions listed in that report are covered by the Recommendation of the Council on Common Approaches for officially supported export credits and environmental and social due diligence (The Common Approaches) that governs the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development export credit agencies; and if he will make a statement.
      (170220)
33 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he received from the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland regarding the privatisation of Royal Mail.
      (170021)
34 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of privatisation of the Royal Mail on (a) jobs and (b) service provision in rural areas.
      (170022)
35  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Welsh Government ministers on the privatisation of the Royal Mail.
      (170438)
36  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any products sold legally as non-harmonised food supplements in other EU member states have been prohibited from sale in the UK despite mutual recognition being cited.
      (170234)
37  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what grounds there are for prohibiting products sold lawfully as non-harmonised food supplements in other member states from being sold in the UK under mutual recognition.
      (170235)
38  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which food supplements have been introduced into the UK under mutual recognition since 2005.
      (170244)
39 N
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards he plans to put in place to (a) avoid any possible conflicts of interest or the perception of such a conflict which might arise from Lord Livingston's BT shareholding and policy responsibilities at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) ensure that Lord Livingston is not involved in decisions and discussions relating to the regulation of the communications industry which could affect BT and its competitors.
      (170285)
40  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the revised codes of practice of the trade associations representing the payday and short-term loan industry published on 25 July 2012.
      (170490)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
41  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170470)
42  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in each (a) county and (b) constituency in North Wales in the (i) 2001 and (ii) 2011 Census figures.
      (170441)
43 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK have not become British citizens.
      (170041)
44 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration he has given to expanding the cross-departmental committee model, as used to deliver the London 2012 Olympic Games, to other areas of government policy.
      (170046)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
45  
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mutual assistance in recovery of debt demands have been made by the German tax authorities against UK tax residents in the last five years.
      (170383)
46  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the level of competitiveness of savings products.
      (170416)
47  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take following Barclays' decision to cease providing money transfer services to Somalia to ensure there are robust measures against suspected money laundering between the UK and Somalia.
      (170418)
48  
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on HM Treasury's approval of bonuses paid to employees of Lloyds Banking Group and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
      (170264)
49  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170454)
50 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the share of demand for the Help to Boy mortgage guarantee scheme that will come from applications for properties in (a) Greater London and (b) the rest of England; and if he will publish the expected regional demand for the scheme throughout its lifetime.
      (170025)
51 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were recruited to HM Revenue and Customs' graduate programme in each year since 2010-11; and how many he expects to be recruited in each year between 2013-14 and 2015-16.
      (170091)
52 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 824W, on HM Revenue and Customs, what his Department's current plans are for full-time equivalent numbers at HM Revenue and Customs in each area of its activity on 31 March in each year between 2014 and 2016.
      (170296)
53 N
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 827W, on tax evasion, from which countries it has not been possible to instigate proceedings against fugitives from HM Revenue and Customs' Most Wanted list because (a) of a lack of an extradition treaty and (b) the host country does not extradite for the tax offence.
      (170297)
54 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff took HM Revenue and Customs to tribunal in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
      (170044)
55 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims of mismanagement were received by HM Revenue and Customs from staff in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
      (170045)
56 N
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of all legal challenges by the Government to plans to introduce a cap on bonuses paid to workers in the financial services sector.
      (170315)
57 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the agreement made at the G8 Summit in June 2013, what steps he is taking to introduce a legal and operational framework to underpin information exchange.
      (170329)
58 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the agreement made at the G8 Summit in June 2013, which information he now expects to be exchanged between states on preventing tax evasion.
      (170330)
59 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the annual savings resulting from use of the Feast system for automated detection of fraud and error in tax credit applications.
      (170331)
Questions to the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
60 N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, To ask the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church of England has made to the Secretary of State for Justice about Mr Justice Haddon-Cave’s judgment in relation to the Secretary of State’s decision on the reburial of King Richard III.
      (900314)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
61  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department makes available to refurbish privately-owned seafront piers.
      (170425)
62 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has issued guidance to (a) fire brigades and (b) fire authorities on the awarding of pay rises to senior officers since May 2010.
      (170095)
63  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authority affordable housing targets are met.
      (170267)
64  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170469)
65 N
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2013, Official Report, column 908W, on rented housing: electrical safety, what progress he has made with the review of licensing; what steps he intends to take as a result of this review; and if he will make a statement.
      (170064)
66 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many grants have been issued for paupers' funerals in each of the last five years.
      (170084)
67  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with officials and Ministers in the Welsh Government in the last 12 months on the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011.
      (170436)
68  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he last spoke to his fire advisor on the installation of fire sprinklers in domestic properties.
      (170437)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
69  
Peter Aldous (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds her Department makes available to refurbish privately-owned seafront piers.
      (170423)
70  
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the progress of retailers in implementing guidelines on the display of newspapers and magazines featuring age sensitive content following the Bailey review; and if she will make a statement.
      (170236)
71  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by her Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170468)
72 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on civil partnerships for heterosexual couples.
      (170191)
73  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department makes available for community internet television broadcasting.
      (170242)
74 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that purchasers of new-build housing have timely access to telephone and broadband services.
      (170047)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
75 N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of instances of breaches of harmony guidelines in the armed forces in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
      (170057)
76 N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of morale amongst service personnel in each of the services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
      (170058)
77 N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the level of domestic abuse incidents amongst armed forces families.
      (170059)
78 N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the level of unemployment amongst armed forces spouses and families.
      (170060)
79 N
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the level of underemployment amongst armed forces spouses and families.
      (170061)
80  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapons systems are planned to be included in the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.
      (170431)
81  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what unmanned aircraft system and rotor systems are planned to be included in the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.
      (170432)
82  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 26 Global Combat ships are planned to be built; and when the first ceremonial cutting of metal will take place.
      (170433)
83  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Type 26 Global Combat Ship will be completed and come into service.
      (170445)
84  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what career transition support is available to personnel leaving the armed forces; and if he will list the specific courses and training available to such personnel.
      (170548)
85  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170467)
86 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 480W, on Afghanistan, whether (a) the North Atlantic Council review of the practical implications of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 for the conduct of NATO-led operations and (b) the implementation plan of that review will be made public.
      (170298)
87 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the security of the continuing Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood will be maintained following the sale of the freehold of the site; what measures will be taken to create an adequate safety-zone between any munitions (a) held at and (b) passing through the Sea Mounting Centre, and any commercial enterprise set up on part of the site; whether any civilian port facilities on the site will be (i) entirely separate from or (ii) permitted to overlap with the continuing military port facilities; and if he will make a statement.
      (170067)
88 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in planning for the sale of the freehold of the site of the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood; what recent consultations have taken place with representatives of the local community about the (a) future of the site and (b) impact on the local community of any sale of the freehold to Associated British Ports; when a recommendation will be made about which bidder for the freehold to select; and whether the local community will be given the opportunity to make representations once a preferred bidder has been identified and before a final decision is made.
      (170068)
89 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the in-house option has been exercised when considering contract renewal options for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
      (170096)
90 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made in discussions between his Department and the preferred bidder for his Department's building at Greenock formerly used by the coastguard.
      (170083)
91 N
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce a National Service Medal for those individuals who performed a period of national service.
      (170034)
92  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the final unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 Reapers will be delivered to the UK; how many Reapers will be sent to Afghanistan; and when such a transfer will take place.
      (170412)
93  
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from Raytheon regarding a Maritime Patrol version of the Sentinel R.1 aircraft.
      (170413)
94 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to awarding service recognition to members of the Coleshill Auxilliers.
      (170049)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
95 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow 200 all-postal primaries.
      (170031)
96  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the financial value of volunteering and unpaid care by staff of his Office.
      (170439)
97 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research or reports have been (a) commissioned and (b) assessed by the Government on the voting rights of Commonwealth citizens; and what the recommendations of those reports were.
      (170042)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
98 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what due diligence procedures his Department has for placing an organisation on the Academy sponsor list.
      (170292)
99 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department uses for approving Academy sponsors.
      (170293)
100 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue further information on the membership of the working group on admissions; and how it will be monitoring the issue.
      (170085)
101 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to monitor the effect of new advice issued on school starting age.
      (170086)
102 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to monitor complaints made by parents regarding the school starting age; and how the complaints will be followed up.
      (170087)
103 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on the statutory guidance and departmental advice on school attendance published in August 2013.
      (170033)
104 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special guardians were registered in England in each of the last eight years.
      (170072)
105 N
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special guardians were registered in each local authority in England in each of the last eight years.
      (170073)
106 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient school place in response to Raising the Participation age.
      (170288)
107 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people required to stay in education, training or apprenticeships under Raising the Participation Age have been unable to find places in (a) education, (b) training and (c) apprenticeships to date.
      (170289)
108 N
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have been unable to provide sufficient school placements to meet increased demand under Raising the Participation Age.
      (170290)
109  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170504)
110 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the ability of schools to track pupils obliged to be in full-time education.
      (170300)
111 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons pupils who enter the country for the first time in either reception year or in year one and who leave the country before taking Key Stage 1 SATS and return during Key Stage 2 count in the combined L4+ English and mathematics target when they are not included in the progress target.
      (170301)
112 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons pupils who enter the country for the first time in years 3 and 4 count in the combined L4+ English and mathematics target when they are not included in the progress target.
      (170302)
113  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to maximise the use of locally (a) grown and (b) supplied foods in schools; and whether the introduction of universal free school meals in infant schools will include requirements or incentives to utilise such products.
      (170408)
114  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were assessed as having profound and multiple learning difficulties in (a) the UK, (b) North West England, (c) Cheshire, (d) Merseyside and (e) the Wirral in the latest year for which figures are available.
      (170419)
115  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the median cost of providing education for a child with profound and multiple learning difficulties in England was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the range of such costs was.
      (170506)
116 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what rules govern the expansion of schools to prevent the loss of sporting and play facilities.
      (170092)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
117 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons his Department introduced version three of the Green Deal code of practice and revoked the previous version that was issued on 25 January 2013.
      (170052)
118  
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what inspection and enforcement measures his Department has put in place to ensure that wind farm developers abide by development regulations.
      (170265)
119  
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the draft decision of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee on the UK's National Renewable Energy Action Plan published in July 2013.
      (170544)
120  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170452)
121 N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 824W, on power stations, what recent steps have been taken by his Department to offer incentives to the owners of such power stations not to dismantle them; whether an examination has been made of the emergency generating potential of Fawley Power Station; and if he will make a statement.
      (169930)
122  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to introduce the Renewable Heat Incentive for residential properties; and when he expects that grant to be available.
      (170243)
123  
Mark Pawsey (Rugby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the UK cement industry of the cross sectoral correction factor for Phase III of the EU Emissions Trading System.
      (170260)
124  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the average cost to domestic electricity customers in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) Oxfordshire and (c) Surrey who consumed 3.300 kWh of electricity in each of the last three years.
      (170216)
125 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of gas imports to the UK come from each country.
      (170051)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
126  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural communities have adequate access to public transport.
      (170450)
127 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, What assessment he has made of the importance of broadband to the future of the rural economy.
      (900338)
128  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to calculate the loss to farmers as a consequence of outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis.
      (170228)
129  
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence is used by his Department to calculate compensation for animals destroyed as a result of a positive test for bovine tuberculosis; and where that evidence is published.
      (170229)
130  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he will ensure that a part of the money paid by the EU under the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement will be for the benefit of the indigenous people of Western Sahara.
      (170501)
131  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what mechanism he will ensure that Saharawi will be employed on the EU vessels fishing under the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
      (170502)
132  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170453)
133  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the availability of commercial loans to businesses and individuals operating in the rural economy; and if he will make a statement.
      (170406)
134  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what length of the English coastal path is currently available for public access; what proportion this represents of the eventual complete path; and when he expects the full length of the path to be publicly accessible.
      (170411)
135  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the administrative burden placed on UK farmers applying for the single farm payment compared to those in other EU member states; and if he will bring forward proposals to reduce that burden.
      (170507)
136 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK will meet the landfill reduction requirement set by the EU; and if he will make a statement.
      (170309)
137 N
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste facilities regulated by the Environment Agency are in breach of their environmental permit conditions; and how many such waste facilities are currently subject to enforcement proceedings under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.
      (170333)
138 N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been culled in the (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset pilot zones since the commencement of shooting.
      (170026)
139 N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average number of badgers killed per day since the commencement of shooting in the (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset pilot zones has been.
      (170027)
140 N
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether preparations are being made by his Department to assume full control of the culling of badgers in the Somerset and Gloucestershire pilot zones.
      (170028)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
141 N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Congolese government regarding oil exploration in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (170074)
142 N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on drilling for oil in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
      (170075)
143 N
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of attacks on individuals in the world where the primary cause is due to the individual's (a) atheism, (b) humanism or (c) lack of religious belief.
      (170078)
144 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2013, Official Report, column 355W, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, when he plans to make specific guidance on human rights issues in overseas markets available on the Overseas Business Risk Service website.
      (170318)
145  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Moroccan ambassador the report that the bodies of eight Saharawi, including two children who were extrajudicially executed by the Moroccan armed forces in 1976 have been found and that no information on any of the eight cases was revealed by the Equality and Reconciliation Commission.
      (170498)
146  
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will (a) raise with the Moroccan ambassador and (b) instruct the UK ambassador in Rabat to investigate the violent break-up of a demonstration by unemployed Saharawi graduates on 31 August 2013 in El Aauin, Western Sahara and allegations of beatings leading to hospitalisation.
      (170499)
147  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170460)
148  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent conversations he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Energy and Climate Change and (b) Business, Innovation and Skills on the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fifth assessment report published on 27 September 2013 on the upper amounts of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions from anthropogenic sources compatible with limiting global warming to below two degrees celsius global temperature rise; if he will make an assessment of implications of the IPCC's findings on upper amounts of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions on the proportion of known fossil fuel reserves that can be exploited (i) globally and (ii) domestically; and if he will make a statement.
      (170488)
149 N
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Balance of Competences review.
      (170077)
150  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) prospects for the collapse of the North Korean government and (b) the potential consequences of the collapse of the North Korean government; and what plans his Department has produced to respond to any such consequences.
      (170222)
151 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Commonwealth countries (a) grant and (b) do not grant resident British citizens the right to vote in general elections in those countries.
      (170040)
152  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security situation in Peshawar, Pakistan following recent violence; and if he will make a statement.
      (170455)
153 N
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the financial contribution of the illegal wildlife trade to international terrorism.
      (170048)
154 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised the case of Daw Bawk Ja with his Burmese counterpart.
      (170192)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
155 N
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his grounds of appeal against the judgment issued by Mr Justice Silber on 31 July 2013 in the High Court regarding the South London Healthcare Trust and Lewisham Hospital.
      (170340)
156  
Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to respond to the NHS Confederation report, Urgent and Emergency Care: An accident waiting to happen?; and if he will make a statement.
      (170451)
157  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate what real terms changes in financial allocations would be faced by Rotherham CCG if the recommendations of Fundamental Review of Allocations Policy in the NHS were adopted.
      (170261)
158  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the primary aim of the Fundamental Review of Allocations Policy is.
      (170262)
159  
Sarah Champion (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department provided guidance to the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation whilst it was revising the funding formula during the Fundamental Review of Allocations Policy.
      (170263)
160 N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for contractors administering the Nursery Milk scheme to sub-contract deliveries in certain areas.
      (170029)
161  
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costs to the NHS of people on long-term warfarin having to attend regular GP or hospital appointments for simple blood tests.
      (170545)
162  
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential annual cost savings to the NHS of people with diabetes being able to self-monitor their blood glucose levels.
      (170546)
163  
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all clinical commissioning groups have policies in place allowing people on long-term warfarin to (a) self-test their INR levels and (b) self-managed their warfarin therapy if they choose to do so.
      (170547)
164  
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the sub-group of the specialised cancer CRG which is scoping out current indications for molecular testing in patients will be (a) appointed and (b) operational.
      (170422)
165 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fitness to practice cases received by the Nursing and Midwifery Council before January 2011 are still active.
      (170035)
166 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average time is taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to (a) investigate and (b) adjudicate on fitness to practice cases.
      (170036)
167 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fitness to practice cases currently open with the Nursing and Midwifery Council have been investigated by a person who is not a fully qualified solicitor or barrister.
      (170037)
168 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average time taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to resolve a fitness to practice case is.
      (170065)
169 N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on increasing bed capacity within mental health treatments in Haringey.
      (170316)
170 N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding mental health services in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Haringey have received in each of the last four years.
      (170317)
171 N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the August 2013 CQC report on St Ann's Hospital, Haringey and its finding of bed shortages in the hospital.
      (170337)
172 N
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the additional £500 million allocated to accident and emergency departments most under pressure will be allocated to mental health crisis services in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Haringey.
      (170339)
173  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170459)
174  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maximise the use of locally (a) grown and (b) supplied food in NHS hospitals.
      (170407)
175  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote regular sight tests.
      (170239)
176  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of temporal arteritis.
      (170240)
177  
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by the Government in severance packages to former Care Quality Commission executives since May 2010; when such payments were made; and who authorised each such payment.
      (170241)
178 N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Health Services Commissioners Act 1993 to include the General Dental Council as a body subject to investigation under Clause 2.
      (170336)
179  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) military and ex-military primary amputees, (b) civilian primary amputees, (c) military and ex-military established amputees and (d) civilian established amputees there are in England.
      (170231)
180  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has the authority to transfer a patient's care from one NHS provider to another if the patient is satisfied with his or her current provider.
      (170414)
181  
Tessa Munt (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the decision of NHS England to transfer brain tumour patients undergoing treatment at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery to another provider with his Department's policy on patient choice.
      (170420)
182  
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes involving patients with an obesity-related illness there were in each of the last three financial years; and what the (a) gender and (b) age group of each such patient was.
      (170533)
183  
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each (a) socio-economic, (b) ethnic and (c) age-group underwent weight-loss operations in each of the last three financial years.
      (170534)
184  
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 18 had each type of surgical treatment for obesity in each of the last five financial years.
      (170535)
185  
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the youngest age of a patient who underwent surgical treatment for obesity was in each of the last five years.
      (170536)
186  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Greater Manchester with non-urgent hospital appointments have waited for over two hours for an ambulance since April 2013.
      (170217)
187  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Greater Manchester with non-urgent hospital appointments have been taken to hospital in a taxi because no ambulances were available since April 2013.
      (170218)
188  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about Arriva Transport Solutions have been received by Greater Manchester Ambulance service in each month since April 2013.
      (170219)
189  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by Greater Manchester Ambulance service on taxis for patients since April 2013.
      (170223)
190 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in regulations governing the availability of the GUNA Physiological Regulating Remedies on (a) patients and (b) practitioners.
      (170023)
191  
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions have taken place with ministerial counterparts in the devolved regions regarding the ratification of the decision by the Clinical Priorities Grouping in respect of the Soliris form of Eculizumab taken in July 2013.
      (170497)
192  
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances have been in operation in the Liverpool city-region in each of the last five years.
      (170495)
193  
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps will be taken to encourage greater use of and support for self-monitoring in clinical commissioning groups across England.
      (170266)
194  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costs to GP practices of informing patients of the disclosure of data and their rights to withhold information under the care.data arrangements.
      (170434)
195  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the implications for patients of the introduction of the care.data system.
      (170503)
196  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has undertaken with the public and GPs over the introduction of the care.data system.
      (170505)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
197  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls the police 101 service has received in each month from its launch to date.
      (170428)
198 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary's decision to wear ceremonial uniform at public engagements; and if she will make a statement.
      (170321)
199 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the total cost of mutual aid provided to the Police Service of Northern Ireland by (a) her Department and (b) other police forces for the policing of the G8 Summit in June 2013.
      (170093)
200 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) ACPO and (b) police and crime commissioners on ongoing mutual aid to the Police Service of Northern Ireland by other police forces.
      (170094)
201 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 30WS, on regulatory regime: private security industry, what discussions she is having with the security industry on these proposals; and if she expects to bring legislative proposals in this area before May 2014.
      (170286)
202  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by her Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170466)
203 N
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that firearms licensing fees are representative of the true cost to police forces of issuing and tracking licences.
      (170082)
204  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued to people in Manchester in each year since their introducion.
      (170225)
205  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of anti-social behaviour by people in Manchester have been reported in each year since 1997.
      (170226)
206 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the implementation of the register of dismissed police officers; and when such a register will be published.
      (170332)
207 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the list held by her Department of individuals and organisations that failed to comply with information requests by the Hillsborough Independent Panel; and what steps is she is taking to ensure all information requested by (a) the IPCC and (b) the Jon Stoddart investigations, is released.
      (170088)
208 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment on the effect the National Crime Agency will have on the ongoing investigations into the Hillsborough disaster.
      (170089)
209 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Jon Stoddart will be seconded to the National Crime Agency; and what implications this will have on his investigation into the Hillsborough disaster.
      (170090)
210  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests to exercise her discretion in granting leave to remain on compassionate grounds she has received since May 2010; and how many individuals have been granted exceptional leave to remain as a result.
      (170227)
211 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide information on using the Azure card in languages other than English.
      (170039)
212 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much unspent money was recouped from Azure cards in each of the last three years for which records are available.
      (170050)
213 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the conversion of HM Prison The Verne into an immigration removal centre will cost.
      (170066)
214  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the ability of households in receipt of support under section 4 of the Asylum Act 1999 to access a landline telephone.
      (170489)
215 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the extradition of Christopher Tappin.
      (170287)
216 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what DNA databases are currently held by the Government; what the function is of each; how many people are included on each; where each database is held; for how long each database has been open; and where each such database will be held after the Government's reforms of national policing are complete.
      (170291)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission
217 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much (a) the House of Commons and (b) Ticketmaster UK earns for each ticket sold for tours of the Houses of Parliament through the Ticketmaster website.
      (170053)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
218  
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if there are plans financially to support UK-based INGO initiatives that support market-led initiatives for the Great Himalayan Trail.
      (170385)
219  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by her Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170465)
220 N
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 460W, on Afghanistan, what support her Department provides to partner organisations that fund national shelter programmes for women in Afghanistan; and which organisations receive such support.
      (170299)
221  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effects of the (a) demolition by Egypt of the tunnels into Gaza and (b) reduced access through Rafah on the daily supplies of food, fuel, construction materials and medicines entering Gaza.
      (170268)
222  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterparts on increasing the flow of food, fuel and medicines into Gaza from Israel through Kerem Shalom.
      (170380)
223  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effects of Israel's restrictions on Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza on the (a) income and (b) nutritional status of Palestinians.
      (170381)
224  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to victims of violence in Peshawar, Pakistan.
      (170456)
225  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of progress in eradicating polio in Peshawar, Pakistan; and if she will make a statement.
      (170457)
226  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role that the UK-based Pakistani diaspora in the UK can have in promoting polio vaccination campaigns in Pakistan.
      (170458)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
227 N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government spent on legal costs as a defendant in the judicial review brought by the Queen on the application of the Plantagenet Alliance (a) up to 15 August 2013 and (b) since that time; and if he will set a limit to the amount of public money which the Government will spend on legal costs in this case.
      (170193)
228 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many summonses were issued for non-payment of council tax in each of the last five years; and how many such summonses resulted in a hearing in which the defendant was present.
      (170313)
229 N
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to HM Courts and Tribunals Service is of issuing a summons for non-payment of council tax which (a) results and (b) does not result in a hearing.
      (170314)
230 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of changes to legal aid on small- and medium-sized firms of solicitors.
      (170294)
231  
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in September 2013; in which (i) region, (ii) country and (iii) parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; and which agency referred each person to the scheme.
      (170485)
232  
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries were appointed for children in cases involving (a) sexual offences and (b) other offences in the last three years for which data are available at (i) pre-police interview, (ii) pre-trial and (iii) trial broken down by (A) age, (B) geography and (C) impairment group.
      (170443)
233  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount spent on legal aid in each of the last five years was.
      (170426)
234  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2011, Official Report, column 323W, on bail, if he will publish figures for the most recent period for which information is available.
      (170442)
235 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings before magistrates' courts in (a) London and (b) England have been postponed because of a failure to notify witnesses of their requirement to attend on the due date in each of the last five years.
      (170319)
236 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to the relevant local authority to purchase Fenton Town Hall building.
      (170017)
237 N
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in rent for the use of Fenton Town Hall building has been paid by his Department and its predecessor departments to the relevant local authority during each of the last 25 years.
      (170018)
238 N
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the payment of a defendant's (a) wasted costs and (b) costs of legal advice and representation by a private prosecutor following a failed prosecution; and if he will make a statement.
      (170056)
239  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints the Legal Ombudsman decided not to investigate because they were submitted out of time in each year since 2010.
      (170232)
240  
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the late submission of complaints to the Legal Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement.
      (170245)
241 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners remained in custody beyond the end of their sentence because of an error by his Department in each of the last five years.
      (170030)
242 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which court buildings announced for closure since May 2010 (a) have closed and (b) have yet to close.
      (170303)
243 N
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget was allocated for (a) Crown court security and (b) magistrates' court security across England in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
      (170032)
244  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170464)
245 N
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person there were in (a) civil and (b) family cases at Newport Civil and Family Court between (i) April 2012 and April 2013 and (ii) April 2013 and 31August 2013.
      (170054)
246  
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2013, Official Report, columns 725-6W, on courts: Wales, what progress he has made centrally collating information on the number of litigants in person in civil and family court cases since 1 April 2013.
      (170496)
247 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made on re-burial of the remains of King Richard III; and if he will make a statement.
      (170322)
248 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on interpreters and translation services in each month from January 2012 to August 2013.
      (170097)
Questions to the Leader of the House
249  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Leader of the House, when he plans to respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Bolton North East dated 30 July 2013 on his policy for responding to e-petitions that have passed 10,000 signatures.
      (170448)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
250  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by her Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170463)
Questions to the Prime Minister
251  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the terms of reference and scope of Sir Jeremy Heywood's inquiry into youth unemployment; and when he expects this inquiry to report.
      (170409)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
252  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170462)
253 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many small businesses in Scotland have stopped trading since 2010.
      (170306)
254 N
Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many small business start-ups there have been in Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.
      (170307)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
255  
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department had with (a) the Council of Mortgage Lenders and (b) the National Federation of Estate Agents whilst devising the compensation proposals for those affected by Phase One of the High Speed 2 scheme.
      (170215)
256  
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department is conducting into aerotoxic syndrome.
      (170382)
257 N
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what report he has received from First Great Western on the reasons for 500 passengers being kept on a stranded train in Wiltshire for nearly six hours on 5 August 2013; and if he will make a statement.
      (170043)
258  
Jessica Lee (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will review (a) its policy of requiring HGV drivers to avoid areas with bridge restrictions of 7.5 tons and (b) the use of satellite navigation systems on such routes.
      (170238)
259  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170461)
260  
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the future role of open access rail operators.
      (170386)
261 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce a road worthiness test requirement for caravans.
      (170019)
262 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the European Commission's proposal to introduce an MOT test requirement for caravans.
      (170020)
263  
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the planned feasibility study of improvements for the A303/A30/A358 corridor will consider these routes as one whole corridor in which the A358 and A30 elements meet different but complementary growth and resilience needs of strategic importance to the South West.
      (170221)
264 N
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many formal complaints his Department has received relating to GRS (Support Services) in each month of the last three years.
      (170038)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
265  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170474)
266  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with officials and Ministers in the Welsh Government in the last 12 months on the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011.
      (170435)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
267  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by the Government Equalities Office received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170475)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
268  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which benefits were claimed by people under the age of 25 in each of the last four financial years; and what proportion of such claimants were (a) registered as sick or disabled and (b) lone parents.
      (170532)
269 N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policies his Department is pursuing to ensure that claimants are informed of their eligibility for short term benefit advances before being referred to food banks.
      (170076)
270 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus staff on signposting people to food banks.
      (170063)
271  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applications for disability living allowance were rejected in each month from May 2013 to September 2013.
      (170446)
272  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for disability living allowance were rejected in each of the last (a) six months and (b) five years for which figures are available.
      (170447)
273  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Bolton North East constituency claimed in-work credit in each of the last five years.
      (170390)
274  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in (a) the UK and (b) Bolton North East constituency have taken part in the wage incentive scheme since the introduction of the Youth Contract.
      (170391)
275  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of telephone calls to the 0800 055 6688 Jobcentre Plus telephone line is.
      (170392)
276  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of phone calls received by the 0800 055 6688 Jobcentre Plus telephone line came from mobile telephones in each of the last three years.
      (170424)
277  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0870, (b) 0845 and (c) 0800 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each number received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at the BT local rate are available in each case.
      (170427)
278  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to ESOL courses for claimants of jobseeker's allowance.
      (170429)
279  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in (a) Britain and (b) Bolton North East constituency have taken part in the wage incentive scheme since the introduction of the Youth Contract.
      (170430)
280  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants were sanctioned on more than one occasion in each year since 2009-10.
      (170421)
281  
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2012-13.
      (170473)
282 N
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the consequences for his Department's policies on spare rooms and social sector size criteria of the ruling of a tribunal chaired by Simon Collins QC in September 2013 on the size of a bedroom.
      (170295)
283 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training or information has been provided to medical assessors of (a) employment and support allowance or (b) personal independence payments about applicants suffering from Hidradenitis suppurativa.
      (170334)
284 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will confirm what recent assessments his Department has made of the suitability of the criteria for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment for those applicants who suffer from Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
      (170335)
285  
Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2013, Official Report, column 921W, on food banks: voucher schemes, which organisations his Department consulted in designing the New Food Bank Signposting Slip issued by Jobcentre Plus staff to clients; and when each was consulted.
      (170508)
286  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the financial value of volunteering and unpaid care by staff of his Department.
      (170440)
287  
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that blind and partially sighted people are adequately assessed in work capability assessments.
      (170230)
288  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes are in place to identify households that will potentially be affected by the household benefit cap.
      (170491)
289  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether individuals who have been affected by the household benefit cap were offered early access to the Work Programme.
      (170492)
290  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Brent have had their benefits reduced as a result of the household benefit cap.
      (170493)
291  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the London Borough of Brent have been affected by the recent changes to the under-occupancy penalty.
      (170494)
292 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the detailed recommendations made by the Universal Credit reset team, referred to in paragraph 2.5 of the NAO Report Universal Credit: early progress?, published on 5 September 2013.
      (170328)
293 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals cases for employment and support allowance have been logged with the Department's tribunals service in the past two years; and what the appeals success rate in (a) England and (b) Bradford was.
      (170070)
294 N
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance (ESA) applicants are signed-off ESA before their appeals are heard by the tribunals service in (a) England and (b) Bradford in each of the last 12 months.
      (170071)
Questions to the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners
295 N
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, To ask the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress the Church has made on enabling women to be bishops.
   [Question Unstarred]  (900320)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
296  
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if she will establish a music licensing and collections agency for the devolved regions.
   [Transferred]  (170417)
297 N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of undergraduate students aged under 25 in (a) England, (b) the UK, (c) the USA, (d) Canada, (e) Australia, (f) France, (g) Germany and (h) Japan.
   [Transferred]  (170185)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
298  
James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals will next meet.
   [Transferred]  (170213)
299  
James Wharton (Stockton South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations he has received on the frequency of meetings of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals.
   [Transferred]  (170214)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
300 N
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what value of loans applied for under the Help to Buy scheme to date relate to properties in (a) Greater London and (b) the rest of England; and what estimate he has made of demand for the scheme in each region of the UK.
   [Transferred]  (170024)
301  
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the North West were liable to pay business rates in the last financial year.
   [Transferred]  (170224)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
302  
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities have submitted bids for funding to assist with the implementation of individual electoral registration; and how much funding each authority has received.
   [Transferred]  (170449)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
303  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that students in sixth form colleges receive the same benefits and entitlements as students pursuing A level courses in FE colleges and 11 to 18 schools.
   [Transferred]  (170237)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
304 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries he assesses female genital mutilation to be (a) widespread and (b) tolerated by the authorities.
   [Transferred]  (170081)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
305 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cinemas have been prosecuted for allowing underage customers to view BBFC classified films since July 2012.
   [Transferred]  (170080)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
306  
Alison McGovern (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the number of individuals likely to be affected by a move to provide pension equality for same sex couples; and what assessment she has made of the cost of such a move.
   [Transferred]  (170500)

Prepared 10th October 2013