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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 14 October 2013

Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Monday 14 October 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Monday 14 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.

Monday 14 October  
Questions to the Attorney General
1  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the recent decision by the Dutch Supreme Court to hold the Dutch government to account for the actions of its peacekeepers at Srebrenica, what assessment he has made of the implications of that decision for the participation of members of HM Forces deployed in support of UN missions.
       (170765)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of including the Postcode Address File in the privatisation of Royal Mail on businesses and public bodies.
       (170252)
3 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 charged by English higher education institutions in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 (i) including the effect of reduced fees and bursaries and (ii) excluding the effect of reduced fees and bursaries.
       (170522)
4  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the percentage of undergraduates aged under 25 in (a) England, (b) the UK, (c) US, (d) Canada, (e) Australia, (f) France, (g) Germany and (h) Japan.
       (170995)
5  
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students in UK universities were born in (a) the UK, (b) the EU, (c) the Commonwealth, (d) the USA and (d) China.
       (170896)
6 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons his Department provided indirect funding to the Migration Observatory in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
       (170250)
7  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 81W, on Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, for what purposes that funding was granted; and for what purpose that funding was used.
       (170850)
8  
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Ministers are responsible for the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
       (170990)
9 N
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for the policy of the Natural Environment Research Council on funding for fossil fuel exploration and extraction of the findings of Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published on 27 September 2013, on the upper limits on the amount of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions from anthropogenic sources compatible with limiting global warming to below two degrees celsius global temperature rise; and if he will make a statement.
       (170255)
10 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the effects of dial through telephone fraud on UK businesses; and if he will make a statement.
       (170649)
11  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members are on the board of each Local Enterprise Partnership; how many such members are women; and how many such members are of Black or minority ethnic origin.
       (170672)
12  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the annual spend of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) was in each (a) LEP and (b) region in each year since the formation of LEPs.
       (170673)
13  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized enterprise exporters in London contributed to the Trade Growth Value metric through reporting receiving significant assistance from UK Trade and Investment during (a) the last 12 months and (b) the last two years.
       (170788)
14  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the depth and range of data collected on regional UK Trade and Investment offices.
       (170794)
15  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the impact of regional UK Trade and Investment offices is accurately measured and monitored.
       (170795)
16  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which foreign companies, investors, sovereign wealth funds and governments UK Trade and Investment worked to secure inward investment into London during (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
       (170796)
17  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which foreign companies, investors, sovereign wealth funds and/or governments UK Trade and Investment and their private sector partners are currently working with to secure inward investment into London.
       (170797)
18  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the return is on investment that taxpayers in London are getting from UK Trade and Investment's private sector partners through the inward investment they attract into London.
       (170798)
19  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the return is on investment taxpayers in London are getting from the London UK Trade and Investment office through inward investment and exports.
       (170799)
20  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Investment and its private sector partners have secured so far this year.
       (170800)
21  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much inward foreign direct investment did UK Trade and Investment and its private sector partners attracted into London during (a) the last 12 months and (b) the last two years.
       (170801)
22  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to enable each region of the UK to export aeronautical expertise and products to developing markets overseas.
       (170730)
23  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards exist to protect the Royal Mail's six-day-per-week delivery service.
       (170731)
24  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish a list of the new shareholders of Royal Mail.
       (170732)
25 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2013, Official Report, column 128W, on Central Sussex College, what conclusions were drawn from the urgent review of the financial situation of Central Sussex College; and what further steps have since been taken.
       (170482)
26  
Mel Stride (Central Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the effect of vexatious employment tribunal claims on the employment intentions of small businesses.
       (170710)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
27  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to provide support to youth services.
       (170977)
28  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of total Government funding for youth services in each of the last five years.
       (170981)
29 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been invested in new (a) nuclear, (b) gas, (c) coal and (d) oil fuelled generating plant in each year since 2010-11.
       (170194)
30  
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it remains the policy of the Government to respond to reports from Select Committees of the House within two months.
       (170665)
31  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average real wage level in Wales was in each month since May 2010.
       (170607)
32  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes to ensure that Government departments comply with Cabinet Office advice on payments to firms in construction supply chains in respect of small firms; whether his Department is aware of any large or main contractor withholding payment for periods longer than those set out in Cabinet Office advice; and if he will make a statement.
       (170975)
33  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died as a result of legal highs obtained from (a) tramadol and (b) mephedrone in the latest period for which figures are available.
       (170762)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
34 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fees were paid to banks advising on the sale of Government shares in Lloyds Banking Group.
       (170479)
35 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he intends to lay before Parliament an amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001, as amended, to regulate the use and issuance of virtual currencies, where monetary value is represented other than as a claim on an issuer.
       (170198)
36 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider reducing the level of stamp duty land tax.
       (170612)
37 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider increasing the threshold property value for applying stamp duty land tax.
       (170613)
38  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what grants and loans have been made by his Department and the bodies for which it is responsible to projects in which Peel Holdings is a significant beneficiary in each of the last five years.
       (170991)
39  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, against what criteria the application of Sefton Borough Council for a grant for dredging the River Mersey was judged.
       (170996)
40 N
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ring-fence mortgage guarantee scheme money for properties with local occupancy restrictions.
       (170483)
41 N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish in an anonymised table the range of charitable gifts donated by the top 1,000 donors and subsequently claimed against tax.
       (170249)
42 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that when individuals working in the financial sector are found guilty of malpractice, they are personally liable for any fine levied.
       (170609)
43  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the cost to the public purse of the legal challenge brought by his Department against the proposal to limit bonuses paid to those in the financial sector; which legal firms have been engaged in respect of this case; what their daily rate is for (a) solicitors and (b) barristers; and if he will make a weekly report to Parliament on the ongoing costs of this case.
       (170638)
44 N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of royalty income from petroleum exploration and development licences in the UK in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
       (170581)
45 N
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written answer of 29 August 2013, Official Report, column 988W, on Air Passenger Duty, if he will introduce an official definition of aviation hub.
       (170256)
46 N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs is obliged to publish details of meetings in the same manner as Ministers publish ministerial diaries; and if he will make a statement.
       (170639)
47 N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people earning less than £10,000 each year paid National Insurance contributions; and what the total value of such contributions was in the latest year for which figures are available.
       (170571)
48 N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing the minimum wage by £1,000 each year on (a) pay as you earn contributions, (b) employer's National Insurance contributions, (c) employee's National Insurance contributions and (d) tax credits.
       (170572)
49  
Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is monitoring the average prices of mortgages purchased under the Help to Buy scheme.
       (170926)
50 N
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether consideration has been given to introducing a protected minimum balance in the use of continuous payment authorities as is in force for bank arrestments in Scotland under the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007.
       (170476)
51  
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce partial tax exemptions for those of retiring age who choose to carry on working.
       (170974)
52 N
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were taken out of the tax income system in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14 as a result of the cumulative effect of the Government's increases in the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years; and if he will estimate what revenue was foregone by the Treasury as a result of these increases each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
       (170658)
53  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the requirements of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests are implemented in the UK; and whether the Government intends to retain these implementing measures unchanged assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by the Convention under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions Annexed to the EU treaties.
       (170970)
54  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases in the UK in each of the last five years instruments, proceeds or property of equivalent value to proceeds of the acts the UK is required to criminalise under the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests and its Protocols were seized or confiscated; and what the value was of such instruments, proceeds or other property in each case.
       (170999)
55  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the First Protocol to the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests in the UK is implemented; and whether the Government intends to retain these implementing measures unchanged assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by the Protocol under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (171002)
56  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which requirements of the First Protocol to the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests have not been implemented in the UK.
       (171003)
57  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which requirements of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests are not implemented.
       (171004)
58  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the requirements of the Second Protocol to the Convention on the protection of European Communities' financial interests have not been implemented in the UK.
       (171007)
59  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the requirements of the Second Protocol to the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests are implemented in the UK; and whether the Government intends to retain these implementing measures unchanged assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by the Protocol under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (171008)
60  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases in each of the last five years UK authorities co-operated with authorities of another EU Member State due to the provisions of Article 6(2) of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests, including Article 6(2) as it is extended by the First Protocol and Second Protocol to the Convention; and what the substance and outcome of the co-operation was in each case.
       (171009)
61  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government intends to maintain unchanged the co-operation required by Article 6 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests, including Article 6 as it is extended by the First Protocol and Second Protocol to the Convention, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by the Convention under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties; and what assessment he has made of whether that co-operation will continue.
       (171031)
62 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual total tonnage of aggregates exempt from the aggregates levy was registered or claimed in each year from 2002 to 2012.
       (170541)
63 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual total tonnage of aggregates on which the aggregates levy was paid was in Northern Ireland in each year from 2002 to 2012.
       (170542)
64 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will enable landlords to roll over tax relief from one tax year to another; and if he will make a statement.
       (170689)
65  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to tackle tobacco smuggling in Northern Ireland.
       (170746)
66  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new mortgages for first-time buyers were issued in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.
       (170747)
67  
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority about the provision of independent advice to retail investors in securities issued by the Co-operative Bank about the recapitalisation of that bank.
       (170842)
68  
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about the suspension of interest payments to holders of Co-operative bank accounts; and if he will request that the FCA ensures that such investors receive independent advice from a competent firm on the proposed capital reconstruction.
       (170843)
69  
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that the Prudential Regulation Authority issues warnings to bond markets about capital shortfalls in banks.
       (170844)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
70  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many local authorities in England it is a default position to collect council tax payments via direct debit or other fractional payment means over 12 months rather than 10.
       (170597)
71  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new properties have been made available (a) in the affordable rented sector and (b) via shared ownership in Cannock Chase constituency in each of the last 15 years; and how many such properties received direct Government support.
       (170913)
72  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what grants and loans have been made by his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible to projects in which Peel Holdings is a significant beneficiary in each of the last five years.
       (170992)
73 N
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives local authorities on the provision of parking for (a) district nurses, (b) midwives and (c) other visiting health professionals.
       (170585)
74  
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK are housed in (i) local authority or housing association-owned property, (ii) privately rented property, (iii) shared ownership property and (iv) privately owned property.
       (170895)
75  
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many community nominations under the Localism Act 2013 to include local authority land as areas of community value have been (a) made and (b) successful in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK since that Act's implementation.
       (170965)
76  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the availability of smaller accommodation for rent by households who move because their current property is subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
       (170667)
77  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is monitoring the geographical allocation of mortgages arranged under the Help to Buy scheme.
       (170931)
78  
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 25 directions have been issued under the Town and Country Act 1990 in each month of the last year for which figures are available.
       (170824)
79  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on exemptions from the (a) community infrastructure levy and (b) affordable housing levy for self-builders.
       (170596)
80  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total value of business rates levied in Nottinghamshire was in each of the last three years; and in which parliamentary constituency each business paying such rates is located.
       (170900)
81  
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to Cornwall Council to tackle homelessness since May 2010.
       (170863)
82  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Growing Places Fund was allocated to each Local Enterprise Partnership area in each quarter from November 2011 to September 2013.
       (170674)
83  
John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures are available to parish and town councils and their residents to prevent such councils not being reimbursed for work done by them on behalf of the relevant unitary or district council.
       (170589)
84  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of UK-produced bricks to housing construction sites; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that there is no shortage of supply from British brick manufacturers.
       (170976)
85  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people lived in private rental accommodation in England in September (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
       (170748)
86  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities do not overspend budgets.
       (170911)
87  
Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage householders to offset the effect of additional surface water run-off and promote the use of (a) water butts, (b) green roofs and (c) porous materials for hard surfacing.
       (170914)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
88 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason she has recently declined an invitation to meet representatives of the Musicians' Union and Equity.
       (170781)
89  
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 201W, Broadband: Rossendale, how many premises in Rossendale and Darwen constituency are included in the 1800 premises passed to date; and what proportion of the premises in Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen are in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
       (170619)
90 N
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the maintenance of historical properties in the UK is currently funded by revenue from Heritage Maintenance Funds.
       (169385)
91 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) homes and (b) businesses in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK have access to high speed broadband.
       (170561)
92  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider flying the flags of the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on a more regular basis.
       (170791)
93  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider flying the flags of the Commonwealth of Nations on a more regular basis.
       (170792)
94  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if, following the last State Opening of Parliament where the flagpoles of Parliament Square stood empty as Her Majesty passed, her Department will liaise with the Earl Marshal and Palace of Westminister authorities to ensure that this does not occur in the future.
       (170793)
95  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures are in place to prevent nuisance calls originating from outside the UK.
       (170909)
96  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures are in place to prevent companies in the UK employing foreign call centres to make nuisance sales calls on their behalf.
       (170910)
97  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage tourism from India to the UK.
       (170733)
98  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the regulation of the process for domain names registration in the light of the dominant position held by Nominet.
       (170774)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
99  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the health problems in Iraq arising from the use of uranium-depleted munitions and the nerve agent Sarin during the first and second Gulf wars; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle such health issues in an effective and appropriate way.
       (170685)
100  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the additional capacity of the port of Southampton to improve the resilience, capacity and capability of the army's sea mounting operations following the sale of Marchwood.
       (170994)
101 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department commissioned the report on the implications for the current attitudes to risk of the Joint Operational Concept; what the cost of this study was; what plans were made to release the report publicly; and what plans he has to make use of its findings.
       (170610)
102 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department intends to make GCSE English and mathematics at grades A*-C a compulsory component of Phase 1 training for recruits at AFC Harrogate; what estimate his Department has made of the cost of doing so; and if he will make a statement.
       (170524)
103 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of army recruits who dropped out of training before the end of Phase 2 had GCSEs at grades D-G in (a) English and (b) mathematics in the five most recent full financial years for which figures are available.
       (170525)
104 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of army recruits who dropped out of training before the end of Phase 2 had GCSEs at Grades A*-C in (a) English and (b) mathematics in the five most recent full financial years for which figures are available.
       (170526)
105 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army recruits who left before the end of their Phase 2 training enlisted at (a) age 16 and (b) age 17, in the five most recent full financial years for which figures are available.
       (170527)
106  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of additional security measures which were given consideration but not adopted at Camp Bastion before September 2012.
       (170637)
107 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual running cost of providing security at Camp Bastion has been in each year since 2010.
       (170648)
108 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional expenditure his Department has incurred on increased security measures at Camp Bastion since September 2012.
       (170660)
109 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department had with military leaders responsible for security at Camp Bastion on security measures at the base prior to the attack of 14 September 2012.
       (170661)
110 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been made to the security arrangements at the Camp Bastion base since the attack on the night of 14 September 2012.
       (170662)
111 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of the guard towers at Camp Bastion were empty on the night of 14 September 2012 immediately prior to the attack on the base.
       (170663)
112  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each Army unit that has been withdrawn from Germany is being re-based.
       (170679)
113  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what internal investigations his Department will be undertaking regarding the actions of British officers responsible for security at Camp Bastion on the attack on the base on the night of 4 September 2012.
       (170680)
114  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of the numbers of criminal convictions that have resulted from rape and sexual crimes against military personnel by other military personnel in the armed forces for each year since 2010.
       (170681)
115  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of the numbers of reported instances of rape and sexual crimes against military personnel by other military personnel in the armed forces for each year since 2010.
       (170682)
116  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the British officers responsible for security at Camp Bastion in September 2012 have since been promoted.
       (170683)
117  
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of the current security measures at Camp Bastion.
       (170684)
118 N
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 27W, on armed forces: sexual offences, for what reasons UK defence contractors supplying personnel for use in UK defence bases abroad are not prohibited from including in the contracts of those deployed in theatre a clause denying that right to report sexual offences; and if he will make a statement.
       (170773)
119 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the relevance of unreleased historical documents relating to Northern Ireland held at Swadlincote to the work of the Historical Enquiries Team in investigating cases from the past; and whether he plans to release these records to the National Archive under the Public Records Act 1958.
       (170659)
120 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions code A and code B nuclear incidents have occurred at (a) HM Naval Base Devonport and (b) HM Naval Base Clyde; and what happened in each case in each of the last five years.
       (170724)
121 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvement notices have been issued by the Office for Nuclear Regulation at (a) Devonport Royal Dockyards and (b) HM Naval Base Clyde; and for what reason such notices were issued in each of the last five years.
       (170725)
122 N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions power to a nuclear submarine's reactor cooling systems has failed when in port in each submarine base in the last 20 years.
       (170726)
123  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that any overlaps in procurement are kept to a minimum thus ensuring a joined-up approach to defence procurement.
       (170789)
124  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase safety on nuclear submarines.
       (170735)
125  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to tackle lost property in his Department and the armed forces.
       (170736)
126  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement RAF Careers had with the making of the Channel 5 documentary series Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt; and if he will make a statement.
       (170777)
127 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for training of F35 Joint Strike fighter pilots; and if he will make a statement.
       (170554)
128  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the recent decision by the Dutch Supreme Court to hold the Dutch government to account for the actions of its peacekeepers at Srebrenica, what assessment he has made of the implications of that decision for the deployment of members of HM Forces in support of UN missions.
       (170764)
129  
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to secure the release of South Yard, HM Dockyard Devonport to the Homes and Community Agency; and by when such a transfer will take place.
       (170591)
130 N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who has owned the Drill Hall in Newport, Isle of Wight since it was constructed; and if he will make a statement.
       (170394)
131  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley of 25 March 2013, Official Report, column 939W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, if he will take steps to find out what UK support is provided to US drone operations at RAF Croughton and RAF Molesworth; and if he will make a statement.
     R (170711)
132  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to provide training on drones to African-led International Support Mission to Mali.
     R (170713)
133  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Stern of 12 March 2013, Official Report, HL column WA47, on armed forces: unmanned aerial vehicles, in which fora the Developments, Concepts and Doctrine Centre have engaged in the ethics of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations; and whether any subsequent legal reviews of UAS have been undertaken by his Department.
     R (170714)
134  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to hold discussions with his international counterparts on updating the legal framework for attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles targeted at particular individuals.
     R (170715)
135  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2013, Official Report, column 38W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, if his Department will develop trauma risk management strategies specifically tailored for drone operators.
     R (170716)
136  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.6 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and US regarding the assignment of UK military personnel to the 432nd Wing, what other written agreements are in place to permit and facilitate UK personnel activities in the territory of a third party; and if he will place copies of any such agreements in the Library.
     R (170717)
137  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision there is for training in the medium of Welsh at Territorial Army training centres in North Wales.
       (170916)
138  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to dispose of (a) Caernarfon TA and (b) other redundant TA training centres.
       (170917)
139  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where staff currently employed at Caernarfon TA barracks will be redeployed.
       (170918)
140  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the disposal of tied houses in relation to Caernarfon barracks.
       (170919)
141  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the average travelling times to each TA training centre in North Wales.
       (170921)
142  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how large the geographical area being served by the TA training centre in Colwyn Bay is.
       (170922)
143  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average attendance at each TA training centre in North Wales has been in each of the last 12 months.
       (170923)
144  
Hywel Williams (Arfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision is made for Welsh language training at TA training centres in North Wales.
       (170924)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
145  
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities have taken part in City Deals to date; and what freedoms and funding have been given as part of each such City Deal.
       (170590)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
146 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on ensuring that all young people have the chance to learn an instrument and receive top quality music education.
       (170567)
147 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are for the funding of music hubs beyond 2015.
       (170568)
148 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has provided for music education for each pupil in each financial year since 2010.
       (170569)
149 N
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the National Music Plan.
       (170570)
150  
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of applications to open free schools were made by (a) academy sponsors and (b) teacher-led groups in each year since the inception of free schools.
       (170908)
151 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of mid-course changes to GCSE qualifications on (a) schools and (b) students taking such examinations in the current academic year.
       (170253)
152 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's (a) policy is on and (b) process is for informing teachers and head teachers of policy announcements before such announcements are published elsewhere; and in what circumstances such a policy would be set aside.
       (170707)
153  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who will be eligible for free nursery care in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Cannock Chase constituency in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015.
       (170897)
154  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who are currently receiving free nursery care in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Cannock Chase constituency.
       (170898)
155  
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care for whom Northumberland Social Services has responsibility have been put up for adoption in the last two years.
       (170767)
156  
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK have studied A-level Mandarin in each of the last five years.
       (170894)
157  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average (a) age of and (b) full-time equivalent salary paid to (i) classroom teachers and (ii) head teachers in (A) inner London, (B) outer London and (C) England excluding London is.
       (170666)
158  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school pupils are entitled to school meals in (a) Greater London, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Birmingham and the West Midlands.
       (170670)
159  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in (a) Year R, (b) Year 6 and (c) Year 11 had English as an additional language in (i) London and (ii) areas outside London in the last period for which figures are available.
       (170671)
160  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children of Pakistani ethnicity achieved five or more GCSEs at grade C or above, including mathematics and English, in schools in (a) London and (b) England, excluding London.
       (170930)
161  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 15 year old pupils were classified as disadvantaged in (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) Westminster (c) Barking and Dagenham, (d) Wokingham, (e) Buckinghamshire, (f) Hampshire, (g) West Berkshire, (h) Kingston-upon-Thames and (i) Trafford in 2012; and what percentage points attainment gap existed between such pupils and those not classified as disadvantaged in pass rates of five or more GCSEs at grade C or above including mathematics and English.
       (170939)
162  
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to reduce bureaucracy on (a) new and (b) established academies; and if he will make a statement.
       (170616)
163 N
Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the current education curriculum at AFC Harrogate (namely functional skills at Level 1 in English and mathematics and a level 2 IT certificate) meets the requirements for compulsory education of 16 to 18 year olds.
       (170523)
164 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will extend eligibility for free bus travel for school students aged over 16, following the implementation of the increased compulsory participation age.
       (170254)
165  
Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual budget of the Academies Show Team is.
       (170906)
166  
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Cabinet Office Procurement Information Note 2/2010, whether the Education Funding Agency is required to comply with the advice that firms in construction supply chains should have payment security either through the use of project bank accounts or by Government clients requiring that all payments to sub-contractors are made within 19 days of the due dates in the main contract; and if he will make a statement.
       (171005)
167  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that any gains in modern language learning at primary level result in increased uptake at secondary level.
       (170633)
168  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policies he is implementing to strengthen modern language provision and uptake at secondary and tertiary level.
       (170668)
169 N
Ian Swales (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how poverty among five, six and seven year olds will be measured and recorded following the announcement that every child in this age group will now qualify for free school meals.
       (170247)
170 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to share back office services with other Government departments; and if he will make a statement.
       (170553)
171 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools have had building works commence on site under his Department's Priority Schools Building Programme since that programme was announced.
       (170559)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
172  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will publish an audited valuation of expenditure in connection with the Carbon Saving Obligation and the Affordable Warmth Obligation by energy companies which excludes any match funding from customers.
       (170978)
173 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Government's review of the fourth Carbon Budget to be completed.
       (170478)
174 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of the £200 million of Government funding allocated to the Green Deal in November 2011 has been spent to date.
       (170480)
175 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his latest estimate of the cost to consumers of the Energy Company Obligation is; and how that figure compares to his Department's original estimate.
       (170529)
176  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in Cannock Chase constituency were fitted with insulation under programmes of his Department in (a) 2012, (b) 2011 and (c) 2010.
       (170915)
177 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the generating capacity in mega watt hours of (a) nuclear, (b) gas, (c) coal and (d) oil fuelled plant has been in each year since 2010-11.
       (170195)
178 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been invested in extra gas storage capacity in the UK in each year since 2010-11.
       (170196)
179 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been invested in extra pipeline capacity to bring gas from non-UK resources in each year since 2010-11.
       (170197)
180  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of flooding on the environmental safety of fracking; and what assessment he has made of the relevance for hydraulic fracturing to exploit shale gas in the UK of the serious flooding of fracking sites in Colorado in September 2013.
       (170606)
181  
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), (ii) Sellafield Ltd and (iii) Nuclear Management Partners on liability indemnification for the extension of the top tier management contract for Sellafield announced by NDA on 4 October.
       (170620)
182 N
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department will provide to the developer of the Spring Farm Ridge wind farm application in South Northamptonshire, if that developer is approved.
       (170587)
183  
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Green Deal assessments have (a) taken place, (b) been followed through to completion in each parliamentary constituency since January 2013.
       (170907)
184 N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of heat generated by heat pumps that can be considered as renewable according to existing regulations.
       (170484)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
185  
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to report the results of his consultation on the creation of new marine conservation zones.
       (170920)
186  
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the evidence base on which badger population estimates have been made in (a) the two pilot cull sites and (b) other sites where his Department is monitoring badger numbers.
       (170847)
187  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in fly-grazing of horses in (a) East Hampshire constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England.
       (170938)
188 N
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been killed to date under his Department's cull programme; how that figure compares to the Department’s targets and forecasts; and who is responsible for determining the criteria against which the effectiveness of the culls will be judged.
       (170564)
189  
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement regarding the proposed removal of the Union Flag from meat packaged in the UK.
       (170790)
190  
Laura Sandys (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the responsibilities of trading standards and a local authority's licensing department are with regards to the regulation of pet shops.
       (170723)
191  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect ferox brown trout in the UK.
       (170738)
192  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve butterfly habitats in the UK.
       (170739)
193  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve honeysuckle habitats in the UK.
       (170740)
194  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with farming bodies to protect the yellowhammer in the UK; and what incentives exist for habitat improvement.
       (170741)
195 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) funding and (b) marketing support the Government provides to the sparkling wine growing industry in the south east.
       (170555)
196 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees were killed by (a) acute oak decline, (b) Asian longhorn beetle, (c) chalara dieback of ash, (d) chestnut blight and (e) dothistroma needle blight in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
       (170556)
197 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees were killed by (a) great spruce bark beetle, dendroctonus micans, (b) horse chestnut leaf miner, cameraria ohridella, (c) oak pinhole borer, platypus cylindrus, (d) oak processionary moth, thaumetopoea processionea, and (e) phytophthora alni in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
       (170557)
198 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition of tree his Department uses in relation to biosecurity.
       (170718)
199 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to provide a full response to the final report from the Tree and Plant Health Biosecurity Expert Taskforce.
       (170719)
200 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department is making in removing rhododendron bushes infected with Ramorum blight.
       (170720)
201 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the UK economy of biosecurity incidents in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
       (170721)
202 N
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many trees were killed by (a) Phytophthora austrocedrae, (b) Phytophthora kernoviae, (c) Phytophthora lateralis, (d) Phytophthora ramorum and (e) Pine tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini) for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
       (170722)
203  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the biosecurity risks to the UK from tree and plant imports from outside the EU which are transhipped via another EU member state.
       (170763)
204 N
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18 July 2013, Official Report, column 859W, on biofuels, how many microgrammes of small particulates (PM2.5) per cubic metre of air he expects emissions from biomass combustion to add to the atmosphere in the UK in 2020 (a) net of fuels displaced by biomass and (b) not net of fuels displaced by biomass.
       (170509)
205  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of dogs illegally entering the country each year.
       (170852)
206  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the maximum penalties set out in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
       (170860)
207  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of illegal dog breeding in England; and if he will review current breeding laws.
       (170861)
208  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of dogs and cats in England; and if he will make a statement.
       (170899)
209 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which badger cull licences have been issued in the last year; and for what geographical area each such licence covered.
       (170583)
210 N
Chris Williamson (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any badger cull licences have been issued covering areas outside Somerset and Gloucestershire.
       (170586)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
211 N
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess what implications there may be for his policy of the recent report published by the International Humanist and Ethical Union entitled, Freedom of Thought 2012: A Global Report on Discrimination Against Humanists, Atheists and the Non-religious.
       (170396)
212  
Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will develop a strategy to prevent attacks on individuals throughout the world where the primary cause is due to the individual's atheism, humanism or lack of religious belief.
       (170845)
213 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Japanese counterpart about developments at the Fukushima nuclear power station.
       (170611)
214 N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on whether chemical weapons originally imported by the Libyan government under President Gadaffi have been identified in the possession of forces opposed to President Assad in Syria.
       (170608)
215  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of the Cayman Islands since 22 May 2013 with regard to the unspent money collected for the Environment Protection Fund.
       (170675)
216  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss the National Conservation Bill and the Environment Protection Fund with the government of the Cayman Islands.
       (170677)
217  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department has offered the government of the Cayman Islands with passage of the draft National Conservation Bill since 22 May 2013.
       (170834)
218 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel concerning the treatment of Issa Amro.
       (170576)
219 N
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the future of Ascension Island.
       (170577)
220  
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts to ensure that EU tariffs better reflect disparities in environmental regulations from non-EU countries.
       (170942)
221  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese government on Tibet.
       (170742)
222  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to raise the persecution of Tibetan monks with the Chinese government.
       (170743)
223  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to protect fishing rights in Gibraltar.
       (170744)
224  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese government on the persecution of Christians in China.
       (170745)
225  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 295W, on Israel, what assessment he has made of whether all bilateral programmes between the UK and Israel are compliant with EU law and international law.
       (170775)
226  
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recent decision by the Dutch Supreme Court to hold the Dutch government to account for the actions of its peacekeepers in Srebrenica, what assessment he has made of the implications of that decision for the readiness of UK allies to support UN missions.
       (170766)
227  
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of US drone attacks on the security situation in Yemen.
     R (170712)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
228 N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the Patient Experience members appointed to the Congenital Heart Services Clinical Reference Group are.
       (170727)
229 N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what process and subject to what criteria the Patient Experience members appointed to the Congenital Heart Services Clinical Reference Group were selected.
       (170728)
230 N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what time and on what date notice was given to stakeholders of the meeting of the NHS England Board Task and Finish Group held on 30 September 2013 concerning the Congenital Heart Disease Review; and how that notice was distributed.
       (170729)
231 N
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the Congenital Heart Disease Review to follow the recommendations of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel and to take account of the outcome of the judicial review case brought against the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts; and if he will make a statement.
       (170785)
232  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commit to greater investment in housing-related support for people with mental health problems.
       (170687)
233  
Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the Food Standards Agency's ability to monitor cadmium in imported cocoa.
       (170595)
234 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to issue an update to the document Living Well for Longer: Call to Action to Reduce Premature Mortality.
       (170708)
235  
Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Staffordshire have received funding from the Cancer Drugs Fund in each of the last three years.
       (170912)
236 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has commissioned or conducted a population-based evaluation of the meningitis B vaccine.
       (170614)
237 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support sufferers of muscular dystrophy.
       (170398)
238 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on establishing a ring-fenced fund for rare disease drugs.
       (170399)
239 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence take steps to assess treatments for rare conditions differently to less rare conditions.
       (170400)
240 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that specialist centres are appropriately equipped to treat (a) muscular dystrophy and (b) similar conditions.
       (170401)
241 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when each Minister in his Department last visited a childcare setting.
       (170768)
242 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the optimum number of cases handled per health visitor.
       (170769)
243 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of cases handled per health visitor in NHS England is.
       (170770)
244 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how medical records for children are kept and shared between (a) health visitors, (b) GPs, (c) accident and emergency services and (d) other medical professionals.
       (170771)
245 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to the NHS on referring/reporting suspected non-accidental injuries.
       (170772)
246  
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department holds on the effectiveness of negative results for group B streptococcus from a urine test in early pregnancy as a predictor of maternal group B streptococcus colonisation in labour.
       (169561)
247 N
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives hospitals on the provision of parking for (a) district nurses, (b) midwives and (c) other visiting health professionals.
       (170584)
248 N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Chief Medical Officer is obliged to publish details of meetings in the same manner as Ministers publish ministerial diaries; and if he will make a statement.
       (170641)
249  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the gender breakdown of births in each government office region was in each of the last 10 years.
       (170936)
250  
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the month-of-birth breakdown of births in each government office region was in the last 10 years.
       (170937)
251 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fitness to practise cases being dealt with by the Nursing and Midwifery Council have been outstanding for (a) over 12 months and (b) over two years.
       (170511)
252 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council about improvements to its practice and procedures; and if he will make a statement.
       (170512)
253 N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fitness to practise cases dealt with the Nursing and Midwifery Council have been referred under section 29 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act in (a) the last 12 months and (b) the last two years.
       (170513)
254  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, columns 428-9W, on NHS: apprenticeships, which department had budgetary responsibility for NHS apprenticeships in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
       (170833)
255  
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress the Government has made in improving patient safety in the NHS.
       (170902)
256  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS practitioners are made aware of the potential uses of self-monitoring technology in healthcare.
       (170901)
257  
Grahame M. Morris (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients have access to monitoring and self-management opportunities for long-term conditions.
       (170903)
258  
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians' report entitled, Allergy: the unmet need, published in 2003, have been implemented.
       (170846)
259 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date his Department was informed of a likely underspend in budgets of Merseyside primary care trusts in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
       (170519)
260  
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will carry out an internal investigation into which officials in his Department released confidential emails to the hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire.
       (170605)
261 N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foreign doctors were employed by the NHS on 30 September 2012.
       (170528)
262  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths from sepsis in England and Wales.
       (170749)
263  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had on new treatment methods for skin cancer in the UK.
       (170750)
264  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in the UK in each of the last three years.
       (170751)
265  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether specific funding is ringfenced for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
       (170752)
266  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of organ donors.
       (170753)
267  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the number of suicides amongst service personnel and veterans.
       (170754)
268  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with medical authorities on trends in the incidence of bowel cancer in the UK.
       (170755)
269  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the six most frequent organ donations in the UK were in each of the last five years; and how many such operations were carried out.
       (170756)
270  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association on side effects of the use of sun beds.
       (170757)
271  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes retinopathy in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
       (170759)
272  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the NHS has made of the potential of cool laser treatment for the treatment of diabetes-related blindness.
       (170760)
273  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to prevent young people taking up smoking.
       (170761)
274  
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what process members are appointed to the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation.
       (170867)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
275  
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained by the UK Border Agency from 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 who were subsequently found to be under the age of 18.
       (170686)
276  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of police stop and search powers in tackling knife crime.
       (170925)
277  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase the use of police stop and search powers.
       (170927)
278  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet young people and others who took part in a BBC WM's debate on knife crime in October 2013 to discuss their People's Knife Crime Manifesto.
       (170935)
279  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the quality of anti-knife crime education in schools.
       (170979)
280  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of anti-knife crime education in schools.
       (170982)
281  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife amnesties have taken place in each of the last five years; and where each such amnesty took place.
       (170983)
282  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of knife amnesty programmes in reducing knife crime.
       (170984)
283  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations regarding action to tackle knife crime.
       (170985)
284  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Cabinet Office regarding the role of youth services in combating knife crime.
       (170986)
285 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of sentencing options for those convicted of knife crime.
       (170565)
286 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife amnesties were held in each police authority area in each year since 2010.
       (170566)
287 N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing stop and search powers for reducing knife crime in nightclubs and other late night establishments.
       (170588)
288 N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what current level of English language proficiency is required for those arriving on (a) ICT Long term staff, (b) ICT Short term staff, (c) ICT Graduate Trainee and (d) ICT Skills Transfer visas; and what such levels will be following the upcoming implementation of changes to immigration rules announced on 6 September 2013.
       (170397)
289 N
Nick de Bois (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the ceremonial uniform worn by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary; and if she will make a statement.
       (170251)
290 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications have been processed in (a) under three months, (b) under six months, (c) under a year, (d) under 18 months and (e) over 18 months in each of the last five years.
       (170560)
291  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures conducted in Scotland 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.
       (170598)
292  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of procedures regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and carried out in Scotland in 2012 were conducted without anaesthesia.
       (170599)
293  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2012 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.
       (170600)
294  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used in regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Scotland in 2012.
       (170601)
295  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull 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 Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2012.
       (170602)
296  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures were carried out in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2012.
       (170621)
297  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Scotland in 2012; and how many such infringements led to a prosecution.
       (170622)
298  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull 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 Scotland in 2012 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
       (170623)
299  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2012 were performed in (a) public health laboratories, (b) univerisites and medical schools, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) Government departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit-making organisations and (g) commercial organisations.
       (170624)
300  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in Scotland were designated as a (a) supplying establishment, (b) breeding establishment and (c) scientific procedure under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of 2012.
       (170625)
301  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Scotland in 2012 were in the (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity banding.
       (170626)
302  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for experiments in Scotland in 2010; and how many such project licences were in force at the end of 2012.
       (170630)
303  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used in medical experimentation in 2012; what steps she is taking to reduce the use of animals in medical experimentation; and if she will make a statement.
       (170632)
304  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the increase in the number of Old World monkeys used in animal experimentation during 2012; what steps she is taking to reduce the number of Old World primates used in animal experimentation in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
       (170634)
305  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the increase in the number of canines used in animal experimentation during 2012; what steps she is taking to reduce the number of canines used in animal experimentation in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
       (170635)
306  
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the increase in the number of felines used in animal experimentation during 2012; what steps she is taking to reduce the number of felines used in animal experimentation in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
       (170636)
307  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 2 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr I Abu.
       (170629)
308  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 2 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Christian Felix Okafor.
       (170853)
309  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 2 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S. D. Amawu.
       (170854)
310  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 2 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Karen Faith.
       (170855)
311  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 4 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms N. Kona.
       (170856)
312  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter of 4 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Arif.
       (170857)
313  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 9 September 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Shasta Parveen Fazalbad.
       (170858)
314  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter dated 2 September 2013 to the Minister for Immigration from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Munkhtuya Sukhbaata.
       (170859)
315  
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what a non-police prosecuting agency is; and what function it performs.
       (170904)
316  
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the non-police prosecuting agencies recognised by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers.
       (170905)
317  
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of compulsory paid-for Certificate in Knowledge of Policing courses as a requirement for applying to become a police officer on (a) the demographic composition of police forces and (b) how representative police forces are of the communities they serve.
       (170864)
318  
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces offer bursaries or other financial assistance to pay fees for Certificate in Knowledge of Policing courses to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.
       (170865)
319  
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces require potential applicants for police officer roles to have completed a Certificate in Knowledge of Policing prior to application.
       (170866)
320  
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her European counterparts on establishing a co-ordinated European resettlement programme for the most vulnerable refugees from the Syrian conflict.
       (170594)
321 N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place to prevent foreign nationals who have previously been served with an anti-social behaviour order within the UK from returning to the UK from another EU country.
       (170538)
322 N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals of each EU nationality who have previously been served with an anti-social behaviour order within the UK have been refused entry to the UK in each year since 2010.
       (170539)
323 N
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) Romanian, (b) Bulgarian, (c) Polish and (d) Lithuanian nationals who enter the UK by air and leave within 24 hours of arrival; what proportion of such people commit criminal offences while in the UK; and what security checks are in place at airports to prevent foreign nationals from entering the UK for this purpose.
       (170540)
324 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been facilitated in the UK through Joint Action 96/699/JHA.
       (170778)
325 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how frequently information exchange involving the UK is conducted on the basis of Joint Action 96/699/JHA; and what the cost has been to UK public funds in each of the last five years of such information exchange.
       (170779)
326 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Joint Action 96/698/JHA, with which business organisations the Government and its agencies have memoranda of understanding.
       (170782)
327 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to maintain and periodically review the memoranda of understanding required by Joint Action 96/698/JHA irrespective of the UK's participation in the Joint Action.
       (170783)
328 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government last reviewed the effectiveness of the memoranda of understanding required by Joint Action 96/698/JHA; and what manpower this took.
       (170784)
329  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to UK public funds has been in each of the last five years of complying with Joint Action 97/339/JHA.
       (170804)
330  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which EU member states the UK does not have bilateral or multilateral agreements on matters covered by Joint Action 97/339/JHA; and whether the UK would seek to establish such agreements with these member states upon opting out of this measure.
       (170805)
331  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the importance of Joint Action 96/610/JHA in counter-terrorism co-operation between the UK and other EU member states.
       (170806)
332  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK authorities have made use of the directory under Joint Action 96/610/JHA in each of the last five years.
       (170807)
333  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the UK public funds has been of complying with Joint Action 96/610/JHA in each of the last five years.
       (170808)
334  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternative arrangements, if any, will be required to enable the transmission of controlled substances upon opting out of Council Decision 2001/419/JHA; what her policy is on putting in place such alternative arrangements and whether they should differ from the provisions of the Council Decision; and what assessment she has made of whether these arrangements would be put in place.
       (170809)
335  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the UK public funds has been of transmissions carried out under Council Decision 2001/419/ JHA in the last year; and what the purpose was of each of these transmissions.
       (170810)
336  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether co-operation which is undertaken under the provisions of Joint Action 98/699/JHA will be maintained following a UK opt out from that Joint Action; and what the cost has been to UK public funds in each of the last five years of this co-operation.
       (170811)
337  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK complies with the obligations relating to judicial training under Joint Action 98/699/JHA.
       (170812)
338  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cost of producing and maintaining the guide required by Joint Action 98/699/JHA.
       (170813)
339  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether existing policy and practice in matters covered by Joint Action 97/372/JHA, including co-operation with other member states, will alter as a result of the UK opting out of the Joint Action.
       (170814)
340  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to UK public funds has been in each of the last five years of co-operation with other member states undertaken under the provisions of Joint Action 96/750/JHA.
       (170815)
341  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether existing policy and practice in matters covered by Joint Action 96/750/JHA, including co-operation with other member states, will alter as a result of the UK opting out of this measure.
       (170816)
342  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the UK has taken to assure the EU that the UK is compliant with Joint Action 96/750/JHA.
       (170817)
343  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what UK legislative or operational measures, if any, would be necessary to satisfy the requirements of Joint Action 96/750/JHA that do not accord with existing policy or practice.
       (170818)
344  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which provisions of Joint Action 96/750/JHA do not accord with existing UK policy or practice.
       (170819)
345  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, through what means, if any, the information currently exchanged through Joint Action 96/699/JHA will be exchanged with other member states assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by this Joint Action.
       (170820)
346  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK will remove the conditions of Statutory Instrument 2001, No. 3948 establishing the National Analysis Centres, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by Council Decision 2001/887/JHA under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (170997)
347  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports were made to Europol by UK authorities under the requirements of Council Decision 2001/887/JHA in each of the last five years; and what the cost was to UK public funds of such reporting in each of the last five years.
       (171000)
348  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to retain unchanged the provisions of UK law and practice required by Council Framework Decision 2002/474/JHA, as amended, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by the Framework Decision under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (171001)
349  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to continue to report analyses of suspected counterfeit euros and information on investigations into euro counterfeiting to Europol, assuming that the UK ceases to be bound by Council Decision 2001/887/JHA under Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties; and whether this reporting will continue to be possible.
       (171006)
350 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with landlords' associations on the viability of landlords being able to accurately assess the legitimacy of applicant tenants in terms of their right of abode in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
       (170688)
351 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances she has received on whether all evidence presented to the Independent Police Complaints Commission from (a) South Yorkshire Police and (b) Norman Bettison relating to the Hillsborough disaster is complete.
       (170395)
352 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) England have been granted work permits since May 2010.
       (170510)
353 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested and charged by Merseyside police for anti-social behaviour offences from 2003 to the latest year for which figures are available.
       (170520)
354 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that retired police officers comply with interview requests from the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the ongoing Hillsborough investigation.
       (170573)
355 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals and companies have not yet complied with information requests from the Hillsborough Independent Panel; and how many individuals and organisations have submitted evidence to the Independent Police Complaints Commission Hillsborough investigation but have not yet supplied information to the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
       (170574)
356 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Bishop James Jones over the failure of the former Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police Mervyn Jones to comply with an information request from the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
       (170579)
357 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is offering the IPCC Hillsborough investigation team who discover that evidence submitted to them has been (a) altered, (b) deleted and (c) edited.
       (170582)
358  
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the investigations led by (a) the Independent Police Complaints Commission and (b) Jon Stoddart into the Hillsborough disaster have cost since they were established.
       (170592)
359 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that any reports into allegations of sexual assault at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre that have previously been or will in the future be produced by Serco are made available to the public.
       (170514)
360 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will investigate allegations of sexual assault at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre.
       (170515)
361 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to (a) ensure women detained for immigration purposes are protected from sexual assault and harassment and (b) facilitate immigration detainees to report incidences of sexual assault and harassment on the immigration detention estate.
       (170516)
362 N
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of detaining women for immigration purposes following the allegations of sexual assault at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre.
       (170517)
363  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the High Court judgment of 5 July 2013 on the minimum income threshold for spouses or partners and children applying in the family route, what guidance her Department has issued regarding passports and other documents that have been submitted with applications made under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules that have been subject to the hold on decision-making.
       (170617)
364  
Sarah Teather (Brent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the High Court judgment of 5 July 2013 on the minimum income threshold for spouses or partners and children applying in the family route, (a) how many applications made under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules have been subject to the hold on decision-making and (b) how many such applications have been received by visa application centres outside the UK.
       (170618)
365 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by which criteria payments to Capita are performance-related for her Department's procurement contracts.
       (170578)
366 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration raids were carried out on businesses in (a) Rupert Street, (b) Wardour Street, (c) Dansey Place, (d) Macclesfield Street, (e) Gerrard Street, (f) Horse and Dolphin Yard, (g) Gerrard Place, (h) Newport Place, (i) Little Newport Street, (j) Leicester Place, (k) Leicester Court, (l) Leicester Street and (m) Lisle Street in London W1 between 1 January and 30 September 2013.
       (170650)
367 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at how many raids in (a) Rupert Street, (b) Wardour Street, (c) Dansey Place, (d) Macclesfield Street, (e) Gerrard Street, (f) Horse and Dolphin Yard, (g) Gerrard Place, (h) Newport Place, (i) Little Newport Street, (j) Leicester Place, (k) Leicester Court, (l) Leicester Street and (m) Lisle Street between 1 January and 30 September 2013 Capita staff were present; and how much in total was paid to Capita for those raids.
       (170652)
368 N
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were found to be illegal immigrants at raids in (a) Rupert Street, (b) Wardour Street, (c) Dansey Place, (d) Macclesfield Street, (e) Gerrard Street, (f) Horse and Dolphin Yard, (g) Gerrard Place, (h) Newport Place, (i) Little Newport Street, (j) Leicester Place, (k) Leicester Court, (l) Leicester Street and (m) Lisle Street between 1 January and 30 September 2013; how many of them were released after arrest; how many of them have been deported; how many fines were issued to businesses as a result of those raids; what the total amount of fines was; and how much has been recouped in fines.
       (170653)
369 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter of 2 September 2013 to the interim director general of UK Visas and Immigration on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref B23798/13.
       (170246)
370 N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter to the Interim Director General, UK Visa and Immigration of 3 September 2013 on behalf of a constituent, CTS ref M11944/13.
       (170664)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
371 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department will ensure that nutrition indicators in the post-2015 framework reflect both chronic and acute malnutrition and are measured in a way that ensures that vulnerable groups and populations are not missed.
       (170477)
372 N
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her Department will release new details of (a) how the Catalytic Fund will function, including how funds can be accessed, (b) what types of activities the funding can be used for and (c) what countries must do to access the funds.
       (170481)
373  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will promote the rational use of antibiotics in obstetrics in Burma's health system.
       (170697)
374  
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure the dissemination and training of health personnel in essential medicine treatment guidelines and supervision in projects supported by her Department.
       (170698)
375  
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support she is providing to Burma to ensure that family planning and reproductive health services are being offered to all communities.
       (170699)
376  
Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support she is providing to Burma to develop its health system.
     R (170700)
377  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the UK is providing to Lebanon and Jordan to cope with the large numbers of refugees from Syria.
       (170758)
378 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement about plans for the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group.
       (170393)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
379  
Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences were issued for carrying knives in each of the last five years.
       (170980)
380 N
Hugh Bayley (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what advice he has sought from (a) English Heritage, (b) the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Burials in England and (c) other bodies or experts on (i) whether he has power to amend the terms of the licence issued to the University of Leicester Archaeology Department to dig for the remains of King Richard III and (ii) other related matters; and if he will place in the Library copies of all the advice he has received on this matter.
       (170780)
381 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many coroners are above the judicial retirement age; and what estimate he has made of the average age of such coroners.
       (170248)
382  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals sentenced in the UK have chosen to spend their prison sentence in their home country in each of the last three years.
       (170966)
383  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 688W, on European Convention on Human Rights, which solicitors companies represented each claimant against the UK since 1998 where damages, costs or compensation were awarded in favour of the applicant.
       (170967)
384  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who pays for the flights and associated security of British citizens jailed abroad coming to serve their prison time in the UK; and who makes the decision about such prisoners being permitted to serve their time in UK prisons.
       (170971)
385  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many British citizens who committed crime abroad are serving their time in UK jails; and at what total cost to the public purse.
       (170972)
386  
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released on parole after serving the minimum period of their indeterminate sentence in prison in the last five years.
       (170973)
387 N
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Director of Public Prosecutions is obliged to publish details of meetings in the same manner as Ministers publish ministerial diaries; and if he will make a statement.
       (170640)
388 N
Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in implementing section 139 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
       (170404)
389 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is spent each year on Probation Trust building; which companies provide such premises; and when the contract governing the occupancy of such building is next due for renewal.
       (170384)
390 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has written off in unpaid fines in each year since 2010-11.
       (170405)
391 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts announced to be closing since May 2010 have been disposed of; and how much has been generated in capital receipts from their disposal.
       (170518)
392  
Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unpaid employment tribunal awards and ACAS settlements were passed to High Court enforcement officers in the financial year 2012-13; and of these unpaid awards and settlements (a) how many were fully enforced, (b) how many were enforced with payments in installments, (c) how many have been partially enforced, (d) how many are ongoing and (e) how many were unenforceable; and of the unpaid awards and settlements which were unenforceable for 2012-13, what the reasons were for non enforcement.
       (170928)
393  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultations concerning the make-up of the Court Service Estate in North Wales have taken place in the last three years.
       (170932)
394  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultations concerning delivery of criminal justice in North Wales have taken place in the last three years.
       (170933)
395  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultations concerning the delivery of civil justice in North Wales have taken place in the last three years.
       (170934)
396  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have been employed by the Court Service in North Wales in the last five years for which records are available.
       (170940)
397  
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales and (b) the Chief Constable of North Wales on the delivery of criminal justice in North Wales.
       (170941)
398  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA has required any alteration to law or practice in the UK.
       (170802)
399  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the UK complies with all the requirements of Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JHA, as amended; and whether the Government intends to maintain the laws implementing these requirements once the Framework Decision ceases to bind the UK.
       (170803)
400  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions were handed down in the UK in each of the last five years for acts the UK is required to criminalise under the Second Protocol to the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests; and what the sentence or penalty was for each of these convictions.
       (170998)
401  
Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on whiplash and the small claims court for personal injury which closed on 8 March 2013.
       (170631)
402  
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for dog control offences under the Town and Police Clauses Act 1847 in each year for which statistics are available since 2008.
       (170862)
403 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Senior President of the Tribunals will no longer prepare an annual report on the performance of decision making in his Department.
       (170642)
404 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on removing the duty of the Senior President of Tribunals to report on the standards of decision-making by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
       (170643)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
405 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the effects of public disorder in summer 2013 on the economy in Northern Ireland.
       (170543)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
406 N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend section 80 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 to prohibit non-professional mariners from drinking alcohol while in charge of a vessel.
       (170615)
407  
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government's proposed trial of single leg ticketing will cost; and when he anticipates that the trial will begin.
       (170988)
408  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the sale of the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood on commercial activities at the Port of Southampton.
       (170989)
409  
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what grants and loans have been made by his Department and the bodies for which it is responsible to projects in which Peel Holdings is a significant beneficiary in each of the last five years.
       (170993)
410 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total length in kilometres of the HS2/HS1 link is (a) tunnelled and (b) above ground.
       (170521)
411 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has commissioned KPMG to make an assessment of the regional economic effects of alternatives to High Speed 2.
       (170575)
412  
Charlie Elphicke (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the future of the High Speed 1 rail service to Deal, Kent; and if he will make a statement.
       (170884)
413 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rural bus services in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK have been (i) reduced and (ii) removed in each of the last five years.
       (170562)
414  
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost of constructing High Speed 2 adjacent to existing transport corridors and not tunnelling the route.
       (170669)
415 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish (a) the Code of Practice on ticketing information and (b) the Rail Franchising Overview.
       (170693)
416 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the operator selected for the planned flexible ticket trial will receive any additional financial support from the Government; and, if so, what funds have been set aside for this purpose.
       (170694)
417 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether future bidders for rail franchises will be required to invest in new ticketing machines.
       (170695)
418 N
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which computer systems will be retired as a result of the plans set out in the Fares and Ticketing Review; and whether the Government will be making any contribution to the new ticketing software.
       (170696)
419  
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has power to review decisions of (a) Network Rail and (b) the Rail Safety and Standards Board on the permanent closure of level crossings; and if he will make a statement.
       (170848)
420  
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people previously in possession of a Blue Badge have been rejected since the introduction of the new guidelines set by his Department.
       (170929)
421  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public subsidy has been paid to First Greater Western Limited for the Great Western passenger rail franchise in each year that this train operating company has held that contract.
       (170868)
422  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of negotiations between his Department and First Greater Western Limited on the extension to 20 September 2015 of the rail passenger service contract for the Great Western line; whether he expects further costs to arise; and if he will make a statement.
       (170869)
423  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department employed external consultants to work on the negotiations with First Greater Western Limited for the extension to 20 September 2013 of the rail passenger service contract for the Great Western line; what the cost was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
       (170870)
424  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the comparative value to the public purse of awarding Directly Operated Railways the extension of the contract for rail passenger services on the Great Western line; and if he will make a statement.
       (170871)
425  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated total value will be to (a) the public purse and (b) First Greater Western Limited of the planned investment in (i) rolling stock on Thames Valley routes, (ii) capacity on the existing high speed train fleet and (iii) smart ticketing on the Great Western line between October 2013 and September 2015; and if he will make a statement.
       (170872)
426  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average increase in passenger rail fares on the Great Western line has been in each year since March 1998; and what comparative assessment he has made of such a change and that of (a) other operators of inter-city passenger services and (b) the national average in each such year.
       (170873)
427  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the punctuality score for passenger rail services on the Great Western main line has been in each year since 1997-98; and what comparative assessment he has made of such figures and that of (a) other operators of inter-city passenger services and (b) the national average in each such year.
       (170874)
428  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he has undertaken with (a) passenger groups and (b) trade unions over the content of the contract extension negotiated between his Department and First Greater Western Limited for passenger services on the Great Western line; and if he will make a statement.
       (170875)
429  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the increase in passenger revenue over the life of the contract extension to September 2015 agreed between his Department and First Greater Western Limited for rail passenger services on the Great Western line; and if he will make a statement.
       (170876)
430  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which contractual circumstances his Department would activate contingency for further extension of the rail contract agreed with First Greater Western Limited for passenger services on the Great Western line; and if he will make a statement.
       (170877)
431  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public subsidy was paid to First Greater Western Limited for the Great Western passenger rail franchise in each year of that company's previous contract.
       (170878)
432  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value will be to (a) Network Rail and (b) First Greater Western Limited of the planned improvements to (i) on-train Wi-Fi coverage and (ii) stations on the Great Western line to be undertaken between October 2013 and September 2015; and if he will make a statement.
       (170879)
433  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value to First Greater Western Limited is of the contract extension agreed between his Department and that company for rail passenger services on the Great Western line; what steps he has taken to protect the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
       (170880)
434  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated level of (a) public subsidy, (b) premium payments and (c) revenue support will be during the contract extension to September 2015 agreed between his Department and First Greater Western Limited for rail passenger services on the Great Western line; and if he will make a statement.
       (170881)
435  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether First Greater Western Limited will abide by existing collective bargaining agreements with recognised trade unions for the period covered by the contract extension for the Great Western line; and if he will make a statement.
       (170882)
436  
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of the contract extension to September 2015 agreed between his Department and First Greater Western Limited for rail passenger services on the Great Western line is; and if he will make a statement.
       (170883)
437  
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an assessment of the hyperloop system as an alternative to high speed rail as a means of high speed transportation.
       (170825)
438 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on changes in the allowed flying times for commercial pilots; and what discussions he has with members of other EU governments on this issue.
       (170692)
439  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on compulsory speed adapters.
       (170737)
440  
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether High Speed 2 will be used for freight.
       (170678)
441 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to which European Council member states the UK has made representations in support of the Government's stated preference for a five per cent cap on EU biofuels ahead of the European Council negotiations on 16 October 2013.
       (170647)
442 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) fastest and (b) average journey time (i) is and (ii) will be after completion of High Speed 2 between London and (A) Sandwell and Dudley and (B) Wolverhampton; and if he will make a statement.
       (170558)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
443  
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was distributed in the financial year 2012-13 in local housing allowance to persons under the age of 25 in each local authority area in the UK for both (a) local authority or housing association provided housing and (b) privately rented accommodation; and what was the percentage change in such amounts in each case compared with the previous financial year.
       (170676)
444 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus branches are currently signposting people to food banks; and if he will publish a list of such branches.
       (170709)
445 N
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Answer of 11 September 2013, Official Report, column 975, on Engagements, whether Jobcentre Plus branches are referring people to food banks.
       (170776)
446  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private sector companies deliver the Government's Work Programme; and what the cost to the public purse has been of those companies' involvement.
       (170821)
447  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Government's Work Programme.
       (170822)
448  
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason it is his Department's policy not to employ Jobcentre Plus staff to implement its Work Programme.
       (170823)
449 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the safety implications of employing workers on zero hours contracts in (a) hazardous industries and (b) the offshore oil and gas industry.
       (170656)
450  
Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues to local authorities on assessment criteria for Social Fund Funeral Payment applications.
       (170826)
451 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK have been in arrears with their Child Support Agency payments for a period of (i) under six months, (ii) under a year and (iii) over a year in each of the last five years.
       (170530)
452 N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK have been registered with the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years.
       (170531)
453 N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of UK job vacancies filled by non-UK EU applicants through the First Eures Job job mobility scheme in the last year for which figures are available.
       (170563)
454  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 23 August 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S Harrison.
       (170627)
455  
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 24 August 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs J Smith.
       (170628)
456  
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimant appeal cases against sanctions are on hold in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency.
       (170593)
457 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive on the effects of the implementation of welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
       (170402)
458 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of Universal Credit on the timely payments of rents by tenants to landlords; and if he will make a statement.
       (170690)
459 N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a scheme whereby rents can be paid on behalf of tenants directly to landlords; and if he will make a statement.
       (170691)
460  
Jim Shannon (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to prevent the claiming of benefits by people living overseas.
       (170734)
461  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the regional breakdown of the number of claimants who have had their jobseeker's allowance stopped during the last year is.
       (170603)
462  
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have had their jobseeker's allowance stopped in the last year.
       (170604)
463  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the preparedness of businesses in (a) the North West and (b) Pendle constituency to automatically enrol their employees in a pension plan between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015.
       (170827)
464  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the North West and (b) Pendle constituency are not currently contributing to a pension.
       (170828)
465  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in (a) the North West and (b) Pendle constituency will have to automatically enrol their employees in a pension plan between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015.
       (170829)
466  
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in (a) the North West and (b) Pendle constituency have automatically enrolled their employees in a pension plan.
       (170830)
467  
Bob Stewart (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage jobseeker's allowance claimants to volunteer for charity work.
       (170987)
468 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department, other than those employed at pathfinder jobcentres, are currently involved in processing universal credit applications.
       (170549)
469 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will be in receipt of universal credit by April 2014.
       (170550)
470 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he expects the universal credit portal to be able to accept all new applications for working age benefits.
       (170551)
471 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to publish updates of the data contained in his Department's publication, Employment and Support Allowance - Incapacity Benefits Reassessments: Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments, Great Britain, published in March 2012, broken down by geographical area.
       (170552)
472 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Audit Office Report, Universal Credit: early progress, HC 621, paragraph 2.5, how many of the 99 recommendations made by the reset team for universal credit have been implemented; and if he will make a statement.
       (170644)
473 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants in the pathfinders to date have made their claims online.
       (170645)
474 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to deal with fraud and error in universal credit claims prior to full functionality of the IT system.
       (170646)
475  
Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of a DBS check; and what assessment he has made of the effects of the cost of a DBS check on the ability of unemployed people to move into work.
       (171032)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
476 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workers in the offshore oil and gas industry who are currently employed on zero hours contracts.
   [Transferred]   (170654)
477 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workers in the offshore oil and gas industry who are employed using daily agreements with (a) employers and (b) employment agencies.
   [Transferred]   (170655)
478 N
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many workers in the (a) rail, (b) maritime and (c) offshore oil and gas industry are currently classified as self-employed.
   [Transferred]   (170657)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
479  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable the right to vote in UK elections to be removed from citizens of specified Commonwealth countries.
   [Transferred]   (170851)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
480 N
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the Exchequer received in income from petroleum exploration and development licences on land in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
   [Transferred]   (170580)

Prepared 12th October 2013