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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 22 October 2013

Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer

beginning on Tuesday 22 October 2013

(the ‘Questions Book’)

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on

Tuesday 22 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.

Tuesday 22 October  
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what new apprenticeship frameworks or qualifications have been created as a direct result of employer demand through the Employer Ownership of Skills project.
       (171924)
2 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the employer investment in (a) each of the successful bids for round one of the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot and (b) in total, has been given (i) as a cash contribution and (ii) in kind; and if he will make a statement.
       (171925)
3 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships will be created for (a) 16 to 18 year olds and (b) people aged 19 years and over in each of the successful bids for round one of the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot.
       (172001)
4 N
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data or information he will take into account when assessing whether the training being provided as part of Round One of the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot is (a) of high quality and (b) value for money.
       (172011)
5 N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) invoice financing agreements and (b) other steps to encourage banks to fund small businesses more fairly.
       (171902)
6  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Royal Mail spent on commissioning the survey published on 25 September 2013 by Ipsos-MORI.
       (172124)
7 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on incorporating the EU Cybersecurity directive into UK law.
       (172054)
8  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will bring forward amendments to the draft Consumer Rights Bill to prevent companies from charging vulnerable consumers from being charged by companies for choosing to receive bills and statements through the post.
       (172109)
9  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will make proposals to prevent vulnerable consumers from being charged by companies for choosing to receive bills and statements through the post.
       (172110)
10  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on companies charging consumers who choose to receive paper bills and statements by post; and what assessment he has made of the effect this has on vulnerable consumers.
       (172128)
11 N
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure that reports commissioned by the Council for Science and Technology are not authored by those currently seeking Government support for other projects.
       (171904)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
12 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses have used the CESG cyber incident response scheme to date.
       (172053)
13 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the accredited providers for the G-Cloud and (a) consultants and (b) application providers.
       (172055)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
14 N
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the VAT revenue accruing to the Exchequer from online advertising in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
       (172014)
15 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to make necessary home adaptations for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans exempt from VAT.
       (172025)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
16 N
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase affordable housing supply; and if he will make a statement.
       (171927)
17 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have successfully applied for monies through the Bellwin scheme in each of the last five years; and if he will list the local authorities and the total sum of their individual grants.
       (172002)
18 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of those individuals sleeping rough who are former members of the armed forces.
       (171883)
19 N
Andy Sawford (Corby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on how many local councils in England publish magazines more than six times a year.
       (171936)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
20  
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on preventing broadband, media and mobile telephone companies from charging vulnerable customers for receiving billing and statements through the post.
       (172108)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
21 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army personnel currently serving (a) as officers and (b) in other ranks were aged under 18 at enlistment.
       (171887)
22 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army personnel at each rank of officer and above were aged under 18 when they enlisted.
       (171888)
23 N
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army personnel promoted to each rank of officer and above in the last 10 years enlisted as junior entrant soldiers.
       (171889)
24 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 479W, on Afghanistan, whether his Department has any plans to publish or disclose the review currently being conducted by the Chief of the Defence Staff into the findings of the US report of security at Camp Bastion.
       (172062)
25 N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 479W, on Afghanistan, when the Chief of Defence Staff will finish reviewing the findings of the US report on the review of security at Camp Bastion.
       (172063)
26  
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met BAe Systems to discuss production of the M777 howitzer.
       (172085)
27 N
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides to wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans about VAT exemptions for necessary home adaptations.
       (172024)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
28  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, columns 602-3W, on free school meals, what plans his Department has to facilitate the availability of pupil premium to Key Stage 1 children and the schools they attend in subsequent years.
       (172097)
29  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to promote awareness of organ donation within schools in England.
       (172077)
30  
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that young people are provided with out of school services.
       (172086)
31 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place copies of the Property Data Survey Programme results for schools in the Sandwell local authority area in the library.
       (172003)
32 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will visit schools in the Sandwell local authority area.
       (172005)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
33  
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether hydrogen and fuel cells will be considered as eligible technologies at the next steps of the electricity market reform.
       (172072)
34 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date (a) planning was granted for and (b) works on site commenced on the Aldbrough gas storage facility.
       (171829)
35 N
Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date (a) planning was granted for and (b) works on site commenced on the Halford gas storage facility.
       (171830)
36  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from (a) the solar PV industry and (b) the nuclear industry on (i) the length of contract and (ii) the approximate £ per MWH subsidy required from around 2019 to bring forward investment.
       (172137)
37  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the cost trajectories of (a) solar PV and (b) nuclear power over the past decade; and if he will make a statement.
       (172138)
38  
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to underwrite the construction costs of the power station at Hinkley Point; what the terms of the £10 billion loan guarantee for that power station announced in the Spending Review are; whether the strike price will be updated in line with the Consumer Prices Index or Retail Prices Index; whether his discussions with investors have included provision for future alterations of the strike price (a) upwards or (b) downwards; if he will make it his policy that any increase in anticipated costs for Hinkley C will not result in any further funding from (i) the public purse and (ii) bill payers to complete the project; and if he will make a statement.
       (172139)
39 N
Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the Chief Executive of Ofgem to discuss energy prices; and if he will make a statement.
       (171926)
40 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of (a) the level of interconnection between the UK's energy control network and the internet and (b) the cyber security implications arising from such interconnectedness.
       (172060)
41 N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from Ineos concerning the restructuring of their UK operations at (a) Grangemouth refinery and (b) elsewhere in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
       (172004)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
42 N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he received the latest official estimates of the badger population in (a) Somerset and (b) Gloucester.
       (172022)
43 N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any extension of the time period for badger culls to occur will (a) alter the recommendations of the Independent Scientific Review Group, (b) affect the scientific validity of the cull and (c) be a decision to be taken by (i) Natural England and (ii) the Independent Expert Panel and (iii) another body.
       (172026)
44 N
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that any future badger cull (a) will be compliant with the Bern Convention and (b) will ensure the correct number of badgers are culled to reduce TB.
       (172028)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
45 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department expects to re-open the UK Embassy in Tehran; and what progress has been made on re-opening the Iranian Embassy in London.
       (172012)
46 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Human Rights concerns have been raised with the government of Sri Lanka since May 2010; and on how many occasions officials in his Department have (a) visited the North and East of that country and (b) inspected Sri Lankan refugee camps in that time.
       (172065)
47 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of Christians in Egypt.
       (171884)
48  
Gavin Shuker (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the return of Sean Emmett to the UK.
       (172123)
49 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Burmese counterpart on the unconditional release of (a) Naw Ohn Hla and (b) other political prisoners.
       (171879)
50 N
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of changes in incidences of the practice of torture and ill treatment towards political prisoners in Burma following the report of the UN Special Rapporteur in March 2013.
       (171880)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
51 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which quarters since May 2010 has the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust failed to meet its referral treatment target.
       (172000)
52 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes in per capita funding to the (a) NHS Sunderaland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), (b) NHS South Tyneside CCG, (c) NHS South Tees CCG, (d) NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG, (e) NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG and (f) NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG are being proposed in the 2013-14 working paper on CCG allocations and indicative target allocations.
       (172006)
53 N
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conversations he and his Ministerial colleagues have had with (a) Monitor and (b) the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust about (i) the Trust's failure to meet its target of treating 90 per cent of patients within 18 weeks of them being referred, (ii) the increase in reported never events at the Trust and (iii) the incidence of clostridium dificile infection at the Trust.
       (172010)
54  
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will convene an expert group on commissioning fertility treatment, for the purposes of encouraging adherence to the recommendations put forward by the NICE in its guidelines on fertility.
       (172122)
55 N
Liz Kendall (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether and at what level a centrally determined interest rate on deferred payment agreements for residential care costs will be introduced in the Care Bill.
       (171877)
56  
Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to allocating funding for the screening of all children under the age of 11 years for possible heart defects.
       (172073)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
57  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 467W, on entry clearances: fees and charges, what discussions the Government is having with Commonwealth countries which levy substantial visa charges on UK citizens entering their territory, to seek an equalisation of such charges across different jurisdictions.
       (172075)
58 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed to Sri Lanka under immigration law in each year since 2010-11; and what her policy is on immigration and the safety of Tamil people who are returned.
       (172066)
59 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish regulations associated with the draft immigration bill.
       (172027)
60 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the United Kingdom following enforcement action under sections 15 to 25 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 since May 2010.
       (172051)
61 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum sentence that the courts have imposed under sections 15 to 25 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 is since May 2010.
       (172068)
62 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) emails and (b) telephone calls have been received by the help desk operated by the UK Border Agency since May 2010 on employment enforcement under sections 15 to 25 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
       (172069)
63 N
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions of employers there have been under sections 15 to 25 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 since May 2010.
       (172070)
64 N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff at what level of seniority will work on corruption policy in her Department following the establishment of the National Crime Agency.
       (171881)
65 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches authorities of other EU member states have carried out on the UK's fingerprint database in each of the last five years under Article 9 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA; how many of these searches resulted in a match; in how many of these cases the UK provided the relevant foreign authority with further information following a match; and what action the relevant foreign authority took in each case on the basis of finding such a match or receiving such further information.
       (172045)
66 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches of vehicle registration data of another EU member state UK authorities have carried out in each of the last five years under Article 12 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA; how many of those searches resulted in a match; and what action UK authorities took in each such case on the basis of finding such a match.
       (172046)
67 N
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has (a) received information from and (b) provided information to other EU member states as a result of Articles 13 and 14 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the role such information played in preventing crime and disorder in each case.
       (172047)
68  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has (a) received information from and (b) provided information to other EU member states as a result of Article 16 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA in each of the last five years; and what importance in preventing terrorism such information had in each case.
       (172087)
69  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK officers have been provided with protection and assistance by another EU member state as a result of Article 20 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA in each of the last five years; and what the substance and effect of this protection and assistance was in each case.
       (172088)
70  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU member states the Council has decided, under Article 25(2) of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA, meet the requirements of Chapter 6 of that Decision; and when other EU member states will be the subject of such a decision.
       (172089)
71  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU member states have informed the Council and the European Commission that they have implemented the obligations laid down in Council Decision 2008/615/JHA; and which of those member states have indicated that they will apply that Decision immediately in their relations with other member states that have given the same indication; and what her assessment is of when (a) other EU member states and (b) the UK will inform the Council and the European Commission that they have implemented the obligations of that Decision.
       (172090)
72  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to retain without change existing provisions of UK law and practice required by Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/ JHA, if the UK ceases to be bound by those Decisions pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (172091)
73  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been in each of the last five years of (a) all co-operation and information exchange resulting from Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and (b) preparation for and initial implementation of these Decisions.
       (172092)
74  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which provisions of UK law and practice implement requirements of Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA.
       (172093)
75  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to retain unchanged the co-operation and information exchange with other EU member states established by Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA if the UK ceases to be bound by those Decisions pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties; if so, how such co-operation and information exchange would be maintained; and what assessment she has made of whether this would be at least as efficacious as UK participation in those Decisions.
       (172094)
76  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has provided officers of another EU member state with protection and assistance as a result of Article 20 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA in each of the last five years; and what the substance and effect of this protection and assistance was in each case.
       (172095)
77  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has (a) received assistance from and (b) provided assistance to one or more other EU member state as a result of Article 18 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA in each of the last five years; and what role such assistance played in each case in preventing crime and disorder.
       (172096)
78  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many joint investigation teams including the UK have been set up in each of the last five years as a result of Article 3 of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA; and what the aims, activities and achievements of each of these teams were.
       (172098)
79  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the UK has taken to implement Article 4 of Council Decision 2005/61/JHA; how many requests in each of the last five years the UK has (a) received and (b) sent that have been dealt with under this Article; what the decision was on each such request; how much quicker she estimates each such request was dealt with compared to if this Decision had not applied; and what assessment she has made of the effect in these matters if the UK ceases to be bound by this Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (172099)
80  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times information has been provided (a) by and (b) to the UK as a result of Article 2(6) of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of how useful this exchange has been to the UK and the other EU member states concerned.
       (172100)
81  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times information has been provided to Europol by UK authorities as a result of Article 2 of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA in each of the last five years; and what use this information has been put to in each case.
       (172101)
82  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times information has been provided to Eurojust by UK authorities as a result of Article 2 of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA in each of the last five years; and what use this information has been put to in each case.
       (172102)
83  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to maintain unchanged the co-operation and information exchange with other EU member states established by Council Decision 2005/671/JHA if the UK ceases to be bound by that Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties; how any such co-operation and information exchange would be maintained; and what assessment she has made of whether this would be at least as efficacious as UK participation in the Decision.
       (172103)
84  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been in each of the last five years of UK participation in Council Decision 2005/671/JHA.
       (172104)
85  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA the UK (a) has and (b) has not implemented.
       (172105)
86  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government intends to retain unchanged existing provisions of UK law and practice required by Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, if the UK ceases to be bound by that Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (172106)
87  
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which instances information which is currently exchanged as a result of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA would no longer be exchanged if the UK ceases to be bound by that Decision pursuant to Article 10 of the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the EU treaties.
       (172107)
88 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of firearms illegally imported to the UK in each of the last five years.
       (171937)
89 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving illegal firearms were committed in (a) Liverpool, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each of the last 10 years.
       (172071)
90 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of domestic abuse in the UK.
       (172018)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
91 N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid has been delivered directly (a) in Syria and (b) to Syrian refugees since January 2012.
       (172067)
92 N
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to engage parliamentarians in the Post-2015 Development Framework; and if the Prime Minister will agree to meet hon. Members to discuss their role in this process.
       (172007)
93 N
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to promote digital technology for democratic processes around the world.
       (172061)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
94 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people complained about any element of the performance of the criminal justice system in 2009-10 and 2011-12.
       (171986)
95 N
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish the next Victims' Code.
       (172017)
96 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions the National Tactical Response Group was called out in each month since January 2010.
       (171876)
97 N
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which prisons the National Tactical Response Group has been called out in each year since 2010.
       (171886)
98 N
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have completed their minimum sentence tariff but are still imprisoned in (a) HMP Altcourse, (b) HMP Walton and (c) all prisons in England.
       (171882)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
99 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in replacing the overhead electrification cables on the line from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich; and what the cost of the project has been to date.
       (171800)
100 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to build a new railway station at Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement.
       (171801)
101 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made in upgrading the track from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich; and what the cost of that project has been to date.
       (171802)
102 N
Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to build a (a) loop and (b) third rail from Beaulieu Park to Witham; and if he will make a statement.
       (171803)
103  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Belfast, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in September 2013.
       (172125)
104  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornoway, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in September 2013.
       (172126)
105  
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Liverpool, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in September 2013.
       (172127)
106 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road safety auditors there were in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland in each of the last three years.
       (172015)
107 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many certificates of competence in road safety audit have been issued by the HIghways Agency in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland since December 2011.
       (172016)
108 N
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there were in post in each of the last five years.
       (172064)
109  
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Welsh Ministers and representatives on securing an hourly train service between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth.
       (172076)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
110  
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had in the last six months with Cabinet Ministers in the Welsh Government.
       (172132)
111  
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the role devolution has played in increasing exports from Wales.
       (172133)
112  
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has taken to meet his objective in the Wales Office Business Plan of acting as a champion of armed forces in Wales.
       (172134)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
113 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will include residential training provision for the disabled in the Disability Employment Strategy Report due to be published in November 2013; and if he will make a statement.
       (171898)
114 N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish his response to the Independent Advisory Panel Report on Residential Training Provision, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
       (171928)
115  
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made by his Department of the number of former EU country migrants resident in the Brightside and Hillsborough constituency who are of working age but are currently unemployed and receiving jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance.
       (172074)
116 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many separating and separated parents have been assisted so far in each project in receipt of funding from the Help and Support for Seperated Families Innovation Fund; what the gender of such parents was; and what outcomes were achieved by each such project.
       (172008)
117 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the progress of projects established by voluntary and third-sector organisations following the award of £6.5 million from his Department's Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund in April 2013.
       (172009)
118 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish an evaluation of the first round of funding for projects established under the Help and Support for Separated Families Innovation Fund in April 2013.
       (172013)
119 N
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of (a) availability, (b) capacity and (c) effectiveness of provision available for parents bursary family-based arrangements for child maintenance from 2014.
       (172023)
120 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 October 2013, entitled jobseekers to start signing new claimant commitment; on what date the regulations under which the claimant commitment was implemented were commenced.
       (172057)
121 N
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers' allowance claimants in (a) Inverness, (b) Rugby and (c) Hammersmith have been required to sign a claimant commitment since 14 October 2013.
       (172058)
122 N
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people's records have been mislaid by his Department in the course of moving documents between storage offices since 1990.
       (171878)
123  
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of part-time workers working part-time because they cannot find a full-time job in (a) Wales and (b) each region and nation of the UK.
       (172135)
124  
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) applications, (b) successful applications and (c) appeals against failed applications there have been for (i) work capability assessments and (ii) personal independence payments since May 2010 by (A) people in Wales and (B) people in other areas of the UK.
       (172136)
125 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the expenditure to date on IT for Universal Credit which will be categorised as nugatory in addition to sums already published; and if he will make a statement.
       (172019)
126 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance with a prognosis of over 12 months were referred to the work programme up to June 2013; and how many of such people secured a job outcome.
       (172020)
127 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the number of sanctions issued by an adviser in Jobcentre Plus is included in his or her staff appraisal; and if he will make a statement.
       (172021)
128 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library details of the (a) most common illnesses and disabilities and (b) length of prognosis of people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance who have been referred to the Work Programme since it began.
       (172029)
129 N
Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 34 of his Department's green paper entitled 21st Century Welfare published in July 2010, what recent assessment he has made of whether universal credit constitutes a major IT project.
       (172059)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
130 N
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the new nuclear programme including costs arising from (a) development, (b) strike price provisions and (c) future decommissioning.
   [Transferred]   (171903)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
131 N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support her Department provides to women who have been trafficked in order to assist their rehabilitation into civil society.
   [Transferred]   (171885)

Prepared 22nd October 2013